Template talk:Infobox comic book title

This template was considered for deletion on 6 April 2023. The result of the discussion was "no consensus".

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Comics

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Usage

{{Supercbbox <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> 
| title = Random
| comic_color = (see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Color scheme]])
| image = 
| caption = 
| schedule = Random
| format = Random
| publisher = Random
| date = Random
| issues = Random
| main_char_team = Random
| past_current_color = (see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Color scheme]])
| writers = Random
| artists = Random
| pencillers = Random
| inkers = Random
| colorists = Random
| creative_team_month = Geldof
| creative_team_year = 3032
| creators = Random
| TPB=Random
| ISBN=0000000000
}}

Template-protected edit request on 13 Feb 2022

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. Please update "ISSNT" to new template name "ISSN link". This is basically the only place left where that redirect is used. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 21:07, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also change 'space' to 'spaces' since that is the preferred template name also. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To editor AManWithNoPlan: are these redirects broken? The first one is still used in a few comics articles, and the guideline tells us not to "fix" redirects that are not broken. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 00:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The guidelines say to avoid just fixing them for the sake of fixing them, but they also say that they can be cleaned up as part of a larger clean up. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 00:54, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And I've been cleaning them up for many years. Cleaning them up consists of ensuring their correct targeting and categorization; it does not include bypassing them when they are in good working order. These redirects are used in articles. If they were used in navigation templates, then that would be a good reason to bypass them. If not, then it's never a good idea to "fix" what's not broken. There are still lots of other areas on Wikipedia that need improvement. Thank you very much! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 01:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ISSNT is not used anywhere but this template - the few pages that use it get it from this template . AManWithNoPlan (talk) 01:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is that justification to ignore the community consensus in the editing guideline? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 01:52, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anthologies

Hello, I apologise if I am asking in the wrong place. But I am doing work on British anthology titles and was wondering if I could suggest/request a field similar to "main_char_team" which fits with story titles rather than characters. Many anthology titles have regular characters that are better known by the name of their strip than the character name, or have an ensemble cast, and outside of superhero-type comics these names can often be non-descript and hard to summarise.

For example, in Crisis (British comics) the main character of "Third World War (comics)" is Eve Collins, but putting that in the infobox would require additional explanation like 'Eve Collins (Third World War)' which seems a bit clunky, whereas others could result in a list of characters from several strips where a simple strip name would otherwise make it clear.

Is it possible to request some sort of "main_stories" parameter that displays Main stories (I'm not sure we'd need a singular as it would only be for anthologies) for these cases? Many thanks BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 12:15, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Additional positions

I'm a fan of a comic book series that has a credited role — editorial assistant — that isn't contemplated by infobox and doesn't fit neatly into any of these fields. How can I add it in? Petey05 (talk) 20:03, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not all roles need to be noted, and an editorial assistant isn't "notable" enough to justify including in an infobox. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:21, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Manual assignment of categories is needed

This template violates WP:TEMPLATECAT. The categories that it assigns should be copied to the articles, and the category-assignment code should be removed from this template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:26, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]