Template talk:AltMednav

Navbox
Good pick for a navbox! human  15:00, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
 * PS, did you see my edit comment about piping and using (non breaking space, see source...) to prevent article names from wrapping? human  15:01, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
 * thanx... piping? I'll try to replace some of the things with  L  y  r  a   (தைோஜ)  15:07, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
 * Sorry 'bout the jargon - it appears you get it though. It's a pain, but wrapped title look weird, don't they? human  15:15, 16 May 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, no worries, I speak various wiki languages, including Weaselese, Jargon, and Mumble.... the first and last originated on CP...  L y  r  a   (އންކޮއޯވޮ)  15:17, 16 May 2008 (EDT)

Anyone want to help me nbsp-ify this list? Example:

Bee venom therapy should be Bee venom therapy, this stops titles from breaking and wrapping at line ends. Sometimes (often) I wish XP supported more than one "clipboard", because two would make this a lot easier... 02:49, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Side navbox
I suggest this should be a navigation box at the side, as is the current fashion. Is there a nice icon as yet? - David Gerard (talk) 17:06, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That could work, but we do have a bunch in this style, too. We've always had both styles of navboxen. Though this style works best when there's a reason to think the reader might want to see them all, not just a few. Like, say, would be the case with a box listing all UK Monarchs or such.  20:01, 31 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not convinced people would want all altmed articles ready linked in every page in the cat. In any case, I'm currently hampered by trying to work out wtf to use for an icon - David Gerard (talk) 20:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not, either, that's why I brought it up. You know, they don't have to have icons.  They can just exist.  Only hard part - editing all the articles to move the template from bottom to top (Hi Ken!  Hi Ed!).  Lemme think about iconography here... nope, blank slate, empty brain.  Template not need icon, template can be happy. Oooh, how about a classic yellow smiley face?  02:30, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Searching giggle images for "alternative medicine icon" produced sorta flowery blue-green yin-yang shapes with flowers in front. If I could work out how to introduce a subliminal dollar sign ... - David Gerard (talk) 08:05, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, that could work. Do we have much on traditional Chinese medicine?  00:22, 2 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I described the above to the loved one and she said "yeah, that's the only alt.med logo you'll find." So apparently it will have the right meaning. Something like this or this - yin-yangs are very popular in the commercial alt-med world. A symbol they also use is a mortar and pestle variant. Now, how to snark it up and make it white-on-colour like the others ... - David Gerard (talk) 23:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I just showed her our topic icons category. For iconic white-on-colour, she suggests a line-drawing mortar and pestle on a soothing green-tinged blue background. Possibly with magical stars. Armondikov, you bored? - David Gerard (talk) 23:12, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ugh, all the images at your links were creepy. Mortar and pestle, meh, I prefer yin/yang.  M/P is like real science.  Y/Y is lovely woo. Gawd, don't worry yourself about "snarking it up", the work will be in moving all the damn templates.  05:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * PS, probably a good idea to mock it up here before changing. 05:01, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah. M/P is like real pharmacy, but alt.med use it 'cos it's mostly evocative of apothecaries. Armondikov's pseudoscience icon was genius. This is a terrible mockup of what I'm thinking of. The yinyang on the front might be a bit busy, but sends the right message. The stars are from the pseudoscience icon - David Gerard (talk) 08:09, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The pseudoscience icon appears to have been Nx's - David Gerard (talk) 00:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Nav icon


First attempt. I was gonna put a yin-yang on the bowl, but the stars and bowl make it look like a crazy person, which IMO works. Also, note the pestle is actually a magic wand. SVG is File:Icon altmed.svg - please do hack at it as appropriate - David Gerard (talk) 22:03, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks about right to me. 00:20, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

What to include?
What's the criteria for inclusion in the template? Should Ayurvedic medicine, Hildegard medicine, or traditional Chinese medicine be added, for example? If not, then maybe Unani should be removed.--Křěĵ talk 17:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Usually it's a random selection from the appropriate category. Sophie  Wilder  17:19, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * But this is a box with manually added entries. Are you thinking of Template:Altmed?--Křěĵ talk 17:22, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Silly me. Choose stuff that covers the main points, include anything really well made, leave out the stubs. Sophie  Wilder  17:24, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Alrighty then.--Křěĵ talk 17:40, 7 May 2013 (UTC)