Template talk:Infobox Character

Necessary?
I'm not sure that this is such a great idea. Surely we're setting up a potential unnecessary challenge every time a new game is released just to keep this (inconsequential?) information up to date? 20:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Zelda games and smash games aren't released that often so I don't think it would be much of a challenge. --Link hero of light (talk) 22:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, let me put it this way. The template's currently used on 39 pages, all of which need to be edited. Also, your changes seem to have resized some of the existing boxes, making them less aesthetically pleasing, an meaning they no longer conform with the other templates. I just want to agree on where we're going with this before putting in extra work (and I still don't think it adds any particularly valuable information). 07:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I've come up with a solution that means the template can continue to be used in it's current form without all the pages using it needing to be changed, and also allows for the addition of the "latest appearance" field. Although the tags read first/latest game, they'll still display appearance. Also, I've fixed the issue with the over-sized fields. -- 07:49, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

"Irregularity"
I tried to fix the caption portion of the box, but I fail at coding. You can see something something's wrong by looking at the Pamela's Father article's character template box-thing. I don't know how to fix it. I tried pasting a bit of code from the Places Template (which doesn't have this problem), but it didn't work right. Can someone fix it so we can put proper captions under the images in the Character Template boxes? 14:22, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Never mind. After fiddling with it a bit more, I fixed it.  At least, I think I did.  Feel free to blame me (then revert/re-fix the template) if I broke something.   14:33, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Eliminate "First game" and "Latest game"
I propose that we ditch the "First game" and "Latest game" fields and replace them with the typical "Games" section. For one, we already use the Games section for other things, and the two fields system is limited and rather outdated. A lot of characters appear in multiple titles, so to limit the mention of the other games in the infobox seems irrational. 17:15, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree. I imagine that this style was designed with recurring characters such as Princess Zelda in mind. There's no reason to limit the mention of certain games for characters that only appear in three or four games. 17:38, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Agreed for reasons already stated. Looks like we will have quite a bit of editing to do afterwards... :P --Dany36 (talk) 17:52, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Let's do it. 19:58, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Done. Now let the editing commence. 12:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Alright, I just set our bot to take care of all the characters that only appear in one game, so that should lighten the load a little. :) 14:18, 24 March 2013 (UTC)