Forum:Uncommon World Drops category

Forums: Village pump → Uncommon World Drops category

Moved from Category talk:Uncommon world drops

This category could easily consume 98% of Category:World of Warcraft uncommon items. Do we really want to support it? --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:02, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

98% huh? ... world drops are not items rewarded by quests, provided by quests, dropped in instances, drop in only one zone, crafted by players, sold by vendors... if anything this will help clean the uncommon items category up as both categories should not be on the item's page. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 20:39, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

I'd wish you didn't make posts here, and then make a forum topic... do one or the other, not both, so we can keep the conversation on one page. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 20:43, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Do leave me room to change my mind, please... --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 21:13, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

The Uncommon world drops category has existed for over a year, yet only 330 or so items have been moved to it. I don't argue at all whether it would be useful. I argue, Will it be maintained? We already have Uncommon quest items. That has been maintained. This has not. The least I can do is point at it and howl. How you react is up to you. --21:13, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Well, once the changes to the tooltip template is done and everything is thrown around into its proper category, when can then decide to delete or keep. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 21:16, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

My friend, that strategy assumes that tooltip template changes WILL be "done" in any significant meaning of the word. Asking for a minimum functionality estimate would likely turn this topic into a referendum on {{Tooltip/Dev}}, so I'll stick with "So, got an estimate of when that will be?" I don't intend to be offensive, but I would like to know whether, for instance, to continue moving things from Neck items to various "(rarity) Neck items" categories. Leaving things "between stages" is unpleasant. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 22:00, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Most wikis, including this one, are perpetually "between stages", they are constantly being edited. As far as the category, I think it would be fine to make it a subcategory of the larger uncommon items category. --PcjWowpedia wiki manager (TDrop me a line!•C207,729 contributions and counting) 22:08, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Judging by comments on Template Talk:Tooltip, world drops was a category type that some of the people working on {{Tooltip/Dev}} are planning on. As for "constantly being edited", there are certainly degrees, and allowances to be made. However "editing" is a crucial component of it. Starting a project and walking away from it leaves a patchwork for whoever follows to try and guess what the "right answer" is. And that is the appearance of the current Uncommon World Drops category, the neck items category, etc. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 00:27, October 8, 2009 (UTC)

Continued

I recently stumbled upon Category:Uncommon world drops while playing with tailoring patterns. (There are sister categories for Rare and Epic, but not for Common or Poor.)

As this category could easily consist of 80% or more of Category:World of Warcraft uncommon items, I would like to know folks' opinion on whether we should keep the category at all, or throw the contents back in the vast pool that is Uncommon Items. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 20:37, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Are uncommon world drops really 80% of uncommon drops? Where do you get this data? --Beware the sneaky smile! Fandyllic (talk · contr) 6:33 PM PST 8 Oct 2009

FWIW, I just did a search on wowhead. 8755 uncommon items, 4847 are considered "drops", which includes world drops & zone drops. So that's roughly half. -- Harveydrone 20:00, October 8, 2009 (UTC)