Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-7971816-20150227002010/@comment-25112275-20150227131151

On this matter, the admins are in agreement. We believe that the 'Significant Other' section needs to be removed. This section has brought a lot of conflict, which the wikia never intended on. Users fight or dispute over who should appear under these sections and how said person should be described.

There are many examples of relationships that people desire to add to this section, but are not actually canon relationships. Raven’s page once had: Finn, Bellamy, Clarke, Monty, Lexa, and Wick all as significant others. As of right now, the only one she’s had as a canon romantic interest in was Finn.

For Abby’s page, people have added Kane and Jaha, and removed Jake from the 'Significant Other' section because some people believed Kane was actually her father.

On Aurora’s page, Kane was added as Bellamy and Octavia’s father without canon proof.

On Clarke’s page, Finn, Bellamy, Raven, and Lexa have all appeared. Right now the only canon ones are Finn and the kiss with Lexa.

You see what we are getting at? Not all of these are canon romantic relationships. Some were flirtation, or fandom wishes. Some were small interactions that people mistook for feelings of love or attraction.

People have been arguing over this section since this was first implemented. When I made this template, the significant others section was only meant for 1 character at a time. It was meant to be an informative piece that allowed users to be up to date on current relationships. Once a relationship ended, the person was meant to be removed from the section as that was no longer current information.

Since this sections inception, we have seen nothing but editing wars or disputes. The admins have deleted a few very unfavorable comments and edits about how this or that should happen in the 'Significant Other' section.

This was brought up in our last admin meeting because we saw a new editing dispute on how Finn needs and how he should appear on Clarke’s 'Significant Other' section. As her 'One True Love' I believe was the description. Even though it was resolved without admin interference, it still happened. The admins agreed that this matter needed to be addressed.

Changing this section was thought of during the meeting. We played around with a few ideas but realized that simply tacking on an "S" at the end of the 'Significant Other' section is not an option.

Not every one of these characters has had multiple love interests. It makes the wiki look uneven if two different sections appear on the wiki. Only a few would have "S" on them, while others do not. We also considered character’s like Bellamy, whom have had romantic trysts with multiple people. There would be simply too much information and these boxes are already too long.

This shows focus is not about the romantic relationships, it’s about survival and their journey.

Removing this section is not a way of silencing shippers. It is simply a way to make a more friendly community and stop editing wars or disputes as well as shortening up the info boxes that are already too long. This section can be removed for all characters and still allow the editors to express the relationship between two people on relationship pages and the relationship sections. This is why they exist.

If paring doesn't have a page and you would like to see one added for them, please open a suggestions forum and state why.