Talk:Classification systems for micronations

Skywalker simplification

I changed the Skywalker's classification averaging algorithm; as the convoluted averaging scheme between the 4 sections was exactly the same as just dividing by six.

Soaringmoon (talk) 14:31, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Split and repurposing

Should this be broken-up into essentially one article per section? Fundamentally, each is a different beast that one would deign to link to in isolation. This article functions essentially as a list of each classification system; it would imho perhaps be best were it turned into that properly, listing and categorizing the different systems of classification that exist for micronations, with a short blurb in the opening about these such systems of classification for micronations. /swέna/ 💬 04:01, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Well – I was thinking that the logic here is that most of these systems are, admittedly, quite irrelevant or poorly-constructed. We have no notability policy but I think this article is an example of our de facto noteworthiness rule-of-thumb: a lot of the designation systems listed here do not really seem 'worthy' of having their own separate articles, especially considering many of these are not really used by anyone. There are some exceptions of course, namely the MPI and Boodlesmythe-Tallini system, but the majority of these and the ones in the past (since removed from this article) are not that important. Template:ZedSig (talk ❧ contribs) at 11:20, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't disagree with what you're saying, but the article as it is isn't in a great state either, and leaving it as-is simply hides that with raw length.

There are some pages linking to systems here, like the EPI and Dresner-Linden (Dresner-Linden used to be bigger back in the day than it is now), and of course the two you mentioned. Linking to subsections in a kitchen-sink article isn't ideal, and having things in separate articles would make that easier. Maybe we break out only the ones actually being used on the wiki, and discard the others? (I lean towards preservationism, though. Like Luxor, I'd prefer we document "even tiny Tim's little bedroom micronation", if I'm remembering that quote right.)

We could also just move the current article to a /systems subpage, I guess. That'd at least allow putting an article about systems of classifications for micronations at the current address. We could even move the individual sections to subpages of that in-turn, though each time would require admin intervention since subpage creation is pretty limited anymore.

If you had carte blanche to improve this article, how would you go about doing so?

/swέna/ 💬 00:19, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

@Swena: Honestly, I agree with your initial point—it would be most beneficial, convenient and logical to give each system their own article. I do not see this being a problem as it would allow us to give additional info on each system, i.e. their background, history, even micronations graded etc. I recede my original argument of relevancy being an issue; there are very few systems in all honesty, so it is not like it would clog up the mainspace in any regard. Template:ZedSig (talk ❧ contribs) at 20:46, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay! Thanks Zed. I'll go ahead and start breaking it apart, then. /swέna/ 💬 21:03, 28 August 2024 (UTC)