Talk:Magic: The Gathering expansion sets, 1993–1995

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Magic categories to be merged back to block structure discussion

A nomination can be found here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 February 16#Category:Magic: The Gathering blocks to merge Magic categories back to blocks from sets. Feel free to join in on the discussion. Leitmotiv (talk) 18:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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Reception of Magic sets

@SnowFire: @Paragon Deku: Okay we can leave in the attribution SnowFire, however, with a citation in place, we know it's not a "random blogpost" as you suggest it could be mistaken for. If it could be mistaken for a blogpost, it could be mistaken for just about anything which isn't a useful argument, especially considering that blogs are not suitable sources for Wikipedia. We could attribute more sources to this commonly held belief, but that would be redundant, when one would suffice. Essentially we could go and gather a bunch of sources citing it as the worst set, and then pare it back down to 1, because that many sources is excessive. In other words, it is an unnecessary middle step. We already know a leading authority in LSV thinks it's the worse set, it's almost a foregone conclusion (as a Magic player myself) that the majority of players also concur. Essentially, we as editors need to agree and recognize that it is the worst set and stop splitting hairs. Leitmotiv (talk) 22:54, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

I'm not saying reception & criticism shouldn't be included. I'm saying that Wikipedia writing style is to attribute opinions without needing to check the reference. See Jaws (film)#Critical reception for a featured article example. If you've found more harsh statements on Homelands from notable commentators, feel free to add them, just attribute them, because if you don't it reads as if it's just some Wikipedia editor's opinion - forcing the attribution puts that in the spotlight so it's obvious when that's actually the case ("According to xxJace420xx, Homelands and Ravnica are actually the same set"). SnowFire (talk) 23:01, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

I concur, I wasn't trying to start a conflict over what I think is ultimately a dumb fanbase opinion (for the record I also am a magic player), but you absolutely need to attribute these types of claims because they're matters of opinion. You can't assume anyone glancing over an article will care to nor want to check the source to see who's saying what. It would be odd to just drop a sentence like "people think this is the worst set" without explaining who has consolidated this opinion, even if we can anecdotally both agree it's a common one. In addition, "we as editors" don't need to agree on the subjective quality of anything. Even though I would agree it is one of the worst (if not the) worst set, our job is not to acknowledge the subjective quality of page topics. Paragon Deku (talk) 01:32, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Yeah I stand corrected on attribution. Opinions on these types of things are kind of dumb, but in a section on reception, it probably bears mentioning since other readers may be interested in knowing the consensus worst set. As for editors agreeing on subjective quality, I originally agreed with your thinking. I always thought it wasn't allowed on Wikipedia, but I've been a part of a few conversations and have stumbled across more that shows Wikipedia content is shaped by agreement between editors on subjective content. Leitmotiv (talk) 01:41, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

You definitely learn from peeking behind the curtain how much editors just all agreeing on a topic can really change an article (for better or for worse) but I'm glad we were able to resolve this quickly without it getting ugly. You both seem like rational people and I'm glad we came to an agreement on something trivial without making it go nuts. Paragon Deku (talk) 01:54, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

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