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I think the problem with the Wiki(s) is that people don't understand how they should be organized/formatted. Someone a thread or two ago pointed to a page for Sonic himself, which was a short novel as written by Tolstoy.
The point of a Wiki page is to straddle the line between brief and descriptive, providing enough about something/one as a leaping point but not going into heavy detail in their life. A Wiki is not a collection of in-depth biographies and should not contain every little nuance about someone.
In fact, here's Sonic's page on the archiesonic wikia: http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog Let's look at the section titled "The Iron Dominion"; the opening sentences are: >Later, when a concert was held to celebrate Eggman's defeat, Sally escorted Sonic to the Colosseum, where Mina's band were playing. Sally noticed that Sonic wasn't enjoying himself, and Sonic told her his thoughts on Eggman's breakdown after his defeat. Sally replied that Sonic should focus on the concert for the moment and enjoy himself. This is completely and utterly worthless. It's good as part of the issue it comes from, and might be good as part of the article for a synopsis of the issue (though I'd argue that's still too much detail), but horrible for what is intended to be an overview of the character. Considering that the series is almost entirely about him, it might even be more prudent to just have a few paragraphs about general information and then lists of his various major events that would go to other Wiki articles about those events directly. Trying to do any more than that will just lead to discussing everything that ever happened in the comic. So the sections for him would be: >Early Life >Major Events Which would be a list of the game changers, like formation of the Freedom Fighters, End Game, Xorda, Super Genesis Wave, with one or two sentences per item as a super-brief synopsis with a link to the more detailed article. >Abilities >Personality >Important Associates There's a better term for this, I'm sure. >>Family >>Friends >>Relationships (?)
>>223433 >making two articles for every character that still exists This is fine when the characters/places didn't cross the Wave (either they weren't part of the event or they didn't get their memories restored by Nicole.) We're not far in so we've only seen a small recurring cast in the comic, but look at the planet: not only has the name been dropped but major locations/areas have shifted, so it would get two entries: >Mobius >Sonic's World
But for more minor characters, I agree. Assuming Mina exists post-Wave, her part is likely still extremely minor, so she would have one article with a pre-Wave and post-Wave history. Characters like King Acorn may be better served by having only one, since so far he's only been a bit character post-Wave; however, if his role in the comic expands, it may become prudent to split him into two articles. There are certain characters that will likely have moderate roles, like Muttski and Uncle Chuck, where we may as well get a new article started now.
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