Topic on Talk:Wind turbine

I'm not convinced it's a good idea to add a list of all things that don't block the wind, as there are a lot of them. I think we should either reverse the list to al things that block wind, or only name the groups of things that don't block wind (e.g. all plants except trees, all floors etc.):

For reference:

Things that specifically (as of the game files) don't block wind:

• Ancient fence
• Animal bed
• Animal sleeping spot
• Armchair
• Band node
• Bedroll
• Bioferrite generator
• Bioferrite harvester
• Bonsai tree
• Caravan hitching spot
• Cotton plant
• Couch
• Deathrest accelerator
• Electric smelter
• Fence
• Fence gate
• Gene processor
• Glucosoid pump
• Growing zone
• Hemogen amplifier
• Hemopump
• Hydroponics basin
• Marriage spot
• Party spot
• Psychofluid pump
• Sandbags
• Shard inhibitor
• Solar generator
• Stockpile zone
• Subcore ripscanner
• Toxifier generator

All buildings and plants and whether Blocks Wind is specified or not:

	Blocks Wind
Agarilux
Agave
Alocasia
Ambrosia bush
Ancient ATM
Ancient air conditioner
Ancient band node
Ancient barrel
Ancient basic recharger
Ancient bed
Ancient car
Ancient car frame
Ancient comms console
Ancient concrete barrier
Ancient container
Ancient crate
Ancient cryptosleep pod	true
Ancient display bank
Ancient dropship
Ancient dropship engine
Ancient enemy terminal
Ancient engine block
Ancient equipment blocks
Ancient exostrider cannon
Ancient exostrider head
Ancient exostrider leg
Ancient exostrider midsection
Ancient fence	false
Ancient generator
Ancient giant wheel
Ancient hydrant
Ancient jet engine
Ancient kitchen sink
Ancient lamp
Ancient lamppost
Ancient large crate
Ancient large mech gestator
Ancient locker bank
Ancient long crate
Ancient machine
Ancient macro-engine block
Ancient mech drop beacon
Ancient mech gestator
Ancient mechanoid shell
Ancient mega-cannon barrel
Ancient mega-cannon platform
Ancient microwave
Ancient nav beacon
Ancient operating table
Ancient oven
Ancient pipeline section
Ancient pipes
Ancient pod car
Ancient postbox
Ancient razor wire
Ancient refrigerator
Ancient ruined APC
Ancient ruined tank
Ancient security turret
Ancient shopping cart
Ancient small crate
Ancient standard recharger
Ancient storage cylinder
Ancient stove
Ancient system rack
Ancient tank trap
Ancient terminal
Ancient toilet
Ancient toxifier generator
Ancient troop carrier
Ancient truck
Ancient unstable fuel node
Ancient vending machine
Ancient warspider remains
Ancient warsprinter remains
Ancient warwalker claw
Ancient warwalker foot
Ancient warwalker leg
Ancient warwalker shell
Ancient warwalker torso
Ancient washing machine
Ancient wheel
Anima grass
Anima tree	true
Animal bed	false
Animal flap
Animal sleeping box
Animal sleeping spot	false
Animalist slab (broad)
Animalist slab (medium)
Animus stone
Armchair	false
Art bench
Astragalus
Atmospheric heater
Auto charge turret
Auto inferno turret
Auto mortar
Autobong
Autocannon turret
Autodoor
Baby decoration
Baby sleeping spot
Bamboo tree	true
Band node	false
Barricade
Battery	true
Bed
Bedroll	false
Berry bush
Billiards table
Bioferrite generator	false
Bioferrite harvester	false
Bioferrite shaper
Biofuel refinery
Biosculpter pod	true
Birch tree	true
Blackboard
Blood torch
Bonsai pot
Bonsai tree	false
Bookcase
Brambles
Brazier
Brewery
Bridge
Bryolux
Burnbong
Burned stump
Bush
Butcher spot
Butcher table
Campfire
Cannibal platter
Caravan hitching spot	false
Cecropia tree	true
Chemfuel powered generator	true
Chess table
Chokevine
Chopped stump
Christmas tree
Climate adjuster	true
Clivia
Cocoa tree	true
Column
Comms console	true
Cooler
Corn plant
Cotton plant	false
Couch	false
Count-down activator	true
Crafting spot
Crashed mechanitor ship	true
Crashed ship parts	true
Crib
Cryptosleep casket	true
Cypress tree	true
Dandelions
Darklight brazier
Darktorch
Daylily
Deathrest accelerator	false
