Talk:TPE Achievements

TL; DR - Please give input about whether we should use Wikitext code to format tables one row at a time, instead of the current procedure of formatting each individual cell. I edited the TPE Achievements page as an example.

FULL VERSION Lately, I've been editing a bunch of pages with very large tables, especially the Buildings pages. One of the first things I noticed about these pages is that every one of them defines text style attributes for Each. And. Every. Single. Cell. This level of specification quickly becomes tedious, even when copying and pasting the template. The important data almost seem to get lost in the middle of everything.

I spent nearly all of the last two days reading about Wikitext and other things related to how Wikias work. Obviously, I was horribly disappointed to learn that Wikitext cannot set formatting for the entire table at one time. However, it is very easy to set style attributes at the beginning of each row. In the unusual cases where one or two cells in a row require formatting different from the rest of the row, style attributes can be created only for those cells, rather than for all 10 cells, which is the current procedure.

HERE'S THE POINT: Why do we have so many pages with style attributes set for each cell instead of for each row? I understand that some rows are different, particularly the cases where we use "rowspan" for a single building that can be purchased either with gems or with materials. However, Wikitext processes each row separately, anyway, so that really shouldn't be an issue.

I modified the source code for the TPE Achievements page to set attributes for each row. In my opinion, the data are easier to read because your eyes don't have all that extra formatting code to distract them. Tell me what you think. All feedback is welcome. TheRealPella (talk) 03:58, October 19, 2013 (UTC)