BattleTechWiki:Project Planets/Planet Overhaul

This project is an extensive, long-term effort to overhaul the planet articles as they were initially created at BattleTechWiki's founding in September 2006. For details will be provided here, as the overhaul approaches its kick-off (at a date to be established).

Working Template

• System Name Title
• {{InfoBoxSystem}}
• Opening Statement: "The System Name Title system is the location of the inhabited planets Planet1, Planet2, the inhabited moon Moon3 and the Industrial Satellite4 orbital facility. The system is located in the Region5 district of the FactionName6.
• __TOC__
• Description section: details general facts about the system, such as the objects mentioned in the opening statement (with additional information), other uninhabited structures, recharging stations, others charted sytems (not in list form) that are within one jump, etc.
• History section: this provides the political climate of the system, especially that which is not planet-dependent, such as when the system changed hands, space battles, etc, all in text form.
  • Ownership History sub-section: since it's usually systems that change hands rather than just planets, it seems appropriate to have this here

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• Planet section: repeated as appropriate
• {{InfoBoxPlanetStandard}}
• {{InfoBoxPlanetUpdate}}: all entries dated; entries conditional (i.e. optional hiddens)
  • Opening Statement: "Planet1 is the [orbital number] planet in the SystemName system [and is the regional capital of the FactionName6's Region5 district]. On the surface, the planet hosts CompanyName7's FactoryName8 industrial facility [and the summer palace of ImportantPerson9], while the Industrial Satellite4 facility orbits its moon, Moon10.
  • History section: provides more details (supposedly) of major events, detailing changes in ownership, battles, major events, etc.
    • Deployment sub-section: lists semi-lists of military units, broken down into smaller sub-sections by years of recorded note.
  • Geography section: a general description of the planet, but in text form (no lists)
  • Planetary Locations section: a hierarchical list, as seen in the Luthien article. Short descriptions of each entry, unless a link is provided.
    • Industrial Centers sub-section: should list all known factories, included this destroyed. Construction and destruction can be indicated by year notes (similar to dates of life for a character).
  • Image gallery: banner image (if not displayed in infobox), additional planetary images, surface maps, etc.

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• References: as expected
• Bibliography: as expected

Collaboration and review

As the planet articles will be almost completely redone and due to the sheer numbers of such an extensive program, extensive collaboration and management will be required, with reviews where necessary.

It is the intent of the overhaul effort to accomplish the revisions by categories of planets (as defined by faction control) through phases of accomplishment of each category. A discussion is currently underway to design the new article template, and once that has been accomplished, the phases will be defined. At this time, a possible example might be this:

• Phase 0: tag every planet article with the Planet Overhaul banner (currently under development)
• Decision Point 1: decide upon which faction to target
• Phase 1: add the new template (with infoboxes) to target articles, copying all relevant material into the appropriate sections and deleting the non-relevant materials
• Phase 2: replacing existing 2-jump map image with specific regional map image
• Phase 3: ?
• Phase 4: ensure faction categorization is correct, matches ownership history
• Return to Decision Point 1
• Check Phase: ensure no planets remain untagged & un-revised
• Final Phase: remove planet tags