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I created this page because I like having a table of known summoning levels. It helps me choose which pet to tame next. And why not?
Tabulates required summoning levels for [[Tamed Pet]]s. Columns are:
*Tamed Pet. The name of a creature you might be want to tame.
*Level: The skill level required to summon the pet, once tamed, (as stated on taming necklace).
*Release: Because someone claimed this page was obsolete. So, a given pet's data was last verified as of the stated release.
*Summonable As: Because Huge Wyverns, for example, are called Ferocious Wyverns once they're tamed.  


I've been having trouble getting information out of template Infobox Item. We need PAGENAME and skilllvl. Strangely, "|?Has pagename" retrieves the first, but I haven't found any way of accessing the second. (Other than for artifacts?).  
Works automatically, as long as the creature's page is listed under Category:Tamed Pets, and invokes template Summonable. (Cleverly disguised as a link to this page, template Summonable invisibly defines the parameters we tabulate here. Of course, said parameters could be defined in other ways: template Summonable seemed the least invasive).  


I won't mess around with template Infobox Item. That means adding the information explicitly, somewhere. (1) To the page of each creature which can be tamed, (template Summonable). (2) To some other page, (template Taming Necklace(Pet) ).  
If you want to help, I suggest you invoke template Summonable, with the appropriate parameters, under "See Also" on the creature's page. Your data should show up here eventually, (when the page refreshes?).  


I included an #ask: clause for each approach, (test of concept: only one page currently exists using either approach).
Notes:  


I think it's going well. The only remaining problem, (besides supplying said parameters to all those pages), is that MediaWiki wants the label of the first column to be a Property. (The label of the second column, now that I'm using "Requires skill level", is already a property. We are able to use it here because template Infobox Creatures doesn't).
* This table used to tabulate summoning levels all for [[Tamed Creatures]]. But we now have a nice listing of [[Non-Combat Pet]]s, and each of them can be summoned with no summoning skill whatsoever: it makes more sense to simply state that, than to list each and every one of them here. This is why I renamed this page Tamed Pet Summoning Levels, (from Tamed Creature Summoning Levels).
 
* Note that alphabetization works strangely, unless parameter limit is large enough that the entire list is shown on one page. (Only the first 50 rows are listed by default? If one manually sorts that by Tamed Pet, only those 50 entires are alphabetized: even if creatures listed on subsequent pages should come first, alphabetically). This is why the limit parameter is set so high.  
 
* If you find obsolete or incorrect information, you should be able to correct the information. As mentioned above, simply modify the invocation of template Summonable on the creature's page.
 
* A separate approach is also in use, (cf. [[Taming Necklace Summoning Levels]]): It has the disadvantage of using an entire page to document the summoning level required to use the given taming necklace.  
[[User:Judlit|Judlit]] ([[User talk:Judlit|talk]]) 12:52, 21 February 2025 (MST)

Latest revision as of 19:52, 21 February 2025

Tabulates required summoning levels for Tamed Pets. Columns are:

  • Tamed Pet. The name of a creature you might be want to tame.
  • Level: The skill level required to summon the pet, once tamed, (as stated on taming necklace).
  • Release: Because someone claimed this page was obsolete. So, a given pet's data was last verified as of the stated release.
  • Summonable As: Because Huge Wyverns, for example, are called Ferocious Wyverns once they're tamed.

Works automatically, as long as the creature's page is listed under Category:Tamed Pets, and invokes template Summonable. (Cleverly disguised as a link to this page, template Summonable invisibly defines the parameters we tabulate here. Of course, said parameters could be defined in other ways: template Summonable seemed the least invasive).

If you want to help, I suggest you invoke template Summonable, with the appropriate parameters, under "See Also" on the creature's page. Your data should show up here eventually, (when the page refreshes?).

Notes:

  • This table used to tabulate summoning levels all for Tamed Creatures. But we now have a nice listing of Non-Combat Pets, and each of them can be summoned with no summoning skill whatsoever: it makes more sense to simply state that, than to list each and every one of them here. This is why I renamed this page Tamed Pet Summoning Levels, (from Tamed Creature Summoning Levels).
  • Note that alphabetization works strangely, unless parameter limit is large enough that the entire list is shown on one page. (Only the first 50 rows are listed by default? If one manually sorts that by Tamed Pet, only those 50 entires are alphabetized: even if creatures listed on subsequent pages should come first, alphabetically). This is why the limit parameter is set so high.
  • If you find obsolete or incorrect information, you should be able to correct the information. As mentioned above, simply modify the invocation of template Summonable on the creature's page.
  • A separate approach is also in use, (cf. Taming Necklace Summoning Levels): It has the disadvantage of using an entire page to document the summoning level required to use the given taming necklace.

Judlit (talk) 12:52, 21 February 2025 (MST)

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