Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20190321112411/@comment-61022-20190321143759

I see your point on the deadline. My suggestions are a general guideline. Obviously, there are going to be exceptions and minutia that will have to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. We should be focusing on setting a general guideline first before we start splitting hairs on specific details. I suppose to be clear, I want to see if people are interested in implementing this as a general idea. Once we agree to explore the concept we can measure its feasibility on these exceptions.

On the character index: I've taken a look at the list that we've already generated and the majority of the entries there are one-off characters that don't contribute a whole lot to a given story. There are exceptions there of course, but I'd say that they are the minority and should be handled on a case-by-case basis. The way I figure it, if someone thinks someone in the Character Index deserves to be bumped up to Other or even Supporting Character, there would be a reasonable explanation for it. I don't think we should be basing this decision on the few relatively smaller exceptions to the greater majority.

As for tagging. Tags are sorted into two categories: Appearances and minor appearances. All of the tags that I'm suggesting down to the bottom of the page would be using tags that categorize the appearance as minor, regardless of what the tag is. Instead of having a stream of tags, which looks awful, having a 'Mentioned at the bottom looks better.

Races: I suppose I should be a little more clear on my position on races. I should stress that races that should be slotted on the bottom would be obvious ones (like Humans) or real world races (Cows, Wolves, whatever) unless they are a central part of the plot. Really, Races at the top of the appearance page should be reserved for races unique to the fiction.