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The result of the debate was Support both proposals. TanDivoInsignia-SenateMurders AnilSerifoglu (talk) 13:47, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, so… following Interactive Map discussions sparking and spurring a Senate Hall, here we are. This did implement feedback from all sectors mentioned in the thread (which is probably going to be timed out on the SH soon, hence this), and also includes a subvote alongside the main proposal for the point of dissention to hopefully have the main thing pass.

If we do end up using them a lot, it'd be really easy to slide in an amendment allowing the automatic addition of unaltered schematic maps without a CT, and it might seem more amendable to do so once we've gotten used to them. Most of the SH still seems to concur with article-usage being CT-ified though, and I do think it's a good place to start and then loosen later.

Other notes—this proposal does not explicitly add any existing maps to articles; those can be CT'd or batch CT'd after; it didn't feel right to shoehorn them through. Additionally, all images uploaded onsite fall under the image policy at the moment, which does prohibit some types of custom image editing. If we run into an issue with that, we'll need to amend that policy, but it's a bit too far of a side-tangent for a maps proposal.—spookywillowwtalk 05:54, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Main proposal

If the following passes, it would:

  • Adopt draft as a subsection of Wookieepedia:Layout Guide, to be placed after the "Index page subsection,
  • Add a bullet point to the protection policy's upload protection section, to be placed at the bottom of that section. The reasoning for this is because even a slight crop to an image could throw off the map's coordinate-based markers, due to that being how maps operate.
    • Proposed text: Files used in an Interactive Map approved via community consensus in a {{MapVote}} should be protected to preserve the vote's chosen outcome.
  • {{MapVote}} to be created using the linked draft. It works exactly the same as {{ImageVote}} and is placed similarly under {{Talkheader}} (example).
  • Add bullet #7 of deletion policy 'Conditions for speedy deletion':
    • Proposed text: "Interactive Maps that remain blank without any map markers for over a month or are a duplicate of an existing map may fall under speedy deletion."
  • Deletion policy bullet point #1 of "Conditions for speedy deletion" (changes bolded):
    • An article or Interactive Map may also be speedy deleted if the subject is not verifiable to an official source (e.g. fanon, which may be more welcome on the Star Wars Fanon Wiki).

Support

  1. —spookywillowwtalk 05:54, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  2. Master FredceriqueCommerce Guild(talk) (he/him) 07:38, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  3. Brilliant work on this. OOM 224 (he/him) 14:21, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  4. Very nice Panther436 RedNihilEye (talk) 14:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  5. TanDivoInsignia-SenateMurders AnilSerifoglu (talk) 16:01, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  6. Imperators II(Talk) 18:06, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  7. Zed42 Wolfpack emblem (talk) 22:47, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  8. NanoLuukeCloning Facility 18:38, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
  9. Lewisr (talk) 22:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
  10. Rakhsh (talk) 23:15, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
  11. - Thannus (DFaceG) (he/him) (talk) 23:27, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

Sub-vote: Merging Canon/Legends content in in-universe sections

If this sub-vote ends with Support addition, "Guidance" would receive an additional bullet point (and be #2 in ordering):

If placed within an in-universe section of an article, an Interactive Map's content must remain separated by continuity pursuant to the canon policy. The continuity restriction does not apply to maps placed in the "Behind the scenes" sections of in-universe articles, or on articles covering real-world subjects.

Support addition

  1. BtS maps mixing content (ie if someone does a fancy development timeline or some such) could be cool if approved by CT, but personally, there is no circumstance in which I'd ever want to see Canon/Legends be merged into one map within an article body itself.—spookywillowwtalk 05:54, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  2. Master FredceriqueCommerce Guild(talk) (he/him) 07:38, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  3. OOM 224 (he/him) 14:21, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  4. Panther436 RedNihilEye (talk) 14:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  5. TanDivoInsignia-SenateMurders AnilSerifoglu (talk) 16:01, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  6. per Spooky Fan26 (Talk) 16:31, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  7. Zed42 Wolfpack emblem (talk) 22:47, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
  8. NanoLuukeCloning Facility 18:38, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
  9. Lewisr (talk) 22:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
  10. Rakhsh (talk) 23:15, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
  11. - Thannus (DFaceG) (he/him) (talk) 23:27, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose addition

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