Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mir visiting spacecrafts and crews

List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir edit

Self-nomination, mostly. I really like this table, but it may make sense to me only because i've been working on it for so long.. hopefully it's readily understandable.. if not, suggestions for improvement would be nice. Mlm42 22:20, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Just joking...have a few comments. Formatting is somewhat akward within the table. The lead will need to be substantially improved upon, as is the case with an increasing amount of FL nominees. A few references will also be needed. Perhaps, lastly, an image of Mir accompanying the lead, in which the title should be bolded. Phoenix2 02:02, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Comments - Wow - good work so far, but Phoenix2 beat me to the punch: you will need some references, and the lead section is rather thin. -- ALoan (Talk) 02:44, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- hmm.. i don't quite see what needs to be referenced further? i mean the dates, crews and missions are all easily verified from many sources (including the ones listed at the bottom of the page in external links). and i was wondering if you found the table confusing? and in what way is the formatting awkward? i mean i agree, but i'm finding it hard to pin down and fix. Mlm42 04:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - If the external links are the refernecs, they need to be in a section entitled "references". The lead should explain what the list is about, and given any relevant background information. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:11, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It is confusing at first. That is, it takes some thought and mental organization to figure out how to interpret the list. A lead section explaining that some people leave on different ships than the one they came on would help. What do they do up there? What is the personnel capacity of the station? Perhaps colour coding or graphics matching the ships with their crew? Specifically, I'm thinking about something like a coloured stripe or ribbon or coloured top border that is the same colour as the ship cell (or border) for when the person arrives and a similar stripe on the bottom of the person's cell corresponding to the ship they leave on. This kind of scheme might give better flow to the list. I have tried fiddling with that idea but I do not know how to do it, expect for actually uploading .jpg of a coloured stripe and inserting that image. Oh, and a picture of Mir with ships docked would be nice. --maclean25 05:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Would it help to have each member of crew in a separate timeline? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:11, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - That would likely cause the table to grow too wide.. i think it's best to lump them together whenever possible. And i entirely agree it would be great if it were possibly to fiddle with the borders of the cells, but i haven't found a way to do it.. i'm not much of a computer guy, and it seems that if you want to change these things you have to be. Mlm42 15:45, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Fairly understandable, interesting, original. I liked the flags. Good work. CG 12:59, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
Support very detailed and well organized. Few minor things mentioned above could be improved, but it looks great! Renata3 19:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – The layout of the table needs to be explained. =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:22, September 10, 2005 (UTC)