Template talk:Brimstone
this template makes every page it's used in look fucking ugly
I'm trying to figure out the appropriate usage for this template. I've originally intended this template to be for articles that are extremely low quality and pretty much need a complete rewrite but it turns out there aren't that many examples that come to mind. Another use I can think of is tagging pages about brimmy topics but the problem is these pages can actually be well-written. What do you think? --Tefal (talk) 12:34, 7 September 2023 (EST)
- I think the best way to use this is to mark pages that will never become gems no matter how much effort is put into them --Tefal (talk) 12:56, 7 September 2023 (EST)
- I like the way it turned out so far. Concerning original intent, we have Template:Delete for really shitty articles, so it would've been redundant.
- >but the problem is these pages can actually be well-written.
- Yeah but the topic is brimstone. I believe marking all the sulphuric topics as brim is funny and useful, especially in the long term. Maybe, if there's a gem about a brim, someone could add both the gem and brimstone template. They could even make a brimerald template if they're autistic enough. --SprokemowerMan (talk) 17:43, 7 September 2023 (EST)
dropped some new images, thoughts?
- i really like this template, gem
change the word brimstone to redtext as well? more dramatic imo
>Since it's placed on articles You or the hivemind don't like, essentially a downvote. And that's... LE BAD! But seriously, this template is supposed to be placed based on the topic of the article, and not the quality of the article itself. If you disagree, you can just remove the template from the article --TefalPhoneposting (talk) 20:11, 23 September 2023 (EST)
- Why do you need a content advisory before reading an article? gb2R.
- I would be fine with Brimstone being on the pages it is currently in, if the template didn't look so dramatic and seething. If the opposite, Template:Gem were written like that, it would be something like:
This page is a GEM!!!
- Ew. I think the template should simply have the image of the brimstone mineral. The current template just erases the fun ambiguity and nonsense of rating things through minerals. --Cliffsend (talk) 09:03, 24 September 2023 (EST)
I think the bright yellow text goes well with image, it has sort of a yellow glow around it and it makes sense to make the text glow as well. Alternatively it's eye-catching and serves as a warning for the niggerhellish topic of the article. The "Smells like x" is also a bit of a common trope (see the bait and lee template), i kinda liked the feraljak edit that used to go with it as well because other templates already use something similar (i think it's that one who asks for more sources)
How does this page have 6000 views geg
- There was an edit war on this template
