Template talk:Characters

Formatting and Defining Characters in Template

Thanks to Undc23, we have a character template that makes it easier to navigate to characters. There's probably some that choose to adjust the formatting; I've already put my 2 cents in and quickly reached my wiki coding limits. I recommend that contributors compare the format to the template used in Wikipedia for The Matrix saga entries listed there.

We also need to determine two additional points:

• What characters should appear in this list. I feel that characters who have been in at least 3 episodes qualify, but if they are dead for longer than 2 seasons, the entry could be removed unless their contribution to the overall storyline is significant. Crashdown, for instance, may deserve retention here because his death is a critical juncture for Gaius Baltar. Hadrian and Wallace Gray, at present, aren't really characters of depth. I haven't removed or added any characters due to my wiki code skill limits, so look over the template and consider my thoughts and share your own.

• The Original Series character lists would benefit greatly from a similar template, probably similarly named as template:toscharacters). Although the series ran for just a season (and 1/2, counting the dreaded Galactica 1980), the "planet of the week" and "alien of the week" formatting generated dozens of characters. Maybe Undc23 will step to the plate for this, or someone else.

--Spencerian 09:11, 28 December 2005 (EST)

I agree. The TOS could probably use something like this. I'm not sure whether it would be better to follow this example (main characters only) or the matrix one (to organize all the secondary/minor characters as well). I'd be afraid of having an excessive amount of minor characters cluttering it up, but perhaps one season wouldn't be that bad. --Steelviper 10:09, 28 December 2005 (EST)