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=== Table, hand-crafted ===
=== Table, hand-crafted ===
The table itself is looking good.
The table itself is looking good.
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Add legend.
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=== Labeled Section Transclusion ===
=== Labeled Section Transclusion ===
Labeled Section Transclusion doesn't work (yet?). Labeling sections in the template doesn't seem to propagate the markup to the actual pages, so lst can't work. I'm not sure if it's impossible or just me being a newbie: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion#Limitations] seems to imply it cannot work, while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Labeled_section_transclusion#Templates] seems to imply that it can, since I'm not interested in dynamic tags. The jargon is too new to me, I'm not sure about the practical meaning of those sentences. Besides, I suspect the sanitizer isn't my ally, as far as lst is concerned.
Labeled Section Transclusion doesn't work (yet?). Labeling sections in the template doesn't seem to propagate the markup to the actual pages, so lst can't work. I'm not sure if it's impossible or just me being a newbie: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion#Limitations] seems to imply it cannot work, while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Labeled_section_transclusion#Templates] seems to imply that it can, since I'm not interested in dynamic tags. The jargon is too new to me, I'm not sure about the practical meaning of those sentences. Besides, I suspect the sanitizer isn't my ally, as far as lst is concerned.
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'''''WARNING! You're in my sandbox. This is *not* the [[Mm export]], it's just an experiment. You are advised *not* to rely on the data you find here, which I could purposefully alter (even making it wrong) in order to experiment with formatting, coding and other wikiful things.'''''
'''''WARNING! You're in my sandbox. This is *not* the [[Mm export]], it's just an experiment. You are advised *not* to rely on the data you find here, which I could purposefully alter (even making it wrong) in order to experiment with formatting, coding and other wikiful things.'''''
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Legend
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* MM category: taxon of the first taxonomic rank you find when accessing this monster in the in-game Monster Manual window; mostly equivalent to D&D creature type
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* MM kind: taxon of the second taxonomic rank etc.; mostly equivalent to D&D creature race, type+subtype or specific subset
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* Name: identifies this monster either as a generic creature belonging to a most specific subset of its kind or a unique, named creature
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* Habitat: where you can find this monster; usually one or more [[Quest]]s, [[Wilderness adventure area]]s and/or hostile [[:Category:Zones|public areas]]
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* Level: as far as applicable, nominal level of this monster's habitat when played at heroic normal difficulty
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* Pack: either [[Free To Play]] or the [[Adventure Packs|Adventure Pack]] you need to buy in order to access this monster's habitat
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* Volume: which Monster Manual Volume this monster kind is listed in (currently P for Prologue, 1 for Vol. I, 2 for Vol. II, 3 for Vol. III)
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* Monster Manual: (to do)
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! MM category
! MM category
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<pre><nowiki>|format = ,,¶¦Static data 1¶¦%COUNT%¶¦Static data 2¶¦%SIZE%,</nowiki></pre>
<pre><nowiki>|format = ,,¶¦Static data 1¶¦%COUNT%¶¦Static data 2¶¦%SIZE%,</nowiki></pre>
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The [http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Format#format format] parameter, with those subparameters, adds the corresponding static data (not always completely useless: I only included them here to test the feature for future reference) and metadata to each final output row's *rightmost* output fields; this, being specified in the third subparameter, will not be overridden by the table parameter.
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The [http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=Format#format format] parameter, with those subparameters, adds the corresponding static data (mostly pointless, but it can have its uses in limited cases: I only included them here to test the feature for future reference) and metadata to each final output row's *rightmost* output fields; this, being specified in the third subparameter, will not be overridden by the table parameter.
<pre><nowiki>|table = class="wikitable sortable",-,Category,MM kind,Name,Habitat,Volume,Static header 1,Count,Static header 2,Size</nowiki></pre>
<pre><nowiki>|table = class="wikitable sortable",-,Category,MM kind,Name,Habitat,Volume,Static header 1,Count,Static header 2,Size</nowiki></pre>
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|tablerow = %%,%%,%%,%%,align="center"¦²{User:Aldyron/Sandbox/Template Mm kind to volume¦%%}²,%%,align="center" data-sort-type="number"¦%%,%%,align="center" data-sort-type="number"¦%%
|tablerow = %%,%%,%%,%%,align="center"¦²{User:Aldyron/Sandbox/Template Mm kind to volume¦%%}²,%%,align="center" data-sort-type="number"¦%%,%%,align="center" data-sort-type="number"¦%%
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== Test section diagnostics ==
== Test section diagnostics ==
I used to make lots of mistakes; so, in order to catch my own mistakes, I've become a bit of a consistency nazi. The following sortable table should make it easy to identify monsters in need of some tidying-up for consistent properties, both individually and as part of a database. Currently limited to [[:Category:Troglodyte race monsters]] for testing purposes.
I used to make lots of mistakes; so, in order to catch my own mistakes, I've become a bit of a consistency nazi. The following sortable table should make it easy to identify monsters in need of some tidying-up for consistent properties, both individually and as part of a database. Currently limited to [[:Category:Troglodyte race monsters]] for testing purposes.