User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-26975268-20130201045831/@comment-26975268-20130221032317

Okay. Number one:

For "vital stats," things like "was born" and "died" would get extremely redundant. Unless you want to start adding information like where they died/were born, we'd have to do something like this:

 1 May in the DWU • production history • releases

 Previous day • Next day On 1 May, many people were born and many died. The following is a list of every birth and death of individuals who have appeared in, or have connections with, the Doctor Who universe and its related media:

Births

 * 1918 - Actor James Copeland
 * 1937 - Actress Una Stubbs
 * 1946 - Actress Joanna Lumley

Deaths

 * 1985 - Actor George Pravda
 * 2002 - Producer John Nathan-Turner
 * 2008 - Actor Bernard Archard

Yes, the first sentence could do with a rewording, and, yes, you might say that there isn't enough info to constitute a whole section. (1 May doesn't have anywhere close to as many births and deaths as certain other days) But consider the alternative:


 * 1918 - Actor James Copeland was born.
 * 1937 - Actress Una Stubbs was born.
 * 1946 - Actress Joanna Lumley was born.
 * 1985 - Actor George Pravda died.
 * 2002 - Producer John Nathan-Turner died.
 * 2008 - Actor Bernard Archard died.

Redundant, no?