Thread:KylaraE/@comment-252417-20200904082407/@comment-23771723-20200905203310

Thanks for explaining and sorry for the trouble. I've seen it done a few ways on wikis, which is why I was looking for clarification. We're kinda getting into a few different things here. So the lede section of character/objects/locations/vehicles pages should start with their in-series description, right?

Yeah, that's fine. I'll review the pages I've made and update them if you haven't already. I'll update Template:Character infobox/preload to reflect that as well, since that's what I use for the base outline of new character pages. (And you are still welcome to modify that as you see fit.)

I do have a request that I think is related to this. Can we use literary present tense on the wiki, and stick to non-spoilery "evergreen" ledes? For the most part I think we do, but I noticed that you changed the tense on some deceased character pages, like Heinrich von Fruelich, and on some pages the lede includes the character's final outcome. In documenting fiction, present tense should be used -- known as literary present tense. The idea is that a character always "is", in the present, regardless whether or not they die at a later time. Ezekiel Rage is always alive in his first episode to give the Quests problems. Heinrich von Fruelich is always alive to greet the Quests when they land at his castle. (If a character is deceased at the beginning of a story, then it can get a little tricky.) Would that be all right?