Good job[]
Nice. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 00:39, 30 May 2006 (PDT)
- <elvis>Thank you. Thank you very much.</elvis> —XSG 01:04, 30 May 2006 (PDT)
- It is very nice, but would it be possible to get the "new" Hanso Foundation logo in the right slot, rather than repeating the swastika logo? (that's what I call it in my head, sorry) Jengod 15:03, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
I'm rather not fond of that black and white LOST image on the left side of the table. Can we do two Hanso Foundation logos instead? —XSG 16:55, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
redesign[]
I redesigned the template to look like the following
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what do you think ? --Mo 17:13, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
I thoroughly dislike it. With apologies, I'm reverting. Please point out what you think is important in your design so we can work on incorporating those aspects into the existing template. —XSG 18:38, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
By the way, I created this template as a warning to people who don't follow The Lost Experience, that the information in the article isn't canonical to the episodes. —XSG 18:38, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
I like the coloured background (not necessarily blue-grey) because it calls attention to the banner first off. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 18:47, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
(other version for comparison: -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 18:49, 31 May 2006 (PDT))
| The LOST Experience This information is related to the alternate reality game The Lost Experience. |
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Subtle difference, but it's important to people like myself who are annoyed by TLE... I don't want to view pages on which all information was revealed as a part of TLE, it corrupts my enjoyment of the LOST episodes. If we say "is related to", a great deal of existing pages could have this banner slapped down on it and suddenly I wouldn't have any way to differentiate between what is and isn't TLE. If we say "was revealed by", it becomes clear that the banner does not belong on the existing pages... —XSG 19:00, 31 May 2006 (PDT)
Current Look[]
—XSG 10:18, 1 June 2006 (PDT)
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Can we please use the THF logo from this template on the current one? The current template's logo has gone all weird and black at the edges. --Zoe 13:32, 14 September 2006 (PDT)
- Should be sorted now I hope. I may also protect the image --Nickb123 (Talk) 13:36, 14 September 2006 (PDT)
FWIW[]
FWIW, here's a record of my preferred iteration. It's comprehensive (If DJ Dan is on there, shouldn't Speaker also appear. Ditto if Bad Twin gets a link, seems like Gary T. might also be deserving) and sleek looking, thanks to someone else's superior design. ;) Jengod 10:28, 1 June 2006 (PDT)
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- Here are my concerns with this version:
- Does not contain the text "This information was revealed through the alternate reality game The Lost Experience".
- Calling The Lost Experience a "Game" just doesn't seem right to me. I see it as a (brilliant) interactive marketing strategy. If it's a game, how does one play it, after all?
- I agree with you regarding the inclusion of DJ Dan and Speaker, and with Bad Twin and Gary Troup, but it's this logic that would lead me to strike all of them rather than add them... See, adding these links is a slippery slope; if TLE goes all summer long, how many links do you think there will be? Would they all need to be added to this template?! I'd sooner see a few links to pages that have links to everything else than to use this template as a TLE navigation template.
- Stylistically, it would be nice if the text/links of the template matched the color of the logo.
- But I'm not the kind of guy who just complains and doesn't do anything to "fix" things... Altering the design that you like to accommodate my wishes, we wind up with a template that looks like this:
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—XSG 12:09, 1 June 2006 (PDT)
- FWIW...I think that's exquisite and perfect. :) Jengod 12:26, 1 June 2006 (PDT)
- DJ Dan's website relays major clues, while Speaker (albeit helpful) only reviews the clues already presented, and Troup is linked from the Bad Twin website, so the if this/then that isn't valid here. I'm replacing DJ Dan (who just gave us a clue today) and Bad Twin. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 17:23, 1 June 2006 (PDT)
Link Categories[]
Here's the template as it exists now (—XSG 11:20, 2 June 2006 (PDT)):
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And here's what I'd like to do to it, because I'm anal-retentive and haven't yet learned to leave a good thing alone:
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- Hey, being anal and fussing with templates is 95% of the fun of wikis! My tweaks (align right in col1, sites>>websites, same font sizes, valign=top), which you can take or leave at will. Anyway, great work! :) Jengod 11:35, 2 June 2006 (PDT)
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- Speaking of AR, why is there a big margin on the right of the page listings (left of the logo)? Since we have "Hanso:", I've removed the redundancy before each item so it doesn't read like ATM machine or PIN number ;) -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 17:45, 2 June 2006 (PDT)
Different organisation[]
Hay, I made a new template covering all the Hanso foundation stuff (pretty much the whole Experience) based on this one.
