Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25136035-20150520144700

Hey everyone. Im somewhat of a loreguy from the german wiki, and seeing how we have reached an agreement on how to handle the lore found outside of the actual games, MK, Imperial Library and stuff, I think you should probably consider it as well, as it could help resolve a conflict thats been going on for too long now between two sides that actually only love the same franchise (which is kinda stupid.)

As you know, "MK-Lore", as the stuff released outside of the games has come to be called by many, has long been a matter of debate here as well as on our site and basically everywhere else. While some suggest to ignore it completely, others think ignoring it would be stupid, leading to those canon-wars everyone loves so much, that only end up in people being attacked personally and totally missing the point of having lore at all.

Something like this happened some time ago, when I started editing the articles accordingly to the lore provided by IL and MK, as no one seemed to have clear rules on that subject. I consider MK and IL as as much canon as everything else, so long as it is not contradicted. Of course, after some time, some people became angry because they had never heard of the stuff and thus thought it to be complete BS, calling me out on it and starting to attack me personally. Who wouldve guessed. While some were actually willing to discuss the lore and where it came from, why I did change the things I did, and were actually interested in it afterwards, trying to converse with those attacking me failed, as some would show no insight at all, and rather react their way. Some of the articles I had written were completely deleted, reverted to the state in which they were before I changed anything, and I think at this point it was just vandalism against people with different opinions. Of course in turn I became angry, seeing how I really put much effort into it. We then agreed to having to find a solution, because in the end it only hurt the wiki.

We came to the conclusion that this conflict had to be resolved competely. The whole lore conflict, not only this particular one. We decided to separate these two sides, giving each one the opportunity to present their views the way they like, using the sources they want. To ensure the each group would be happy and could continue to fully work on the wiki without being restricted, we used a system of two tabs in each article, one containing an article only written from sources in game, the other one including IL and MK as well. You can see an example of it here, while you dont have to understand the text, you see the way we handled it.

I hope we can find a solution on this wiki as well, as I really dislike the way its name is thrown around in lore discussions, with those using it as a source being flamed and laughed at and whatnot. Im looking forward to your opinions.  