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::I feel as though people are considering this a video game history archive, which is not this site's purpose. If people are concerned about preserving these course icons now that the game is shut down, it doesn't need to be here on this site. ({{@|Arend}}) [[User:Shadow2|Shadow2]] ([[User talk:Shadow2|talk]]) 22:21, May 12, 2024 (EDT) | ::I feel as though people are considering this a video game history archive, which is not this site's purpose. If people are concerned about preserving these course icons now that the game is shut down, it doesn't need to be here on this site. ({{@|Arend}}) [[User:Shadow2|Shadow2]] ([[User talk:Shadow2|talk]]) 22:21, May 12, 2024 (EDT) | ||
:::The wiki does, in fact, double as an archive and this proposal is contrary to that. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 01:09, May 13, 2024 (EDT) | :::The wiki does, in fact, double as an archive and this proposal is contrary to that. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 01:09, May 13, 2024 (EDT) | ||
::{{@|Glowsquid}} A pedantic response with a dishonest premise. If this was a real honest-to-god curated encyclopedia sold in stores, there wouldn't be a page on the history of Mario detailing every single one of his roles throughout his franchise; there wouldn't be entire gameplay sections on game articles detailing every single one of their mechanics and quirks; and there certainly wouldn't be entire repositories of images [[Gallery:Mario artwork (media)|pertaining to only one character]]. Tell me how ''any'' of that looks curated to you or how keeping a bunch of similar course icons on an article is somehow contrary to the spirit I had just described. Until now I have barely, if ever, seen an instance where this site omitted valid information (or material), no matter how inessential, for the purposes of condensing itself. Relocating said info/material, yes; removing off-putting fancruft, that's reasonable; but never in my entire experience has someone gone "you know what, Mario has | ::{{@|Glowsquid}} A pedantic response with a dishonest premise. If this was a real honest-to-god curated encyclopedia sold in stores, there wouldn't be a page on the history of Mario detailing every single one of his roles throughout his franchise; there wouldn't be entire gameplay sections on game articles detailing every single one of their mechanics and quirks; and there certainly wouldn't be entire repositories of images [[Gallery:Mario artwork (media)|pertaining to only one character]]. Tell me how ''any'' of that looks curated to you or how keeping a bunch of similar course icons on an article is somehow contrary to the spirit I had just described. Until now I have barely, if ever, seen an instance where this site omitted valid information (or material), no matter how inessential, for the purposes of condensing itself. Relocating said info/material, yes; removing off-putting fancruft, that's reasonable; but never in my entire experience has someone gone "you know what, Mario has too many appearances in games, we should delete the Mario Tennis sections because encyclopedias are meant to be condensed or something"--although the way things are going I can see this happen at some point. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 01:09, May 13, 2024 (EDT) | ||
:{{@|Koopa con Carne}} I say this respectfully and in good faith, and I am not signaling you out, as it seems that a few active users share the same sentiment. However, the "spirit" behind that comment bothers me. If readability does not matter, what is the point of having a wiki? What is our purpose? Who is this for? | :{{@|Koopa con Carne}} I say this respectfully and in good faith, and I am not signaling you out, as it seems that a few active users share the same sentiment. However, the "spirit" behind that comment bothers me. If readability does not matter, what is the point of having a wiki? What is our purpose? Who is this for? | ||