Tenses on Character Wikis

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I wanted to clean up a character wiki, because it switched between past tense and present tense with no rhyme or reason, but I got a little stuck because I wasn't sure which to change it to. Should character bios be in present or past tense? Does the answer change depending on the section?

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#2  Edited By pikahyper  Moderator

@bjwise: There hasn't been any recent ruling on this, we mods have asked for clarification in recent months but received none. The ancient rule if I'm remembering correct that is still technically in effect is everything in present tense but it is rarely used and instead it does change by section or just uses past tense. From what I see currently the Current Events section is present, powers is present or present perfect and the no longer canon stuff and most of the rest is past tense. To me ideally outside of Current Events as much of the page as possible should be present perfect if it is in reference to something that is canon or still in effect/relevant/not ancient.