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==Eliminating Simbio==

This is something that has been brought up several times in the past, but I'd like to start a discussion specifically about this topic. Right now on the wiki, we have two "biography infobox" templates for each game - the "Sim" and "Simbio" templates. For example, for ''The Sims 3'', we have {{t|Simbio3}} and {{t|Sim3}}.

In [[Forum:Organization for TS4 timeline]], a particular issue with the Simbio system is mentioned, specifically regarding {{t|Simbio-start}}. Simbio-start lists a Sim's name and significant familial relationships. The problem arises when a Sim has a different name or different relationships between games; which information, if any, should Simbio-start display? Take for example [[Bella Goth]]. Her Simbio-start lists her name as Bella Goth, even though her name is Bella Bachelor in ''The Sims 3''. It lists her marital status as "married" even though she is not married in ''The Sims 3''. It lists her children as Cassandra and Alexander, even though she has no children in ''The Sims 3'' and only Cassandra as a child in ''The Sims''. Ultimately, it would make more sense to include this information on each Sim template.

On top of this, when you start looking at it more in-depth, it becomes obvious that Simbio-start is redundant; everything that the template does is already done by the Sim templates. Another item of note is {{t|Simbio-end}}. At one time, Simbio-end included links to player stories and player theories pages. But, those pages no longer exist or are deleted, so Simbio-end no longer serves any meaningful purpose.

Phasing out Simbio would not be difficult to do, since Simbio is actually based on the Sim template. It would only be a matter of moving the information from simbio-start onto the other Sim templates, and changing the template used on the pages (a task which could be handled by a bot). No syntax would need to be changed, to my knowledge, and no changes would need to be made to the Sim templates. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]^{[[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] • [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/LostInRiverview|<font color="green">contribs</font>]]}''' 17:49, November 9, 2014 (UTC)