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The result of the debate was no consensus on creating individual articles on separate released; international releases will be merged and redirected to the main article on sight. Atarumaster88 Jedi Order (Talk page) 16:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

The article Star Wars DVD releases has survived the trash compactor in its expanded form, but I'm still unsure about the managing of various VHS and DVD- related articles. Currently, some releases do not have their own articles and are described in the articles for the related movies and series (Episodes I-III, Ewoks, Droids), while some other releases have their own articles. I see two ways to reach unification: either we split this page, so that each DVD release would have its own separate article (as every other piece of media - books, comics, TPB's - does) and the DVD sections in the articles about movies and TV series would be reduced to a simple {{main|New article name}}; or we merge each separate release listed above into one big article, in this case the DVD sections of the existing articles for movies and TV series will not only stay, but require an expansion.

There is also a matter of international releases like this one - should we allow them to stay? The information about non-US releases of books, comics and such (if any) always goes to the main articles about the subject. If we list all international releases with small differences, it would be ridiculously redundant IMO. Mauser 15:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Vote 1

Create individual article for each separate release

  1. Mauser 15:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
  2. IFYLOFD (Come with me if you want to live.) 00:18, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  3. No different from our separate articles on repackaged and reprinted comic collections, in my mind. —Silly Dan (talk) 00:53, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  4. JMAS Hey, it's me! 00:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  5. Grunny (Talk) 03:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  6. SoresuMakashi(Everything I tell you is a lie) 05:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  7. This makes the most sense to me. WhiteBoy 06:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  8. Per Silly Dan. Master JonathanJedi Council Chambers 03:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Keep it all in one place

  1. Hells no. We shouldn't even have the existing article. Thefourdotelipsis 23:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Might I wonder why? Why have articles about books, comics, TPB's, but not DVD releases? Mauser 08:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
  2. I concur. Graestan(Talk) 23:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  3. And are we going to put each DVD release in Luke's appearances? There's absolutely nothing here than can't or shouldn't be handled in the main film articles. We're not the Merchandise Wiki. Havac 19:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
  4. I'd have to agree. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 19:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
  5. Per Havac. Green Tentacle (Talk) 14:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
  6. Absolutely not. — Fiolli {Alpheridies University ComNet} 16:09, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
  7. Per Havac. Cylka-talk- 18:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
  8. Mecenarylord 20:44, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
  9. Why aren't we already following the already-existing consensus to only have extra articles if they add something unique to canon? (rewording: In other words, movie info such as DVD releases should stay in the main movie article.) —Xwing328(Talk) 00:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
  10. On second thought, I'll vote here instead, per Xwing328. Master JonathanJedi Council Chambers 01:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't care, leave it as it is

  1. I'm neutral on this one so I'll leave my vote here unless convinced otherwise.Mecenarylord 23:00, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Nevermind. Mecenarylord 20:43, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Vote 2

Allow articles for international releases

Merge and redirect such articles to the main ones on sight

  1. Mauser 15:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
  2. Mecenarylord 23:00, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
  3. IFYLOFD (Come with me if you want to live.) 00:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  4. Possible exceptions if they are substantially different (i.e. other than having different subtitles/dubbing/packaging/etc.)—Silly Dan (talk) 00:53, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  5. JMAS Hey, it's me! 00:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  6. Per Silly Dan. Grunny (Talk) 03:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  7. SoresuMakashi(Everything I tell you is a lie) 05:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  8. WhiteBoy 06:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
  9. Unnecessary vote. Graestan(Talk) 23:41, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Well, the precedent exists and has been around for years, so... Mauser 14:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
  10. Per Silly Dan. Master JonathanJedi Council Chambers 03:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
  11. Green Tentacle (Talk) 14:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
  12. —Xwing328(Talk) 00:59, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

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