You have confirmed my fears that the result of this proposal would be
to grossly reduce the utility of Wikipedia's entries by merging and
cutting them.
On 6/26/07, SonOfYoungwood(a)aol.com <SonOfYoungwood(a)aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 6/26/2007 3:23:53 PM Central Daylight Time,
cunctator(a)gmail.com writes:
There are certainly not sufficient secondary sources to support every
element of the episode / character entries which are based primarily
on the primary sources. For example, take a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goren.
Is this an irresponsible article of fancruft? I certainly don't think
so. As an infrequent viewer of the series, I found it profoundly
helpful. Note that the majority of the sources are from episodes. Some
are what may be considered secondary material (interviews on season
DVDs) but I could see people claiming that doesn't count as secondary
material either.
When all those characters are combined together, enough sources can probably
be squeezed. The cast of characters article wouldn't be very long, either;
when the OR, redundant story retellings, and trivia are weeded out, each entry
would probably only be 2-4 paragraphs. I'm sure the cast of characters as a
whole have been mentioned in reviews (I've googled a few media site reviews,
which discuss how the importance of the characters has evolved from previous
series, how points of view have changes, and how certain characters like
Goren overshadow others. another mentions how and why certain characters were
brought back for the game). I saw a site with "character insight" interviews
as
well. All of this can be added into a "reception and criticism" section in a
cast of characters article, and with the interviews describing several of the
characters, the amount of real world info would be enough to show notability.
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