User:Batsondl/Sandbox

Courthouse
(if there is more than 1 address, keeping one address in infobox)

No, I disagree...we should leave mulitple addresses in the template. Having it "sometimes" in one spot and then "sometimes" in another is confusing to the beginner. It needs to be in only one place. The template is the designated spot. BatsonDL 16:26, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * It BLOWS up the infobox sky high, leaving huge empty white space on left side. Turning into a very long column is not practical or useful since County clerk's and circuit court clerk's duties are very different, circuit's has very little of anything but probate and everything else is law enforcement. Thread about this in forum. Dsammy 18:31, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Made phone call to Circuit Court clerk office in Illinois. What they do is pretty much opposite of what is usually done in other states. Circuit Courts maintain everything going back to early days except birth, marriage and deaths, tax, voting registers which are handled by county clerks. This make Circuit Court priority. County Clerk's addresses need to be listed in Courthouse section instead of infobox with simple explanations. Dsammy 19:04, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Is the problem with text headings that won't wrap the real issue with the length of the county info box? If the info box didn't create a large white gap, the length wouldn't matter, right? So how do we fix the issue with the headings so that it doesn't matter the number of court houses that need to be listed? Lise 03:01, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Historical Facts
H3 heading

Neighboring Counties
('Populated Places' and 'Neighboring Counties' being replaced with Locality Template.)

Public Libraries
Heading is reedundant with Archives, Libraries and Museums. I don't think it's really redundant because it is one of several subordinate items in the list. I'd probably defer to the "high school English class" method of deciding whether to bulletize or itemize a list. Two or more in a section, to me, may warrant dividing the list and including subheadings. If there are a number of facilities in the area, there would be headings for "Archives" (i.e., IRAD -Illinois Regional Archives Depository...) and "Museums," right? Lise 03:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Biography
This may be a really dumb question, but what is this section supposed to contain/represent? Is it a listing of family surnames common to that county/area? Is it a listing of names that appear in published genealogies for that county? Is it supposed to list the names of people for whom published biographies are available? This has always confused me. I'm guessing that if it confuses me, it confuses others, too. Maybe? Lise 03:03, 22 June 2011 (UTC) Ooops. In my summary, I called this the "Biographies" section - which reminds me... Most of the section titles are plural. This one is singular. Why? Lise 03:05, 22 June 2011 (UTC)