User:MaclimesZero/Rants

=Wiki Rants=

Information Underload
This rant is primarily about the goals and purpose of the Wookieepedia itself. I believe that we are suffering from a stagnation in information flow, but a constant desire to add new information to the wiki. Even though there is plenty of info that needs to be added, most of it is obscure and hard to research. So what do we do? We just repeat what we already have posted here. Allow me to expand on that thought with an example.

On Luke Skywalker's page, we indicate the he used a blue lightsaber made by his father, Anakin Skywalker, then made his own green one. He temporarily also used a red one, when serving as the Emperor's apprentice. On Anakin's page, in the Legacy section, we also repeat that his son Luke would go on to use his lightsaber. Then, we have the List of lightsaber users, on which Luke also appears. Then, we also have the List of lightsaber wielders by lightsaber colors, in which Luke appears three times: Once under green, under blue, and under red. I suppose it is inevitable that there will be a List of people who used Anakin's lightsaber, including (but not limited to), Anakin, Luke, Han Solo, and Mara Jade. And I'm sure someone will think of other clever ways to base an entire article (or several) on the regurgitation of information already presented on this wiki.

That's not helping, people.

If the information is already readily available in an easy to find and logical location, there's no reason to repeat it in a newly created article just for the purpose of being able to add something. I'm not opposed to the creation of categories, to make information easier to find (for example, Category: Blue lightsaber wielders), but these extra, pointless articles are hindering the information-gathering focus of this wiki.

That's all for now. Thanks. Talk about this article on the talk page. Thanks!