Forum:Chapter Tenses

Hey guys! Before I shall do more editing of chapters, shouldn't chapters written in past tense rather than in present tense? It's stated on the policy that articles should be written in past tense but why all chapters were in present tense? —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me|My Wiki) 08:50, May 7, 2012 (UTC)

Before we have another epidemic on our hands I believe this should be sorted. As far as I know policy says write character articles in past tense. This however has been overlooked somewhat in the past and written in present tense and then rewritten in past tense. I believe that to be counter-productive and a bit of a hassle so they should be written in past tense. Chapter/episode summaries, however, have always been written in present continuous tense which I also see no issue with since it's just a summary.--Cerez 365 ™(talk) 12:37, May 7, 2012 (UTC)

I see. But it's sometimes weird to be in present tense, though. —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me|My Wiki) 12:52, May 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Which is why I assume they've always written the summaries in present tense. Getting more structure on this would be best though so editors know how to proceed.--Cerez 365 ™Hyūga Symbol.svg(talk) 12:56, May 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * I see, but it's not really that bad writing in present, by the way. Anyone who have suggestions? —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me|My Wiki) 13:05, May 7, 2012 (UTC)

Character articles are best written in past tense given that situations will end up being in the past. Episode/manga summaries are different to me, present tense isn't a problem there. But that's just my opinion outside of the rules.--Cerez 365 ™(talk) 13:33, May 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't really see a problem about the characters. It looks perfectly with the past tense. [You didn't see my message or you're unwilling to answer it. :D] —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me|My Wiki) 13:36, May 7, 2012 (UTC)

I think that the existing chapters should be kept as they are and we should take care that the new chapters are written in past --S@lil (T@lk) 14:49, May 8, 2012 (UTC)