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what context any specific table explains or why you have to show the ancestors for 5-generations just to explain it. In so doing, they are seemingly freed from the normal standards for reliable sourcing or relevance. My preference would be 1 (highest) remove most of them, unless they are accurately sourced, directly relevant and truly explanatory - of the 2000+ that exist (and ever growing) there may be a few dozen worth keeping, at most; very distant 2) compress them so they don't bloat the appearance of articles with such indiscriminate information, and astronomically distant 3) show them by default.
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The purpose of this request is not to decide the best default on abstract principles. Unlike the normal
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Ahnentafels don't belong at all, since they seem to confuse Knowledge with a genealogical website. But if they have to exist, then they should most certainly be collapsed as a default. Since they are then
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Depending on which default (collapsed or uncollapsed) is chosen for the basic template, many editors will need to add a "collapsed=" parameter to their "ahnentafel top" templates. If the present uncollapsed default remains, then many editors who want to hide the table on first sight will have to add
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I support changing the default to collapsed. As a professional historian, I find ahnentafels a valuable visual tool to clarify information. However, in my role on WP, I often find that the graphics detract from the article overall. Additionally, the ahnentafels are not necessarily valuable to every
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Before deciding to retain or change the uncollapsed default, we need to know what the overall effect would be. Under each alternative, how many editors would have to add a "collapsed=" parameter to their "Ahnentafel top" templates, and how many articles that weren't so edited would be less easy for
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I am late coming in, but I entirely agree with Angus. There are cases where a genealogical table of some sort is useful, but in most cases, they are included just because other articles have them, or because someone may be curious, or because they 'explain the context' but no one can every answer
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that collapsible content is no longer an accessibility issue. Provided this is the case, I see collapsing by default as clearly beneficial in this instance. Utopia would be if users could set the default in their preferences, but that's probably beyond the remit of this RfC.
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