Editing User:Pharap/Wiki Improvement Proposals (section)

=== Apocrypha Banner ===

{{
User:Pharap/Templates/Improvement Proposal Box
|reference=IP-002
|type=Template
|status=Unimplemented
}}

==== Summary ====

At the moment, [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]] articles using the {{tlx|apocrypha}} template are marked with a small badge at the top right of the page which is unobvious and easily overlooked.

I propose that instead of (or in addition to) a small badge, apocrypha articles be marked with a large banner at the top of the page as is done with both Out-of-Cavern artices (e.g. [[Riven (game)]]) via the {{tlx|OOC}} tag and [[GoArch:Unexplored Branches|Unexplored Branches]] articles (e.g. [[Chiso Preniv]]) via the {{tlx|Unexplored Branches}} tag.

==== Reasoning ====

The reasoning behind this suggestion is to make apocrypha articles more obvious and less likely to be mistaken for 'official' content, particularly in cases where particularly well-made apocrypha with similar quality and/or appearance to official content might easily be mistaken for official content if one has overlooked the badge.

==== Example ====

The banner by including the {{tlx|apocrypha}} template would appear as thus:

{{ambox
| type=notice
| image=[[File:Apocrypha.png|50px]]
| issue = is [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]]. It should be considered [[GoArch:Canon policy|non-canon]] and may consist of fan-created content.
| small = {{#if:{{{sect|{{{section|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}|{{#if:{{{small|{{{left|}}}}}}|left}} }}
| sect = {{{sect|{{{section|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}
}}

The badge on the top right of the page could appear as it currently does or be omitted.

==== Implementation ====

The change could be enacted by the use of an {{tlx|ambox}} template.

<pre><nowiki>
<indicator name="apocrypha">[[File:Apocrypha.png|30px|link=GoArch:Apocrypha]]</indicator><includeonly>[[Category:Apocrypha]]</includeonly>
{{ambox
| type=notice
| image=[[File:Apocrypha.png|50px]]
| issue = is [[GoArch:Apocrypha|apocrypha]]. It should be considered [[GoArch:Canon policy|non-canon]] and may consist of fan-created content.
| small = {{#if:{{{sect|{{{section|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}|{{#if:{{{small|{{{left|}}}}}}|left}} }}
| sect = {{{sect|{{{section|{{{1|}}}}}}}}}
}}
<noinclude>
'''This template is for indicating that an article is about a non-canon subject. Non-canon subjects include:
* Fan-created content, such as the [[Lara Documents]] or fan-created Ages
* Material from the Dark Horse comics
* Ret-conned content from the Myst novels (such as [[Tadjinar]])</noinclude>
</nowiki></pre>

This template currently includes no documentation, though if any were needed it should simply be a matter of adapting the documentation provided for the {{tlx|OOC}} or {{tlx|Unexplored Branches}} templates.