User talk:Tennessee Ernie Ford/Shortcuts/Guide to chest running

Format

This is looking pretty good so far. I'll see if I can't update it pretty soon with the information we need, now that I have a format, and we can see how it looks then. I, too, am dealing with the aftermath from the weekend. --Axis 10:05, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Works for me. Looking forward to seeing your amendments/additions.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 15:59, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the wait, I think the format is working pretty well, maybe a few order changes. Also, just to be clear, we are talking about each of these articles being a separate page, or having a page full of them? And perhaps adding those tips to the chest run main article (Which could probably use a title change to Chest Running)? -Axis 03:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I suspect that a single article will cover multiple runs; most aren't that complicated and nearly all follow the same general principles. Chest run is a glossary article, whereas this is a guide (generally speaking, I think how to and what belong in distinct articles, unless they are both short). Only the briefest tips might belong in the glossary, using the {{main|guide to chest running}} convention.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 04:23, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

(added) since I envision a single article, I recommend we keep general advice at the top; it's going to be (mostly) the same for any run. In particular, the hero builds should be up there (so that we don't repeat them multiple times). The only hench notes that belong in the subsections should be specific names; the general advice (study/fast acting) is also general. I'll go ahead an make those changes. (And feel free to delete instead of striking out — I can review the history to see the change if needed.)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 04:27, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I thought about having the hero builds be general, my hesitation came when looking at the runner build. There's little need for that particular runner build in a place like, say, Ice Cliffs, but I also didn't want to separate the builds from each other. In other words, the runner build might be specific to each run, whereas the hero builds can apply to all. What I'm thinking is maybe we put skill recommendations as the general build tips in the general article instead of a template.

I come from a perspective where I'd like to see a tree article, because runners may not need such in depth coverage, as you would find in a PvX article. That's really my fear, because if we find it's too similar to a PvX article, I'm not sure it really belongs here, especially since there are two PvX sites now. So you have your cover page, and maybe the table from the treasure hunter article, which may not belong there at all. So basically, since I'm confusing myself here, a cover page with the general stuff and the table, which will have links to separate walkthroughs if available. It just seems cleaner, especially if we end up getting a lot more entries.

If we do keep to one article, general definitely belongs at the top. Also, the strikes were mostly for me to look at them without deleting any content. In any case, I think it's starting to shape up! -Axis 05:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)