GuildWiki talk:Suggestions/Galleries

Pro
Big pro: simple to implement. Install SMW and make dynamic galleries from categories with some template-fu. --◄mendel► 01:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

hmm
I have mixed opinions about this kind of thing. While I can see this being somewhat useful I can also see a lot of cons to it as well.

Firstly we already have pages with decent sized groupings of categorized weapons such a axe or sword. These are fully detailed in categorization and if you have some knowledge of a weapons name you can find its page/picture rather easily. I can also see this "gallery" being somewhat problematic for users with slower internet speeds, that is assuming your gallery format has many pictures on a single page. I also hate to say it but I think this kind of major page creation and editing lacks the right people who can stick to a large task. Granted there are some, but not enough IMO. Above all a project of this size would require several tons people who have access to a large amount of the items you want to document. I don't think anyone would raise a flag at using the pictures we already have, but I think we need a more uniform method of displaying weapons. Its a shame we cant display 3D models here on wiki because the code is not complex enough for that.. but alas.

On the upside, if such a project were to commence, I would love to spend hours working on it. And do you really think that page promotion is going to be a problem? We can always slap it on the homepage when its finished. ky™  01:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)