Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20190321112411/@comment-1487274-20190428075901

ADour wrote: If the initial problem was that minor appearances took too much space, I don't think changing their color would solve that issue since they're still occupying the same space as before. Additionally, if we were to take this approach, I would suggest changing the hue of the color and not the brightness, since the lighter color makes it harder to read. Yes, the main idea in the OP message is to shorten appearance section, by moving less important information elsewhere. But it seems that majority are against dividing appearance section into several parts. However, by using different colors we still can partially reach the original goal - i.e. differentiate between important appearances and not important, while at the same time keeping overall design of the section intact.

I choose pale-blue color specifically for it being less noticeable.

AnnabellRice wrote: I don't see any difference between the mentions and minors in that recolored example, plus some major appearances like cameos aren't the same color as other major appearances while some minor appearances like photo inexplicably are... Yes, I've used the same color for mentions and minor, since both of them are "less important" appearances. We can use different colors for them, if needed.

I've changed colors for cameos, because I've assumed that they are also counted as minor appearances.

Anyway, it is just a test, where I've changed colors manually. If we adapt this system, we can naturally discuss more about which templates to change.

LoveWaffle wrote: Again, that's the point of the green tag being green. It's supposed to catch your eye so you know this isn't a normal appearance.

Other issues that arise from trying to fix what is ultimately a relatively small problem we've spent far too much time on in a way that, as ADour points out, doesn't even address the initial concern:
 * What happens if {{Mentioned| is placed on a redlink? Should it show up as a redlink, or turn into a pale pink ? From the mock-up, it seems like it shows up as the same faded periwinkle as a functioning link. That's not helpful to editors who won't know they might've made a mistake.
 * What if it isn't placed on a link, and the {{mentioned}} tag is added afterwards? Is there a way to account for that?
 * What if I place other greentext tags after the link? Would they change colors, too?
 * I'm not certain there's any font color that won't be either hard to read or draw attention to itself just for being different from the standard blue and black.
 * Yeah, but when almost every link have a green tag, it's not really helps to differentiate them.
 * As far as I remember there is an override for redlinks that could force them to always be red, despite any attempts to change their color.
 * If tag is placed after the text, it wouldn't affect the text in any way.
 * No, they wouldn't change color.
 * I choose pale-blue color specifically for it being less noticeable.