Forum:Overhauling "family" field in character infoboxes

Under our character infobox guidelines, relations more distant than two generations in either direction (i.e., grandparents and grandchildren) are not to be included in the "family" field of infoboxes, with a couple exceptions. However, it isn't uncommon to find explicitly disallowed distant relations listed in infoboxes (great-aunts, great-nephews, great-great-grandmothers, etc.), and even the listing of relations that are technically allowable under the current guidelines can get so out of hand that infoboxes become an unwieldy mess. Look at Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, etc., where users have felt compelled to list every last niece, nephew, and in-law.

I'm proposing two changes:

&#x2605; S t a r s t u f f  (Owl me!) 22:47, March 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * Trimming down the "family" field by limiting the listing of nieces, nephews, and in-laws so that, if a character has lots (like any member of the Weasley clan), only notable ones would be included. For Harry, this would include Rose and Hugo, who are the niece and nephew he's shown to have a relationship with in canon. All of his other Weasley in-laws and nieces and nephews would be covered with "various other nieces, nephews, and in-laws," which would link to the Weasley family article.
 * Restructuring infoboxes so that the "family" field is no longer freeform, but has predefined sub-sections for "mother," "father," "siblings," "spouse," "children," "grandchildren," etc. There is currently an informal ordering used infoboxes, but it isn't universally applied, and creating a standard structure would eliminate that inconsistency.