Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-27723099-20150514004521/@comment-27723099-20150515115123

HubToo wrote: Here are some technical suggestions for the "Server Page Organisation":


 * the "Unofficial servers" list is cluttered with offline servers. For the sake of readability, please separate this list in 2 tables


 * the "Name" column is polluted with mentions like "[looking for staff]", "[recruiting]" which would be better placed in the status column or a completely new one


 * it also contains mentions such as "[bukkit]" which are irrelevant for players and unecessary as almost all the servers are running under Cauldron (mod+Bukkit plugins)


 * finally, mentions such as "(LOTR + Battlegear 2)" or "(LOTR + MorePlayerModels2)" would fit better in a new column or the "Runs mod" column


 * the "Status" column contains some superfluous "(24/7)" mentions. Unless noted otherwise, all servers are running 24/7


 * the "Runs mod version" column contains things like "(always up to date)" which are just untrue as new versions of the mod generally imply an observation period (unless they have reckless admins) and terrain generation changes which should not be taken lightly


 * the "Forge version" column contains things like "Latest Forge" or "any for 1.7.10" which are also untrue. The latest Forge version for 1.7.10 is 10.13.3.1403 and there are known issues with 10.13.2.x server/client discrepancies, so it's important to be precise about this

Just my 2 cents worth... Thanks for your opinion. You brought good points that I didn't consider.

Reading that, I think we should create a server page or a whole section of the Servers page for every server because there is just too much information about a server. Another idea would be a template that shows additional information about a server when you expand it.

We have to consider that many server owners don't know much about HTMl/wikicode formatting and might have problems with complex formats. Even the current table was often edited in a wrong way. It would be good if a new server could be added easily, maybe with a special edit form like in talk pages, but it also has to be editable just as easy.