User blog:ElectricFire 169/Revamping the format

So I've been thinking recently and I think that one way we might be able to get more contributors is to rethink how we are formatting pages. As it is the pages are a jumbled mess of fanon and incomplete (somebody else finish this)

This just won't do. If we keep encouraging this culture the canon information will continue to be what it is now - murky and impenetrable. Yes, we're all aware the actual canon is so mind-numbingly convoluted that we may never wrap our brains around it, but that is simply no excuse for shirking. If we're all going to say 'heck with the canon', why even have a wiki?

Now, I've got a proposal on a possible way to make this easier and more accessible to casual editors, and that idea is to break it down into smal, bite-size chunks that make up a larger whole. Part of the proposal involves introducing a new system of canon verification, which I will now describe to you.


 * 1) All sections will list a source and timestamp where possible.
 * 2) Sections that describe scenes depicted and shown in an episode of VenturianTale will be unmarked.
 * 3) Sections that describe scenes not shown onscreen but mentioned to have happened will be marked with green parenthesis.
 * 4) Sections that describe scenes purported to have taken place but not shaving shown to be such or having conflicting information will be marked with orange parenthesis.
 * 5) Sections that deal with theoretical scenes that could be inferred to have taken placebut have no sources will marked with red parenthesis.
 * 6) Sections describing scenes that take place in an other realities, such as dimensions, timelines or universes, will be marked with blue parenthesis.
 * 7) Sections that describe scenes not in the VenturianTale canon will Ben marked with purple parenthesis.

I will update this post later on to show examples. Please feel free to comment your opinion in the comment section below.