There is some desire to fuse pages like "storm avenger helm," "raging avenger helm," and "frenzy avenger helm" into a single page called "Avenger Helm" and so on. We had this before, but it was both confusing and some information was not displayed due to limiting template parameters (I have added parameters to these templates since then, so we can manage). I think one of the few reasons they are not fused is simply because they were released at different points in time.
Advantages:
Reduces editor workload significantly. We would no longer do overworld/tooltip animations for each item (only doing so if it's especially special), nor would we do an inspect window preview of each item. We would no longer have to add them to the main costume list, they would be rooted with "storm." EDIT: this point for editors
As more items are released that are "weathery," fusing the pages will seem more consistent with the rest of the wiki, like the recolor pages, and so on. EDIT: this point for users
Disadvantages:
Puts another "exception" into the already confusing sorting method we have for costumes. As a microbiologist, such exceptions to "taxonomy" are the norm, so it doesn't bother me. EDIT: this point for users
I already went through a deletion process with an Admin with fused weatherpages, so reforming the pages would make us seem inconsistent as editors, but in our defense, the game is very dynamic, so we should all expect this sort of thing now and again. EDIT: this point for editors
I am neutral on this - there's a lot of information per item. I will make changes if there is more desire to do so, but only if I get help. I will defer to the opinions of those who are willing to help with the grit editing. I propose a format similar to the one we use on the Obsidian Costume pages, without the set column of course.
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Here is a list of entities we have merged, to keep track of what we should do in the future, or if we want to revert back to previous formats consistently:
- Anti-Personnel Spikes and Anti-Hazard Spikes have been merged into an article called "Anti-Spikes"
- Crown of Summer and Crown of Winter into "Solstice Crown"
- Apocrean Crown and Arctic Crown into "Crown (accessory)"
- Apocrean Disciple Wings and Arctic Disciple Wings into "Disciple Wings"
- Cosmic, Solar, and Voltaic Plasma Wings into "Plasma Wings"
- Wings of Fury, Rage, Frenzy into "Wings (special)"
- Dragon (Iron, Gold)
- weather costumes (avenger, champion, crusader, dragon, warrior, rider, plate)
- NPC uniforms (the armor items are not as intuitive due to naming issues. Those have been merged into "Coat (uniform)."
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To Do (considering appearance and name, not just appearances):
wolf costumes
serene costumes
think of any more?
Also, will be working on making the format of certain "only released in one style" accessories more uniform. It's a little weird, but it's one of those formats that makes more sense with more examples. I just pretend everything is a bolted vee unless it has a unique name and it works out. EDIT: Bleh no, then it would be inconsistent with costumes.
On a side note, it's nice to be able to compare that gold dragon helm to the storm on the same page. I imagine people will want to do that, especially now.
thats not an easy decision.
Personally I would prefer if they were merged together, but I'll help with making more animations in case the pages stay separated.