Category talk:Canon-in-training
Category is Inconsistent
(yes, I restored the deleted discussion, because the problem being discussed was never resolved and is still there)
Some of the articles here are all in bold, some are not in bold, and some are partly in bold and partly in regular type. Is this deliberate? I had thought bold text was used mainly to distinguish canon-in-training information in mostly canon articles. - Vaevictis Asmadi
- I've noticed that too. I can only assume that it is not deliberate, but because there is no guideline or consensus for canon-in-training articles. Shall we establish one? -- Supermorff 04:00, 5 March 2007 (CST)
- Yes, I think we should. Obviously partly bold and partly not makes no sense since C-i-T articles are wholly CiT with no canon parts. So entries should either be entirely marked or entirely unmarked. On the onehand, blue text may be slightly harder to read. On the other hand, unmarked text could easily lead somebody to mistake the article for canon if they don't look down at the categories. -- Vaevictis Asmadi 18:23, 5 September 2007 (CDT)
- Most entries contain both canon and CiT information. Therein lies the problem. --Matt 20:48, 5 September 2007 (CDT)
- Well, that's the point of the CiT template, so that we can distinguish between what's canon (regular font) and what's canon-in-training (font from template). The template just needs to be modified to make the font more distinguishable. I propose that we use purple to distinguish the CiT parts of the articles. It's close to blue, but different and can't be confused with links. What do you think? --Moeen 01:26, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
- I, and others, have been slowly removing CiT markup from CiT articles. This means that articles in the CiT category would be all in regular font.
- If we think this would be too confusing to a newcomer, then I suggest a new template, perhaps in the form of a box at the top of the page that warns users: "This is a canon-in-training article. Details are subject to change." Or similar.
- Purple sounds fine. If you can find a shade of purple (specifically its hex code) that you think is suitable, then you can mention it on Template talk:CIT. For now I plan to go back to cornflower blue when the template has been implemented, but we can change the colour at any later date quite simply. -- Supermorff 10:25, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
- I prefer the blue color already chosen over purple. I'm not sure what I think the formatting should be for wholly CiT articles, but I don't want to make them half one thing and half another, even if they contain canon scraps like Goliath's name or whatever. I think they should be marked in some more obvious way than a category: either a banner template at the top or the text formatting. Actually, creating banner templates for both CiT and Apocrypha articles would be a good idea, to better mark both. -- Vaevictis Asmadi 11:59, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
- I like the idea of having a banner at the top of ever completely C-i-T page like Aesir. Preferably the banner would be in italics, and look something like This is a canon-in-training article. Any information here is subject to change. --Moeen 12:36, 7 September 2007 (CDT)
Template
Okay, I'm not a big Wiki genius, so someone explain to me this: When the "London Clan" CiT template was first shown, the CiT parts were written in blue. I thought this was fine. Now everyone is updating all the entries to say [[CiT|... and yet the entries still look exactly the same to me. Why are they still in white? What exactly is changing? --Matt 16:35, 5 September 2007 (CST)
- Because the color was removed from the CiT Template during the change-over to prevent the Wiki from looking inconsistent and weird. I think Supermorff or whoever created the Template temporarily changed it. -- Vaevictis Asmadi 18:08, 5 September 2007 (CDT)
- I assume that once every single page in the entire wiki is coded with the new template, the color will be added back in, so it appears on all pages at once. -- Vaevictis Asmadi 18:09, 5 September 2007 (CDT)
- Bingo. That is exactly what I intended. If you would prefer me to add the colour now, I can do so. -- Supermorff 10:25, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
- My complements on the template! It's working beautifully and the mixed canon/canon in training pages are now much clearer. Awesome job! -- Demonskrye 10:26, 13 September 2007
