Talk:Jazz (G1)/toys

Two things that I think we need:

• A category for character toy pages
• A small header template for the same, essentially identifying the page as subsidiary to the main character page. This would also be useful if we do things like split Optimus Prime's cartoon and comic appearances off onto their own page. -- Repowers 11:54, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Given that [[name (disambig) toys]] looks awkward, why not move to name (disambig)/toys and turn on the subpages functionality? That would clearly establish this (and other cases, like the looming split of Optimus Prime (G1)'s fiction section) as subordinate, and look less awkward. - SanityOrMadness 11:58, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

I like this plan. I'm proud to be a part of it. Let's do it! -- Repowers 12:02, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Just checked - the subpage functionality (Which can be seen at the top of User:SanityOrMadness/test - it's just a little note pointing back to the root page) is definitely not turned on in the main namespace. Even if everyone else is fine with it, we'll need Suzi Brits or someone with equivalent access to turn it on.

[and, uh, could a passing sysop please delete Optimus Prime (G1)/test, which I used to check that?] - SanityOrMadness 20:10, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, you have to add $wgNamespacesWithSubpages['0'] = true; to the LocalSettings file, as the Main namespace has subpages turned off by default. --Jeysie 20:48, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

We could just do it the same way we do the various galleries (example: Cybertron (planet)). - Magnus Maximus 01:31, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

{{factions}} gets in the way. - SanityOrMadness 05:33, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

Balls. - Magnus Maximus 08:27, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

You know, even before we get the functionality turned on, moving the pages is probably a good idea anyway, since the toy pages aren't really separate articles. (There's some things like the year pages that'd probably benefit from the same.) --Jeysie 08:39, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

Wait a day or two though - if we get any sort of visits-spike from the Animated finale, the site will probably go down, and there will probably be a few redirects, etc to fix from the moves. Best wait on any structural work until we've got a decent chance of finishing it in one go. - SanityOrMadness 09:23, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

'Tis done

Moved all the [[NAME toys]] pages I could find with the search function to [[NAME/toys]] since the subpages function has been set up to accommodate it. Now to whack Deceptitran's requests page :) - SanityOrMadness 12:54, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Should we do something similar for things like the year subsection pages as well? --Jeysie 14:14, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

It might be an idea, but I'd like to hear other thoughts on it first. - SanityOrMadness 14:53, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Does the subpages function do anything cool? - Starfield 14:40, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Not especially - it just adds a little link back to the root page under the title. You can see it on this page now. - SanityOrMadness 14:53, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Yeah. Mainly makes navigation easier.--Rosicrucian^Talk 14:55, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Speaking of which, I should probably also ask what we should do about the now-redundant back-navigation on pages like Cybertron (planet)/gallery, if anything at all. --Jeysie 15:30, 1 June 2009 (EDT)