Search odds condensed

This is a trial of an alternate template for compiling search odds where everything is condensed into a single table. I can see some issues this this as it is, but I am looking for feedback.

The trial is ON
THIS TRIAL IS OPEN FOR ONE WEEK FROM NOW Fitzcarraldo 15:14, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

• Please feel free to add data if you would like, the more the better!

• Also, let me know what you think about this; leave comments at the bottom with hate, love, suggestions, or anything else.

Background

The approach of this template is to put everything into one list to make it as simple for users to add data as possible without having to find different places to edit.

Search Template

STOP!!! -- USE THE FOLLOWING TEMPLATE / CODE.

To use the template,

1. Copy the following
2. "Edit" the Search Data section
3. Paste the following above the line <!-- ADD NEW DATA ABOVE THIS LINE. -->,
4. Remove and/or change the emboldened text as necessary; --

   NOTE, the colspan number you find in italics within the terrain type eg:(2)

5. "Save Page"

<!-- ROW MARKER -->
|-bgcolor=#dddddd
| | APused
| | APsuccessful
| | ITEMSfound
| style="font-size:75%;line-height: 1em " | ~~~~
| | NOTES
| colspan=#|
| align="center" bgcolor=#cccccc |'''X'''

Search Data

AP used (total)

AP successful

items found (please hit 'enter' after each, but note that "2x mango" is just as well as saying "mango mango")

signature

Notes

terrain type ( (#) = colspan number for entering data)

beach (1)

grass- land (2)

jungle (d = density level) (note: if unsure just span the area you believe it to be)

mount- ain (14)

swamp (15)

water (16)

d0 (3)

d1 (4)

d2 (5)

d3 (6)

d4 (7)

d5 (8)

d6 (9)

d7 (10)

d8 (11)

d9 (12)

d10 (13)

15

3

3x broken knife

Fitzcarraldo 11:00, 20 February 2006 (GMT)

a path SAMPLE describing more precisely where you were

X

4

3

3x mango machete

Fitzcarraldo 11:35, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

SAMPLE: what to do when you don't know what jungle area you really where in

X

X

X

10

2

berries mango

Fitzcarraldo 13:03, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

X

3

1

machete

Fitzcarraldo 13:05, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

in derby, with a hut

X

Comments

I think this is an awesome table that presents a lot of information well. It looks very professional, which I never thought could be done with wiki tables.

But while this works well for a single user, the extra terrain information might make it difficult to analyze multiple reports from multiple users. Most of my experience and expectations of a multi-participatory Search Odds page derives from the Urban Dead wiki which broke up the sampling for each building type. Here, I feel as though the same should be done for each terrain type. I do, however, encourage others to adopt this template into their personal user pages. --Lint 12:15, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

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thanks for the kind words lint!

Actually though, I was trying to approach it from the users perspective, trying to simplify as much as possible. I was thinking that perhaps having it all in one place would actually *encourage* users since it would really only require a single edit which would always be in the same place and always look the same.

As far as statistics being broken out, I presumed I would save the page as html, pull the data into excel and simply sort. I have tried it and it actually comes out quite nicely and is easily parsed and then analyzed.

nonetheless, I would appreciate if you or anyone else who would be willing to try this setup would please do so just to see if it is actually unworkable or not. :) Fitzcarraldo 14:44, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

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Comments

Break out items Fitzcarraldo 15:14, 22 February 2006 (GMT)