User talk:Solidest/Archives/2023/September

Catalogue → Opus in infoboxes

Hello, Solidest ~ Per our chat yesterday, I have gone back to my various work on Jean Sibelius, Leevi Madetoja, Uuno Klami, Ernst Mielck, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Dag Wirén to convert the inboxes accordingly. There are several Sibelius opus-numbered compositions pages that still lack an infobox, although if/when I even get to them, I will add inboxes accordingly. From your perspective, are inboxes generally useful on composition articles? If so, I can make it a point to add them sooner rather than later (i.e., not waiting until I undertake expansions of the articles). Warmly, ~ Silence of Järvenpää 19:51, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Thanks for the edits. I was going to do this myself a bit later as we discussed yesterday, but I'm glad you got ahead of me. Yes, I think infoboxes are always useful in such articles. I know that some users take (or have taken) the opposite approach regarding classical compositions, and this optionality seems to be even written into the guidelines as far as I remember, but I don't really get the point of it. The infobox is actually a brief summary of the subject of the article, and can always be filled in, and it will always be useful to the reader. Solidest (talk) 20:55, 26 September 2023 (UTC)