User talk:Malgond
Hey, thanks for replying to my table project. I wanted to let you know that I replied to your comment: >[...] ... I think it shall be somehow reflected in the table. For example: one column for Message (a value always present), another for Item name (may be empty) and another for Effect (may be empty). Unfortunately, the spreadsheet does not contain the kind of visual representation (a dot, a star, a star with a dot inside, or none at all). Yeah I noticed that too, but tbh I don't think it's SO important that needs to be included in the table or even in the entire page. Also, it would be very time-consuming. > the Explanation column is currently a short description (of a planet) and some of its features, the way to get there, only sometimes containing an explanation of what the planet name refers to. These should be separate. I don't think they should be separate, because it would mean that the table would get even bigger and navigating it would be harder. You're welcome to add any information in the explanation section, as I'm not editing its contents. > explanation for the Message/Item of "11 squares packed into a larger square" shall have a reference to 2740:_Square_Packing and a short description of the mathematical problem involved. I totally agree, and as I said in the initial message (above the table), I plan on adding item-specific explanations next to the item "names". > I also think we may need separate tables for planets (with very general descriptions and directions), features on the planets, possibly one table per planet (containing architecture, vegetation, animals, people etc. - if worth noting or there's some pun or reference), items and messages to be collected by the player (maybe one per planet), and for words spoken by the people and messages written somewhere (again, only if they contain a pun or a reference). I'm sorry but the amount of effort I'm putting in this "simple" table is already IMMENSE. I hope you understand that this would probably require dozens of hours between exploration and formatting. I won't be doing that myself, that's for sure :)
By the way, do you know where to find the coordinates of each planet? Thanks, FaviFake (talk) 13:58, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
Cosmetic suggestion
All those [[wikipedia:Page_link|Link text]] examples, in your rapidly expanding table 'sandboxing', would fit better (from an editing POV) with the {{w}}-template we try to use universally for wiki links. Such as {{w|Page link|Link text}}. (Noting also that the underline/space issue is largely irrelevent in both, under most circumstances, with pipe-delimiting. It's only [url://server/various_folders/whatever_filename.html Full URLs space-delimitered from any Link Text] where such things as underlines (& reserved-character escaping!) needs quite so much strict honouring at all.)
Not worth revising all of what you're building up, but if you're making future changes (or ever decide to copy and paste it elsewhere), you might want to try transitioning some/all. Then check the Preview, to make sure you haven't mixed up [external_page blah text], [[internalised page|blah text]] and {{w|Wiki Page Title#Optional section|blah text}} formats!
There's also similarly templated {{wiktionary}} and {{tvtropes}}, amongst others, should you need them. Used right, they make the page source that little nicer to review and keep correct, I find. YMMV. 172.70.91.152 10:20, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
