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Identify Dead Characters Better

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Lythander

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Currently, the Settlement template identifies a ruined settlement with a red RUINED SETTLEMENT note in the sidebar, followed by the year the settlement was ruined. I would like to see a similar treatment for Characters who are dead, so the sidebar would be headlined with a red DECEASED note or similar. Could be in addition to the Life entry (in which case it would show only the death year) or instead of (in which case it could be followed by the existing Life value). The change adds a measure of consistency across the templates, and brings an important piece of information about the character immediately to the user's attention.

The Team's Response

Thanks for the suggestion! We're putting this under design investigation, as we want to stay consistent with the templates about other things that an be "dead/defunct".

Current score

43/300 Votes · +8202 points

Votes Cast

+100

by LittleRaider
on 2024-12-11 02:26
+100

by cow2face
on 2024-12-10 23:16
+300

by ChrisAchilleos
on 2024-12-09 23:35
+1

by Emirgond
on 2024-12-09 00:32
+300

by spooktacular
on 2024-12-08 02:51
As a long-time character-killer, this would be great!
+300

by A Mischievous Mlem
on 2024-12-07 05:37
Don't have much to say but I feel that his would be a useful addition to the site.
+100

by Fearandramen
on 2024-12-06 22:52
+100

by A Fierce T-Rex
on 2024-12-06 22:40
+300

by Jester%
on 2024-12-05 20:52
+300

by Isoknis
on 2024-12-04 18:02
+300

by A Enfeebled Hobbit
on 2024-12-03 23:28
+300

by Aphitis
on 2024-12-03 19:51
+300

by EleKTriiK
on 2024-12-03 19:08
+300

by Gregorian
on 2024-12-02 23:53
+100

by Willow H.R. Harper
on 2024-12-02 19:23
+100

by UndeadNightFury
on 2024-12-02 14:30
+100

by AvalonArcana
on 2024-12-01 05:17
+100

by Oberon187
on 2024-11-30 23:27
+1

by Buzzard
on 2024-11-30 12:55
While I'm not necessarily wanting a red 'deceased' marker headlining the sidebar, it would be nice to have a CSS class added to character articles that indicates a character is deceased so that one could make subtle layout adjustments for dead chars. If this suggestion is accepted, I would hope that the red DECEASED text be marked up in a way that makes it simple to target with CSS.
+100

by DragonHeart[8787]
on 2024-11-29 21:01
agreed, especially for someone like me who has a lot of dead characters
+300

by incedio7
on 2024-11-28 04:47
+100

by JackLink916
on 2024-11-26 19:46
+300

by MrGunn
on 2024-11-26 03:12
Seems like a useful feature, 300 quatloos.
+300

by Alexandria the Great
on 2024-11-25 08:11
+300

by DesNordlund
on 2024-11-24 11:49
+300

by illumiinae
on 2024-11-22 16:49
+1

by Blossom Tree Art
on 2024-11-22 12:37
-1

by Jupiter Melichios
on 2024-11-22 02:38
+300

by SrSpaceCadet
on 2024-11-21 21:44
+100

by Michael Chandra
on 2024-11-20 11:35
+100

by Kebrevo
on 2024-11-20 07:32
+300

by SebGreg732
on 2024-11-19 20:51
-1

by DMFW
on 2024-11-19 17:14
I'm not sure about this one. The vast majority of my characters are deceased since I'm working on a long imaginary history and something too prominent would get a bit wearing for the reader compared with just the discrete death date. For me, it is the living characters that are the exception. I suppose it's all about the balance of your world and how you are using it but just thought I'd put in a word for keeping things as they are which I actually like.
+1

by IssolumChronicles
on 2024-11-19 15:08
+300

by BenScerri
on 2024-11-19 09:27
+100

by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-11-19 08:49
I am all for the red deceased note, less so for only showing the death year. Seeing the age a character is important, imo
+100

by Rilameth
on 2024-11-19 03:24
+300

by Ratha
on 2024-11-18 22:41
+300

by A Rambunctious Unicorn
on 2024-11-18 18:11
+100

by Maz_Cat
on 2024-11-18 17:08
+300

by JetpackMonkey
on 2024-11-18 10:16
+300

by lolmatter
on 2024-11-18 09:14
+100

by Amancham
on 2024-11-18 08:07
+300

by Lythander
on 2024-11-18 04:50

Community Suggestion: Identify Dead Characters Better

Identify Dead Characters Better

The Team's Response

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