User blog:TheRealPella/Consistent format for Shop tables

A standard template for Shop items would make entering new items on Wikia pages easier and faster. A standard template also would give all Shop tables a clean, consistent appearance, which the Wikia currently lacks.

Several members of the TrainStation Wikia community, including DocTrain, actively discussed and managed this aspect of te Wikia in late 2012 and early 2013. This Watercooler thread from January 2013 mentions that entering cost data in the Template:Cost format (e.g. ) does not work in the visual editor. DocTrain proposed changing to a simpler version of the method that Template:Cost replaced, but discussion of the topic ended abruptly, and the community failed to reach consensus.

With the permission of... whomever are Admins now... I would like to reopen this discussion. The two main issues are: TheRealPella (talk) 12:06, October 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * establishing a method for input of cost data that is simple in source code, and also works in the visual editor.
 * establishing a standard template for input of Shop table items.