Template talk:InfoBoxFactions

The problem that I see with this template is that so many of these things change. For instance, to apply this to Federated Suns would be impossible given fields like "ruler," "tech level," (which is going to be difficult no matter what as that is relative), "military strength," and even "enemies" and "allies" can change. Many factions have even changed their capitals. And please, please don't say that "current" information should be used, as what is current in the storyline to one person is the future or past to another. What I mean by that is that some people never ventured past the 4th War, some are caught up in the CBT storyline as CGL puts it out, and others were keeping up with the Dark Age novels. This is a debate we've had before, and I don't want it rehashed. --Scaletail 19:33, 17 April 2008 (CDT)

I see where you are coming from. Incidentially I put up a similar argument about mercenaries (see Talk:Wolf's Dragoons) where the ultimate decision was to add individual infoboxes for every notable time period. In this case it would probably be in order to enter entries for several time periods in a given box. Regarding factions, I'd say a good share of the information on the template does not change. "Ruler" could be the House/Family instead of an individual (i.e. Davion, Centrella, Grimm, Avellar). In some cases where things are more complicated, you could subsitute "Elected leader", for example. A list of leaders belongs in the article.

On the template at hand, first off excellent job ROM! I would exclude "description", "status", "enemies" and "allies" from the template as these issues cannot be covered in brief and should be done in the article proper. Frabby 01:17, 18 April 2008 (CDT)

I think it needs to be greatly truncated. Most of the fields like "literacy rate" should be excluded. Reduce it to "ruling family," "capital world," "cultural influences" (as languages is basically redundant with that field), and "leader title" should be enough for people who want info at a glance. My compliments also go out, as I know this took a long time to make. I might also include a space for a map, either of the nation or its place in the Human Sphere or both. --Scaletail 17:39, 18 April 2008 (CDT)