Forum:Overuse of game era

I don't really like how Era has been overused in many general (non-game specific) pages. I think game-related era should only be used when an article is exclusive to one / several games or expansion packs. Some things that are common in the game seem just redundant and awkward when they use this Era. For example, we know that gender appears in every single game, so the use of Era is not necessary at all. It's not like we can even list every game that has gender, because it's impossible if the presence of gender is absent in a game.

Some non-game specific articles that I think don't need the game-related era are, for example, juice, life stages like child, (sub)neighborhood, common objects like stove or newspaper, game modes like Build mode, skin, clothes, and so on and so forth. Do you think we should regulate the use of this game-specific era so they won't be overused like this?

Discussion
I agree, the game tags for Era should be used for things that only appear in a relative handful of games or packs. Dharden (talk) 12:46, April 26, 2013 (UTC)

Can Era be placed in character articles or just in games and packs? HanaGoth96 ( Neigh...? ) 13:03, April 26, 2013 (UTC)


 * Currently, Era has no specific regulations of where it can be used. Generally, it's been used widely in articles such as:


 * Sims and families
 * Neighborhoods
 * Games
 * Life states
 * Skills
 * Careers
 * Other specific features, such as social class
 * I believe there are more. I just can't memorize and list them all here. The problem is now to figure out what kind of pages that should not use this template, due to redundancy.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  13:28, April 26, 2013 (UTC)