Anyone else feel like we should change the |terrain= field in the {{Planet}} and {{Moon}} infobox templates to display just "Terrain" instead of "Primary terrain"? Here's a recent status article example that demonstrates the clash between the two terms: Melinz.
Firstly, in an overwhelming majority of cases out there, SW sources don't indicate which terrain form of a planet/moon is the primary one - far more frequently, sources will instead just list the various terrains, either throughout prose or as an actual list in planetary data entries. And secondly, I'd argue that it's actually more beneficial to the reader if we don't restrict that field's usage to explicitly dominant terrain forms. To take the most familiar real-world example there is, wouldn't an infobox for Earth be more useful and accurate if it listed several of the planet's terrain forms, including those on landmasses, instead of just the dominant one (ocean, taking up 70% of the surface)? Imperators II(Talk) 14:03, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Makes sense to me.
Anıl Şerifoğlu (talk) 14:35, 28 May 2023 (UTC) - Yeah, now that you point it out I have to say that I agree. "Primary" terrain isn't necessarily the most accurate descriptor (in the case of Earth for example, if we were to discard ocean than Antarctica and the Sahara alone would likely mean desert is the "primary" terrain). Allowing infoboxes to just list the varied terrains is much more accurate and helpful for our readers than listing (often what is assumed to be) the primary terrain. Fan26 (Talk) 14:36, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Per Fan. Listing each terrain available is way more accurate than just one "primary" terrain. Bonzane10
(holonet) 15:09, 28 May 2023 (UTC) - Per above. NBDani
(they/them)Yeager's Repairs 15:38, 28 May 2023 (UTC) - Yeah, this makes sense. Rsand 30 (talk) 16:27, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Was always wondering about this, would be better to swap it for sure.—spookywillowwtalk 00:52, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
