robkelk Wrote:I assume we'll keep the PC factions, the Big Six, and the ones that have already shown up in stories (Gearheads, Cybers, Supers, Heinleinians, Dandelions... who else?)
We might want to keep the existing text for the other factions but merge it onto a single page, much like the Barsoomians, Lensmen, and Quartermass Institute share the Pulpers page. After all, somebody did think these were good ideas at the time, and if someone does want to develop one of them, the existing text can be used as a starting point.
M Fnord Wrote:Looking at the page, I'm thinking of clearing out Minor Factions and combining the remnants with Pseudo-Factions, Earthbound Factions and Enemy Factions under a catch-all category like "Cultures & Subcultures," since that seems to make more sense.
Cultures would have @ first glance: Antis, Belters, Furries, Pulpers, Timelords, Herbertites, Heinleinians, Dorsai, Humorists, Milfen, Slan, Submariners, Pellucidarians, Turnerites, Knight Riders
Pages that'd get combined/cut: Extraplanetary Defense Force (cut), Pournelle Fen (combine w/ Milfen) Also cut the link to Quatermass Institute on the top page.
Bounty Hunters can go under corporations, maybe under an 'independent contractor' subhead. Koopa Kingdom moves up from corporate to the minors...
I'd combine the Extraplanetary Defense Force with the rest of the Furries, under a "Known subgroups" header like the layout of the Pulpers page (I'm reluctant to just throw away text that we worked hard to get into the FenWiki), but the rest of that looks like a pretty good plan to start with.
Along the same lines as the EDF/Furries merge, I'd also put the The Anti-Earth Union Group in with the rest of the Gearheads, and the Foglios in with the other Pulpers, turning all three current pages into redirects to the subsections.
Edit: Oh, and we might want to change the lists on the Faction Guide page from "simple bullets" to "headings and brief descriptions" (by brief, I mean no more than three sentences, and that's just for the important groups). I like the idea of having a high-level overview of Fenspace cultural groups available in one place - so much so that I'd write it if nobody else does. Re-Edit: For example, what I just put on the Faction Guide talk page for the Big Six.
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