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You know, it would be kinda cool if people could enter their robots in the rumble via [[Template:Infobox Robot]]. Just add the appropriate data to the box and an argument that says, effectively, "Yes, enter my bot in the rumble," and boom, it gets picked up. [[User:RobertWalker|RobertWalker]] 19:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC) | You know, it would be kinda cool if people could enter their robots in the rumble via [[Template:Infobox Robot]]. Just add the appropriate data to the box and an argument that says, effectively, "Yes, enter my bot in the rumble," and boom, it gets picked up. [[User:RobertWalker|RobertWalker]] 19:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC) | ||
| − | Thats sorta possible, if say, we added a category to the template then had it use that category and trace the link to the bots page and look for its jar. However thats a lot of extra skipping around, and its a realy strain on server resources to have to 'check' for these things. --[[User:Chase-san|Chase-san]] 20:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC) | + | : Thats sorta possible, if say, we added a category to the template then had it use that category and trace the link to the bots page and look for its jar. However thats a lot of extra skipping around, and its a realy strain on server resources to have to 'check' for these things. --[[User:Chase-san|Chase-san]] 20:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC) |
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| + | : A couple issues with that, though not show-stopping issues: one, we have bots in the rumble with no bot pages. (Vanessa, for instance.) Two, you don't always have your latest version in the rumble, or you have to post a temporary RRGC version or something like that. With all the little caveats, the Participants page might still be the most elegant solution. --[[User:Voidious|Voidious]] 20:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 12 December 2007
Entering rumble via infobox
You know, it would be kinda cool if people could enter their robots in the rumble via Template:Infobox Robot. Just add the appropriate data to the box and an argument that says, effectively, "Yes, enter my bot in the rumble," and boom, it gets picked up. RobertWalker 19:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thats sorta possible, if say, we added a category to the template then had it use that category and trace the link to the bots page and look for its jar. However thats a lot of extra skipping around, and its a realy strain on server resources to have to 'check' for these things. --Chase-san 20:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- A couple issues with that, though not show-stopping issues: one, we have bots in the rumble with no bot pages. (Vanessa, for instance.) Two, you don't always have your latest version in the rumble, or you have to post a temporary RRGC version or something like that. With all the little caveats, the Participants page might still be the most elegant solution. --Voidious 20:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
