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| - __NOWYSIWYG__ I would like to propose a slight change and addition to the categorisation of fanfics on the wiki. Both are relatively simple, and I believe they can help with organising both the fanons and the fanonbending page. The first suggestion is relatively straightforward. Despite one-shots being a complete story, they aren't categorised as such. I propose that the one-shot category (not the fanon, just the category) be categorised under 'completed stories', as what I've found is that the stories and genres cat are hard to access, going from one to the other. I haven't memorised the different category pathways, and so this is just to make it easier, as I doubt other users have too. The second suggestion is the addition and implementation of a 'fanonbending' category. Suggested to me by KettleMeetPot, one way to clean up the fanonbending page is with the addition of the code used in the War Room, however this relies somewhat on categories to determine what to display, which would become far simpler if there was a single category used only on fanons on that page. There is also another reason, and that is to help other users find and recognise work considered to be of top quality in the fanon portal. Fanonbending, in it's simplest form, is a continued, constantly updated Featured Fanon Series, as recognised by the community. Thoughts? FruipyLoops File:Toph-DoBS-2.gif 05:25, October 2, 2013 (UTC) Definitely agree with the one-shots category change. And since the other change is the easiest way to clean up the fanonbending page, though that's the only reason why I'd be okay with that, as that page is more a popularity contest than it is a list op the top quality in the fanon portal. 08:29, October 2, 2013 (UTC) To put it simply, I agree with both changes at this time. The first one is pretty simple and makes perfect sense to me, and it doesn't mess up any other category scheme. As for the second, I support it, like LL, in the interest of the formatting of the fanon page itself. Before though, I was under the impression that the goal was to have the fanon page similar to how the VfD page is currently set up, but the coding you're talking about is similar to the main page for the War Room. Can you (or KMP) clarify how this will help the organization/display of the page? Not a long explanation, just the "gist of it". -- 02:03, October 8, 2013 (UTC) I think I started modelling it after the WR because KMP told me the code could be found there. So, that's why it seems similar to the WR page as opposed to the VfD. Honestly, I didn't look into that page, although taking a quick glance at the code, it also uses the DPL code that I was planning on trying out. I personally think modelling it after the WR would be easier, as there would be a sandbox for each page. The main goal is to clean it up and reduce the time taken to load the page. I don't mind which way we do it, to be honest, but I do want to - eventually - get it done, you know? Any other suggestions (such as the VfD) are more than welcome. FruipyLoops File:Toph-DoBS-2.gif 02:24, October 8, 2013 (UTC) I was originally planning to implement an altered VfD style, where the discussions for each fanon load asynchronously from one master page containing every discussion as an index - that way, it would cut down on the inconvenience of having to load a page for every discussion or go through a few separated pages into which fanons are sorted by alphabet. That plus asynchronous tabbers, an addition that was suggested by HammerOfThor, means that the page will be at most a bit longer than the VfD page as it is now, with a very quick loading time and an easy-to-use navigation UI topped off with a search function. However, that does require a good amount of MediaWiki work, which I have yet to get around to. Fruipit was independently discussing cleaning up the page a little while ago - so I suggested she could use dpl and model it around the WR if she wished. But really, either way is fine with me - since the latest I'll have the free time to implement the VfD style is roughly a month from now. KettleMeetPot • wall 03:03, October 8, 2013 (UTC) Ah, I see. Well, both of those options make sense. -- 01:35, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
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