Forgotten Realms Wiki:3 Sentence Rule

Proposal
I'd like to make a proposal that I think will help clear up whether or not a new topic of the Realms deserves it's own article or not. This is not to be used in all cases, rather only when debating whether a topic warrants it's own article or be included in a related article.I'd like to propose a guideline that if more than 3 sentences cannot be written about a subject that it does not deserve it's own page. The only exceptions to this guideline though would be broader subject such as items, creatures and people that can exist almost anywhere in many different capacities. Of corse there are some vagaries as to the various writing styles (some people could strech certain articles out to fill the requisite 3 sentences) but as stated before this is just meant to be a proposed guideline.

For exampleIf you search for The Breaking or Dragonturtle Day you will be redirected to subsections of Marsember, as they are events related with that city. They are also both 3 sentences or shorter. Midsummer on the other hand is celebrated throughout the Realms and is 4+ sentences.

Reasoning
First of all my reasoning for not applying this to all articles is that some, like beljuril, describe unique, rare yet non-specific articles that cannot really be traced to any region, person, group or anything else within the Realms. Though there are only 3 sentences written about it, they are found throughout the Realms and thus (IMO) warrant an independent article.

Pros

 * Less stub pages.
 * More dense and longer articles (the ones like Marsember).
 * Information on related subjects is a bit easier to locate.

Cons

 * Some pages (like Marsember) may become too full of what some might see as trivial material.
 * Less pages overall.
 * Conditions are somewhat vague (any help regarding this would be appreciated).

Anyways as you can see from the oft-cited page of Marsember this is not really my idea. I just wanted to solidify some of the ideas surrounding some of the great work I noticed from a fellow editor. As always, any feedback is appreaciated. Johnnyriot999 07:41, 23 July 2007 (UTC)