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[edit] Important Annoucement! New Main Talk Page

I like to believe we have a rather small but devoted community here at Supcom Wikia. We cross paths, but we never really talk. Because there is not enough of us to use the fancy forums/watercoolers, I have decided to transform the main talk page into a General Wiki Talk Page. Here, we will be able to communicate more easily, and hopefully, contribute more to the wiki!

[edit] When should we add SupCom 2 pages?

Title says it all. When should we add pages for the "Universal Collosus" and the "Ear Canal"? Corhen ^talk 00:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I think that new wiki would be better than mixing SupCom and SupCom 2 together. --Satan 10:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

It's hard to say. If you can get some decent info and a pic or two on it (something beyond "it was made with some trace of ancient fantastical DNA") then it might be worth it. Remember what happened in the early days of the megalith article? we would prefer not to have that again. --RogueCommanderIX 09:15, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think a new wiki is necessary. Just don't mix SupCom 2 units with SupCom units and it should be fine. If we made a new wiki, this one would come crashing down into death. --Unsigned comment by Southbrandt

This is a problem that many wikis before this one have faced. All such wikis I can think of didn't split. Just make sure each page is marked with SupCom1 or SupCom2. If a page exists in both, have tabs to navigate between them. I'm not sure what article naming scheme should be used to differentiate between the two. --TaviRider 14:19, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

yea, or mabey add a tag to the title page (SC2) or a header warning that the following is about SupCom 2. i dont want another wiki

I think we should wait and see just how similar the two games will be. From what I can see, they will be substantially different, and mostly everything will be different. There won't be too much collisions if we keep it all on the same wiki. However, if the games are too different, I don't think they should be kept together, and this wiki won't "come crashing down into death". After all, this wiki's name isn't Total Annihilation, even if supcom was its successor.Happypal 07:51, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Keep this wiki, but add new pages to it. Simple as that. --Potato Vendor 11:54, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't see a need for a split. If two units or pages have the same name then we can just add (SC2)/(sc) onto them and put in a disambiguation page. It'll also be pretty easy to add a tabbed table of contents onto the front page for navigation. - Ex Machinæ 14:06, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Rich Text Editing

Rich Text Editing causes some trouble when article contains multiple unitnavs. It adds empty paragraphs at beginning of page content. This causes weird gaps between beginning of the page and beginning of page content.

Example before Rich Text Editing:

{{unitnav T2 Naval}}
{{unitnav Mobile Anti-Air}}
{{unitnav Tactical}}
{{unitnav Tactical Defense}}
{{unitbox|UES0202}}

Example after Rich Text Editing:

{{unitnav T2 Naval}}

{{unitnav Mobile Anti-Air}}

{{unitnav Tactical}}

{{unitnav Tactical Defense}}

{{unitbox|UES0202}}

These gaps in code are interpreted in HTML as:

<p>
    <br />
</p>

There are 2 solutions:

1. Using old source editing or Rich Text Editing in source mode
2. Using table to separate unitnavs and unitbox from the rest of page. This also allows further Rich Text Editing without messing the code.

{| align="right"
|
{{unitnav T2 Naval}}
{{unitnav Mobile Anti-Air}}
{{unitnav Tactical}}
{{unitnav Tactical Defense}}
{{unitbox|UES0202}}
|}

I will soon make template like multybox for unitnavs, unitbox and such, so it will be hopefully useful and easy to use. --Satan 10:39, 8 July 2009 (UTC)