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Should we include page numbers for short stories? Is there already a rule or format for this that I cannot find? DoctorWhoTMBG ^{talk to me} 15:37, January 1, 2012 (UTC)

There is no rule about this. Page numbers are simply not a part of any current formatting guidelines. My initial concerns about introducing them into infoboxen -- and I definitely think page counts only belong in infoboxen -- is consistency. So many pages will be without page counts that it'll make the few that you're probably prepared to edit look like an aberration. After all, once we put it in the infobox, it'll be applied to not just short stories, but all printed stories. The question we need to work out at this juncture is whether we're prepared to live with the fact that very few of all the eligible pages will have the page number field filled in by your initial efforts (unless, of course, you happen to be sitting on a massive DW collection). How dedicated are you personally to the idea of actually filling in page numbers? Will we find editors willing (and with access to source material) who can help you in this task? We're talking thousands of articles that will need fairly tedious editing.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  <span style="">01:47: Mon 02 Jan 2012 

Very tedious indeed.

It could be chucked in under Notes. With wording something like "This story is on pages X to Y".

That would alleviate the need to have it in the infobox, while having the information on the article. --Tangerineduel / talk 13:10, January 2, 2012 (UTC)