Forum:Next to ever characters age we should mention if they experienced Cryogenic Slumber or not

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Certain characters like Edward Buck and Thomas Lasky are almost 50 yet look significantly younger due to having Cryo Sleep for prolonged periods of time (over a year at least). Characters such as Sergeant Johnson are 70/80 years old, while they look MUCH younger than they are, with Johnson especially, next to his date of birth we should mention that he has experienced cryogenic slumber. I propose that we list in brackets (physical age different due to cryogenic slumber) or something like that. Editorguy (talk) 20:45, 28 April 2016 (EDT)

"Physical age" doesn't make much sense, age is supposed to be calculated depending on one's date of birth. As for characters like Buck and Lasky, we only point out a character's age if he's dead. This is due to complications such as, is this character still alive, what year do we take into account? etc. Imrane-117 (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2016 (EDT)

The physical age is important as it's not just appearance but conscious life experience too. Were a one year old cryogenically frozen for 80 years, they would still come out with the mindset and maturity of a one year old. I think it might be important to note cryogenic sleep alongside their date of birth.Editorguy (talk) 20:44, 28 April 2016 (EDT)

Nay. Alertfiend - Warning, my comments may appear passive aggressive. (Converse) 21:27, 28 April 2016 (EDT)

I don't think this proposal is entirely without merit, as the biological age/chronological age discrepancy is something that should be acknowledged when dealing with spacefaring characters in the Halo universe. However, as Imrane mentioned, our infoboxes actually only list the character's date of birth and death while their age is only mentioned if they're dead. In any case, long stints of cryo-sleep are a given with most characters who has seen long-term UNSC military service (sans those with a more fixed posting), so a separate notice about it doesn't seem all that necessary to me. Maybe if it could be made as unintrusive and brief as possible, but I'm not sure how. Something like a note (as in references group/note) would work, but it would be too complicated to implement. A template is the best I can come up with. --Jugus (Talk | Contribs) 01:12, 29 April 2016 (EDT)