Template talk:Named Armor

Named Robes & Docents
Is there a way to get robes/outfits and docents to automatically pop into categories like light/medium/heavy armor does? I know that Template:Unique robe and Template:Unique docent do it, but I'm not sure how... I also have no idea how hard it would be to code it so that it reads the Armor Type and strips out the useless bits (ASF, dex bonus, etc) from the display, or at least strips out the feat and puts them in "Category: Named Robes" or "Category: Named Docents".

Or should I just forget about trying to combine robes, outfits, docents, and armor into one template? *g* - LrdSlvrhnd 17:58, April 14, 2011 (EDT)


 * Neouni Has removed these templates and relocated all items that used the to the "named" equivalent. ShoeMaker 22:17, May 18, 2011 (EDT)

Category Injection

 * Question : Why was the template modified to inject the branch category "Armor" in to items that contain this template? The template already injects leaf categories Cloth armor / Docents / Heavy armor / Light armor / Medium armor.
 * Given the logic of having the item exist in it's parent category, is there going to be a push to have the item live in the grandparent "Item" category as well?
 * It seems to me like confusion and duplication to have an item exist in it's leaf category as well as it's parent branch category. Should the Gloves / Belts etc also be part of THEIR parent category "Clothing"?
 * What is the reasoning behind this? The NiceCategoryList2 extension allows for defining a depth, so someone could retrieve information about a particular category branch and all leaf pages contained therein.
 * I've been working to clean up the category structure to make it more consistent, and remove duplication. I believe if the changes I'm making to try and clean up the wiki are going to be reverted, an explanation and discussion should happen first. See DDO wiki talk:Category policy
 * Joenuts (Contributions • Message) 12:37, September 30, 2013 (EDT)


 * If the only reason for injecting armor item pages in to both the "Armor" parent category and the "Armor type" child category is to allow for a complete listing when viewers pull up the "Armor" parent category page, then I propose an alternate solution.
 * I suggest using the NCL extension to provide a listing of all pages in all subcategories of the "Armor" category on the Armor category page. For example : Category:Armor will show a simple listing of all pages sorted alphabetically, by subcategory.
 * It's very elegant, and removes the duplication so that item pages can adhere to a simplified category policy.
 * Joenuts (Contributions • Message) 14:58, September 30, 2013 (EDT)
 * It also has the benefit of not chopping the list in to sections of 200, so that the single page would ACTUALLY SHOW a list of ALL armor.
 * Joenuts (Contributions • Message) 15:02, September 30, 2013 (EDT)
 * Joenuts (Contributions • Message) 15:02, September 30, 2013 (EDT)


 * Aldyron, you are absolutely correct. The fact that pages belong to both the category "Armor" and the category " " is the cause of the duplication when displaying the pages that belong to Category Armor and any sub categories.
 * I am unaware of an easy way for an editor to list out all pages within Armor sub categories, but not pages in Armor. Other than maybe creating a list for each and every sub category independently.
 * Yet another reason for the removal of the pages to exist in two unique categories.
 * Joenuts (Contributions • Message) 19:46, September 30, 2013 (EDT)