Deathrest casket
Deep drill
Defoliator	true
Devilstrand mushroom
Dining chair
Door
Double bed
Double bedroll
Double sleeping spot
Drago tree	true
Drape
Dresser
Drug lab
Drum
Dryad cocoon
EMI dynamo	true
Effigy
Egg box
Electric crematorium
Electric inhibitor
Electric smelter	false
Electric smithy
Electric stove
Electric tailor bench
Electroharvester
End table
Fabrication bench
Fence	false
Fence gate	false
Fermenting barrel
Fibercorn
Firefoam popper
Flatscreen television
Flood light
Floor etching
Foam turret
Frenzy inducer
Fueled smithy
Fueled stove
Fungus darktorch
Game-of-Ur board
Gaumaker pod
Gauranlen moss
Gauranlen pod
Gauranlen tree	true
Gene assembler
Gene bank
Gene extractor
Gene processor	false
Geothermal generator	true
Giant rafflesia
Gibbet cage	true
Glow pod
Glowstool
Glucosoid pump	false
Grand altar
Grand archotech structure
Grand meditation throne
Grand stele
Grass
Grave
Gray box
Gray door
Gray grass
Gray pine tree
Gray statue
Gray wall
Ground-penetrating scanner
Growth vat
Hand tailor bench
Harbinger tree	true
Harp
Harpsichord
Haygrass
Healroot
Heater	true
Hemogen amplifier	false
Hemopump	false
Hermetic crate
Hi-tech research bench
Hidden conduit
Hive
Holding platform
Holding spot
Hoopstone ring
Hop plant
Hopper
Horseshoes pin
Hospital bed
Hydroponics basin	false
IED EMP trap
IED antigrain warhead trap
IED deadlife trap
IED firefoam trap
IED incendiary trap
IED smoke trap
IED tox trap
IED trap
Ideogram
Incense shrine
Infinite chemreactor
Kneel pillow
Kneel sheet
Large altar
Large mech gestator
Large mech recharger
Large nature shrine
Large stele
Lectern
Lightball
Long-range mineral scanner
Loudspeaker
Low shrubs
Machining table
Major archotech structure
Maple tree	true
Marriage spot	false
Mech assembler	true
Mech booster
Mech capsule	true
Mech drop beacon	true
Mech gestator
Mech high-shield	true
Mech low-shield	true
Mech node	true
Mech recharger
Mechband antenna
Mechband dish
Meditation spot
Meditation throne
Medium altar
Megascreen television
Mini-slugger turret
Mini-turret
Moisture pump
Monument marker
Morbid slab (broad)
Morbid slab (medium)
Mortar
Moss
Multi-analyzer
Neural supercharger
Nutrient paste dispenser	true
Nutrifungus
Oak tree	true
Orbital trade beacon
Ornate door
Palm tree	true
Party spot	false
Passive cooler
Pebble cactus
Pen marker
Pew
Piano
Pincushion cactus
Pine tree	true
Plant pot
Pod launcher
Poker table
Pollution pump
Polux tree
Poplar tree	true
Potato plant
Power conduit
Power switch
Proximity activator	true
Proximity detector
Psychic droner	true
Psychic emanator
Psychic ritual spot
Psychic suppressor	true
Psychofluid pump	false
Psychoid plant
Pyre
Rat palm tree
Reliquary
Rice plant
Ripthorn
Ritual spot
Rocketswarm launcher
Rose
Royal bed
Rustic rug (broad)
Rustic rug (medium)
Sacrificial flag
Saguaro cactus	true
Sandbags	false
Sarcophagus	true
... further results

Wrt to listing things that block wind or listing things that don't, either or is fine, its just that having a partial list is not ideal (implies completeness, if meant to be a short example - invites addition of random entries etc) and the information should be available. Many pages that inherit their blocks wind setting (true or false) currently don't have it set at all, and that should be remedied regardless. Having it so that things that block wind is likely best, because then you don't have to set the tag items which all don't block the wind.

Wrt to length, there are ways around that that should likely be used either way the first point goes. For example, Generalizations can be made on the page and a full list (e.g. like Cover list) can be linked to, it can be made to collapse (e.g. like Template:Ingredient_List) etc.

I've just gone ahead an changed the list to objects that do (!) block wind and made it automated. In order for it to appear in multiple columns an addition to MediaWiki:common.css is necessary.