Thread:Gen. Grievous1138/@comment-25550759-20180116224008/@comment-26149161-20180118213657

Sinthorion wrote: High King Ithilion wrote: I've submitted my opinion in the FB chat, but I'll add it here: I think that having subpages, like the "Dunlendings: Misunderstood?" is perfectly fine for Texture Packs. It has several advantages over Blog Posts and Galleries.

- Blogs cannot be edited by non-moderators. Pages can, enabeling the texture creators who are not staff to conveniently edit their posts. You could make a User namespace subpage. They can be edited from anyone, just like normal articles. They are also not subject to the wiki guidelines.

- If packs are relagated to sections of the Resource Pack page, then the page becomes relatively unspecific. It's easier for people to address the creator of the specific texture pack if it has its own page. A pack should have a link to the creator's message wall is possible. What's the downside of the good old message wall?

- Galleries are aesthetically less pleasing than specific pages. It simply looks better for each pack to have their own page, like what QuinoaFalafel did on the new Lore Pack page. First of all, galleries aren't mutually with pages. They are just about the way the images are shown in the page.

I disagree that galleries are aesthetically unpleasing. Looking at Lore-Based, the images jump into my face. They are way too big for my taste, and I have to scroll over the whole page to see everything. Positioning all images just below each other is the poorest layout and UX imaginable. With detail views of a collection of images, users expect to switch from one image to the next in an instant. In time spent scrolling between two images the eye can't focus on the details, so it's time lost.

With a standardised layout (=template) for resource packs, the pages will be more consistent, look better, and be easier to create. This also does not contradict with using pages.

I see the main advantage for resource pack pages in improved searchability.

I'm no strong opponent of dedicated pages for each resource pack, I just think a single collective list would be better. If I want to browse and compare resource packs, I can scroll through that list, and it still gives most of the information that a dedicated article would contain.

Also note that my word shouldn't have much weight here anymore since I'm not active in any part of the mod and its community. I did make a user subpage. However, it recieves little traffic, and it can't be commented on by users. That's another reason why I'd say unique subpages are better--since they can recieve comments on a single, specific resource pack. While a message wall could of course function, it just scatters the comments out needlessly rather than consolidating them in a single, managable place.

I can bend on the Galleries issue--it's entirely subjective ofc, and I'm very much willing to compromise here, especially if by doing so we can secure sub-pages for the packs.

The collective list will still exist, anyway. Like we have a generic Server page for Servers, the Resource Pack page will surely stay. However, the sub-pages would serve to focus comments, give greater detail, and include more photos to show off features.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)