User talk:Solo
@Finellach
Looking at how the Poitiers page looks like now, I think there should be a clearer standard format for Personal Arms (possibly without having to make repeats of a further cluttering formula like Arms from Seal ?). Dates for seals and dates for titles aren't clearly identifiable at first look (if it's not obvious to me anymore, I can't imagine the random reader being positive on anything). I don't know maybe dates refering to the testimony could be in italics or use different brackets to distinguish them from biographic dates ?
I formatted all my dates for seals like that, following an existing example (not sure which now but I looked for one before, I'm certain of that). Until now I've really avoided to mix biography and record in the dates because I thought it would confuse things but that's not a solution.
Here are a few random ideas to illustrate what I mean (really randomly trying, not propositions).
- Personal Arms
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Aymar III de Poitiers
Count of Valentinois and Diois
[1270] -
Aymar IV de Poitiers
Son of the Count of Valentinois
(Count in 1277)
[Seal : 1257] -
Amédée de Poitiers
Lord of Saint Vallier
Seal, 1337 -
Louis II de Poitiers
Count of Valentinois
1374-1419
Arms from Gelre Armorial -
Charles de Poitiers
Bishop of Châlons (1389–1413) -
Charles de Poitiers
Bishop of Langres
1413–1433 -
Diane de Poitiers
Duchess of Valentinois
(Seal, 1548)
Maybe there could be a dummy unlinked dynasty page where we could present all cases and how they should be formatted, something that contributors could refer to in case of a doubt ? (I know you're not but I am a little bit unsure what to use at this point).