Hello everyone! I'm writing this Discussion post to briefly give you an update about the current state of Hannibal Wiki, with particular focus on the release of television series Clarice and how that information will be added to the wiki.
Admin introduction
First of all - I thought I'd introduce myself, for those of you I may not have interacted with before. I'm Lucas (ReverieCode on Fandom) and I recently became an administrator here. The wiki has also been an assignment I have as a Wiki Manager from Fandom. It's a pleasure to be here with all of you, and I look forward to helping out during the weekly release of Clarice where I can!
Adding Clarice series information
With regards to Clarice, information is beginning to be included here, but we are facing some unique issues: pages for the Hannibal TV series have (TV) into their names, to differentiate them from the book/film characters - for instance, we have Will Graham and Will Graham (TV). So, now that we will have two different TV series, that creates a problem: that (TV) is referring to what show?
It would be good to switch those (TV) names at some point to clarify that means "Hannibal series", but right now, the main focus is making sure Clarice content can be added here without too much confusion. Here are the main points to bear in mind for now:
Clarice content will be added into the original character pages (for the book characters that will reappear, such as Clarice herself) rather than with new, separate pages. This is because Clarice is intended to fit into the timeline of the books. (If this changes, we could always revisit this later on.)
Within those articles, the Clarice content (character stories) will be in a separate section under the books. This should help the editing flow.
There will also be a template for these sections, briefly explaining the context of Clarice and linking to a wiki policy page that explains how we organize each media in the wiki. These are coming soon!
If you have any thoughts on these, or ideas, you can always let me know, of course. None of these are 100% set in stone - these are just some basic initial points, to avoid disorder once the show is here.
Clarice weekly release + Discussions
Clarice will premiere on Thursday, February 11 at 10/9c in the US, after which it will be airing weekly. I wanted to point out that everyone is welcome to join in the editing efforts - if you're excited about the show and don't know where to start, feel free to leave me a message.
Here in Discussions we will likely have weekly posts for talking about the episodes. I'd like to encourage you to participate in these, and create your own posts about the show as well. (Remember that you can watch the trailer here.)
Also, as a final point - I know many people are fans of the Hannibal series alone, and may be on the fence about a show without Hannibal Lecter (who they can't use, due to licensing issues), but who knows - it may turn out alright. Let's have an open mind!