Talk:P. G. Wodehouse bibliography

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Perhaps it would be interesting to point out his best-known novels, the ones that should not be missed because they are in the collective memory?Zigzig20s 06:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Golf stories

"... all characters involved consider the only worthwhile pursuit in life"? That's a sweeping and inaccurate generalisation, as is the suggestion that golf doesn't crop up in the novels. I've rewritten the lead-in accordingly. Jimmy Pitt (talk) 12:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge

There are well over 200 short stories, several of which have never appeared in book form, most of which appeared in more than one magazine, often under different titles. Combining them with the books would be confusing and serves no useful purpose. Jimmy Pitt talk 21:14, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

White space and the tables

Having gone through this article, I must say I'm rather surprised to see it is a featured list.

That is because it is absolutely riddled with white space (at least it is on my screen). From the 'Contents' table to 'See also', there is nothing but a bit of prose, tables, book covers, photographs and acres of white space. I hope it is only me who can see it.

Looking at the 'Books' table, I would say that a repeat of the information at the top of said table about halfway down might be a good idea.
e.g. If one is looking at something in the sixties, one would not have to continually go back to see which column is which, regarding the 'UK publisher' or who that publisher is/was.

What do other editors think?

RASAM (talk) 15:11, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure what white space you are referring to. I don't see excessive white space under the 'Contents' table and there is no 'See also' section. Could you point out one or two specific examples of the white space you're referring to? Regarding your second point, there isn't a 'Books' table, so I assume you mean the 'Novels' table. As it stands now, it can be sorted by any column such as year of US publication or series, so none of the rows are always halfway down the list. In any case, I think the table is fine as it is now, since the columns are in a logical order. Miles26 (talk) 06:08, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

In response to your last comment, here are the areas in the article:
'Novels', followed by two lines of text, with four photographs/covers on the right; the left is a sea of white.
'Short story collections', also with two lines of text and two pictures (My Man Jeeves and the 'Psmith' illustration). The left-hand side of the page is as above.
'Plays', no text, just three pictures on the right and guess-what is on the left?

I agree that the table is fine as it is, except that it could do with the headings being repeated about halfway down to make it easier to read which column is which, (as I said, not very well, above).

RASAM (talk) 17:09, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying. I don't see those areas of white space you describe when viewing the article with my usual web browser window. The photographs and covers appear to the right of the tables. I think what might be happening is that you are viewing the page in a narrow web browser window, so the images are getting pushed above the table. Do you still see the large white areas if you view the article in a wider browser window?
I think it would be confusing to repeat the headings halfway down the table. It might look like there were two different tables or that there was some meaningful distinction between the top and bottom halves. How about instead repeating the header as the final row at the bottom of the table? Miles26 (talk) 22:29, 6 September 2019 (UTC)