Template talk:Digimon Infobox

=Usage= This is a generalized digimon infobox - articles will not make use of all the parameters listed here.

The parameters have been grouped as per how they are usually used.

=Discussion=

Cards
Is there any possibility of re-instating the card numbers field that was on the old Wikipedia:Template:Infobox Digimon? I cannot remember why it was removed to be honest. Shiroi Hane 21:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Not only possible, but I've been meaning to do it, but have just been dragging my feet about it :D I'll try to get it done tomorrow, unless anyone wants to beat me to it. -- Ned Scott 07:36, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If I can get my head around template syntax again I'll have a go (not played with it for ages). I'll then need to dig up all my sources again as all the work I did on Wikipedia updating the data is scattered to the four winds. And need to check for newer cards since my book only covers up to the start of Frontier. Shiroi Hane 14:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Most of the articles have their history imported, so it should be possible to go into past revisions and get card numbers there as well. I'll try to help out with this if I have time. -- Ned Scott 08:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The problem is more that of finding the point in the history that the info was removed, and also to verify that it is actually correct. It is easier to just go through the list in the Visual Dictionary, however it doesn't list anything higher than around Bo-7xx somewhere so needs to be supplanted. I have a binder full of cards, but it is woefully imcomplete, however I scans of all the cards up to at least the first set of alpha cards (when I have time I'll hunt down the rest and archive them in the usual place. Shiroi Hane 15:52, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * PS: I've restarted work on my old project to create a digimon database based on Megchan's encyclopedia. If I can finish off the scripts and get the data scraped in and updated with the newer cards then it will make this sort of thing a lot easier. Shiroi Hane 16:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Categories
If possible, level, attribute, family, and type should automatically categorize the Digimon by the information input. I'm going to try to do this myself, we'll see what happens. Not even Mr. Lister's  Koromon survived intact.  19:19, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, the only problem I can foresee with it is if there is more than one family, attribute, or type. The easiest way to fix this would be to have each additional datum entered something like this:


 * attribute1=virus
 * attribute2=vaccine

and then write the code so it displays all of these in one box. We'd then have to go through and fix most of the infoboxes - I'll volunteer for that, and if anyone wants to help, they can.

Can anyone think of/see any other problems with having the infobox do the categories, instead of adding them on separately? Would it be possible to categorize them under name? Not even Mr. Lister's  Koromon survived intact.  19:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, it would require character Digimon to have a separate, non-categorizing infobox, if we want to keep them out of attribute categories, which I think would be for the best. Not even Mr. Lister's  Koromon survived intact.  19:40, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The final problem I've found is with linked info in the infoboxes - these mess up the categorization, and are unnecessary, so the linking would need to be removed. Once we get the new infobox polished, these would all be tasks for NedBot. Not even Mr. Lister's  Koromon survived intact.  19:43, 16 September 2008 (UTC)