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::So, I guess the question can be reworded as "how to temporarily handle the loot tables for monsters that appear in multiple zones?" If the JSON file can be used to verify the loot tables are the same, it'd simplify the question. If the tables are the same, then just make a single loot table. If the loot tables are different for some of the monsters, then the question for how to handle those pages remains. Using a spoiler for each zone loot table is probably ideal in a situation where a future overwrite of information is possibly/probable. I might try to do a test page on something here in the next few days to see what your thoughts are. Thanks for the new information ^^ [[User:Ransel|Ransel]] ([[User talk:Ransel|talk]]) 12:26, 6 August 2021 (EDT)
:::Didn't mean to detract from your efforts in any way, just wanted to pass along that info. I'm not sure which approach is best. I would lean toward separate pages for mobs in different zones (the disambiguation approach) as a desired outcome, but this also seems like considerably more work, so its a trade-off in my opinion. I would support whatever approach you'd choose to implement.
:::Right now the JSON file is not very useful for figuring out the general loot tables. For starters, it uses "internal names" like "Hippo" and "Hippo6" for the various mobs that i don't think anyone has attempted to map out to figure out which mob is which.
:::One more possible strategy that i don't think you mentioned is to do something like:
:::* A section for general loot that shows items dropped by all versions of the mob
:::* Followed by separate sections for each zone that show items dropped only by the mob in that zone.
:::I'm not trying to suggest this is superior to other approaches, but might be one more way to consider doing it. --[[User:Alleryn|Alleryn]] ([[User talk:Alleryn|talk]]) 13:53, 6 August 2021 (EDT)
