UTAU wiki:Sandbox/Character Profiles 2.0

Character Profiles 2.0 is aimed to fix issues that previously plagued character profiles.

It shall use the wikia system of templates to simplify additions and to keep housekeeping simple.

The profile pages shall comprise of 4 panels; Character, Personality, Design and Technical Information.

=Character=

A lot of the previous profile panel have been spun off to a separate section, in personality. The Character panel is designed to be informative at a glance, whilst regrouping information to reduce clutter.

Most notably, Japanese names are no longer mandatory, and has been relegated to a section called indigenous name. This way, it can accommodate more indigenous types of names such as Korean and Chinese, and others.

Using the wikia template system, certain sections that are irrelevant to the character will not appear in the panel.

The sections that shall appear in the Character panel are:

Character Icons
The character icon specification remains the same, with the addition of certain previously-unwritten rules:
 * The character icon MUST be a PNG image of 100 pixels in width and 100 pixels in height.
 * White background shall be used. There are no exceptions allowed for this.
 * It is preferable that a front view of the face be seen at the icon. The head must be within the image dimension and must be mostly visible.
 * It is preferable that the character art used is based on the final and official artwork of the voicebank.

In the event that character icons are not applicable to a character, the default unknown icon box shall be used.

Character Information

 * Character Name - It is being decided if this shall use the voicebank name OR character name. If voicebank name, it shall accept names regardless of naming order, and will honor the creator's naming preference.
 * First Name - The given name of the character.
 * Last Name - The family name of the character
 * Alias - Other names the character are known under.
 * Indigenous Name(s) - The native name of the character in their respective encoding. This can be either full names, Japanese names, Chinese names, and so on. Users can add the Japanese Kana name of a character in this section if the character has obvious Japanese origins, if not, their Japanese way of reading names can also be added here.
 * Name Interpretation - The old interpretation section is relegated here. Unlike before, the interpretation must be concise and short, this time around.

=Personality= The personality section is designed to aid character users, story writers and PV makers in the character's personality building. It also personalizes the character to the taste and specifications of their creator. Moreover, it aids in eliminating guesswork, speculation and unnecessary improvisation of character elements.

In the event that voicebanks are devoid of a humanoid avatar, this section can be eliminated altogether. If such a voicebank avatar is given by fans instead, it must be explicitly stated that the personality data is not from official sources.

=Design= Design section illustrates the character avatar to its fundamental details. This is done to aid illustrators attempting to make artworks of the particular character.

Certain changes and additions from the original are added. Most will not appear if no relevant details can be given.

=Technical Information=