Template talk:Items

items-individual pages?
I believe the items should have individual pages. there simply too many items to group in tools, materials etc. thoughts?--Kizzycocoa 08:27, 9 November 2010 (CST)
 * I agree, if there's enough to say about an item to warrant its own page. Some of them might only be a line or two of text? DannyF1966 08:37, 9 November 2010 (CST)
 * The lack of information for each tools (we really can't have dozens of pages with barely any lines of text) is an issue here. I think we should clean up the existing pages instead, i.e. add links to related pages and such.--Quatroking - Garble Garble! 14:39, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * My suggestions:
 * Coal needs its own item page. It currently redirects to the ore block page.
 * Record should be split up into Gold Record and Green Record, it is very likely that there will be more record types available with future updates (See Tutorials/Minecraft Sound Directory)
 * Same with Apples: Red Apple and Golden Apple
 * Not sure about Armor, but it would make sense, too.
 * --Barracuda 14:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

--- What about flint?

Records/Music section?
I think it would be best to have Records in their own section; they are an item with a specific use. Plus, there is likely to be more of them in the future. --Fishrock123 08:45, 10 November 2010 (CST)
 * Forgot Signature. --Fishrock123 08:45, 10 November 2010 (CST)

Template with images available for review
As with the Blocks template, I've put a version of this template on my user page so that people can see what it looks like and decide if we want to include the images. DannyF1966 04:23, 10 November 2010 (CST)
 * It looks amazing. ADD IT :P--Kizzycocoa 10:24, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Aaaand done :-) DannyF1966 05:11, 10 November 2010 (CST)
 * Looks great, but I'd use the iron version of the weapons, armors and tools. I think it will then look more decent and neutral, compared to the current "look here, diamond!" style :D --Barracuda 13:13, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I used the diamond ones because the infoboxes show diamond tools as well, feel free to change it if you think it'll look better though :-) DannyF1966 07:53, 10 November 2010 (CST)
 * I added diamond ones as obsidian required it. an iron pick was misleading for putting onto the obsidian page.--Kizzycocoa 08:01, 10 November 2010 (CST)
 * The side-effect it that it looks like you need a diamond shovel to dig dirt.. maybe the infobox template needs updating to show different coloured tools as necessary (i.e. wood shovel for dirt, iron pickaxe for diamonds) DannyF1966 08:07, 10 November 2010 (CST)
 * The gist I got when I suggested that was no-one could be asked to do it. and I too could not be asked XP mainly due to editing the block template. god, that's a pain I broke it 9+ times.--Kizzycocoa 14:10, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I could give it a go :-) Is the "tool to use" section supposed to be the minimum tool or the recommended tool? Because the minimum tool for some blocks is actually the player's arm! DannyF1966 14:12, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * the reccommended tool.--Kizzycocoa 14:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * In that case it's best left as is, because diamond is the best tool for the job if you've got it. I don't want to fall into the trap of recommending a stone tool for something and then have someone else argue it should be iron or diamond. DannyF1966 14:24, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I was looking at the Template:Items and Template:Blocks and they look GREAT. As far as the tool topic, what about updating it to list all levels that work, so Obsidian would only have diamond, but dirt could list them all, but ores would only list iron and up, so that as people look at it they know all the tools that work, since some have a minimum of something other then wood (or even arm).  Just an idea, but I know when I first started out, what the minimum tool needed was something I messed up sometimes.  Rafiki2085 22:34, 11 November 2010 (CST)

Are Reeds an item?
Would Reeds be considered an item? I know it is placeable as a block, but it has an item-esquire Inventory/Held render. --Fishrock123 09:06, 10 November 2010 (CST)


 * Seeds, too.


 * Frankly I reckon it'd be best just to merge this template with the blocks one, as nearly all blocks can be held as items - therefore, you've got "place-able items" (blocks), and "non-place-able items" (as contained in this template). Can't speak for other users, but if I see something like Wheat in a template area, I expect easy access to something like Crops (and Seeds!) as well.


 * Which is why I've added grilled fish, gold apples, and arrows. Yes, these items are covered on other pages already linked by the template, but users don't have psychic powers in order to know that - plus the use of image thumbnails make the page links look like they lead to specific articles (as opposed to ambiguous groups of items). - Bomb Bloke 01:22, 12 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Merging the items template and the blocks one will make it too big, in my opinion. And it's only going to get bigger as the game is developed and more objects are added to it. --DannyF1966 03:09, 12 November 2010 (CST)


 * Perhaps, then, a page that shows both templates, which is also linked by both templates? Eg, "All Objects"? - Bomb Bloke 04:52, 12 November 2010 (CST)