The page subject is the pov character of the bio.

There are conciseness, style and tense issues throughout.

I think maybe the Green Arrow one might be salvageable. But the rest would need to be rewritten so much it's essentially a brand new summary. Which is why it's reverted. Just because you add text doesn't mean it's good text.

It’s not about quantity but quality. Lots of profiles haven’t been “updated” in years because most of their bios are already there. It takes real dedication and, more importantly, firsthand access to reading material to flesh out key points of interest from hundreds of stories. It’s hard enough just trying to copy edit or fact check at times. I’ve fallen down research rabbit holes in the middle of what I thought would be a simple removal of OOU material.

Anyone can edit, but not everyone can edit well, and those who can often don’t have the time or drive to do so. I enjoyed it for a long time but it eventually became like work and was starting to suck the joy out of comics for me. The Database was a great way to help me get into comics and is still a great tool for my continued reading, but I also don’t feel obliged to write fifty synopses for my favourite runs when people would ultimately derive more joy from reading them firsthand.

I understand, but there are countless pages still being added to this day that have more texts than I put. These characters are big name characters, their bios should be updated a bit reguarly far more than minor characters. I've seen pages get updated with long paragraphs almost daily. And you did tell me to start doing bios instead of galleries.

To be honest, I was dedicated today, man. I literally spent the whole day reading up on those unfinished stories so I could know what I'm talking about when I'm inserting information there. I wasn't just skimming and updating, I cared about whatever quality I can contribute to the community. And I was not just updating my favorite characters. Black Canary ain't my favorite character but I spent 4 hours today reading the #1-6 issues of Birds of Prey in Rebirth.

I admire the enthusiasm but perhaps that’s also your problem starting out. Might I suggest focusing on one thing at a time. If you have a favourite character or a favourite story arc of some significance, dedicate yourself to that first. For example; let’s say, after reading 52, I now want to contribute to the Database. It’s an event that covers a whole year, with multiple characters in multiple story arcs. Where do I start? I’m not going to start at the beginning and add to every character’s bio on an issue by issue basis. That would be madness. I’m going to pick ONE story arc of the seven and ONE character from that arc. Isolate the issues that character appears in and write a draft (on a document you can save, not the edit page of the Database) until you’re happy with it. Make sure you edit yourself, which is the hardest thing to do in the moment. I’ve looked back on my contributions at times and seen obvious fluff I could have excised the first time. Always remember that bios are concise. If you want detail then write an issue synopsis.

Let’s say I choose the space castaways arc with Adam Strange, Animal Man and Starfire, but the character I choose is a more minor role, Lobo. I don’t need to mention everything in the story leading up meeting Lobo or how Starfire is aware of Lobo because he was once active in the Vega System, nor do I need extraneous details like how he rips off her top during negotiations. You’d only need something like;

As a priest of the Church of the Triple Fish God, Lobo took a vow of non-violence. During this time he encountered three heroes of Earth stranded in space. He agreed to aid them, only to lead them into greater perils of a decapitated god and the Lady Styx. After finding a loophole, Lobo abandoned his vows by fraggin’ the deity he formally devoted himself to.

If people want more info they can click on the character links or the synopsis of the issue cited. As far as the bio is concerned, that’s essentially Lobo’s environment in 52.

I appreciate that man. I'll try what you just said and see what happens, thank you.

Writing summaries is hard. And we've been very lax about it in the past. I'm mainly focusing on pages that have no content at all and it is frustrating and time consuming to read through 5-6 issues and look at what they're doing, and how much of the rest you don't need.

True. I'll try again and make the bios I'll write much much smaller. I'll make sure to add only what they did in the event and nothing else.

Hey man how's the editing going

Just got back to the crib. I'm about to start now.