Template talk:Rangers F.C. seasons

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(I left a comment with Dudesleeper on this, but it apparently didn't warrant an answer, so I thought I'd repeat my rationale here rather than just reverting for now.)

Here's how the template looks on my display. The weird "alignment" thing that it's got going on only works with specific font metrics, namely those of the default Microsoft Windows web fonts, and looks highly odd elsewhere. Rather than adding lots of extra markup so that the template has a subjectively prettier appearance on Windows, we should use the standard formatting which is used on every other navbox on the project (which also conveniently displays correctly if the template is widened). Making our templates less parochial will make it easier for outsiders to use and edit them, and we should be striving to do so wherever we can. If there's no better argument for keeping the styling, we should revert to using the new navbox child format. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 17:47, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-04-20T17:47:00.000Z","author":"Thumperward","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Thumperward-2009-04-20T17:47:00.000Z-Styling","replies":["c-Thumperward-2009-05-28T10:16:00.000Z-Thumperward-2009-04-20T17:47:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Chris Cunningham (not at work)"}}-->

This was just reverted to the old format again. I can't see any further rationale for this: it should be changed back. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:16, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-05-28T10:16:00.000Z","author":"Thumperward","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Thumperward-2009-05-28T10:16:00.000Z-Thumperward-2009-04-20T17:47:00.000Z","replies":["c-Dudesleeper-2009-05-28T10:49:00.000Z-Thumperward-2009-05-28T10:16:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Chris Cunningham (not at work)"}}-->

Err. I still don't see any questions in your comment to me - just statements about how we should do things. - Dudesleeper / Talk 10:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-05-28T10:49:00.000Z","author":"Dudesleeper","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Dudesleeper-2009-05-28T10:49:00.000Z-Thumperward-2009-05-28T10:16:00.000Z","replies":["c-Thumperward-2009-05-28T11:05:00.000Z-Dudesleeper-2009-05-28T10:49:00.000Z"]}}-->

So what's the response, then? Currently this template uses its own weird layout because of a quirk in the way it's displayed on Windows. Why not move to use the navbox system, which is what everyone else uses? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 11:05, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-05-28T11:05:00.000Z","author":"Thumperward","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Thumperward-2009-05-28T11:05:00.000Z-Dudesleeper-2009-05-28T10:49:00.000Z","replies":["c-Dudesleeper-2009-05-29T11:09:00.000Z-Thumperward-2009-05-28T11:05:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Chris Cunningham (not at work)"}}-->

I don't have a problem with that, just the fact that we spending six months using vertical dividers before someone decides bulletpoints are preferable, then it's back to the former. - Dudesleeper / Talk 11:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-05-29T11:09:00.000Z","author":"Dudesleeper","type":"comment","level":5,"id":"c-Dudesleeper-2009-05-29T11:09:00.000Z-Thumperward-2009-05-28T11:05:00.000Z","replies":["c-Thumperward-2009-06-01T10:02:00.000Z-Dudesleeper-2009-05-29T11:09:00.000Z"]}}-->

Bullets are the recommended separators; I'm not sure why we were using pipes to begin with, other than as part of the general exceptionalism that the footy navbox templates have always had. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-06-01T10:02:00.000Z","author":"Thumperward","type":"comment","level":6,"id":"c-Thumperward-2009-06-01T10:02:00.000Z-Dudesleeper-2009-05-29T11:09:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Chris Cunningham (not at work)"}}-->