Thread: Battle Infobox Proposal

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Hello, I would like to make a proposal for how the factions are displayed in the infoboxes of battles.

Specifically, I believe we should include faction logos in the infoboxes (along with any logos for individual branches of each faction) using Halo Nation's old Era Icon logos. To provide a concrete example of this, here is an infobox using this system.

Template:Battle Infobox

The major pros of this new system would be:

  • Unified size of icons. As no official size specifications have been given, this ensures that all logos are treated equally. It also won't distort the text in the infobox differently and can be planned with in mind as each will be unified in size.
  • Unified colours. All the icons will be black and white meaning they will be friendly across all site skins both current and planned. It is likely more visible for those who are colour blind.
  • Pre-existing assets. A huge amount of the factions in the Halo universe had their logos created, meaning it is as simple as uploading and adding them in the right place.
  • Part of the merger. Halopedia gets these assets no matter what from the Halo Nation/Halopedia merger, this would just allow them to be used.

Let me know your thoughts below.

Posted by CMDR RileySV (administrator) on May 25, 2020 at 00:23.
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I like this. It'd be cool if we use era-appropriate icons, too (wikipedia does this with flags so I think it's not unreasonable)

Posted by BaconShelf (administrator) on May 25, 2020 at 00:45.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. The UNSC is a great example of where that can work.

Posted by CMDR RileySV (administrator) on May 25, 2020 at 01:00.
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As you can see I already started doing this :) Operation: RETRIBUTION

Posted by TheEld on May 25, 2020 at 02:52.
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The retribution page looks good, though I do look foreward to (hopefully) implementing a standardised set of icons we can use for visual consistency across all pages. Overall, this is an idea I'm super excited about implementing.

Also the Didact's hand symbol for Jul's organisation is a great idea.

Posted by BaconShelf (administrator) on May 25, 2020 at 22:10.
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I'm excited about implementing it as well. It would be super easy to do and we already have the icons for most of the factions, so a good chunk of our battle infoboxes could be made consistent relatively quick. The system could also be used on different infoboxes.

Posted by CMDR RileySV (administrator) on May 26, 2020 at 00:23.
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A bit late to the party, but I wholly support this.

Posted by Dab1001 (administrator) on June 15, 2020 at 20:49.