Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20121202170842/@comment-26975268-20130325164752

If they're all full sentences, I find that bullet points make sections look more readable and visually pleasing. It's always more appealing to read information from a well-organised list than from a giant block on paragraphs.

Looking at your example of White Darkness (novel, though, I find that the bullet points there can give you a headache, and much of the information does not make coherent sense. The reason for this is the lack of full sentences.

The problem here is the mix of things like, in species, "The Doctor can read Eocene," and simply "Daleks." What about Daleks? They were mentioned they appeared? What? As someone who's not read the story, I can tell you that I haven't the foggiest how Daleks and all the other species mentioned interconnect with the story. I know there's zombies and Cthulhu. So how to the Daleks come into play?

Here's my suggestion: in bullet point full-sentence format, we say things like "The Doctor references facing the Daleks," but not include any additional information — just a link to Dalek where the reader can find all the information they can possibly want. Look at A Town Called Mercy for a better example: And not just: Even better yet might be: This gives us specific information that can be gathered from only this episode, and we can click on the Master and read through the long list of his victims for more info.
 * The Doctor mentions the Master and the Daleks when telling Amy why he is willing to let the Gunslinger take revenge on Kahler-Jex.
 * The Master
 * Daleks
 * The Doctor feels responsible for the deaths of the many victims of the Master and the Daleks, since he always tries to negotiate with the enemy.