Thread:Karuberu/@comment-195370-20170528222112/@comment-193051-20170529104839

I'm slowly moving towards the goal of fixing the issue of how item pages look on mobile and reduced screen sizes, but I'm trying to do it noninvasively for now. I do think we should open up a community project for the redesign, perhaps even put up a banner to make sure anyone who cares is able to voice their opinion.

Personally, I'd like to design one or more templates to replace the wrapper table on item pages and avoid any formatting nuances in the future. Alternatively, we could use CSS classes and divs, but that isn't as editor-friendly. I'm really surprised that MediaWiki hasn't added some sort of div markup.

I appreciate the work Blue Donkey Kong has done and I mostly agree with that thought process, but I'd like to find a way to keep a note on the page for "no synthesis recipes", since it's sometimes hard to know if the information is missing or not. We can certainly minimize the space they take up, though. I'd also like to keep most of the sections close to where they currently are, since people are pretty used to it now, but I think we can play around with it a little bit and still be ok.

The Item Statistics template is still pretty new - I've been using it myself, but I'm probably the only one. It's really just a catch-all for miscellaneous items that don't have their own template (e.g. not Armor, Weapon, Food, Medicine, Furnishing, Fish, or a Key). The "type" option is there to categorize the item, provide a link to the category, and to present what the item's primary use is, so that information can be absorbed quickly. The section link isn't really necessary, but it looked odd without it. I also plan to add additional types, such as "Container" (for toolbags and the like), "Maze Rune", "Mount", and "Cipher", but I've been focused on other things.

As far as the AH template goes, I'm actually kind of fond of the AH text, since I wrote it myself all those years ago, but I'd be open to seeing a revision of it. I think the Mystery Box belongs in "Other Uses" section, however, (see Used In) and Inscribable is available through the "evolith" options of Armor and Weapon. It would be a simple matter to add categories to those items if you'd like to do that.

As far as an Editor's Guide, we have one, but it's old and dusty at this point. We also have an Item Template, which works as a blank page, but it's grown quite large and is kind of a pain to work with. (I also have my own, which is tuned to my liking, but it's very outdated.)

See also: Item, a failed project to make unified item template way back in 2009. There are others littered about the wiki, but I can't recall what they were named off the top of my head.