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Project: Update Milky Way TemplatesEdit

Other NotesEdit

Details and purpose
Since the switch to the new wikia skin a long while ago, the templates for Milky Way articles has not been updated to accommodate a narrower content width. The infoboxes take up more than half the width, causing these articles to appear congested. The rows aren't easily readable due the suboptimal text alignment. This project serves to address those issues.

The various infoboxes below (and their supporting templates) that are used throughout galaxy-related pages such as clusters, systems, planets and moons will be updated for a slimmer look.

• Template:Cluster
• Template:System
• Template:Planet
• Template:Moon
• Template:Homeworld
• Template:Colony

Eventhough these templates below are not infoboxes, it will also be updated for stylistic consistency with the updated infoboxes.

• Template:PointsOfInterest
• Template:MineralScanning

Implementation

• The CSS codes below need to be implemented for the templates to work correctly.
• Currently, the infoboxes image is linked outside of the templates with a width of 320px. Although the updated templates will attempt to filter out current implementation of [[File:]] and [[Image:]] from the image value, the best practice is to remove it altogether, as the templates will set the width and link from within.
• Article adjustments from the extra width acquired.

Sample pages
Before viewing the sample links, you will need to copy all the CSS below and add it into your personal CSS styles at http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/User:[YOURUSERNAME]/wikia.css (example: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/User:Teugene/wikia.css). Don't forget to remove it after you are done viewing the pages below.

CSS Code:

/* Point of Interest template styles */
.point-interest {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-align: center;
	line-height: 18px;
	padding: 2px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	border: 1px solid #1E293D;	
	background-color: #0a1627;
	display: table;
}
.point-interest th {
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
	background-color: #36445a;
	padding: 8px 10px;
}
.point-interest td {
	background-color: #1E293D;
	padding: 8px 10px;
}
.point-interest .poi-bullet-red {
	background: #1E293D url('http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/masseffect/images/c/cc/ME-POI-red.png') center center no-repeat;
}
.point-interest .poi-bullet-yellow {
	background: #1E293D url('http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/masseffect/images/1/19/ME-POI-yellow.png') center center no-repeat;
}
.poi-bullet-red, .poi-bullet-yellow {
	color: #1E293D;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 18px;
}

/* Galaxy template styles */
.galaxy-details {
	width: 270px;
	color: #fff;
	line-height: 15px;
	padding: 1px;
	margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
	border: 1px solid #334 !important;
	background-color: #1e1e2e !important;
}
.galaxy-details th {
	background: #334;
	text-align: center;
}
.galaxy-details .col-header {
	padding: 6px 0 3px;
}
.galaxy-details .col-title, .galaxy-details .col-caption {
	font-size: 1em;
	text-align: center;
	font-weight: bold;	
	padding: 4px 10px 6px;
	background-color: #334;	
}
.galaxy-details .col-left {
	width: 125px;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-align: right;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 4px 10px 4px 0;
	background-color: #223 !important;
}
.galaxy-details .col-right {
	width: 125px;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-align: left;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding: 4px 0 4px 10px;
}

Template:Cluster (Image)

• Local Cluster

Template:System (Image)

• Sol

Template:Planet / Template:Moon (Image)

• Taitus
• Menae

Template:Homeworld (Image)

• Palaven

Template:Colony (Image)

• Illium

Template:PointsOfInterest (Image)

• Solcrum
• Edolus
• Luna

Template:MineralsScanning (Image)

• Aegis

Votes Edit

Support Edit

1. As proposer. — Teugene (Talk) 04:13, April 19, 2012 (UTC)
2. Do it. --Kainzorus Prime ^{Walkie-talkie} 22:42, April 15, 2012 (UTC)
3. ShardofTruth 22:54, April 15, 2012 (UTC)

Against Edit

Comments Edit

Although I'm fully supporting this project I'm still wondering if the ClusterDetails template could be merged with the Cluster template instead of decreasing the width of the infobox. The cluster pages don't hold much information, why seperate the infoxbox and the location box? I know this is out of the scope of this project, it's just food for thought. --ShardofTruth 23:15, April 15, 2012 (UTC)

The ClusterDescription template are also used in the Cluster pages though. I guess it was for the sake of convenience but don't take my word for it. — Teugene (Talk) 02:08, April 16, 2012 (UTC)

Hoping there will be more response for this project. *Bump thread* — Teugene (Talk) 16:58, April 16, 2012 (UTC)

I do have a question, why are the images for Cluster, System, and PoI, cause the images to go blurry? I really can't see them being a replacement if the images are blurry and pixilated. Lancer1289 21:23, April 16, 2012 (UTC)

I can't offer a definite answer but it's most likely due to how Wikia downsizes the images. Let's say a user uploads an image with a dimension of 1000x1000 pixels, and that image is included into an article but resized to 200x200 pixels. What Wikia automatically does is it creates a new image that is 200x200 pixels and use it in place instead of the full resolution image. Downsizing an image is one way to conserve bandwidth. The resulting image may not be top notch but it largely depends on the original pictures too. You will see that some images are not of the best quality anyway, especially those with bad anti-aliasing. In short, the image quality is not something that I can control through the template. — Teugene (Talk) 04:05, April 17, 2012 (UTC)

Voting passed with a support of 3-0. Will implement this as soon as I'm available. Thanks for the feedback! — Teugene (Talk) 15:35, April 22, 2012 (UTC)