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Help talk:Theories
Format
Some people are including a title for their theory in addition to a simple description. This does not fit the usual format. Should we remove the titles and put a rule in the format description that tells what exactly belongs in the theory box?--E rowe 18:41, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- I'm not a big fan of the titles. In fact, in most cases, I think the title should be the description of the theory, and the rest of the explanation should be in Notes. That would be more standard. The first two columns should really be very brief: a statement of the theory, and any canon evidence with a citation. The rest--all the reasoning, explanation, hypothesizing, and such--really belongs in Notes. The problem we're running into with these pages isn't that there are too many theories for this format--it's that the theories we have are far too detailed for inclusion in a table. Most of them are waaaay tl;dr.--Hardvice (talk) 18:54, 8 March 2007 (EST)
- Maybe the 2nd column should be called "canonical data." This could include both evidence and counter-evidence. Similarly, it could be called "canonical evidence/counter-evidence." Then the notes column could be as you describe and there wouldn't be confusion about where to put relevant canonical information that isn't exactly evidence. It would also make it more clear that non-canonical information doesn't belong in the second column. Overall, I think the table format is the best way to present the theories as long as it can be kept consistent and well-defined.--E rowe 21:18, 8 March 2007 (EST)