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I'm not convinced that this template is necessary when [[:Category:Mario's Transformations]] already exists. Ideally, navigation templates exist in lieu of categories because they allow for specificity: [[Template:Bandits]], for example, specifies which entries are characters and which are | I'm not convinced that this template is necessary when [[:Category:Mario's Transformations]] already exists. Ideally, navigation templates exist in lieu of categories because they allow for specificity: [[Template:Bandits]], for example, specifies which entries are characters and which are species, which couldn't be done with a category. I imagine that numerous users would only want to search for the species and not the characters, or vice-versa, so having this distinction is good. With that in mind, what value is there in this template's distinctions? I seriously cannot imagine anyone who is scrolling through Mario's power-ups based on whether or not they are temporary or permanent for the player (and also "other", whose entries seem arbitrary). If a user is looking for the effects of every power-up, then the [[List of power-ups]] is infinitely more useful and practical than the template because it fully details what everything does. This templates uses a level of specificity that doesn't help anyone and just adds more clutter to the pile of navigation templates at the bottom of the page. | ||
'''Proposer''': {{User|Time Turner}}<br> | '''Proposer''': {{User|Time Turner}}<br> | ||
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I'm not convinced that this template is necessary when Category:Mario's Transformations already exists. Ideally, navigation templates exist in lieu of categories because they allow for specificity: Template:Bandits, for example, specifies which entries are characters and which are species, which couldn't be done with a category. I imagine that numerous users would only want to search for the species and not the characters, or vice-versa, so having this distinction is good. With that in mind, what value is there in this template's distinctions? I seriously cannot imagine anyone who is scrolling through Mario's power-ups based on whether or not they are temporary or permanent for the player (and also "other", whose entries seem arbitrary). If a user is looking for the effects of every power-up, then the List of power-ups is infinitely more useful and practical than the template because it fully details what everything does. This templates uses a level of specificity that doesn't help anyone and just adds more clutter to the pile of navigation templates at the bottom of the page.
Proposer: Time Turner (talk)
Deadline: March 5, 2018, 23:59 GMT
Support
- Time Turner (talk) Per proposal.
- YoshiFlutterJump (talk) Per Time Turner.
- BBQ Turtle (talk) Per proposal.
