Forum:SH Archive/Articles need to be passive and timeless

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On most articles about characters and planets start with ___ was. Why is the word "was" used? Since books are still being written, and appearances are being made, it should be is not was. The Wiki should be passive and in a timeless tense. Even destroyed planets should be written in the present tense, as new books may be published that take place before it was destroyed.