ESB:Proposals/Non-fictional places

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Introduction

This discussion involves non-fictional locations. I don't think it is necessary to have an article on ALL these real-life things. There are some exceptions, of course, but we should be more organized. We can mention these things, but just because Nevada was seen in a map in one episode, doesn't mean it should have it's own article. Some things have very little information that is relevant to the series, that they can just be merged into another page.

Proposal

The proposal is to merge (and redirect, not delete) the following articles to the respective article:

• Burbank --> California
• Earth --> List of non-fictional places
• Europe --> List of non-fictional places
• Houston --> Texas (place)
• Los Angeles --> California
• Moon --> List of non-fictional places
• North America --> List of non-fictional places
• United Kingdom --> List of non-fictional places
• United States of America --> List of non-fictional places

This proposal involves deleting the following categories:

• Category:Continents
• Category:States

This proposal acknowledges that we keep the following articles, which are relevant to the series and have more information than most other non-fictional locations. Of course, there are other articles that we keep, I am just acknowledging that we are not getting rid of everything.

• Bikini Atoll
• California
• Encino (perhaps rename to "Encino, California")
• Texas (place)

This discussion will end on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 9:25 a.m., eastern time. — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 13:26, April 29, 2015 (UTC)

Discussion

Support

• Support - — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 13:26, April 29, 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Luis~SBCA ^M C   13:28, April 29, 2015 (UTC) 
• Support - ~Prez 21:19, April 29, 2015 (UTC)
• Support - TheImaginativeS 15:01, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
• Support - ~JCM 01:16, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
• Template:Strong Support Auron ♫ ♪ Everything is Awesome!!! ♪ ♫   01:21,4/30/2015 

Oppose

• Template:Extremely Strong Oppose - That vote is not enough to say how much I am opposed to this discussion. This is part of AMK's "Operation: List" to make every "short page" into a list, which is not okay. There is nothing wrong with those pages or categories, but he certainly thinks that every page that he thinks is a stub should be put in a list or merged with other pages. List are not the solution for everything!!! I cannot keep doing this. I cannot keep pretending that I am okay with every decision that this wiki makes or that people aren't just supporting this because AMK is. If that is not true, prove it by giving your reason why you support this. If this passes, I will leave because it is clear that no one wants or values my opinion on this wiki. (It is not just this. There are other situations)  120d  Talk  Contribs  120d 20:52, April 29, 2015 (UTC) 

• Let me clarify:

• 1. There isn't any Operation:List. It's more like Project Cleanup. I am working to clean things up. increase quality, and improve the content of the wiki.
• 2. I don't believe that every stub should be merged or redirected to a list.
• 3. You are right, lists are not the solution for everything.
• 4. The community always decides which direction they want to go.
• 5. I have disagreed with certain things at this wiki, so your argument that everyone is agreeing with me is invalid. You should notice that you are often the single opposition. It's not that many people agree with me, it's that a majority people disagree with you at times.
• 6. If you leave because the community favors something you do not, it is because you are not getting what you want. It's not about you. It's about the community and how they feel the knowledge of SpongeBob SquarePants should be presented.

• — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 21:03, April 29, 2015 (UTC)

Neutral

• Template:Neutral towards Support  Nicko756 ^{(M•C•E) Sign!}  01:16, April 30, 2015 (UTC)