Are these changes correct? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Back_to_the_Future%3A_The_Musical&diff=1165723169&oldid=1165516468 This guy has been edit warring about them, but is he (she?) right? All the best, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 05:43, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
Let's take any further discussions concerning specific articles' cast table formats to those articles' Talk pages or to our own, so we don't spam everyone on the Musical Theatre talk page. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 03:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Here are my justifications, for future reference, for the more concise cast table format: The format with a separate column for each major production is hugely bloated and emphasizes non-notable actors. It also draws endless edits adding more and more columns, often for less WP:NOTEWORTHY productions, until the table squeezes the text more and more. In the more concise format, each name shown in the table, and the ref for each name, must be in the Productions section before it is added to the table. This format emphasizes the original production where people created the characters in the first major-market staging, and the other column is intended to include only those notable actors who originated the character in other major productions or portrayed the characters for, generally, at least a year as replacements. See also WP:NOTEWORTHY. Also, Wikipedia is WP:NOT a directory or a forum for promoting non-notable actors. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 21:04, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Please note that the author's name and the date of publication are far more important than the access date. Please try to add the author name and date of publication to your citations. Thanks! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 20:37, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
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Please see MOS:NO-TABLES. Tables are generally not required (and are discouraged) for simple lists. Thanks, Wracking talk! 22:41, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
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Are these changes correct? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Back_to_the_Future%3A_The_Musical&diff=1165723169&oldid=1165516468 This guy has been edit warring about them, but is he (she?) right? All the best, -- Ssilvers ( talk) 05:43, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
Let's take any further discussions concerning specific articles' cast table formats to those articles' Talk pages or to our own, so we don't spam everyone on the Musical Theatre talk page. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 03:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Here are my justifications, for future reference, for the more concise cast table format: The format with a separate column for each major production is hugely bloated and emphasizes non-notable actors. It also draws endless edits adding more and more columns, often for less WP:NOTEWORTHY productions, until the table squeezes the text more and more. In the more concise format, each name shown in the table, and the ref for each name, must be in the Productions section before it is added to the table. This format emphasizes the original production where people created the characters in the first major-market staging, and the other column is intended to include only those notable actors who originated the character in other major productions or portrayed the characters for, generally, at least a year as replacements. See also WP:NOTEWORTHY. Also, Wikipedia is WP:NOT a directory or a forum for promoting non-notable actors. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 21:04, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Please note that the author's name and the date of publication are far more important than the access date. Please try to add the author name and date of publication to your citations. Thanks! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 20:37, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
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Please see MOS:NO-TABLES. Tables are generally not required (and are discouraged) for simple lists. Thanks, Wracking talk! 22:41, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
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