Forum:CT Archive/Separate discussion area for Star Wars universe

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Recently, we had tens of users using our Forum: Senate Hall as a place to discuss about the Star Wars Universe. This is getting out of control and no matter how many warnings we post on their talk pages and the Senate Hall itself, more keep doing it. Well, User:Darth Anarcus suggested creating a separate area, identical in structure to the Senate Hall, but for dicussing ONLY about the Star Wars universe?

We are aware about the existence of many Star Wars forums on the World Wide Web though maybe people post their questions here because they think we are the most reliable people for asking information about the Star Wars universe. They have to make sure their knowledge is correct or that all of the information in the Wiki is correct, which is no easy task. So what do you think. Then we won't have to waste so much time scolding them for posting such questions on the Senate Hall. However I hope people like that reactionist firebrand User:StarShadow do not fill this forum with criticisim. MyNz 2:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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MyNz 4:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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 * 1) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 03:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 03:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Comments

 * Lets get the discussion rolling. MyNz 4:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I personally do not think we should do this, because
 * 1) We are not here to discuss the Star Wars universe in general, but to archive and document it (WP:NOT)
 * 2) We should not want to play host to various arguments, complaints, and debates that pop-up- i.e. the number of clones, the armament of Star Destroyers, the gender of the Exile, Twi'lek/human relations, and who knows what else.
 * 3) We are NOT an authoritative source. Don't get me wrong- we are vastly superior to the Databank, and have much more information per topic than CUSWE. However, we only record canon and can't authoritatively answer some questions as well as luminaries such as Leland Chee, Dan Wallace, or Abel Pena can.
 * 4) There are too many "warring factions" in the Star Wars universe- we are an encyclopedia and should try to be neutral, not biased towards/against NJO-haters, original trilogyists, Fandalorians, Saxtonites, and whatever groups exist out there.
 * 5) An opportunity to ask whatever one wants is a very large temptation for people to get into trolling.
 * 6) It distracts from our overall purpose to improve our own Wiki.

I can see some merit in the idea, but it could very easily spiral out of control and we would mostly likely have to make more admins just to monitor this new proposed section- our current ones do a pretty good job as it is, but adding this section would be an extra burden. For additional input, I suggest you bring it up at the upcoming Mofference if this is not resolved by then. Atarumaster88  ( Audience Chamber ) 03:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Several well established Star Wars discussion forums already exist and since the wiki format really does not lend itself to such a use, I suggest we just direct users to elsewhere as we have always done.– 03:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)