Forum:Page prototypes

A week or so ago, I mentioned the possibility of page type presets that would expand the "new article" window beyond "default" and "blank" and give users the option to choose a variety of other pre-formatted page types. "Fan fiction page", "Video series page", "Comic page", etc. These pages would come pre-formatted with the most common elements of a given page type (like an appropriate infobox) and would also include some instructions on what to do and what not to do (such as: "External link" is not an optional section). I had some time to look into that today, and it turns out it's not all that difficult to set up pages like this. In theory, there's a wikia extension that handles this elegantly, but apparently it was a rather flawed beta product when it was still available earlier this month, and in any case it's not available at the moment. I can ask wikia what happened to it, but I won't bother if people here are dead set against having the thing switched on (hence the forum thread). I've already tested a more primitive way of achieving the same goal (test it yourself by switching the URL to point to your own sandbox), and it works, but it would require some fiddling to make it accessible to new and inexperienced users (which it is supposed to be for, after all). --Tulipclaymore 19:21, February 23, 2012 (UTC)