Forum:Considering addition of "Speculation" sections

As you probably know, a significant portion of pages on the wiki are filled with hypotheses and conjectures about details and events which are never explicitly covered in the games. This is especially a problem with events that are referenced in passing (e.g., the Vault experiments) or first-person accounts revealed through holotapes and/or terminals (typically leaving the end of the "story" to the imagination). I propose that such speculation be put into its own section with a canonicity warning, or be removed from articles entirely. Putting such supposition directly into the other parts of the article, even with verbal indicators of its lack of canonicity, is, I think, misleading and unprofessional. Your thoughts? --PwnzerfaustMonk 22:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, such speculations should generally be removed. Ausir 15:04, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I just hope you don't want this to become like Wikipedia, with citations needed after every sentence, even for basic logic. Logical extrapolation is fine, long as it's based on concrete data from Fallout 2. Or are you the kind of person who needs an explicit citation to substantiate, for example "Enclave is a major industrial power, due to their ability to manufacture APAs"? That Furry Bastard 19:58, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm just saying that unverifiable speculation has no place amongst hard facts. If people want to speculate, they should do it in the forum. --PwnzerfaustMonk(talk) 20:50, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hehe, this reminds me of that one moment when someone added to McNeil's entry on CnCWiki that he and Chandra are a gay couple. That Furry Bastard 20:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Well I partially disagree, speculation is good because it gets the reader thinking about the game in more depth but if there isn't sufficient proof to back it up it should carry an authenticity warningUser:Weber134

Wouldn't a Spoiler Tag System be prudent? I for one came here for two things: Bobblehead locations and answers to unanswerable questions. Like who started the Super Mutant Replication Process and How on earth does Little Lamplight maintain population growth? One of those questions is directly addressed, while the other is not. Having speculative theories hidden away could be an effective answer. That way if it doesn't concern what someone is looking for they won't have to scroll through countless Tl;DRs.

Sorry that was so long-winded. I'm new to this.User:Sgt.Chilly


 * Speculation should be kept to the forums and (much more appropriately) talk pages of the articles, imho. If given a section in the body of the article, I think it would just lead to cluttered pages, unneccesary arguments and confusion with factual information. 68.49.187.181 21:42, 27 March 2009 (UTC)