Change Generic Article to a Specific Article Type
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Change Generic Article to a Specific Article Type
New Feature Addition · Articles & templates · Created by Pete Nelson
accepted
This feature request may have already been discussed some time in the past, but the inability to create specific article types when creating map pins is really biting me right now. Perhaps others have had the same experience.
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
When creating (for example) map pins, WA has the option to create and link an article to the pin at the time of creation. This feature is super handy, but is lacking in one respect: you are only able to create generic articles, and there is no function to allow a generic article to be changed later that I know of. To address this limitation, I propose WA either 1) allow *generic* articles (and only generic articles) to be changed to a specific type after creation, allowing access to the type-specific prompts for the chosen article type, or 2) allowing the article type to be chosen (per the options given on the Dashboard) at the time the linked article is created. The tabs on the map pin creation dialog allow for some choices, but not all.How does this feature request address the current situation?
It allows generic articles created and linked to map pins, etc. to be changed to specific types, giving access to all of the features WA provides for the chosen article type.What are other uses for this feature request?
There are several places in the WA UI that allow for articles to be created and linked when filling a prompt. This feature request may address those places as well.Follow up
There have been a couple of comments saying that it would be difficult or impossible to do because changing templates would cause problems in the database or transferring data from one type of template to another would not be possible. That's why this suggestion is *only* to change from a generic template to a more specific type. All of the other template types (or most all, at the least) have the basic fields included in the generic template. I don't know how WA's database is implemented, but as a former (retired now) enterprise software architect for a Fortune 50 company with decades of software and database experience, it doesn't seem to me that transferring the data from a generic template to a more specific template that contains the same fields would be difficult. But as I said, I don't know how WA's DB is implemented, so I could be wrong about that.
The Team's Response
Accepted as an INVESTIGATION taskHello there, Pete! Great news - You'll be pleased to know that request has already been posted and accepted from another user. In the future, please make sure to look over previous feature requests, as they repeat requests cause delays in processing requests, not just for you and other users. In any case, we will also be taking onboard what you've said here as well. Thank you for taking the time to make this request!
Current score
50/300 Votes · +9605 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by Aruna
on 2022-11-22 17:04I would argue that the ability to change article templates is useful in itself, but I see how this suggestion isn't about that.
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+300
by tontione
on 2022-11-22 15:02 -
+300
by lilnobodycrew
on 2022-11-21 19:57 -
+300
by Amancham
on 2022-11-21 10:23 -
+300
by A Adorable Ooze
on 2022-11-19 20:21 -
+300
by A Sneaky Ooze
on 2022-11-19 13:27 -
+300
by Hopper
on 2022-11-18 00:21 -
+100
by james.a.b
on 2022-11-17 18:52 -
+300
by A Filthy Dryad
on 2022-11-17 09:38 -
+300
by Tiberius Fursten
on 2022-11-15 22:09 -
+300
by JMFlint
on 2022-11-15 14:32 -
+1
by Naynersi
on 2022-11-11 05:07 -
+100
by Exarx
on 2022-11-10 06:22 -
+300
by Asa M Jacobson
on 2022-11-08 20:02 -
+100
by Shamajotsi
on 2022-11-07 21:35 -
+300
by M. A. E. Krawczyk
on 2022-11-07 18:21 -
+100
by Kaleidechse
on 2022-11-07 08:47I'd go for the second option - selecting an article template when creating a new one on the fly. Similar to how we have the dropdown when we use the purple button. That said, a conversion function would be cool. I think this has been suggested before, via copying everything from the source article into the vignette section of the target template. But I don't remember what happened to that suggestion.
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+300
by Hydroxate
on 2022-11-07 07:49 -
+100
by Lone Mountain Artificer
on 2022-11-07 02:48 -
+1
by NaloAsgeer
on 2022-11-05 20:09 -
+300
by MatriarchDacey
on 2022-11-05 18:34 -
+300
by A Beloved Goblin
on 2022-11-05 13:39 -
+300
by Kameron M. Sovka
on 2022-11-05 09:21 -
+100
by Blauzahnweh
on 2022-11-04 16:14 -
+100
by A Thundering Dryad
on 2022-11-03 22:18 -
+300
by AaLion
on 2022-11-03 16:51 -
+100
by Adcheryl
on 2022-11-03 07:51 -
+300
by Korsgaard
on 2022-11-03 00:42 -
+300
by Robojomo
on 2022-11-02 21:41 -
+300
by MDarkKing
on 2022-11-02 17:37 -
+100
by LiaFelis
on 2022-11-02 16:33 -
+300
by Nonopherian
on 2022-11-02 01:34 -
+300
by Careen Ligh
on 2022-11-01 08:35 -
+300
by abalzer
on 2022-10-31 06:17 -
+300
by A Goodhearted Orc
on 2022-10-31 05:07 -
+300
by A Goodhearted Dragon
on 2022-10-30 17:17 -
+1
by ddaniel
on 2022-10-30 11:02I think conversion between article types messes too much with the database that's why we are unlikely to get it, but hey, if this is implemented it means more support for swapping between others too
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-1
by A Glamorous Ooze
on 2022-10-30 10:32Oof. Something along these lines has been suggested before, and well, it can be DANGEROUS for worlds which is the only reason I am downvoting. I truly would love to see this, but when something like this was discussed in the past, it was made clear that template changing is not a good idea.
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+100
by Tijmuhn
on 2022-10-30 09:51 -
-300
by A Enfeebled Kitten
on 2022-10-30 02:02 -
+100
by A Fierce Dragon
on 2022-10-29 21:08 -
+100
by A Adorable Orc
on 2022-10-29 17:42 -
+300
by A Adorable Elf
on 2022-10-29 13:32 -
+100
by Buzzard
on 2022-10-29 13:13This is a great idea and seems like it should be "doable". I'd like to throw in a suggested modification: the ability to go the other direction. If article templates could be switched from generic to specialized AND from specialized to generic that creates a path to being able to change an article to and from any template type. Content in specialized prompt fields would have to be dropped when "downgrading" from a specialized template to the generic. Most/all other content should be portable.
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+1
by PrismCoalition
on 2022-10-29 12:20 -
+300
by A Rambunctious Kitten
on 2022-10-29 12:00 -
+1
by Ratha
on 2022-10-29 07:32 -
+100
by amelianite
on 2022-10-29 05:01I have come to notice this as well and oftentimes, I just ignore attaching an article to a pin because I don't always have the article created when adding a pin to a map. IMO, being able to switch from generic to another article template when creating maps should already be a thing!
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+1
by SebGreg732
on 2022-10-28 22:36 -
+100
by Vibeca
on 2022-10-28 21:55 -
+300
by Pete Nelson
on 2022-10-28 19:50
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