Cleanup

_writing/actors.md

@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ The name of the actor. Pick the name they're best known by.
 
 ## Content
 
-Who is the person. This can be as long as needed.
+Who is the person. This can be as long as needed. Don't repeat anything we cover elsewhere (like birthday).
 
 ## Sidebar
 
 ## Actor Photo
 
-Pick the best headshot you can, and don't worry about licensing.
+Pick the best headshot you can, and don't worry about licensing right now.
 
 ### Gender Identity
 
 Cis, agender, non-binary... Pick the best one you can. If a person identifies as one, take them at their word. This means! If you hit someone who has a gender we don't have listed _we add it_, no questions asked.
 
 ### Sexuality
 
-Homosexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Heterosexual, Unknown, etc... Default to heterosexual. If you can't tell and are working on a webseries, default to Unknown.
+Homosexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Heterosexual, Unknown, etc... Default to heterosexual. If you can't tell and are working on a webseries, default to **Unknown**.

_writing/characters.md

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ The name of the character. Pick the name they're best known by.
 * Honor the cultures that use family name first (ex: Shida Yui)
 * Use an alias/alternate name if they're better known by that (ex: Thirteen, Adam Torres)
 * If a character switches names during the show you can use the 'first' name first and separate with a slash (ex: Moira/Max)
-* If the character has only one name, and it's really common that's okay, just change the slug to have the show: courtney-er
-* If you find someone's name, update the name and the slug (ex: Courtney / courtney-er became Courtney Brown / courtney-brown). Since we have Yoast SEO, it redirects it for us.
+* If the character has only one name, and it's really common that's okay WordPress will add a `-2` to the post name
+* If you find someone's name, update the name and the slug (ex: Courtney / `courtney` became Courtney Brown / `courtney-brown`). Since we have Yoast SEO, it redirects it for us.
 
 ## Content
 
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ Cis, agender, non-binary... Pick the best one you can. If a character identifies
 
 ### Sexuality
 
-Homosexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Heterosexual, Undefined, etc... Default to homosexual. Undefined should be restricted to babies.
+Homosexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Heterosexual, Undefined, etc... Default to homosexual. Undefined should be restricted to babies, adults can use the catch all of Queer. If the character has sex/romantic engagement with people outside their species, they're **Pansexual**.
 
 ### Romantic
 
 Defaults to 'none' and if you have _no_ idea what that means, keep it there. Mostly this happens with LGBT web series.
 
 ### Death
 
-If they're dead, pick the real life (not in show universe), date. Generally it will be the episode airdate.
+If they're dead, pick the real life (not in show universe), date. Generally it will be the episode airdate unless they died off camera. In that case, pick either the episode date where it's stated they're dead _or_ if you can figure out which ep they died in, use that. Good luck.
 
 ## Character Details
 
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ We're looking for things like 'parent' and 'queer IRL' - Every character has a c
 
 ### Actor Name
 
-The ... name of the actor. If there are multiple actors, add multiple rows. Put the most known actor (or the most current) on top.
+If there are multiple actors, add multiple rows. Put the most known actor (or the most current) on top.
 
 ### Shows
 
 This section is a repeatable field.
 
-* Show Name - This is a dropdown. If the show isn't listed, that's okay you can leave it blank. It's best to add the show, even if we don't publish it, just so it can be filled in later. You can add a new row if someone is on multiple shows (Lucretia from the Spartacus series, Janet King from her own show and Crownies, for example).
+* Show Name - This is a dropdown. If the show isn't listed, that's okay you can leave it blank. It's best to add the show, even if we don't publish it, just so it can be filled in later. You can add a new row if someone is on multiple shows (Lucretia from the _Spartacus_ series, Janet King from her own show and _Crownies_, for example).
 * Character Type - Main cast is easy. Recurring and guest are semantics. If they have their own plot, they're probably recurring. If they only have one episode, they're probably guests.

_writing/embeds.md

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ sidebar:
   nav: "writing"
 ---
 
-Embeds are a concept within WordPress that lets you ... well ... embed content by pasting a URL on it's own line.
+[Embeds](https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds) are a concept within WordPress that lets you ... well ... embed content by pasting a URL on it's own line.
 
-In addtion to all the defaults in WordPress (YouTube, Twitter, etc), the following sites have support added:
+In addition to all the defaults in WordPress (YouTube, Twitter, etc), the following sites have support added:
 
 * IndieGoGo
 * Gleam

_writing/shows.md

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ The goal with a show post is to explain what the show is about, but you'll notic
 
 ## Title
 
-The official title of the show. For example, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and not CSI. This means, yes, if they call it Venice: The Series so do we. If two shows have the same name, indicate the least popular with a parenthetical. The American version of 24 is simply called that, but the Indian version is called 24 (Indian).
+The official title of the show. For example, _CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_ and not _CSI_. This means, yes, if they call it _Venice: The Series_ so do we. If two shows have the same name, indicate the least popular (or the second one) with a parenthetical. The American version of _24_ is simply called that, but the Indian version is called _24 (Indian)_.
 
