Community Suggestion: Common building type/architecture style template
Common building type/architecture style template
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There is no template for common buildings/structures.
While there is the template for named/prominent buildings there is no way to describe common structures. It would nice to be able to describe what a common house would generally look like within a specific organization, region, or culture. Having an article template for common building and/or architecture styles would allow for a standard description of houses, churches, shops, or any other reoccurring type of building. What are the houses of this region or group made of? What are the typical rooms does a house contain; do they have kitchens, and dining rooms?
What might the churches or places of worship of a specific religion look like? Do they contain an idol or holy artifacts? Is there a specific place for sermons to be held?
It is not just buildings either; the template could probably be used to describe the rooms/quarters for groups within a structure. Within a castle do the servants' rooms always have beds of straw? Do the nobles' rooms usually have balconies?
While there is the template for named/prominent buildings there is no way to describe common structures. It would nice to be able to describe what a common house would generally look like within a specific organization, region, or culture. Having an article template for common building and/or architecture styles would allow for a standard description of houses, churches, shops, or any other reoccurring type of building. What are the houses of this region or group made of? What are the typical rooms does a house contain; do they have kitchens, and dining rooms?
What might the churches or places of worship of a specific religion look like? Do they contain an idol or holy artifacts? Is there a specific place for sermons to be held?
It is not just buildings either; the template could probably be used to describe the rooms/quarters for groups within a structure. Within a castle do the servants' rooms always have beds of straw? Do the nobles' rooms usually have balconies?
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-10
by A Glamorous Kitten
on 2022-04-02 17:30Sounds like a use for the general article template
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+50
by ddaniel
on 2022-04-01 12:22I think what the author is missing is a link in the building template to another building, something like what we have on items where you can have an item modeled after another item.
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+200
by sluedis
on 2022-03-28 19:20 -
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by tim-in-a-box
on 2022-03-28 11:37 -
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by Rahjar
on 2022-03-28 00:38This sounds like a cultural thing(and hence, something you'd do as a tradition)
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+10
by A Frightened Dwarf
on 2022-03-24 09:28Honestly, Wingshaw's idea of a Style template is really cool, and I think that would definently spawn some worldbuilding ideas and articles that we currently don't see much off (though I am aware Traditions kind of cover that already).
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+10
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+100
by Tijmuhn
on 2022-03-16 12:57 -
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by A Goodhearted Unicorn
on 2022-03-16 04:16I definitely appreciate the want/need for an article about a generic type of building in a world, but unfortunately I don't think it warrants its own template. It might be a tricky thing to make work in the existing building template, though it probably could be done. Personally, I would opt for a generic template to make it easier to describe whatever aspects are relevant to that type of building and its culture. For architectural style, I think tradition might be a good idea, since so much of architecture is informed by the culture its built by/for. A side note I want to echo about the buildings template is how it does say it's for specific buildings and landmarks. As seen in UnknownWriter88's shared screenshot, it says, "Anything that you can point to and people consider significant enough to name." Maybe a change in its description is a nitpick for another day, if (and a big if) it's now also meant for all buildings, specific and otherwise. I think you raised a fair point, just not as its own template (although Wingshaw's suggestion of a Style template is intriguing). So maybe the next step is to think about and suggest more specific fields for existing articles, directed at describing a generic building?
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by Wingshaw
on 2022-03-15 09:25While I don't think this suggestion is entirely necessary, I think some of the responses to OP are missing the point. OP knows that the Buildings template and the Traditions template exists, but they describe specific objects, rather than generic ones. Maybe an alternative form of this suggestion could be a new template for Styles: style of art, style of clothing, style of buildings etc.?
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-300
by A Mischievous Orc
on 2022-03-15 07:01You can either use Building or Tradition if for example you want to talk about the Neoclassical style.
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-100
by Adcheryl
on 2022-03-15 05:46 -
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by Michael Chandra
on 2022-03-14 21:49Many article templates work just as well for a class of entities as they do for single named/prominent entities. I've done a Terps Settlement article, and then individual Terps with individual Settlement articles.
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by A Uncontrollable T-Rex
on 2022-03-14 20:00 -
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by amelianite
on 2022-03-14 19:41We already HAVE a building template (on the dashboard) that works for houses and other structures. Also, you can follow the prompts at the bottom of the article (click "Show Template Specific Prompts & Connections" to see them) to answer most of the questions you mentioned, or you can just fill out the vignette (first large empty box you come to when opening an article) with whatever you want along with custom headers.
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+300
by Swiftfeir
on 2022-03-14 19:05
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