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As for individual settings pages vs pages documenting a group of settings with a single page... I wonder whether there is any value in having individual settings pages at all. All the well documented settings listed on the settings page are categorized. Perhaps it would be better to simply document all settings within the category on a single page? They are grouped into categories like this on the settings page because it is often necessary to understand what all of the settings do in order to understand the impacts of changing a single setting, so instead of having to go back and forth between a ton of individual settings pages it would be nice to see all the settings on a single page. To this end, perhaps the existing [[Template:Setting]] template could be modified so that the template could be repeated several times on the page documenting the category of settings, once for each setting? Or alternatively the [[Template:SettingGroup]] template can be modified to be used for the purpose. Either way, it should be possible to have more than one of each of these templates on the same page in order to be able to separate the page into sub sections if it aids in grouping the settings in a more logical way. | As for individual settings pages vs pages documenting a group of settings with a single page... I wonder whether there is any value in having individual settings pages at all. All the well documented settings listed on the settings page are categorized. Perhaps it would be better to simply document all settings within the category on a single page? They are grouped into categories like this on the settings page because it is often necessary to understand what all of the settings do in order to understand the impacts of changing a single setting, so instead of having to go back and forth between a ton of individual settings pages it would be nice to see all the settings on a single page. To this end, perhaps the existing [[Template:Setting]] template could be modified so that the template could be repeated several times on the page documenting the category of settings, once for each setting? Or alternatively the [[Template:SettingGroup]] template can be modified to be used for the purpose. Either way, it should be possible to have more than one of each of these templates on the same page in order to be able to separate the page into sub sections if it aids in grouping the settings in a more logical way. | ||
<br>--[[User:SnakeChomp|SnakeChomp]] 20:49, 25 December 2008 (UTC) | <br>--[[User:SnakeChomp|SnakeChomp]] 20:49, 25 December 2008 (UTC) | ||
:Not a single point I disagree with. The templates don't have to be used on every single settings page. Enforcing a standard is good, but if it deducts from the readability we need an alternative. | |||
:As a direct solution for your last point I think it's sufficient to remove the '''Back to:''' links from the templates and add them to pages manually. | |||
:The different groupings of settings are a bit more difficult to solve, because none of them is essentially better than the others. | |||
:*I like the '''formula grouping''', because that's how the settings will be used. However, not all settings are part of a formula (we'll be using), and if some are part of multiple formulas it would decentralize the information of a setting. | |||
:*The '''name dependent grouping''' (SettingNameXX) only groups the settings that are obviously closely related, but offers no good way to add formulas to the page, or explain other relations. | |||
:*'''Category grouping''' you talk about (Sandbox example) is similar to the formula grouping, but more extensive. It doesn't only group settings that are part of one formula, but all settings that relate to each other closely. I think this could result in very long pages which are hard to follow. It does put all information about a setting on one page, as well as the related settings. | |||
:It's important to discuss this before continuing to document the settings. I thought a (group)settings template would cover it all, as it's a vast improvement over the situation we have at the CS Wiki, but there's obviously more. The templates still serve a purpose, but don't have to form the main item on a page. | |||
:I'd like to add that I think you're doing a great job at shaping the Settings section and documenting the settings! | |||
:--[[User:Qazaaq|Qazaaq]] 22:37, 25 December 2008 (UTC) | |||