https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Wikipedia%3ATable_dos_and_don%27ts Wikipedia:Table dos and don'ts - Revision history 2026-05-15T20:24:33Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.5 https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Table_dos_and_don%27ts&diff=2677&oldid=prev Tachyony: Imported page 2021-12-06T16:27:07Z <p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{information page|pages=[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables]]|shortcut=WP:TABDD}}<br /> &lt;onlyinclude&gt;<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;text-align:center; font-size:16pt; padding:10px 0 20px 0;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Help:Table/Introduction to tables|Tables]] are a great way to present data.&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;<br /> |+ &#039;&#039;&#039;When you work with tables:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> | <br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;4&quot;<br /> ! style=&quot;background:#efefef; font-size:larger;&quot; |DO:<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Green_check.png‎]] Use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Help:Table/Introduction to tables|wikitables]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, not [[HTML_element#Tables|HTML]] tables.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Green_check.png‎]] Use &#039;&#039;&#039;class=&quot;wikitable&quot;&#039;&#039;&#039; to apply standard style.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Green_check.png‎]] Use &#039;&#039;&#039;short, self-explanatory [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|captions and headers]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Green_check.png‎]] Use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Help:Table#Classes|CSS classes]]&#039;&#039;&#039;, not inline attributes, to set table style.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Green_check.png]] Make columns &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Help:Table#Sortable_tables|sortable]]&#039;&#039;&#039; as appropriate.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> |<br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;4&quot;<br /> ! style=&quot;background:#efefef; font-size:larger;&quot; | DON&#039;T:<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use tables for &#039;&#039;&#039;[[WP:WHENTABLE|visual layout]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[MOS:COLOR|color alone]]&#039;&#039;&#039; to convey information.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Help:Table#Nested_tables|nest tables]]&#039;&#039;&#039; if avoidable.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Help:Table#Scrolling|scrolling tables]]&#039;&#039;&#039; in articles.<br /> |-<br /> | [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables#Size|split up]]&#039;&#039;&#039; sortable tables.<br /> |}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Help:Table]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables|Accessibility for tables]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simple rule set]] <br /> *[[Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style|Simple style manual]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Styletips|Style tips]]<br /> {{Wikipedia dos and don&#039;ts}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Table Dos And Don&#039;ts}}<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia basic information]]<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia help]]<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia tables|*]]<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia dos and don&#039;ts]]</div> Tachyony