Allow Organizations to serve as 'location' for NPC/PC/Item etc
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Allow Organizations to serve as 'location' for NPC/PC/Item etc
Feature Upgrade · Articles & templates · Created by ringkvinna
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
At current, the article system requires duplicate articles for things like Kingdoms. The above three things are all clearly best-served by the 'organization' template, but PCs, NPCs, Items, etc, cannot have their 'current location' set to these organizations, and must instead choose a 'location' templated article.If only the 'location: settlement' template is used, the Kingdom article will miss out on a large array of template boxes (currency, government system, judicial system etc) that are only offered in the 'organization' template.
Users wind up with duplicate articles for Kingdoms:
This is further hampered by the fact that the 'parent article' dropdown menu in the Navigation tab does not provide a distinction of mulitple named articles. So, 'Lyria' the 'organization' and 'Lyria' the 'location:settlement' both simply show up as 'Lyria' requiring either a guess or a name change. (this is in opposition to the in-article @ system where the type of template is shown in parentheticals)
How does this feature request address the current situation?
These problems could be circumvented if:OR
What are other uses for this feature request?
- Mystical or magic items rumored to be in locations can have their articles as children under organizations, allowing viewers/readers/players to read about the place when they read about the item.
The Team's Response
Thanks for your suggestion! Organizations are never places, they are always groups of people—while an organization can have control over a place (e.g. a university has control over the university buildings), the place itself is not the organization. Therefore, this is declined. I recommend using custom key-value pairs in your sidebar instead: --KEY::VALUE--, for example: --Location::Your organization here---.
Current score
57/300 Votes · +11808 points
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by restlessGalaxy
on 2023-07-23 07:15 -
+100
by TheTinyTyro
on 2023-07-23 03:37 -
+300
by CalebStrange
on 2023-07-22 00:17 -
+300
by Aiedail
on 2023-07-21 14:07 -
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by spidermilo
on 2023-07-20 20:55 -
+1
by MatriarchDacey
on 2023-07-20 16:47 -
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by ashensoul314
on 2023-07-20 14:22 -
+100
by Mackkey
on 2023-07-20 06:57 -
+300
by prestonthedm
on 2023-07-19 15:32 -
+1
by Roxic
on 2023-07-19 10:06 -
+300
by Jontaro
on 2023-07-19 06:15 -
+1
by lumina_sun
on 2023-07-19 04:12 -
+300
by ClarissaGosling
on 2023-07-18 10:04 -
+1
by Blossom Tree Art
on 2023-07-18 01:21 -
+300
by Darynu
on 2023-07-17 19:37 -
+1
by themrbeasley
on 2023-07-17 16:26I think there should be a codex article about disambiguation pages, how to plan ahead for them, and how to implement them on the fly. Its something I've been considering doing. But, on the surface, I don't know if I fully agree on this solution. Maybe its more helpful than my idea, but it makes sense that you might need a disambiguation page to help readers find out about a building/landmark/settlement versus the organization which may share the same name. Especially since its common in colloquial English for lay people to conflate locations and organizations.
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+100
by Masha Medov
on 2023-07-17 01:26 -
+300
by ano19920
on 2023-07-16 03:14 -
+1
by A Adorable Devil
on 2023-07-14 15:40 -
+100
by LittleSister
on 2023-07-14 09:21 -
+100
by A Sneaky Bananafolk
on 2023-07-13 10:54 -
+100
by TheArchitectSol
on 2023-07-13 05:46 -
+100
by A Sunflower Raccoon
on 2023-07-12 23:05 -
+100
by LiaFelis
on 2023-07-11 12:05 -
+300
by phork37
on 2023-07-11 00:16 -
+300
by Fiovara
on 2023-07-10 14:02 -
+300
by Lakedus
on 2023-07-10 12:22 -
+100
by Galahad423
on 2023-07-10 00:44 -
+300
by JetpackMonkey
on 2023-07-08 07:57 -
+300
by kpomeroy
on 2023-07-08 05:18 -
+300
by reneeziel
on 2023-07-07 22:40 -
+300
by barriesaxxy
on 2023-07-06 21:07I've struggled with this since joining WA: is my univeristy or my nation an organization or a location? I would love a system that better reflect that they fall into both categories (especially when selecting a location on a new article.)
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+300
by FalchionDelta
on 2023-07-06 18:28 -
+100
by SebGreg732
on 2023-07-05 22:13 -
+100
by AvalonArcana
on 2023-07-05 15:02 -
+300
by darthsuki
on 2023-07-05 01:32 -
+300
by Writing Bishop
on 2023-07-04 15:47 -
+300
by jglavz
on 2023-07-04 14:53 -
+300
by PoppaeaSabina
on 2023-07-04 13:56 -
+300
by Those2Nerds
on 2023-07-04 13:53Some way to indicate an organization relates to a geographic area would be incredibly helpful. Timeline events might occur across a kingdom but not be "related" to the organization, and the auto-generated org charts would benefit from nesting cities beneath countries.
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+100
by A Lusty Hobbit
on 2023-07-04 04:38 -
+300
by IBB
on 2023-07-03 18:41 -
+100
by A Fierce Dryad
on 2023-07-03 18:18 -
+300
by Alishahr
on 2023-07-03 15:26 -
+300
by Willow H.R. Harper
on 2023-07-03 08:12 -
+300
by Slylock
on 2023-07-03 03:50 -
+300
by Scriptifex
on 2023-07-03 02:15 -
+100
by SiegeTank
on 2023-07-02 22:31 -
+300
by Scalenex
on 2023-07-02 18:33 -
+300
by Ratha
on 2023-07-02 14:25 -
+300
by Kuba13805
on 2023-07-02 13:32 -
+300
by A Cute Skeleton
on 2023-07-02 11:50 -
+100
by A Mischievous Kobold
on 2023-07-02 09:53 -
+300
by JoellaKay
on 2023-07-02 05:14 -
+100
by that_guy04
on 2023-07-02 00:46 -
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by A Fluffy Cthulhu
on 2023-07-01 23:31 -
+1
by Rilameth
on 2023-07-01 22:28 -
+300
by ringkvinna
on 2023-07-01 19:55
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