UDWiki:Open Discussion/Current Status

Since approximately forever, I've been standardizing location pages. This includes changing a variety of things when they turn up, such as removing (EP) from the minimap, making all headers ===level three===, and, as this discussion is about, removing the "current status" section.

The Style Guide states that it should be there, while the guide template does not. It's hard to tell due to loss of edit history, but I believe that "current status" was conceived before the DangerReport template seen atop most location pages today, and was never removed due to the effort that would be required relative to the reward. I see "current status" to be nothing more than an antiquated distraction and source of confusion for newbs. I thought that the general consensus was that it should be removed; Hence my on-and-off removal of it.

However, my removal of "current status" has recently been questioned, especially since I was doing it with primarily assumed consensus. Thus, I'd like the community to weigh in; should "current status" be removed from location pages, or let sit? --VVV ^RPMBG 21:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Having no prior experience in this, here's my suggestion. Seeing as the DR (DangerReport) and CS seem dupes of themselves I tend to agree. However, what about changing CS into a "History" section where all old DR's are placed. Because that is the advantage of Current Status, the fact that it is archived unlike the DR's if I got it right. --Thadeous Oakley Talk 22:11, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

We don't need a cluttered up section with mostly irrelevant danger reports from yesteryear. That's what the page history of the Danger Report is for, if one is hit by the urge to read up on it. -- Spiderzed▋ 22:15, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree to 100%. Current status is a relic that has been clearly succeeded by the more versatile and less clutter-happy Danger Reports. We should mercilessly drive them, crush them and hear the lamentations of... uhm, no one mourns for them. Scratch that part. -- Spiderzed▋ 22:15, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I hate people who just delete stuff off pages. As thad suggests, if theres some old current status comments, change the header to "Ingame history" or the like. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 22:16, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Yep. Linkthewindow  Talk  05:14, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm for the removal of them. They're obsoleted by the DangerReports in a bad way, and don't serve any notable function whatsoever. In the interest of streamlining and ease of use, it makes sense for them to go. 05:31, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

WTF? You take away "EP" from the suburb maps? You bastard! -- LEMON #1 07:04, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm not at all in favour of this, as Danger reports provide an entirely different function. Current Status gives you a backlog of what a building was like however long ago, which danger report can't be relied upon to do.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 07:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)