You have confirmed my fears that the result of this proposal would be to grossly reduce the utility of Wikipedia's entries by merging and cutting them. On 6/26/07, SonOfYoungwood(a)aol.com <SonOfYoungwood(a)aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 6/26/2007 3:23:53 PM Central Daylight Time, > cunctator(a)gmail.com writes: > > There are certainly not sufficient secondary sources to support every > element of the episode / character entries which are based primarily > on the primary sources. For example, take a look at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goren. > > Is this an irresponsible article of fancruft? I certainly don't think > so. As an infrequent viewer of the series, I found it profoundly > helpful. Note that the majority of the sources are from episodes. Some > are what may be considered secondary material (interviews on season > DVDs) but I could see people claiming that doesn't count as secondary > material either. > > > > When all those characters are combined together, enough sources can probably > be squeezed. The cast of characters article wouldn't be very long, either; > when the OR, redundant story retellings, and trivia are weeded out, each entry > would probably only be 2-4 paragraphs. I'm sure the cast of characters as a > whole have been mentioned in reviews (I've googled a few media site reviews, > which discuss how the importance of the characters has evolved from previous > series, how points of view have changes, and how certain characters like > Goren overshadow others. another mentions how and why certain characters were > brought back for the game). I saw a site with "character insight" interviews as > well. All of this can be added into a "reception and criticism" section in a > cast of characters article, and with the interviews describing several of the > characters, the amount of real world info would be enough to show notability. >