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Splitting relatively small groups into subgroups in navboxes

Would anyone like to weigh in at Template talk:Alexander McQueen#Splitting the collections? --woodensuperman 12:39, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Links to categories

I was linked to this guideline in the context of a TFD for a navbox (see here) with the implication that categories should not be listed in navboxes (or at least, not the majority of the links - I assume the 'category' at bottom of {{Madonna}} is acceptable). I've read this guideline before and frankly that wasn't totally clear to me (although one can gather it from the sole usage of 'article' rather than 'page') - perhaps that could be explicitly stated with a bulletpoint somewhere on the page? Tule-hog (talk) 20:49, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Disadvantages suggested wording change

In the disadvantages section I suggest changing

1. X "Not shown to readers using the mobile web site, only around 30% of readers view them, which means they still reach tens of millions of people a day." to
2. Y "Not shown to readers using the mobile web site, only around 30% of readers can view them."

The section is purportedly talking about disadvantages but somewhere along the way someone seems to have changed the negative to put a strangely positive spin on it with the statement "they still reach tens of millions of people a day" (like as if the they aren't largely ignored by desktop users too and) as if an editor was unwilling to present the negatives in a fair and neutral way. -- 109.77.194.73 (talk) 17:14, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable former band members in navboxes

Input requested at this discussion --woodensuperman 19:59, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actors' navboxes

Per the guideline here regarding primary creators, would any one like to comment on this discussion regarding Aubrey Plaza and a couple of similar navboxes on the same page? --woodensuperman 10:08, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]