Also, leaving a redirect is easy, all you have to do is create an article that contains the following:
#Redirect [[Article you want to redirect to]]
#Redirect [[Article you want to redirect to]]
Aquinas wrote:I really like that idea. Anything that can improve the presentation of the game and make the documentation more accessible has got to be a good thing.
Longer term, would the ideal solution would be for the [?] hyperlinks next to the nation name to always link to the same page, regardless of whether the nation name changes? So, for example, Kalistan's hyperlink would always link to http://www.particracy.wikia.com/Kalistan and Dankuk's hyperlink would always link to http://www.particracy.wikia.com/Dankuk ?
Not that I can promise anything here, mind you...
Polites wrote:If I get the time, I will update the current links. The additional suggestion I have is that Moderation update them whenever a name change request is completed, so that the links remain up to date.
IdioC wrote:futureproof if more countries are ever added.
IdioC wrote:Polites wrote:If I get the time, I will update the current links. The additional suggestion I have is that Moderation update them whenever a name change request is completed, so that the links remain up to date.
Easier idea:
*Use the nation number to have the {?} link point to "Nation01"-"Nation55"(I think that's the biggest) pages on the wiki
*Set each as a redirect in the manner previously described.
*If Nation name changes, update wiki redirect rather than modifying the game code (much less fuss)
*Easy for Wouterman to generate as it just involves a hard hyperlink format with the passed id number appended on each page, which is used to load every page on that nation from the database anyway AND futureproof if more countries are ever added.
TheNewGuy wrote:IdioC wrote:futureproof if more countries are ever added.
I thought you were supposed to be the Cynic?
IdioC wrote:TheNewGuy wrote:IdioC wrote:futureproof if more countries are ever added.
I thought you were supposed to be the Cynic?
A fair criticism, but as Wouter has got far more technical things to work within the game engine, I have little reason to have misgivings about the code or his intentions.
My cynicism, however, is still very subtly evident in the use of if rather than when: if I'd used when, I'd have merely been sarcastic.
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