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I would have adjusted the template some, but I'm still waiting for Egal to add the parserfunctions extension. Also moved the showcase to this page. Makes little sense to use the talk page of a different article from the one we're testing in. :) - [[User:Dashiva|Dashiva]] 15:46, 23 August 2007 (CDT)
: Thanks for the much needed input Dashiva. I agree with you on almost all counts. I do agree that we need to keep things concise, but many pages are more than a few degrees shy of concise. For example, the other day I made my first dirt mound and I realized that the wiki didn't mention that you need a second kindling to start the pile. Also, there was no indication of what affected the output of the pile. There are lots of pages like that. Just because information doesn't fall within the template box doesn't mean it's crucial. That being said, I think critical mass with the template box would have the outside-of-box text filling up the space to the left of the box and maybe a bit below, but not too much.
Template boxes also, as I've said, allow for easier parsing of critical information for quick reference. I also believe that the sparsity of info on the current wiki pages is stylistically negative as very little info tends to get spread over broad expanses of real estate. There are some pages that have no need of much in depth info, so even these pages would benefit from condensing into such a consistent box to make the info more readable. I'm hoping to maybe tweak the template box a little (I'm thinking of merging the image slot and the result slot because they really are redundant) then maybe meshing them into item entries. What do you think? I may also start working on a building template here that serves much the same function, but geared towards information relevant to buildings. Having gone through many of the entries for both items and buildings I find that most entries <i>are not</i> consistent as I had initially thought. and need to be cleaned up as well. --[[User:Hephaestus|Hephaestus]] 14:36, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
