Halopedia:Standards Council of Halopedia/Legislative Branch/Standards/Main Article Standard

Proposal
While there is a problem when an article is too short, there is an equally large problem when an article is too long. In such cases, an article should be split up and part of it should be moved to another page using the Main Article template, leaving only a summary behind. While it is desirable to provide as much information as possible to readers, the information should be presented where it is most appropriate. An article for John-117 should have summaries of his participation in specific battles, but should never have detailed explanations for his involvement in those battles nor should it discuss the actions of other individuals unless such actions provide context to his own actions.


 * 1) Summaries should summarize the important points while leaving the details to the main article
 * 2) The main article should be placed at the top or near the top of a new section
 * 3) Articles that could received several Main Article references should automatically have all sections turned into Main Article references.
 * 4) Main Article references should not be used as a replacement for links within the text. Main Article references are where the user is given a summary of something (generally an event) and may wish to find out more detail by looking at the Main Article.
 * 5) Biographies should have references to Main Articles for all events that the character was a notable participant in.
 * 6) Lengthy battles with numerous sub-battles should have Main Article references for the sub-battles.

Comments/Discussion
Seems reasonable. --Dragonc laws (talk ) 23:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Per Dragonclaws. It is a pain seeing articles as long as a large wikipedia page. And its a pain for my internet. Mr. Halonerd   Message Me  16:58, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Voting
Per voting rules, to be closed, the standard must acquire 10 votes and have been going a minimum of 1 week. To be passed, the standard must have a minimum of two admins in support and a majority vote in support.

For (6/2)

 * 1) --forgottenlord 01:15, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) --Dragonc laws (talk ) 05:58, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) -- Mr. Halonerd [[Image:Extermination2.jpg|20px]]  Message Me  16:56, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) -- Ha lo Du de 00:09, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) --Dragonblaze-052 23:30, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) --Notanoob For the sake of getting some standards out their, I think that this should be used as a basic guidline so that we can ammend more details into it later. 19:05, 4 October, 2008 (EST)
 * 7) -- Kouger masters TalkContribsStuffYoutube[[Image:Brigadier General insignia.svg|14px]] 06:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) -- Andrew-996 [[Image:Haloforgheisonvv4.gif|15px]] "Radio Frequency 9.96""Confirmed Kills" 22:39, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) --ShadowBroker44

Neutral (1/0)

 * 1) -- Notanoob Although I like it right now, I think that it needs more detailed standards.
 * 2) --For now I'll remain undecided. Sub nova Comm<font color="DarkSlateGray">71<font color="CornflowerBlue">Intell <font style="text-decoration:blink"> <tt> OMGZ  LOL  ROFL  </tt> 04:33, 4 October 2008 (UTC)