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Anthony Asquith
Funnily enough, I disagree that separating out silent and sound films is unnecessary. It's extremely helpful in understanding the trajectory of a director's career and it's used on {{Alfred Hitchcock}} and other pages. There aren't that many directors whose work covers both eras and the change is invariably a landmark. Can I ask you to reconsider? --Mr impossible (talk) 15:18, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
- There are only four sound films, so there's no need to show them separately at {{Anthony Asquith}}. If there was a more even split, I could see you might have a point, but for four films it simply isn't worth it. --Rob Sinden (talk) 15:22, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
- Looking at Anthony Asquith#Filmography, I have just noticed that the distinction between sound and silent isn't made there. If the distinction is to be made anywhere, it should be there, where the career trajectory can correctly be discussed and contextualized, not on a simple navigation aid. --Rob Sinden (talk) 15:29, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
- Two interesting points there. One is that Asquith's silents are of such particular interest that three of them have been restored by the BFI in the last 10 years. They really are some of the finest British films of the 1920s. The second point is that we obviously have slightly different understandings of "navigation aids". Their function, surely, isn't just to move about. They help make visual sense of collections of information. They are overviews. That infobox used to inform users at a glance that Anthony Asquith was a director whose career spanned the silent and sound eras. Now it doesn't. That's why I think the information has value. --Mr impossible (talk) 11:20, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
- A navigation box only needs to show a chronological progression, to enable the reader to move from one article to another. It isn't a place for additional information. As I mention above, the place to plot a career trajectory is on the article, not a navbox. I recently watched Shooting Stars, thought it was great BTW! :) --Rob Sinden (talk) 11:38, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
- We'll have to agree to disagree. But not about Shooting Stars which is awesome. I love the scene where they go and watch a talkie. Witty and self-referential without being completely self indulgent. --Mr impossible (talk) 10:17, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- A navigation box only needs to show a chronological progression, to enable the reader to move from one article to another. It isn't a place for additional information. As I mention above, the place to plot a career trajectory is on the article, not a navbox. I recently watched Shooting Stars, thought it was great BTW! :) --Rob Sinden (talk) 11:38, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
- Two interesting points there. One is that Asquith's silents are of such particular interest that three of them have been restored by the BFI in the last 10 years. They really are some of the finest British films of the 1920s. The second point is that we obviously have slightly different understandings of "navigation aids". Their function, surely, isn't just to move about. They help make visual sense of collections of information. They are overviews. That infobox used to inform users at a glance that Anthony Asquith was a director whose career spanned the silent and sound eras. Now it doesn't. That's why I think the information has value. --Mr impossible (talk) 11:20, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Cities in Azerbaijan
Greetings.
Now that I have seen, that all the cities and towns in {{Cities in Azerbaijan}} are indeed listed in {{Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan}} which I have overlooked, you can redirect this template to that template or delete it - whichever method the administrators see fit to choose. --Sondrion (talk) 12:34, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Have a Template:Small Solar System bodies. --Izno (talk) 18:58, 12 February 2017 (UTC)