UESPWiki talk:Style Guide/Quest Layout

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Since when was the ==Notes== section changed to ==Tips==? All of the Oblivion:Quests and most of the Morrowind:Miscellaneous Quests have the notes section, but Morrowind:Main Quest is the only one I know of with the ==Tips== title. Should the quest pages be changed or the style guide? --Werdnanoslen^Talk 08:13, 14 November 2006 (EST)

I agree that Notes is far more commonly used right now, and is probably a more appropriate name for this section. So I'll change the quest layout guide. --Nephele 17:25, 23 November 2006 (EST)

Ok, phew thanks. Didn't want to rereformat all the pages I just finished. Anyway, I'll leave the ==Bugs== section in from now on too; usually I just combined them into the body area or the notes. --Werdnanoslen^Talk 09:59, 24 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Console Commands -> Journal Entries

Various Quest pages have a bottom section "Console Commands" (e.g. Accidents Happen). I intend to start adding them to all Oblivion and Shivering Isles Quests. However before I start I would like to propose a small change in the layout and style of this section. Currently the style of the section is aimed at people who intend to use the console to progress their quest state. My idea is to rename this section to "Journal Entries" so it looks more accessible for readers who are just curious about what Journal Entries a quest has. Ofcourse the QuestID and stage numbers will still be provided, but more like FormID's are given next to object descriptions.
I could make an example to show what I mean if this description isn't clear. --Timenn 11:32, 9 July 2007 (EDT)

Sounds good to me. For one thing, it probably means that the section is less likely to get deleted by Xbox/PS3 editors as irrelevant (as happened recently on Oblivion:A Dark Exile). --Nephele^Talk 23:12, 9 July 2007 (EDT)

Please have a look at an example I made. I think it might still need some tweaking, but this is the general idea. The table looks big, but it's just the example quest that happened to have many quest entries. --Timenn 10:31, 13 July 2007 (EDT)

Mainly thanks to Rpeh the Journal Entries have been added to all Oblivion and Shivering Isles quests. My idea was to use the same format for the Morrowind quests (and Tribunal's and Bloodmoon's quests). Some of the quests do have a journal entries table, but in a different format. My plan was to change these tables to the prior mentioned format. I think that format will also be able to cover some of the larger quests in Morrowind (e.g. The Citadels of the Sixth House). Just the fourth Note needs to be changed to reflect Morrowind's console command. --Timenn < talk > 05:38, 17 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Console code in (Morrowind) quest walkthroughs.

I would like to suggest to move console code appearing in quest walkthroughs to the corresponding Notes section. This should also cover information intended only for console use, like FormID's and Positions. An example is the Ebony Mail quest. I can't help but feel that this code doesn't belong in the walkthrough itself, mainly because it is no part of playing the game without "cheating". I realise this code is mostly present in Morrowind's quest walkthroughs, but I was proposing to make this a universal policy right away. --Timenn < talk > 05:48, 17 January 2008 (EST)

I think it's a very good idea. --DrPhoton 08:27, 17 January 2008 (EST)