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== Page Prefixes == Posting this on behalf of Markus1566 who in short, wants to remove prefixes from page names - e.g, [[Ability: Attack Pattern Alpha]], [[Trait: Cold-Hearted]], [[Reputation: Delta Alliance]]. Doing so would let the search bar on the wiki accurately autosuggest ability pages too, since right now they don't unless you explicitly search for it. Additionally it'd also make for cleaner article titles, and not messes like [[Ability: Beams: Fire at Will]]. Downsides would be the workload (although it can be mostly automated), and possibly the need to clean up some pages that are unintentionally changed in the massmove. On the Discord we're a bit conflicted on whether or not this would be a good idea, so I figure: why not have a small discussion on it? --[[User:RadioActivitii|RadioActivitii]] ([[User talk:RadioActivitii|talk]]) 19:23, 22 August 2020 (UTC) :Console abilities have their names too similar to the console itself so it kinda helps distinguish those two - so if someone search for D.O.M.I.N.O., would he expect an ability or console. Maybe disambiguation page would fix this, although that is one extra page that needs to be created. I think some pages like reputations don't need a prefix. Also I'm not a fan of captain specializations (e.g. Intelligence Officer) with "Specialization" prefix because they are mixed with duty officer specializations (e.g. Botanist, Security Officer), which were originally behind that prefix. Set bonuses don't need their "ability" prefix as it is usually a passive bonus. Also, it was mentioned on discord - standalone console and kit module pages could also contain ability information. Those are usually short articles so extra info would be beneficial, and most of the time new ability pages are not even created - for example, [[Borg Exoskeletal Frame]] has a clickable ability which is present on the same page. --[[User:Damixon|Damixon]] ([[User talk:Damixon|talk]]) 13:37, 27 August 2020 (UTC) ::I am kinda opposed to this, but if we did change the ability pages, we would still need an affix to them, eg. [[Ability: Attack Pattern Alpha]] would need to be moved to [[Attack Pattern Alpha (ability)]]. The reason is widepsread use of [[Template:ability2]] and its many older variants all over the wiki that all expect an affix, and we'd need a way to keep those functioning, but a suffix would work and be compatible with the idea of easy searching above. If we could look over the templates and get that working seamlessly I might be down for it. ::I do think that passive set bonuses do not need their own pages, since 100% of their information is going to be on the set page anyway, so the name of the set bonus ability (with and without affix) can just be a redirect to the set page. Console and kit modules though, that is definitely up for discussion, since they are effectively one topic split across 2 pages. [[User:DanPMK|DanPMK]] ([[User talk:DanPMK|talk]]) 16:33, 27 August 2020 (UTC) :::I'm a bit late on this, but for my 2 cents; I think it makes linking a lot messier. On reputations for example most would be [[Lukari Restoration Initiative]] but when you hit ones like [[Delta Alliance]] and [[Task Force Omega]] you have to end up putting (reputation) at the end of it. So you end up replacing one naming convention with a variety of possibilities that will inevitably end up with things pointing to the wrong place. :::The search isn't that bad at getting the page. For example, if you search for "Beam Fire At Will" (wrong in several ways), the first result is the correct "[[Ability: Beams: Fire at Will]]". :::A better angle to tackle the problem might be to improve the portals. Let's say you are vaguely familiar with BFAW but can't remember its name. You just know it shoots beams a lot. So you type in [[Ability]]. That page then expects you to know which category it falls into. Follow onto the other pages and you have a list of them with icons, but no explanatory text or division by impact. You'll never find what you're thinking of from these. What about combining those pages into a single ability database that you can easily view all the stats on side-by-side? That way from a single portal when you want to find a particular ability, it would be incredibly easy from that single database?[[User:Scientifictheory|Scientifictheory]] ([[User talk:Scientifictheory|talk]]) 07:58, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
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