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Bug? Table cell data not shown, but is available for calculation

Manipulation Manipulatable Yes Tier 1 Initial Cost 6 Maintenance Cost 2 Tier 2 Initial Cost 9 Maintenance Cost 3 Tier 3 Initial Cost 12 Maintenance Cost 4 Tier 4 Initial Cost 15 Maintenance Cost 5 Tier 5 Initial Cost 18 Maintenance Cost 6

{{#if: {{{InitCost2|}}} | {{!}}- ! Tier 2 {{!}}- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" {{!}} Initial Cost {{!}} {{#switch: {{lc:{{{Manipulated}}} }} {{!}} unknown=N/A {{!}} no={{#ifeq: {{{InitCost2}}} {{!}} {{!}} N/A {{!}} {{{InitCost2}}} }} {{!}} yes={{#ifeq: {{{InitCost2}}} {{!}} {{!}} N/A {{!}} {{{InitCost2}}} }} {{!}} N/A }} {{!}}- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" {{!}} Maint Cost {{!}} {{#ifeq: {{{InitCost2}}} | | N/A | {{#switch: {{lc:{{{Manipulated}}} }} | unknown=N/A | yes={{#expr:({{{InitCost2}}}/3-0.5round0)}} | no=N/A | N/A}} }} }}

Sorry about the code block, but I'm not seeing why this should be happening. Everything else is working properly, and aside from replacing the real pipes with the template versions nothing's changed from any of the affected lines. --Symphaena 16:18, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Hmm I don't know. Going to let someone more skilled in advanced templates field this question. Sorry! Oh and remember to sign your posts!--Naeya ^(talk) 12:00, 21 June 2007 (CDT)

Hmm, I don't have the time to play with that, but perhaps try to do the {{!}} stuff only for when it is not meant to be used as part of the "currently parsing" template. Such as in cases when you need to pass the | to the real wiki parser (such as for the table). --Callek 00:49, 22 June 2007 (CDT)

Alternatively you could map out exactly how your stuff is expanding, and where, and be sure you haven't made a nesting-level typo somewhere. --Callek 00:49, 22 June 2007 (CDT)

Yay! Problem solved. Turns out that only the table required the special template. The nested parser functions used to dictate the inclusion and content needed the real thing as they were contained in a parsing parser function. Such annoying details (also, edited down the code to show only the relevent details). --Symphaena 22:18, 23 June 2007 (CDT)

Glad you solved it!--Naeya ^(talk) 22:56, 23 June 2007 (CDT)

Glad I could help track down the issue, syntax issues can be a "pain" but we shall live with them overall ;-) --Callek 11:12, 24 June 2007 (CDT)

Adding Articles to Categories

I'm sure it is extremely obvious somewhere, but I don't see how to add articles to a category. Specifically I am trying to add the article "Kraelyst" to the category "Player Characters."

--Kraelyst 08:51, 16 October 2007 (CDT)

Nevermind, I figured it out. You have to add the tag to the article to make it show up in the category: [[Category:Player Characters]]

--Kraelyst 15:03, 16 October 2007 (CDT)

Corporeal Critters

On the Atik'et page I inserted the Critter-At-A-Glance template. Everything looked fine until I put in "Yes" for corporeal, then it started sticking some unformatted category reference at the top of the page. See directly below.

This article has been tagged for conversion of Needs to be converted to Template:Critter. If you are the author of this page and dispute this, leave a message on the Articles for Conversion Talk page with a link to the page in question.

Warning: Creature information missing!
[Golden-|Red-Gold] Scaled Atik'et
Agi Ref Str ? ? ?
Skill Cap	?"-Unknown" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2000. to ?"-Unknown" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
Skinnable	No
Has Coins	Yes
Has Gems	Yes
Has Boxes	Yes
Evil / Undead	Unknown
Corporeal	Yes
Stealth Attack	Back Stab
Casts Spells	Yes
Attack Range	Melee"-melee" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.
Stealthy	No
Special Attacks	No
Located: Gate of Souls, Map 14a

--Kraelyst 17:03, 17 October 2007 (CDT)

OK after scanning the template code for a bit, I figured it out. You need to define both the Evil and the Corporeal fields at the same time, or neither. If you only define one of them then the code breaks.

It's a pretty weird system being used in the critter template to set all those variables; I think it would be a lot more efficient and easier to debug if it used #ifeq or #switch. --Farman 15:16, 20 October 2007 (CDT)