Talk:Events Archive
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Proposed format
This page is a bit of a mess, how about something like this:
| Date | Event | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 31st May 2008 | Operation: Parramatta Flyerdrop (coverage) | Sydney Raid |
| 22nd May 2008 | Operation: Bludge for Justice | Sydney Raid |
| 17th May 2008 | Operation Ascot | Melbourne raid |
| 10th May 2008 | Operation Fair Game (coverage) | Global raid |
| 10th May 2008 | James Packer Quits Scientology ([1] [2]) | News |
| Jason Beghe shows up at San Francisco ([3]) | News | |
| 3rd May 2008 | Operation Free Hugs: The Homecoming | Melbourne raid |
| 25th April 2008 | Anzac Day Meet | Sydney raid |
| 19th April 2008 | Operation Flashraid | Sydney raid |
| 12th April 2008 | Operation Reconnect (coverage) | Global raid |
| 29th March 2008 | Operation Deakin | Melbourne raid |
| 15th March 2008 | Operation Party Hard (coverage) | Global raid |
| 14th February 2008 | Valentine's Day Protest | Mass Mail-out |
| 10th February 2008 | Lisa McPherson's Birthday | Global raid |
I second this motion. However, there is no need to double up on the columns. Event Name and Event Page should just be consolidated into "Event" with the actual text as the hyperlink as well. Remove the Coverage event, as it is available from the event page. Date should be on the left side, Type on the right side, and ordered reverse chronologically. Recent events up top. EpicTallGuy 01:01, 6 June 2008 (EST)
- No worries, I'll clean it up tonight and see how it looks --Tooth 13:36, 6 June 2008 (EST)
- I've moved the date and combined the event link/name column. I've left coverage as it's on the original page, but it's easy to remove. I think it's also a good idea to remove the two news items, maybe things like that should have their own news page? I'll move this across in the next few days if I don't hear any objections. --Tooth 00:42, 7 June 2008 (EST)
Nice. Now move the date over to the left-mose column. The problem with a Coverage column is that you've got all those (n/a) entries, which makes it seem useless most of the time. Also, having more columns makes it look like there's a lot more information there than there really is. If you really feel the links need to be left in, then consolidate it with the Events column again. Such as below:
| Date | Event | Type | bgcolor="#8DA7D6" color="black" |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26th July 2008 | Operation Anonville (Coverage) | Raid |
The order of the columns is also of some importance. Use the order I've provided. Obviously, you can see that I'm not too hot on wiki-code. :P EpicTallGuy 00:29, 8 June 2008 (EST)
- Regarding the news items, leave them in. There's not much material on them we can base an article on, and they are still relevant to Project Chanology. Also, is there a function to set the height of a row? You might use that to set items with the same date to a single "row" in some sort of way. EpicTallGuy 00:32, 8 June 2008 (EST)
- Thanks ETG, I think all that is a good idea, I'll format it like you've suggested, with the (Coverage) link, and merging the date rows (I think this can be done, but not sure of the exact code.) I'll do it soon, unless someone else wants too :) --Tooth 09:56, 8 June 2008 (EST)
- I've made some changes as per ETG, but something even simpler might be the way to go, maybe this sort of thing (I don't know where to put the event type though): (--Tooth 14:01, 9 June 2008 (EST))
- Thanks ETG, I think all that is a good idea, I'll format it like you've suggested, with the (Coverage) link, and merging the date rows (I think this can be done, but not sure of the exact code.) I'll do it soon, unless someone else wants too :) --Tooth 09:56, 8 June 2008 (EST)
- 1st January 2008
- Event name (Coverage)
- Gah! Yeah, simple stuff works better. xD EpicTallGuy 17:11, 10 June 2008 (EST)
- Maybe the "News and Events" section from the front page should just be copied in here ;-) --Tooth 00:23, 12 June 2008 (EST)
