Talk:List of string figures

Table?

Putting the list in table format would have several advantages, such as allowing sortability. However, it would make the precise indication of citations difficult without appearing tedious. It would also require figuring out how to indicate subsequent figures and how to deal with naming variations (perhaps indentation or borders?). For example, the below is pretty easy, containing no alternative names, but does not indicate that "Big Star" is a figure which follows "Ace of Diamonds".

• "Ace of Diamonds" (Hawaii: "E-ke-ma-nu"): position 1, similar to Cat's cradle's "Mattress"
  • "Big Star" (Navajo)
• "Andromeda Galaxy" (invented): opening A

References:

Name	Image	Location	Area	Alt. name	Alt. loc.	Opening position	Extension	Shared steps	Notes	Collected	Cited in
"Ace of Diamonds"		Hawaii: "E-ke-ma-nu"	Pacific			position 1			similar to Cat's cradle "Mattress"		Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.196.
"Big Star"		Navajo	Southwest			position 1			continuation of "Ace of Diamonds"		Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.196.
"Andromeda Galaxy"		Rodenbach, Germany	Europe			opening A				Invented by Felix Paturi.	ISFA (1999), p.75.

Sources

• Elffers, Joost and Schuyt, Michael (1979). Cat's Cradle and Other String Figures. Translation of Das Hexenspiel (1978). ISBN 0140052011.
• International String Figure Association (ISFA) (1996/1999). Fascinating String Figures. ISBN 0486404005.

Hyacinth (talk) 05:58, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Template?

Putting the entries on the list in template format can make them equally or more accessible to editors. The format is fairly clear:

{{List of string figures
|name=
|location=
|translation=
|additional name 1=
|additional location 1=
|opening position=
|notes=
|citations=
|collected=
|area=
}}

• "Ace of Diamonds" (Hawaii: "E-ke-ma-nu"): position 1, similar to Cat's cradle's "Mattress"

References:

See Template:List of string figures. Hyacinth (talk) 04:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Table?

See: Draft:List of string figures/sandbox. Hyacinth (talk) 04:12, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

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