:::I probably will continue to comment here.  The reasons should have been given before the changes, you're correct there, but the point is the reasons have been given since.  If improving the quality of the article is what we are aiming for, the reasons are equally valid regardless of when they are given.   Banjeboi and I have both commented that a dual chronology creates a fragmented/disjointed result, and Gwen Gale has also mentioned that she doesn't favour personal life sections.   It's largely a style issue but not entirely.  It becomes a content issue when points that should relate to each other, don't.   Polanski's professional life has been influenced by extreme events in his personal life, and the decision to place them side by side or apart is not a style choice.   The overall meaning and context is different with each option.   This has been said before, so if you are asking why it's not a simple style choice, I can only assume that you've read these comments made in other sections, and simply disagree with them.   With regards to the analysis above, I didn't know what the result would be until I went through and looked at each article.   It doesn't have to be 50%/50% to indicate that there is support for either style.   The style in each of the articles in the list has been supported and endorsed by large numbers of editors in FA reviews etc.   The question is "which of two acceptable styles is most effective and useful for this particular article?"   I don't think there is an easy answer, and I don't think we have yet come close to exploring the possibilities, and we should all be open minded enough to look at the possibilities and see which one fits.   I've commented above that Sajiyit Ray employs a style that I think is suitable, and I think his is also the most similar to Polanski's of all the FA articles on that list.   He's an international director, with a foot in different cultural camps, is considered influential and in some ways revolutionary as a film maker.   He doesn't have a murdered wife or a sex crime over him, but that doesn't mean the format isn't equally suitable for either article.   I'll look at that in more detail later, but I think it's best to keep looking at possibilities, rather than declaring the matter "solved" because a bit of policy may apply.