Monsters Classification

[Brokenstorm]

Would it be a good idea to switch monster info from Classification/Monster Family to Type/Subtype/Family

Type would be Human/Undead/Beast/Demon...
Subtype would be the same as the Journal lore entries (skeleton, unburied, quill fiend, imp, risen dead...)
Family would be the name of the weakest monster of its kind (the first we encounter) such as risen, walking corpse...
So skeleton and returned would both be in the skeleton family.

Some monster such as the unburied and grotesque will have the same family and subtype but I think it would really help with monsters like skeletons, zombies, fallens, and khazra (goatmens)

[Brokenstorm]

I'll start to list all the monsters I find, feel free to point out those I missed

Beasts
Beast

Savage Beast -> Horned Charger

Carrion Bat

Carrion Bat -> Plague Carrier

Carrion Nest

Carrion Nest -> Plague Nest

Corpse Worm

Corpse Worm

Khazra

Moon Clan Impaler -> Dark Moon Clan Impaler
Moon Clan Warrior -> Dark Moon Clan Warrior

Khazra Shaman

Moon Clan Shaman -> Dark Moon Clan Shaman

Quill Fiend

Young Quill Fiend -> Quill Fiend

Scavenger

Burrowing Leaper

Scavenger

Withermoth

Withermoth

Wood Wraith

Wood Wraith -> Highland Walker

Demons
Hellion (not sure this is the correct name)

Dark Hellion

Imp

Imp -> Fiend

Treasure Goblin

Treasure Goblin -> Treasure Bandit -> Treasure Pygmy -> Treasure Seeker (not sure about the order)

Humans
Cultist

Dark Cultist
Dark Summoner

Undead
Ghost

Enraged Spirit
Enraged Phantom
Ghastly Gravedigger
Ghostly Murderer

Ghoul

Ghoul

Grotesque

Grotesque -> Harvester

Risen Dead

Crawling Torso -> Hungry Torso -> Dust Biter
Risen -> Ravenous Dead -> Decayer
Rotting Corpses
Walking Corpse -> Hungry Corpse -> Rancid Stumbler

Skeleton

Royal Henchman -> Skeleton -> Necromantic Minion -> Returned
Skeletal Archer -> Returned Archer
Skeletal Executioner
Skeletal Shieldbearer -> Forgotten Soldier -> Ancient Hero
Tomb Guardian -> Servant of Jondar

Unburied

Unburied

Wretched Mother

Wretched Mother -> Retching Cadaver -> Spewing Horror -> Deathspitter

Other
Activated Pillar
Gatekeeper
Skeletal Guardian


Unclassified

Act1
Berserker
Bloodhawk
Rockworm
Spider
Spiderling
Dark Vessel

Act 2
The Accursed
Deceivers
Dune Dervish
Dune Thresher
Dust Imp
Electric Eel
Fallen Grunt
Fallen Lunatic
Fallen Shaman
Lacuni
Sand Dweller
Sand Wasp
Stinging Swarm

Act 3
Blood Clan Khazra
Colossal Golgor
Demonic Hellflyer
Demonic Hell Bearer
Demonic Tremor
Demon Trooper
Herald of Pestilence
Hulking Phasebeast
The Morlu
Shadow Vermin
Siegebreaker Assault Beast

Act 4
Soul Ripper
Succubus
Tormented Stinger
Bile Crawler
Armored Destroyer
Enslaved Nightmare
The Mallet Lords
The Oppressors
Minion of Terror
Subjugator

[Risingred]

I think that's a good idea, because it's uniform. That's why I changed the imp entry to reflect what it was called in the game.
For the unclassified ones, best part is that it will tell us in-game which category they are, so that's pretty nice too, although I'm sure some will be unclassified still.

This also has gameplay implications due to item mods, making this an even better idea.

[Butch Audacity]

Hey, speaking of monsters, have either of you folks noticed the zombie-like creature with the centipede wrapped around its body. It appears in the Demon Hunter video and its corpse can be seen in some of the skill videos depicting Act 3.

[Brokenstorm]

I just did a quick pass and there's a lot of duplicates in the monsters pages (like Carrion Bat - Carrion Nest/Pit Flyer, Pit Flyer Spawner and Gnarled Walker/Wood Wraiths)

I'll try to merge them and clean them up a bit.

[Elly]

Did you see that there was a boilerplate for the monster pages?

http://www.diablowiki.net/Boilerplate:Monster

Not sure if you've seen that.

[el shendee]

I just did a quick pass and there's a lot of duplicates in the monsters pages (like Carrion Bat - Carrion Nest/Pit Flyer, Pit Flyer Spawner and Gnarled Walker/Wood Wraiths)

I'll try to merge them and clean them up a bit.

The monster pages are a bit poor. It seems all the Wiki focus in the last weeks has gone for the achievements pages.

[Elly]

The monster pages are a bit poor. It seems all the Wiki focus in the last weeks has gone for the achievements pages.

I'm only one person and the achievements was a big job that needed seeing through until the end. I couldn't put it down and move on to other things or I would have lost track.

I have been working my way through the monster pages too. Each one has basic details for each monster and I've been adding pictures for each as of late, once the structure is there they can be filled out with additional information.

But the set up with wikis is that anyone can help but it's not working out like that for the past few months.

[el shendee]

I see. :(

I've tried to edit the monster index that appears at the bottom of each page, but it's blocked. The problem is:
-There are some pages that have obsolete names from before the game was released. In the case of the Skeletal Construct, it's even placed among the demons instead of among the undead.
-Some categories (mainly demons) have mixed pages of races, superuniques and lore monsters.

[Elly]

I've purged the demon tab and just added back links to the pages that I've done. I've kept that list (of removed links) and will work through it.

Thanks for the heads up.