Talk:Stairs

Block template multiple tool parameters cause confusion
The block template's  parameter includes three breaking tools, an axe outline and sprites for both wooden and stone pickaxes. I don't rely on infoboxes much and hadn't noticed this usage before. At first I thought it meant that a stair could be broken by any axe or by a wooden or stone pickaxe, but having both wooden and stone pickaxes doesn't make sense unless it means a stair can't be broken by an iron, gold, diamond, or netherite pickaxe, and I was sure that wasn't true. Then I noticed the sprite captions say that stairs can be broken by any axe, a wooden pickaxe is required, and a stone pickaxe is also required, which obviously is still more nonsense. Finally I looked at the table in the Breaking section and realized that different tools are required depending on which variety of stairs is to be broken. Under circumstances such as these, wouldn't it be better to leave the  parameter off entirely? Alternatively, maybe we should alter the sprite captions for  and   parameters to say something like "Some variants require a xxxxx or better"? — Auldrick (talk) 18:16, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Infobox is a summary. If the info is too complicated, it belongs in the article. We have done that before with data values and drops, so I agree its precedented here. KnightMiner (t/c) 18:21, 29 January 2021 (UTC)