Forum:CT:LEGOs, redux

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The result of the debate was Support proposal. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 06:44, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

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So, as I've gone through and started making the LEGO subtheme pages, I've come to realize that I greatly overestimated the complexity/number of LEGO sets out there. The original proposal for including LEGO sets in sources section was to only cite them by subtheme, as otherwise it would result in a large number of entries in the sources list—but that doesn't stop us from listing large numbers of cards and toys in sources lists already. So, I'm suggesting that we rewrite the last sentence to:

Toy lines should be listed in the Sources list using their respective citation templates, with each toy or set listed as a separate entry.

To do so, I've developed a LEGO template that takes three parameters — the subtheme, number, and name. Basically, we'll treat LEGO sets the same as trading cards and action figures.

Voting

Support

1. As proposer. I apologize for the confusion. Cade Calrayn 00:28, February 27, 2014 (UTC)
2. Made sense from the moment you mentioned it in IRC last night. —MJ— ^{Training Room} 00:30, February 27, 2014 (UTC)
3. Sounds good.--Exiled Jedi (Greetings) 00:36, February 27, 2014 (UTC)
4. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 00:37, February 27, 2014 (UTC)
5. Excellent indeed. Supreme Emperor (talk) 00:39, February 27, 2014 (UTC)
6. Even better. Corellian Premier^{The Force will be with you always} 02:53, February 27, 2014 (UTC)
7. Looks good.—Cal Jedi ^{(Personal Comm Channel)} 16:54, February 28, 2014 (UTC)
8. Trip391 (talk) 19:53, February 28, 2014 (UTC)
9. Ayrehead02 (talk) 19:47, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
10. This is good! Manoof (talk) 23:12, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
11. CC7567 ^(talk) 16:11, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
12. Good one. Winterz (talk) 00:45, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Oppose

Discussion

Example use for the LAAT/i page:

• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 7163 Republic Gunship)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 4490 Mini Republic Gunship)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 20010 Republic Gunship)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 7676 Republic Attack Gunship)
• LEGO Star Wars (Set: 75021 Republic Gunship)

• What about the sources for Luke or Anakin? Won't this just over crowd the already massive sourcelist? Anakin and Luke appear in a lot of sets. 501st dogma^(talk) 00:08, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
  • The size of the source list should never be a reason why we wouldn't include something. We already include trading cards and toy sets in source lists, which don't necessarily all introduce canon information either. Cade Calrayn 04:05, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
    • Would it be possible to source the Lego sets like we source TCSWE? We could use the big overall groups of sets in the Source list, while any potential new material could be reffed with the actual set as you are doing above. 501st dogma^(talk) 15:43, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
      • No, because that's exactly the opposite of what we do with other toy lines. There's no reason to treat LEGOs any differently; the size of the article should never be a factor in whether or not it should list all of its sources and info. Cade Calrayn 16:48, March 2, 2014 (UTC)