Template talk:FIM characters

So...are the yaks going to get their own table in here? Or would we package them together with "Animals", seeing as how they're not really mythical creatures? And where would zebras fit in?--EmeraldBlitz (talk) 01:33, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

And what about unique/not especially numerous animals or mythical creatures like Grogar or Tirek?--EmeraldBlitz (talk) 08:57, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I went ahead and made Template:FIM bovines for Yaks, Cattle and Buffalo. As for folks like Tirek and Grogar, I was thinking we could maybe lump them in with a table for characters little to no other members of their species, like Lizardfolk, Cat lords, Kelpie, trolls, etc.

For Zecora, maybe we can make a template called Template:FIM equines, which contains the pony table, but als has a table for lesser prominent equines, like Zebra, Donkey, Mules, etc.

Animals should generally be used only for stuff like bunnies, dogs, cats, fish, birds, bears, etc. Theirs not really a hard criteria, but if it's considered wildlife or a pet (with exceptions), it's probably safe to put under the 'animal' category.--Amelia (talk) 17:12, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Sounds pretty good. Are you thinking "FIM other characters" or something of that nature?--EmeraldBlitz (talk) 19:52, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Okay, new question: you think we should stick the big template on all pages for FIM characters?--EmeraldBlitz (talk) 06:31, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

That was the plan, but don't worry, I'll just use AutowikiBrowserto do it. I should start on that now, actually.--Amelia (talk) 17:08, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Glitch

So...several pages with this template link to the nonexistent page "Starlight Glimmer (Friendship is Magic", according to "Special:Whatlinkshere". However, the link isn't an FIM link, and the problem persists despite my editing the template. Any ideas? Also, didn't/shouldn't this template include quite a few more characters? Like the templates for Earth ponies, dragons, etc.?--EmeraldBlitz (talk) 21:32, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Could be a lag issue; MediaWiki is notoriously pretty slow with database updates and sometimes the databases just refuse t update. If the issue persists, I'll ask a Miraheze staffer for help. Also; yes and no. Including all the templates an pages made the template kind of a nightmare to navigate and caused some lag. Instead I think linking it + the relevant template is more applicable (I.E what I did on Flurry's page.)

All right then; sounds good. I'm a bit surprised; the same link was on the Equestria Girls character template, and when I corrected it the EQG pages were removed from the Whatlinkshere list in like a minute or so.

Speaking of Starlight, is there an article on her still waiting to be imported from the old server?--EmeraldBlitz (talk) 22:11, 29 January 2021 (UTC)