Board Thread:Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki/@comment-24930713-20150327022217/@comment-5774380-20150424195033

About the way of writing, I feel that point somewhat unnecessary. In the previous points we already specified that articles should be written from a neutral point of view and any opinion or bias should be left out of them, so I think the thing of the formality is understood.

I'd prefer to talk here about the length of articles. I already pointed out that many articles are written with overly long paragraphs containing large amounts of either irrelevant details or unrelated information, or both.

It's true that we are an encyclopedia and we should provide as much relevant information as possible; but not all details are relevant, and we are not supposed to retell the manga frame by frame. Encyclopedias are always summarized, so we should extract only the relevant facts.

That sample taken from Eren's page is a perfect example. 546 words compressed in a single paragraph talking about Kenny in an article that is supposed to talk about Eren. Most of that information has nothing to do with him and is just tiresome to read.

I propose that:

If someone has another idea please share it.
 * Articles about media (chapters, episodes, OVAs, movies, etc) could be detailed until some point, ideally telling all events but in a summarized way, not frame by frame. Not "he opens the door, he enters a room, he finds a person, he starts to talk...", but "he found some person and they talked about something".
 * All other articles should be sticked to the issue they talk about. If it's Eren page, we talk about Eren, not about Kenny chatting with his grandfather; and also extracting just the relevant facts of each chapter. Moderately important facts are just told quickly, and irrelevant facts simply there is no point to be mentioned.
 * Presentation is important. Paragraphs of dozens of lines are a nonsense, they should be short and to the point -5 to 6 lines at most, preferably less-; and ideally with a reference at the end and an illustrative image every few paragraphs. Again, images should be relevant too, covering the essential events.