Board Thread:Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki/@comment-24930713-20150327022217/@comment-424719-20150327044101

Thank you very much for contributing here Locket! I know that we don't see eye to eye on some issues, but let's forget about that for the moment and focus on this.

Agreed

Agreed, not sure what hfc2x was saying about gender though. I think the Manga should always be used and the anime only used if it doesn't contradict what the manga said. Example being Kitts Woerman who never commanded troops in the initial phases of the Battle of Trost as shown in the anime, it was just some nameless Garrison Captain. It didn't contradict the manga, and could thus stay.

I am of course biased and I think your solution is a good temporary fix, but I propose English UK.

Agreed, however staff must use their ability to be the ultimate deciders sparingly. It should be reserved for cases where debate is going nowhere and gridlock appears to be unsolvable.

I recently agreed with capitalizing Titans but am opposed to capitalizing things like firearms and cannons, unless they are being linked to their articles.

Tenses were told to me by Miskos around the time I joined, since I tried to make the changes you are proposing. More or less everything is present tense in an alive character's page except the History section and a memory/flashback that departs from the current story. A deceased character has everything in past except the story section, which is always present except in regards to memories/flashbacks.

Agreed as long as it remains at the top and can be easily seen, like stubs as you said.

Agreed
 * Chapters and Volumes Layout

I think the current format in use is perfect. An overview that is a small summary of the main points, followed by the summary which includes every detail. As the official Shingeki no Kyojin wiki we must catalogue what goes on in the chapters so that people can look up details without having to read through an entire chapter. We are the encyclopaedia of AoT and must act in this manner.
 * Individual Chapters Layout

Agreed
 * Episode Layout

Same as I said for my chapter layout. No one should be forced to scrub through a 22 minute episode in order to find something.
 * Individual Episodes Layout

Agreed, and I believe it should highlight their main role in the story.
 * Character Page Layout

Agreed.

I’m not sure my opinion on pictures in the appearance section. I think that sometimes the infobox picture can suffice instead, but some character this doesn’t work entirely (Eren). Also, I think a major change in appearance should be here, like with Erwin losing his arm or the new way he is styling his hair. I’m not entirely sure, but I believe the One Piece wiki may provide a good example, which has a gallery with smaller pictures below the appearance section, see here. While on the topic, I don’t like the separate page for the image galleries and would much prefer things done on the page. The image galleries just seem to show images we think are cool and I think the One Piece format works better.

Here I disagree. Given the incredibly complex nature of personalities in AoT these sections need to be detailed. I would argue that every aspect of Levi’s personality section is relevant to the series and necessary.

I would say history sections should be just as detailed as story sections, the only difference is that they are written in past tense.

I disagree here and again feel like it is our job to catalogue information. Again, this is the approach of our fellow manga wikis and I feel they have more experience and their model should be followed. I proposed the following a long time ago “Efforts should be made to write character summaries from the point of view of the character. If a character is not present during an event then that event does not go in there story section. Example being that Eren's page mentioned nothing about the overthrow of the government and all that because he wasn't there and did not know about it. Kenny eventually mentioned it so the details of what he said can be on Kenny's page. Further, characters are not mind readers and wouldn't know what others are thinking unless it is obvious.”

On this same topic I would like to propose the following since it is the method I have been following and I believe appears on most Manga wikis. “In General, depending on length, one paragraph should be reserved for one chapter. This can obviously be changed if the character features so much that one paragraph would be too long, or too little that the paragraph would be 2-3 lines.” “Expanding on that, each chapter should have one picture put on the wiki next to it's writeup on the characters page. Unless the character features too little, or they feature so much it requires two paragraphs and therefore two pictures. The Picture should attempt to encapsulate the most important thing that character did in the chapter” I consider the Uprising Arc for Levi, Eren, Erwin, Mikasa, and Historia to be the premier examples on the wiki, along with Gunthers page as designated by Miskos. Lastly “Chapter writeups in a characters story section should be very detailed. They should include everything a character has done, without simplifying. Example, you can't just say that Erwin spoke with Pixis about overthrowing the gov't, you must say "Erwin said this and Pixis responded this way"

You can find an expansion on my viewpoint here

Agreed

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I agree, having a list of quotes at the bottom seems unnecessary. I think we should follow the example put forward on Nile Dok’s page and Pastor Nick’s page, where a quote can accompany their personality sections. Also, I do like the idea of a quote at the top of the page seen on most major characters pages.

This is all I have time to post now, hopefully I can address the rest at a later date.