Difference between revisions of "Template talk:Eventexpired"

Revision as of 22:36, 13 March 2015

Hello my fellow wiki editors.

Today i was looking at the March of the Tortodrones (Mission) page, and had to ask myself:

Why do i need this "March of the Tortodrones (Mission)" is part of "March of the Tortodrones" info...

I agree that this little Event topic Template can actually be useful. eg. for the Pumpkin King some players might not know that he is part of the "Dark Harvest Festival" BUT does it really have to be the first thig on that page?

So i would like to get a few opinions on these two questions:
a) is this information really THAT important to be on the very top of the page?
b) is it really neccessary to have it on every page, even though the Mission name is exactly identical with the Event name.

thanks -Thepc 22:13, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Several interesting points. IMO, headers (besides Template:opinion) shouldn't be used on the wiki. Where do we draw the line? Headers interrupt the flow of reading the page, and they're supposed to do that to get your attention, but SK has a lot of transient things, and a lot of crazy exceptions and ways you can royally screw up pretty much everywhere. Nearly everything needs a wallethazardous on it really. So let's respect the time and effort of the creator and come to a decision as editors:

I'd like to do one of the following:

1) remove Template:Eventexpired, Template:Reskin, Template:Expiring, and any other similar headers (besides Template:opinion) from usage around wiki, making sure to emphasize these facts immediately on the page (like I have with "blahblah is an event-exclusive mission"). This way, we get the "warning" out that we want to, without disrupting wiki format.

2) move headers (except Template:opinion) over to the right, shrink width/height, and use a different image (or also shrink the image) so they're snug with the infobox.

3) agree on where to draw the line regarding headers. If things like "reskin" and "expiring" save someone's wallet, they're worth keeping. Most of the nature of SK is transient - so removing this Template:Eventexpired (that really only emphasizes the nearly-default, transient nature of most things in sk), but keeping the others, would also be fine. Example: would you use a header like this on every promotional item? Or iron lockbox items now that we have a monthly rotation of those?

4) do nothing. Have a party.

I'd vote for option #3. --Novaster 22:35, 13 March 2015 (UTC)