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It's encouraged to include a summary of the major appearances of a character in the plot, especially if they are key plot characters. The reason most character articles don't have a plot overview section right now is because no one has put in the work to write them yet. For someone like Haibara who has a lot of appearances, the summaries might not cover every appearance and are likely to brief. Unlike Wikipedia which limits the amount of detail per article, especially in "crufty" articles about characters, specialist wikis like DCWiki tend to aim for the most detail possible keeping in mind extremes. (It would be Overkill to explain what Conan did during every single case in his article for example.) If an article gets too long with plot appearances, then forking the section and making a new article out of it is the best strategy. Right now Haibara's section hasn't reached that point. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''<font color="#B22222">Chekhov</font> <font color="#2F4F4F">MacGuffin</font>''']] <sup>[[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''<font color="#696969">talk</font>''']]</sup> 16:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC) | It's encouraged to include a summary of the major appearances of a character in the plot, especially if they are key plot characters. The reason most character articles don't have a plot overview section right now is because no one has put in the work to write them yet. For someone like Haibara who has a lot of appearances, the summaries might not cover every appearance and are likely to brief. Unlike Wikipedia which limits the amount of detail per article, especially in "crufty" articles about characters, specialist wikis like DCWiki tend to aim for the most detail possible keeping in mind extremes. (It would be Overkill to explain what Conan did during every single case in his article for example.) If an article gets too long with plot appearances, then forking the section and making a new article out of it is the best strategy. Right now Haibara's section hasn't reached that point. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''<font color="#B22222">Chekhov</font> <font color="#2F4F4F">MacGuffin</font>''']] <sup>[[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''<font color="#696969">talk</font>''']]</sup> 16:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC) | ||
| + | :Maurice is the one to ask about manual of style things like when to make the call that a plot overview section has gotten too long and should be forked to a separate page. My opinion is that plot overview covers the introduction of the character and background is concerned with family relations, personal history, and things that happened prior to the current timeline. As for the Sango swimming thing, I'll fix it if you haven't already. [[User:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''<font color="#B22222">Chekhov</font> <font color="#2F4F4F">MacGuffin</font>''']] <sup>[[User talk:Chekhov MacGuffin|'''<font color="#696969">talk</font>''']]</sup> 17:31, 15 January 2011 (UTC) | ||
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Plot overview
It's encouraged to include a summary of the major appearances of a character in the plot, especially if they are key plot characters. The reason most character articles don't have a plot overview section right now is because no one has put in the work to write them yet. For someone like Haibara who has a lot of appearances, the summaries might not cover every appearance and are likely to brief. Unlike Wikipedia which limits the amount of detail per article, especially in "crufty" articles about characters, specialist wikis like DCWiki tend to aim for the most detail possible keeping in mind extremes. (It would be Overkill to explain what Conan did during every single case in his article for example.) If an article gets too long with plot appearances, then forking the section and making a new article out of it is the best strategy. Right now Haibara's section hasn't reached that point. Chekhov MacGuffin talk 16:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
- Maurice is the one to ask about manual of style things like when to make the call that a plot overview section has gotten too long and should be forked to a separate page. My opinion is that plot overview covers the introduction of the character and background is concerned with family relations, personal history, and things that happened prior to the current timeline. As for the Sango swimming thing, I'll fix it if you haven't already. Chekhov MacGuffin talk 17:31, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
