User blog:Echostar/Character Pages of All Ages

Hey, everyone! I've started to go through character pages and deleting the ones from old, inactive users. Since we're in-between school years, this is a perfect time for us to go through our own character pages and update them.

First and foremost: categorize, categorize, CATEGORIZE!! This makes it easier to find your character pages. Here's a quick list of categories that should be on your page, from most important to least important:


 * Username category. This proves that this is your character.  Examples include Category:Echostar, Category:Bondem7's chars, etc.  It doesn't matter exactly what it is, as long as your username/nickname is given.
 * Category:Characters This shows that this page is a character page.
 * Students/Adult Character Categories- If it is an adult character, put the category Category:Adult Character. If a student, make sure you put Category:Students and your year category (Category:First Years, etc.)
 * House Categories! Category:Gryffindor, etc.
 * Witch, Wizard, Male, Female categories
 * Blood Status categories. Category:Half-Blood, etc.

Here are some other categories that are more "optional" add-ons, but they are always nice to have:


 * Category:Pet Owner
 * 'Born in' categories. Category:Born in Australia, etc.
 * Eye Color. Category:Blue Eyes, etc.
 * Hair Color. Category:Brown Hair, etc.
 * Wand wood categories. Category:Ash Wand, etc.
 * Wand core categories. Category:Unicorn Hair Wand, etc.
 * Birthday categories. Category:January Birthday, etc.
 * 'Name begins with' categories. Category:Name begins with "A", etc.

The next thing: please make sure that your username is clearly marked at the top of the page. Something like, "This character belongs to [username]" is fine. This just makes it easier for admins to tell at a quick glance the owner of a character.

As far as history: please update it. This makes it easier to tell what's going on in the story, etc.

For student characters, please make sure your spell lists are up-to-date.

As for pictures, I know Jisk has already emphasized this, but please make sure that your pictures are tagged.

Please please PLEASE check your character pages and make sure they are up-to-date, to make it easier for admins to do character page maintenance, and to help the overall flow of the storyline.

 Ec ho  st  ar  13:54, March 23, 2013 (UTC)