Talk:Allentown-22C/@comment-5782071-20181119052833/@comment-24588058-20181119173126

Ideally, if we don't know where we should place an item, then it should go in the Ovoid Quarantine until it has a place to go (or it can stay there under certain circumstances). That's usually what I'll do for artifacts that I'm having trouble sorting.

The main issue is that without being able to see the tags in the "random" aisles, it does seem quite random, and to be fair, if you saw a shovel, a rocking chair, the armor of a knight and a stuffed bear in one aisle, it would seem random to the untrained eye. The big issue is, I think, that the majority of the Warehouse's aisles are part of larger section and wings, including most of the "random" aisle names like Allentown and Montgomery. The other thing is that artifacts aren't just sorted by effects, but to balance the energy of the Warehouse. Keeping angry artifacts together isn't good, but angry interspersed with kindness balances. It's a hard thing to sort in this method, though.

Ideally, the best way to arrange things is to cut things up into their most basic forms: Sections. Sections can be any size and comprise the first numbers on the display card. Subsections (The latter numerical numbers on the display cards) might be comprised of many aisles with similar artifacts. For example, The Holiday Section might be a massive area, but you could break it down into subsections based on the type of holiday (celebratory, remembrance, etc.), then aisles in those subsections are either one holiday or could be comprised of multiple holidays. I think the other confusing point is how big aisles are. Some are, to be sure, but also consider the Aisle of Noel. It contains a little over 600 artifacts. But when you divide that number by the average number which can fit on a shelf comfortable (I usually estimate 4-6, varying based on the object's size, of course), then you break that down to a minimum of 100 shelves in the aisle. For simplicity, we'll say that there are 160 to account for larger artifacts taking up more room. Now, if we assume that the shelves are stacked ten high, then that means there are only twelve actual bases in the aisle, and because they go six on each side, it's in actuality a very small aisle. The massive original number makes it appear the aisle should be much larger, but the breakdown reveals otherwise.

I rambled on a bit. I don't quite remember where I was going with this.