User talk:TK-421

Wiki Question - Item Form, Advanced Options Item Type Proper Usage?

Hoping you can help me. What is the proper usage for the Item Type field under Advanced Options in the Item Form? Specifically, do all crafting tools need to have their tool type placed in this field or only ones that have multi-word types like mixing stick? Or, is neither the case? --VMPHNTRD (talk) 18:22, 28 October 2020 (CDT)

I don't personally engage with the crafting system at all, so I'm not quite as familiar with how all the tools are setup. It appears the standard folks have adopted is to have their tool type placed in this field, yes.

• Item Types can be, and usually are, multi-word. The primary way we use itype is for semantic queries. You can have a bunch of items that do the same basic thing and, when tagged with an Item Type, we can set up dynamic tables (e.g. all the tables on the Regeneration Items page) to find/list them all (even if they don't share a common noun).
• Not all item lists are setup using Item Types. In your specific example, Mixing stick, that last table — the one that actually shows the variants — is actually using an older query (Template:TSearch) and it's literally looking for items with the "mixing stick" in the tap. So if there's a mixing stick that isn't named with that exact phrase the page won't show it. Item Types are superior, but they require extra effort on our parts to setup.
  —TK-421 (talk) 19:33, 28 October 2020 (CDT)

• Wow! Now that is a thorough explanation. Thank you! --VMPHNTRD (talk) 19:54, 28 October 2020 (CDT)