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==Remove Automatic Link from "Main Actor"== | ==Remove Automatic Link from "Main Actor"== | ||
I strongly recommend that the two bracket things in the "Species" and "Main Actor" boxes of the infobox, which automatically link anything you type in it, be removed because they mess the infobox up on numerous articles. [[User:TroopDude|TroopDude]] [[User talk:TroopDude|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:22, August 9, 2012 (UTC) | I strongly recommend that the two bracket things in the "Species" and "Main Actor" boxes of the infobox, which automatically link anything you type in it, be removed because they mess the infobox up on numerous articles. [[User:TroopDude|TroopDude]] [[User talk:TroopDude|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:22, August 9, 2012 (UTC) | ||
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You're grossly exaggerating when you say "numerous" articles are negatively affected by automatic variable linkage. Only the ''tiniest'' fraction of articles have any sort of a problem with auto-linkage, and just about every one of these has a ready solution. This is especially true with the {{{actor}}} variable, since there are additional variables – {{{other actor}}} and {{{voice actor}}} — which take care of additional actors. | |||
The advantage of having self-linking variables is that we can then manipulate the data on each page with a far greater amount of subtlety. For instance, we can now find out with a simple statement: | |||
*which actors played Time Lords in stories involving the Fifth Doctor | |||
*which stories particular Sontarans made their only appearance in | |||
*which televised stories did not have Time Lords in them | |||
...and a whole host of other fairly sophisticated questions that [[T:SMW|SMW]] allows us to ask. | |||
This flexibility is more than worth the inconvenience of having to very occasionally think whether it's best to call a person a human or a werewolf because you can't use human-werewolf any more. | |||
Remember, the vast majority of characters have very straightforward species and actor values. We shouldn't make programming decisions based upon the tiny fraction of articles where things aren't ''quite'' as straightforward. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">06:10: Tue 21 Aug 2012 </span> | |||
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