Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-4010415-20180225013443

There have been disagreements for a while now over how the Characters page should be structured and which characters should be in which sections.

A little over a month ago, a restructure suggestion was posted here in the admin requests board, and the Characters page was later changed to reflect the suggestion. Once again, there are disagreements.

Here, we will discuss ways to restructure the Characters page and vote on which will work the best.

Suggestions that were made in the page's comment section include:

Alphabetically
Possibly with the page separated into a section for important/significant characters and a section for the minor characters, to make it easier to sort through. This is simple and easy, but the downside is that the characters are not kept together with their team.

Their first appearance, by Volume
For example: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Adam, Yang, Junior, Melanie, and Miltia were introduced in the pre-Volume 1 trailers. Roman, Glynda, Cinder, Ozpin, JNPR, CRDL, etc were introduced in Volume 1. We would need to decide how strict the page should be about what counts as them being introduced. Examples:
 * Roman appeared in the Yellow Trailer (pre-Volume 1) for a second. Does this count?
 * We technically first heard Salem's voice at the beginning of Volume 1, we only saw her for a moment at the end of Volume 3, and she finally got actual screen time in Volume 4.
 * Qrow was first mentioned and sent Ozpin a message in Volume 1, his silhouette was seen in Volume 2, and he fully appeared on screen in Volume 3, but he may have appeared in bird form in at least one of the pre-Volume 1 trailers.
 * Raven also may have appeared in bird form in at least one of those trailers, most likely the Yellow Trailer, as we know now that she has been watching Yang in bird form.
 * We also have a tricky situation with Summer Rose.

Their current affiliation
The affiliation they have at the current point in the series, with the episodes that are coming out right now. One issue with this is that affiliations and the status quo in RWBY change very frequently, and characters can have multiple affiliations at once. Another issue is that many people who look at the Characters page are not fully up-to-date on the show, so initial affiliation may be easier for them than current affiliation. Overall, however, the Characters page is meant to focus on the characters, not their affiliations.

Their initial affiliation
The affiliation they were introduced as being in or initially belonged to early on. For example, Ruby was first affiliated with Team RWBY and later gained an affiliation with Team RNJR. As stated above, however, the Characters page is meant to focus on the characters, not their affiliations.

Please discuss and give input on whether or not the Characters page should be restructured and, if so, how the restructuring should be handled. Feel free to give suggestions on other ways to restructure it, as well. 