Forum:Template Colour

Greetings all, today I bring to you another small and tedious error. On pages on the wiki, each template is surrounded by a block of colour. These were orignially green. However, when the wiki's background and theme turned black, so did some of the templates. But that's the problem, there are two colours for the templates. So, I propose that we pick one colour for all of our templates. Then, we make sure that all templates have that colour. Thoughts? TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 16:13, February 13, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
I thought it was only the Black Ops templates that are not green? Carb 0Stop Censorship SOPA'd 16:40, February 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * I've seen other general templates in black CarbAnonIte 0. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 16:27, February 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * Such as? I'm not calling you a liar but I could've sworn it was mostly blops templates. Like the weapons and zombies templates I know are black. Carb 0Stop Censorship SOPA'd 16:40, February 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Template:Active Administrators for one. I know its minor but its one of the easiest to find. If it is no coincidence that you see them most on Black Ops Related Pages, why are they? It looks unorganised and like there's no consistency. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 16:55, February 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * I asked that question about the Black Ops templates a while back, basically the answer was Black Ops. I started to change Big Red Ones related templates to red but I thought that'd be too odd. But the Active Admins one, that was probably just the creator picking what color ('Murkan spelling) they thought was best. Carb 0Stop Censorship SOPA'd 16:40, February 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, using the same color code (#9DB36B) in the active admins template as most other templates use the word "Administrator" wouldn't show up well as it uses the hilite. That might be your answer for that template.Carb 0Stop Censorship SOPA'd 16:40, February 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems legit. Still looks odd that its only one set of pages that are different. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 20:06, February 13, 2012 (UTC)

When MW3 was announced/Black Ops got old, I started changing all of the templates back to green except for the Black Ops ones. I never understood why our background color was changed to black though, I always thought green looked better. 21:24, February 13, 2012 (UTC)

I say we use the one that occurs most often, you know to keep it consistent. 23:00, February 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * That would be using green. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 09:11, February 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * But will a green background look good with blue, green, and cyan links? Shotrocket6 10:17, February 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * That is a rarity in all of the currently black templates. Perhaps it would be a good idea to preview the changes first. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 13:59, February 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * The highlights, top navigation, and side images of the wiki sport a black color scheme, so I don't see why the templates should be a different color. Shotrocket6 00:56, February 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Because CoD's primary color is green. And aren't those Wikia things that can't be changed? 04:59, February 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * So, under that basis we could turn all the green into that shade nof black. The problem is template black in not the same as the navigation black. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 09:01, February 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * So do you think we should change the wiki's color scheme also? Shotrocket6 10:40, February 15, 2012 (UTC)

This is the template with the normal green. Carb 0Stop Censorship SOPA'd 16:40, February 15, 2012 (UTC)

Only problem is "Administators" in the title. TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 21:06, February 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * The good thing about keeping it black is that links of all colors would be visible. Shotrocket6 03:00, February 16, 2012 (UTC)

Here's a thought. if the navigation is black, and the background is black, why should all the templates now not be black? TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 17:49, February 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * My thoughts exactly. Shotrocket6 20:32, February 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * I thought the background showed that picture that nobody could see. Did it change? 02:22, February 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * I can't see it either, but you can see that it is dark grey/black. That background is another issue which could be addressed. TheDocRichtofen  (  Talk  ) 09:25, February 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Not quite sure what happened to that forum, but we can bring it up in another later. Shotrocket6 10:52, February 17, 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Doc.Richtofen, it should be black. 03:30, February 17, 2012 (UTC)

Moving on
It seems that the majority of users think the templates should be black. Is anyone opposed to this? Shotrocket6 12:28, February 25, 2012 (UTC)

I dunno, I really like the green templates for the Modern Warfare titles; it fits with the theme well and is visually appealing. Black should be the default IMO, but MW-related templates should be the MW neon green. 05:41, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * But the background for the wiki we currently have is of a black color scheme, and that relates to MW. Wouldn't it make sense to match the color of our templates to the background of the wiki? Shotrocket6 20:41, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Per Lyra. 14:57, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Per Not Garfield anymore &gt;:3. 21:41, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not really Garfield anymore :/ 12:01, February 28, 2012 (UTC)

Not getting much sense out of 1337's comment. What he's basically saying is just instead of black ops having a seperate colour, do it for MW series. Colour code per game/serious or all colour the same imo. TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 20:32, February 28, 2012 (UTC)

I, in my opinion, think the template colors should be separate. Green for Modern Warfare related templates and black for Black Ops related templates. For WWII related templates, we should leave them as be. Templates indicating Users with special rights, administrators, and bureaucrats should just be black, so the writing could be legible. How's that sound? 20:37, February 28, 2012 (UTC)