Forum:SH Archive/Memory Alpha's real world template

A great idea: [1]. --SparqMan 15:58, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

• Ooh yes, i've been thinking about doing something like this for a while. Let's do it! --Azizlight 16:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, this would be excellent. -- Ozzel 20:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Their's benefits from a very appropriate image. What would work for us? --SparqMan 21:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

• I thinking maybe something with George behind the scenes. Maybe one of these? 1 2 -- Ozzel 22:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The one with Threepio is better because it shows him interacting with a "real" character. --SparqMan 14:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

• I concur. Adamwankenobi^{Talk to me! My home.} 15:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, me too. Snoop 15:28, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
    • I've seen another where George is talking with Mark Hamill in the desert during Ep.IV -it's black & white, though. Tocneppil 19:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
      • Here. -- Ozzel 19:57, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
        • That's the one.Tocneppil 20:56, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
          • I think the threepio one would be great! --Xwing328^(Talk) 05:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
• Bringing this back up...would somebody like to make this template? -- Ozzel 05:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Sentry/Template:realworld

• Well, I made a start at it, but if we take this approach the template will not be compatible with the {{eras}} template which is used to mark 'Featured' and 'Good 'articles… –Sentry^Talk 08:01, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
  • (creepy voice) I will make it compatible. - Sikon (Vacation) 10:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Looks good! But yeah, that should be fixed. However, for what it's worth: we don't have a single Featured or Good article that is OOU. -- Ozzel 21:45, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Mickey Suttle is a featured article, actually. —Silly Dan _(talk) 21:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
        • And The Star Wars Holiday Special. :D Adamwankenobi 00:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
• Alright, the test template is at: User:Sentry/Template:realworld. Feel free to modify it however you wish… –Sentry^Talk 02:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Correction: we don't have a single Good article that is OOU, and only two FA's, which isn't very many anyway, so I didn't think it was worth mentioning in the first place, because... okay, so I can't bullcrap my way out of it. :-P I stand corrected! -- Ozzel 03:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion

Why don't we make a "real world era" and plug it in like any other era, including the "featured era"? - Sikon (Vacation) 11:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Now that is a good idea. It would fit better into the design of our wiki and I really hated simply aping Memory Alpha like that... –Sentry^Talk 20:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
• I like that. It'll readily fit in. Question though, would IU era tags be used with the OOU tag to denote applicable content? -Finlayson 18:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
  • No, I think that real-world articles should only have this era (and possibly the featured star). - Sikon (Vacation) 18:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
• Alright, the template has been placed in every realworld article except for those in the following categories:
  
  • Category:Books (real-world)
  • Category:Games
  • Category:Dates
  • Category:Star Wars actors
  • Category:Star Wars authors

My hand is tired from repeatedly pressing CTRL-V, so I will leave articles in those categories for other users. Just copy and paste the following code into the top of the article: {{Eras|real}}. –Sentry^Talk 23:59, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

The real world tag applies to all media material (comics, short stories, etc), right? -Finlayson 15:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• It applies to every article written from the real world perspective. So yes, you are correct.–Sentry^Talk 22:33, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Are the Essential Chronologies included? cause i think i heard somewhere that it is written from an in-universe prespective Nick sponge 15:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• The books are written in-universe, but our articles are not. So yes, those need the real-world tag as well. -- Ozzel 20:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)