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• ThemeSet seems to work fine

{{#ask:[[InfoboxTemplate::Set]][[Type::Set]][[Category:Alien Conquest]]
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This page is waiting to be archived by an administrator. Please do not edit the contents of this page. Yay!! Wikia make a change that mean themetable doesn't work! Imagine my excitement! I've temporarily disabled it (just a "sorry" message), and am about to log a bug report. Alien Conquest will be left with the broken version. Sorry, - nxt Yay go Wikia. ~ CJC 19:12, October 25, 2012 (UTC) And I thought not having Special:Ask was extremely annoying... NightblazeSaber 22:07, October 25, 2012 (UTC) (Facepalm) StealthNinja Contact [[Special:Editcount/LSCStealthNinja|Special:Editcount/LSCStealthNinja Edits]] So what do we do now? –Agent Charge 00:53, October 29, 2012 (UTC) Wait................ - nxt @NXT: Are you sure it's Wikia's fault? Or there's nothing we can do about it? {{ThemeSet|30140 ADU Walker}}
	30140	ADU Walker	34	ADU Computer Specialist		2011

	Released
30140 ADU Walker	2011
30141 Jet-Pack	2011
7049 Alien Striker	May 2011
7050 Alien Defender	May 2011
7051 Tripod Invader	May 2011
7052 UFO Abduction	May 2011
7065 Alien Mothership	May 2011
7066 Earth Defense HQ	May 2011
7067 Jet-Copter Encounter	May 2011
853301 Alien Conquest Battle Pack	June 1, 2011
Sticker, Alien Conquest Sheet of 10	2011

• Straight query just for release date works fine

{{#ask:[[InfoboxTemplate::Set]][[Type::Set]][[Category:Alien Conquest]]
|?Released
|format=template
|template=ThemeSet
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• Is a problem.

... ok, I've gone blank. There was a point to this, ssaving anyway so I might remember sometime :) NightblazeSaber 09:02, November 3, 2012 (UTC)

A proposal

Y'know, I've never actually liked the themetable templates (although I admit they do have some advantages)... The minifigure one is unreliable, and the ones for the sets are constantly glitching in one way or another, with this only really being the latest in a long line... I'd be all for getting rid of them entirely, and going back to manual again. Heck, I can do all the work myself if you want- I've got some free time. :P -Cligra Join the redlink war!

I also dislike them. I wouldn't want to update them manually myself, but if someone else is willing too. :P --Berrybrick ^(Talk) 21:09, November 3, 2012 (UTC)

I have had a think about this, and have come up with a solution. ThemeTable was created for 2 reasons: consistency, and because the set page tends to have the best info in the infobox. The problem is the 2D sematic query (a query querying another query). If I could reduce this to a set number of simple queries, it would work fine. And I can. This is what the new code would look like:

{{ThemeTable
|1234 Set
|2345 Set
|3456 Set
|4567 Set
}}

Each set has to be inputted to the template, but the data and formatting will be provided automatically. It will still have the consistency, and still use the best information from the set page, but most importantly, it won't be so buggy, because of the reduced querying. I shall start working on a demo. - nxt

Image	#	Set	Number of pieces	Minifigures	Price	Release
	30140	ADU Walker	34	ADU Computer Specialist		2011

Support that latest one. Jag 00:28, November 5, 2012 (UTC)

It's working nicely, see Alien Conquest. - nxt