Board Thread:Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki/@comment-24930713-20150327022217/@comment-424719-20150417173230

Yes, I agree the debate can happen here. After all, this is a topic that would go on the Manual of Style.

I think the current way of doing things is correct and fulfils our obligation as an encyclopedia (a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically). We must provide as much information about the series as we can and offer ourselves as the ultimate source of knowledge regarding Attack on Titan. I believe this even goes beyond the chapters, since people may miss aspects of the chapters that the summaries can fill them in on.

Also, if I may speak of tradition this has been the style used on the wiki for a long time now. It was originally set down by xGlass, codified and used by Miskos, and then taken up by myself when I wrote the Uprising Arc for numerous characters. It has been working so far and thus I feel should stay the same and be enshrined in the Manual of Style.

Lastly, even seemingly irrelevant information can be relevant on a character page. A while ago I told a user "If a character is involved in an event, every important detail is included. While subjective, you can think of this as any important detail to the story or character development". This is why the articles need to be detailed, as they contain vital parts of the story and, more importantly, character development relevant to them. If we cut down the information, as has happened with some recent characters, we lose this and can no longer provide all the information that develops their character. We are the Shingeki no Kyojin Encyclopedia and must fit this role.