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BattleMech
I'd prefer to see the BattleMech field be less specific, or see more fields, to allow for people associated with other equipment to have that equipment listed in the infobox - I'm thinking of notable AeroSpace pilots, WarShip commanders, Elementals/Battle Armour pilots, etc. In theory, we've got hundreds of the buggers already just from the TRO notable pilots entries in every TRO. BrokenMnemonic (talk) 07:00, 3 October 2014 (PDT)
- Yes. Now that you mention it, I'm obviously old-fashioned. You're absolutely right, especially in the Dark Age where any sort of vehicle can have a signature pilot. Only I can't think of a suitably encyclopedic word to name this category after. "Ride" sounds too casual. Suggestions? Frabby (talk) 07:10, 3 October 2014 (PDT)
- "Unit"? Best I can think of. Also, we must remember that many characters changed 'Mechs/etc. Kai Allard-Liao used like, five different 'Mechs just in the novels. ClanWolverine101 (talk) 02:28, 4 October 2014 (PDT)
- "Preferred or signature unit(s)" - but as I write this I realize it's so generic that it should perhaps better be left out of the infobox altogether. Then again, the fields are conditional, i.e. they don't show up if there is no content. We could have one field for "Preferred or signature 'Mech(s)", another for vehicles, fighters, and whatnot. I'm afraid I'm overthinking it though. Thoughts? Frabby (talk) 16:04, 4 October 2014 (PDT)
- Yeah, we gotta remember the can of worms we're opening, here. Lots of famous MechWarriors used more than one 'Mech. It only gets trickier with the other units. ClanWolverine101 (talk) 20:05, 4 October 2014 (PDT)
- "Preferred or signature unit(s)" - but as I write this I realize it's so generic that it should perhaps better be left out of the infobox altogether. Then again, the fields are conditional, i.e. they don't show up if there is no content. We could have one field for "Preferred or signature 'Mech(s)", another for vehicles, fighters, and whatnot. I'm afraid I'm overthinking it though. Thoughts? Frabby (talk) 16:04, 4 October 2014 (PDT)
- "Unit"? Best I can think of. Also, we must remember that many characters changed 'Mechs/etc. Kai Allard-Liao used like, five different 'Mechs just in the novels. ClanWolverine101 (talk) 02:28, 4 October 2014 (PDT)
Image
I'd prefer it if the image (when present) was centered, rather than left-aligned. That may just be a personal preference though. BrokenMnemonic (talk) 07:02, 3 October 2014 (PDT)
- That wasn't so much a conscious decision as something that happened during copying & pasting. I'm an idiot when it comes to wikicode and hardly know what I'm doing, operating under trial-and-error protocol here. Feel free to change it as you see fit. Centered image certainly sounds more reasonable. Frabby (talk) 07:10, 3 October 2014 (PDT)