Kughii

Yeah, I made a mistake when I first read it, thinking you'd altered the original staff arc pages, but I'll happily switch them back to Timeline Arc1 and Timeline Arc2.  However, wouldn't it be better if this was melded in with the Events category?  Each wahi would have events by Timeline, with linked individual event pages, instead of a bunch of separate things doing the same job.  Thoughts?

~Kughz

P.S. Stop using the arc year tags.  thank you.

I think the pages work better as individual pages. Perhaps the events category should be the one to be altered in some way?

Also, are there other tags to replace the current year tags? Categories for Arc 1 and Arc 2?

None at this time.  Please talk to Ghosthands about implenting such tags.  I was the instigator of the original 2012/2013 tags and was met with repurcussions and did a mass delete of several tags (oh that took ages).  If you want to ask about an arc tag, by all means go ahead.  

I kindly disagree about different pages for events.  If we have an events category pages already broken into arc events by Wahi, why create a whole new page for each arc on top of a staff plot arc page? It seems excessive, and our mutual work better suited to finding a single form for all of it to blend seemlessly.  I know Ghosthands wants the Staff plot arc pages to stay exclusively staff plot, yet maybe we can figure out a way to combine your idea with what's already been established?  

The problem with the events category page is that there's only one of them. Fitting the timelines of both arcs doesn't sound like a good idea for me, not the least because of their length and the fact that they both need space for long lists of reference posts. Putting them together would make the page more convoluted, which works against the idea that the timelines should be clear to new players, who can find information on past events easily.

Another problem is accessibility. Category pages don't show up in the search box unless you write Category: before the word you're searching. All in all, having actual pages for the timelines makes them more accessible. A category page is not an actual wiki page, it's meant for categorization and making a list of pages that are similar to each other.

Gentlemen.

I agree with Tapio about category pages. They don't show up in searches, so the average user can easily miss them (although admittedly this does suggest that we might need a better navigation system). I know some of them already have such content on them, but frankly, they shouldn't. Separate pages is the way to go.

As for how to split up the timelines, perhaps we could have a single unified timeline, but with Staff Plot events bolded or otherwise made to stand out?

At the moment pretty much all the points are related to the staff plot. Whether lesser events start showing up depends on people editing them in.

Okay awesome.  How should we re-order and shift things around? Let's decide on the best system, no compromises.  We've been working with some clunky stuff.  If you (Tapio) have figured out a smarter way let's do it.  Ghosty?

Well, for me I prefer the current system, but I'm open for discussion and new ideas of course.