Template talk:Infobox paranormal creature

message: How can the image dimensions (width/height) be specified? This infobox, used on reptilian humanoid stretches the current image. -Eερ² (T|C) 10:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the dimensions are fixed but now I can't get the damn thing to be centered. :/ ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ|c) 15:58, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please leave this as a standard size, it prevent users from putting in images that are too large. If you are worried about a specific image, edit it to give it a white boarder. - perfectblue 17:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh? What would a border do to the size? The problem with a forced image size is that smaller images are scaled up which makes them look aliased ("blocky"). ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ|c) 03:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Um...yea. Just look at reptilian humanoid and see if you can fix its overscaledness please... ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ|c) 11:50, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to change the code so that smaller images are not scaled up and lose their resolution. I have been unable to accomplish this, does anyone have any ideas?--NeilEvans (talk) 19:32, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok I think I've sorted it out now.--NeilEvans (talk) 19:44, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  dimensions tag? 

message: Since infoboxes make most sense if they are used consistently, I would like to add some usage information to the documentation for this template. Here is a start:
;Grouping: Normally either Cryptid or Legendary creature (or the redirect Mythological creature). Possibly both. Rarely Urban legend.
;Sub_Grouping: Optional. Common values: Lake monster / Sea monster / Sea serpent, Fairy or Household fairy, Spirit / Water spirit, Hominid (or Homin), Hybrid or Therianthrope, Daemon (mythology), Extraterrestrial life, Dragon, Various biological terms such as Big cat.
;Similar_Creatures: Optional. Comma-separated list of wikilinks.
;Mythology: Optional. Meaning?
;First_reported: Optional. Year of first report.
;Last_sighted: Optional. Year of most recent report.
;Country / Region: List countries and optionally regions within; or describe a larger region such as a continent (in which case do not use the country field)
;Habitat: Examples include sea, lake, forest, jungle, air, city.
;Status: Optional, rarely appropriate. Examples: "Myth based on fact" (e.g. Griggstown cow) or "hoax".
Does this make sense? --Hans Adler (talk) 22:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that we should provide some better documentation on what these fields are. However, I suggest that we wait to add it until the POV problems are resolved. I think that the status field should be removed because of the POV problems it causes. I think we should be clear on when to use the last sighted field. In Bigfoot we got rid of that one a while ago because that would just mean that the article needs to be changed every year to the new year (or, luckily this didn't happen, every time someone claims to have seen it). This field just doesn't work for popular paranormal creatures. I think this is a good start though. —Fiziker t c 22:19, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleted "status", based on "unconfirmed" silliness at Nordic aliens. kwami (talk) 00:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think thats a good change.  I have always had a problem with this 'status' business.  The mainstream scientific perspective is almost uniformly that these creatures do not exist, and so most of the 'status' statements are promoting the fringe view that their existence is even a matter of serious debate within the mainstream.  "Unconfirmed", for example, is a common statement in this field, and it falsely implies that their existence is seriously suspected and is merely awaiting confirmation.  Better to just cover the mainstream and fringe views fully in the article and avoid a one or two word descriptor that almost necessarily focuses on one viewpoint at the expense of another. Locke9k (talk) 21:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Along the same lines, I have changed "Last sighted" to "Last Reported" since the former implies that the sighting was real.  The latter phrasing is far more NPOV since it does not make any statement about the accuracy or truthfulness of the report. Locke9k (talk) 22:01, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Developing guidance for use of the template