User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-26975268-20130201045831/@comment-26975268-20130219223259

OttselSpy25 wrote: This is a very slippery slope. One day it'll be "Let's only add really notable actors to date pages" and the next day it's "You know, audio and book releases are not really that necissary," and then it's "I think we should remove all non-TV info" then it's "you know, I think we should only cover TV stories..." I'm exagerating for the later two, of coarse; but I still dislike the idea that any info is "more notable" or "important" than others and thus the others should go. I also fail to see why we must seperate episode pages, but apparently this has passed out of reach.

You misunderstood. I'm actually agreeing with you. I'm not saying we should begin only including certain people. What I'm saying is that the majority, let's face it, are actors who've appeared in tiny guest roles in one or two stories. I simply think that the people most crucial to Who should be highlighted, so that they can be pinpointed in the sea of somewhat less important (no offence to them) people to Who. So actors who've played the Doctor, the first this, the first that, creator of Doctor Who, creator of Torchwood, the guy who brought Who back to our screens in 2005, etc... These people ought to be highlighted in the articles by adding a little bit of information on what makes them special on their birth and death points. While most people would have only [job] [name] was born/died, Tennant might, for example, get, Actor David Tennant, who portrayed the Tenth Doctor, was born. It makes his birth stand out, as it should, given as he's has provided to Who much more than, say, Harold Innocent, who was born on the same day.

After reading Czech's comment, though, I can feel my opinion swaying. He's brought up some interesting info topics, and some good points. We could always consider only including what's in bold in the birthday and death pages, although I'm sure Czech'll be completely against including any births/deaths at all.

Can you create a template that'll go at the bottom of every real-world day page, and link to its section in both the birthday and death pages? I don't mean now, but do you think that would be a good idea? It would tell you to go there to find out who was born and who died on that day.