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Not too long ago, I played around with the idea of using tabbox as a solution to resolve the feature lists. While it worked as a function, it falls short when it comes to presenting itself nicely (e.g. [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|this article]] struggles to look nice for mobile users and those using 1280x screen resolution). As the list expands, the tabbox will no longer be useful. I thought of importing Wookieepedia's feature list template (App) but as I played around with the template, it didn't really help the article as much as I thought it would. As for now, I think the best solution would be to create a template that uses a combination of the [[template:hide|hide template]] and the [[template:Scroll box|scrollbox template]]. I can improve it by making it customisable by allowing editors to specify the field parameters without having to edit the actual template, but let's just focus on creating the template first. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 01:10, 27 August 2013 (EDT) | Not too long ago, I played around with the idea of using tabbox as a solution to resolve the feature lists. While it worked as a function, it falls short when it comes to presenting itself nicely (e.g. [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|this article]] struggles to look nice for mobile users and those using 1280x screen resolution). As the list expands, the tabbox will no longer be useful. I thought of importing Wookieepedia's feature list template (App) but as I played around with the template, it didn't really help the article as much as I thought it would. As for now, I think the best solution would be to create a template that uses a combination of the [[template:hide|hide template]] and the [[template:Scroll box|scrollbox template]]. I can improve it by making it customisable by allowing editors to specify the field parameters without having to edit the actual template, but let's just focus on creating the template first. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 01:10, 27 August 2013 (EDT) | ||
:To avoid extra work, we should also agree upon our new listing format before adding the new templates, given the fact that issues with the list categories were the main reason I started this proposal in the first place. I still think my initial proposal for the categories is mostly workable (excluding the ''Spartan Ops'' content of course), though only to games; sections like "Enemies" would hardly be appropriate for a comic book article, for example. How about something like this: | |||
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:'''Games''' | |||
*Characters | |||
**(subsections for minor and major characters if deemed necessary) | |||
*Enemies | |||
**(subsections for enemy factions) | |||
*Allies | |||
**(faction-based subsections if list grows too long) | |||
*Equipment and technology | |||
**(Armor and upgrades + Armor abilities subsections if applicable) | |||
*Locations | |||
*Organizations | |||
*Species | |||
*Vehicles | |||
**(subsections for each faction) | |||
*Ships | |||
**(subsections for each faction) | |||
*Weapons | |||
**(subsections for each faction) | |||
*Events | |||
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:'''Other media (films, comic books, novels, etc)''' ''(mostly unchanged from the original format sans a few adjustments)'' | |||
*Characters | |||
**(subsections for minor and major characters if deemed necessary) | |||
*Equipment and technology | |||
*Locations | |||
*Organizations | |||
*Species | |||
*Vehicles | |||
**(subsections for each faction) | |||
*Ships | |||
**(subsections for each faction) | |||
*Weapons | |||
**(subsections for each faction) | |||
*Events | |||
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{{col-end}} | |||
:As an additional note, my point about not including every tiniest bit of detail still stands (this is especially applicable to technology). I'm still a little on the fence about the terminology usage in these lists - should we go all the way and only use the colloquial/in-game names (e.g. ''Banshee'' as opposed to ''Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft'') like I did in the initial example above, or should we merely include the more well-known name alongside the official designation (e.g. ''Type-26 "Banshee" Ground Support Aircraft'')? I almost prefer the former, because it looks less messy and is more accessible (which has been the key point from the beginning). Besides, our [[Halopedia:Manual of Style#Perspectives in articles|guidelines on article viewpoint and terminology usage]] instruct using the non-technical terms in real-world articles. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 09:50, 27 August 2013 (EDT) | |||