User talk:Gares Redstorm/Sandbox/RegionInfo

This is a take on Kerish's Template:Areas of Ascalon (Pre-Searing) to make it a more general template. Subterranean was taken out due to the fact it is rarely a case in most regions and for Catacombs it is still an explorable area, just with no static map. The one thing I haven't brainstormed yet is what the picture would be for all areas. Perhaps a picture of the general area? Any comments or ideas would be helpful. &mdash; Gares 08:32, 11 February 2007 (PST)
 * anything that reminds the user of the area would likely work --FireFox [[Image:firefoxav.gif]] 08:37, 11 February 2007 (PST)
 * Ok, in order to try and use [[Image:.jpg]], I've created an example at the bottom of the page using Image:Ascalon City (Pre-Searing).jpg but not sure if the size show's the detail of the area. I went up to 256px, but it looked to make the box unnecessarily large. &mdash; Gares 08:48, 11 February 2007 (PST)
 * Edit: Depending on the concensus of other users, I may just get rid of the picture all-together and add place consisting of a larger and detailed pic of the area combined with a map in the upper right hand of an article, depending on looks. I think it goes without saying, however, that a map of a region will be apart of the formatting. &mdash; Gares 14:09, 11 February 2007 (PST)
 * The small picture looks great imho (as does the whole infobox). --Xeeron 15:49, 11 February 2007 (PST)
 * I like it -- Scourge  16:27, 11 February 2007 (PST)


 * I think this is a great idea, but I think the image takes up a lot of space. Is there no way the image could be in another cell to the right of the table? It's not really the image that bothers me, but the huge blue space around the title.


 * My understanding of region is Kryta/Shing Jea/Shiverpeak Mountains, is that correct? If so then I think this template has a lot of potential. LordBiro 16:36, 11 February 2007 (PST)


 * I agree that the image leads to rather a lot of blue border, but given a choice between picture + border or no picture I'd rather have the piccy. Could it be used as a watermark in the background or something? As for the image itself, surely it should be the picture you get when you gate in whatever area it is? That's the only image I can think of that's unambiguously associated with an area. --NieA7 06:58, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * But NieA7, surely the image should represent the region, i.e. a picture of Kryta. However, Kryta as a region has no single screenshot. LordBiro 07:01, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * The loading screens do represent the region though, at least artistically if not actually (Ascalon blasted and decaying, weird pointy things in the Realm of Torment, lots of jade in the Jade Sea etc). Having the region map of Kryta would look awful due to the small size, while having a picture of Lion's Arch may look nice but would represent only part of the region as a whole. The small pic in the title is only meant to look pretty after all, I'm assuming a map of the region would be in the main article body. --NieA7 07:05, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * As far as I'm aware no one has suggested a map as the image. I agree that the loading images do represent the region, do you think they could be used? I suppose we could ask ANet if they could provide licensed versions of these images. LordBiro 08:47, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * When you said "i.e. a picture of Kryta" I couldn't think what you meant other than a map, so sorry if I put words into your mouth. As for the images, they're "in game" like any other screen shot is - provided the discussion at Guild Wars Wiki talk:Official content gets sorted out I don't see why we couldn't use them in the same way we use pictures of bosses and weapons. --NieA7 09:11, 12 February 2007 (PST)

Reset Indent: I think I may have mislead you. It's actually intended for outposts, explorable areas, and regions. Like the location box, Rainith found on GWiki, but it's a different spin. It was named RegionInfo just as a universal name. It can be changed to anything that suits all three format guides. &mdash; Gares 08:56, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * So if it were related to a outpost or explorable area what would appear in the "Outposts", "Explorable areas" and "Landmarks" rows, or would they change depending on what the box was referring to? Not that I think this is a problem or anything, I can see how the box would work for all three things - just curious. --NieA7 09:11, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * Hmm, I thought I was confused, I guess I wasn't. If it is meant as a navbox for parts of a region, why have the PAGENAME at the top?  Why not "Region of Kryta" or "Krytan region" or just "Kryta" at the top?  Other than that, I like it.  I've been trying to figure out a better idea for the graphic, and I really can't think of one.  I personally wouldn't mind seeing the image go away, I don't know that the loading screen would even be recognizable at that size.  --Rainith 09:11, 12 February 2007 (PST)


 * I meant to expand on my original statement, but decided I was hungry. This navbox is just something I found as I stated in the first post I made on this page. This one was Template:Areas of Ascalon (Pre-Searing) and I wanted to make it a universal navbox for outposts, explorable areas, and regions. I do not like creating things for a single purpose, but it had potential for something different. I might add a neighboring section to the template to make it more universal and just exclude the lines of code that are irrelevant for each particular article.


 * In response to Rainith's question, the at the top would be the article. If the box is used for Kryta, Lion's Arch, Cursed Lands, etc. it would take the name of the article and thus making it a more universal template.


 * In response to Nie47, parts can be omitted depending on the area. For example, the Cursed Lands explorable area has no landmarks, so that would be removed.
 * I'll throw up some examples for a region, explorable area, and outpost and I'll look at the comments regarding the picture and figure out something based on them. &mdash; Gares 10:49, 12 February 2007 (PST)