User talk:Moviesign/Template:State

Remove Template
Are there any States that cannot also be treated as Locations? Can we merge this template with Location? Thoughts? Concerns? &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 02:31, December 3, 2014 (UTC)

Still wondering if anyone has any input on this. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 17:59, April 6, 2015 (UTC)


 * Movie, I have been wondering about this for ages... I vote we remove the States template... too confusing. - Darkwynters (talk) 21:30, April 21, 2015 (UTC)

Well, a State is a political thing and only incidentally a Location. If I move the missing parts of this template into Location, will it make that template too cumbersome? I'll play around with it and give folks a chance to vote on it. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 00:48, April 22, 2015 (UTC)


 * What I might suggest is a sort of object-oriented outlook for something like this. We could code up the templates so that State used and expanded the core information found in Location. Does that make sense? ~ Lhynard (talk) 01:00, April 22, 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm looking into making one template a pass-through to the other, or combining them if the differences aren't too great. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 02:29, April 22, 2015 (UTC)

Things that will probably change. Speak up if you disagree or have suggestions. There may be more as I dig deeper. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:14, April 22, 2015 (UTC)
 * "Area" renamed to "Region" to avoid confusion with "Size".
 * "Allegiances" moved from Society section to Political section.
 * Renamed "Rulers" to "Heads of State"
 * Moved ruler1–5 and rulertable to the History section
 * Removed "Succeeded by" and perhaps "Preceded by", as they will be handled by the rulertable
 * EDIT: Nope, these are actually for the State that preceded/followed the subject of the article, not rulers.
 * Moving Population history to the History section.
 * Combining "Founded" and "Established".
 * Combining "Destroyed" and "Disestablished".
 * "Ruler's Type" or "Head of State"? I like Head of State.
 * Events/rulers are "normally" on the left with dates on the right for Locations, but State did it in reverse. Compare Waterdeep with Silverymoon. Keep it that way?