Talk:Hrea

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Does it really count as a stub if there's nothing more to say? Talashar 20:18, 18 November 2006 (CST)

No, but for one, you could add references to it in BoA, e.g. pages. Chucker 21:46, 18 November 2006 (CST)

IMO, it shouldn't be on its own page if there really is nothing more to say than this. Maybe make a "Secondary characters in Book of [whatever]"? 84.217.140.190 05:30, 19 November 2006 (CST)

I don't mind it being on its own page, even if there is so little to say. It makes it easier to see all the names of people when I look at the Characters category. It gives room in case more is ever learned of the minor character. Also, we don't have to start deciding what is enough information to merit being a "Primary character". Tay 08:05, 19 November 2006 (CST)

I disagree with the common Wikipedia policy of cobbling minor items together into an article titled "minor …" or "secondary …". It tends to create an organizational nightmare as some link to the character page directly, which then redirects to the "list of minor characters", which I've found then often doesn't actually contain that particular character because he has yet to be moved / has been moved elsewhere since / etc. I suppose one advantage is that characters become more comparable, but by that argument, you might as well create a page with all characters, short versions, with a Main template each time. I see no reason to avoid short articles, they don't imply any technical overhead as far as I can tell, and it's very convenient being able to type "mystlore.com/wiki/Some random person" or "/Some minor Age" and to be almost certain that there's going to be an article about them.

I'm open to suggestions, however, why the Wikipedia method you're proposing is superior — I honestly can't see a good argument for it. Chucker 15:04, 19 November 2006 (CST)

Another reason it isn't superior is when I type in a character's name, unless they've got a redirect page, I'll only see every instance their name appears, which means I have to slog through all the times they appear, to find their particular entry.--JohnLynch 08:31, 20 November 2006 (CST)