Difference between revisions of "Template:Infobox Character/requires"

Revision as of 16:39, 25 November 2012

This template displays an Inventory Items requirement with an amount. It is used to specify what a character requires to be able to be talked to or use their service(s). This also automatically categorizes the article under Category:Characters with a missing requirement when the specified article doesn't exist yet.

Parameters

1. The pagename of an article from Category:Inventory Items or a subcategory (no parameter name but value is case sensitive, defaults to nothing displayed)

• amount: A number representing the amount of said requirement (positive numeric, defaults to string "none of:")
• nocat: Whether or not to suppress categorization in case of an invalid requirement articlename (defaults to false, which means auto categorization).

Note: Eventhough the numbered (pagename) parameter is optional, it is required for anything to be displayed at all, in which case it has to be an existing article.

Syntax

{{infobox character/requires|articlename|amount=number}}

Examples

Common use includes both the filename and amount parameters, with the latter accepting a mathematical expression:

{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=10}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=2 + 6}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=3 * 4}}

(10x) Kashes

(8x) Kashes

(12x) Kashes

The order in which the parameters are specified is not important, so these all have the same result:

{{infobox character/requires|Zlitos|amount=30}}
{{infobox character/requires|1=Zlitos|amount=30}}
{{infobox character/requires|amount=30|Zlitos}}
{{infobox character/requires|amount=30|1=Zlitos}}

(30x) Zlitos

When an invalid number is specified for the amount (which would not raise any maintenanance task, discuss), it defaults to "none of:", so these all have the same result:

{{infobox character/requires|Kashes}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=three}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=many}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=3 + one}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=3 +}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=@}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=none of:}}
{{infobox character/requires|Kashes|amount=noooone of:}}

none of: Kashes

You may leave "requires" undefined (which would not raise any maintenance task) by not specifying any articlename, so these all have the same result (nothing displayed):

{{infobox character/requires}}
{{infobox character/requires|}}
{{infobox character/requires|1=}}
{{infobox character/requires|amount=3}}
{{infobox character/requires||amount=3}}
{{infobox character/requires|1=|amount=3}}
{{infobox character/requires|5=Possibly existing article name|amount=3}}
{{infobox character/requires|      |amount=3}}

When a nonexisting articlename is specified (which would raise the Characters with a missing requirement maintenanance task), a red-link is displayed for it and the amount hidden like this:

{{infobox character/requires|Nonexisting Item|amount=10}}

(...) missing requirement

The nocat parameter may be used to suppress automatic categorization like this (any value will do):

{{infobox character/requires|Nonexisting Item|amount=10|nocat=true}}

This would render the same result as the last example above, but would not categorize under Category:Characters with a missing requirement. This feature works on any nonempty nonexisting articlename.