Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2059440-20160506190434/@comment-366087-20160506195055

DragMon1 wrote: To go far enough to be considered a villain, i think the character needs to commit at least one act that creates a problem in the story. Doesn't even have to cross Moral Event Horizon, but they need to be responsible, or partially responsible for what the protagonist or another non-villain is fighting for Disagree with this. That is the definition of an antagonist, and we know from the Rules that is not enough. Every story has a problem, even if it is only "the hill" which Jack and Jill have a hard time getting up. Antagonists cause problems, and stories need that to move along.

But not every antagonist—cause of a problem—is necessarily a villain. A hard to deal with boss at work is an antagonist, they are not villains.

Personally, I'm comforatble with what Section 6 of the Rules say, especially in 6.1 about being set by the setting and writers. That removes fan interpretations which can be as little as "I don't like them". Basically I'm comfortable with how things are now, even though I reserve the right to occasionally challenge ones who appear to qualify. If they belong, they'll pass any challenges.

So that leaves us moving on to "what articles do we accept". Articles should be of moderate length and cover the character well enough that someone unfamiliar with the franchise and character can come away knowing more than they arrived here.

However there should also be a "manual of style" which establishes a basic page formula for all pages to follow. I have several ideas already and shared a few with Lucid. Something I find missing from a lot of pages is the exact source of the character. The contributor who started the page, and other editors, may know, but don't assume everyone knows.

And of course, if there is a category tagged to an article, the article should tell us about how and why that category applies to that character. Incestuous? With who and somethng about that relationship. Abuser? Who and how? Etc. If an article doesn't provide information to support the Tag, either it needs to be removed, or the article updated accordingly.

I recommend that there be a limit on how many articles can be started by the same editor before one is finished to moderate standards. This will eliminate a series of one-liners, as well as minimize the number of contributors who "run out of steam" with intention to finish later but they somehow never do.

I can see if there are a few characters in the same group or family. Working them at the same time helps to keep them more or less sync'd. Want to start all the power rangers so they can be written in parallel? fine. But once that "project" is started, do not start any more new pages until finished with that project.