I think it would be better to add that one to the bottom of the pages dealing with Hanso and put something like this at the top of eacht Lost experience page:
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I think it's better because it's a bit too big now. --Peephole 05:38, 26 June 2006 (PDT)
- Change "Bad Twin" to "Books" and it'd be good to go.--Andyroo316
For Posterity[]
This is how the template stands now...
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—XSG 01:22, 22 July 2006 (PDT)
Major update[]
I'm thinking of doing a major overhaul of the content in the template, replacing all the Hanso career/phones/etc. stuff (which is now minor history) with more major thematic & plot info, like Thomas Mittelwerk, Spider Protocol, Sri Lanka Video, and the like. Any complaints if I do? --Jajasoon 16:01, 16 August 2006 (PDT)
- Yeah, not Spider Protocol, but definitely Mittlewerk and Sri Lanka. --Marik7772003 16:12, 16 August 2006 (PDT)
- I'm kind of assuming that the big revelation of the Sri Lanka video is what the Spider Protocol is, based on today's reference to genetic profiling targets, but maybe not. --Jajasoon 16:14, 16 August 2006 (PDT)
- Perhaps it could be split into links relating to the five different phases of the Experience. Maybe made wider and each phase given a column, and a long row at the top/bottom with overarching themes, like Mittelwerk, Alvar Hanso, Rachel Blake etc. Chris 16:51, 16 August 2006 (PDT)
- The current look is fine except the second to last link "Hanso Foundation" It is not needed and makes the template look stupid. The link is already there on the Hanso name tag. - Dee4leeds
- I'm kind of assuming that the big revelation of the Sri Lanka video is what the Spider Protocol is, based on today's reference to genetic profiling targets, but maybe not. --Jajasoon 16:14, 16 August 2006 (PDT)
- Well done on the new template - Dee4leeds
Added[]
Added WhereISAlvar.com to the websites
greetings --'''Mark Solo''' 19:15, 23 August 2006 (PDT)
My (Simplified) design[]
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I created this design under the watchful eyes of Nickb123 and Chris (DT7). It is a simplified idea for the TLE front. If this idea is choosen you new pages will need to be created. (Two Catorgarys for Websites and themes) Anyway what you think? -- Dee4leeds talk contribs all 08:41, 18 September 2006 (PDT)
- Right, I'll do my criticisms:
Ditch Joop from the character list immediately lolOn websites, I wouldn't use any of the ones you have at all. In fact, I'd be tempted to have none and just "see here" or whatever. However, if you have to do like the others, use THF, stophanso, and DJDan.amNo matter the number of votes, I will not support making it policy unless you present something for when I click "other websites". Sketch some kind of portal for each, I would suggest adopting a similar style to Portal:Main Characters or Portal:Mysterious.- When all these are done, we'll take it more seriously. Sorry to dictate but if you want it to be the new template, you need to do these changes --Nickb123 (Talk) 08:51, 18 September 2006 (PDT)
- Why do people keep abbreviating terms (like DHARMA I. or E. Valenzetti)? Just use full names or clear brief names - abbreviations are ugly in a template... --Jajasoon 19:05, 26 September 2006 (PDT)
Since the front page is curvey...[]
...I was wondering if you wanted to start to make the nav-boxes curvey. You can use my orignal Curvey design for the TLE. -- Dee4leeds talk contribs all 09:31, 22 October 2006 (PDT)
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