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| This is one of those things that is true in the ideal article but very much not the case in practice, isn't it? In fact, I suspect if we get eyeballs on this proposal outside this circle, we will quickly find people who disagree that it should be true at all. —] (]) 15:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | This is one of those things that is true in the ideal article but very much not the case in practice, isn't it? In fact, I suspect if we get eyeballs on this proposal outside this circle, we will quickly find people who disagree that it should be true at all. —] (]) 15:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | ||
| *I think I said it, though: if it isn't the same information that's in the article, then it is, effectively, a displaced paragraph or a counter article. If it's novel information, then the people who put it up there should go in and make sure it appears in the article as well. This is at the heart of the distinction between an infobox and, basically, a new piece of the article. E.g. in a textbook (which is where, I think, most of the boxers get their inspiration), there will be a little box for the MTV-addled reader, and it will be "the thing you need to study for the test because we know you're not reading and can't extract notes." That box has to represent stuff that's in the textbook, or else it's not an infobox. ] 16:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
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Derived from the article?
"However, all of what is contained in an infobox must be derived from the article."
This is one of those things that is true in the ideal article but very much not the case in practice, isn't it? In fact, I suspect if we get eyeballs on this proposal outside this circle, we will quickly find people who disagree that it should be true at all. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think I said it, though: if it isn't the same information that's in the article, then it is, effectively, a displaced paragraph or a counter article. If it's novel information, then the people who put it up there should go in and make sure it appears in the article as well. This is at the heart of the distinction between an infobox and, basically, a new piece of the article. E.g. in a textbook (which is where, I think, most of the boxers get their inspiration), there will be a little box for the MTV-addled reader, and it will be "the thing you need to study for the test because we know you're not reading and can't extract notes." That box has to represent stuff that's in the textbook, or else it's not an infobox. Geogre 16:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)