Template talk:Family tree

Great feature

Oh, snap. Very useful here, but awfully complicated. Gonna have to get into this. Thanks, Ebakunin. --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. This template is rather nasty to use, but there really isn't a better alternative. At least it's better than using <pre> tags or uploading images. --Ebakunin 03:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I like this family tree, but I have a suggestion - this template is cool, but cumbersome to use. Rather than use this template on every character page, why not make separate, family tree pages entitled, for example, Steiner Geneology for all the Steiners (and Steiner-Davions), or Kurita tree, or even place the tree on House Marik. Though these might be tremendously long and complicated trees, you would only need to make one per major family - I figure that would entail one for each of the major houses, one for each of the major periphery realms, several mercenary families, several supporting families, and of course, major Clan bloodines - as a conservative estimate, you could probably start with 30 family trees and cover nearly everyone important.--S.gage 19:59, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I think we should have both. I don't believe that most readers care who Hohiro's great-great-great-grandfather was, but Hanse's familial relation to Michael Hasek-Davion is important to the storyline (see family tree). A twenty-generation ancestry will be difficult to decipher and I think most entries should only focus on recent and relevant family members. Template:Ebakunin sig

DUDE!! That's awesome!!! Probably put 3 or 4 generations on the character pages and then a family page with everything? --Communibus Locis

S.gage, I see your point about the complexity of the tree and too be honest it'll be a bit before I attempt to learn how to use them. However, I would submit, no Editors are expected to have to use the tree. Rather, those individual Editos that are interested in both the informative value of the trees AND adding them themselves will do so. ('Sides, the idea of being the one to create the master tree is gonna give me fevered nightmares tonight.) --Revanche ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:06, 10 July 2009 (UTC)