User:8wayz
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Hello there. I just had a look at the updated layout for the Long War pages, and IMO it allows for better reading if you keep the infoboxes to the right of the page rather than the left. Otherwise people have to look where the actual text starts and that gets tiring and disrupts reading. f you check Wikipedia, or even open a book or a newspaper you can see that text is usually always on the left and graphs/boxes/pics on the right. This is due to how our brains are conditioned to better process information (or at least in the Western countries, where we read from left to right. In the East or Muslim countries the opposite applies)Hobbes (talk) 12:27, 4 December 2014 (EST)
- Roger that, it is still not set in stone, I am trying to find a better place for the Long War Header that Ellatan insisted placing on the right, atop of the Table of Contents. I personally would prefer the box to be to the right since it will be easier to format the text. I will see what the others think on the forums as well, it is relatively easy to change.--8wayz (talk) 13:50, 4 December 2014 (EST)
- It is easy to change but if you have to change 100 pages then it becomes a painful chore, that's why I decided to drop you a line before you changed all the facilities pages :). I noticed that header as well. The best places might be for it to be right on the top of the TOC, or even on top of the page. Hobbes (talk) 14:19, 4 December 2014 (EST)
- The first variant was with the header at top-center and everything was working. Ellatan prefered the header to be to the right. In end it is just a question of personal preference, I would probably settle with removing the table of contents altogether from articles with Data/Info boxes and put the header on top of the box.
- OK, just a few tips, you guys are doing a fine job in keeping the LW wiki and I prefer to keep myself out of it out of the discussion. First, decide upon some common rules regarding the general page appearance (headers yes/no, all pages?/just some sections, etc.). Second, try to keep visual clutter to a minimum, the more separate visual elements you have, the more distracting and tiresome it is to find the relevant info. Good work and let me know if you need any help. Hobbes (talk) 18:50, 4 December 2014 (EST)
- The first variant was with the header at top-center and everything was working. Ellatan prefered the header to be to the right. In end it is just a question of personal preference, I would probably settle with removing the table of contents altogether from articles with Data/Info boxes and put the header on top of the box.
- It is easy to change but if you have to change 100 pages then it becomes a painful chore, that's why I decided to drop you a line before you changed all the facilities pages :). I noticed that header as well. The best places might be for it to be right on the top of the TOC, or even on top of the page. Hobbes (talk) 14:19, 4 December 2014 (EST)