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::I am completely against it! When we tried that idea with the Lord of the Rings article, it ended up being so huge it was unmanageable. I plan on expanding most of the articles over the summer and think you have a bad idea. WK literally has article for every book under the sun - that is why it has thousands of articles. I appreciate your ideas, but would prefer that you continue to edit the article in Category:Inheritance Cycle. Thanks, [[User:BethanyS|~BCS]]<sup>[[User talk:BethanyS|Talk2'''ME''']]</sup> 08:05, 28 March 2008 (EDT)
::I am completely against it! When we tried that idea with the Lord of the Rings article, it ended up being so huge it was unmanageable. I plan on expanding most of the articles over the summer and think you have a bad idea. WK literally has article for every book under the sun - that is why it has thousands of articles. I appreciate your ideas, but would prefer that you continue to edit the article in Category:Inheritance Cycle. Thanks, [[User:BethanyS|~BCS]]<sup>[[User talk:BethanyS|Talk2'''ME''']]</sup> 08:05, 28 March 2008 (EDT)
:::The problem is that this is an encyclopedia, not a fan database, as such our articles are meant to describe the book series and give a ''brief'' overview of the plot, characters and setting in addition to information about publication, reception, and criticism. Yes WP does have articles on pretty much everything, and that is one of its weaknesses, it has become too trivial and we have criticised this overbearing influence of popular culture. If the articles are expanded then it is advisable to split them up into smaller but relatively broad articles (eg [[Characters in Lord of the Rings]], [[Settings in Lord of the Rings]], [[Objects in Lord of the Rings]]) rather than having an article on every single individual character, place and item. While I welcome and encourage an expansion of the present content, I believe it best to first merge the information and then split it into a separate article such as [[Characters in Ingeritance Cycle]] if necessary. [[User:TheGySom|TheGySom]] 08:12, 28 March 2008 (EDT)