Talk:Warrior Cats Wiki/Opinion Archive 2

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Family
Do you think that we should include extended family, such as cousins, in the family section of the template Charcat? YEA or NAY? Put your thoughts below, and voting will open October 23. Sign with ~.

I think we should include the extended family. Do we exclude our cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. from our family?
 * But, when people say "Write down your family", who do you write down? You write your mother, father, husband/wife, siblings, and offspring. Sometimes Grandparents. You don't generaly go about listing your great-aunts, aunts, uncles and cousins, now do you? Kitsufox ( Fox's Den ) 15:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

VOTE (Closed)

 * YEA Eu 14:15, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * NAY Kitsufox ( Fox's Den ) 15:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * YEA -- ~ | ET | ~ ( Talk/Contribs ) 21:13, 23 October 2007 (UTC)  It's nice to show how all of these cats are connected.  And we don't have to worry about the whole Family Tree fiasco, because we already have all relationships determined over on Wikipedia. -- ~ | ET | ~  ( Talk/Contribs ) 21:13, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * NAY Gorse Simply on the grounds that HOLY CRUD, have you LOOKED at some of those family trees on the official website? The template will be longer than the article if we link up every single character some of these cats are related to, because by the time we reach PoT, most of the cats in ThunderClan are related, however distantly. It's not worth it to chase after all those names and titles. --Gorse 23:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Further Comments
ET... I know that you lean towards super-inclusive information... But should the info-box designed to give an OVERVIEW of a character really an appropriate place for hyper-anal detail? Maybe adding a Detailed Family section under history might be more appropriate... or creating detailed family trees for those that we know... But doesn't it seem wrong to be cluttering up a box for basics about a character with things like their Paternal grea-aunt? and a full listing of their cousins? We do have to consdier ahead. Rumors expect a full series of additional books, which to me means another generation in the family. How much do you wish to have packed into those characters info-boxes? Kitsufox ( Fox's Den ) 23:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * A very valid point indead. So why not go with the family tree section (Though not as history, but in its own section after that)?  Putting all of the information in the template really wouldn't make sense, but that doesn't mean we can't do it elsewhere, right? And to a comment above: The family trees are false.  Very much so.  The Wikipedia Warriors editors, though, have compiled information from the books and determined what should be accurate depictions of the family trees, so we already have the information available. -- ~ | ET | ~  ( Talk/Contribs ) 19:46, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I meant to talk about adding it as an additional section, either above or below where history is (we'll be able to settle on a standard location during implementation, should it happen). And considering that Wikipedia isn't suposed to contain any researched items (don't have have something about that in their policies?) here will be a safer place for inclusion, as research is one of those things that make this Wiki go-round. Out of curiosity, where was it that the author(s) said that the family trees on the warriorscats site are false? I know there are errors in the map, based directly on book text. Kitsufox ( Fox's Den ) 01:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it was at one of the tours that the Wikipedia editors went to... I know it's not completely verifiable because of that, but the trees already have such obvious mistakes on them, that it would be best not to trust them anyways. Oh, and, yeah, I'd go with having it below the history section. No problems there. -- ~ | ET | ~  ( Talk/Contribs ) 19:46, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Results
While no voting consensus was reached, a quality compromise was attained during further discussion. Extended family will not be included in the Charcat Template, but it WILL be able to be included (when appropriate) on the character page below the history. This implementation will be handed over to Project Characters. This discussion will be archived in 24 hours. Kitsufox ( Fox's Den ) 13:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)