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All three of the example infoboxes given in the essay no longer reflect the actual state of the articles to which they belong. At the time of writing, they appear as shown here. Their value is clear.
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Since infoboxes do not contain categories, the meaning of this statement is unclear. More widely, subjective statements do not belong in Knowledge anyway; this is again not an infobox-specific issue.
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Providing a quick reference to key facts about the subject, in a format easily accessible to those in a hurry or with limited reading skills;
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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The length of an infobox very much depends on the user's settings (screen and window size, font and font-size, etc.)
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claims that "Disinfoboxes are infobox templates that add no value to articles". This is very misleading. The
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The essay is often cited as a reason not to add an infobox to an article. This ignores the part which reads
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If the infobox contains multiple entries within any identifying field, it is probably a disinfobox.
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Multiple values are appropriate and valid in many "identifying" infobox parameters, such as
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Non-free image has been replaced; title-display of coordinates has been deactivated.
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For example, it's unusual to see them in list articles, or on disambiguation pages.
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If the infobox is longer than a third of the article's body, it is a disinfobox.
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If the infobox contains subjective categories, it is a disinfobox.
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Allowing data to be more easily exported to, or displayed from,
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
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Making facts available in a machine-readable format, using
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essay
Knowledge's policies or guidelines
thoroughly vetted by the community
Shortcuts
WP:DIBR
WP:DISINFOR
infobox
Disinfoboxes
infoboxes
microformats
metadata
Wikidata
Plainlist

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA
Bronxville, New York
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
New York City
USA
actress
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Coordinates
43°46′4.76″N 11°15′11.49″E / 43.7679889°N 11.2531917°E / 43.7679889; 11.2531917
Arno River
Florence
spandrel

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