Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6512-20150908154921/@comment-1672596-20150909192849

Bluerock wrote: Weedle McHairybug wrote: Problem is, what qualifies as small details, and what qualifies as important details? There's truly no way to truly know. For all we know, the small detail could actually be very important, like how the Galactic Empire in Star Wars overlooked the thermal exhaust port as a small detail, which bit them in the butt later on. That's why we can't get rid of small details. I can't tell if you're joking or seriously believe that's a relevant analogy. If you're going to make a reasonable argument, at least cite other encyclopedias/databases/wikis and how they provide information in comparison. It actually was a relevant analogy.

In any case, if you want examples from encyclopedias/databases/wikis, I'll give you an example: Bulbapedia, more specifically the Pokémon Battle Frontier episode Grating Spaces. I mentioned the identity of the vandals of Pewter Gym were unknown, Kenji Girl mentioned it was Team Rocket, I pointed out from my knowledge of the summary that this occurred before Team Rocket even appeared in the Gym, Kenji Girl then pointed out that Brock's siblings recognized Team Rocket (who at the time were disguised as the challengers) as being the painters, I then added it in. If someone like me who was autistic and hadn't even seen the episode couldn't pick up on that, there's no way in heck people would pick that up from a summary, so yes, that's a very good example of why small details actually ARE important. Here's the link, and I'll even point you to the dates the edits were made: August 27-September 3, 2008: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=AG177&offset=&limit=500&action=history