Request for Indexing Hax Layering/Smurf Hax on Profiles

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

The draft looks good to me.

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you. What do you think, @Agnaa ?

 

[Agnaa]

That wording for "Smurf" seems fine to me.

Still, I think references to "hax layering" and "smurf hax" should be removed from that instructional text Fujiwara suggested, leaving it as:

While not strictly required, it is advisable to index the potency of a character's abilities in the optional "Explanations" section when creating or editing a profile. This can include the ability to overpower the resistances of characters who would ordinarily resist certain abilities (not to be confused with Resistance Negation), or whether or not the potency of an ability corresponds to that of a higher reality.

I also changed "higher dimension" to "higher reality", since higher dimensions don't automatically qualify anymore. I'm open to other ways of wording that (i.e. "significantly higher tier", "qualitatively superior reality").

 

[Antvasima]

Your new wording seems fine to me with the exception that I think "although" is likely more grammatically correct to use than "while" in this case.

I will edit our glossary page then.

 

[Antvasima]

I handled it:

VS Battles Glossary

This page will focus on providing some insight about commonly used terms here on the Vs Battles Wiki and on the external Vs Battles Wiki Forum. While some of these terms are exclusive to our platform, you may see some of these terms being used in other community-based discussion forums.

vsbattles.fandom.com

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

Bump

Has Agnaa's revision to my original post been applied anywhere yet? We have enough support for it to go through, I think.

 

[Antvasima]

I personally think that the following text seems fine to apply, after I made a slight modification to it, in order to fit with that the VSBW character profile page section in question is officially called "Explanations", not "Explanation".

"While not strictly required, it is advisable to index the potency of a character's abilities in the optional "Explanations" section when creating or editing a profile. This can include the ability to overpower the resistances of characters who would ordinarily resist certain abilities (not to be confused with Resistance Negation), or whether or not the potency of an ability corresponds to that of a higher reality."

 

[Antvasima]

I personally think that the following text seems fine to apply, after I made a slight modification to it, in order to fit with that the VSBW character profile page section in question is officially called "Explanations", not "Explanation".

"While not strictly required, it is advisable to index the potency of a character's abilities in the optional "Explanations" section when creating or editing a profile. This can include the ability to overpower the resistances of characters who would ordinarily resist certain abilities (not to be confused with Resistance Negation), or whether or not the potency of an ability corresponds to that of a higher reality."

@Agnaa @Damage3245

Would either of you be willing to handle adding it please?

Or should I just add it to the following page section?

Standard Format for Character Profiles

When there are multiple versions of a character that are distinct enough to be split into several profiles, whether it is due to the length and complexity of the page or versions from different mediums, then the multiple pages that are created as a result of this have to be linked by a tabber...

vsbattles.fandom.com

 

[Agnaa]

I'm not sure where it would be best to place that instruction text.

 

[Antvasima]

Well, placing it at the end of the "Explanations" section would keep it in the relevant area at least.

 

[Bobsican]

Considering this is more of a detail for a format than a rule per-say, I think it'd be best to be in the Standard Format for Character Profiles, yeah.

 

[Antvasima]

Yes, but I was asking about a specific section of that page.

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

Bump

I think it should go in the explanations section.

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

Bump

 

[Agnaa]

If we're going to add the text to the Explanations section, it should be reworded a bit. Here's my idea:

While not strictly required, it is advisable to index the potency of a character's abilities in this section when creating or editing a profile. This can include the ability to overpower the resistances of characters who would ordinarily resist certain abilities (not to be confused with Resistance Negation), or whether or not the potency of an ability corresponds to that of a higher reality.

Between the two paragraphs currently in that section.

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

That looks good to me. Do we have permission to apply this yet?

 

[Agnaa]

I'd be comfortable adding it after one more content mod/admin/bureau checks (or re-checks, in the case of Ant) my reword.

 

[Antvasima]

That seems fine to me, except for that I would prefer if you add your text at the end of that section rather than in the middle.

 

[Agnaa]

I figured putting it in the middle would be better, since the current last line is saying that the section should have good grammar/sentence structure, which should apply to everything that gets written in it, and I think that's communicated better by keeping that line at the end.

 

[Antvasima]

It is part of the main information that always applies though, whereas what we are adding is just a considerably more specific addition that applies for some cases.

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

Bump?

 

[Antvasima]

I can add the new instruction text and then close this thread if it is fine with the rest of you.

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

I'm fine with that. Should a new thread be made for adding the new format to popular pages that could make use of it?

 

[Antvasima]

Well, I suppose that you can do so if you wish.

It is very important tl maintain accuracy though.

 

[Antvasima]

I have added the text:

Standard Format for Character Profiles

When there are multiple versions of a character that are distinct enough to be split into several profiles, whether it is due to the length and complexity of the page or versions from different mediums, then the multiple pages that are created as a result of this have to be linked by a tabber...

vsbattles.fandom.com

 

[Mad_Dog_of_Fujiwara]

Thank you for the help here. I think this can be closed now.

 

[Antvasima]

No problem, and I will do so. Thank you to everybody who helped out here.