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Death Date

I'm trying to get the character box to show a death date, but it's not appearing. (I mostly want to show that Mr. Petrelli died on April 25). Can someone help me? Ryangibsonstewart 15:31, 28 November 2006 (EST)

Try it now. (Admin 15:36, 28 November 2006 (EST))
Thanks you're brilliant! (Plus, I loved the "living impaired"!) Ryangibsonstewart 15:42, 28 November 2006 (EST)

"Last Appearance" issue

We have a problem. Jackie died in Homecoming, but was actually last seen in Six Months Ago. I'm changing her infobox to "Six Months Ago", because that is literally when she 'last appeared'. ---- 21:03, 28 November 2006 (EST)

  • Agreed. That spot should be reserved for the last episode in which the character appeared. There is a death date spot in the template now, and that's where the death info should be... Ryangibsonstewart 23:02, 28 November 2006 (EST)
    • I tend to think we should avoid the "last appearance" altogether for now. As we've seen with Jackie and Chandra, mere death does not guarantee they won't keep showing up.--Hardvice (talk) 23:05, 28 November 2006 (EST)
      • I agree entirely. I originally eliminated the "number of episodes" field a while back for a similar reason. It requires a lot of maintenance, provides very little useful information, and in this instance can be misleading. Besides with the per-episode character histories it's somewhat redundant since you could just look for the most recent history. (Admin 23:12, 28 November 2006 (EST))
        • What happens if we just pull it from the template? Will it automatically eat any extraneous variables fed to the template call?--Hardvice (talk) 23:18, 28 November 2006 (EST)
          • I believe so. Try it out. What's the worst that happens, you have to revert? :) (Admin 23:26, 28 November 2006 (EST))
            • Totally agree - take it out. Superfluous info, and can get rather confusing. Ryangibsonstewart 23:32, 28 November 2006 (EST)
              • Seems to work OK. See High roller for example. Good to know...--Hardvice (talk) 23:39, 28 November 2006 (EST)
                • Great ... but now I'm wondering if the debut is even necessary? I mean, the same argument goes - with the per-episode character histories it's somewhat redundant since you could just look for the most recent history, right? Or am I just being silly? ... Ryangibsonstewart 23:46, 28 November 2006 (EST)
                  • Well, at least the first appearance is pretty much set in stone. That said, it doesn't add much. I can go either way.--Hardvice (talk) 23:48, 28 November 2006 (EST)
                    • I say keep the "1st". It adds to the short character's boxes. ---- 00:17, 29 November 2006 (EST)

Minor Characters

  • I'm thinking that there should be a MinorCharacter=True/False flag that (if true) does not create a reference to an actor page if an actor name is provided.... This may cut down on the huge number of actor/actress pages on the Special:Wantedpages where it's really a one-off character (like a "thug" or a "guard", etc) I can code this up if you wish. --Orne 09:53, 1 December 2006 (EST)
    • Never mind... I now see that the square brackets are provided in the character page, and the template does not implicitly add references to cast pages. --Orne 09:57, 1 December 2006 (EST)

Origin

Can a location Parameter be added like in Template:Infobox_cast? Level 13:33, 5 January 2007 (EST)

Powers

Quick question: I want to standardize a few things. If a character does not have powers, should we put "Unknown", "None", or nothing at all? There are instances of all 3. I suggest "None". Any objections or suggestions? - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:45, 6 January 2007 (EST)

  • I've always put "none" on anyone in Category:Humans, with the exception of people we knew were evolved but who hadn't shown powers (which was pretty much just Hana).--Hardvice (talk) 00:48, 6 January 2007 (EST)
    • And James Walker, and I guess David. And some people would consider Shanti and maybe Molly to have "unknown" powers. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:45, 6 January 2007 (EST)
      • Yeah, but Hana's the only one who was really confirmed to have unknown powers. Everybody else is just speculation. Even Micah used to say "None".--Hardvice (talk) 01:51, 6 January 2007 (EST)
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