Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
It's been quiet here for soooo long...
...that I just had to stir things up, Actually, the January 15th edition of the Signpost had details of a very interesting new feature - CLICKABLE IMAGES. Some time back, there was an attempt to do just that with this template. However, due to technological limitations, it had to be abandoned. The new Wiki code (here) allows for the creation of clickable image maps WITHOUT having to cut up the image or otherwise "cheat" the system. As such, I've been bold and have already coded the template image as an interactive version (since it only involved some coding, and no changes to either the image or the template text). (It's a fair bit of code for this template, only because there are so many different objects to link to. I've added extensive comments within the template to make sure anyone can work with it.) Cheers - let me know what you think! --Ckatzchatspy 12:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Articles On Solar System Video
Archive
I archived the old talk from November and December 2006 in a new archive page, Template talk:Solar System/Archive 4. RandomCritic 18:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Nifty!!
Nice template, dudes! Said: Rursus 10:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Very nice. Extremly well done synoptic visualisation. Lots of information on a very small space. If one had to add a criticism, it is that I - as an uninitiated user - expected clicking on the i-button to take me to a exhaustive list of solar objects (i.e. List_of_solar_system_objects). Instead it takes me to the image source file (and if I wait for th popup-label to appear, it tells me so) (but that criticism as already adressed above).--83.77.159.172 (talk) 14:00, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Gliese 581
I removed the additions of the Gliese 581 system because it is not part of this solar system (it's a whole 20 light years away). MThe topic of this template is the solar system (as in our solar system) and thus other systems do not apply. Additionally, there have been many solar systems discovered, and they are not part of this template (if they were it would be unmanageably big). If someone wants to create a template to sit at the bottom of the Gliese 581 system (and/or other systems) to tie all the related topics (i.e. planets) together that could be more appropriate. BaKanale 15:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Image map
I think the image map would be better off as a regular old image. First, I clicked on it hoping to see an enlarged view, as with pretty much every other image on Wikipedia, but instead I got sent to the page for Neptune. Took a second to figure that one out. Then, cursoring around the image, it seems to be broken up into absurdly small fragments of which many are plain black space. Can we just make this a regular image, and allow people to click on the normal links beneath if they want to see a particular topic? --Doradus 02:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Template talk:Solar System/temp
The longitude measures north and south and latitude measures east and west. The earth is bulged at the poles and is square at the equarter which is located at the south end of earth.
I, for one, don't like the image map. I think it's just a "gee whiz" feature without any real justification. --Doradus 19:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid I might be the only one who came to this image without preconceived notions and actually tried to use it. But ok, if nobody else has a problem with this image behaving surprisingly relative to most images on Wikipedia, can we at least agree that the hot zones on this image map are too small? Can we have a smaller number of larger zones? Or, failing that, can we at least make the entire image map bigger so the planets are discernible? --Doradus 19:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I did an upscaled version of this style (but the AU-scale still presents problems), it's here: Image:SolarSystemUnmarked.png, see notes, etc., I should probably take a short break from editing... Dreg743 13:29, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Autocollapsing while keeping imagemap
I tried to make this template autocollapse (because that seems to be the trend in navboxes lately, so they work well together) but I was reverted by User:Ckatz, who likes the imagemap. I believe that we can have both, with one of three methods:
- Deep template magic. Somehow mix Wikipedia:NavFooter divs into the template. This is beyond my skill, perhaps someone else can attempt it?
- Substitute the imagemap for the "Solar System" link on top.
- Have the title be "Solar System:" and then the imagemap, all in one row.
What are other editors thoughts? hike395 15:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Just for discussion, here's a take on the template with the graphic incorporated into the header: Template talk:Solar System/temp2 Thoughts? --Ckatzchatspy 18:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I've got to say, this is the best improvement of the template since we upgraded the images back after the Pluto demotion...I like the auto collapse; having the planets works much better than previous. --myselfalso 06:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
How about we move [show] to the bottom and call it [show links]? --Doradus 16:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Revision
I agree that the font sizes could be a little larger (though they should still be smaller than ordinary text). But I don't agree with extending the box borders to the boundaries of the page. This seems to be the in thing for boxes these days, but it's unsuitable for this particular box, which is visually built around the illustrative image of the Solar System planets. Extending the borders to the edges creates a great deal of incompatible white space around both sides of the image; and I don't believe it's feasible to have an expanding and contracting image as the central feature of this box. RandomCritic (talk) 22:13, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Intriguing. How about the following (or something like it)...?
Sardanaphalus (talk) 05:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Or this?
RandomCritic (talk) 13:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't see why we need to change this very sleek looking template because someone has a complex about making every box the same width. A lot of people put a lot of work into keeping this infobox simple and easily navigable. There is no reason for making it bigger just for the sake of it. 67.175.134.37 (talk) 04:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
The image needs updating...
To include Makemake - rst20xx (talk) 23:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Will this work?
I'm not sure how to do the hyperlinking. Also, the diagram atop the Solar System article needs an update as well.
BlytheG 02:23, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
The licensing info looks good. Thanks for the linking.
BlytheG 05:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
It's kind of confusing that...
...the names are not assigned correctly with the above image. For example, "Uranus" is located below the image of Neptune in this template. Anyone able to alter it so that they are properly aligned?? Georgia guy (talk) 13:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Rings?
We could easily link Rings of Saturn. We could also link the other ring articles (except for Rhea), though they might not be visible. Still nice for navigation, though. How about it? kwami (talk) 22:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Order
Hehe, so there I was in the pub yesterday trying to learn the new mnenomic (My Very Enjoyable Mission Cementing Justice Sweetly etc etc). Now I look at the template and the order of the new dwarf planets have been altered. I'm sure it was Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, but that seems to have been changed. Is the new order "correct" as per the IAU or is there another reason? Better find a new memory aid now, heh...doktorb wordsdeeds 07:11, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Speaking of Haumea, I added haumea to the template picture:
I did my best to make Haumea egg-shaped. I don't know how to adjust the links on the picture, so someone else can do that. Werothegreat (talk) 15:48, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
border
How'd you get the border around the box? I'm trying to make another box, and having a bit of difficulty with that. --JamesR1701E (talk) 20:14, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Title bar colour
I, for one, think this edit has made the title bar look significantly uglier. --Doradus (talk) 13:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Hills Cloud
I'm removing 'Hills Cloud' from the template. This term is not commonly used by the astronomical or planetary science communities, and the article itself isn't much good. Should it become a standard term in the future, we can add it back, but I personally bet 'Inner Oort Cloud' will cover any other objects like Sedna. Michaelbusch (talk) 00:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Great Template
This template is pretty and the picture of the different planets is an excellent idea that also has the virtue of being well-implemented. Zantastik talk 23:43, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Very small
Eyh happy new year, 2010 made me think of space for some reason, which lead me to WP, and to this template, which I think should be about 5 times larger, so it would be easier to look and click on it. :-) 83.108.193.243 (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Pluto
The link for Pluto's satellites isn't working and the link for Pluto is where the link of Pluto's satellites should have been. Somebody fix this.
Dwarf Planets
I noticed on the page for Dwarf planets, it lists 9 dwarf planets (Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, and Sedna) but in this navigation bar, it only lists 5 (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris). Can someone please do something about this inconsistency? - Omega13a (talk) 20:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Where's Sedna, OR10 and TC302?
They're all calculated to be larger than Ceres and a few other dwarf planets so I think they should be listed. Quaoar and Orcus are also very large. Robo37 (talk) 15:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Pluto AND Charon?
Why does Charon get a spot in the top banner, while other larger moons do not? Isambard Kingdom (talk) 14:17, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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