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:::: Theorising and speculation are lots of fun but that is not the purpose of this wiki - that sort of collation is better done on the 17thShard forums. The wiki is meant to be a thesaurus of facts and confirmed information that people can use to learn about canonical information. Theories, as fun as it is to talk about them, do not fall under this category, and most end up being debunked either via wob or new book releases which would create quite a mess on the Coppermind over time if they were all being included. I would encourage you make a forum post if you would like to collect these theories - it also allows others to collaborate and engage with them which isn't possible on a wiki. [[User:LadyLameness|LadyLameness]] ([[User talk:LadyLameness|talk]]) 03:52, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 
:::: Theorising and speculation are lots of fun but that is not the purpose of this wiki - that sort of collation is better done on the 17thShard forums. The wiki is meant to be a thesaurus of facts and confirmed information that people can use to learn about canonical information. Theories, as fun as it is to talk about them, do not fall under this category, and most end up being debunked either via wob or new book releases which would create quite a mess on the Coppermind over time if they were all being included. I would encourage you make a forum post if you would like to collect these theories - it also allows others to collaborate and engage with them which isn't possible on a wiki. [[User:LadyLameness|LadyLameness]] ([[User talk:LadyLameness|talk]]) 03:52, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
   
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::::: It seems like the purpose of easy collation and trimming could be better served with an 'established theories' section, though? Forcing people to only post the hard evidence, without the theories they build toward, leads to a lot of text being obsoleted when we, say, get hard confirmation that Trell is the Vessel of Autonomy. (EDIT: I also had Thaidakar as Vessel of Prudence, then I realized said Vessel was female. This is why a proper collation section would be useful.)
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::::: It seems like the purpose of easy collation and trimming could be better served with an 'established theories' section, though? Forcing people to only post the hard evidence, without the theories they build toward, leads to a lot of text being obsoleted when we, say, get hard confirmation that Trell is the Vessel of Autonomy. (EDIT: I had Thaidakar as Vessel of Prudence, then I realized said Vessel was female. This is why a proper collation section would be useful.)
 
::::: There's certainly a useful purpose for 'this is all the hard evidence we have, everything else is *speculation*' - it's just, that's a tool for keeping theories on point. It's literally only useful, at that level of detail, to ''facilitate'' speculation. So why not actually facilitate it?
 
::::: There's certainly a useful purpose for 'this is all the hard evidence we have, everything else is *speculation*' - it's just, that's a tool for keeping theories on point. It's literally only useful, at that level of detail, to ''facilitate'' speculation. So why not actually facilitate it?
 
::::: Sure, The Coppermind is not a place for acrimonious discourse, and moderating nerdfights is obviously a headache. But it's also literally the most obvious place to collect theories. Is telling people off for attempting that obvious step actually less headache than making them do it right? If so, do you want even want to make avoiding headaches your priority? -- [[Guest:HoratioVonBecker|HoratioVonBecker]]
 
::::: Sure, The Coppermind is not a place for acrimonious discourse, and moderating nerdfights is obviously a headache. But it's also literally the most obvious place to collect theories. Is telling people off for attempting that obvious step actually less headache than making them do it right? If so, do you want even want to make avoiding headaches your priority? -- [[Guest:HoratioVonBecker|HoratioVonBecker]]

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