All "alphabetical" means is that its members are listed in alphabetical order. I have a couple of thousand planets to add and would like to have at least some confidence in what the final result would look like before I do all that work.Ĭwogle 17:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC) Reply There's no reason to imagine that this or any other alphabetical list is making a claim to be comprehensive. The creation of a Jane's All The World's Worlds or a Worlds Almanac has been a goal of mine for decades and Wikipedia seems perfect for it. I just don't see why those planets should be removed from the alphabetical list. I can see disagreements every time a few more planets are added.ĭespite everything I have said above, I have no problem with separate lists of planets from various universes/authors/series in fact I think it's a great idea. For example, only Asimov's Foundation planets are included - where do his other planets go? And all of Heinlein's planets are lumped together - why don't his Future History planets get their own category? How many planets must a universe/author/series have to qualify? How do you handle planets that are found in multiple media? For example, Star Trek planets might be found under Television, Film, Animation, or Books. The criteria for inclusion in the Literature list are unstated and inconsistent. If I'm looking for a planet from a book but cannot remember the name, I must currently browse through 25 different pages.ģ. Somehow, you must "know" to look for some planets in one section and others in another section. If an alphabetical list is not comprehensive, then it is not useful for browsing.
Perhaps in the "German" article would be a list of all nations that speak German.Ģ.
In my opinion, an encyclopedia would list them all. You would never see an "Alphabetical List of Nations" where some of the nation were pulled out into a separate section of "those whose people speak German (or English, or Chinese)", while the others are dumped into a miscellaneous alphabetical listing. An alphabetical list implies a list of all items. In a message to me about Planets in science fiction, you said "The alphabetical list is only for cases where just one or two planets are mentioned in a given work or series." I have several issues with this statement.ġ. (copied from my Talk page) RandomCritic 23:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC) Reply
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