Talk:Dirt

Surely we don't actually plan on writing up a page for each and every block type, right? I motion to clear this out and remove the links on the blocks page. Anon The Third (talk) 14:09, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Good question. I don't know what's best, but while thinking about similar concepts elsewhere, I realized that there are some advantages to having individual pages instead of a single page with a list of items. However, I don't know whether these will apply to blocks such as dirt or wood planks.
 * Will lots of different types/categories of things link to particular block? I'm thinking of a game I've played (atitd.org) where you can craft tools and buildings and even buy things with raw materials. Their choice was to put each resource on a separate page.
 * Do all blocks act exactly the same / are they all affected exactly the same way, such as 'can be bashed with a hammer'?) One nice thing I've seen with putting things in individual pages is that you can categorize the items, and use those categories to generate automatic lists in multiple places ('blocks that can be harvested with a hammer', or maybe 'blocks that require iron tools to harvest'). Again, there may be wiki techniques besides categories to make automated lists like that easy, but I don't know.
 * Do we have any broad categories that have meaningful sub-categories? If so, as we refine those categories, we may have to cut-n-paste frequently to move items from old categories to new categories. Probably not an issue once the game features and the wiki are mature.
 * Will there be a lot of links to an individual type of block? If so, page links are shorter to type than section links. (Though maybe redirects or some other wiki technique can fix that?)
 * Anyway, just thinking / brainstorming.
 * - Red Agliator (talk) 18:45, 4 August 2014 (UTC)