Board Thread:Projects/@comment-30128802-20170725074359/@comment-30128802-20170725160507

Yeah, the game header vs. story-event header dichotomy should be considered. I think game-name or book-name headers work well for characters like Illuminati members who tend to lurk in the background, and whose story arc spans multiple games/books. I think for these characters (like Elizabeth DuClare), the biography is going to be inherently disjointed to some extent, so game/book-name headers would work.

I also like the idea, suggested in the above post, that maybe we should decide "background" vs. "biography" first, since game/book-name headers work better with background, wheres story-event headers work better with "biography." I am totally open to either approach, although I'm not sure what the admins think about this.

Both "background" and "biography" have different advantages.

Background + Subsequent Headings


 * Works well with characters that have disjointed story information, especially across different games/books.
 * Works well with minor chararcters without detailed information.
 * Works well to show significance in a specific game (I think Elder Scrolls/Fallout wiki have adopted "background" becuase in those games, characters often only exist in one game and not multiple games, have little biographical information, and the interaction with the player's character is the primary interest).

Biography


 * Works well with characters that have coherent storyline information.
 * Works well with certain shorter articles, since you can just have one heading "biography" instead of two separate headings "Background" + [Game Name], which is clumsy when the article is really short. "Background" often needs a subsequent heading, bcause having the entire article as "background", like in the Pritchard article linked above, doesn't make too much sense. On the other hand, "biography" only needs one heading.
 * By having just one main heading for story information, "Biography" works well to distinguish story information from other sections like "Personality" or "Augmentations."