Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-7091122-20161209151123/@comment-27158416-20161211191324

Camwood777 wrote:

Pumpkin Skelhead wrote:

They're still characters in a work of fiction that have stopped being available. Do other fictional characters refer to the deceased in present tense?

...I mean that hypothetically. Don't dig up some crazy obscure character or some crazy obscure work where the dead are talked about in present tense. It probably exists somewhere.

My point is, though, that despite not being people, they're basically sharing the equivalent fate as them. They're no longer available; you can't see them anymore. They're, for all intents and purposes, dead. Gone. Ceased to be. Lost forever. You can Keep Circulating The Tapes, but that's as far as you can go. Outside of that, it's all over for them. Maybe the game will launch again. MAYBE. If the stars align.

Say a movie was entirely destroyed. Every last copy. We pulled a modern book-burning and made movies the target. Wikipedia would say "Hypofilm 3000 was a movie released in 20X6" and not that is is a movie. Since, I mean, it's not anymore. It doesn't exist anymore.

If a robot was destroyed, would Wikipedia say "The Chron-O-John is a time transportation device" or "The Chron-O-John was a time transportation device"? If you said "is", I'm sorry, but you have serious issues with hanging onto the past. Like, even beyond my grudge holding issues. That takes talent, and a severely worrying amount of mental issues. Should I take you to a therapist?

'''So, no. Just because it's not a person, doesn't excuse this. It's not grammatically correct. It's not correct information, on a wiki, which is supposed to have correct info. And a template doesn't just instantly solve the problem here; you still have a grammar issue. That's like putting a band-aid on a bullet hole; sure, it might help SOME, but no, you're going to need surgery if you want that fixed''' *Wipes tears from eyes* Beautifully said, Camwood *sniff*, A fine piece of english litarture.

I think support won...