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created "Template talk:Geography of Mars" - enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:31, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
added copy of earlier relevant discussion - enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:45, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
- Proposal: split geography section into its own template -
As noted by many contributors, this template has ballooned to an unwieldy size. While it is nice to have a synoptic view of all Mars-related topics, it looks like we know too much about Mars for this to be practical. The geography section is overly dominant and too detailed for comfort. As some others have suggested, I would !vote in favor of splitting out the geography into a new navbox Template:Geography of Mars. Then, interested editors can refine the main Mars navbox and the geography navbox independently from each other: the Mars navbox can keep the essential notions of Mars geography to help readers learn and discover, while the detailed geography navbox can satisfy the appetite for detail. Can we get consensus on this step? — JFG talk 07:33, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Done – A bit late, but thankfully there is no deadline. Forked out most of the cruft to a new {{Geography of Mars}} navbox. I have applied it on Eridania Lake as a test. If people like it, we can replace {{Mars}} with that one in hundreds of geography articles. Comments welcome! — JFG talk 18:27, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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I have added an optional parameter which expands the selected group immediately. See Cerberus Fossae for an example. This makes it a bit easier to get back to the most closely related topic group. If anyone sees a problem with this, let me know. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 14:16, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
I have also made the assumption that this template should be added to the pages which are listed in it, and intend to do so when I notice the lack. · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 14:27, 22 December 2020 (UTC)