Forum:CT Archive/Cut content in the bio section, redux

Six months ago to the day, we had a CT on whether to keep various kinds of non-canon/ambiguous material in the canon biography/history sections. Three of them we came to conclusions on, one—cut content—reached no consensus. So, I'm calling this again, because I think the idea that we allow cut content—content that was removed from canon sources—is absurd. So, reasons:

First, it's cut. Gone, removed, excised, not in a canon source. If it's included in the Holocron anyway, we need to know that it is, or at the least a general statement from Chee like he gave Tales stories. "Cut content" is much too broad a category to assume that it might have some place in canon (not to mention that "might be canon" isn't what Wookieepedia is for) when there's cut stuff that clearly isn't. A common argument seen is that it might become canon someday, or that it's been known to become canon in the past. This is true, and when that happens, we should include it. But until then, it's cut. I'm stressing this because it's the defining reason why it doesn't belong in the main article body. Cut = not in a canon source, simple as that.

It's also asking for trouble in terms of what to include. Should elements of a What's the Story? submission that were removed from the final entry be included in the main section? How about elements like Sate Molock that became someone else in the final product? Or elements like Darth Homiiz that don't even have a place in the product as it exists? How about Alien Exodus? Do all of these belong somewhere in the main article section of the appropriate article, or can we say they were cut for a reason and at best leave them to the BTS? It's not all Lightsider and Castaways of Endor, is what I'm saying. There are cut elements that even when they don't explicitly contradict anything still clearly have nothing to do with canon as it is now.

Some people were confused about this on the initial vote, so I want to stress it: cut content can—and should, where appropriate—still be included in Behind the Scenes or its own separate section. In many cases it's useful for the evolution of the character, or what might have been had a certain story or article been released. Where it doesn't have a place is the main article body, amongst canon information.

Discuss. - Lord Hydronium 03:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Place cut content in the BTS or its own section

 * 1) Lord Hydronium 03:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)