Talk:Him (Cummings play)

Characters in infobox

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The characters list in the infobox was run-on text as here which was a "sea of text" with breaks in awkward places.
I formatted it as a plainlist, as per the infobox template instructions, as here which, to me, looks extremely awkwardly long.
As there is a detailed character list in the article, I propose that the list is removed from the infobox - any comments? - Arjayay (talk) 12:36, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Pinging User:(Einbildungskraft) and User:Samsmachado (the only editors with more than 2 edits to the article), as this talk page is unlikely to be noticed otherwise. - Arjayay (talk) 12:43, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I agree that the long cast list should not be in the info box, but I think it should be maybe trimmed and moved into the article. The list of both actors and cast (that's there now) could be trimmed - there is a good source to the program, and it's linked. I'd say deleting the long list from the info box might be a good first step.(Einbildungskraft) (talk) 14:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Agreed about the trimming. Perhaps instead of listing the characters in the infobox, it could say something like "Characters: 105"? (It's a sourced fact in the article that there are 105 characters.) Samsmachado (talk) 17:09, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

That makes sense. I think you could type into the box: "* There are 105 characters"(Einbildungskraft) (talk) 17:53, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Agreed - we certainly don't need multiple lists - perhaps "There are 105 characters - see Characters section below" which can be linked and which directs the reader to the list? - Arjayay (talk) 19:57, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I like Arjayay's suggestion a lot. Anyone have any qualms with it? Samsmachado (talk) 23:07, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I like the look of that - good to have a sensible discussion and outcome for a change. Thanks both, and best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 08:06, 18 August 2020 (UTC)