Thread:Karuberu/@comment-195370-20180119152349/@comment-193051-20180120232915

Yeah, the monster pages have been in need of work for a while. I'm not terribly happy with the way Template:Monster Information turned out and Template:Infobox Monster is not great on functionality. A change is probably due.

So, my biggest concern is how this is going to be implemented: are you thinking of making it a template or just putting the content on every page? As we've seen with the item section template, there are some technical issues with collapsible headers inside templates, both with the visual editor freaking out and the inability to section edit. Not using a template means it's hard to make global changes and opens them up for user variance and error, even when using substitution to generate the page the first time.

Another possibly large concern is that this seems to only work for single monsters - how will it work with monsters that appear is several zones and have different levels/behavior/stats?

On the smaller scale, I mostly have minor suggestions:
 * Basic Stats
 * Maybe use "Behavior" (American English spelling) instead of "Behaviour" (Commonwealth English spelling).
 * Add the traditional A, S, H, L, etc. below the behavior icons for more familiarity.
 * The "Aggressive" icon could probably be improved - I had to hover over it to know what it was indicating (although the above suggestion could mitigate this).
 * Add a section below behavior for notes, like "Links with Treants" or "Aggressive only during the day" (though that could maybe be an icon).
 * Rewards
 * Despoil needs a section.
 * Add a section for Crystals (and maybe Seals?).
 * Move "Titles" out of the loot table and make it a single line instead of a list since you only ever get one title from a monster (I think?).
 * Some monsters have loot breakdowns (e.g. "One of: ", "Zero to one of", etc.) and it might look weird/cramped in that table. Making drops span both columns would be a quick fix, but a fancier solution might be worth it.
 * Spawns
 * Move the "Location" column to the first or second column for familiarity.
 * Spells, Abilities & Stats
 * Make the HP, MP, DEF, and EVA columns into rows instead - it's a little easier to read that way, in my opinion. You could still have two sets side-by-side to reduce whitespace.
 * Add icons to the status resistances to make it easier to read. Maybe add a fifth column as well, since status effect names are pretty short.
 * "Species Ability" sounds a little awkward to me. The closest we have to an official name for them is "Monster Skill" from Monstrosity (a play on Weapon Skill, I would guess). Barring that, how about "Ability", "Monster Ability", or "Ability (Roc)"? "Special Ability" is fine too, but I don't think it's ever used in-game. "Species Ability" could probably grow on me if you're attached to it, though.

As a final side note, the viewing experience is much better in Oasis - it'll need some tweaks in Monobook.