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== Kit and Item Nomenclature == | == Kit and Item Nomenclature == | ||
--[[User:Ipottinger|Ipottinger]] ([[User talk:Ipottinger|talk]]) 20:24, 18 October 2019 (CDT) As the wiki stands currently, kit and item papes '''with actual content''' do not share a consistent, predictable naming scheme. The names of wiki pages often do not match the name of the item in-game. (See [[Gas Tank Storage]] vs. [[Kit (Canister Storage) Canister Storage|Canister Storage]]) I would like some input on what a good nomenclature for entities of the game would be, it being mindful that in the future new entities will most likely be added, and that one day the wiki might expand to cover mods that add their own unique entities. | --[[User:Ipottinger|Ipottinger]] ([[User talk:Ipottinger|talk]]) 20:24, 18 October 2019 (CDT) As the wiki stands currently, kit and item papes '''with actual content''' do not share a consistent, predictable naming scheme. The names of wiki pages often do not match the name of the item in-game. (See [[Gas Tank Storage]] vs. [[Kit (Canister Storage) Canister Storage|Canister Storage]]) I would like some input on what a good nomenclature for entities of the game would be, it being mindful that in the future new entities will most likely be added, and that one day the wiki might expand to cover mods that add their own unique entities. | ||
− | In an earlier attempt to alleviate the problem of inconsistently named pages, I reorganized the [[Main Page]] to harmonize its links with the in-game names of items, then created page-redirects to bounce each link to the appropriate (often incorrectly named) content page. | + | In an earlier attempt to alleviate the problem of inconsistently named pages, I reorganized the [[Main Page]] to harmonize its links with the in-game names of items, then created page-redirects to bounce each link to the appropriate (often incorrectly named) content page. The scheme I used for the Main Page links is "«ItemName»" for items not created from kits. and "Kit («KitName») «ItemName»" for those that are, with the sole exception of "«Kit () «ItemName»" used when kit and variant names were similar enough to seem redundant to include both. Similarly, any new pages I created used the same naming minus the "«Kit () «ItemName»" contraction. (See [[Kit (Autolathe) Autolathe)]]) At some future day, I hoped to see content moved from their incorrectly named pages to replace the correctly named redirect pages. I also adopted the "Guide («ItemName»)" or "Guide («SubjectName»)" for community-authored (opposed to user-authored) guides. (See [[Guide (Airlock)]] and [[Guide (Farming)]]) |
− | + | I devised the above naming scheme for the links with two goals in mind: | |
+ | # Make it clear, especially for new players, what items are available. (I've been banging my head against a wall trying to accomplish something only to find out later that there is an item that does that very thing) | ||
+ | # Make it clear which items are derived from kits and what those kits and items are titled (I saw, in an online video, a nob mounted above a desk, but I can't find either in any of the fabricators) | ||
− | + | In the above reorganization of the Main Page, I made an assumption that I am now concerned is incorrect, that assumption being it might be possible for two different kits to produce two different variants that share the same name. | |
− | + | * If the '''assumption is true''', then keeping future updates or mod's in mind, it is necessary to prevent page-name collisions by prepending the kit's name. (Example: the current "[[Kit (Gas Mixer) Gas Mixer]]" vs. a future mod-provided "Kit (Advance Atmospherics) Gas Mixer" that can take several input gases and mix them to order consistently regardless of input temperatures or pressures) | |
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− | * If the '''assumption is true''', then keeping future updates or mod's in mind, it is necessary to prevent page-name collisions by prepending the kit's name. (Example: the current | ||
* If the '''assumption is false''', then every item must have a unique name and therefore will reside on a matching uniquely named wiki page, no kit-name prepending required. | * If the '''assumption is false''', then every item must have a unique name and therefore will reside on a matching uniquely named wiki page, no kit-name prepending required. | ||
− | It seems to me now that the game has been constructed such that every item must have a unique name. I will try to confirm this with someone | + | It seems to me now that the game has been constructed such that every item must have a unique name. I will try to confirm this with someone authoritative on Stationeers' Discord. If the confirmed, I will accept responsibility for the mistake and make the necessary corrects to the Main Page and the redirects it depends upon. Thus, pages like "[[Kit (Atmospherics) Air Conditioner]]" will become simply "[[Air Conditioner]]". |
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== Kit Pages == | == Kit Pages == | ||
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Anyway, let me know what you think. I appreciate and share your desire to talk it through. | Anyway, let me know what you think. I appreciate and share your desire to talk it through. | ||
− | --[[User:Ipottinger|Ipottinger]] ([[User talk:Ipottinger|talk]]) 17:53, 18 October 2019 (CDT) | + | --[[User:Ipottinger|Ipottinger]] ([[User talk:Ipottinger|talk]]) 17:53, 18 October 2019 (CDT) I agree with you on all points above. |
− | # Single construct kits: | + | # Single construct kits: We should split up pages like [[Kit (Autolathe)]] as well. It will be most consistent, It will be what anyone who has browsed the wiki for a length of time will come to expect and it will set a clear president for future kits and items added to the game. Plus, there is no guarantee that future updates (or mods) won't add addition variants to these kits. |
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# Minor variants: | # Minor variants: | ||
#* Kits that produce multiple variants that are only trivially different from one another do '''not''' require individual pages for those varients. A simple table of characteristics should be enough to guide a player to the appropriate variant. | #* Kits that produce multiple variants that are only trivially different from one another do '''not''' require individual pages for those varients. A simple table of characteristics should be enough to guide a player to the appropriate variant. | ||
− | #* I agree that [[Kit (Lights)]] is a difficult one. Though [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light|Wall Light]], [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Long)|Wall Light (Long)]], [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Long Angled)|Wall Light (Long Angled)]] and [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Long Wide)|Wall Light (Long Wide)]] are all essentially the same, albeit in size and shape, they are substantially distinct in form and function from [[Kit (Lights) Diode Slide|Diode Slide]] and [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Battery)|Wall Light (Battery)]]. Even [[Kit (Lights) LED|LED]] colorization is different enough from other Lights variant to cause confusion for a new player. Therefore, I think it would be wise to | + | #* I agree that [[Kit (Lights)]] is a difficult one. Though [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light|Wall Light]], [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Long)|Wall Light (Long)]], [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Long Angled)|Wall Light (Long Angled)]] and [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Long Wide)|Wall Light (Long Wide)]] are all essentially the same, albeit in size and shape, they are substantially distinct in form and function from [[Kit (Lights) Diode Slide|Diode Slide]] and [[Kit (Lights) Wall Light (Battery)|Wall Light (Battery)]]. Even [[Kit (Lights) LED|LED]] colorization is different enough from other Lights variant to cause confusion for a new player. Therefore, I think it would be wise to get Lights variants three separate pages. One for the common lights, another for the battery variant, and a third for LED. |
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== IC Scripts == | == IC Scripts == |