Forum:Temporary forums/Lists of Appearances

Proposal
It's been a longstanding issue that, contrary to expectations, many lists of appearances fail to list some of the character's licensed appearances! Thank you Epsilon the Eternal for inviting me to write the opening post for his proposed fix:
 * To include invalid sources on lists of appearances. For instance, adding David Tennant's performance in Attack of the Graske to Tenth Doctor - list of appearances, where (frankly) it belongs.
 * Clarification: These will be listed among the other stories where appropriate, not in a separate "Invalid stories" section. The exception is Rule 3 invalid stories, which we have pages for but are unreleased. These will be listed separately from officially released stories.

To best accomodate these changes, I suggest establishing a new tabular format option for LoAs, as demonstrated at Sabbath Dei - list of appearances. The table provides more information to the reader while being more compact than the current system. Its default sort still matches the current standard order, but the user can also choose to sort by series, release order, or author. Additionally, while for now it will simply be an option which editors can choose to manually implement, one day it could be automated through Bongolium500's infobox code tests.

Regardless of whether we accept the tabular format option, it's a plain fact that LoAs aren't in-universe pages, so it makes no sense to omit invalid stories. Hopefully we can prove the viability of these new temporary forums by coming to a quick consensus on this matter! – n8 (☎) 16:20, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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