Editing Talk:Release information

==Proposed cleanup of release info==

I suggest streamlining release info as follows:
* Delete [[DF2014:Release information]], there's basically no info there
* Replace the contents of [[Release information]] with [[History of Dwarf Fortress#Release_History]], the goal being to provide a concise summary of all updates and major changes since the beginning. No more than a line or two per version.
* Rename [[Release information]] to [[Release history]] with a redirect.

Any objections? [[User:OddballJoe|OddballJoe]] ([[User talk:OddballJoe|talk]]) 07:11, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

: For posterity: [[About]] also has a version history that needs updating or removal. —[[User:OddballJoe|OddballJoe]] ([[User talk:OddballJoe|talk]]) 21:15, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

iirc there is another places where there is out of date version history. I think that we should consolidate all this into one page, and that page should be 'Release information'. I also think that we should have links here to older versions. Not sure about the other specifics.--[[User:Jan|Jan]] ([[User talk:Jan|talk]]) 00:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

The only other place I've found talking about versions was [[Dwarf Fortress#History]], and I think the top half of [[History of Dwarf Fortress]] can be merged into that. 
I'm also thinking that it could be nice to include top few lines of the release history on the main page, to show off what's new, if there's an easy technical solution. [[User:OddballJoe|OddballJoe]] ([[User talk:OddballJoe|talk]]) 23:38, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

: Sorry took me a while to find it again. It is [[save compatibility#breakages]], which isn't updated regularly and is identical in function to what asterisk are used for on this page. So if release information is consolidated here, it can be used instead of that section. --[[User:Jan|Jan]] ([[User talk:Jan|talk]]) 01:17, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

: I have added the contents of [[History of Dwarf Fortress#Release_History]] here to get things started. 
: I added table, if it doesn't work for you simply revert. Also I noticed that the [https://www.dfwk.ru/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B/50.05 Russian wiki] added version\namespace chooser for its quick link bar, we could use that as well. --[[User:Jan|Jan]] ([[User talk:Jan|talk]]) 19:27, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

I've finished most of the cleanup. I like the suggestion to use the Russian wiki's design. Proposed additional changes:
* Replace {{tl|Release notes}} with [[User:OddballJoe/Sandbox/VersionTemplate]], which add links to all the major versions at the top like the Russian wiki.
* Remove the {{tl|av}} template from all <code>[ns]:Release information</code> pages.
* (tentative) move all <code>[ns]:Release information</code> pages older than 0.47 to <code>[ns]:Release information/[version].01</code> pages; the page notes are for just one specific release, not the whole namespace.
* (tentative) delete [[DF2014:Release information]], get rid of the "x notes" link in the release lists.
* (tentative) move this page to "Version History" to be more descriptive and decouple it from the <code>[ns]:Release information/[version]</code> pages.
[[User:OddballJoe|OddballJoe]] ([[User talk:OddballJoe|talk]]) 21:54, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

:I mildly disagree with (3) and (4) on the basis that subpages generally benefit from having a parent page for navigation. e.g. I think if we have [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.01]], we should have [[DF2014:Release information]]. &mdash;[[User:Lethosor|<span style="color:#074">Lethosor</span>]] ([[User talk:Lethosor|<span style="color:#092">talk</span>]]) 23:35, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

::All the subpages would have their navigation needs met via the release notes template, but we could leave some boilerplate on the parent page (e.g. just the navigation template). Or how about redirecting them to the appropriate section of this page? E.g. [[Release information#Dwarf_Fortress_v0.40]] --[[User:OddballJoe|OddballJoe]] ([[User talk:OddballJoe|talk]]) 23:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)