Forum:What to do with "lost version" message boxes

Currently, pages like Java Edition 1.6.2 feature message boxes explaining how the version is missing using {{Lost version}} and the like. This is how it appears:

{
 "title": "1.6.2",
 "images": [],
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "etc",
 "label": "Release date"
 }
 ],
 "invimages": [],
 "footer": "</tr>\n</table>"
}

That is a lot of text-wall information to put at the very top of the article where the viewer starts reading from. This is a problem, in my eyes.

There are two solutions to this:

 1. Put the message boxes smaller, off to the side

{
 "title": "1.6.2",
 "images": [],
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "etc",
 "label": "Release date"
 }
 ],
 "invimages": [],
 "footer": "</tr>\n</table>"
}

 2. Merge all the information in the message boxes into one template

{
 "title": "1.6.2",
 "images": [],
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "etc",
 "label": "Release date"
 }
 ],
 "invimages": [],
 "footer": "</tr>\n</table>"
}

 3. Or: Both (probably not)

{
 "title": "1.6.2",
 "images": [],
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "etc",
 "label": "Release date"
 }
 ],
 "invimages": [],
 "footer": "</tr>\n</table>"
}

I prefer option 2, just with a merged template. Moving “the version is lost” information to the right will make it less accessible. — BabylonAS 07:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Seconded on option 2. BDJP ^(t|c) 07:36, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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 Support for Option 2. --GIM Dianliang233 T C 08:04, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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 Support for option 2 but I would rewrite "These versions are not available in the launcher and are therefore currently lost." to something like "These versions have never been archived and are therefore currently lost." They are lost because they haven't been archived, not because they are missing from the launcher - the launcher actually lacks a lot of archived versions we provide a download link for.--Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 08:17, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah that rewrite was just a quick example.  Nixinova   T   C   11:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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 Support for option 2. --TreeIsLife (talk) 14:29, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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 support option 2. -- ThatOneWolf ^{Time for a chat?_{See my edits?}} 15:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

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 Support - Option 2 makes the most semantic sense. - 👁 Image
StizzurpXDD^(talk) 05:53, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

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 Support - Option two makes the most sense - putting it off to the side would make it slightly less noticable, and the two templates could easily be merged to one as they are more-or less the same.--
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.Vdiu | Talk | Contributions . 13:32, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

There's a clear consensus for option 2 so this option is underway.  Nixinova   T   C   13:47, 23 May 2024 (UTC)