Talk:Operation Crossroads

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Proposal for change for all infoboxes[edit]

The previous test 'Trinity' uses an explicit image size 300px. All following ones don't specify it leaving default(pretty tiny) image. I'm not sure if most users are aware of or bother to change the default thumbnail size of 180 px in preferences. In addition the locations are listed separated by ; instead of using a plainlist (to ensure separate entries go on different lines)

The result is that in some tests the locations are exceeding hard to read and are jumbled together. Also there are too many line breaks because the infobox width is mainly taken from the image.

I propose to change all images to larger size (like Trinity) by changing the template upright=1.14 to upright 1.5 and change locations to plainlist. I did some tests on 'Redwing' and others and it looks better. Also the Infobox headers are not broken.

Here is the edited page (we can revert if needed) Operation Redwing

I just wanted to OK this with someone because its a big change affecting many pages. I suspect this page was the one that started the trend and others copied it. Crazytrain411 (talk) 20:29, 25 May 2017 (UTC)


Update: After a lot of investigation, found that infobox width can be adjusted. Changing location lists to plainlists and increasing the width slightly(along with slight image size increase) on the template itself solves the jumbled location problem and looks much nicer.Crazytrain411 (talk) 16:06, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

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Nota bene* The three dead links had to be corrected by the GreenC Bot on 16 October 2017. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:41, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

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Plutonium not detectable by Geiger counters?[edit]

In the section “Warren persuades Blandy”, it is stated that plutonium isn’t / wasn’t detectable by Geiger counters. If that is / was true, then the reason why should be given, and included in the article about plutonium. ZFT (talk) 20:29, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes, alpha particles have too much charge and weight to be very penetrating, failing to penetrate the glass tubes on the counters and the plastic on the dosimeters. Alphas are how plutonium radiates, so no plutonium detection. Fixed an explanation, removed a dubious tag. Better detectors in use today allow for alpha detection, if you get really close (alpha penetration through air is about 50% per centimeter.) SkoreKeep (talk) 23:05, 26 October 2018 (UTC)