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--[[User:Pokelover11|Pokelover11]] ([[User talk:Pokelover11|talk]]) 19:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC) | --[[User:Pokelover11|Pokelover11]] ([[User talk:Pokelover11|talk]]) 19:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
:First, edit the guide's table of contents to add a link to the new page. The link will be red at first to indicate that the page isn't there yet. Then you just click that new link and it'll let you create the page. [[User:Wanderer|Wanderer]] ([[User talk:Wanderer|talk]]) 22:10, 23 July 2012 (UTC) | :First, edit the guide's table of contents to add a link to the new page. The link will be red at first to indicate that the page isn't there yet. Then you just click that new link and it'll let you create the page. [[User:Wanderer|Wanderer]] ([[User talk:Wanderer|talk]]) 22:10, 23 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
== Series templates for 2 game series - yea or nay? == | |||
See [http://strategywiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Genpei_T%C5%8Dma_Den&curid=163314&diff=624255&oldid=624155&rcid=650231 this diff]. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 15:22, 27 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
:My take on it is that series navs aren't necessary at all, but generally useful for our readers' navigation. The length of the series doesn't matter: our standard is to have preceded/followed by links in the infobox and a series nav at the bottom if possible. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 15:29, 27 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
::Personally I think it takes more than two games to make a series and the templates look silly with just two links in them. If there's actually a game series, there should be a link to its category page in the infobox. I think series nav templates really shine when there are a lot of entries but are otherwise mostly unnecessary. — [[User:Najzere|<span style="color:#909090;font-variant:small-caps;">Najzere</span>]] · [[User talk:Najzere|<span style="color:#993300;font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:normal;">Talk</span>]] 15:54, 27 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
:::I don't really think we need a series template until there are 3 titles minimum. Then the nav would be giving a link to the missing member somehow for the games not in the middle. Though I do like how much the series navs stand out without some added usefulness to a 2 game series it is repetitive. Links in the initial page description and infobox are enough. --[[User:Zaiqukaj|Zaiqukaj]] ([[User talk:Zaiqukaj|talk]]) 18:39, 27 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
== Multiple Upload page minor issues == | |||
Useful page, and it does what it needs to. However, two points that seem odd. First, when you've uploaded files, the resulting page's second heading is "& lt;successfulupload& gt;", except without the spaces (I can't figure out how to even get this text to display what the heading is displaying without the spaces...). | |||
Second, it gives upload warnings if you left any spots blank. It seems if you are not able to choose the number of files, it at least shouldn't complain when you're not filling every spot :P -- [[User:Ceegers|Ceegers]] ([[User talk:Ceegers|talk]]) 02:30, 28 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
:Hi Ceegers. Believe me, we're aware of the issues with that page. It was written by someone for Wikipedia, and considering how old it is, and how many revisions of MediaWiki have passed since it was created, we're lucky that it even still works at all. While I'd like to see those issues fixed, the danger of breaking it entirely outweighs the benefit we'd see from fixing the minor hiccups. There was a time when we lost it, and I didn't think we'd ever get it back. After a period like that, you shrug at the minor cosmetic issues because you're so grateful that it just works. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 03:24, 28 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
::It's a weird page. I've never used it (I always make/upload images while write guides one image at a time) since it only works well for images that can have the same description (e.g. monster images, icons, artwork, etc.). --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 18:35, 28 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
:::It seems MultiUpload version 2.1 was released a week or so ago which purportedly fixes some issues with version 1.19 of MediaWiki, currently working with Prod on getting that update on beta and tested/pushed to live if it works properly. --{{User:Ryan Schmidt/sig4}} 19:19, 29 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
