User:Mzs/Recent Changes

For Users

The reading experience is becoming more consistent and easier to read, but nothing should change about how they interact with the site.

For Power Users

If they are used to navigating directly to Sources categories (e.g. Category:Piece of Rostygold Sources), they should start getting used to going to the Gain categories (e.g. Category:Piece of Rostygold Gain) for all items and qualities. Pre-existing Sources categories redirect go Gain categories, but moving forward only Gain categories will be created.

For Editors

The major points:

1. Discrete parameters are no longer necessary for any template.
2. When adding a new Item named ITEMNAME, {{Item Sources}} should be added at [[Category:ITEMNAME Gain]] instead of [[Category:ITEMNAME Sources]]. The Item template points to the correct category to create, so this should not require a change of behaviour on the part of most editors.
3. {{Gain}}, {{Item Gain}}, {{Increase}}, {{Drop}}, and {{Item Loss}} now support a message parameter for when a quality change shows a unique or unusual message. It can be used in conjunction with the now parameter directly setting a value or with the second positional parameter for a normal increase/decrease.

   Example:

   *{{Gain|Transformed by Stairs|message=THE STAIRS HAVE YOU NOW|now=10}}

   gives

   •  THE STAIRS HAVE YOU NOW (Sets Transformed by Stairs to 10)

4. {{Gain}}, {{Item Gain}}, {{Increase}}, {{Drop}}, {{Item Loss}}, {{Gone}}, {{Unlock}}, {{Airs}}, and {{Progress Reset}} now support a hidden parameter to mark a quality change or requirement as hidden.

   Example:

   *{{Gain|Possessing an Egg|hidden=yes|1 x}}

   gives

   •  You've gained 1 x Possessing an Egg (hidden)

5. {{Unlock}} is somewhat limited in that

   {{Unlock|Opening Balmoral|hidden=yes}} exactly 3

   gives

   Opening Balmoral (hidden) exactly 3

   In such cases, the {{hidden}} template should be used directly,

   {{Unlock|Opening Balmoral}} exactly 3 {{hidden}}

   giving the expected

   Opening Balmoral exactly 3 (hidden)

6. The {{Loss}} template should rarely be necessary anymore, as the message parameter should usually allow the use of a more appropriate template.