Forum:CT Archive/"Owners" field of the Weapon infobox

There's a bit of discrepancy over the Template:Weapon Infobox's "Owners" field and when it should be used. While I was previously under the assumption that the field should be used whenever applicable, for both unique and general weapon types to say who used the weapon. However, others feel that we should not fill in the "Owners" field for general weapons, saying that some general weapon type articles, such as lightsaber and DL-44 heavy blaster pistol, would have "Owners" fields with 100+ entries and would just be too long. This issue has become especially problematic recently due to the second barn-burner, so hopefully we will be able to find a consensus relatively quickly. Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 04:15, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Compromise

 * 1) I believe we should use the "Owners" field for general weapon types. However, I understand that in some situations, the field will become too long and would look unseemly compared to the rest of the article. Perhaps we should up with a rule that we use the "Owners" field whenever applicable, for both general and unique weapon types, but once the field exceeds 10 bulleted entries, the field with me ignored and not filled in. That way, most weapon articles we write for the barn-burner will still have the field filled in, and bigger weapon articles, such as lightsaber, won't have their Infoboxes' messed up. Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 04:15, August 3, 2011 (UTC)