Thread:Chernabogue/@comment-3236835-20150120233250

Hi Chernabogue.

I have a few questions and suggestions about the new Infobox GenericEnemy template. Please, take your time to read each one as I need some instructions on how to proceed.
 * 1) Could you change the name of the variables stuff1 and stuff2 to something related to what those variables do? I suppose that stuff1 could be changed to enemy data and stuff2 to category.
 * 2) Is stuff2 really necessary? As I've been trying to fill some infoboxes, I've found that type and stuff2 are virtually the same, and in most cases I can't make up my mind on how to fill them. I usually choose the most relevant category of the enemy and fill type with it. The Werewolf is a special case, as there exists a page for its type (Were Beast), but almost all other enemies don't have a page dedicated to the type of creature they belong to (and many don't need it, as they happen to be unique creatures). Some cases I can remember that do have a type page are Bird People, Flightless Birds, Lady Bats and Hoppers.
 * 3) Could you change the title of the Game(s) field to Appearances? I think that would look most appropriate.
 * 4) How many items are acceptable before making the Game(s) list jump to the Appearances section instead?
 * 5) I think that Game(s) should link to Enemy Data instead. The current Appearances section in almost all pages doesn't cover all games the enemy has appeared in. Also, because many times the exact same version of an enemy appears in various games, writing an "Appearance" section for each game is really not worth it.
 * 6) Should all big galleries be moved to a sub-page now? If so, how many items would be acceptable in a gallery before creating the new sub-page?
 * 7) Should all big Enemy Data tables be moved to a sub-page now or should they just jump to the current "Enemy Data" section of the page? How many items would be acceptable in an Enemy Data table before moving it to a new sub-page? Some tables are very large, so I would agree if they were to be in a new sub-page.
 * 8) I was checking the code of the old infobox and the new one, and found that both have 250px width; however, the new one provides less horizontal space (maybe because of the borders). Do you think it should be made a little bit wider? Take for example the Abilities field in the Persephone and Medusa Head pages. Those descriptions occupied only two lines before, but now they use three.
 * 9) Do you think all these new infoboxes would look nicer with a gradient effect? I was thinking using a clearer tone on top and a darker one at the bottom. I wouldn't know how to do that, though, but maybe if you do, you could make a test and upload it to your blog so we can see if it looks nice.
 * 10) Also, I wanted to suggest if we could switch the colors of the Infobox GenericEnemy with the Infobox Staff. I think blue fits much better with enemies than purple; and if purple doesn't look good for staff, then it could be dark green.
 * 11) It has come to my attention that all enemy infoboxes, using the old format for images ( [[File:IMAGE.XXX]] ) now are displaying two images on the infobox, and it seems that doesn't happen for the games, characters, staff and soundtracks infoboxes. Does that mean we should fix each page manually, or is there a way to fix it all from the template?
 * 12) And last but not least, I see you didn't update the Infobox Item template. Is it because it's barely used, or because all that info can be found in the Item Data table of an item?

Well, that's all I can think for the moment, I'll be waiting for your response. This wiki keeps getting better and better as each day passes by.

Regards. ☺ 