Template talk:WhichDebut

Overkill
Why does this template exist exactly? What benefits does it provide over simply adding the first appearance directly in the infobox? This template only increase loading time since by using it people have to load the subpages then parse them. That's really unnecessary amount of data to load&process.

I believe you're right, not sure why this template was made. I doubt it's used alot anyways, unless Sewil made a spree across the wiki putting it on all pages. Is there a way to find out? 16:48, February 7, 2017 (UTC)

It's used on Char Box, therefore on every page. There are also other templates like this one which are questionable. My point is, that making things automatic is not always the best way, especially if by doing so you make the code unnecessary complex and inefficient.

Completely agreed. Though a few of the automation are useful (episode vs corresponding chapter automation for example), most are just overly complicated. What's the best way to get rid of it? Just remove it form Char Box? 18:22, March 9, 2017 (UTC)

Yes, we need to add a normal parameter in the infobox but then the problem is we then need to re-add all the values to the chapter pages. There is also ChapterPages, WhichMangaDate and possibly others. I believe these templates were created following the example of Which volume, but the purpose of that template was to retroactively update the corresponding volume to all chapters as well as other things like references (which would have been impossible to track them all). As far as I see, ChapterPages, WhichDebut and WhichMangaDate are just a index of values that are only used on one page, so what's the point of doing that instead of simply adding the same value on the page itself? And may I ask why do you think WC is different instead? It looks to me the same thing as the other ones, isn't it only used on chapter/episode pages?

Additions in the WC template updates both chapter and episode pages. Saves the effort of doing it twice, I guess. 16:22, April 23, 2017 (UTC)