Forum:Temporary forums/Subpage policy: Difference between revisions

[[Doctor Who Magazine/1985]] is an example: because of the slash in the page name, it's a subpage of [[Doctor Who Magazine]], so there's a link to that page right at the top, just below the title. This is great for navigation! Fandom's Editor Experience team explains,

In other words, replace the copied text with a shorter summary of the new subpage's contents and a {{tlx|main}} link. In exactly the same way that a lead paragraph summarises the contents of its page, this summary should give a broad-strokes overview of the subpage's contents, with a particular emphasis on the details most relevant to readers. <div style="border-radius: 3px; background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 2.5px white; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">Start of Contested Section!</div> A general rule of thumb is to mention all ''major'' information as well as any ''notable minor'' details. The line between "major" and "minor" is up to editors' discretion.<br><br>

[[Tenth Doctor#Appearance]] is another lengthy section. It details each of the Tenth Doctor's various clothing and hairstyle changes. If this information were moved to a subpage, the summary would describe his ''major'' outfits (for instance, those worn for a whole television episode or an entire comics run or Big Finish boxset) and any particularly ''notable minor'' outfits (such as his lei from [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') while reserving a more detailed breakdown and minor single-appearance costumes for the subpage. <div style="border-radius: 3px; background-color:#0E234E; border: solid 2.5px white; display: inline; white-space: nowrap;">End of Contested Section</div><br><br>

 

::Starkidsoph, I share your frustration with page names like [[Doctor Who Series 9]]. You may be happy to know that "if the name applies to several things, and one is clearly much more notable/important than the others, that's the undabbed one" is already the policy when it comes to author pages (see [[Talk:Dave Stone (Many Happy Returns)]]), but unfortunately this precedent isn't applied universally or consistently. While this is definitely a problem which needs to be solved, and I do encourage you to propose a forum discussion about it, I'm not sure that subpages are the best way to fix it, so I'd prefer not to incorporate that specific application into this proposal. For what it's worth, the above paragraph "To prevent the unsustainable proliferation…" lays out a template for how new subpage types should be proposed and approved, so there will be a framework for ideas like yours. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 22:41, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:Both [[User:Schreibenheimer|Schreibenheimer]] and [[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] have mentioned that I claimed every television story is inherently "major". To the extent that the proposed text suggests such a thing, it's a mistake: a relic from a prior draft. I intended the final proposal to decide whether a story is "major" or "minor" for a character in a medium-neutral way, albeit within the bounds of common sense. If a line here or there slipped through the cracks, that's ''mea culpa''. (As Boris notes, the entire Tenth Doctor lei example may be one of these leftovers!) Contra [[User:Najawin|Najawin]]'s accusation of contradiction, my assessment of notability in the case of [[Martha Jones]] agrees with [[User:Bongolium500|Bongolium500]]'s perfectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For navigation/organisation, subpages should still be categorized; the approved classes of subpages should, for example, still be under [[:Category:Lists of appearances]] and [[:Category:Galleries]] (or a sub-category thereof). If you think your proposed new type of subpage won't [[Tardis:Rule of three|have enough candidates to warrant a category]], it ''might'' indicate your "subpage" might better be applied as a different page altogether.

 

To reiterate: new types of subpages '''should be discussed in the forums before being launched in the main namespace'''. In general, we're looking at whether the proposed format is applicable to a wide range of pages (like [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)/Promotion]]), and whether this new subclass of pages would get better treatment as articles proper (like [[The Doctor's hats]] or [[Origins of the Last Great Time War]]), as detailed on Nate's [[#When not to use a subpage]].