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A lumper also wants to get rid of this page, but by merging it with a bunch of other pages to create a new page called Common Wiki Wars. |
A lumper also wants to get rid of this page, but by merging it with a bunch of other pages to create a new page called Common Wiki Wars. |
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The way [[Troper]]s handle this deep philosophical divide is for splitters to write finely-distinct entries and for lumpers to write overview entries that list the "splits". We call those lumper pieces "indexes" or [[Super-Trope|Super Tropes]], and each of the splits is a [[Sub-Trope]]. |
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[[The Other Wiki]] would not appreciate this. We must never tell them. [[The Other Wiki]] calls these "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mergism mergist]" and "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Separatism separatist]" Which, you will note, is a split. |
[[The Other Wiki]] would not appreciate this. We must never tell them. [[The Other Wiki]] calls these "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mergism mergist]" and "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Separatism separatist]" Which, you will note, is a split. |
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"It is good to have hair-splitters and lumpers." -Charles Darwin |
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When faced with five subtly different things, would you rather see one page with a general description of all five, or five pages precisely describing one entry each? If the first, you're a Lumper. If the second, you're a Splitter.
For example: A Splitter is someone who thinks that this page should not exist. There should be separate pages for Lumper and Splitter.
A lumper also wants to get rid of this page, but by merging it with a bunch of other pages to create a new page called Common Wiki Wars.
The way Tropers handle this deep philosophical divide is for splitters to write finely-distinct entries and for lumpers to write overview entries that list the "splits". We call those lumper pieces "indexes" or Super Tropes, and each of the splits is a Sub-Trope.
The Other Wiki would not appreciate this. We must never tell them. The Other Wiki calls these "mergist" and "separatist" Which, you will note, is a split.