Forum:SH Archive/Overhauling articles on essential topics

Recently, while on an RPG info-adding binge, I ran across several articles on essential topics that are, quite frankly, in need of a major overhaul. Unsourced, information missing, original research; you get the idea. Now, these are big, over-arching topics like hyperspace and blaster, and I can't blame anyone for not getting stuck into them since it would be a lot of work to rebuild the article. Even I baulked at the thought of tracking down sources and the like, and realised that it would take away too much time from the articles I really wanted to work on. That said, I really want to straighten these articles out. So, my solution: a collaborative project to get each article on an essential topic up to some semblance of respectability. Now, here's the catch. If we do this, there will be no reward. We will not be aiming to get these articles to any kind of status. If they end up as status-worthy, that's a different matter, but that would not be the goal of the project. The goal would simply be to make these articles as accurate and informative as possible. Once that is achieved to a satisfactory standard, then we move onto the next one. My plan for each article would be simple: The aim would hopefully be a fast-ish turnover of articles, not a months-long project on each individual article. The idea is to get the articles corrected swiftly but accurately. I have a current list of articles to begin with, but I would anticipate more topics being added. Thoughts and ideas? - Sir Cavalier of One ( Squadron channel ) 10:16, August 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Choose an article in need of overhaul
 * Identify the key sources in which information for that article can be found
 * Agree on the section layout (description, history, that kind of thing)
 * Write the article up on a subpage, with full sourcing and references
 * Do not worry about trivia or "X used a blaster one time" information, or about tracking down every single mention of the topic (that can be added later)
 * Transfer the article text over once the project is satisfied
 * Ideally, project members will watch the rebuilt article and guard against unsourced additions and like