Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27496045-20160907020431

This is a thread for discussing the rules and policies of the Evillious Chronicles Wiki, along with how it is run. If there is a rule that should be added, changed, removed, or you have a list of grievances, post it here. Name retranslations will not be discussed here because that is its own thread.

This will combine two threads discussing policy changes here and here along with another thread that died out pretty quickly here.

Problem 1: Wiegenlied and Cloture (and links to translations in general)

A. Do not link to the Wigenlied and Cloture translations or any bad translation.

B. Link to bad translations when they are the only ones available, but add a disclaimer, and always use the best translations available.

C. Link to Pricechecktranslations's translations of the novels.

D. Don't link to translations at all.

Problem 2: We need better translations in general

A. Servy's Skype translation group be more transparent and accountable on the wiki.

B. Cut down on padding and be more vague when using a less than stellar translation as a source.

C. Create a list of easily accessible guidelines for how to determine translation quality.

D. Make sure that all translations the wiki uses are available to users who can't speak Japanese.

E. Create a list on the wiki containing translations giving a description of both their quality and completion.

F. All translators endorsed by the wiki must disclose their skill as a translator.

G. Hire a professional translator (would be very expensive).

Problem 3: Article length

A. Cut down on padding and use more vague wording in articles regardless of translation quality.

B. Include a section on character articles that summarizes the History section (probably titled "Brief History" or "History Summary").

C. Do something more like Pandora Hearts so a summary of the History section would replace the opening paragraph. example

D. Include tabs.

Problem 4: How to include tabs

A. Include a separate History tab (and just a history tab).

B. Include tabs exactly how the Spanish wiki does it. example

C. Include tabs like the Spanish wiki except have the sections for Personality and Traits, Skills and Abilities, and Character Connections all under one tab.

D. Code tabs like the FNAF wiki so it can be viewed on mobile. example

Problem 5: The wiki stagnates without the admin

A. Have two admins.

B. Create a list of miscellaneous rules and standards on the wiki that is easily accessible (probably somewhere on the navigation menu).

C. Create a checklist for the wiki that is easily accessible (also probably on the navigation menu).

​6: Miscellaneous Policy Changes

​A. Add character titles that are only mentioned in songs to their list of other names.

B. Add Blink to the list of song for the Story of Evil.

C. Give articles to important characters who do not have names.

D. include character and personality development that occured after a character's death to their Personality and Traits section. (examples include Maylis Beelzenia and Kaidor Blankenheim)

E. Change the ??? to "Narrator" when attributing song quotes from an unknown or 3rd person narrator.

F. Add redirects for minor characters so that they can be added to categories. example 