Track Ersatz status with flag instead of null character #21
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Previously, articles written by Ersatz Scrivener were represented in the data model by having a NULL character id. This had several awkward consequences, such as therebeing no real way to distinguish Ersatz articles from different players without doubling up on foreign keys whenever there was a character reference, because there would need to be a user reference as well.
Using a flag on the article itself is a much cleaner solution. There is no longer a need to have both character and user FKs. Ersatz-ness is still a special case, but one easily tracked on articles without changing how basic objects of the game relate to each other. Ersatz articles can be treated differently in the stats just as easily while still being subject to character-specific rules like index assignments.