Template talk:Infobox Oxford college

message: I've adjusted the definition of the bottom two lines so that they line up in the middle properly.  I *think* that this was the original intention.  Please let me know if it breaks anything elsewhere.  It makes Merton College, Oxford look better... Thruston 09:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bottom lines 

message: There's been some discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject University of Oxford about the possibility of adding maps to the college pages. I wondered how people would feel about possibly adding these within the infobox as they I can't quite see how they'd fit elsewhere in the articles. I mocked up a view of one way it could look in my sandbox, for comments, but I'm not quite sure how the layout should look. Has anyone seen something similar in an infobox elsewhere? Casper Gutman 16:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Tried adding a map; see Jesus for an example. I think the map looks pretty good, but I felt it needed some visual separation from the rest of the infobox so added some HRs either side. I realise that's a bit of a kludge -- perhaps a subdivided infobox like :template:Infobox UK place might work better for colleges using all the map/coat of arms options.... Casper Gutman 16:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just added the map for SEH and I think it works excellently. Genius stuff Casper! AulaTPN 20:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: I have reverted User:Djr xi's removal of much of the linking in the infobox title. I think that's far too significant a change for someone to make unilaterally without some form of debate first. Can we discuss here the relative merits of the full title versus the proposed cut-down version? Personally I prefer the full title as I don't think it's overcomplicated from a visual sense and no more complicated code-wise than the rest of the template. Plus I think it provides links to valid, relevant information and highlights the important distinction between colleges and pph's. AulaTPN 08:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree there's much to be said for having the College and Hall links there, and I almost reverted this edit myself. As stated above it highlights the differences between the two and makes those articles visible. It's important people understand what the Colleges and Halls are and their roles within the university, as evidenced by parts of the extensive discussion here. These links seem to me a useful way of ensuring all the relevant articles have links to these at the top. Perhaps I should have chosen the link colour to be further from white, to make it more obvious they're links. Casper Gutman 08:14, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Must admit, after having to explain Oxford University Colleges and Oxford University to someone as to why that info was missing from the FA Oriel College, I think they have great value.--Alf melmac 12:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the colour used for the text of the three links to something a little less pale -- hopefully should be more obvious they're links now! I tried to model the colour on the gold used in the university logo (e.g. at http://www.ox.ac.uk/publicaffairs/crests/) but found that exact shade looked a bit dark so lightened it up a bit. Casper Gutman 15:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah reversion was fair enough.  My thinking was that the title of the infobox should resemble the standard college title as much as possible, and colleges are known as Example College, Oxford.  However, this is not that crucial, and with the links now coloured I'm quite happy with what has been done.  DJR (T) 02:08, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complicated Titling 

message: ===Visitor===
As all colleges have a Visitor, can we please have a line for that? Andrew Yong (talk) 10:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would suggest that, as the Oxford use of the term "Visitor" is not one every reader will be familiar with, it would be good if there was an obvious place the word could be linked to that would describe what it meant. For example, an "Oxford College Visitors" subheading in the article Visitor, describing what the role is. I'd be interested to know how significant the visitors are now that their powers to resolve student complaints have been removed. Any thoughts? Casper Gutman (talk • contributions) 10:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the article Visitor explains the role adequately, although there might be room for a table or a separate article listing who the various college visitors are. I imagine that visitors are still responsible for adjudicating disputes that do not involve students, e.g. ones involving staff. Andrew Yong (talk) 13:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions

message: As all colleges have a Visitor, can we please have a line for that? Andrew Yong (talk) 10:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would suggest that, as the Oxford use of the term "Visitor" is not one every reader will be familiar with, it would be good if there was an obvious place the word could be linked to that would describe what it meant. For example, an "Oxford College Visitors" subheading in the article Visitor, describing what the role is. I'd be interested to know how significant the visitors are now that their powers to resolve student complaints have been removed. Any thoughts? Casper Gutman (talk • contributions) 10:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the article Visitor explains the role adequately, although there might be room for a table or a separate article listing who the various college visitors are. I imagine that visitors are still responsible for adjudicating disputes that do not involve students, e.g. ones involving staff. Andrew Yong (talk) 13:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Visitor

message: Not always prominent in the lead and a number of articles have yet to have a coherent history section to check the lead lines for the person(s) concerned.--Alf melmac 22:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Founder

message: I don't understand why the boatclub website is included in the external links part of the infobox. Is it really that important? More important than the JCR/MCR websites, which are not included in the infobox? Hadrian89 (talk) 17:28, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links - Boatclub?