Talk:The Smashing Pumpkins/Table Linking

message: As consensus has been reached on this subject and due to the length of the discussion it has been moved to this sub page. Dbiel (Talk) 12:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

message: Just to make my point that is is NOT guidelines but article consensus that is at work here see the following from article England national rugby union team
For the record I do yield to article consensus, but refuse the accept the arguement that it is being done based on Guidelines.
The following is England's final thirty man squad for the 2007 World Cup:
 Backs
Player          	Position	Club
Olly Barkley    	,       	Bath
Mike Catt       	, , ,   	London Irish
Mark Cueto      	        	Sale Sharks
Andrew Farrell  	        	Saracens
Andrew Gomarsall	        	Harlequins
Dan Hipkiss     	        	Leicester Tigers
Josh Lewsey     	,       	London Wasps
Jamie Noon      	        	Newcastle Falcons
Shaun Perry     	        	Bristol
Peter Richards  	        	Gloucester
Jason Robinson  	,       	Unattached
Paul Sackey     	        	London Wasps
Mathew Tait     	,       	Newcastle Falcons
Jonny Wilkinson 	        	Newcastle Falcons
 Forwards
Player            	Position	Club
Steve Borthwick   	        	Bath
George Chuter     	        	Leicester Tigers
Martin Corry      	,       	Leicester Tigers
Lawrence Dallaglio	        	London Wasps
Nick Easter       	,       	Harlequins
Perry Freshwater  	        	USA Perpignan
Ben Kay           	        	Leicester Tigers
Lee Mears         	        	Bath
Lewis Moody       	        	Leicester Tigers
Tom Rees          	        	London Wasps
Mark Regan        	        	Bristol
Simon Shaw        	        	London Wasps
Andrew Sheridan   	        	Sale Sharks
Matt Stevens      	        	Bath
Phil Vickery      	        	London Wasps
Joe Worsley       	        	London Wasps
Following the consensus of this article it would look like:
:Note: treated each section (Backs / Forwards) separately
The following is England's final thirty man squad for the 2007 World Cup:
 Backs
Player          	Position           	Club
Olly Barkley    	,                  	Bath
Mike Catt       	, fly-half, centre,	London Irish
Mark Cueto      	Wing               	Sale Sharks
Andrew Farrell  	Centre             	Saracens
Andrew Gomarsall	                   	Harlequins
Dan Hipkiss     	Centre             	Leicester Tigers
Josh Lewsey     	Fullback, wing     	London Wasps
Jamie Noon      	Centre             	Newcastle Falcons
Shaun Perry     	Scrum-half         	Bristol
Peter Richards  	Scrum-half         	Gloucester
Jason Robinson  	Wing, fullback     	Unattached
Paul Sackey     	Wing               	London Wasps
Mathew Tait     	Wing, centre       	Newcastle Falcons
Jonny Wilkinson 	Fly-half           	Newcastle Falcons
 Forwards
Player            	Position         	Club
Steve Borthwick   	                 	Bath
George Chuter     	                 	Leicester Tigers
Martin Corry      	, Lock           	Leicester Tigers
Lawrence Dallaglio	                 	London Wasps
Nick Easter       	Number 8, flanker	Harlequins
Perry Freshwater  	                 	USA Perpignan
Ben Kay           	Lock             	Leicester Tigers
Lee Mears         	Hooker           	Bath
Lewis Moody       	Flanker          	Leicester Tigers
Tom Rees          	Flanker          	London Wasps
Mark Regan        	Hooker           	Bristol
Simon Shaw        	Lock             	London Wasps
Andrew Sheridan   	Prop             	Sale Sharks
Matt Stevens      	Prop             	Bath
Phil Vickery      	Prop             	London Wasps
Joe Worsley       	Flanker          	London Wasps
Dbiel (Talk) 04:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been the most brilliantly argued debate about nothing I've ever witnessed (and as some here know, I've been party to a couple myself). I award all concerned the Platonic ideal of a barnstar.—DCGeist 06:19, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But I can't see the barnstar link! ... For some reason this article seems to be a magnet for this stuff: Smashing Pumpkins vs. The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smashing Pumpkins are vs. The Smashing Pumpkins is, to link or not to link... If as many people were as passionate about the band as they are about these edit/discussion wars, Zeitgeist would've been triple platinum by now! ;) Girolamo Savonarola 06:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Keep a close eye on me. Any second I may just revert this sucker back to proper U.S. quotation punctuation style, 'cause we Pun'kins am an American band.—DCGeist 07:45, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  An example from another featured article where duplicate entries are linked