User talk:Vklefler

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Please do not add Infoboxes without consensus

Hello. Please do not add infoboxes to articles without first establishing on the article's Talk page that a consensus of editors believe an infobox is warranted. Infoboxes are a source of contention in many Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia's Manual of Style says: "Whether to include an infobox ... is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article." While sports and politician bios can benefit from infoboxes, most articles do not. Here are some reasons why they are not usually needed or helpful: (1) The box emphasizes unimportant factoids, and all the facts it presents are stripped of context and lacking nuance, whereas the WP:LEAD section should emphasize and contextualize the most important facts. (2) The most important points about the article should be discussed in the Lead, or adequately discussed in the body of the article, so the box is redundant. (3) It takes up valuable space at the top of the article and hampers the layout and impact of the Lead. (4) Frequent errors creep into infoboxes, as updates are made to the articles but not reflected in the redundant info in the box, and they tend to draw more vandalism and fancruft than other parts of articles. (5) The infobox template creates a lot of code near the top of the edit screen that discourages new editors from editing the article. (6) It discourages readers from reading the article. (7) It distracts editors from focusing on the content of the article. Instead of improving the article, they spend time working on this repetitive feature and its coding and formatting. See also WP:DISINFOBOX. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:20, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]