User blog:ChineseLegolas/Infoboxes

I've been a long advocate of standardizing the infoboxes on this wiki as much as possible.

While we don't have a strict infobox policy which therefore allows anyone to use any infobox design they choose (for example, I use my personal infoboxes, as does chalk), the fact is that most people use the default, especially new users. The problem is, we don't have a set default. I've seen so many users use an infobox I've never ever seen before and it turns out it is almost a decade old.

We have the same infobox design made Slicer which is the exact same but allows for more colours. This is the old design:

Finally, we have a second design, also made by Slicer with a few variants which I have created (one not for characters though). This is the new design:

And, lastly, a few (perhaps more) outdated character templates:

As you can see, there is a problem. We have way too many templates that do the same thing. As such, I would like a definitive decision to be made by the community and decide on a default infobox to be used on all canon pages and as the default for most pages. Personally, I would prefer to completely switch the old design for the new while leaving the old infobox behind as an option for those who still want to use it.

However, no matter what happens, there will be some streamlining. I will replace all outdated infoboxes and possibly merge a few others, for example, and. What will we do with the issue pertaining to standardizing infoboxes? Nothing; maintain the status quo. Completely switch the old design for the new one. This means ALL pages that use the old design will be REPLACED with the new one. The new design essentially becomes the new default. Switch the infoboxes around, but preserve pages that use the old template design. While the new design is now the official, it won't really have an impact on the wiki until more pages with it are made.