Talk:List of Shakespearean characters
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'Shakespeare characters' is ungrammatical. This page should be moved to Shakespearean characters. Anyone disagree? The Singing Badger 17:21, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- No strong opinion. Shakespearean characters already exists as a redirect here. However, before making a move we should at least consider List of Shakespearean characters for consistency with the way the Simpsons enthusiasts handle it. AndyJones 21:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, yes, List of Shakespearean characters is more appropriate. The Singing Badger 21:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- I'll make that move tomorrow unless we get further comments. AndyJones 15:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, yes, List of Shakespearean characters is more appropriate. The Singing Badger 21:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Formatting
This page is awesome. But I find the formatting a bit iffy. I don't like the way the numbered names appear further to the left than than the bulleted names. It's counter-intuitive. Methinks it would be better to replace the numbering with double bullets.
In other words, instead of this:
- Berkeley:
- Berkeley and Tressell (fict) are the two gentlemen accompanying Lady Anne, and Henry VI's coffin, in Richard III.
- Lord Berkeley (hist) acts as messenger from York to Bolingbroke, in Richard II.
- Bianca:
- Bianca is the younger sister of Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew. She is loved by Gremio and Hortensio, and eventually marries Lucentio.
- Bianca is a whore or mistress (the text is inconsistent on which she is) to Michael Cassio in Othello.
You would get this:
- Berkeley:
- Berkeley and Tressell (fict) are the two gentlemen accompanying Lady Anne, and Henry VI's coffin, in Richard III.
- Lord Berkeley (hist) acts as messenger from York to Bolingbroke, in Richard II.
- Bianca:
- Bianca is the younger sister of Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew. She is loved by Gremio and Hortensio, and eventually marries Lucentio.
- Bianca is a whore or mistress (the text is inconsistent on which she is) to Michael Cassio in Othello.
The latter is less broken up by spacing and easier to read, I think. Unfortunately it would be an arduous task to rework this enormous article, a task I am too lazy to do myself, but I just thought I'd raise the possibility. The Singing Badger 15:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- OK. This is a late-night edit after a night out, I'm afraid, and I'm away for a couple of days (actually in Stratford-Upon-Avon doing some Shakespeare-related stuff) but I'll try to respond briefly now & then give this some thought in the next couple of days. My first thought is that I can't see the problem you identify on my screen: it might be your browser or preferences that generate that. In the examples you've given above, the indents on my screen are in the same "direction" both times. Having said that, if there's a problem for some users, I guess we should aim for something that would be consistent for everyone. I'm thinking that * then ** would work for everybody. I also think numbering has no particular advantages. It might not be so difficult as you imagine to change. * would stay the same, # would become **, ## would become *** and if there are any ###s they would become ****. Those are my only thoughts for the moment. You can take it I've no objection to your suggestion. I'll look back here again Friday or Saturday. Thank you for your "awesome" comment, by the way. AndyJones 21:02, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- Alright, I've had a go at that. It looks fine on my screen (but then, so did the previous version). Does the revised layout work for you? AndyJones 12:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Wow thanks, that looks way better! Sorry I didn't check to see if it looked different in other skins, that was thoughtless of me. But anyway, it should definitely be a lot clearer now in all the skins. Thanks again. The Singing Badger 14:25, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
