Forum:Character headings (again)

Guess it's time to get into this again. I have two ideas for how to reorganize character articles - they're not one and the same, but the first leads into the other. Here goes:


 * Remove superfluous "Day X" headings for characters that are in one or few episodes of a single season.
 * I'm no longer in favor of completely eliminating "Day X" from in-universe articles; it would just make things more confusing and reduce the helpfulness of articles overall. However, I do not see the need to have articles where, immediately after saying "Character X was a Y in Day Z," there is a heading for "Day Z." It's stated no fewer than three other places near the top of the page - the season icons, the sidebar, and almost always in the introductory sentence. Personally, I find that it disrupts the flow of the article, and for navigation it's virtually never necessary since, for the most part, these articles are short enough to be read entirely without scrolling down very far. I know it's in keeping with how the longer character articles handle chronology, but it's simply not required for stubs like P. Collins or Joel Levine. That leads into the second idea:


 * Reorganize longer articles under a single h2 "Biography," with descriptive subheadings of the form "Day X{: Optional Description}"
 * I've never been a fan of the "Before Day X", "Day X", "After Day X" system. It makes logical sense - and admittedly, my idea follows the same basic principle - but in my mind it's not IU "enough," if that makes any sense. Plus it's not applicable to expanded universe characters. What I've done with Ira Gaines and Kevin Carroll is what I feel the character articles should aspire to - treating them as if they're biographies of real people, while keeping "Day X" in the subheadings so that readers don't get totally lost. Essentially: h2 for "Biography," h3 for "Day X" or "After Day X" (using better descriptors), and h4 for individual "acts" of each season. It's a bit of work, but I feel it makes a huge difference in quality, and the basic structure is already in place. --Pyramidhead (talk) 20:13, August 15, 2013 (UTC)