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Here's my rough draft changes. I think it's a tiny bit padded, but items from each row must be removed to balance shape. The theaters and campaigns column is very difficult to pare down further, so in its current configuration, we're down to tweaking what fits and what doesn't, IMHO. BusterD 04:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Looks good. I wonder if people with stingy screen sizes will be happy with its larger scope. The reason I overused Key in the titles was to provide an argument against numerous arbitrary additions, particularly to the Leaders column. I think a degree of discipline is needed here (or perhaps a detailed explanation of criteria in this Talk page) so that it doesn't explode with names such as Shaw, Chamberlain, and someone's favorite ancestor. Hal Jespersen 14:42, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Isn't it true that anyone makes changes on the template page, that the change is placed in effect immediately throughout Wikipedia. Where would a 'draft' be placed for review? Thanks Hmains 00:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
how about keeping at the top of the talk page, prior to usual talk items, a section called something like 'usage guidelines' where a few sentences would help editors to know in which categories/ articles they should place this template and where they should place it in the article. Should this template go at the bottom of every article that is in the 'American Civil War' Category and its subcategories, for example? Thanks Hmains 02:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
One idea to consider if the format proves excessive for pixel-deprived readers is a horizontal one, such as I've seen at {{Template:California}}. In this format, giving full names of generals would be possible. I'd go with blue and gray row colors. What do you think? Hal Jespersen 04:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
how about making the columns named 'Key USA leaders' and 'Key CSA leaders' to instead be 4 rows across the bottom of the template. This will leave the columns for info that is common to north and south and let the rows be for north/south unique info. Leaving more left/right space. Thanks Hmains 03:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)