Wikipedia:Peer review/Diamond/archive1

Template:Diamond

I've created this template as a navigational box for use on major diamond-related articles. While diamond was being nominated (successfully) on FAC some months ago, there were some complaints that links to important sub-articles were hard to find; the "See also" list was also stripped from the article. I think of this template as a prettied-up "See also" list that can easily be put on the relevant articles as an aid to readers interested in reading more on given subtopics, and navigating the relevant articles. I should also mention that the discussion at Wikipedia:Featured topics inspired me to link the main articles on the topic together in a cohesive way.

However, I'm not sure if using a template as a nav box in this manner is a "good thing", a "bad thing", or a "thing that nobody cares about". So I turn to you, faithful PR editors, for input. I would love to hear your feelings on the general use of this type of template and the specific usefulness of this one. Any edits or suggestions regarding the template itself (format and/or content) would, of course, also be appreciated. Many thanks. Bantman 18:08, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

• Not strictly a peer review request, but I'll bite. I think you have to consider where the template is going to go, the template you have made is long and would take up quite a bit of right aligned space, where images normally go. So you might want to look at making it shorter and fatter if it's going to go into the lead of the article, or making it horizontal and adding it as a footer in an article. I like series boxes as long as they're relevant to the immediate topic. --nixie 03:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

• Interesting. Since you made it, use it. But my only concern is that the topic may be to small. Also, does this mean every mineral and rock in the ground gets a template? But since you worked on it, sure, use it. HereToHelp 21:38, 20 August 2005 (UTC)