Forum:Merging/Separating pages for Sims that appear in multiple games: Difference between revisions

 

1. A lot of Sims from previous games have reappeared in ''The Sims 4'' and for most of them the new information was added to the existing pages. This is true for the [[Goth]]s, the [[Landgraab]]s, the [[Caliente]]s, and [[Don Lothario]], as well as the [[Newbie family]], the [[Pleasant]]s, and the [[Grunt]]s. However, there are three noteable exceptions: [[Dustin Broke]], [[Dirk Dreamer]], and [[Holly Alto]] have seperate pages for ''The Sims 4''. Shouldn't they be merged with the original pages? Especially since the articles are all very short and it would be consistent with the approach that has been taken with all the other returning Sims.

:* Move [[Malcolm Landgraab (The Sims 3)]] (this page) to [[Malcolm Landgraab]] (currently a DAB page, which we can move to [[Malcolm Landgraab (disambiguation)]]

:* Merge [[Malcolm Landgraab (console)]] to [[Malcolm Landgraab]]

 

3. There appear to be two alternate versions of the [[Newbie family]]. In one version, [[Bob Newbie]] is a white man with male-pattern hair loss and a full beard while in ''The Sims 2'' console games, he is a black man with short dreadlocks, a soul patch, and glasses. [[Betty Newbie]] is a very casual and sporty in one version but she wears lots of make-up and jewelry in the other. The sidebar is also much longer than the article for both Bob and Betty. Maybe these articles should be seperated in [[Bob Newbie]] and [[Bob Newbie (The Sims 2 console)]] and the same for Betty.

::I agree as well that some sort of ordering system would be very helpful. The ''The Sims 3'' on [[Malcolm Landgraab (The Sims 3)|Malcolm]]'s page has been annoying me for a bit as well. I could see how a (Main universe) and (Alternative universe) could work, since I think that seperate pages for TS1, TS2, TS3, TS4, and even console pages would be unnecessary, especially since there are obvious connections between (mostly) TS1-TS3 and even console games. Then again I think that the ''The Sims 4'' info on Simpages like those of Bella Goth (and even Malcolm Landgraab) are not contrary to their main universe counterparts (Because in a matter of fact they're still the 'same' person). It would be different for the very obvious different [[Holly Alto (The Sims 4: Get Famous)|Holly Alto]] or the black [[Bob Newbie]]. So we could also base it on that Sims are quite obviously just not the same person, because of a very different appearance, very different personality or because they're stated (or not confirmed) to be the same person. [[User:DeSims|<b><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#00ac35"><span style="font-size:23px">D</span>e</span><span style="font-size:19px"><span style="color:#0075ac"><span style="font-size:23px">S</span><span style="font-size:19px">ims</span></span></span></span></b>]] [[User_talk:DeSims|<span style="font-family:Papyrus"><span style="color:#0075ac">^{<small>(talk)</small>}</span></span>]] 02:27, March 4, 2019 (UTC)

 

 

:::How do you handle these things on the Dutch Wiki, [[User:DeSims]]? I never really saw the point of calling The Sims 4 an alternate universe since the original universe has too many inconsistencies already. Sims wer never exactly the same, just similar enough. I don't even think that TS4 Holly Alto is as different from TS3 Holly Alto as it's implied on the Wiki. With the Newbies it feels like an actual alternative universe though... —<span style="font-family:'Georgia'; font-weight:bold;">[[User:Gvaudoin|<font color="black">Gvaudoin</font>]]</span> [[User talk:Gvaudoin|💬]] 16:32, March 9, 2019 (UTC)

 

::::Unfortunately we don't have a great system either yet on the Dutch Sims Wiki. The only example that is kind of different that comes in mind now is [[Malcolm Landgraab (The Sims 3)]] simply called [[w:c:nl.sims:Malcolm Landgraaf|Malcolm Landgraab]], since he's obviously supposed to be one and the same Malcolms here (even though the TS4 Malcolm is an 'alternative universe Malcolm'). On the other hand we do have the [[Michael Bachelor (hidden)]]. [[Nervous Subject (hidden)]], etc. pages. It's kind of a case by case scenario I gues... [[User:DeSims|<b><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#00ac35"><span style="font-size:23px">D</span>e</span><span style="font-size:19px"><span style="color:#0075ac"><span style="font-size:23px">S</span><span style="font-size:19px">ims</span></span></span></span></b>]] [[User_talk:DeSims|<span style="font-family:Papyrus"><span style="color:#0075ac">^{<small>(talk)</small>}</span></span>]] 02:08, March 18, 2019 (UTC)