Talk:Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Kingsif in topic infoboxes

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There is no requirement that both people in a joint biography must have separate infoboxes, or any infoboxes at all. The current approach creates a visual and informational imbalance that makes this article appear to be primarily about Samantha Buck. Joint biographies require extra attention to structure, tone and presentation than solo biographies. I personally think two infoboxes is too many: a shared infobox that briefly states the most salient factors of each person is often preferable (this may mean omitting some relatively trivial info in order give each person equal coverage), see for instance Stan and Jan Berenstain. Another possibility is to omit the infobox entirely, summarizing important aspects in lead and relegating person-specific minutiae to article body: see Bonnie and Clyde or Richard and Cherry Kearton. --Animalparty! (talk) 20:18, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Animalparty: feel welcome to make any changes - this seems simple enough to not need discussion - that aren't controversial. Try to keep the image somewhere in the article, though, better to have image of at least one. Kingsif (talk) 20:28, 21 June 2020 (UTC)Reply