Forum:SH Archive/"Preceded by"/"Followed by" question...

Hi all, I'm new here. I was working on the list of short stories these last few weeks (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_short_stories) when I noticed a disturbance in the Force.

What exactly are the rules when it comes to the Preceded by/Followed by section of articles? I ask because a lot of the books, short stories and young adult novels are mixing and matching. For example, some short stories don't link to anything at all (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Good_Hunting), some link to books (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_Battle_of_Colonel_Jace_Malcom), some link to other short stories (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Buyer%27s_Market), and a lot of the time it's not even the correct information. There doesn't seem to be any method to the madness. The same goes for books and young adult novels, although the books are better about it.

Anyway, I'd like to go ahead and fix this. I've got the timeline sorted out, and I'm willing to devote some time to it. But I don't want to break any rules, and I especially don't want to step on somebody else's toes if they're already working on it.

In my opinion, books should always be preceded by and followed by other books. These are the meat and potatoes of the EU and it creates a sense of continuity. For example, the New Jedi Order Force Heretic books are broken up by the "Or Die Trying" short story. I feel the majority of people looking up those books would be more interested in the books before and after, not short stories. Another example is that there are six Adventure Journal short stories splitting up the X-Wing books. That's why I'd like to link books to books.

On the other hand I'd link to link the short stories to short stories AND books, whichever comes before and after. Short stories are secondary and are sometimes supplementary pieces, such as the new Icognito short story. So hypothetically that pages would be followed by the new Kenobi novel, whereas the Kenobi page would be preceded by the closest book (Republic Commando: Order 66).

We can also have books and short stories mix and match, I'm fine with that. That's why I wanted to put this question out there first.

Also the one thing I'd really like to do is have the young adult books separate. Much like the comic books I feel they fall in a slightly different category and anyone interested in those articles would probably prefer that they link to each other, instead of being mixed in with the books and shorts.

Wow FRAT much? Sorry for the wall of text. Hopefully I got my point across.