User blog:Blupo/Infobox Migration

It seems that people like the new infoboxes (User blog:Blupo/New Infoboxes) and we are getting ready to replace them. Several things are going to happen once the migration starts.


 * 1) The current infoboxes will be categorised under Category:Pages with a legacy infobox. This is a hidden category that will not show up when looking at the categories list at the bottom/top of the page (unless you have the option to show hidden categories enabled). This will make it easier to find out which pages are still using the old infoboxes.
 * 2) The new infoboxes and their documentation will be moved to the Template namespace. They will have the following names:
 * 3) * Mobs: Template:Infobox/Mob
 * 4) * Locations: Template:Infobox/Location
 * 5) * Item: Template:Infobox/Item
 * 6) The new infobox pages will be protected so that users cannot edit them (protection level undecided).
 * 7) Any pages with a legacy infobox will be manually edited to use the new infoboxes. There are differences between the data fields of the new and current infoboxes that cannot be solved automatically. Some of these fields have a different name in the new infoboxes, or just don't exist entirely.

When will the migration start? Possibly this week or next week.