Forum:Consistent tense on the wiki

While editing for Mainspace Race this past week, I've noticed a major issue. Across pages on the wiki and even within pages themselves, the tense we use flips between the past and the present. Here's an example, taken directly, completely unedited, from Trent's page. The first sentence is in the present tense. The second sentence is in the past tense. The third parenthetical sentence is in the past perfect, which is grammatically correct if we were in the past completely, and then the fourth sentence flips back to the present tense.
 * In Phobia Factor, he reveals his fear of mimes. When he was helping Gwen complete her task of being buried alive, he tells her the story of why he is afraid of mimes (Trent had gotten lost at a circus when he was little and a mime was following him around while he looked for his mom). However, while he is telling Gwen the story, a mime appears and begins to chase Trent around the island.

This back-and-forth of tenses unfortunately plagues nearly every single page on the wiki. It's confusing, awkward, and frankly, pretty unprofessional. Of all of the common grammatical issues on the wiki, this one is certainly the most frequent and should be addressed first. My proposal is that we sweep the wiki and completely change it into the present tense. You may be thinking, "Why the present tense? All of these episodes have already happened." Well... I know this is a fairly massive proposal, since it'd require a sweep of the entire wiki, but it's worth it in my mind. The proposal will end when one side reaches 25 votes. Thanks for reading! ~ Kgman04! ♪ Talk! ♫ Contribs! 16:31, August 5, 2014 (UTC)
 * The present tense is much easier to write in. If we use the past tense, when referring to events further in the past than the ones we're describing, we'll have to use the past perfect tense which can get tricky and confusing (look back at the Trent example; sentences 2 and 3). By using the present tense throughout the wiki, if we want to refer to something in the past, we just have to use the normal past tense. On the off-chance that something needs to be referred to even further in the past within that past tense, then we'll use the past perfect, although that happens very, very infrequently.
 * This is something I've been taught, but whenever I write essays about books in my English classes, I'm always told to write in the present tense. This is because even though we've already read the book, the events of the book are still happening and are constantly happening. This is no different for the animated reality show we've all come to know and love.

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 * 1) ~ Kgman04! ♪ Talk! ♫ Contribs! 16:31, August 5, 2014 (UTC)