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[edit] New Gallery setup

Hecko Xtalk 05:44, 25 November 2007 (PST) There's a new setup in town, so y'all better pay attention, cause here's how it works (as a reference point, see here). First line will always be (with the name being linked): Gallery of the character, <name>. Second line will always be: __NOTOC__ Titles, i.e. Tekken 2, Tekken Tag Tournament, etc. must be in linked form. If the caption just says: "<name> as seen in <title>", or any variation of that, delete it. As a general rule of thumb, always delete the <title> from the caption. It is obvious seeing how it is in that specific section, and quadrouple statements get annoying. As a general rule of thumb, delete <name> whereever possible in the caption. Only exception is if you have to actually explain the source, e.g. an ending. In those cases, only use one of the names of the character, not both, i.e. instead of Asuka Kazama, just say Asuka. If the image is a wallpaper, the caption should only say "Wallpaper". If it is a poster, it should say "Poster", and if it is artwork, it should say "Artwork". If it is an image of <name> fighting someone, just write: "Fighting <opponent's name>". (the <opponent's name> should be linked) In case of Outfits, only say what outfit it is, i.e. Player One, Player Two, etc. You may add what button must be pushed in order to select it. In case of explanaitions, be as brief as possible. If it exceeds 4 lines, rephrase.

[edit] Move YouTube videos?

I think the YouTube videos in every section of the character pages greatly decrease the flow and continuity of the articles. I am proposing that they be moved to the individual gallery of each character instead, and can perhaps be linked to from the character article if the video is really needed to understand the storyline. Also, and this is just a side-thought, maybe more detailed and well-written storylines should be used, to make it more appealing and involving for fans and to make it feel more like an actual story. On the other hand, this could make it sound less fact-based and give a lot of leeway for original research and opinion. Thoughts? --Yenemus 08:14, 30 November 2007 (PST)

Hecko Xtalk 09:38, 30 November 2007 (PST) No, to the first. Instead of moving the videos, just scale them down to 240px. If that is not good enough for you, you can always make the video float left as well (which I think would actually be a pretty good idea, see example here). As for the storyline change, can you make an example to show exactly how you mean?

I don't know what you mean by float left, but the scaled videos do make for a good compromise. The Anna example looks decent. As for the story thing, I'm not the best of writers but here's a rough, unfinished example. --Yenemus 04:46, 1 December 2007 (PST)

Hecko Xtalk 10:01, 1 December 2007 (PST) float left is a reference to a function that allows oobjects (images, videos, flash, templates, tables, etc.) to "float left" of text, i.e. text appears on the right side of the media, as aposed to beneath it. For an example, compare this (video floats left) to this (video does not float left). As for the story, I can definitely see the idea, and if you were writing about Tekken character's in general (as in one single, intertwining document), it would be perfect, but it wouldn't work too well for two reasons. 1) it would screw up the existing coding and subpage-linkage; 2) It gives a bit too much leeway, making it easy to get sidetracked and start telling about a different character because of an interaction they had with the person the article should be about.

Both examples look the same to me. Maybe it's my computer or the fact that I'm using Firefox. Anyway, I get your point. About the storylines, I still think it would be better than the current lay-out of 'Tekken 1 Background Story, Ending Animation, Tekken 2 Background Story,... etc.' And about the leeway thing, it would be just like any biographical page on Wikipedia, and would need to be kept tidy. Fair enough, this may take some work, but we have plenty of people willing to help out, I'm sure (most of the members here seem like good people). I noticed the Heihachi article and found it quite interesting as it describes his storyline somewhat in the way I proposed, but, ridiculously, it is all under the section heading 'Introduction'. It doesn't make sense most of the information about the character and even an Analysis of him is under 'Introduction'. I think a new lay-out for character pages is urgently needed. Maybe separate it into Storyline and Gameplay? Or perhaps something else. But the way it is now isn't really the best. Also, seeing as image galleries are being changed to one-for-each-character rather than one-for-each-character-per-installment, are the installment templates in chararacter articles still necessary? Thank you for your swift replies, by the way. --Yenemus 10:31, 1 December 2007 (PST)

P. S. We are getting way off topic, perhaps some of this should go under a new topic header. =P --Yenemus 10:32, 1 December 2007 (PST)

Hecko Xtalk 11:07, 1 December 2007 (PST) It's not because of your browser, I had accidentally messed up part of the code, but it is fixed and you should be able to see the difference now. As for the Heihachi article, it should actually be cut down to look more like the other character articles. But if you can think of a good setup, feel free to show it off in your sandbox. But if you mean "gameplay" like in the Anna article, then it's a definite no-no. Those section should be re-edited and inserted in the respective strategies for the respective game and then removed from the article. Yes, the installment template will still be necesarry due to the future movelists, strategies, and other stuff that are mentioned in the template. As for the gallery links, they will link to a specific section in the compiled article. But personally, I would like to tweek it a bit, in the sense of removing the section title from the template and instead write them manually in the article. As it is now, you can't edit a specific section, and I don't know about the others, but it annoys the living daylights out of me. And sure, if you want seperate sections for each topic, go right ahead an make that.

[edit] Character Relations Chart

I made my (somewhat crappy) attempt at a character relationship chart. It can be seen here. Wondering if we'd like to use it anywhere, perhaps until the Flash version is ready.

Hecko Xtalk 05:44, 2 December 2007 (PST) Sounds good to me