Template talk:Star Wars

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is part of WikiProject Star Wars, which aims to build an encyclopedic guide to the Star Wars saga on Wikipedia. To participate, you can improve this article or visit the project page for more information.	Star Wars Portal
Template	This article has been rated as Template-Class on the assessment scale.

	This article is part of WikiProject Films, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to films and film characters on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Template This article has been rated as Template-Class on the quality scale. Unknown This article has not been rated on the importance assessment scale.
Editing Guidelines Please remember these guidelines when editing a film article: If a non-film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, disambiguate and use (film) in the title: Film Title (film) For more information see: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films) When writing an article about a particular film, the general format should be a concise lead section, followed by a plot overview, production details, a cast list, a reception section, and references. Create an Infobox that tells all pertinent information about the film. We are always looking for new members! Join us today!

This article is part of WikiProject Star Wars, which aims to build an encyclopedic guide to the Star Wars saga on Wikipedia. To participate, you can improve this article or visit the project page for more information.

Star Wars Portal

Archives
Archive 1 (from the former Template:Starwars) Archive 2 (from the former Template:Expanded Universe)

[edit] Reformat

I dislike the new format. The words are to small and the centering of the text makes it hard to line up the catergories names and the objects. Jedi6 17:23, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I formatted it this way so as to limit the amount of space, as that was the primary complaint last time we merged the film and EU templates. The Wookieepedian 11:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Any ideas where to put the portal link at, Portal:Star Wars? Jedi6 22:19, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization

Complaint: I think "KotOR" looks really bad; any reason it shouldn't just be "KOTOR"? I only ask because there's a discrepancy between KOTOR 1 and KOTOR 2; the first refers to itself repeatedly as KotOR, while the later says KOTOR. I prefer all upper-case letters, personally. EVula 04:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

While it looks bad, the correct form is KotOR because in Knights of the Old Republic the "of" and "the" parts of the title would be lower case. Jedi6 06:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shrink

Basically, there are two choices - either to shrink the list or delete the Star Wars categories. The size of this template basically nullifies the need for the categories. - A Link to the Past (talk) 20:58, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

three choices - either to shrink the list, delete the Star Wars categories, or just keep them how they are*

The categories are to categorise the articles, the template is to assist in navigation between them. Voretus^talk 02:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

There is no reason to delete the categories and there is no reason to have the template list just the films. The template serves the purpose of giving a general overview of related articles. Listing just the films does not serve this purpose. Yet, Link, you seem to talk like the template lists everything, which it does not... It lists an overview of articles from each part of Star Wars. The Wookieepedian 02:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

General overview? This is one of the biggest templates I've seen. And we do NOT need to assist people in navigating from Episode I to Super Star Wars, no we do not. It is inane to have such a massive template. See: Template:Sonic games, for instance. - A Link to the Past (talk) 04:14, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Horrible example. Star Wars is much, much larger than the Sonic franchise (ten times over).

I wouldn't be opposed to slimming down the existing template, and perhaps spinning some of the sections off into their own templates ({{Star Wars Games}} or similar). But A Link's massive reductions to the template are a bit extreme. EVula 05:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

If you want to talk a large template, see {{Buffyversenav}}. But with the Star Wars template, I've just drastically cut down the template, yet the it still remains comprehensive. Take a look. The Wookieepedian 06:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I think that makes the template less useful. It's harder to branch out to multiple windows with that template. I don't see what was wrong with the old one.Rhindle The Red 21:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)