Talk:Cellini Salt Cellar

Name

"Planet Earth" indeed! Where would one begin explaining? To begin at the beginning, the Cellini Salt is the more idiomatic name by which this item is known and published in English. --Wetman 23:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Of course - I was looking for this a while ago & could not find it under this ridiculous title, incorrect in any language. Johnbod (talk) 19:40, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Renamed as you see, to what is much the commonest term in English Johnbod (talk) 23:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

currency

i've corrected the assumed value once again. it was given at roughly 50 million schilling, *not* euros.217.230.143.109 06:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it might be a good idea to merge this with salt cellar.

Peter ^Isotalo 14:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

the german article states the correct value 217.230.143.31 10:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Infobox

I don't think the infobox adds anythging here, and makes the picture smaller. The Visual arts project is against the blanket use of infoboxes on VA articles & unless anyone objects I will remove it in a few days. Johnbod (talk) 14:34, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

How about you don't remove it? Gryffindor 21:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Any particular reason? Johnbod (talk) 21:40, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Well why does this template exist to begin with then? Also see Venus of Willendorf. Gryffindor 11:34, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. ...and while we discuss why this template exists to begin with, let's not display it pointlessly here, where it makes no contribution of information, which is the basis of the encyclopedia. --Wetman (talk) 16:03, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Introducing the less-aqggressive Infobox: a mouseclick on the discreet strip displays as much nonsense as you want to put in it. This may be the solution to dealing with the Box People.--Wetman (talk) 21:54, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

is there a way to put the text not centered at the top of the page? like right justify up against the show button? --Rocksanddirt (talk) 22:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Can anyone achieve this? I'm no adept at html. A click on the tab will show anyone interested that the infobox text is all there, untouched, ready for viewing. ---Wetman (talk) 01:07, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

• I am hoping that the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (infoboxes) will be resolved in favor of going back to a normal infobox style rather than this "Facts-at-a-Glance" thing. I am not going to terminate the experiment unilaterally, but the current style is definitely not my preference. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

• I agree that the infobox adds nothing here except inelegance. I can't help but read Wetman's approach as satire, but I understand that using or interpreting satire on wikipedia is like using a cigarette lighter on an airplane. Is there something wrong, especially with an article so short, with making the infobox information part of a sentence in the image caption, as I've just done? Whiskeydog (talk) 20:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• Infoboxes should not be hidden, per overwhelming consensus at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(infoboxes)#Infobox_discussion_at_WP:EAR and Wikipedia:VPR#Infobox_and_other_tables_solution_discussion. Please see the much more detailed explanation at Talk:Ponte_Vecchio#Cleanup before responding here. Much thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 19:12, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
• Since there are three editors who prefer no infobox at all, and this is not a category of article where infoboxes are at all standard, I shall just remove it, which I hope will be the end of the matter. Johnbod (talk) 01:21, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Agreed. Not having an infobox at all, is vastly preferable to having a broken/hidden infobox.
    If an infobox is still wanted, and editors cannot agree on a standard template, then making a custom infobox is recommended (As explained in the Talk:Ponte_Vecchio#Cleanup thread). Thanks. :) -- Quiddity (talk) 04:01, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Ceres

"...Neptune, god of the sea, and Ceres, goddess of the earth, symbolizing their unity in producing salt mined from the earth." Isn't Ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture, not of the earth? Shouldn't it be Terra Mater? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.0.7 (talk) 22:37, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I like your point. I read the portion of Cellini's autobiography pertaining to the design of this object, and it doesn't say anything about either Neptune or Ceres. It says, roughly, the sea represented by a male figure, and the earth represented by a female figure. The lead paragraph of the article does say it that way, but the second mention with Ceres and Neptune makes it sound like it's expanding that information when it's actually--apparently--an editor's interpretation. A revision seems to be in order. Input? Richigi (talk) 22:50, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

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