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:The [[Great War (Animated)|Animated Great War]] page has a similar setup. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 23:29, 13 December 2011 (EST) | :The [[Great War (Animated)|Animated Great War]] page has a similar setup. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 23:29, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
::And it's just as bad there. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:37, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ::And it's just as bad there. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:37, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
:: And why is that? It's a play-by-play chronicle of events, which is fine if you want a brief overview of the individual battles of the war without having to wade through paragraphs. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 10:33, 14 December 2011 (EST) | ::: And why is that? It's a play-by-play chronicle of events, which is fine if you want a brief overview of the individual battles of the war without having to wade through paragraphs. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 10:33, 14 December 2011 (EST) | ||
::::Because this is not "List of battles in the Great War". Would you suggest that we turn every other article into a list of events? No, because that would be ridiculous and lazy. Lists do not aid our understanding of how those facts are relevant and how they're connected. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:38, 20 December 2011 (EST) | |||
Revision as of 07:38, 20 December 2011
I think this article would be better with actual prose, not a list of events. —Interrobang 23:29, 13 December 2011 (EST)
- The Animated Great War page has a similar setup. Tom Servo the Great 23:29, 13 December 2011 (EST)
- And it's just as bad there. —Interrobang 23:37, 13 December 2011 (EST)
- And why is that? It's a play-by-play chronicle of events, which is fine if you want a brief overview of the individual battles of the war without having to wade through paragraphs. Tom Servo the Great 10:33, 14 December 2011 (EST)
- Because this is not "List of battles in the Great War". Would you suggest that we turn every other article into a list of events? No, because that would be ridiculous and lazy. Lists do not aid our understanding of how those facts are relevant and how they're connected. —Interrobang 02:38, 20 December 2011 (EST)
- And why is that? It's a play-by-play chronicle of events, which is fine if you want a brief overview of the individual battles of the war without having to wade through paragraphs. Tom Servo the Great 10:33, 14 December 2011 (EST)
- And it's just as bad there. —Interrobang 23:37, 13 December 2011 (EST)
