Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20160420203803/@comment-61022-20160503015411

While I can agree that Triva and Notes can be helpful, I think if we're worried about page lengths they should be excised from the main page. Because really, what makes these pages hard to read (so far as I'm concerned) is that there are people who just edit the trivia and notes sections in lieu of actually putting in the actual work needed to update a character history. Also if we create specific pages for different aspects of a character (their abridged chronology, expanded history, personal history and publication history) we do two things:

(1) Basically eliminate the need for trivia and note pages, because that is what the brunt of this information is, stuff that doesn't fit in the chronology without grossly expanding it.

(2) It gives it structure and order as opposed to people just dumping in the data without rhyme or reason.

As for the infoboxes.... Maybe it's time we simplify them. My suggestions would be as follows:

RealName               = Self Evident. Keep it as is. CurrentAlias           = Self Evident. Keep it as is. Aliases                = I'm not a fan of nicknames being used as aliases. I think we have a separate alias sub-page for a character. It breaks down every alias the character has had, why they used it, for how long, or if they are a nickname and why they are called that. With references.

Identity               = This changes far too frequently to be reliable. Characters whose identities become public only to be forgotten again etc. Scrap it. If people are really that interested in a character's identity then they should actually read the chronology of the character, and in turn people should be updating that information as it becomes relevant.

Affiliation            = Again, I am not a fan of long lists of teams a character may have been a part of. An affiliation sub-page would be great. This could go into more details about not only characters team history, but their relationships with other characters.

Relatives              = Instead of listing a list of relatives that may or may not need updating with the addition of new family members, this should actually link directly to a family tree page for that character if it's expansive (like the Richards family, or the Summers family) Family tree pages should also only include direct family members (meaning biologically and in universe) I can't stand this "son from an alternate reality" stuff... It just makes it more convoluted. There should be a Summers family tree for each reality where there are a substantial number of Summers family members. Lets say the cut off for making a family tree page is when there are 5 or more family members.

Universe               = This is self evident. Should stay unchanged.

BaseOfOperations       = I think this one should go. Because it too is constantly changing at a given time. This is the sort of thing that will be also listed in the character histories, so if someone wants to know, they should read the profile.

Gender/Height/Weight/Eyes/Hair/Unusual Features                = Obviously stay as is.

Citizenship            = Obviously stay as is. MaritalStatus          = Should only list the most current designation or link to the personal affiliation sub-page. There should be a sub-section on that page about their romance life. Occupation             = Again this is constantly changing or static. Like base of operations. If people bother updating things in the summaries people should read them there.

Education              = This should also go into their personal history we can have a section devoted to the details of a characters education.

Origin                 = Every page has a character origin in the main body of text. This field is useless. If people can't read a few paragraphs to get to an origin of a character then they're lazy.

PlaceOfBirth           = Obviously stay as is. Creators               = Obviously stay as is.

First                  = Should literally JUST have their first appearance. No more "first appearance as this, or first appearance as that" FIRST appearance only. Again their first appearances under other aliases can be easily be put into the history as long as it is referenced properly we're good.