User:Random-storykeeper/Notebook

Welcome to my notebook on this Wiki.

I created this page as a spot to put down random ideas I have for this Wiki and possibly keep them there, instead of using the Sandbox all the time.

If you have any questions about my ideas, leave it on my talk page. You could also bring it up on the talk page of this page created, if you wish.

Situation 1: The templates
While a couple strongminded users favour the use of Template:Navbox, there are also other users who strongly question the use of it: having all those short articles that could be easily combined! One user suggested putting them into a "list", but other users strongly disagreed. Eventually, what worked out was that some of the games didn't have much to say about the certain things after all, and soforth, several "Lists" were made.

The term "list" may sort of be misleading to readers. One user complained that people wouldn't go searching for a specific item to come across a "list". For me, the use of "list" in the articles simply makes the titles too long. What could be done was to simply put what was listed in brackets beside the game name, as I haven't suggested, yet. Examples of these Navigation box ideas are listed below:

You see? Basically what I did was put them into separate categories, such as what was done with Skywire 2, but didn't call them "lists". This should make the articles nice and flowy, yet doesn't separate everything into individual articles or putting everything as one big article. It should be easier to navigate through, too. We could even have separate categories within categories for the articles, such as what I did with Magneboy's navigation box, if articles are still too long. For an easier navigation even, put the enemies and hazards, etc. in alphabetical order on its article.

This could help solve the problem of too many useless articles floating around that are too short or could easily be put together with other articles. And even if we cut back on 50 or so articles does not prove that the Wiki is less of a reliable one. It's better to have 300 useful articles than a thousand useless, tiny ones. A Wiki shouldn't be looked at for its quantity, rather, it should be read for the quality, which leads me to my second complaint.

Situation 2: The Writers
Coming soon. Yeah...I'll have to write on this later.