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==Remove "descriptions"== | ==Remove "descriptions"== | ||
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This parameter has always confused me. At first I believed it was meant for visually impaired readers, but that's certainly not it since this is the only infobox to feature this option. The guide in the template page is very vague about what it's for ("description: describe the item / for various items" What does that mean?). It has come to be interpreted as "visual description", which reminds me of those "eye color"/"hair color"/etc. parameters in fandom wiki character infoboxes, which just describe the image that's right above them. It also has an obvious limitation, since items can have different visual appearances in different games, and these are described in the body of the article anyway, so it just ends up being either useless or inconvenient. | This parameter has always confused me. At first I believed it was meant for visually impaired readers, but that's certainly not it since this is the only infobox to feature this option. The guide in the template page is very vague about what it's for ("description: describe the item / for various items" What does that mean?). It has come to be interpreted as "visual description", which reminds me of those "eye color"/"hair color"/etc. parameters in fandom wiki character infoboxes, which just describe the image that's right above them. It also has an obvious limitation, since items can have different visual appearances in different games, and these are described in the body of the article anyway, so it just ends up being either useless or inconvenient. | ||
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#{{User|DarkNight}} Per all. | |||
#{{User|Alex95}} - Per Waluigi Time. Unless the reader is outright blind (in which case, why are they using a wiki at all? :P), the reader can pretty easily tell what an object looks like just by, you know, looking at it. Being partially colorblind myself, and my brother being even more colorblind than I am, I can see why describing colors would be useful. But even then, the article content handles that well enough already. | #{{User|Alex95}} - Per Waluigi Time. Unless the reader is outright blind (in which case, why are they using a wiki at all? :P), the reader can pretty easily tell what an object looks like just by, you know, looking at it. Being partially colorblind myself, and my brother being even more colorblind than I am, I can see why describing colors would be useful. But even then, the article content handles that well enough already. | ||
<s>#{{User|Waluigi Time}} No matter which way it's used, it's redundant and handled better by the article content or images.</s> | |||
<s>#{{User|Waluigi Time}} No matter which way it's used, it's redundant and handled better by the article content or images | |||
===Keep "description" as part of the template=== | ===Keep "description" as part of the template=== | ||
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#{{User|Shiny K-Troopa}}: Per revised proposal. | #{{User|Shiny K-Troopa}}: Per revised proposal. | ||
#{{User|Waluigi Time}} This is pretty much the only way I see this parameter being helpful, and I'm fine leaving it solely for this. | #{{User|Waluigi Time}} This is pretty much the only way I see this parameter being helpful, and I'm fine leaving it solely for this. | ||
===Use 'description' for official descriptions of any item=== | ===Use 'description' for official descriptions of any item=== | ||
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:::While I agree with Keyblade Master, I also think that there can be separate sections for official descriptions, much like what has already been done for [[Goomba Mask]] and [[Yoshi's Egg]]. {{User:Archivist Toadette/sig}} 19:45, January 3, 2021 (EST) | :::While I agree with Keyblade Master, I also think that there can be separate sections for official descriptions, much like what has already been done for [[Goomba Mask]] and [[Yoshi's Egg]]. {{User:Archivist Toadette/sig}} 19:45, January 3, 2021 (EST) | ||
:::I agree with you, 100%. I've updated the proposal to include this option too. [[User:Shiny K-Troopa|Shiny K-Troopa]] [[User talk: Shiny K-Troopa|<span style="font-size:10px">Talk</span>]] 14:58, January 4, 2021 (EST) | :::I agree with you, 100%. I've updated the proposal to include this option too. [[User:Shiny K-Troopa|Shiny K-Troopa]] [[User talk: Shiny K-Troopa|<span style="font-size:10px">Talk</span>]] 14:58, January 4, 2021 (EST) | ||