Template talk:Bestiarychart

Don't all the extra brackets just make it more of a pain to replace the data?

The brackets simply tell MediaWiki what to place where. They are variable parameters. No replacement is necessary. Additionally, defaults can be provided: for instance, Special Attack defaults to None if the parameter is not supplied. We can also do more complex logic (leaving row out entirely, for instance) but I don't want to go that far yet. --Shelby038 (talk) 00:22, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

sorry, that doesn't make complete sense. I can SEE the brackets. If I put information into the cell, don't I obviously cut the brackets first and then place the information? I don't like sounding like an idiot, but I don't understand the context of "default" in this instance. Nor "parameter." Nor "variable." These are words used with different meanings in about fifty thousand programs, so I have no idea what they mean HERE. As such, this is a totally useless information for me. It is clear you've spent a lot of time with wikipedia; I have not. Wikispaces did not have a tenth of these features and most just baffle me.