charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote:
I glanced yesterday at a recent dictionary 'of
phrase and fable',
which had a Pokemon article.
Here's a thought, addressed to one part of 'what do we do about
popular culture articles?' A new wiki, Wikifable, could be a place to
transwiki material which was basically narrative treatment of myths
(Norse, manga, soap operas ...). WP itself should be left with
analytical and scholarly treatment of myths. Wikifable would have to
work out its own protocols (canon, fourth wall, sources ...) but they
could be independent of WP's.
Ah good, I can go braindump my speculations on The Ring Cycle... you do
realise that this would be perfect for Wikia, right? And that we should
be a little more liberal in our attitude to external links? You can
almost guarantee that an external link will survive if it's to
"{{PAGENAME}} Wiki"...
It's amazing how pop culture articles make people squirm so much. I
don't really do anything with them, but they have never bothered me.
Pop culture is as important a part of culture as history or science.
Naturally, we want to make sure that fictional characters aren't put
forth as something more real than they are, If we confine ourselves to
"scholarly treatment" it strikes me as though we would be putting on the
same pompous airs of superiority that are often attrivbuted to ivory towers.
Ec