 ## Base Content
 
 ### Post Content
 
-An overview of the show. We're not looking for novels, just a description of what the show is, what it's about, who's in it. It's okay to be silly and goofy and weird (see Lost Girl) so long as you can be informative.
+An overview of the show. We're not looking for novels, just a description of what the show is, what it's about, who's in it. It's okay to be silly and goofy and weird (see _Lost Girl_) so long as you can be informative.
 
 ### Excerpt
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This is what will display on the show listing page, so keep it witty, keep it p
 
 ### TV Show Image
 
-AKA Featured image. It should be 960x400 pixels. This will be both the header image for the post as well as the 'thumbnail' for the show listing page. Make it as gay as possible.
+AKA Featured image. It should be at least 960x400 pixels. This will be both the header image for the post as well as the 'thumbnail' for the show listing page. Make it as gay as possible.
 
 ### Nation
 
@@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ What _kind_ of show is this? Anime? Mystery? The values will auto-complete and y
 
 If the show has some stomach turning scenes or ever flashes one of those "if you're thinking about suicide..." warnings, it probably needs this.
 
-* High: Game of Thrones, Law & Order SVU, The 100
-* Med: Law & Order CI, CSI
-* Low: Law & Order
+* High: _Game of Thrones_, _Law & Order SVU_, _The 100_
+* Med: _Law & Order CI_, _CSI_
+* Low: _Law & Order_
 
 ## Must See Details
 
 This really really really needs to be filled in. Like I'd love to block publish if they were missing.
 
-### Trope Plotlines
+### Trope Plots
 
 Start typing to fill in the content. "Law Enforcement" includes PIs and military.
 
 ### Worth It?
 
-Yes, Meh, No. Be honest. If you haven't seen it, use TDB
+Yes, Meh, No. Be honest. If you haven't seen it, use TDB.
 
 ### Worth It Details
 
@@ -109,27 +109,27 @@ Ratings are where we review and describe how much the show is awesome. All of th
 
 ### Realness Ratings
 
-1 means the show is not even close to real for how lesbians are, a 5 means this is like life. A show like Lost Girl gets a 4 on the lesbian realness scale because it handles polyamory and bisexuality very well, but is weirdly transphobic.
+1 means the show is not even close to real for how lesbians are, a 5 means this is like life. A show like _Lost Girl_ gets a 4 on the lesbian realness scale because it handles polyamory and bisexuality very well, but is weirdly transphobic.
 
 ### Realness Details
 
-Since Lost Girl is so real (surprise!) it has to be explained why it's so high.
+Since _Lost Girl_ is so real (surprise!) it has to be explained why it's so high.
 
 ### Show Quality Rating
 
 If the lesbians are real, so's the show, right? Nope! Some shows are outright terrible while still having weirdly accurate lesbians. Again, 1 is bad quality, 5 is awesome.
 
 ### Show Quality Details
 
-I'm picking on Lost Girl a lot, but here again it's an amazingly high quality show, with both makeup and acting.
+I'm picking on _Lost Girl_ a lot, but here again it's an amazingly high quality show, with both makeup and acting.
 
 ### Screen Time Rating
 
-A 1 means Friends, where we get an episode or two a season. A 5 means The L World. 0 means 'they mentioned queers..'
+A 1 means _Friends_, where we get an episode or two a season. A 5 means _The L Word_ or _Take My Wife_. 0 means 'they mentioned queers...' which normally we wouldn't even bother, but sometimes it matters.
 
 ### Screen Time Details
 
-The L Word gets the highest rating ever for a reason. Explain that here. For Friends it needed reminding that the show was not about the lesbians, and they were only there for the 'backup' of Ross etc.
+The _L Word_ gets the highest rating ever for a reason. Explain that here. For _Friends_ it needed reminding that the show was not about the lesbians, and they were only there for the 'backup' of Ross etc.
 
 ## Plot and Relationship Details
 
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ This is where we break down the details of the show. All of these fields are op
 
 Separate multiple ship names with commas
 
-### Queer Plotline Timeline
+### Queer Plots Timeline
 
-Write up an overview of the plotlines that are gay. If only three seasons are gay, just talk about those three seasons.
+Write up an overview of the plot lines that are gay. If only three seasons are gay, just talk about those three seasons.
 
 ### Notable Lez-Centric Episodes
 
 List all the episodes that are super gay. The format is as follows:
 
 * __Season # Episode # “Episode Title”__ - Episode description.
 
-Do not worry about spoilers in this section. If someone's reading about notable queer episodes and timelines, they deserve what they get. If it's for a show like Lost Girl or The L Word then it's okay to just say 'all of them' but if there was a seminal episode that changed the world (like "The Puppy Episode") then that's what we want.
+Do not worry about spoilers in this section. If someone's reading about notable queer episodes and timelines, they deserve what they get. If it's for a show like _Lost Girl_ or _The L Word_ then it's okay to just say 'all of them' but if there was a seminal episode that changed the world (like "The Puppy Episode" for _Ellen_) then that's what we want.

index.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ header:
   caption:
 excerpt: 'Documentation on managing and maintaining the greatest database of queer female, transgender, and non-binary TV characters, in the universe.'
 intro:
-  - excerpt: 'For everything related to needing help managing the sites.'
+  - excerpt: 'For everything related to needing help posting on and managing the sites.'
 ---
 
 {% include feature_row id="intro" type="center" %}