Talk:Promotional items

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Simplifying the templates

The "Used by", "Type", "Released", and "Notes" columns in the templates all have information that can be found in the articles for the items. The "Notes" column is specially problematic, as community events that grant unique rewards still happen, making it so translations need to be constantly added - the result is a lot of text in English in this article's translations.

I suggest we apply the same format used in the List of [class] cosmetics pages - not only it would remove the need for constant updates, it would also shorten the page's length a lot. - BrazilianNut (talk) 04:32, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

I think this should only be done for medals, personally, maybe make a separate charity, tournament, and event participation section so they're all still grouped together.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) 10:59, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

NECA Action Figures

Currently, in the "Active" section of the promotional item list, it is stated in that the three NECA Action Figures "...has not been released by NECA or Valve.".

Moreover, I have not found any proof that these action figures were even announced or in production.

I vote for this section to be removed altogether; first because these figures were not even released, no need to have them in the "Active" section. Secondly, there is no proof that they are in production in the first place (Unless there is and I missed something).

As always, I'd love to hear your opinion in the matter.

Yossef • Talk 08:32, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

This is a somewhat unique situation. It's true that NECA hasn't announced production of the BLU Series 4 figures, as far as I am aware. But since they are documented in the item schema, and are definitely the intended promotional items for the remaining NECA figures, I don't think they should be removed from the page entirely; I would recommend moving them to an "unreleased items" section, below the expired ones, the same way I handled tournament medals that were defined in the schema, but went unused, as their events passed without a way to obtain them. — 09:44, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

  This is an interesting idea, I'm down to remove it from the "Active" section and create a "Unreleased" section below, like you mentioned. Yossef • Talk 10:37, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

  I support moving them to an "Unreleased" section as well. - BrazilianNut (talk) 11:51, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thanks everyone for your two cents. Yossef • Talk 13:48, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Goodie cauldron.

Expired now, right? Cheezcracker (talk) 15:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Yeah.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 15:29, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Some Total War items are still obtainable

Some of the promotional items from Total War Franchise like Genuine Freedom Staff, Genuine King of Scotland Cape, Genuine Stovepipe Sniper Shako, Genuine Foppish Physician, Genuine Distinguished Rogue, Genuine Menpo and Genuine K-9 Mane are still obtainable for activating Retail Total War keys, like Total War Master Collection.

TvojjKott (talk) 21:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Looks legit, I'll move them.
| s | GrampaSwood (talk) (contribs) 22:08, 1 February 2024 (UTC)