GuildWiki talk:Community portal/Archive 18

Edit Window Bar take 2
The new new edit bar: keep it whatever turn it off Take 1 is here, and we wanted to have the new "floating" edit bar for Monaco (with the shorter summary box) turned off. Now that Wikia updated it, do we still not want it? Please post your opinions if you have them! -- ◄mendel► 20:30, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * What does the new one look like? And where's Archive #17? RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 20:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Set your skin to monaco and edit something. Or click [ this]. -- ◄mendel► 20:40, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't mind the new one now, just would have to get used to the buttons being in a different place. The Editing tips are useful for new users, and the blue bar makes the buttons stand out.  As long as it stays blue, and not red like last time... :S  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 22:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Press Ctrl-F5 to shrink the poll if it looks wider than high! Thank you for the feedback. -- ◄mendel► 23:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hahaha! What did you do this time? RoseOfKali 01:05, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Ctrl+F5 fixed it, but that was still rather bizarre. :P RoseOfKali 01:06, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Why does everything break for you?--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]îğá†ħŕášħ 01:13, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It broke for me too, briefly.[[Image:Entrea Sumatae.png|Entrea Sumatae]] Entrea   [Talk]  04:11, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It broke for me also, but like Rose did, Ctrl+F5 fixed it. &mdash; Balistic

Urmmm...
What happened to RC? I can't click the "Show new changes starting from " button Random Time  07:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * After much fiddling, it's back - thanks to uberfuzzy from wikia IRC for helping me out Random Time  07:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

How Should Remote Areas Be Treated? As explorable areas? or as their own type of location? or... (also might apply to Landmarks)
How should remote areas be treated? As explorable areas? or as their own type of location? or... (also might apply to Landmarks)

The editing guide shows templates for only three types of locations: Explorable areas, Towns, & Guild Halls. However, there are other types of areas...and such areas would not be found in the relevant location category. For example, King's Watch is a history of the Remote Area and not an explorable area description. Since that page follows no template and is not categorized as a location, it cannot be found by starting at a relevant location list, such as the list of explorable areas in Prophecies.

As a newbie to the game and to GuildWiki, I'm not sure how best to proceed. I've identified at least two types of places that IMO ought to appear on location lists: Landmarks and Remote Areas. I can imagine at least three reasonable approaches:
 * Apply the explorable area template to both landmarks and remote areas.
 * I personally prefer this approach: this wiki does not define Remote Area except as a footnote to Explorable Areas.
 * Creating new templates for either or both these (and other) place types.
 * Leave things as they are; remote areas should not be treated as explorable areas.

Note: In some cases, new pages would have to be added, for example King's Watch seems worth keeping, so we would add a King's Watch (Explorable area) page, with the appropriate disambiguation.

I'm willing to help - but this seems like a big enough deal to ask before leaping into the fray. Thoughts? --Tennessee Ernie Ford 05:51, 6 February 2009 (UTC)