User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20121202170842/@comment-88790-20130119134229

User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20121202170842/@comment-88790-20130119134229 References should be used for things that appear in that story, regardless of whether they appear in another story or not.

"References" are easier to quantify than "Continuity", they don't, as I've said require anyone to make a judgement or find a connection between stories and aren't affected by the growing pool of stories as they're restricted to that single story.

I concede that the bulletpoints may have to go considering their lack of appearance on wikiamobile.

Subheadings do still work though on wikimobile and help to break up the large sections of text that will occur when we combine the two sections. Currently the linked section headings aren't in violation of T:HEAD. The wording of the policy is avoid, that's not a proclamation forbidding the use of them.

On wikimobile especially the subheadings help to break the large chunks of text into manageable chunks. With the subheadings in place it lets you skip either via scrolling or via the contents to the relevant section - this is especially useful on wikiamobile.

Having the subheadings also removes the need to have the still awkward sentences that MM's example uses. It doesn't remove the need to write full sentences, but it does allow framing of the information. The linked subheadings also allow us to link off to the categories, something which is useful in broadening a user's experience of the wiki.

Finally here's my mockup, like MM I've used full sentences and combined the two sections into one. I have continued to use the subheadings as I really believe across both desktop and mobile platforms they provide a better experience for the organisation of information. I've also removed some information like the Little Lord Fauntleroy just because there's just not enough info to justify a sentence for it.

The only thing I'm not sure of is whether Connections should where I and MM have been placing it above story notes in the area that "References" was or if it should be down under story notes where "Continuity" was.