User talk:Siaru

Muggles' Guide
I see you joined. Excellent. I see you're adding lots of characters. Remember to use full names for the actual page link (i.e. Ron is really Ronald). Also, please update the index! The index page is incredibly important to helping people find their way through the book. Thanks. -Matt 02:36, 6 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Full names could get a little complicated. 1: Just the link portion of the wiki-hyperlink, or the displayed portion as well? 2: Full names vs. popularly known names can be problematic for new viewers, e.g. Ginevra Molly Weasley who's popularly known as Ginny. Strictly interpreting your instruction, the link goes: Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley. (oops -- Percy is just that, Percy.) Call it how you want it played. --Siaru 02:55, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Leave complication for the links and don't show the reader usually. Your examples have it correct. Only first name and last name (yet not nicknames) as the page with the more popular name being shown to the reader. The "but I know the popular name" issue can be solved with redirects. If you go to Ron Weasley you will be redirected. As you find naming issues, create redirects to help searching readers. Thanks. You're doing great work! -Matt 03:03, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that I'm thinking about it, it's starting to look stupid if too many people have their largely unknown names as the page name. "Ginevra" is pretty weird for people to see. And a character like Bill Weasley really is William Weasley I'm sure, but I don't want to put it that way. We should probably just use the popular name and set up redirects from the full names. Sorry for the confusion. Nicknames such as "Mad-Eye" shouldn't be page names but things like "Ron" and "Ginny" can. Seems more helpful. I'll try to make changes here and there as well as modify the redirects. -Matt 15:51, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

I added some spoiler warnings to the characters page. That should cover things. -Matt 23:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That works. Thanks. --Siaru 02:00, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Please add your name to the Muggles' Guide Author list on the main page. I'd like to get a solid team going. Also, see the Snape character page on how to model future character pages (in addition, see Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter). Another user should be helping out on filling things in. Thanks. -Matt 17:17, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I saw you just added "William" Weasley. Let's stick with the commonly known names like "Bill" here. See my comment above. -Matt 12:09, 9 August 2005 (UTC)