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The aim of this project is to rework pages about [[Chest]]s, to consistently document their behavior and contents.
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== Contributors ==
''Feel free to [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit&section=1}} add yourself] to the list.''
* [[User:DiegoDeLaHouska]]
* [[User:Heillos]]

== Motivation ==
The documentation of chests is inconsistent and incomplete. Many types of chest are squished together in the main [[Chest]] article. Some of those types have lists of locations, like [[List of basic chests]], but not a first-class article documenting their contents and other important information.

Starting with a rework of the main article, this project seeks to fix those inconsistencies and gaps, eventually reaching a state where all chests are consistently documented. There are many chests and types of chests, so that may take a lot of time. Therefore, we should prioritize the biggest issues and work our way out from there.

== Contribution guidelines ==
Since a lot of this project revolves around standardization and consistency, we ask that you engage in the [[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework|discussion]] before starting on any changes, to make sure there's a consensus for what you'd like to do.

That said, more help is absolutely welcome! This is a large project, and once things start to crystallize and we have a clear idea of what to do, there should be a lot of edits to share around between anyone who's interested, including a lot of smaller/easy edits.

== Proposals ==
Discussion is still wanted on these items, but they are more clearly-defined changes we plan to carry out. Please create a new [[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework|discussion topic]] matching the section name if you'd like to discuss anything.

;Changes to [[Chest]] page
* Remove [[Chest#Qualifying events]]
** Event rewards should be covered on each event page by the use of [[Template:Reward]].
** Most large events grant some type of bonus chest now, making this impossible to document in a single location.
* Consider whether [[Chest#Bonus chest]] should be a separate article, otherwise at least rewrite.
* Separate [[Chest#Gallery]] into two:
# Screenshots of physical chest objects in-game
# Icons of bonus chests in the UI.

;New page - [[Chest (object)]]
* For the object whose name is "Chest", as opposed to a general summary of chests.
* Discussion wanted for name: should it be Chest (object), or Chest (Central Tyria), in keeping with the theme of location-based chest pages?
* Should include loot table, and locations moved over from [[List of basic chests]]
** Make sure to filter out any unwanted chests from List of basic chests: some featured there are not called "Chest".
* Go through [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Chest]] and find all links that mean "the object called Chest". Point those to this new page instead.

;Chest formatting guidelines
* Once we reach consensus on enough of the discussion points, create a [[Guild Wars 2 Wiki:General formatting|formatting guidelines page]] for chest articles.

;Chest reporting in [[Area]] Objects sections
* [[User:Sunlion]] proposes that, by using [[Template:Gathering node]] to report chests on area pages, we could gain some nice benefits. For example, see [[Flooded Basin#Objects]].
** On the area page itself, the chests get a nice icon, making them more distinctive.
** On the chest page, once things are properly set up, we could use [[Template:Gathering node list]] to automatically report all of the locations where chests are found.

== Discussion wanted ==
Discussion is wanted on these items, as there isn't a clear consensus or direction about how to proceed. Please click through to the talk page link for each topic.

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Maps/locations|Maps/locations]]
In short, which format should we prefer for presenting exact chest locations?

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Merging and splitting pages|Merging and splitting pages]]
In short, what criteria should we use to decide if a particular chest deserves its own page, as opposed to a note in the parent page for chests of that name?

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Consistency in drop reporting|Consistency in drop reporting]]
In short, how should we consistently report the difference between unidentified gear for level 80 characters, and random gear for lower-level characters?

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Map visibility with/without Treasure Hunter Protocol 3|Map visibility with/without Treasure Hunter Protocol]]
In short, are many chests visible without this [[Jade Bot]] module? Should we report that? If so, how?

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Subpages versus parenthesised titles|Subpages versus parenthesised titles]]
In short, which page naming convention should we use to disambiguate pages with the same object name but different location? [[Chest/Cantha]] or [[Chest (Cantha)]]?

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Category changes|Category changes]]
In short, should we add new subcategories for particular types of chests?

;[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Projects/Chest Rework#Interactive map style|Interactive map style]]
In short, which [[Template:Interactive map]] layers should we display by default, to balance performance and readability?
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