User:Wugapodes/Ibox draft rfc#Table of previous discussions

Drafting guideline text

Currently at MOS:INFOBOXUSE. Discussion, notes, etc, regarding specific lines are contained in ref tags. Feel free to add some more ref notes, add thoughts to an existing one, or revise the text. More general discussion can be moved outside of the tags to a sub section.

:Old text: {{!tq|The use of infoboxes is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use, is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article.}}

:New text {{tq2|The use of infoboxes is recommended for articles on specific biological classifications, chemical elements and compounds, events, people, settlements, and similar topics with a narrow and well-defined scope. Broad topics and overview articles like philosophy, time, or Mathematics are usually better served by navigational sidebars like {{tl|philosophy sidebar}}, {{tl|time sidebar}}, or {{tl|math topics sidebar}}. Stubs are usually too short to warrant an infobox, and infoboxes on them often attract edits expanding the infobox rather than expanding the article.{{pb}}Where infoboxes are used, they should neither be too short nor too long. They should contain basic facts which readers would reasonably be looking for at a glance like date of birth for people or number of protons in an element. Infoboxes should not be used as repositories for any odd bit of information related to the subject because the visual clutter can make it harder for readers to find the most important information quickly. If information is important but too complex to distill into an infobox, consider using a link to a section or dedicated article on the topic. For example, instead of trying to decide which of Mozart's works should be listed in the infobox, the "works" field is a link to List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.}}

Table of previous discussions

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Article ! Date closed ! Result ! Closer ! Notes
Felix Mendelssohn \| Special:Permalink/1169749225#Rfc_for_infobox \| Consensus \| {{noping\|starship.paint}} \| Participants reference an eye-tracking study to demonstrate usefulness of infoboxes to readers
Richard Wagner \| Special:Permalink/1168919735#Wagner_infobox_rfc \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Charcoal feather}} \| "2/3 supermajority"
Colleen Ballinger \| Talk:Colleen_Ballinger/Archive_1#Infobox_RFC_2023 \| Consensus \| {{noping\|ScottishFinnishRadish}} \| "clear consensus", ~74% support
Rod Steiger \| Special:Permalink/1147526222#Rod_Steiger_infobox_RfC \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Nemov}} \| 21 yes to 2 no
Mozart \| Special:Permalink/1170135637#Infobox_2023 \| rough consensus in favor \| unclosed \|
Jenny Lind \| Special:Permalink/1141156055#RFC_Include_or_exclude_Infobox \| Consensus \| {{noping\|ScottishFinnishRadish}} \| "[Infobox] passed RFA without a crat chat [...] objections raised clearly did not have enough traction to convince more than a quarter of the participants"
James Joyce \| Special:permalink/1141109061#RFC:_Should_the_article_have_an_infobox? \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Ingenuity}} \| specifies some parameters to include and exclude
style="background: #FFF5FA;" \| Claude Debussy \| Special:Permalink/1134307974#RfC_regarding_the_addition_of_an_infobox \| No consensus \| {{noping\|Red-tailed hawk}} \| Roughly even numbers attending, no consensus due to MOS being neutral on issue
style="background: #FFF5FA;" \| Maddie Ziegler \| Special:Permalink/1130620399#RFC_on_Infoboxes_(continuation_from_discussion_above) \| No consensus \| {{noping\|Isabelle Belato}} \|
Tchaikovsky \| Special:Permalink/1131279300#RFC_regarding_the_addition_of_an_infobox \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Gusfriend}} \|
Laurence Olivier \| Talk:Laurence_Olivier/Archive_4#RfC_on_Infobox \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Red-tailed hawk}} \| detailed overview of arguments for and against
Peter Sellers \| Special:Permalink/1074144089#Peter_Sellers_Infobox_RfC \| Consensus (see note) \| {{noping\|Iamreallygoodatcheckers}} \| Discussion specifically about uncollapsing the infobox which was an idiosyncrasy of the page
Stanley Kubrick \| Talk:Stanley_Kubrick/Archive_14#RFC:_Infobox_or_not \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Tol}} \|
Ian Fleming \| Talk:Ian_Fleming/Archive_5#Should_there_be_an_infobox? \| Consensus \| {{noping\|Wugapodes}} \|

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|+ RfCs on Infoboxes in the last 2 years

Article

! Date closed

! Result

! Closer

! Notes

Felix Mendelssohn

| Special:Permalink/1169749225#Rfc_for_infobox

| Consensus

| {{noping|starship.paint}}

| Participants reference an eye-tracking study to demonstrate usefulness of infoboxes to readers

Richard Wagner

| Special:Permalink/1168919735#Wagner_infobox_rfc

| Consensus

| {{noping|Charcoal feather}}

| "2/3 supermajority"

Colleen Ballinger

| Talk:Colleen_Ballinger/Archive_1#Infobox_RFC_2023

| Consensus

| {{noping|ScottishFinnishRadish}}

| "clear consensus", ~74% support

Rod Steiger

| Special:Permalink/1147526222#Rod_Steiger_infobox_RfC

| Consensus

| {{noping|Nemov}}

| 21 yes to 2 no

Mozart

| Special:Permalink/1170135637#Infobox_2023

| rough consensus in favor

| unclosed

Jenny Lind

| Special:Permalink/1141156055#RFC_Include_or_exclude_Infobox

| Consensus

| {{noping|ScottishFinnishRadish}}

| "[Infobox] passed RFA without a crat chat [...] objections raised clearly did not have enough traction to convince more than a quarter of the participants"

James Joyce

| Special:permalink/1141109061#RFC:_Should_the_article_have_an_infobox?

| Consensus

| {{noping|Ingenuity}}

| specifies some parameters to include and exclude

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| Claude Debussy

| Special:Permalink/1134307974#RfC_regarding_the_addition_of_an_infobox

| No consensus

| {{noping|Red-tailed hawk}}

| Roughly even numbers attending, no consensus due to MOS being neutral on issue

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