Template talk:Weapon Upgrade

This template doesn't handle the plural for staff correctly. It should say staves instead of staffs. — Biscuits (talk contribs) 06:44, 29 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Argh, the way this template is used is annoying. Why is "weapon" capitalized?  --Fyren 07:15, 29 August 2006 (CDT)
 * Probably because it is just quoting the name of the article it is linking to, which is always capitalised. BTW I think we need a more permanent fix than just checking for "staffs" because there could be more weapons in the future that cannot simply have an s added to the end of them to make them plural. I am at work now but will have a look later. — Biscuits (talk [[Image:Biscuit.png]] contribs) 07:26, 29 August 2006 (CDT)
 * I can make it so you can provide another parameter for an entire plural form but have it default to just adding s if none is given. "Weapon" is capitalized in the categories and it's not part of using the pagename. The pagename can be lowercased using lc: anyway.  --Fyren 08:27, 29 August 2006 (CDT)
 * Exactly what I was thinking ;-) — Biscuits (talk [[Image:Biscuit.png]] contribs) 08:39, 29 August 2006 (CDT)

Of course, it says "A " which results in "a axe grip." I think I'm about to subst this into every one of the articles and delete the template. --Fyren 08:53, 29 August 2006 (CDT)


 * I'll note here for the bazillionth time that using templates to replace common text just for short hand is evil. --Karlos 08:56, 29 August 2006 (CDT)
 * It does seem like this template is doing more harm than good. Maybe do what Fyren is thinking about doing? — Biscuits (talk [[Image:Biscuit.png]] contribs) 08:57, 29 August 2006 (CDT)


 * That's exactly why templates were added into MW. But this is being used to make an "article."  A pretty crappy article.  I don't really like any of the articles using this (or created by, whichever way you view it).  Or the Of Defense articles.  They should all be redirects.  I'd be happier redirecting them than subst'ing.  --Fyren 08:59, 29 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Just so we don't go in a vicious cycle of doing things, undoing them, doing them again and so forth... Can we try and get a feel for what we as a group want to do with weapon suffixes/prefixes? Because I remember vividly that they used to be redirects to the Weapon Upgrades (had a plural s back then) article. Then someone somwhere decided to create the separate articles (Tetris, I think). So, instead of just undoing what he did, only to have someone else come by 3 months later and think it's a marvelous idea. Can we make a decision on this and stick to it? --Karlos 09:02, 29 August 2006 (CDT)


 * The only change I was planning to maybe make right now was subst'ing this rather than including it, then deleting it. The net change on the structure and contents of articles would be nothing.  --Fyren 09:05, 29 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Which is cool. I as referring to your desire to return them to redirects. --Karlos 09:11, 29 August 2006 (CDT)