User talk:Maldavia

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Quests and Groups

First and most important, welcome around :)
I noticed your edits on the quest group for some festival quests, and I reverted them and now I want to give some background. In general I agree that information should be as close to the reader as possible, and it should be accurate. However, there are also other aspects to consider, and some may be changed over time, after thoughtful consideration.

At this point in time it is decided to use the questgroup field of the quest template for the text that reads at the in-game Quest Log, and Spring Festival quests are listed as Festival by Turbine. Notice that this piece of information also automagically adds the quest to a category (seen at the bottom of the page). Since each page should be properly categorized we manually, at the bottom of each such quest, add the proper category(ies). This may mean that quest ABC will be categorized under both Spring Festival and Festival.

For now, if it is necessary you may add information about which festival the quest pertains to at the Walkthrough box.

Also, remember that some quests appear during more but perhaps not at every festival. Then we cannot use the questgroup field since it displays only one type. Which to chose then? Using the field in one way when we can but in another way when we cannot is confusing.

These templates are great in many ways, but in hindsight some parts of them could have been made differently. Whether this fields is such a one, or not, is another topic and I leave it for now. I just wanted to tell the background and why I reverted your submission. Do not let yourself down by it, on the contrary. Not long ago I was but a newcomer making many mistakes, today I am perhaps not a newcomer but am still making mistakes ;)
Zimoon 05:39, 22 January 2012 (EST)

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