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Should we add a Magic Dealers page to this? Buddpaul ( talk) 13:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I think Levitations should not exist alone in the Magic box. Buddpaul ( talk) 18:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
The size of this box is definitely a serious problem. It has an awful lot of separate entries and when it appears in articles it takes up a hugely disproportionate space. It seems as if the editors working on it are tring to make it into an index for the whole of the magic content of Wikipedia - which, as I understand it, is NOT what these sorts of boxes are supposed to be. There are other ways of ensuring that all magic articles are linked to in a systematic way (eg. categories, "list articles" and broad-subject articles such as Magic (illusion)). These project boxes should just flag up the fact that an article is part of a family of articles and provide a few links to the main or introductory parts of that family.
I might try drafting an alternative but I'll wait a while to see if there are replies to this post (I've also posted on the Magic project page). When Magicbox is cut down in size I think it will be worth using the current content as the basis of one or more list articles (although only where there aren't already list articles for key sections of the magic content) - and where there are existing lists then we should make sure everything here is included. Circusandmagicfan ( talk) 11:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan
This is my comment about the template moved from the User talk:Kismetmagic:
If you are going to redirect, please also change all refs in each article. Otherwise you've deleted this box from every article. - 71.184.193.23 ( talk) 02:19, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I think Levitations should not exist alone in the Magic box. Buddpaul ( talk) 18:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
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Should we add a Magic Dealers page to this? Buddpaul ( talk) 13:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I think Levitations should not exist alone in the Magic box. Buddpaul ( talk) 18:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
The size of this box is definitely a serious problem. It has an awful lot of separate entries and when it appears in articles it takes up a hugely disproportionate space. It seems as if the editors working on it are tring to make it into an index for the whole of the magic content of Wikipedia - which, as I understand it, is NOT what these sorts of boxes are supposed to be. There are other ways of ensuring that all magic articles are linked to in a systematic way (eg. categories, "list articles" and broad-subject articles such as Magic (illusion)). These project boxes should just flag up the fact that an article is part of a family of articles and provide a few links to the main or introductory parts of that family.
I might try drafting an alternative but I'll wait a while to see if there are replies to this post (I've also posted on the Magic project page). When Magicbox is cut down in size I think it will be worth using the current content as the basis of one or more list articles (although only where there aren't already list articles for key sections of the magic content) - and where there are existing lists then we should make sure everything here is included. Circusandmagicfan ( talk) 11:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan
This is my comment about the template moved from the User talk:Kismetmagic:
If you are going to redirect, please also change all refs in each article. Otherwise you've deleted this box from every article. - 71.184.193.23 ( talk) 02:19, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I think Levitations should not exist alone in the Magic box. Buddpaul ( talk) 18:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)