Forum:Notability policy changes

I have come across lots of annoying articles. Why are they annoying you ask? Well, there is absolutely nothing to say about them, and they are so minor, that they aren't even worth an article, and are just a waste of space. Take the world objects for example, you can use sandbags for cover, but just how exactly does that make it worth an article? Infact, all the world objects are just a waste of space. Such as a generator. A GENERATOR? These have absolutely nothing to do with the game except scenery. Also, we have articles for just a character we know nothing about. Such as 100 articles for 100 people mentioned on a terminal in Vault 87 who died. Just how are these article worthy? They died in Vault 87, so they are worth an article? This is just bizarre, and i think we should change the notability policies now. Tezzla Cannon 15:13, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Changes

 * No more world object pages. World objects are just things which are just scenery and cover in the game. I bet soon we'll have articles for sand. Oh wait- There already is!
 * No articles for mentioned only characters which we know little or nothing about.

Feel free to add more to this list!

Discussion
No. Just, no. Why shouldn't we be as complete as possible? http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 16:07, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

I'm not saying we shouldn't be complete. However there are seriously some really unnotable stuff on here that really doesn't need an article, just a mention. Such as the Vault 87 people, there is nothing to say about them other than they died. These should really just be kept to the terminal article which they are already mentioned on. Tezzla Cannon 16:09, September 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, you are saying that. There's nothing wrong with articles on every character, mentioned or not. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 16:13, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Why even bother to make this poll if you're just gonna spam a shitload of pages with ? This is a community, not "Tezzla's playground". You need to wait for the community to decide on a change with such far-reaching implications as this. -- 16:16, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Most world objects should be merged on the world object overview page, while some of them definitely should get their own articles. And mentioned-only characters should stay. Spamming pages with delete tags before the poll has finished was over the line. I'm glad I didn't make you admin, since if I had, you'd have probably deleted them by yourself. Ausir(talk) 08:09, September 29, 2010 (UTC)

We need information, no matter how insignificant it may seem to be to you. If we shouldn't have world objects, then why should we have mentioned locations or characters either? Ausir is pretty much right. Nukey (talk) 00:29, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Although i dont agree with Tezzla, i think everyone should give him a break, wow, he did something everyone disagrees with. He should have made the poll first but it can easily be reverted, calm down. Sparky   talk   ??? . 01:16, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * He did make the poll first. He just didn't bother to wait for anyone to vote before starting the project. -- 04:25, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * I remember the last time something like that happened. Spoony and I got banned for an hour, even though Porter gave us the go-ahead. Fun times. :3 Nitty Tok. 04:29, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Poll
No Sorry, but no. Seems to me the general philosophy behind Wikia is to be as complete and exact as possible. BillyOcean 17:00, October 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * No http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 16:07, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * No This is absolutely ridiculous and I've had to spend several minutes removing tags from a ton of pages, that's borderline vandalism. --
 * Mention only characters should get one, in the case of them being from a large group,e.g. Vault 87 they should go on a page for said group, e.g Vault 87 Dwellers (or residents or whatever). With misc items, most on on the merge list to go with on the Fallot 3 misc items page or Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas misc item page. So, small articles should still be made, but, many could use with beeing mereged. 17:09, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * NoIt's just not necessary.I like to scrool trho random pages, and some times i see some world objects pages, in the end it's very intersting and funny reading this pages. so no--Scavenger of the Wasteland 18:15, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * No how is this a bad thing, and how on earth is it annoying? This is a wikia and should have as much info on the fallout universe as possible. Tezzla you do talk out of your arse sometimes--Mr Habberdasher 18:48, September 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * No How do small articles require you to read them or stop you from enjoying larger ones? Ausir(talk) 08:11, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I don't think complete means that we have a full record of each piece of dust in the wasteland. I like this idea.Agent c
 * No I don't think every one of the World Object articles needs Deletion they should be merged into the world object overview page. As for Characters we no little to nothing about while we may not know much about them they are nescessary to the telling of small bits of the story that fit into the larger plot. So yes they deserve their own articles.---bleep196- 01:55, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * No Echo what Mr Habberdasher said. I like reading the random stuff to kill time and sometimes it reveals more important info about the game I didn't know. If you don't like an article, make it better or close the window. --Rooker75(Having log-in problems) September 30, 2010
 * No We should be as complete as possible. Which means no leaving out mentioned characters. I agree with Kris, that's borderline vandalism putting deletion tags on everything. --User:Kayos94 23:33, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * No I don't see what the problem is. If you don't like seeing it then don't search for it or click on it. These extra "junk" articles help solve the mysteries of the Fallout universe, clear up misunderstandings, help explain the Fallout universe and create a general or complete understanding of one or all of the games. --Chefwillis 14:30, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

I don't care one way or the other. TestECull

No Nukey (talk)
 * A real notability policy would be nice. One that editors need to read before being allowed to edit. Only containers get a page, not generic world objects. Nitty Tok. 04:29, October 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * No Maybe a sandbag don't deserve an article, but every mentioned only character do. Veryblackraven 11:56, October 4, 2010 (UTC)