When the Huntik Wiki first was handed over to me rather unexpectedly by its founder back in 2009, most of the coding and formatting was rather young. In many ways, wikis were still on the young side at the time.
Over the years, many things have been updated, both on Wikia's side and locally. We've purged a lot of inaccurate info with the {{source}} template, added a TCG section, and added a background to the site layout.
Article sub-pages (i.e. Dante Vale/Quotes and Dante Vale/Appearances) have changed a bit as well, featuring a background template and being much fuller than before (in the case of some quotes pages, possibly too full). However, for the most part, the current state really originates from 2009. As such, I've had some thoughts in the back of my mine on ways to move forward.
- (1) Quote Significance
"Let me be clear", some of the quotes hosted on the wiki are rather wanting. Either they're unclear due to a lack of context or they really aren't very significant. I've been looking for a way to vet the quotes pages to make certain that the wiki isn't moving from significant quotes to being a transcript.
- (2) Quote Number
I think one part of quotes is limiting the number of quotes on pages. For instance, most characters probably don't need more than one quote per person per episode on average, and we can probably set a blanket limit per episode as well. We currently have a cap on screenshots per episode (40 maximum, 30 suggested, 25 future goal). For reference, the average for both seasons currently is 21.5 (poor half-image).
- (3) Page Templates
As we've moved forward, most of the notice templates have moved towards being more streamlined, and I think we should consider if there's a way to streamline the appearance of sub-pages. I'm also thinking that the templates should more directly state what type of content is on the page. Should the background be changed (i.e. to black)?
- (4) In-article Scrollboxes
In recent years, many wikis have moved to using scrollboxes on main articles for such sections as appearances. With just a bit of tinkering, I could modify the current templates to incorporate a scrollbox to bring these sub-pages into the main article space. Should we move towards using the scrollbox or keep using sub-pages?