Forum:CT:"Units" Section for Battle Infoboxes

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The result of the debate was Support proposal. Imperators II(Talk) 18:59, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Per the recent Forum:SH:"Units" sections in the battle infoboxes on the Senate Hall, the vote on whether or not the inclusion of the new section will come to fruition is now being held. As discussed, there was a conversation among the community on the possible implementation of a new section for military units to the {{Battle}} infoboxes. Currently, each of these different infoboxes include the involved military units within the section for military forces, such as troopers, starships, etc, which should be included in the Strength section. Also, as brought to attention, there exists an inconsistency between how military units are being documented within infoboxes, including on status articles of Battle of the Kaliida Nebula/Legends, Battle of Gazzari and Battle of Ession.

To resolve the inconsistencies, I believe in following the current format utilized by Wikipedia, which would result in us separating the military units from military forces in order to allow the sections to focus on what they should be, for better clarity. For a summary, please take a look at User:Erebus Chronus/IDK, which uses a sample template on how the Battle infoboxes would be reorganized, User:Erebus Chronus/Whatever. The sample template also includes the current coding for this new section and a reorganized version of the Battle of Ryloth infobox, separating the clone troopers/battle droids from military units, like the Ryloth blockade and Skywalker's fleet.

Since infoboxes are a first-hand piece of information on Wookieepedia, the inclusion of this new Units section would reduce a fair amount of clutter and disorganization throughout the entire site, like on an article such as Battle of Jakku, which includes dozens of military units for both parties. It would also provide a clarified documentation for future and already passed status articles. Erebus Chronus (Talk) 20:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Support

  1. As the proposer. Erebus Chronus (Talk) 20:57, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
  2. ThrawnChiss7 (talk) 21:05, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
  3. 01miki10 Open comlink 21:09, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
  4. Lewisr (talk) 22:37, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
  5. Wok142 (talk) 22:43, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
  6. Rsand 30 (talk) 00:02, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  7. Good work, Erebus. Imperators II(Talk) 09:01, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  8. TomotronRevanchist SithStar Forge 09:23, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  9. JediMasterMacaroni(Talk) 20:30, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  10. OOM 224 20:45, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  11. Braha'tok enthusiast Hello there 21:46, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  12. Thanks for taking this up Erebus. Great work --Vitus InfinitusTalk 22:39, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
  13. NanoLuukeCloning Facility 00:48, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  14. Rakhsh (talk) 03:16, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  15. Very niiiiccce. MasterFredCommerce Guild(talk) (he/him) 04:00, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  16. All the way yes Editoronthewiki (talk) 04:09, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  17. DarthRuiz30 (talk) 06:29, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  18. Corellian PremierRogue SquadronMTFBWY 11:39, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  19. Samonic Signatureicon (Talk) 12:31, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
  20. SorcererSupreme21 (talk) 05:31, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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