I've noticed that many pirates pages does have many categories. But I didn't seen any rules/guidelines of the way contributors may order them. I think we should aiming to have a kind of hierarchy in displaying them. This way they will be most of the time on the same place or order. And enhance intuitive usability and relevance of categories.
Actual Display Order[]
The first category which display first, and should always be, is the "Incomplete" Categorie (for pages lacking several/major informations). Which have a proper template put on top of the page in Source editor:
Some categories used to have the same order displaying on the bottom pages when the "PirateInfobox" template is used. This is the case with these categories when using it:
| Mysterious Pirate | |
|---|---|
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| Rarity | Unknown |
| Cost | Unknown |
| Nation | Unknown |
| Type | Unknown |
| Combo Type | Unknown |
| Release Date | Unknown |
- Rarity
- Nation
- Type
- Combo Type
- Release Date
With this template, the relative categories are always displaying in the same order. Many pages have some of these categories added twice. So we could also remove duplicates in the category box on the right of editing mode, for those informations which PirateInfobox template automatically display already.
All others categories added by contributors displays after Templates used. Generally added over time after multiple edits/addition. There is no particular order of display actually. We may have the pirate name foremost, then lacking categories or exact inverse...etc
Displaying Order Hierarchy[]
That's why I was thinking of a hierarchy / better logical displaying order of categories on bottom of the page. So we should try, if you think it's a good idea, in aiming a kind of hierarchy between Categories. We could manage categories order by groups to keep in mind when editing for a better display:
Group 1: Templates
- Incomplete
- Infobox (rarity - nation -Type - Combo Type - Release Date - Pirates)
Group 2: Formal Organisations / Races (i.e: Circle of Ten - Pixies ...etc)
Group 3: Pirate Name
Group 4: Lacking Categories. This group should always be at ending category order, because of the fact these are intend to be removed after page updates. And this way, avoid the need to re-order categories again.
If you think of other categories missing (was thinking about anything relative to Trivia informations category, don't know where could be most relevant) , or needing one more group of category, or finding a better group order, I'm open to any suggestions about. Tell me what you think about it. ;)