I believe that regardless of how the poll was phrased, the purpose was to see if an overwhelming group was interested in having a new category. You can ask "do you like sandwiches" to confirm that you should make sandwiches for a picnic without saying specifically "Should I make sandwiches for the picnic." If we can, let's try and ignore that tiny detail, it's not really important.
The poll was requested, it didn't have to go up, but it did, and the results came back that a section will not be added. I understand being disappointed that this section won't go up, but there are plenty of ways to deal with it rather than fighting what was supposed to be a peaceful decision. In fact, here's some ideas:
1) Yes, maybe some people don't like them, but spoiler tags. Many people in the poll majority stated, though, that they prefer to read everything about a character and their alts/NPCs on one page. We all want people to read all the goodies we put on our wiki. We spent a lot of time on them! Why not make it easier to view in one neat little box?
2) Outside links. If you want your character related NPC to have their own page, make it OUTSIDE the wiki. And link to it off of your page
! It keeps the wiki uncluttered like the majority wants and still gives the minority their separate pages. Those that want can click out of the wiki and those that don't can go "Oh, they have a character named BLAH" and move on!
3) Just make an open section on your wiki, forget spoiler tags! I personally don't mind GIANTLY LONG wiki pages! That's what the index thingy is for! If I want to read about your NPCs, I will click your index link for it! Honestly, I think this is the best route, screw the concept of "wiki bloat." It gives me a quick, easy, one-click way to link directly to your NPCs if I want to read about them.
I'd REALLY like to see helpful suggestions on this post from this point on, rather than this back and forth on whether 30% is enough to warrant more pages. The decision, the FINAL decision, based on the requested poll is that, no, there will not be a section like PCs and NPCs added. Let's try and come up with some other way of making each other happy, rather than trying to sway people away from a decision that's already been made.
The poll was requested, it didn't have to go up, but it did, and the results came back that a section will not be added. I understand being disappointed that this section won't go up, but there are plenty of ways to deal with it rather than fighting what was supposed to be a peaceful decision. In fact, here's some ideas:
1) Yes, maybe some people don't like them, but spoiler tags. Many people in the poll majority stated, though, that they prefer to read everything about a character and their alts/NPCs on one page. We all want people to read all the goodies we put on our wiki. We spent a lot of time on them! Why not make it easier to view in one neat little box?
2) Outside links. If you want your character related NPC to have their own page, make it OUTSIDE the wiki. And link to it off of your page
! It keeps the wiki uncluttered like the majority wants and still gives the minority their separate pages. Those that want can click out of the wiki and those that don't can go "Oh, they have a character named BLAH" and move on!3) Just make an open section on your wiki, forget spoiler tags! I personally don't mind GIANTLY LONG wiki pages! That's what the index thingy is for! If I want to read about your NPCs, I will click your index link for it! Honestly, I think this is the best route, screw the concept of "wiki bloat." It gives me a quick, easy, one-click way to link directly to your NPCs if I want to read about them.
I'd REALLY like to see helpful suggestions on this post from this point on, rather than this back and forth on whether 30% is enough to warrant more pages. The decision, the FINAL decision, based on the requested poll is that, no, there will not be a section like PCs and NPCs added. Let's try and come up with some other way of making each other happy, rather than trying to sway people away from a decision that's already been made.
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