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== Table values as manual separators (List of countries by median age#By population division) ==
<small>See updated link below</small>
At [[List of countries by median age#By population division]] table values are used as manual separators. What is the best way to fix this? A separate table for each? --[[User:Emir of Wikipedia|Emir of Wikipedia]] ([[User talk:Emir of Wikipedia|talk]]) 17:20, 7 March 2021 (UTC) {{pme}}
: {{reply to|Emir of Wikipedia}} I actually think that usage is not too bad. From your description here, I pictured some colspanned rows like the dividers [[Bad (tour)#Tour dates|here]]. But the table you're pointing at has rows which include data in all columns, and aren't so much dividers (especially after sorting by Region, say, or "1970") as they are just aggregations of other (groups of) rows. I'd prefer to see the table right-aligned (except for the Type column), the headers need <code>scope</code> attributes, and the caption needs its caps corrected, but otherwise, the table seems nicely accessible to me. Even the presence of the Type column means that the colors aren't the only indicator of aggregate rows. I wouldn't separate anything. <i>— [[User:JohnFromPinckney|JohnFromPinckney]] ([[User talk:JohnFromPinckney|talk]])</i> 00:17, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
:: If other people think it alright then it might be fine, just looked like a very strange way to do a table to me. [[User:Emir of Wikipedia|Emir of Wikipedia]] ([[User talk:Emir of Wikipedia|talk]]) 15:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
:::Two things:
:::#I have changed the section heading pointed to above, as it turns out "population division" is an office or team or department of the UN, ''not'' a different way of organizing the data. '''The new target for the discussion here is [[List of countries by median age#UN figures]].'''
:::#I'm no longer so sure I like that table. It's copied pretty much directly from the UN's Excel file, where those dividers and aggregates seem to make more sense. I'll have to think about this some more, but (or even: ''therefore'') if anybody else has some input I'd be keen to hear/see it.
:::Warm regards, <i>— [[User:JohnFromPinckney|JohnFromPinckney]] ([[User talk:JohnFromPinckney|talk]])</i> 06:27, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
::::Thanks for taking more time to consider this. Looks like it was more complicated than I thought. [[User:Emir of Wikipedia|Emir of Wikipedia]] ([[User talk:Emir of Wikipedia|talk]]) 15:48, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
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