MHWiki talk:Manual of Style

Changes to the page

Any major changes to the page must be made by consensus. Changes made without discussion will automatically be reverted. However, minor touch-up to the formatting and such is fine. In any case, please post the changes or proposed changes here. Don't forget to also update the whole list of related articles. -- Grexx 18:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

• Added simple sorting instructions to the Weapons and Base tables. -- Grexx 17:49, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

• Clarified the requirement of Location Bait Preference by adding its own subsection into the guide. -- Grexx 17:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Outstanding Issues

Have yet to decide on the default sorting layout for the tables. Candidates are:

1. Alphabetic order
2. Power Type order
3. Natural Encounter order

Currently a brief discussion is taking place on User:M.'s talk page here: User talk:M.#Weapon Tables, although it should probably be in the Traps talk page. A discussion has been concluded on a similar issue here: Talk:Traps#Trap Order. -- Grexx 17:49, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I was supposed to comment on that, but I got the "Edit Conflict" message. I prefer the alphabetical order by the way. I think it's always better to sort it by the first column, which in most cases is always the name. By the way, I'll probably start doing the Bases and Weapons pages tomorrow. I made a script that automatically makes tables based on statistics I input. Makes my life easier. :D --Mikeyco 17:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah edit conflict is due basically to someone posting faster than you starting on the same line. All you need to do is edit the article again and copy and paste your text. Conflicts on main articles is another issue, but rarely happens since the wiki software recognizes individual lines rather than entire articles.

Anyways, I'm sure you've figured out how the statistics work by now hence the scripting, but if you need to double check anything, you can look at M.'s sandbox: User:M./sandbox and also Peter888's sandbox: User:Peter888/Sandbox -- Grexx 18:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I like the alphabetical order. -- Camomiletea 19:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

We'll stick with the alphabetical order as discussed. For sortable tables, don't forget to include a quick intro on how to sort for those unfamiliar with it. -- Grexx 19:48, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Weapon Table - layout suggestion

I implemented the requests from Grexx and tweaked the physical tables on my playground and would like to have some feedback now, please.... _____m. 00:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Every attribute will need it's own header. While it might look clean, not every player can instantly connect that it is the basic power. Additionally, for any final changes, do try to keep both the weapon and base tables synchronized, since they are essentially the same information but flipped around. This will make it easy for players to connect the 2 types of tables together. As for the whether the column should be in there, you'll need to consider what the table is used for. Personally I use them to do comparisons on the combined stats so I'm not really bothered with that column as long as the numbers are correct :) -- Grexx 01:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Updates needed

Something I missed out when creating the MOS page, so now I need someone to coordinate and finalize the layout of the weapon and mice info boxes as needed. For example, order of loot, order of locations, order of bait preference, guideline on point and gold values etc. Basically a further clarification of the data that should and should not be in the info boxes, as well as how it can be best displayed in a uniform layout. Thanks in advance to whoever takes it up. If not, I will proceed with it on my own time, but probably only somewhere around late May 2009. -- Grexx 15:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Multi-item Recipe Pricing

Per the forum, there are a lot of people confused by the fact that recipes list per-item prices. What would you think about updating the manual of style to add each to make it obvious that we are listing the per-item price? For example:

Formula

Formula: Dehydration Base
Description	Qty	Cost (Each)
Dehydration Base Blueprints	1	22,330
Splintered Wood	4	150 / Loot
Salt	213	6
Total		23,608 – 24,208

-- ericb ^talk_contr 14:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm willing to tackle the necessary edits, if I get consensus -- ericb ^talk_contr 15:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm all for it, although, I've put a very slight modification to the Salt total box to show the total cost upon hovering the mouse cursor above the table cell. Any thoughts on that one? Draobyek 10:45, 22 January 2011 (UTC)