Talk:Choose One

How to deal with Choose One cards
I've noticed inconsistencies, so I think we need to decide how do we deal with each stage of the Choose One cards:
 * 1) Choose One cards: Druid of the Claw has all the abilities listed in the infobox and it's tagged as Beast-related. 'Choose One cards' section has a 'Resulting minions' subsection.
 * 2) intermediate spells: spells do not have a cost (although zero mana cost is displayed on the card image), have card text (e.g. Taunt), but don't have abilities/tags and 'Resulting minions' is a separate section.
 * 3) transformed minions: resulting minion has only 'Chosen from' section (no mention of the intermediate spell) and has card text as well as the corresponding ability.

Other cards approach this differently: -- Karol007 (talk) 13:04, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Panther Form intermediate spell: has cost, ability (both Stealth and Transform) and the section is called 'Minions produced'.
 * Treant (Shan'do's Lesson) says it's summoned by the intermediate spell.
 * Spells that do not produce minions e.g. Wrath (234) have no cost, but they do have abilities.
 * Anodized Robo Cub is missing 'Resulting minions' section/images.
 * Dark Wispers(12336) has no mention it summons Wisp and Wisp has no image of the spell, just Wisp (see also a related discussion).


 * OK. Firstly, imo the card with Choose One itself should list all the abilities, tags, etc. The reason for this is that if you're looking for a card to put in your deck to get a Charge or a Taunt minion, Druid of the Claw is a good option. So it should be listed in tables as such. While the uncollectible minions produced do list these, readers then have to see them, and click on them to load a separate page to find out where they come from/remind themselves of the originating card's mana cost, etc; this is all a waste of time.


 * All cards should have a mana cost. That's an import slip-up - 0 cost cards automatically have no cost stated. We've fixed most of them manually, but some still are missing a cost. I've asked OOEyes if he'll run a bot for them.


 * The Choose One cards themselves (the ones which only appear very briefly during the selection process itself) should also have abilities and tags added, this was just never done, since at present they're not included in any tables or lists, making it pretty arbitrary. The reason for their not being included in lists is that having 3 versions of Wrath, etc, in the druid spell table is just ridiculous, and very confusing. Those cards are also fully described in the original card itself.


 * Regarding the overall layout decisions, it seems like the main card itself (eg Druid of the Claw) should list all related cards (usually 2-4). The resulting minions are obviously worth listing, and the Choose One cards are if only for their art, and for completeness. The Choose One cards like Bear Form might as well list all related cards, too (usually 1-2) to show their source and any minions they produce; this also seems natural enough. The only question I'm uncertain about is whether we should bother listing Bear Form on Druid of the Claw (Bear Form) or whether that will simply clog up the page a bit.


 * I have no particular preference for whether it's "Summoned minions" or "Resulting minions", etc. Any appropriate term should be fine.


 * The rest of the missing stuff is really just down to no-one adding it yet. Once we've established what we're aiming for, adding it would be a fine idea :) -- Taohinton (talk) 02:46, 22 August 2015 (UTC)