StaffList

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I made this template to replace the old manual lists of staff members. Thing is, Sega has employed literally thousands of people over its existence, so if you list 15 years' worth with

{{StaffList|Sega Corporation (2000-2015)|employees=yes}}

it hits the DPL limit at about the half-way mark.

We can get over that - that isn't the issue. The problem is Sega has employed literally thousands of people over its existence, which means the list is massive and dominates the page.

I think a sub-page is required. But do we still want flat list of names, or something more akin to Category:Lists of games, where there's a bit more detail, e.g.

Name	Role
Akihito Fujiwara	Lead Programmer
Akane Hayashi	Artist
Akihito Hiroyoshi	Artist, designer
Akio Horii	Designer, Director, Producer
Akira Iizuka	Programmer
Akira Iketani	Artist
Akira Kai	Artist
Akihiko Kohno	Engineer
Akiko Kuroda	Producer
Akira Mikame	Artist
Akikazu Mizuno	Designer
Akira Motegi	Engineer
Akira Nishikawa	Tester
Akira Nishino	Executive, Producer, Technical Support
Akinori Nishiyama	Artist, Director, Producer
Akihiro Noguchi	Artist
Ai Ogata	Marketing
Akira Ohe	Programmer
Akio Sakai	Artist
Ai Sawayanagi
Akio Setsumasa	Programmer
Akihiro Suzuki	Artist
Akihiko Tamai	Programmer
Akira Terasawa	Tester
Ai Tsushima	Artist
Akira Wako	Engineer

(this is a reduced list)

Thing is, it's not very sortable if someone has multiple roles. Any field from PersonBob will work btw.

Or do we just let the categories do it -Black Squirrel (talk) 14:04, 3 November 2024 (EST)