Template talk:Infobox horseracing personality/Archive 1

Archive 1

Place of death

Think it would be OK to add a field for place of death? — Dale Arnett 00:49, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Biographical templates such as this one should include as many of the fields used by {{Infobox person}} as possible, Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 19:44, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

I've removed it because it leaves a huge blank space in each infobox already done. To correct it, it means going back and inserting "|deathplace =" in every single one that has been already created --- and I've created a great many (in fact, virtually all) of them. I regret I didn't think to put it in when I created the template however feel free to reinsert this if you are prepared to go to all bios where it exists and insert the "|deathplace =" in each one. Handicapper 17:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

It shouldn't do, if applied properly. Also, note "resting place" and "resting place coordinates" in {{Infobox person}}. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 20:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Think someone could add that field for place of death? I'm not going to try again, seeing what happened the last time I tried it.  :) — Dale Arnett (talk) 18:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Still waiting...

Hint: Place of death... see above.  :) — Dale Arnett (talk) 06:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

"Updated" parameter

Resolved

I left the following comment at Template talk:Infobox thoroughbred racehorse; my thoughts apply equally to this infobox as well.

Is there any objection to removing this parameter? It seems unrealistic to expect users to update it manually whenever the page is revised. Until I edited them recently, several hundred pages were using templates that would display the current time the user is viewing the page as the time that the page was "last updated," which obviously doesn't make sense and only serves to falsely assure the user that the page is up-to-date when it actually may be missing recent information. I haven't noticed this parameter in any infobox except for those related to horse racing.

Propaniac (talk) 15:07, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

In this specific box, it is not necessary. When I think of it, I have been deleting them as I come across them. 15:17, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Already gone, it seems. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:54, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Modules

The unique, career-related parameters of this infobox should be available as a module for use embedded in other infoboxes, such as {{Infobox person}} or {{Infobox officeholder}}. This template should also have a parameter allowing other templates, such as Olympic medal boxes, to be embedded within it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:52, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

I've done the latter. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:47, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

height and weight

I feel there should be height and weight listed essentially for the jockeys. --Jamo58 (talk) 03:43, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

@Jamo58: Added, reusing parameters from {{Infobox model}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 00:15, 10 January 2014 (UTC)