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::Understood. I'll focus my efforts on cleaning up the page - mainly converting the links over to the new format. [[User:Groinker|Groinker]] ([[User talk:Groinker|talk]]) 15:13, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | ::Understood. I'll focus my efforts on cleaning up the page - mainly converting the links over to the new format. [[User:Groinker|Groinker]] ([[User talk:Groinker|talk]]) 15:13, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | ||
::To summarise what was said in the Discord, we came to the conclusion that the page should not be split into multiple pages. The arguments against it were that it is the 2nd largest page on the wiki, and after the [[Event]] page is split, it'll be the largest. The reason why we don't want massive pages on the wiki is due to them being hard to navigate, but since this page is literally just several tables, it's quite easy to navigate and load, unlike [[Event]]. '''{''[[User:KawaiiKiwii|Kiwii]]''<sub>[[User talk:KawaiiKiwii|''(talk)'']]</sub>}''' 19:29, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | ::To summarise what was said in the Discord, we came to the conclusion that the page should not be split into multiple pages. The arguments against it were that it is the 2nd largest page on the wiki, and after the [[Event]] page is split, it'll be the largest. The reason why we don't want massive pages on the wiki is due to them being hard to navigate, but since this page is literally just several tables, it's quite easy to navigate and load, unlike [[Event]]. — '''{''[[User:KawaiiKiwii|Kiwii]]''<sub>[[User talk:KawaiiKiwii|''(talk)'']]</sub>}''' 19:29, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | ||
::The Discord server is a more convenient place for small discussions, but it can sometimes be difficult to tell what's a small discussion that can be done on the server, and what's a larger discussion that should be done on the wiki. I started a discussion about splitting the article in the server, but this talk page would have been a better place for that. In the discussion on the server I said that the article didn't really need to be split, as the table structure makes it easier to read than a long article filled with paragraphs. Loading times also aren't as much of an issue because the page doesn't have many images. But now that you've made a mockup of what a split article would look like, I think it might be a good idea. If we split the article, I think using subpages would be a good way to name the comic list pages, such as "[[Pikmin comic/Issues 1 to 100]]" (the name used in the mockup), but there could be other ways to name the articles. — [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 19:36, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | ::The Discord server is a more convenient place for small discussions, but it can sometimes be difficult to tell what's a small discussion that can be done on the server, and what's a larger discussion that should be done on the wiki. I started a discussion about splitting the article in the server, but this talk page would have been a better place for that. In the discussion on the server I said that the article didn't really need to be split, as the table structure makes it easier to read than a long article filled with paragraphs. Loading times also aren't as much of an issue because the page doesn't have many images. But now that you've made a mockup of what a split article would look like, I think it might be a good idea. If we split the article, I think using subpages would be a good way to name the comic list pages, such as "[[Pikmin comic/Issues 1 to 100]]" (the name used in the mockup), but there could be other ways to name the articles. — [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 19:36, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | ||
:After updating the remaining links, the "final" size of the page is 151,514 bytes, which is only ~9,000 more than [[Music in Pikmin 2]], which lies at 142,700 bytes. The latter page is full of paragraphs of text and music samples, along with quite a lot of external links and a table with icons. If we're saying that large articles should be split, this is a prime candidate for that, as it's a page that could take a long time to load on slower devices. I'm not saying we should split it, but we could. Just like with this page, it can be split, but is it really necessary? In my opinion, it'll make the whole process of finding a comic a lot more convoluted than it needs to be. I think the page is fine as it is now, and splitting it is unnecessary. (I have no idea if I explained my point properly or not, so I apologise if it's confusing and hope you understand what I was trying to convey.) — '''{''[[User:KawaiiKiwii|Kiwii]]''<sub>[[User talk:KawaiiKiwii|''(talk)'']]</sub>}''' 23:19, June 22, 2024 (EDT) | |||
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