Forum:Reorganization of the Mass Relays List

I propose to redo the current List of Known Relays. I see three main problems with the way the list is done now. First, it is rather unwieldy in its current format, a wall of text that makes visual searching cumbersome. Second, it is not sortable, so you can't search on cluster or system, only on the colloquial name for the relay. Third, the list is not exhaustive; it does not contain cases like the Sol Relay or the Arcturus Prime Relay nor the numerous examples of unnamed relays. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the current list includes spoilers with no spoiler tag. It's a pretty massive spoiler to note that the Citadel or the Relay Monument are in fact mass relays.

So, I propose to create two sortable lists. Each list will contain the following fields: Cluster, System, Common Name(s), and Notes. Cluster and System are pretty self-explanatory. The "Common Name(s)" field will be used for the colloquial name of the relay (e.g., Charon Relay, Mu Relay). The Notes section will be used, for example, to note special circumstances surrounding this particular relay such as that it's located on a planet (e.g., the Conduit), that it connects to a race's home system, or that it played a major role in the series' history. This will include all relays in which we have the information to fill in at least one of those four fields. If some piece of information is not known, that cell will be filled in as "Unknown."

The first list will include most of the mass relays, the ones where noting their existence or details does not constitute a spoiler. The second list will be titled "Special Cases" (for lack of a better term) and will include the spoiler-ific mass relays like the Citadel, the Alpha Relay, the Conduit, etc. This list will be preceded by a spoiler warning of some sort.

An example list can be found by clicking the link titled "Example Table" above. TheUnknown285 (talk) 17:31, March 4, 2013 (UTC)