Talk:Minor Characters/@comment-9464517-20150907221320/@comment-410526-20150921170939

The problem I have with the idea of sub-categories is that I can't see a logical way of breaking it down that wouldn't give sections containing no more than one or two entries... Which doesn't seem beneficial at all compared to the current situation.

For example, this is what I could come up with:


 * Schnee Corp Affiliates
 * Schnee Corp Operator


 * White Fang Members
 * Deery
 * Perry


 * Government Officials
 * Councilmen


 * Misc. Staff
 * CCT AI


 * Vale News Network Staff
 * Cyril Ian
 * Lisa Lavender


 * Vale Police Department Personnel
 * Detectives


 * Beacon Academy Staff
 * Peach


 * Historical Figures
 * Lagune

That is, unless you can think of a better way of breaking this down, of course.

One alternative I did just think of is to put all of these characters into sub-categories of relevant pages (for example, Lisa and Cyril would appear on the Vale News Network page under a section called "VNN Staff", or something). The issue I have with this idea is that it would make it a lot harder to find the minor characters, relative to having a centralized list like this one.

Also, to address the thing about the Shi-nee toothpaste page: We are considering conflating all the useless little pages like that into one overall page. So, a sort of "granularity policy" (similar to Wikipedia's "notability" guidelines). At the risk of appearing really indecisive, if we end up deciding to keep Shi-nee toothpaste et al. as separate articles, then I can certainly see the benefit in splitting this page up into individual articles for each character again. We are all totally aware of the logical disconnect in having fully dedicated pages for Gentleman's Best Friend Dog Food but not one for Lisa Lavender. It doesn't make much sense. We get that.

Just keep in mind that the Wiki is a constant work in progress made by a lot of people collaborating, so please forgive us for inconsistencies like this. Yeah, it's not always ideal, but when there's a lot of differing opinions flying about, it's rarely clear which one is the right answer (if any), no matter how obvious it may seem to you personally.

All that said, discussions like this are healthy and are vital to keeping the Wiki from stagnating and becoming shitty, so, genuinely, thanks for your inputs.