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{{TNE|time=03:15, February 8, 2010 (UTC)|text=I'm picking up from where we left off at the [[User:Troisnyxetienne/Mensa|Mensa]], and since the suggestions for remodelling the MOS have been closed, I will put up our current stances right here for everyone to see. So these are the issues : | {{TNE|time=03:15, February 8, 2010 (UTC)|text=I'm picking up from where we left off at the [[User:Troisnyxetienne/Mensa|Mensa]], and since the suggestions for remodelling the MOS have been closed, I will put up our current stances right here for everyone to see. So these are the issues : | ||
==Media Usage== | ==Media Usage== | ||
===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
*People have been uploading videos to KHW, when in actual fact, they can just embed the vids by using the <nowiki><youtube></youtube></nowiki> code found on [[Help: | *People have been uploading videos to KHW, when in actual fact, they can just embed the vids by using the <nowiki><youtube></youtube></nowiki> code found on [[Help:User page]]. And some of these videos end up being deleted. We have to make this code clearer to the rest. | ||
*The 4-vid rule might have to be switched to a 6-vid rule or even an 8-vid rule, in light of the new releases of Days, BBS and Coded. | *The 4-vid rule might have to be switched to a 6-vid rule or even an 8-vid rule, in light of the new releases of Days, BBS and Coded. | ||
*Video walkthroughs in the case of the Days Missions should be allowed, and possibly the Gummi Missions, since it'll usually only involve one video. Otherwise, videos are only allowed in boss battles, or battles exclusive to the Final Mixes, or the song pages. | *Video walkthroughs in the case of the Days Missions should be allowed, and possibly the Gummi Missions, since it'll usually only involve one video. Otherwise, videos are only allowed in boss battles, or battles exclusive to the Final Mixes, or the song pages. | ||
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==Content== | ==Content== | ||
===General Rules=== | |||
*As I had mentioned in [[Talk:Sora's Heartless]], circular definitions are not allowed. The example given there was ''Sora's Heartless is the Heartless of Sora''. It doesn't explain anything. It's just like saying "A brain surgeon is a surgeon of the brain" - unless people do know, for example, what a surgeon is, and what a brain is, it's not going to explain anything. Similar case with this. Where we see circular definitions, we have to restructure the opening sentence. | |||
===Naming=== | ===Naming=== | ||
*All Heartless or Nobodies or goodness knows what which have been given new names in new releases should '''not''' have their names changed. The Watcher is still the [[Surveillance Robot]]. | *All Heartless or Nobodies or goodness knows what which have been given new names in new releases should '''not''' have their names changed. The Watcher is still the [[Surveillance Robot]]. | ||
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===Spoiler warnings=== | ===Spoiler warnings=== | ||
*Point number four of [[ | *Point number four of [[KHWiki:Spoiler policy]] remains in effect. | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
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Good question by the way... :P We can't help but make some pages long, as in the case of the main characters, where all the story has to be spoilerific. What worries me now are the short pages.}} | Good question by the way... :P We can't help but make some pages long, as in the case of the main characters, where all the story has to be spoilerific. What worries me now are the short pages.}} | ||
{{KrytenKoro|I disagree with the "see also" reasoning. The exact purpose of the "see also" is to point readers towards other pages which are ''highly relevant'' to the article at hand - a directory template or category, while useful, are simply to wide to work like this. "See Also" is especially useful for pointing towards "same design" enemies/items or "same theme/world" weapons, where a directory or category would be too arbitrary or impossible to name fairly. | |||
''However'', the See Also sections need much higher policing - they should not focus on anything related to the article, but on things that are "different forms of the same basic thing", like I've done with [[Fire Ring]], or [[Tailbunker]]. | |||
For videos: I think we should only have one video per separate boss battle. So, no "Part 1" and Part 2". Also, they should be organized in the manner they are arranged on the page, and titled "Boss (#) (''game acronym'')" (The (#) being replaced with which ever iteration of the boss fight it is, so for Larxene, "Larxene 1 (KH:CoM)", etc. | |||
I've also noticed that the ogg files we have can make the browser's crash - this might be just mine, though. | |||
I think galleries should include art or sprites of the article subject, when they are different from the presented image, and when they cannot be placed in the infobox (like the Soul Eater for KH1). So, we could have the different forms of Sora, but we don't need an official art or GBA version of each Heartless. Screenshots should be incorporated into the narrative instead. | |||
I think trivia should ''only'' include stuff like "this is the only one" (but not if it includes any exceptions - so, no "This is the only one, if you exclude x") OR stuff like the Roxas AirWalk shoes. Anything that is relevant to character design or narrative should be incorporated into the main article. | |||
