Talk:Tides of Chaos
Merge with passive feature page?[edit source]
I recently made same edits to this page to keep it in sync with Tides of Chaos (passive feature) and I'm noticing that both of these pages contain essentially the exact same information. Is it useful to have both of them separately? I think it would make sense to merge them. I understand that the passive feature and reaction are technically two separate mechanics, but we could juts say that the page is about the effect, not the way the effect is triggered, and add a note that there are 2 different triggers for the effect (the passive and the reaction).
And if we're going to do that it's worth considering the Tides of Chaos (Condition) page, which contains technical information unique to passives. Perhaps we could have separate subsections for information unique to the passive/reaction/condition under the page "Tides of Chaos" and then have pages like "Tides of Chaos (passive feature)" redirect to the relevant subsection?
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ing everyone who has edited either of these pages)
@Rydiak @Hawkeye @HiddenDragon @CastFireball @Chronofreak @Nattern Summer Child (talk) 14:38, 26 January 2025 (CET)
- A lot of these pages are meant to match the in-game code (especially their descriptions), which is why they are that way. Also, these page generating templates are also used to insert data into a table so they can't be combined per se. HiddenDragon (talk) 19:31, 27 January 2025 (CET)
- Ok, so here's what I'm thinking. We can use templates to keep canonical versions of the text and then stick those templates into the relevant pages. The intro paragraph would be different because that references the ability's trigger, but the Description, Properties, Condition, Notes, and Bugs could all be contained within templates.
- I'm thinking about how to split it up though. I feel like each heading should be a separate template so that they can be useful in other kinds of pages I haven't thought about yet. But that would mean that we would have to make sure each page includes every heading instead of just throwing in a single template (or probably 2 because of the top box). It might also make it more annoying to edit if someone needs to edit multiple sections at once. Summer Child (talk) 00:39, 7 February 2025 (CET)
- Oh, but I don't have permission to make templates. I don't know if that's because I'm a relatively new account or if that's something that only admin can do. Summer Child (talk) 00:41, 7 February 2025 (CET)