Forum:Undated and unchronicled events
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Is there a specific reason for using bullet points for undated event sections on individual and species pages? The only example which didn't use this I could find was Sea Devil. It seems like it really messes up uses of images. After all, "undated" isn't a synonym for unchronicled, offscreen adventures even if a few of those mentioned sections refer to "undated/unchronicled". It could easily refer to a comic story that isn't easy to place. -- Tybort (talk page) 11:34, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
What's your proposed alternative format?Boblipton talk to me 12:13, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
- To not bullet it at all and make it paragraphs, especially for longer undated sections. A lot of DWU fiction doesn't have an obvious placement beyond "features this lineup of Doctor incarnation and companions etc.". It seems bad form to just unilaterally get rid of such a commonly used format without asking; I'm just wondering if there's a valid reason in favour of bulleting. -- Tybort (talk page) 12:46, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
- The paragraph format implies that the information or events are all related. Paragraphs should consist of information on a specific topic; you shouldn't veer off on an unrelated topic in the same paragraph. For the Sea Devil page, the weapons from The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep are both in one paragraph. This makes sense, since weapons are related to weapons. For the undated events, the events are all in one paragraph. This doesn't make sense; it would imply that the captured Sea Devils in The Forgotten and Destiny of the Doctors are somehow related, which is somehow related their addition in the I-Spyder Book of Earth Creatures. The undated events are only tenuously connected in that they are undated. Bullet points at least imply that the events aren't closely connected. -<Azes13 talk to me 17:48, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
