Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20150106201659/@comment-1738746-20150109114843

Madman97 wrote: Well, since this is a wikia about the games, I would expect it to have information on the games. Sure, there is extra stuff, but I think that information about the game is the entire point of the wikia to be honest. Just because it consists of only factual information doesn't make it bland, it makes it correct. There's no reason it can't be creative and informative at the same time. Filling it with false information defeats the purpose of the site. And as I stated before, only speculation without credible evidence should have no place here. If there is a proper source, by all means include it if you see fit. And by proper source, I mean that someone from Bethesda would have to say this is indeed a reference to something. Anything else, well, hate to tell ya this, but there's no way of proving it factual or fictional, therefore it doesn't belong on an official page designed to give information about the game, not a theory someone read on Reddit or something.

Still, I don't know why this has become the most important discussion here since it's just listing trivia facts so I think we should maybe move on to something else. Those trivia points ARE information about the games. Being bland and being correct are completely independent variables- a Wiki can be creative and factual at the same time just as it can be bland and complete fanon. That's the thing though- it's not entirely false information. Absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence- just because Bethesda can't be here to read through all the speculation and confirm it doesn't mean it's not potentially true. It has the potential to be so, which is what I would like people to recognise. Plus, how can Bethesda confirm these speculations for us if they're not up there for them to read? ;) In all seriousness though, like you said, a Wiki is designed to give information. This counts as information too, very creative and interesting information that the Wiki misses out on having, which is why I feel it's an important subject to consider in these upcoming policy changes. There's a ton of well-sourced trivia out there that can provide a wealth of information for people on subjects, at just the cost of a "not officially confirmed" tag.