Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-1705775-20170927133742

this thread is for the voting of a return of Theological Villains under a new set of rules which dictate how we tackle these special pages, which test our "no real life" rule to its utter limit.. because whether you believe or not these are cultural stories, a cultural story is different from fiction in the fact it blends history, facts and symbolism much as folklore and mythology does (in fact folklore and mythology ARE cultural stories too, just old enough fewer people still follow them in everyday life).

this means when writing these articles we keep a strict "neutrality" policy, we don't argue if such and such happened or not or if it was "real" or "fake" - we simply say "this is how the character is depicted in the story" - that doesn't imply fiction, btw, stories can be about anything, as can characters..

we're also going to try and only focus on characters the OFFICIAL texts depict as malicious or evil, not alternative views on figures most see as benevolent (for example Satan and demons are symbolisms of evil, regardless of if they are real or not, the traditional tales of these beings are vital for the "good versus evil" mythos that makes villains in other media possible, thus an article on these beings is important in helping us understand the origins of villains in the first place... the same is not the case for "Malethism God" or "Jesus as depicted by Luciferism" - neither God nor Jesus are malicious entities in official textes, if you want alternative views look up wikipedia or something - not us).

common sense is also in order, so expect the pages to be monitored pretty closely by myself and other admins or users : this isn't to scare you off editting but to show that this isn't just an entirely "fun and games" topic, it needs maturity.

that being said having these articles is not a direct attack on anyone's faith and so far only a minority have strongly hated the idea, making a new wiki devoted just to theology or sticking them all on Real Life Wikis is NOT getting rid of controversy, it is just redirecting it.

if we vote a strong "NO" then we shall be removing Folklore and Mythology Villains as well, since these are older tales of religion and keeping them while excluding "Core Beliefs" is hypocritical - that is just a fact, sorry to all it may impact on.

this will be highlighted for a minimum of a week to allow us to get results, each user votes with a simple "Yes" or "No" - any other comments or derailment will be removed, debates can go elsewhere.. also any sockpuppetry or similar means to alter votes will be dealt with accordingly.

thanks for sitting though my wall of text and good voting. 