Board Thread:Help Desk/@comment-24896668-20141225123105/@comment-5754239-20141225233549

I personally disagree. I think that tables are a nice addition in order to have a simple overview of the products that can be made with a crop or product. It's not really redundant if it shows basic statistics. It's part of the page itself. If exact the same information is shown on Wheat as it is on Bread, then we have a problem with Bread. Base statistics shouldn't be the only thing on a page. We just need to expand it more.

User point 1: So what if you can find out what you can make with wheat on a page about wheat? That's useful information. You won't have any idea of the differences between using your wheat for bread and some other product unless you look through every page that's related to wheat. That's not "one simple click".

As for the "tables are bad" thing, you're talking about something that is wrong with all tables. All tables (including the ones on Diamond and Levels) look weird on mobile devices. You problem with it is mostly with the addition of a table rather than the data. This wiki isn't designed to be viewed on mobile, either. If tables look weird on mobile devices, you could make the argument that this wiki shouldn't use images because they aren't formatted properly on mobile devices. In addition, you don't need to scroll past the table to read "all about wheat". The only section after the table on Wheat is "Strategy tips" which technically aren't official anyway. If it interferes with your reading of the page, then make the table collapsible. That isn't a problem.

For the editing part, it isn't a problem. The so-called "maintenance nightmare" only occurs when you have a product with, like, 20 ingredients. You can edit a table really fast.

I don't see a reason to remove something that is useful and has very little downsides in that regard.