Talk:Excelsior

Table of Contents and lead

I don't know if this applies to all browsers, but on mine the table of contents does not allow any subsequent text to appear alongside it. The result is a big white space, all the more glaring if the TOC is placed on the right hand side, making it far from immediately obvious to a new reader what "It may refer to:" refers to, since the relevant text is pushed off the bottom of the browser and will only be seen if it occurs to the reader to scroll down. It's far better page design to make it obvious at a glance what is going on. That's why I suggest that a) "It may refer to:" is replaced with something like "It has been used as the name or title of several places, organizations and items.", and the TOC then follows, self-evidently listing those things. b) therefore don't place TOC to the right, but left so readers will more naturally read this after the lead. Any further thoughts from other editors? Alfietucker (talk) 11:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm guessing you may be using the HTML standards ignorant Internet Explorer browser. Placing a clear {{-}} template usually helps. older ≠ wiser 17:09, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Balloons

3 balloons have been named Excelsior:

• Excelsior (Ballon), Freiballon, der 1898 mit Stanley Spencer (Ballonfahrer) und 1909 mit Ferdinand Porsche aufstieg<!- http://fahrtraum.at/ueber-den-wolken/ (30. Oktober 2015, abgerufen 14. April 2016)
• Excelsior (Luftschiff), ein experimentelles Luftschiff von Stanley Spencer (Ballonfahrer) um 1903
• Excelsior (Union Army Balloon Corps), ein militärischer Aufklärungsballon der USA (um 1861–1863)<!- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army_Balloon_Corps

and 1 balloon company:

• Balloon Excelsior, 1969 in Kalifornien (USA) gegründet, Fabrikation, Reparatur von und Flugschule für Ballons<!- http://www.balloonexcelsior.com/history.html

I have just now added ist to:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior (German) --Helium4 (talk) 11:11, 14 April 2016 (UTC)