Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-26235098-20150610150343/@comment-4189499-20150612054843

Catinthedark wrote: Summary of Open Issues: Sugar Drops category & Template That I don't have an opinion on. Yes. Whenever information is duplicated, put it in a template. I think we should have one template, but it should have a single parameter which is used only on timed levels which adds an extra section about timed levels to the template. That shouldn't be too hard to make, and for the levels with the template already on them. the bot can add the extra parameter to all sugar drop levels in the Timed_levels category. Also, if you used the exact same text on each of the earlier levels for information about the sugar drops, the bot can also replace that with the template (but only if the text hasn't been altered by others in the mean time).
 * Should sugar drops info remain in the trivia, or be moved into the main level description text?
 * Should we keep using the template to add sugar drops info?
 * If so, how should we handle the timed levels difference?
 * keep timed sugar drops levels manual
 * code a 'smart' template, for sugar drop levels only, that adds appropriate text for timed...
 * code a 'smart' template that covers all levels, sugar drop and non.

While it would be possible to make a template which opens based on a switch, those are extremely inefficient and should be limited to information which must be isolated from the page itself, such as difficulty. It is also unnecessary I believe, as there shouldn't be too many people falsely adding the template to levels, especially as they get used to this new element, and when people do add it, it is easy to remove by simply undoing their edit or, worst case scenario, editing the page and deleting the template. If, however, this does become a problem into the future, parts can be added to the template so that it only shows on actual sugar drop levels.