Illerai:Requests for deletion/Template:Official world
Template:Official world
Hatnotes are generally meant to direct readers to other pages, often times with an ambiguous/similar title; this template just isn't doing it. It is meant to show the official worlds for a certain activity. In doing so, it pushes down page content and presents (or even duplicates, e.g. on Emir's Arena and Soul Wars) info that could be put, or better explained, in an ==Official worlds== section while formatted inside a table with {{WorldLine}}. In the latter way, readers that are looking for the official worlds of the activity can choose to go to the section for it via the Table of Contents, instead of the current status quo of presenting the info at the very top of the page for every single reader.
Here is some examples of how pages would look if {{Official world}} were to be replaced with a section instead:
| Proposed | Castle Wars | Rat Pits | Clan | Tombs of Amascut | Nex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Castle Wars | Rat Pits | Clan | Tombs of Amascut | Nex |
Delete - As nom Shayani (talk) 09:48, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
Delete - The table is a fair bit more neat and clearer, and there's always an impetus to remove clutter coalescing at the top of the page. The only aspect that I would consider slightly unhappy is the extra space a dedicated world table section would add to a page like Blast Furnace, which has fifteen themed worlds assigned to the activity. Overall I still believe the proposal would represent a clear improvement. Ostentatio (talk) 02:09, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Change - I like the table implementation, it gives more information than the header line. However, I do think that at least having a notice line with a link to the section would be good for super-quick access, and I don't think a single line of text clutters up the top too much. Alternatively, we could use a template similar to {{QuestClass}}. Ioticonfo (talk) 03:54, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Delete - Less hatnotes, this isn't even very useful at all given most activities don't even matter what world you do them on. User:Crow/Signature 04:05, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Closed - The template will be deleted, though only once it has been replaced by an appropriate section and table on each page the template currently appears on. BigDiesel2m (talk) 12:56, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. No further edits should be made to this page.