Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-5264386-20170608043541

Hey all, just wanted to let you know that I've started working on a few projects. You've probably already seen them in the Recent Wiki Activity, but one of them is an updated Power Stance compatibility chart (which can be found on my second Sandbox: darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/User:Volknur/Sandbox2). Another is the DaSIIIWeaponBox (i.e. DaSIII weapon upgrade chart) template, which should be ready soon-ish. Also, on my third Sandbox (darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/User:Volknur/Sandbox3) is a test of a format update for Dark Souls II weapon charts, where I omitted weapon defence stats to see how it would look if the number of Missing transclusions could be reduced. Finally, I'll still be doing the DaSII in-game weapon images, but I'm just focusing on these templates for now.

My main issue with adding the defence stats on weapons is that it just takes up a lot of time filling the defences in each row, when blocking with a weapon is rarely relevant. Considering that we're more than a little behind with our weapon upgrade charts, it'd probably speed up data entry considerably. By using this format, it could also make inserting the template onto incomplete pages easier, since it'll no longer simply refuse to load after hitting the pages' transclusion limits.

In saying that, though, it'd feel weird ignoring that data, so perhaps it'd be worth creating a parameter similar to Cost (as can be seen in the code of http://darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/Caestus_(Dark_Souls_II)#Upgrades) which fills in those rows automatically, since defences rarely change on weapons after Infusion anyway. So, that being said, what are your thoughts on this? Coming back to the DaSIII weapon upgrade charts, which version would you all prefer? 