Template talk:TypingDSLoc

Cleanup and scope reduction

Based on my understanding of this template, the parameters are:

1 - national dex number + form indicator, which get passed into Template:MS

2 - link text should point to

3 - text to display

4 - rarity

5 - whether the entity is a Pokémon

6 - form (?)

In my opinion, some of these parameters could be removed. I don't see why this template needs to be responsible for listing and linking the form name; that can be something the template user does (e.g. see how Sunny Castform is linked in Fire (type)#Pure Fire-Type Pokémon). I would argue that parameter 5 could also be removed. There is currently one place it is being used--the vocab list for the Shift Vocabulary Challenge--and I believe that this template should not be used for that case. A separate template, or even a simple table, could be used for vocab lists. It's not worth trying to make this one template do multiple things.

These changes, plus naming some parameters and re-formatting of the source, would make this template much more readable and purposeful. I would imagine usage would then look something like:

{{TypingDsLoc|0351S|Castform|Castform (Sunny Form)|Common}} Superfrog101 (talk) 21:07, 24 March 2026 (UTC)