Community Suggestion: Hide sections that are not relevant when editing articles

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Hide sections that are not relevant when editing articles

Content Addition · Articles & templates · Created by loor66
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Many of the sections in certain article types are not relevant to me, while some article types are missing important sections. I want to be able to customize for a given template type which sections appear in my world so that, when creating a new article, I do not see the sections that are not relevant to my world.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

Ideally, it would be great if the custom article section of the site actually allowed you to add and remove sections from the template that it is based on. As it is, it only allows you to hide them, and you have to continually scroll past them in the editing experience.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

Instead of addressing each request to add a new section to an article as a separate feature, you could allow people to do it themselves. That increases the flexibility and usefulness of the product to users while producing less work for developers.
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50/300 Votes · +8580 points

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  • +20

    by TwoMenType
    on 2021-08-24 15:53

  • +20

    by Wazuki
    on 2021-08-20 18:17

  • +300

    by ccpadilla
    on 2021-08-20 03:38

  • +300

    by A Lusty Orc
    on 2021-08-20 00:15

  • +300

    by Eve Musa Gemreez
    on 2021-08-19 19:59

  • +300

    by raqisasim
    on 2021-08-17 16:51

  • +300

    by dheaney
    on 2021-08-17 12:14

  • +300

    by Tarvitz
    on 2021-08-16 04:07

  • +200

    by Vantaj
    on 2021-08-15 20:47

  • +300

    by FlyingBokChoy
    on 2021-08-15 01:30

  • +300

    by HeavenOnFire
    on 2021-08-15 00:20

  • +50

    by A Sneaky Bananafolk
    on 2021-08-13 08:15

  • +300

    by RomanGod
    on 2021-08-13 00:12

  • +300

    by Xjimu
    on 2021-08-12 22:45

  • +300

    by Shadowclaimer
    on 2021-08-12 13:05

  • +20

    by Felmyn
    on 2021-08-10 21:01

  • +100

    by DarkAegyptiacus
    on 2021-08-10 11:33

  • +100

    by Cobblers95
    on 2021-08-09 21:08

  • +100

    by A Roaring Kitten
    on 2021-08-08 17:41

  • +100

    by traitorValkyrie
    on 2021-08-07 22:58

  • +10

    by MatriarchDacey
    on 2021-08-07 17:38

  • +100

    by coffeemeyer
    on 2021-08-07 13:11

  • +300

    by NathaliaBooks1993
    on 2021-08-07 08:36

  • +20

    by picathartes
    on 2021-08-07 02:33

  • +300

    by Barbarossa Sparklebeard
    on 2021-08-07 02:13

  • +50

    by Charlotte and Clara
    on 2021-08-06 21:20

  • -50

    by A Goodhearted Bananafolk
    on 2021-08-05 18:56

  • +200

    by Fraxinus
    on 2021-08-05 10:46

  • +300

    by Wingshaw
    on 2021-08-05 09:46

  • +50

    by NESz
    on 2021-08-05 06:53

  • +20

    by Avanili
    on 2021-08-05 02:21

  • +200

    by Attacus
    on 2021-08-05 00:57

  • +50

    by Starchaser56
    on 2021-08-04 23:26

  • +200

    by CryoNymph
    on 2021-08-04 21:27

  • +300

    by Carl-Heinz Langley
    on 2021-08-04 18:23
    As esongbird24601 stated, the custom template system is intimidating, while I understand it's hard and time consuming to implement a fully modular system, anything that makes the current system more user friendly for the "layman" would be nice.

  • +10

    by FearlessRogue
    on 2021-08-04 15:15

  • +100

    by Teancumson
    on 2021-08-04 14:24

  • +300

    by Kendalatrix
    on 2021-08-04 12:49

  • -20

    by StudioRat
    on 2021-08-04 04:24

  • +50

    by ss2020
    on 2021-08-04 02:51

  • +300

    by hudakt05
    on 2021-08-04 02:35

  • +20

    by R0GUE01
    on 2021-08-04 00:20

  • +20

    by Jaskovivich
    on 2021-08-03 23:58

  • +20

    by PSToxThicc
    on 2021-08-03 23:14

  • +20

    by Amancham
    on 2021-08-03 20:50
    Though I'm afraid, that this is way too complicated to implement, it would certainly sound helpful.

  • +300

    by Cpt. Flyn Tucker
    on 2021-08-03 19:53

  • +300

    by Krylitech
    on 2021-08-03 17:57

  • +300

    by esongbird24601
    on 2021-08-03 17:20
    I upgraded to grandmaster for the custom templates and have never been able to use them because the process feels overwhelming and intimidating. I fully support anything that makes this feature more user friendly, especially on the input side of things!

  • +200

    by Lenosallose
    on 2021-08-03 15:53

  • +300

    by HarleyQ
    on 2021-08-03 15:34
    I'd be interested in custom article templates being able to adjust the look of the input side of things. This would be pretty nifty if you, for instance, have changed the name of a section in the custom template for the output, because then you could have the section name match on the input side. Though I will say that I'm almost positive this has been discussed at various points in the past (like when custom article templates were first released), but I couldn't tell you off the top of my head what verdict was reached back then.

  • +300

    by loor66
    on 2021-08-03 15:27
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