User blog comment:RubberLotus/Game Appearances - Luffy/@comment-9022101-20200801191302/@comment-9022101-20200809225147

Yes, with my web coding experience, I can help with 'colspan'. In the context of wiki tables, it allows sections to be made proportionately that can scale for different page sizes. The "Character Tables" we use on chapter pages are a good example to look at that.

I'm not sure you need to distinguished Background from Collectible, since only some games have collectible items. "Sort by" could work if item is sorted in the code as one of the overarching four with different works in the right column (designating Semi-Playable, Background, etc.). I also think that "Enemy Characters" is an important category to keep. Many recent games have characters who only appear as enemies, and the in-game role is distinct enough to warrant its own category.