Thread:Herald of meridian/@comment-25364614-20151130090928/@comment-25364614-20160118101930

Here are all of the current inputs for the new template ("status" to be added later):

While it is easy to rename the inputs to match the old template as much as possible, it won't cover all of the them. Specifically, it won't cover inputs which you can add multiple entries to.

E.g. Epithet, Classification, Affiliation, Family, Occupation, Ability Name

All of the input sections can add multiple entries into their section by putting a number next to the input.

e.g. Epithet, Epithet 2, Epithet 3, etc.

The new template code doesn't allow for this and just has a list of entries within one input. There is no way to code around this to my knowledge.

So even without mentioning the new sections that will be added, the only option is to replace all instances of the template manually....

...Which is what I suspected from the beginning. But I think I have an idea that just might work.

As of now, there is no release date for NT15. Assuming that it'll release on 10th April that means there are just under 3 months till the next flood of new info.

That gives me enough time to do the following:

1. Make a new template titled "Character Infobox New" (or something like that) and put the above template code into it.

2. Manually go around and replace all instances of "Character Infobox" with "Character Infobox New". While the process is underway, both infoboxes can exist at the same time without breaking one of them. I can use the "What Links Here" function as a checklist.

3. After changing all infoboxes, I'll overwrite the code in "Character Infobox" with the new one.

4. Rename "Character Infobox New" to "Character Infobox"

At this point we can allow both templates to exist at the same time without worry as they will be identical. And from then on, we can use "Character Infobox" as we did before. Later on, I could begin to remove all traces of "Character Infobox New" and phase it out.

Its crazy, but someone will have to do this so the new template can be implemented. And I'm the only person crazy enough to do it.