Thread:AyumiFanBoy/@comment-131168-20150202002409

Hey AFB, I don't know if you know about the Oricon templates like Template:OriconWeek? If so and you choose not to use them that's cool, but I (being biased) like them and since you do so many sales updates I thought I might try to sell you on them. They haven't caught on around here much, but I use them a fair amount on the non-English wikis.

A few advantages are that it's shorter, simpler, and easier to copy to other wikis. Shorter thanks to parts that get repeated per table or per line being part of the template. Simpler because formatting things like making sales show up under the rank in a smaller font are automatic, as is bolding of #1 ranks. Easier to copy internationally because each wiki it's set up at can have a different set of standard column headings or ways to format numbers, so this table and this table look exactly the same behind the scenes.

Original method versus template method to create the same output:

I know there are ways it could be improved--like I currently don't have a very good way of dealing with numbers that account for two weeks other than making those weeks use Template:OriconNote though I want to improve that. If there are other things you think could be improved, I'm open to them. 