Forum:Apocrypha

I don't think anyone really needs reminding about recent events, but for the record: some backstory was released and some of the content was in poor taste and highly controversial.

With that said, from the point of website that documents things: how exactly are we going to handle this? We know from Hussie's apology and from V's commentary about it that the documents are "rough draft[s]", "a kind of lore road map to inform unrelated future content", and "an incredibly rough outline intended only for internal planning purposes".

That being said, it would probably be incorrect to document the information revealed as just fully canon content, but at the same time, a lot of details were revealed and the release of the documents was kind of intended to give us those details. And given the reaction to the stuff, if any of the details are every explored again in an official capacity (and that is an IF) things could change or only minor details may be confirmed. Basically the whole thing currently exists as some sort of semi-canon content where you can basically choose to believe or ignore certain details at your own leisure.

I think it goes without saying a large part of the fandom will probably choose to ignore some of the details as canon. But really the wiki isn't responsible of that sort of thing.

So, I guess my proposal is, when it comes to the question of documenting it, to basically just split it all off into it's own separate pages, possibly it's own namespace? (I'd need to contact Wikia about setting it up if we did) For example: The Condesce would deal exclusively with her and information about her from Homestuck, Hiveswap, the Friendsims, Hauntswitch, etc. While all the other stuff from the historical documents could be put on a page like: Apocrypha:The Condesce or The Condesce (Apocryphal) or The Condesce/Apocryphal.

The second option feels too much like a regular disambiguation which implies two separate characters named the Condesce, and the third option doesn't really work for characters who only appear in the historical documents.

So yeah, I'm just going to throw this proposal out there so we know how we intend to handle it before someone decides to create a page for Hitler or something and start a massive wave of vandalism and an edit war. - The Light6 (talk) 17:14, January 3, 2019 (UTC)