I think the categorization needs to be such that 1) The same article is not placed into both a category and its parent category, 2) Categories are nested wherever possible (so Heartless includes only the two subcategories), and 3) An article for a group is not placed into a category unless ''all'' of it fits - so, Organization XIII would not be placed in "Characters who use Flowers", for example. Similarly, "List of Keyblade wielders" would not go in "Original characters" or "Disney characters", because of Mickey. The game-based character categories should be inclusive, though, not exclusive. | |||
I agree with DTN on the one-linking - only the first instance. ''However'', because of the tabbed nature of our infoboxes, I don't think they should count, since they are not always visible, and I think section-specific links, like "Traverse Town#First District" should count as links to "First District", rather than to "Traverse Town". | |||
I think we absolutely don't need Battle Quotes sections. If the quotes are mentioned at all, it should be in the "Attacks/Strategy" section, as the "call" for an attack. Any really important battle quotes should be integrated into the character page.}} | |||
{{BebopKate|time=04:45, February 10, 2010 (UTC)|text=It looks just fine to me; there's some nice revisions in there we've needed for a while and a couple I'm surprised we didn't have before. I do have a couple of comments. | |||
The confusing "One-Linking": I think one link per article, plus links per table, template, and/or and picture caption, is valid. | |||
The dreaded "Sea Also": Kryten provided two good examples where a See Also would be valid. As I've stated before, the rule on another wiki I've been on is that See Also is for articles that contains an alternate view on the article in question, or adds more detail on something within the article's scope that is better served by having its dedicated own article. It's a good guideline, methinks, and perhaps we need something like it here. | |||
The controversial "Warning Templates": I don't mind anyone being using them; I really don't. For one thing, it allows me to <s>slack off</s> spend more time enhancing the wiki. And it seems that with the templates and their use becoming more front and center lately that the issue has more or less disappeared for the time. However, I would like to suggest, especially as we continue to get new editors, that we include a "usage policy" with them on their page, to both help new people understand how to use them properly, and perhaps also serve as a gentle reminder to those of us who should know better. Granted, it won't help if the person doesn't look there before using the template, but it does give us a place to point back to and say, "Hey, I know you're trying to help, but please check this out." | |||
The evil "Trivia": Now, don't get me wrong; I like the fun little facts that are usually relegated to trivia. But as I've said before: it's just sloppy writing. It's like writing a paper for class and then slapping a bunch of post-its on the back page saying "Hey, here's some more info, but I couldn't fit it into my paper." Make it fit; if it doesn't it probably wasn't worth mentioning anyway. There are rare exceptions (Kryten again having another good example up there with Roxas's shoes), but generally most of our trivia is better off elsewhere. | |||
So if nothing else, think of eliminating the Trivia sections as a process to becoming a better writer and editor. Ah, there you guys go...the ''Kingdom Hearts'' wiki ''is'' educational! ^_^}} | |||
{{KrytenKoro|We really need to finish this discussion, especially on the matter of Battle Quotes. I still believe that there's absolutely no use for them as their own section, since they provide no real context, and that they're only real use would be as telegraphs for the strategy section.}} | |||
{{TNE|time=12:21, March 5, 2010 (UTC)|text=Keep those which are vital to the strategy alone ; the rest should be taken out. I know that some people have more than 10 battle quotes, once we take out the grunts and cries, it should be sufficient.}} | |||
{{KrytenKoro|I'm not entirely sure what you're saying. Do you mean "Merge battle quotes with strategy" or "Keep unique battle quotes as their own section"? I still support the first, and I'd be willing to do a write up for Seifer's strategy section if anyone is unsure what I mean.}} | |||
{{TNE|time=14:37, March 5, 2010 (UTC)|text=I didn't know, but now that you mention it... I think I'll go with the first. It sounds like a good idea. ^_^}} | |||
==Category Tree (Someone please continue from where I left off ?)== | ==Category Tree (Someone please continue from where I left off ?)== | ||
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****Merchandise | ****Merchandise | ||
*****Kingdom Hearts TCG | *****Kingdom Hearts TCG | ||
******Dark Cards | ******<font color="red">Dark Cards</font> | ||
******Friend Cards (TCG) | ******<font color="red">Friend Cards (TCG)</font> | ||
******Heartless Cards | ******<font color="red">Heartless Cards</font> | ||
******Magic Friend Cards | ******<font color="red">Magic Friend Cards</font> | ||
******<font color=" | ******<font color="red">Player Cards</font> | ||
*****Merchandise Images | *****Merchandise Images | ||
******Album Covers | ******Album Covers | ||
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*Black text means that the category is empty. | *Black text means that the category is empty. | ||
