Editing Incubator escapee wiki:WikiProject Soap Operas (section)

====Character relationships====
Soap opera characters tend to have complex family and romantic relationships. Obviously, notable relationships can and should be mentioned in the text of the article as they apply to a character's storylines. Though extensive relationship lists within the body of articles may seem helpful for navigation, article quality assessments have generally deemed them trivial and as having a negative impact on article quality. '''To keep articles visually appealing and manageable, relationships should be "listed" only in the infobox.''' The {{tl|Infobox soap character}} contains a collapsible section to accommodate this. In order to keep these lists manageable, use judgment on which relationships to include. 

* For most characters, relatives listed should be limited to closer family and generations having some relevance to the character in question. Remember, more distant relations (step-great-grandchildren?) will be noted in the infoboxes of other characters more closely related to them. This is especially important for long-running characters, who tend to have an excessive amount of relations. See [[Template:Infobox soap character#Relationship parameters]].
* For miscarriages or other unsuccessful pregnancies (common in soap operas), list these only on the pages of the parents, along with the year that the event occurred. In many cases a footnote may be preferred to present this information.
* To conserve space and improve readability, [[WP:COMMONNAME|Common names]] (usually the article name) should be used for links in infoboxes. For example, [[Sami Brady]] instead of the piped link [[Sami Brady|Samantha "Sami" Brady DiMera]].