Board Thread:Administrator's Noticeboard/@comment-3157150-20150602115144/@comment-6218837-20150619013959

The Pathogen wrote:

Squazzil wrote: I don't know if this is a little off topic, but I noticed a lot of conversation about the infoboxes, and it is my understanding that the main article body should not cover any details that are listed in the infobox ( for example, mentioning how to craft something.)  So infoboxes don't really summarize the main body of the article, because they list entirely seperate information from the rest of the article. I don't think you're incorrect there Squazz but looking at the vast majority of pages with an infobox, the vast majority include at least a couple of elements already mentioned in the infobox repeated in the article itself. This is (probably as expected) due to looking over the info as it may be worded differently, or as it's relevant enough to let it remain in the article.

To rephrase and tl;dr a little bit; I see infoboxes as a source of quick information about an item/article, but not the only source of said info on the related page. Not exactly a summary, but not exactly a singular location either. (This of course does not refer to crafting, value, use time, knockback and so on, but rather to some info like what drops it, sometimes drop percentage &mdash; especially in the case that many monsters drop the item at differing rates &mdash; when an item is sold, detailed selling conditions, etc.) I can only see this being effective in cases where a quick summary ("Clowns: 2%") is in the infobox and a deeper explanation is in place on the page: "Clowns, which only spawn on Blood Moon, drop this item with a 2% chance if killed by a renegade potato."

Any other situations?