Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4705438-20140215144931/@comment-25161404-20140710074302

Jimeee wrote: Ikabite wrote: And finally the question is... how do we, as a Wiki deal with this? How do we have both Bethesda canon and Zenimax canon on a page, without making our own, personalized interpretation or not include the one shared by most? And how do we avoid them destroying each other? We simply don't because it's literally impossible - we stick to in-game lore and support MK texts as OOG, nothing more.

We can't have my C0DA on an article, mixed in with Bethesda's C0DA and some anon's C0DA. This gets the wiki deep into the realm of edit wars on every topic. Since there is "no canon" according to MK, then every viewpoint is valid - not just one shared my many people. That's not something a wiki can support and hope to keep any semblance of order.

C0DA is not designed to be documented on this kind of wiki. Such discussion is better suited to the forums or an entirely different wikia that someone interested can go set up.

I had to create an account because I couldn't let the discussion end here.

Saying everyone has a valid viewpoint in a fictional universe with established facts is a logical paradox, this is a truism which people seem to have overlooked. If everyone's opinion is valid then the opinion that everyone's opinion is valid negates itself by the existence of an opinion contrary to this axiom. By your own hand you've just broken your argument, the simple fact is that everyone's opinion cannot be valid when it comes to non-subjective matters (a brick is a brick, as opposed to I like sweet drinks more than bitter). My opinion on physical equations isn't equal to that of an established physicist, it is either right or it is wrong. This isn't mentioning either that allowing all opinions completely destroys discussion even more so than canon wars (e.g. "Khajiits aren't real", "yes they are", "no, in my opinion they aren't", "oh, OK, goodbye").

There needs to be an established authority, which most people deem to be Bethesda and what they choose to incorporate into their games, such as some of Kirkbride's work and stuff ffrom the books. Now of course I'm not saying people can't have an opinion, but it should be widely acknowledged that such opinions are incorrect to promote proper discussion without bringing subjectivity to the table.