Forum:What should we do to this wikia?

What should we do to make this Wikia wiki better?

Cross reference Templates
I want to change how The Office wiki references its episodes. Instead of saying
 * From: In Episode Such 'n Such this or that happened.
 * To: This is what happened and then that also happened (Such 'n Such).

It will take a while to set up. Implementation is the hard part.


 * Proposal: Cross reference templates are of the form and  . (DS = deleted scene.) Using this format avoids nested templates (which give the wiki engine the heebie-jeebies) and avoids having to update 100+ templates each time the citation format changes. Raymondc0 00:54, February 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I was using that way before, but in extremely long pages with tons of references, like The Banker, we were told by staff to K.I.S.S. I'm sure if a higher up there could possibly use a bot to achieve our goal. Or you can bump up your user edits that way. see: Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls or User talk:My Name Is Tom/Archive 1--http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/theoffice/images/c/c6/User_My_Name_Is_Tom_YingYangsm.pngMy Name Is Tom (Talk / Edits) 23:15, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Set character standards
Every one of the top five character pages in the main page are set up completely different. We should limit it to season by season information and implement the cross reference Templates. I.E.

Season 1

This happened to this character (Such 'n Such) Shortly thereafter this happened to them as well (This 'n That)

There should be NO mention of the words "Season" or "Episode" except for the heading of the Season it actually occurred in. Then, after the season info, list the comical info like: nicknames, reference and site, why this person is "Blank" with the info and a cross reference to what episode it came from.

These two main goals are obtainable. Lets rework this wiki and set an example of a higher standard. --http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/theoffice/images/c/c6/User_My_Name_Is_Tom_YingYangsm.pngMy Name Is Tom (Talk / Edits) 09:30, February 17, 2010 (UTC)

I think a biography-type section is useful, since that lets you consolidate information (e.g. family history, personality traits) which would otherwise be scattered all over the place. I also propose that interpersonal relationships (Jim+Pam, Andy+Angela, etc.) be broken out into separate pages under the category Relationships. -- Raymondc0 00:54, February 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, I didn't set it up that way, Staff here at wikia did. Most likely to add more pages and content. And are you saying (Jim's Relationships, Andy's Relationships)?, because that would defeat their purpose of more pages, more Ads.--http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/theoffice/images/c/c6/User_My_Name_Is_Tom_YingYangsm.pngMy Name Is Tom (Talk / Edits) 23:20, February 19, 2010 (UTC)