Forum:Policy proposal - nationalism edit-wars

We've had a few back-and-forth Nationalist-type edits, mainly in the Behind the scenes sections - see Marie or Nikola Tesla and You. This type of edit - arguing back and forth over which country or group gets to claim the famous person as their own - is a constant huge problem over at wikipedia. I think here at The Vault we should avoid it and back that up with policy.

For instance, on the Nikola Tesla page, I would edit the biographical section to remove the bits referring to Croatia/Serbia, because it adds nothing to our site, and it only serves to eventually offend someone. In fact, I'm going to make that edit now. Question is - should we add a sentence or two to our editing guidelines regarding this? Or just deal with it on a case-by-case basis? Thanks.--Gothemasticator 15:43, June 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think it'll be rare enough here that we can simply deal with it on a per-case basis. After all, we're mostly dealing with fictional characters (unlike Wikipedia), and the articles about the few which have "real-world" roots (like Tesla) should mostly deal with their role in the Fallout world. I agree that it's probably best to avoid mentioning nationality of real-world people in the first place unless it's relevant e.g. for the validity of a reference. -- Porter21 (talk) 08:23, June 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Eh, you're probably right. There's not enough actual trouble on this front to warrant a policy. Thanks for the feedback.--Gothemasticator 16:19, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed, cases like this are rare enough to be dealt with on a case by case basis. Ausir(talk) 16:20, June 18, 2010 (UTC)