Template talk:Characterbox


 * I have one suggestion/request at the moment, and that's for the text in the template to be smaller than the text within an article.


 * Joe Acro 18:01, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

This is Done. Thanks for the suggestion. --SuperHeroic 18:36, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Just another tidbit of suggestion. Changing First Traitor Game Appearance to either First TG Appearance or First Game Appearance, that way it can fit on two lines instead of three, since it leaves a bit of white space. Same goes for Trademark and Copyright Owner which could be shortened to ™ and © Owner so it also fits on one or two lines. Supes, I can't thank you enough for setting up and tweaking the template. It looks great! Deadpooligan 19:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

@DP - Tweaks are in. Check it out. --SuperHeroic 19:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Perfect! Now, before we get to working on any more character pages, I'm going to try and put the Game pages into categories. Joe's roommate is still working on a pair of templates for the game pages; a perfected version of the one displayed on the TG I page, and another for navigation from game-to-game. I plan on it being something like this for each individual game, and something like this for the game-to-game navigation. But the Acroommate is sick, so I'm not sure when he'll get to that. I mean, we can always add it later. Deadpooligan 20:23, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Do we really need the TM/Copyright information? I know that Chris Lang, at least, would say yes, but for my part, I think it just creates complications that aren't really necessary. For certain types of characters (comic characters, mostly) the answers are easy enough to figure out or establish, but for other sorts of characters there is not only more research needed to do to establish copyright ownership, but there may not actually be any anyway.


 * I just don't think it's necessary, but if we decide to keep it as an option for those people who might be concerned about it, then maybe we can note somewhere that that's what it's for. Cthulhudrew 21:11, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

I am open to suggestion on this. I don't want these Character pages to turn into full-fledged character Bios. They should only contain info as it relates to the Characters Traitor Game History/Continuity. The TM/Copyright stuff was just there in case the information got out of hand.--SuperHeroic 22:40, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed on that point myself, obviously. I think that we should certainly provide links to other sources on the characters (such as Wikipedia, character pages elsewhere on the web or the like), and that IMO should be sufficient. Cthulhudrew 22:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

I DO feel we need to acknowledge the source material somehow, and note that the characters, except where otherwise noted, are not our original creations. Of course, some characters might be difficult to classify within that small box. Darth Jubba the Sith Hutt, for example. The concept of the Sith, and of course the Hutt race, are of course creations of George Lucas, but Darth Jubba is Chris Lang's putting the two concepts together.

Anyway, it's good to at least acknowledge the source material in some portion of the page. Chris Lang 22:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

We could always just include where the character is from in the opening paragraph of each article. Much like the first sentence of the Spider-Man article on Wiki. Joe Acro 23:07, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

@Joe Acro - That could work Joe. It might be worth putting a template together for the text portion of the Character Pages. This Template only focuses on the sidebar of the page.--SuperHeroic 13:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

It should be noted, I think, that the Spider-Man page Joe linked to credits Marvel in the opening paragraph, but also in the sidebar. Even though the bios would be based on the games, I feel copyright information at least a worthwhile thing. Some wikis do give some sort of reference to copyright, but not all.

I guess it depends on what you all think, but since the entries are about us taking liberties with others' characters, I'd prefer the copyright link to be somewhere. I personally like the sidebar, but I'm cool with it being in the main text if that's preferred. Schornforce 14:18, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

You're right, Schorn, that Spider-Man's character profile mentions Marvel. But it does so only as the publisher of his comics, not the copyright or trademark holder.Joe Acro 20:23, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah. I guess I'd just assumed 'Publisher' = 'copyright/tm holder'-- six of one, half dozen of the other sorta thing. My bad. Schornforce 22:10, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

@Everyone - If someone wants to suggest better verbiage then TM/Copy or Publisher or Owner or whatever, let me know and I'll change it.--SuperHeroic 11:58, 28 September 2008 (UTC)