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Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bear Buckler? also...

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Wed, 09/05/2018 - 00:10
Silver-Hawke-Alt's picture
Silver-Hawke-Alt

I wanted to add in Tech Sweet Dreams and Tech Teddy into reskins listing, but...

not quite sure on what to do with those.
I looked at Furious Fork's page and noticed that the acquisition for it is under reskins template, and the Tech Green version is included in that page (with a redirect to it from Tech Green Furious Fork)
However, since Tech Sweet Dreams and Tech Teddy are reskins of the original item, which were unique, they can't be included in the original's page, which used a Sword/Shield template (vs Reskins template).
What should be done about this? Making 4 pages for each sword/shield seems redundant, but putting all together in one page doesn't feel right.

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 06:22
#1
Bopp's picture
Bopp
two degrees of reskinning

To summarize, it seems that the wiki currently distinguishes two "degrees" of reskinning.

Major reskin: Furious Fork is a reskin of Furious Flamberge, but it gets its own page, probably because the art and the name are both substantially changed from the original. The same goes for Deadly Candy Poker as a reskin of Final Flourish.

Minor reskin: Tech Green Furious Fork does not get its own page, because both its art and its name are similar to the original's.

And the problem is that the wiki assumes that minor reskins will be reskins of major reskins, not direct reskins of originals. This is always a problem with intense efforts at organization and optimization. Unless they are done well, they are fragile to changes in the game.

I recommend that you treat Tech Sweet Dreams and Tech Teddy just as Furious Fork is treated. Give them their own pages. If more Tech color reskins come along, then they can be added to those reskin pages. That's my opinion. Thanks for your work.

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 12:50
#2
Nitronicx
My part in this confusion

I added tech reskins from SummerTech Prize Box. They differed only in color from the original weapons, so I added them to the pages of those originals because that is how costumes and accessories are organized most of the time. It was simply me putting it where I felt it fits the best. "Minor reskins" weren't a thing with normal equipment until quite recently.

If I got to add these CozyTech reskins, I would probably do the same I did with SummerTech reskins. On the other hand, it may be worth to list them on the Reskin page, so they don't get lost. I think Bopp's solution would work better.

One small detail: while it certainly makes sense to call it Tech Teddy Buckler, its next color (however improbable that might be to happen) can be other than tech. Than it would be for example Emerald Teddy Buckler and wouldn't be "Tech" anymore. But again, naming it Teddy Buckler and saying its reskin of Teddy Buckler feels awkward. Anyway, I would name it "Teddy Bear Buckler (Reskin)".

Also to make it clear: I don't really know what exactly should be done in this situation. I'm simply sharing my opinion on the matter.

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