On 6/26/07, Adrian <aldebaer(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Let's face the facts: Gray Jedi
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Jedi>, Dark Jedi
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Jedi>, Dark side devotee
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_side_devotee>, Sith
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sith>, Jerec
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerec>, Aayla Secura
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aayla_Secura>, Tremayne (Star Wars)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremayne_%28Star_Wars%29>, Xanatos (Star
Wars) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanatos_%28Star_Wars%29>, Asajj
Ventress <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asajj_Ventress>, Sev'rance Tann
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sev%27rance_Tann>, Yuuzhan Vong
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuuzhan_Vong>, *Lightsaber combat
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber_combat>*, *Force-sensitive
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force-sensitive>* and *Holocron
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocron>*, to name just a few. I love
everything Star Wars, but notability and MOS guidelines that embrace
this gallopping chaos must be rewritten sooner or later, ideally
complementing each other.
What's the fact? That the Star Wars universe is large? That many
people are interested in it? That it's complicated?
Hmm, for those reasons maybe Wikipedia should have comprehensive
coverage of the subject.
Also, I appreciate that "notability" is an
often-abused term, but on the
other hand, any ambiguity in policies and guidelines is likewise prone
to tendentious interpretation. I wouldn't usually argue for stricter
guidelines, but here they are necessary.
Or maybe they're not.
And I don't quite understand why people are
opposed to inter-article
merging and intra-article merging (i.e. condensing material), seeing as
the current guidelines let everything go unchecked. Guidelines would
ideally not be necessary at all, but the current mess in articles about
fiction doesn't allow for that luxury.
I dislike the idea of using a rewritten notability guideline as a club
when common-sense guidelines about using links instead of repeating
content, using concise prose, sticking to verifiable information, and
avoiding subjective interpretation are perfectly sufficient to prune
cruft.
In other words, Strunk and White is sufficient. No need to hammer a
square peg into a round hole.