*<font color="gold">Yellow text</font>, or whatever colour I'll be using other than red and black, means that the categories can be merged into a bigger category. Say, for instance, the ones in yellow can be merged into "Articles in need of maintenance", just so that they'll at least know where to head to. | *<font color="gold">Yellow text</font>, or whatever colour I'll be using other than red and black, means that the categories can be merged into a bigger category. Say, for instance, the ones in yellow can be merged into "Articles in need of maintenance", just so that they'll at least know where to head to. | ||
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{{KrytenKoro|The TCG categories should be deleted, since the card infobox system uses the subcategories [[:Cateogry:Cards|here]]. The image categories should be similarly renamed.}} | |||
==Other Additions== | |||
===Article Related=== | |||
{{EO|time=05:26, February 10, 2010 (UTC)|text=So I had no clue what I was supposed to do with this, but here's where we can post other concerns we find that need be listed in the MoS. I listed my major concerns a while ago in TNE's mensa, and we seem to have built off of/resolved those crises. For now, one of the biggest issues I have is the lack of the word "the" in the beginning sentences of articles. | |||
*True, we're meant to bold the articule title in the sentence, but stating "Shadow is a Heartless appearing in..." is false. The way that is phrased makes it seem more like that's a single being, rather than a "breed," considering we are being non-sepcific, in which the proper sentence would be "THE Shadow is a Heartless appearing in..." Obviously Shadow would be bolded, and the "the" would not be. This same issue holds true for weapons and items, in which the same issue is found. "'''The''' Ultima Weapon", "'''The''' Dusk", "'''The''' Crisis Gear". Terms such as "an" or "a" would be used rather than the if nedded, such as "'''An''' Elixir".}} | |||
{{LapisScarab|time=05:49, February 10, 2010 (UTC)|text=For breeds of enemies like Shadows and Dusks, it should be "A Shadow is..." and "A Dusk is...". For boss enemies (i.e. enemies that only appear once) it would be "the", for example "The Stealth Sneak". For named weapons like Lunatic and Jungle King, I don't think an article is necessary, since they ''are'' single weapons. Ultima Weapon, even though it has multiple forms, probably wouldn't need an article either.}} | |||
{{EO|time=05:55, February 10, 2010 (UTC)|hooded=Time to put my "forum face" on... | |||
I'm honestly not a huge fan of "A Shadow" or "A Dusk", because "the" just fits better. As for weapons, we say '''the''' Soul Eater, which would be the same case as '''the''' Kingdom Key, and to remain consistent (same for "the" with enemies, as this has been stressed before), should hold true for all other articles.}} | |||
{{LapisScarab|time=06:01, February 10, 2010 (UTC)|text=It doesn't matter if it sounds better or not, "A Shadow" is gramatically correct, since it is referring to a group, the Shadow "breed" of Heartless as a whole. I agree that there ''should'' be articles at the beginning of the...articles... but we shouldn't be useing whatever ones sound better or the ones that match those used in other articles. We should use ones that are correct. As for the weapons, either way, with or without "the" at the beginning is fine.}} | |||
{{KrytenKoro|How about "The Shadow is a ''type'' of Pureblood Heartless."?}} | |||
{{TNE|time=13:09, February 17, 2010 (UTC)|text=We generally refer to a specific subject with "the" at the opening sentence, except for general terms like "Sleights" and stuff. If there's only one of the particular subject, we have to use "the".}} | |||
===Wiki Related=== | |||
{{LapisScarab|time=05:43, February 17, 2010 (UTC)|text=Recent events have shown that we need a clear statement of our policy on edit warring. How many reverts until it is considered an edit war, and what should be the response of those who hand out warnings. I personally think that, in terms of warnings, we should go by the policy we have for normal warnings, that is just ''telling'' someone to stop before resorting to a warning template.}} | |||
{{TNE|time=05:50, February 17, 2010 (UTC)|text=If it ain't broken, don't fix it ! In other words, if it isn't heated, and someone is trying his best to undo what he knows is vandalism, for example, then don't slap it ! | |||
Then again, just as Lapis put it, we need to tell the users first.}} | |||
==Anything else ? Can someone please continue from where I left off ?== | |||
{{TNE|time=12:19, February 11, 2010 (UTC)|text=I managed to put in some of the new issues in the MOS (where there was unanimous agreement). I'm not sure how to word the Trivia thing right, I want it to be easily understandable. | |||
I'll handle the Linking and the See Also sections too, perhaps later. Anything else I missed ?}} | |||
{{KrytenKoro|We ''really'' need to make a final decision on the Battle Quotes issue. If I'm not supposed to be removing those sections, I'd like to know now.}} | |||
{{DTN|time=17:54, April 3, 2010 (UTC)|text=I would say that they should all be removed from the boss articles; for most bosses, at least half of their listed battle quotes are simple grunts or shouts, such as "Sora!", "Get back!", or "Take this!". If we want to keep any of the other quotes that we think are meaningful to the boss's character, they can be moved to the character article in the place of less important quotes that do not show the character's behavorial characteristics.}} | |||