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::In my personal experience, minor discussions like those can be kept on '''personal''' talk pages, but end up being a nuisance on main space article talk pages. It can clog the RC for one thing, and for another the wikis are information hubs, not forums. Metroid Headquarters has forums to which we can direct people who feel like chatting, and of course there's the NIWA forums. It is true that a sense of community is important, but if people come to MW looking for conversation with no intention of editing, NIWA forums and the like are probably more what they're looking for. That's just my opinion on the matter. {{:User:Embyr_75/sig}} 20:10, 25 October 2011 (UTC) | ::In my personal experience, minor discussions like those can be kept on '''personal''' talk pages, but end up being a nuisance on main space article talk pages. It can clog the RC for one thing, and for another the wikis are information hubs, not forums. Metroid Headquarters has forums to which we can direct people who feel like chatting, and of course there's the NIWA forums. It is true that a sense of community is important, but if people come to MW looking for conversation with no intention of editing, NIWA forums and the like are probably more what they're looking for. That's just my opinion on the matter. {{:User:Embyr_75/sig}} 20:10, 25 October 2011 (UTC) | ||
== Infobox Controversy == | |||
Our current infobox situation seems to be somewhat inconsistent with regards to several things. I'll list my issues below. | |||
*The "Current status" parameter on {{t|Planet-infobox}} and {{t|Species-infobox}} is unclear; I'm assuming that it is the known status after ''Metroid Fusion''. | |||
*There appears to be a few redundancies with {{t|Creature-infobox}} in {{t|Enemy-infobox}} and {{t|Plant-infobox}}. | |||
**In the case of Plant-infobox, Creature-infobox states exactly the same things, except with slightly more coherency and specificity. Also, the Logbooks classify moving plants as "Creatures" and other, stationary plants as research in a section called "Plantforms" (referring to Echoes there). | |||
**As for the Enemy-infobox, there is virtually no distinction between a creature and an enemy; I doubt anyone would have any trouble calling a [[Space Pirate]] an enemy, but those are roughly 50/50 split between classifications as an enemy and creature here. However, the Logbook classifies all Space Pirate lifeforms as Creatures, and not enemies. And then there's the problem of things like [[Grenchler]]s, where they are certainly hostile enough to be enemies, but don't follow Samus consciously like Space Pirates do. This system could also very well imply that creatures that damage Samus as part of the layout of the room (like [[Sandbat]]s) are enemies too, despite being non-hostile. So basically, I don't think that Enemy-infobox is necessary, since we have ample evidence that they can all be classified as Creatures. | |||
Also, just a note; {{t|Mechanoid-infobox}} has about everything we need for Mechanoids. {{User:Bop1996/sig}} 00:23, 6 December 2011 (UTC) | |||
