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This also removes some of the the superfluous column widths (if you ''must'' have them, use ems because you don't know the metrics of the client's browser font) as well as the deprecated <nowiki><br /></nowiki> tags that are being used to visually mimic a list. Also, style="text-align:center" is much better than setting a td to the deprecated align=center. As usual, this isn't compulsory, but it is much better practice. The extra whitespace indenting in the unbulleted lists is only there to help make the structure clearer. I don't expect every editor to cope with this sort of markup, but there's no reason why experienced editors can't improve this as they clean-up tables. --[[User:RexxS|RexxS]] ([[User talk:RexxS|talk]]) 14:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
:#I do agree about the widths. Widths do make the table look prettier. But they should be made of <code>em</code> rather than pixels. A good practice that I forgot to apply here. Thanks for reporting. :-)
:#I agree about <code>style="text-align:center"</code> as well.
:#Now I'm not sure about this particular use of unbuletted lists. Sure the principle is good and all. But I'm not sure it's worth the effort here. In the "Album details" column it saves a little space. And in "Sales" and "Certifications" column it can sometimes indicate a list of two items. It's a lot of code for a small change. However, [[The Prodigy discography]] contains a few examples where unbuletted lists would really be useful (lists of 4 to 7 items). It needs some more thoughts (and possibly feedback from users) on my opinion.
:Among tables, there are some far more urgent use of {{t|Template:Flatlist}} (with another layout) in {{t|Template:Navbox}} for example. I'd rather work on a large-scale important improvement on Navbox than a few lists here and there. Priorities, priorites. ;-) [[User:Dodoïste|Dodoïste]] ([[User talk:Dodoïste|talk]]) 04:35, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
== Avoiding more than two levels of headers ==
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