Forum:SH:Splitting the Pre-Republic era

For years now, Star Wars has lacked a publishing era which covers the time before 25,000 BBY, the earliest being the Old Republic era. Since there's a lot of subjects which appear before 25,000 BBY (such as Rakata and Infinite Empire), we've been using the in-universe Pre-Republic era as an unofficial fix for this, both in infoboxes and the Eras template. With the recent publication of Dawn of the Jedi, the Before the Republic era was introduced. However, this only covers from 36,000 BBY to 25,000 BBY. Since there's still subjects which appear before 36,000 BBY (such as Big Bang and Celestial), the Pre-Republic era is still required to cover these. There are also articles with vague references to being pre-Republic (such as Old Galactic Standard and nuclear power) which are presumably covered by the Pre-Republic era. I suggest we categorise the 36-25,000 BBY stuff under the Before the Republic era. Anything pre-36,000 BBY or with only a vague mention of being pre-Republic can go under the Pre-Republic era, which will require a new icon, since the Star Forge one falls under the Before the Republic era now. --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 16:32, March 2, 2012 (UTC)