Forum:SophontData infobox update

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Base Information
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Status	{{{status}}}
Terrain	{{{terrain}}}
Locomotion	{{{locomotion}}}
Size	{{{size}}}
Weight	{{{weight}}}
Culture
Communications	{{{language}}}
Social Structure	{{{government}}}
Technology Epoch	{{{epoch}}}
Psi Potential	{{{psi}}}
Homeworld
Homeworld	{{{home}}}
UWP	{{{uwp}}}
Primary Star	{{{primary}}}
Multi-world	{{{multi}}}
Extinct	{{{extinct}}}
Source
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Canon	{{{canon}}}
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Maksim and I have been kicking around a few ideas to update the Template:SophontData with more relevant information and make it more generally useful. In addition to the template update, this would capture this information in the underlying Special:CargoTables/Sophonts cargo table.

The Base Information section has been expanded from the Template:Animal simple.

The Details section has been expanded from several notes, and the discussion from earlier.

The Homeworld section has been expanded based upon several notes about the home world of the races and details. The plan in the UWP parameter will have the same pop-up functionality that happens in the Template:UWP currently. So people can see what the UWP values are.

The values for these new fields (where they have a defined list) would be:

Status

Major Race

Minor Human Race

Minor Race

Uplift Race

<X> Chimera

<X> Ethnic Group

Terrain (This is from the T5 rules)

Clear

Desert

Exotic (include note)

Forest

Mountains

Ocean

Ocean Depths

Rough

Waterways

Wetlands

Locomotion (This is from the T5 Rules)

Amphibian

Aquatic

Dives

Drifts

Exotic (include note)

Flyer

Flyphib

Static

Swimmer

Triphibian

Walker

Government

None

Autocracy

Balkanization

Corporation

Democracy

Oligarchy

Republic

Technocracy

Epoch (this is from the T5 rules)

• TL-0 Found Tools
• TL:1-3 Tool Making
• TL:4-6 Mass Production
• TL:7-9 Processors
• Gravitics
• Biologics
• Artificials
• Matter Transport
• Transformations
• Psionics
• Stellar
• Pocket Universe
• Signularity

Outstanding questions:

• Language: Did we want this to be just one (primary) language, or did we want to include a list of (potentially) several languages. For several what criteria are used for determining inclusion.
• Status: Maksim asked to include a list of Status types (minor race, minor human race). This seems utterly redundant to me, but opinons are sought.

All feedback is requested and welcomed. Tjoneslo (talk) 14:47, 28 October 2018 (EDT)