User blog:TopsyKretts3/CAWiki:Item Template Clean-up

Many pages on the wiki use the 'Item' template. The category very useful for being a quick and easy infobox for weapon, gear,and function item pages. However, it has one major flaw. Unless the weapon statistics are filled out the template will automatically add the category, 'Guns Missing Stats'. This is a problem as even gear and function items pages will have this category put upon them.

This is why I am hereby starting a project, co-headed by Epax and ComradeJ in order to temporarily resolve this issue. The issue will not be fully solved until it is figured out how to stop the template from automatically adding the template, but what we can do is remove the template page-by-page.

|weaponstats = off |damage = n/a |accuracy = n/a |rate of fire = n/a |portability = n/a |recoil = n/a

The above is an example of what needs to be done on all gear and function item pages which exist, and all which will come. This tells the template that there are no stats to add, and therefore the 'Guns Missing Stats' category is not added. Take the page for the Wasteland Goggles as an example.

In order to participate in this project you will need to be able to edit in source mode, or to know how to create the above in visual mode. Apply the above parameters to every gear and function item page which uses the item template. For reference as to which pages there are, check out the Category:Guns Missing Stats, and look for the appropriate items.

With your help we'll be one step closer to cleaning up the wiki. Good luck!