Template talk:WikiProject Anime and manga

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[edit] Overhall

The following changes have been made to the template:

  • Replaced deprecated HTML tags with CSS
  • Added whitespace inside ParserFunctions to make them easier to read and understand. This will not affect the template's output.
  • Only show assessment ratings if it is on the talk page of an article. Other assessment classes may show depending on the type of talk page. (Template for templates, Cat for categories)
  • Assessment classes can no be in lowercase
  • Can now assess an article as a disambiguation page using class=Dab
  • Included {{check talk}} which will give a warning if the template is not placed on a talk page.
  • Switch from {{SERVER}}{{localurl}} to {{fullurl}}
  • If an article has not been assessed, then it will show that it needs assessment
  • Places only articles into Category:WikiProject Anime and manga articles along with one of the assessment categories.
  • Places templates into Category:WikiProject Anime and manga templates
  • Places categories into Category:WikiProject Anime and manga categories
  • Places everything else into Category:Non-article anime and manga pages
  • Moved AMCOTW notice into template instead of the todo page.
  • Removed unnecessary <tr></tr> tags which were duplicating by wikitable markup

--TheFarix (Talk) 22:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

This is kinda funny, because I just got finished editing {{WikiProject DIGI}} to take up less space and be more useful. I'll have to go back and add some of those things too, like the check talk. I also made a little "Quick help" section when you click on show, using an idea I had when I saw the "Other pages of interest:" line from this template. -- Ned Scott 23:07, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Also gotta see what WP:DIGI wants to do with the whole article assessment thing. -- Ned Scott 23:09, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
One of the other things I saw done with WikiProject boxes was to include the associated CotW nomination in as well. Even if it will help streamline the number of banners at the top of a talk page, I'm not sure that is entirely sure it is a good idea. --TheFarix (Talk) 03:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Do we need all those articles in Category:WikiProject Anime and manga articles? It's a really big category now and I see no need for it. If I want to find an anime series I used the anime series category, if I want to see a manga character then I use the character category. What's the use of an all encapsulating category? Isn't that why we split Category:Anime up? --Squilibob 10:49, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Category:WikiProject Anime and manga articles is a WikiProject category, not an article category. It's not meant to find articles, but to list articles within our project's scope, etc. -- Ned Scott 11:29, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template name

Could someone make some template pages with shorter names that redirect to this one? I know it's not necessary, but it wouldn't hurt (it's quicker to type, takes up less space on talk pages, and someone who doesn't know the template name would be more likely to find something that redirects here.) I was thinking something like: Template:WP Anime and manga, Template:WPAnime, and Template:WPManga. 24.126.199.129 18:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, they already have. {{anime}} and {{manga}}. -- Ned Scott 19:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Oh wow. How did I miss that? Thanks. 24.126.199.129 09:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Instructions

I have added Instructions on how to assess articles if the class= parameter is omitted. --Squilibob 16:00, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to go ahead and take these out now. With most of the article assessed, it isn't needed any longer. --Farix (Talk) 00:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
It could still be useful to have around. *shrugs*. -- Ned Scott 01:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
It's okay, not many users were taking notice of it anyway. Duane and I still do the majority of the assessments. --Squilibob 10:06, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Simple change in wording

Do to a dispute over on WP:ANI about whether the words "is part of" in a WP Template was a declaration of "ownership" on part of the WikiProject, I've decided to alter the wording here to "is within the scope of" which is a more neutral phrase. --TheFarix (Talk) 17:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bring back the to-do list.

I don't think there was anything wrong with the tempalte before the huge portal link was added. I think the to/do list was the most useful thing about this template. I also liked linking to some of the instruction pages dealing with anime and manga topics. i.e disucssion pages or the WP:MOS-JA. (I find the article rating system to be too artibrary to be on any real use.) Why was that removed? The info is so hard to find now because it's buried at the bottom of the main project page. [1] --Kunzite 01:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Smaller

I think we can make it even smaller without hurting anything. Thoughts? -- Ned Scott 08:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese chars for Bleach taskforce

I have unilaterally changed the characters for bankai into kurosaki - might be somewhat non-neutral and not overall representative of Bleach, but I feel they are well-recognizable characters even for non-Japanese-speaking fans. The reason is that IMO we shouldn't display any symbol of the swastika unless it is relevant, important or required. None of these apply to this case. I realize that it's not just a Nazi symbol, but there's no reason to use it, well, for no apparent reason. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 18:01, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I have no particular objections to the switch away from bankai, and indeed half-expected this would happen eventually. To explain myself, I chose the bankai kanji because I needed a quick logo and they are quite recognizable to fans. This is for a variety of reasons, such as the relatively simple shapes, bankai itself being a major plot element, the incorporation graphically as Ichigo's sword guard (which ensures that the meaning will have to be explained even in the English editions), etc. Indeed, their inclusion of the swastika probably makes them all the more memorable to English speakers.
However, I don't think Kurosaki makes a useful substitute, since even though it's the main character's last name there is no reason a casual fan would know what it means. How about we go with the far more obvious choice, and what I probably should have used in the first place, 死神? --tjstrf talk 19:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List class

Lists need ratings. Making all lists as a grouped "unrated" class just defeats the point of article assessment. I remember this being brought up once on WikiProject Lists, about encouraging WikiProjects to rate their lists instead of using a "list-class". There really isn't a reason we wouldn't want to rate lists. -- Ned Scott 01:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I didn't see any discussion of the the "list-class" even after a couple of editors brought it up. Still this class is more for lists—such as the List of anime conventions and would normally be given "class=NA"—instead of articles arranged in lists, like a List of XYZ characters. --Farix (Talk) 01:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't see any discussion either, but regardless it's a good point that the guy brought up. While I can see the point in using it for things like List of anime conventions, I think there's going to be a bit of confusion on when not to use list-class. -- Ned Scott 04:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portal

I thought it was decided that we were only going to have a text link to the Portal on this WikiProject notice. Is the portal that important that it has to take up as much space as it does? --Squilibob 10:06, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree, the face being used is identical to the one that's already on the left by default anyway, so it's rather redundant. As another comment, why was the banner made to use "X-work-group=yes" rather than the previous switchable taskforce field? It makes the code longer and more difficult to type. --tjstrf talk 16:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm guessing it was incase more than one taskforce applied, but I doubt that will be much of a problem for us. -- Ned Scott 03:48, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps, but I don't think it was worth making that change just so that the one Dragon Ball Z convention can be properly tagged. Besides, if it ever came up, couldn't that be dealt with by adding a "taskforce2="? --tjstrf talk 05:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)