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User:Eric Ryan Jones/random image

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Eric Ryan Jones — 05:08, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

I am having an odd problem. I am trying to watch for certain types of changes, namely new things being added to certain categories (characters and games). Two possibilities, I am given: I could constantly (daily or so) look at the respective categories, or I could subscribe to the Recent Changes feed. Neiter is something I want to do. The perfect situation would be lists of said categories, much like list of titles that was on the main page, as well as how the Final Fantasy Wiki does its "List of ... characters" articles. In a perfect world, these lists would make it easier to work on projects like a recently concluded one I did at the FFWiki: finalfantasy: user blog: Eric Ryan Jones/Final Fantasies by US release date

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KrytenKoro - And when you see me standing there, you'll know you've got a friend with a rock, I mean a big-ass rock. TALK - What are you actually trying to do by watching those categories? And if it's only two, why can't you just check them every day?

User:Eric Ryan Jones/random image

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Eric Ryan Jones — 05:35, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

My actual goals, one brings to question, eh? 'Tis in fact an ongoing project of mine: I keep track of game releases and character information in a database. This aids me in creating tables of ordered lists like the one I linked to above (which includes Kingdom Hearts titles). In return for that information and its sorting, I add information of that subject I find outside of Wikia to the wiki, and I watch the list pages and the pages they list for vandalism and such. Don't just think on me here, though! Wouldn't you expect others to want a place to see the exact titles and their order of spoilage and storyline? What about a place to see which characters appeared in each game in which other subcategories do not muddle your search? Of your other question, many more than two are there if one thinks on it: there are subcategories. Also, there is the added challenge of keeping and comparing to an external list of what was already there. This challenge is not necessary if I keep watch over a list, as the additions are always in red on the diff pages.

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KrytenKoro - "That's when we bumped into Hannity. Sean Hannity. See the thing about this dude is, at first he's fair, right? And you're like "Wow!" But then BOOM. The dude's balanced, too. And you're like, HOLY SHIT." TALK - Seeing as Kingdom Hearts only has six games so far, which have a clear order, the storyline isn't exactly hard to keep track of, plus we have Timeline. We also use subcategories to keep track of who is introduced or appears in each game. I don't see how other subcategories would confuse this - if you want to see who appears in Days, go to "Category:Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days characters". I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're asking for, but if you're trying to make it possible to do a table like the one you linked - well, I've got to say that while that's something it's possible to do for KH, I can't see how it's useful to do for KH, and it would require a large amount of work to create, and a continued amount of work to continuously check both the category and list, and correct either as the need arises. Generally, a list article is useless if all it accomplishes is to duplicate a category. If it was something like Magic Cards or Gears, well that would be a situation in which a list is actually useful.