User talk:Lachlan

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I am considering making a change to site policy regarding Awards. Currently the policy reads:

• We are NOT recreating the Order of Precedence, feel free to list preferred title and major points, but awards listing are best left to the OP.

I do not know the genesis of this rule, but I know Kolfinna regularly enforced the rule by removing awards lists as they were added. I suspect the rule was created at a time when all the editing was done by a few editors, and she wished to avoid having to maintain awards lists -- a task which would be monumental, never-ending, and redundant.

The site has since been opened up to a wider editing membership, and most populace pages are written by the person they are about or a friend. Naturally, everyone is very proud of the awards they have received. The tendency is to include a list of all awards the person has received, rather than just "major points".

At a minimum, I believe the policy should be clarified, to give the populace a reason why we have the rule and make it clearer what they may or may not do. I am thinking of changing the first part of the rule text to:

• We are not recreating the Order of Precedence. We make no guarantee that awards described on populace pages are correct or up to date. For complete awards lists for any Caidan, please visit the Caid Order of Precedence.

Which leaves the second part. If we are to maintain the status quo, I suggest clarifying it thusly:

• Full awards lists are not appropriate here, though feel free to list preferred title and major points (either highest precedence award or award that means the most to the recipient).

My questions:

1. Should we continue to discourage awards lists on the populace pages? Please explain why you think "yes" or "no".
2. If discouraged, should awards lists be removed when discovered?
3. Do you believe the first revision above is clear and helpful? Do you have suggestions on how to make it better?
4. Do you believe the second revision above is clear and helpful? (assuming that awards lists continue to be a discouraged practice here) Do you have suggestions on how to make it better?

Scribe Page Question

Hey Lachlan! I want to make a new page that will list all the scrolls by recipent (just a list without the thumbnails) and also link the same information on the page of each recipient. So there will be one master list one could go to to see if a scroll had been done. And one could also see the scrolls done for a person on their own page. Can you tell me how to make a new page for the master list and what would be good formating for it? Thanks! Aliskye 13:43, 3 November 2009 (PST)

To make a new page, put the title you plan to use ("Scrolls by Recipient"?) into the search box and hit "Search". You'll get a page telling you no page was found with that title, and a link to create a the page. Click the link to get a standard edit box and start filling...

Format? How about:

• Aliskye MacKyven Raizel

Award of Arms scroll by Alexandre le Bonhomme

Crescent scroll by Alexandre le Bonhomme

• Lachlan of Cromarty

Award of Arms scroll by Zenobia Naphtali

Dolphin scroll by Zenobia Naphtali‎

Which comes from the code:

*[[Aliskye MacKyven Raizel]]
:[[:Image:AlexandreLeBonhomme3.JPG|Award of Arms scroll]] by [[Alexandre le Bonhomme]]
:[[:Image:AlexandreLeBonhomme3.JPG|Crescent scroll]] by [[Alexandre le Bonhomme]]
*[[Lachlan of Cromarty]]
:[[:Image:Zenobia55.jpg|Award of Arms scroll]] by [[Zenobia Naphtali]]
:[[:Image:Zenobia55.jpg|Dolphin scroll]] by [[Zenobia Naphtali]]‎ ‎‎

Leading a line with ":" produces an "unordered" list without any bullet (as opposed to the more familiar "*" prefix, which gives you a bulleted list)--Lachlan 21:42, 3 November 2009 (PST)

Thanks Lachlan! I think that works perfectly. Oh boy! More work to do :) Aliskye 22:59, 3 November 2009 (PST)

Editor

Lachlan, I would be honored. I like helping, so that would not be a problem. You could put me down for areas like General, Barony of the Angels, Early Caid. Not claiming to be the ultimate expert on any of the three, you understand. :) --James the Inconstant 22:58, 16 November 2009 (PST)

Thank You!

Lachlan, Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into the wiki office, and your willingness to step up as administrator when you were needed. Thank you for staying on as an editor. It is very much appreciated! --Kolfinna 10:53, 7 August 2009 (PDT)