Template talk:Megami Tensei series

message: I'm curious as to what was wrong with this template that it had to be reverted to the cluttered mess it is now.
I realize there is standardized template forms, but they aren't a 'one size fits all' solution. The Megaten series of games is composed of a handful of different sub-series, and I think it is important to separate them in the template, in a readable fashion. We already do this for other series (the Mega Man and DDR templates come to mind off the top of my head) so why is it not alright to have sub-sections for this series? --Captain Cornflake 07:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Navboxes, basically. Not all of the templates have yet been cleaned up; the Mega Man template is still in the process of being split into smaller groups, and the DDR template is such a mess I don't know where to start to clean it up. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we get a readable template? 

message: Any reason as to why SMT: IMAGINE and SMT: NINE aren't on there? Kirbysuperstar 07:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imagine 

message: The Imagine and NINE games should be on the template along with the Majin Tensei games and the Last Bible games. It'll help make the template cover the entire series (considering it is already covering Spin Offs like the Devil Summoner series.) EditingMachine 08:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Imagine and NINE are both considered to be better succession of the SMT series than Nocturne in Japanese (Asian) fandom. Due to their story and background are essentially, directly connected to SMT 1 and 2. -- Sameboat - 同舟 08:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Regardless of what Japanese fans think, the games are still spin-offs. --Serph 04:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spin Offs

message: I decategorized the template from the "Category: Megami Tensei": I'm pretty sure navigation templates are not supposed to be placed in the game series category. Also, the template was placed in a discussion page so the category listed the talk page too. I could be wrong though.. — Blue。 06:30, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's conventional among these templates to be categorized in its game series category. The category tag only needs to be written within the <noinclude> to avoid unintended categorization when transcluded by other articles. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk) 07:06, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually that was what I was looking for. I stand corrected. — Blue。 05:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Decategorization

message: This template could use some cleanup. I already removed the red links as they have been around sometime and should be avoided in navigation templates. At the very least, the main series should be listed on top with "main series" header to conform with other video game templates. Other series should be merged into appropriate lists. Also given the number of series, we may wish to broadly group games and other media differently for easier clarification...or split the other media off.陣内Jinnai 07:15, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  cleanup and reorganization 

message: The use of "List of Media - Category" is seen on a few of the major game series templates (   ), which is why I added it to this one.  If there's no standard, maybe one should be established. --gakon5 (talk) 01:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Media is probably appropriate (although I disagree with "list of"), but I disagree with Category as otherwise category should be on lesser known titles like Rune Factory or Popotan. We don't usually link to categories in an article, except in the categories section. However, if you want this can be brought to WT:VG so we can try to figure out a standard.陣内Jinnai 01:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Category does seem dubious, but I think "Media" can at least be written as "List of media."  "Media" alone seems a bit ambiguous to me. --gakon5 (talk) 02:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of media / Category 

message: Since there have been several :Category:Megami Tensei anime, would it be good to add mention of these to the box so people can click on them? In some cases these only direct so sections on articles about the games (anime did not get their own articles, but have details listed) so I'm not sure, because it seems relevant if people are interested, especially since we can list unique titles like "Trinity Soul" or "Light and Dark". DB (talk) 23:02, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Idea for new line on this template box

message: My use of the term "anime" was reverted because apparently it's not understood by the general public. I think the current term "media" is needlessly vague when all of the media is anime. Would the term "animation" be a reasonable compromise? --Mika1h (talk) 14:48, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, I guess Animation works. While we're at it can you push the 'Original Series', 'Shin Megami Tensei' and 'Other games' Sections down one under a 'Video Games' header? While it stands, those three headers don't exactly help explain to the average reader what the links are. See how Template:Bleach is general. I would do it but I'm unfamiliar with formatting a template like this. —KirtZMessage 17:28, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Should we put the four series (Devil Summoner, Persona, Digital Devil Saga, Devil Survivor) under "Shin Megami Tensei"? They are not Shin Megami Tensei in Japan and Persona seems to have dropped the title in the West after Persona 4. Also a subgroup within a subgroup might make it a bit confusing. --Mika1h (talk) 18:04, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. It looks fine now, we don't need to get too specific in a template, especially since Persona seems to have dropped it. Anyone interested should understand when they visit an article or they may not notice it in the template all together. —KirtZMessage 23:03, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming the field for TV series/films