Template talk:Character box

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Users being added to Characters category.

I noticed that some users who have the character box on their page have been added to the "characters" category. Is there a way to avoid this? --Hero!^(talk)_(contribs) 20:44, 19 June 2007 (EDT)

• Good catch. I added some extra code, but the cache is slowly being cleared (probably because my code is so clunky). If Category:Characters is still showing users, hit ctrl+F5 to clear the cache. It's slow, but it's working (I made the edit about a half hour ago and it's only gotten rid of about half the names from my list). However, this can be properly checked on the users' pages--if Category:Characters is showing up on their actual page (after the cache has been flushed), then we have a problem. I'm not seeing that on any of the user pages I've checked, though. ... By the way, I also removed template:noimage from user pages without images. Same cache problem, though. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:50, 19 June 2007 (EDT)
  • By the way, if somebody wants to clean up my code and put it on a little diet, I'd appreciate that. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:52, 19 June 2007 (EDT)

graphic novels

I just wanted to add one thing to the template which lists the centric graphic novels of each character but i wanted to run it by everyone else first--Kettieli 10:35 19 July 2007 (HST)

• I don't think that's necessary if the character history already notes what graphic novels they were in. If we do include it, I think it's more something that would go in notes or trivia about the character than in the infobox.--MiamiVolts (talk) 16:47, 19 July 2007 (EDT)
• Only problem is there's more than one graphic novel for many of the characters. For instance, Hana has been in 15 graphic novels, and Noah has been in 11 I believe. And the number keeps growing. Even if we combined the multi-parters into one GN, Noah would still have 7. If we list just the ones in which the character is the main focus, Hana would still have 9. I think it'd be fine for characters like Claire or Hiro, who only appear in a handful of GNs, but it'd look a bit unwieldy for others. Plus, we're only at the end of the first season--I'd be afraid of what it would look like after three or four seasons....I like how Lostpedia has done that with centric flashback episodes, but the big difference is that the flashbacks are somewhat evenly distributed among the characters--not so with GNs. Also, there are only like 60 or 70 episodes by the end of the third season--we'll have almost that many by the time the summer is over. Like I said, I like the idea, I just don't think it's feasible to make it look nice. Besides, the GNs are listed in the character history. Hmm. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 16:51, 19 July 2007 (EDT)

Other fields

Ok, so are we adding departure and ep count? They don't show but now both Kitteli and RGS have been modifying them... I think we should define them first on the template if we do plan to add them.--MiamiVolts (talk) 16:57, 19 July 2007 (EDT)