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Revision as of 23:06, 15 November 2012

We have two types of article: those about narrative elements — like characters, weapons and species — and those about production elements — actors, directors and stories. Each type requires a particular approach.

Articles about narrative elements are also called "in-universe articles". The bulk of these are written as if the topic were real, but one that no longer exists. For this reason, they are written in the past tense. Read more ...

Articles about out-of-universe things are also called "real world articles". Generally, these, too, should be written in the past tense, in order to minimise the amount of editing that has to be done on the article in the future. However, there are some instances in which the present tense may be warranted. Read more...