Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-5679696-20171014023101

Hello everyone! I know you've probably heard this suggestion a million times by now, but I think we have reached a point where it has become necessary. I think we should merge the counterpart pages, and here is why.


 * It has become overly complicated with the third set of counterparts. The Evil Queen became Regina, who then became Roni? Rumple to Gold to Weaver? The history section for a single character spread over three different articles? They need to be all in one place.
 * The Hook case is even worse. Wish Realm Hook lists the original Killian as a kind of counterpart, and Rogers as well. But then Rogers and the original hook have no relation whatsoever... What? Wish Realm Hook and Rogers need to be merged, and stay separate from the original Killian.
 * It will be easier to check past events of the show. When someone wants to read about an old character of the show, say, Snow White, they'd need to go to two different articles to do so. If we had all on one page, it would be much simpler.

The following are some problems that have kept us from merging the counterpart pages before, and how I suggest we overcome them:
 * What name will we use? Whatever name the character currently goes by. The general rule would be to use the name of the current counterpart, with the open possibility of debating the name when characters willingly choose a different name (like Mary Margaret choosing to be referred to as Snow White). All other names will be redirects.
 * What image will we use on the infobox? We already have a tabbed image system to include images from more than one counterpart, so that won't be a problem.
 * And what color will the infobox be? Just like with images, we can implement a tabbed system where it shows the color of the counterpart you click on.
 * How will we organize the gallery? Just like we currently do, all images go in their episode's section, in order of appearance.
 * What about the appearances section? All appearances of a character (in all its incarnations) go in the same section. 