Forum:SH Archive/The Pre-Republic Era tag and a new icon

Hey gang. I noticed earlier that Cade had removed the era tags for the Pre-Republic era on the years that take place before 37,000 BBY and the Before the Republic era on the grounds that it is not a publishing era and should not be included in the Eras template in the first place. I think we should talk about this as a group, and update it if we decide to keep it.

No, the Pre-Republic era is not a publishing era. It was never intended to represent a publishing era, to my knowledge. It is a mark that says "this event took place before the publishing eras" and I think that's a worthwhile reason to keep them. This predated, but fits with our choice to signify that something is "timeless," such as a planet, by having no era icon. "Timeless" is not something that describes the year 13,000,000,000 BBY. Without them, our aesthetic choice signifying that becomes confusing.

The main problem with the template, as it sits, is with the icon used to represent it. I've brought this up before. Before Dawn of the Jedi came out, we used the Star Forge as the logo, but we switched to the Before the Republic era. It is confusing to use the current icon, and I hope whoever decided to use that did not intend for that to be permanent. But permanent is pretty much what it became, and it's high time for an update, if there is will to keep it at all. In the Senate Hall thread I linked above, suggestions for a replacement include Centerpoint Station, the galaxy's swirl, and a literal ">36 BBY" (I'd think that would be in two rows, a big ">36" and a smaller "BBY" under it to fit in the box) to avoid it being confused with an official era. Thoughts from anyone? NaruHina Talk  21:24, September 4, 2013 (UTC)