Help talk:Writing an article about a person
Categorization Question
As the wiki grows, there is a question over how to categorize people and places - please see the 'debate' here: Forum:Categories about people inconsistency. Currently the help pages are inconsistent re which fashion to adopt.--Fleanetha 22:14, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Proposal: Document naming convention
There is no documentation on this page of any naming conventions for people. For instance, should the article name include or omit any titles, nicknames, or honorifics? How do we disambiguate articles for people with the same name?
== Naming the article ==
When naming an article about a person, use the person's full name when known and avoid including any titles, nicknames, or honorifics.
If an article already exists at that name, descriptively disambiguate it in parentheses after the name (such as {{xt|Jane Doe (Chelish Navy)}}. If there are several articles for the same name, consider creating a disambiguation page. For details, see the [[PathfinderWiki:Disambiguation|Disambiguation policy]].
-Oznogon (talk) 00:13, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- Looks good to me and a good spot. I don't think we need a formal proposal to update the help pages to explain wiki policy, so I'd just update the page. --Fleanetha (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Proposal paragraph: iconics' companions
Is everyone okay with the fact that Seoni's little-known familiar named Dragon and Harsk's "Schrodinger's animal companion" are relegated to little "== headings ==" at the bottoms of their articles? If that policy is fine, I could use the Help page to document why they're down there instead of at the tops of the articles:
Most iconics' companions like Droogami and Whirp are significant characters seen wherever the master goes, so it's important that those companions get top billing in the first paragraph of the article. However, some companions/familiars are minor characters. It's okay for Harsk's little-known badger companion to be relegated to an "== Animal companion ==" heading quickly jotted down near the bottom of his article.
-—This unsigned post was made by Descriptivist at 12:17, 15 August 2024. Please sign all posts with ~~~~.
- I don't see any problem with minor companion creatures/beings being relegated to the ends of articles.