MessinaRagazza

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Template:Infobox Scientist

Hi. Are you trying to use academic_advisor or academic_advisors as the parameter name? (Just checking; it's the latter that should work.) Sardanaphalus (talk) 04:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for correcting the documentation. The problem with the [Nobel icon]+[link]+[year] is solved by using {{nowrap}} (or, for a [link]+[year], an   between them). I've amended the two examples you gave. I also ordered the awards chronologically and replaced some </br>s with <br/>s as I think the former might be backwards...? Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
  (PS You may already know this, but I believe the default position for items such as the Nobel icon is, like flag icons, to precede the links etc to which they refer. I think this is because they draw attention to these links etc, which, being in English, are read from left to right rather than right to left. I'm not 100% certain, though.)

• </br>s: Okay (but one counter-example immediately came to mind: <ref name="name"/> – or does that work with the slash first too? I've never tried it.)
  Icon position: Okay – as I said, I'm not 100% sure about it – but I'd agree with a consensus that said their drawing attention to something to their left seems less user-friendly than to their right. I think there may even have been a reaction against them altogether, so be prepared for that too! Sardanaphalus (talk) 11:16, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Flags

Hi. I noticed you added flags to show some people's places of birth. Per WP:FLAGS we do not do this on Wikipedia; you may read the MoS page for a more detailed rationale on why this is not considered good practice. Best wishes, --John (talk) 21:31, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again but I see you ignored my polite request above. Could you please not add any more flags as we do not use flags this way at Wikipedia. If you are unhappy with the consensus embodied in WP:FLAGS it would be better to argue there to change the guideline than to make edits which run against consensus and which will be reverted by others. Thanks in advance. --John (talk) 01:08, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Infobox_Scientist

Thanks for your suggestion, I posted my own answer in the talk page. --Plindenbaum (talk) 21:48, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Template talk:Nobel icon

My assertion of consensus was not based on the "informal vote" (which came after my assertion, and which I did not endorse or agree with initiating. It was based on the preceding discussion, to which I invite you to join in. Thanks, --Clubjuggle ^T/C 13:54, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Charles Darwin

Hi, thank you for this suggestion. I guess this is the current better solution to solve this problem. Best regards. --Plindenbaum (talk) 15:19, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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