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The result of the debate was: do not create Force-sensitive character infobox. Grunny (talk) 13:43, July 11, 2011 (UTC)

After reading a message left on Yun's talk page regarding his infobox it has occured to me that we currently do not have a infobox dedicated to Force-sensitives that are not affiliated with the Jedi, Sith, Dark Jedi, or any other organization. In response, I hereby propose the following:

Any Force-sensitive character that is not affiliated with any organization, or otherwise is affiliated with an organization that does not have its own infobox, shall use a Force-sensitive character infobox as opposed to a Character infobox, provided herein.

{{{name}}}
Biographical information
Physical description
Chronological and political information
[Source]

Amendment: I have edited the color scheme to be a little less "loud" and intrusive on the eyes. Ruthless Xero(Comment) 20:03, June 26, 2011 (UTC)

Support

  1. I support this. It makes perfect, logical sense and I'm actually surprised that we didn't have one already. Trak Nar Ramble on 08:24, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  2. It is.... logical. (Oops cross-universe reference there..) -- Riffsyphon1024 08:29, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  3. Makes total sense to me to have one. Korsa3 19:16, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  4. Ruthless Xero(Comment) 19:26, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  5. It really couldn't hurt. Seriously. SinisterSamurai 00:02, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. I don't see any need for this. All character infoboxes have the same fields for Force-sensitive individuals and the color scheme is just as arbitrary as the generic character infobox. -- Darth Culator (Talk) 16:50, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  2. Just redundant. The number of character that are "just" Force-sensitives is quite small.—TK-999 Era-imp(Rise of the Empire) 16:51, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
    • There's actually a substantial amount of characters that are "just" Force-sensitive. That was one of my worries before suggesting this, so that's why I looked through the Force-sensitives category.Ruthless Xero(Comment) 19:10, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  3. To be honest, all characters could use the same infobox. 1358 (Talk) 19:43, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  4. Unnecessary. Grand Moff Tranner Imperial Department of Military Research (Comlink) 19:44, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  5. Per Xd. Imperators II(Talk) 19:45, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  6. Sorry, I just don't see why they can't simply use the generic character infobox. ~SavageBOB sig 02:12, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  7. Per Xd. Master Jonathan — Jedi Council Chambers Monday, June 27, 2011, 05:25 UTC
  8. Per above. Grunny (talk) 05:27, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  9. The way I see it, we normally reserve infoboxes for all the major organizations/affiliations, and Force-sensitivity isn't an affiliation—it's a simple trait. CC7567 (talk) 05:32, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  10. Per Culator, Bob, and CC. Jonjedigrandmaster (Talk) 16:44, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  11. Although I support the variety of infoboxes, this one is unneccessary. Clone Commander Lee Talk 16:51, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  12. Per CC. Corellian PremierRobotechAll along the watchtower 20:30, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  13. I just don't see the need. It's not a bad color scheme though... keep that in mind for the next time we need a new box. Darth Trayus(Trayus Academy) 21:28, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  14. The color of the infobox is really only significant to we who write the articles, and even thetn I couldn't tell you what the different colors mean off the top of my head. Really, we could just use one for all (Not that I would support a move to do so. Somevariety is nice.) NaruHina Talk Anakinsolo 02:01, June 28, 2011 (UTC)
  15. Opposing change and progress since AD 1054. Karohalva 01:47, June 30, 2011 (UTC)
  16. IFYLOFD (Floyd's crib) 01:50, June 30, 2011 (UTC)
  17. As a simple "why?" question of mine hasn't been answered... –Tm_T (Talk) 03:51, June 30, 2011 (UTC)
  18. I do not think that this is needed.--Exiled Jedi Oldrepublic crest (Greetings) 21:27, July 1, 2011 (UTC)
    These characters can almost always be asosiated with apsomething else, if not the jedi, sith or dark jedi. Plus, we have enough userboxes already. And lastly, this would confuse new users, and they'd start putting it on almost every force-sensitive page,--VideoGamePower 02:25, July 7, 2011 (UTC) (Vote struck, reason: Per policy: Less than 50 main namespace edits. -- —Tommy 9281 Thursday, July 7, 2011, 02:32 UTC)

Discussion

  • A simple question before I go making any decisions how to vote: How this infobox would differ on any other infoboxes which could be applicaple to these persons? –Tm_T (Talk) 12:49, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
    • Not sure what exactly you mean, but I'll try to clarify. This infobox would be used by any Force-sensitive character that currently uses a Character infobox. Any affiliation they might have, such as Galactic Republic of Rebellion, would take precedence over this. Ruthless Xero(Comment) 19:13, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
      • Ok, I make it clear and simple: Why this is needed? What this infobox would have that other applicable infoboxes doesn't have? –Tm_T (Talk) 05:20, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
  • If you want people to actually be able to read this, I'd suggest not using white on yellow. Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:59, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
    • True. I'll go ahead and tweak with the text a little bit. Ruthless Xero(Comment) 19:13, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
      • Actually, after looking through some other infoboxes, it's no more obnoxious than some of those and no harder to read. Ruthless Xero(Comment) 19:19, June 26, 2011 (UTC)
  • This infobox is redundant because "Force-sensitive" is not an affiliation but a trait. If this passes, we will have precedent to create "Human character infobox"es and all that. Recently, even an "Imperial Knight infobox" was rejected, as it was deemed unnecessary.—TK-999 Era-imp(Rise of the Empire) 19:30, June 26, 2011 (UTC)