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 * How to make scrolling tables: Many wiki pages contain tables that are too wide for the content pane, causing content to bleed over behind the navigation bar. In the past, we've used special wiki code to create tables that scroll. However, we never included the example code in Help:Tables, and the scrolling box we've used in the past had some flaws that made it a little unclear that a table was actually in a scrolling box. I've taken a run at refining the scrolling table code and posted the example code to a section of Help:Tables. Hopefully this will help folks fix all the great U.S. state census tables that were fouled up when we integrated the wiki with Beta. (Example: Pennsylvania Census.) RitcheyMT 01:16, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Next, I'd like to do the same thing with scrolling images so we'll have instructions to fix all the messed up imagemaps of counties on the U.S. state pages. (Example: Pennsylvania.) RitcheyMT 01:16, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Praise to anyone who can find 500px size maps or larger (at least it should never be below 500 for maps!). Some are wider than 500, making scrolling necessary. I redid Rhode Island state/county clickable map using different and higher quality map and will link after town maps are done. Now to do towns for each county of Rhode Island. Dsammy 02:59, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

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 * The U.S. state page imagemaps are generally broken because the county names aren't legible. What do you think of the solution I've posted on my sandbox? RitcheyMT 01:43, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that the solution works well. I know you are cautious about the benefits of templates, but I think this example can prove how useful they are. Rather than remembering the complex code used to create a scrolling table, use instead a new template scrolling table which when paired with closing div will create a container for scrolling table content. I have gone ahead and added an example in your sandbox. --Steve 12:53, 29 November 2010 (UTC)