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Now folks, ''that'' is how the articles on Gym Leaders’ Pokémon began. I wrote up a few articles about unique Pokémon who has a real and meaningful impact on the plot. Why? Because they were (and are) good articles, with real content. Now let’s fast-forward two years: somewhere along the way, someone decided that every single Gym Leader deserves to have an article about a Pokémon of his. The result? A whole page (I’ll never dare using the word "article" to describe that thing) about - ''wait for it'' – <span class="plainlinks">[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Rudy%27s_Starmie&oldid=762862 Rudy’s freaking Starmie]. And another about [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Bugsy%27s_Scyther&oldid=618771 Bugsy’s Scyther]. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Koga%27s_Venomoth&oldid=781102 Koga’s Venomoth]. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Tucker%27s_Arcanine&oldid=478578 Tucker’s Arcanine].</span> Now explain to me – please oh please, explain to me – what is the purpose, the point, of having these pages that contain nothing more than a paragraph surrounded by flashy templates that contain no content. | Now folks, ''that'' is how the articles on Gym Leaders’ Pokémon began. I wrote up a few articles about unique Pokémon who has a real and meaningful impact on the plot. Why? Because they were (and are) good articles, with real content. Now let’s fast-forward two years: somewhere along the way, someone decided that every single Gym Leader deserves to have an article about a Pokémon of his. The result? A whole page (I’ll never dare using the word "article" to describe that thing) about - ''wait for it'' – <span class="plainlinks">[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Rudy%27s_Starmie&oldid=762862 Rudy’s freaking Starmie]. And another about [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Bugsy%27s_Scyther&oldid=618771 Bugsy’s Scyther]. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Koga%27s_Venomoth&oldid=781102 Koga’s Venomoth]. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Tucker%27s_Arcanine&oldid=478578 Tucker’s Arcanine].</span> Now explain to me – please oh please, explain to me – what is the purpose, the point, of having these pages that contain nothing more than a paragraph surrounded by flashy templates that contain no content. | ||
So with a struggle that was started by the now | So with a struggle that was started by the now Leadership Board member PAK (remember him?) and was brought home by the now administrator Buzz (that’s me!), we finally created an official {{bp|Notability requirements/Anime Pokémon|notability policy especially for these articles}}. Not everyone was happy, though – some users correctly stated that crappy as the articles may be, by removing them, we’re removing content. However, that is not the case. | ||
You see, my purpose when I removed <span class="plainlinks"> [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Absol&oldid=762550 t][http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Butterfree&oldid=457802 h][http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Flygon&oldid=786236 e][http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Masquerain&oldid=795319 se]</span> "articles", was to take a bunch of tiny, crappy pages and turn them into something of real content – make them a section on [[Drew|another]] page – where they belong. That’s what we want. To make good, quality articles – instead of a huge bunch of paragraphs scattered all over the place in a million pages. | You see, my purpose when I removed <span class="plainlinks"> [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Absol&oldid=762550 t][http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Butterfree&oldid=457802 h][http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Flygon&oldid=786236 e][http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Drew%27s_Masquerain&oldid=795319 se]</span> "articles", was to take a bunch of tiny, crappy pages and turn them into something of real content – make them a section on [[Drew|another]] page – where they belong. That’s what we want. To make good, quality articles – instead of a huge bunch of paragraphs scattered all over the place in a million pages. | ||