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Wordy map articles
I feel the 'Locations' info on map articles are unnecessarily wordy and not helpful to anyone in the slightest. For example, Dustbowl. As a user I'd have a hard time visualising the map from that all of text. I propose cutting them all out and leaving a gallery of pictures of the map instead. Moussekateer 23:20, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
- I think they're fine. They have approximately the same height as the thumbnail they describe, so it looks fine to me. In Dustbowl's case, however, the Strategy section should be moved to its own page, probably — Wind 01:33, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think stuff like 'The rocks: This is the rock pile that is on the left side of the map with a large Health pack.' and 'Control point A: Located at the back of the area on a slightly raised platform.' is helpful in anyway. A picture says a thousand words. Moussekateer 01:52, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
Developers in the infobox
Since there is no section for the developers in the infobox, some maps don't include the developers in the submission of the Workshop but only in the loading screen (such as Bonesaw). They appear to have a Valve submission, but that's inaccessible. In the future, if map makers continue to do this, there may be people that have no traceable Steam profile but are mentioned on the loading screen. I think there are 3 options here:
- Only include those mentioned in the visible Workshop submission.
- Only include those mentioned in the Workshop submission with a Steam profile link.
- There is some kind of way to figure out the Steam profile of those listed on the loading screen (that's a reliable way of figuring it out and that doesn't require asking the listed person(s) on the Workshop submission). If so, the method should be written here.
Obviously, 1 is an extreme measure that's not preferable, but it is an option after all.
GrampaSwood (talk) 17:24, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
Text formatting on community strategies
So I looked at the guide and it isn't specific about how formatting should be done there can that be added or is it just personal preference? Zarioo12 (talk) 15:50, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
- What exactly do you mean by formatting? Pretty much every map follows the same formatting.
GrampaSwood (talk) 16:10, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
- Yes. Please remember to indent your comments using :.
GrampaSwood (talk) 11:44, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
- Yes. Please remember to indent your comments using :.
Usage of control point and capture point in King of the Hill gamemode
So in King of the Hill maps there is a single control point that can be captured by either team and can be taken by the other team and then retaken again by the former team before it was taken the style guide says to not use capture point if it's not on arena mode or the point can be taken by either team so do you use control point or capture point? Zarioo12 (talk) 17:47, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
Recent locations changes
I'm not sure I agree with the change of "Locations should not describe the obvious parts of the location but be useful callouts of the map". I've personally gotten quite a lot of value of simple descriptions of the map locations, as it allows me to locate them easily on the map. It's also something that's useful for connecting it to the map overview image (as I've done before) as well as being useful with the strategy. Both of them should be acceptable, preferably combined.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) 10:10, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
- Descriptiosn that help find the locations and help to orient on the map are what I hope to see. I'm not proposing that be avoided. What concerned me were descriptions that were just statements of what could you see just walking through the map (more like a travelog or map booster or salesman), not a listing of important play factors. I wrote the passage when I couldn't sleep, and there is a glaring error; let me take a shot at correction.
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