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OOU Layout Guide
Hey, jSarek,

I'm wondering if I can get your advice on something. I've given a lot of thought to the OOU layout guide and have really come around to the idea of putting the plot summary first. I want to re-propose it with the suggested changes, but I was wondering if you could give me your thoughts on the following order:


 * 1) Plot summary
 * 2) Conception
 * 3) Production
 * 4) Main characters

The reason I advocate putting "Main characters" after the development info is that I always give the character profiles a leading OOU paragraph that draws heavily on info already established in Conception and Production. The OOU layout guide, as I've written in the proposal, explicitly suggests doing this: "A character profile should be written in-universe in the present tense, but a leading out-of-universe paragraph giving background information on the character is optional." See here and here for examples. Like, in Agents of Chaos, Han Solo's character profile mentions James Luceno and Brian Daley, and I would hate for that to be the first time they're mentioned in the entire article, and for them and their friendship and Daley's death to require heavy context.

I bring this before you because you mentioned that you thought that both "Plot Summary" and "Main characters" should come before the development info in your vote. Buuuuuut, what do you think about putting "Main characters" after the development info? As it will draw on info already established in the previous three sections, I think that having it as the fourth section is best, but I was wondering if I could get your opinion. Definitely let me know! Thanks, and cheers. Menkooroo 02:51, March 2, 2011 (UTC)