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Introduction
As I've both watched and helped our collection of Real world series with DWU connections pages grow, I couldn't help but think that these pages could do with their own types of infoboxes. It would have the usual fields like release date and publisher/company of origin, but then maybe sections that highlight relevant media and what year(s) they were "active".
It should look something like this (using Sonic the Hedgehog as an example):
- {{Infobox Crossover
- |publisher = SEGA
- |medium(s) = Video games, comic books, television, film
- |debut = 23 June 1991
- |media = GAME: LEGO Dimensions, WC: New Adventures Await
- |time = 2016}}
Discussion
I like this idea and I have a couple of suggestions myself. These are fields I commonly use and feel are helpful.
- |name =
- |image =
- |main character =
- |setting =
- |enemy =
- |writer =
- |plural writer =
- |genre =
- |bts =
- |trailer =
- |fullvid =
These few could be good for television series. They may need a similar sort of "|plural writer =" field for any of these fields that have multiple individuals working those jobs.
- |director =
- |editor =
- |producer =
A new field could be good for series with a sole creator, such as Alex Hirsch.
- |creator =
19:38, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- I can put this together soon, assuming no-one has any major objections. Bongo50 ☎ 18:35, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
- Seems basically sound, but is there a particular reason we would need different "writer=" and "plural writer=" variables, instead of a single "writer(s)"? By which same token it strikes me that we may as well put parenthetical "(s)"s on several other fields, not least of which "|main character=", which would enable us to, for example, link both Kirk, Picard and whoever else at Star Trek (franchise).
- I also think "media" is a bit vague, especially as not all stories in "Real-world series with DWU connections" have necessarily had official crossovers. "Official DWU crossover(s)" would seem to be a clearer field. I'm agnostic as to whether we also need an "Unofficial DWU crossover(s)" field, or whatever. Scrooge MacDuck ⊕ 12:26, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
- I assume that Epsilon is refering to the |plural writer= parameter I added to {{Infobox Story}}. The infobox checks the |writer= field for things like ",", "&" or "and" that would indicate that there are multiple writers listed. When one of these is detected, the label is automatically is pluralised to "writers". Setting |plural writer= to any value forces the label to be pluralised to "writers". Bongo50 ☎ 13:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)