Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20150106201659/@comment-24261859-20150108042113

Theseustwelve wrote: Just an idea concerning the trivia section is for currently unverified trivia. An example, Herma Mora and Cthulhu.

Hermaeus Mora appears to be based partially off of H.P. Lovecraft's Great Old One known as Cthulhu. (Unverified)

It is written that it is possible, but has yet to be verified, so as far as being taken seriously, should be taken with a grain of salt. He SEEMS to be based of Cthulhu, but this has yet to be decided one way or the other. Then, if someone sees said issue, they can do one of 2 things; take the information and go about their day, having been fully disclaimed it is possibly untrue, or join the search effort confirming it, and if it is confirmed, write it like so (with source)

Hermaeus Mora is based partially off of the Lovecraftian Horror known as Cthulhu. (sourcelink)

And if it's unconfirmed after a arbitrarily determined amount of time (Say, three months), it is listed as unconfirmed, potentially false. It is removed, and staff makes a note to arbitrarily remove all Trivia about Herma Mora being Cthulhu unless they can provide a source.

Just my $0.02 I think that would work. The current policy as I understand it is not subjective--anything that is not supported by a source from Bethesda is speculative. Yes, Dragonsreach may seem inspired by LOTR, but without a source, you are still speculating. What may seem like an obvious reference could nevertheless just be coincidence. I definitely agree that Hermaeus Mora seems to be inspired by Cthulu, but it's not inconceivable that the developers just decided to go with a tentacle motif for his stuff. A note pointing out the similarity could be added, but should make the reader aware that the "fact" is, in reality, apocryphal and not confirmed by the developers.