Talk:Slash Dragon

Should this be a subpage? I've seen other fandom-specific glossary terms that weren't.--Æthel 03:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree. This page is written as a glossary term and the page that should be a subpage is the not yet existing (but already wikilinked in this article) character page for the Great Dragon.--Doro 21:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I disagree. *g* Sort of, anyway. I'm leaning toward taking fandom-specific terms completely out of the glossary category, which otherwise will wind up being insanely large and therefore useless. I'd rather see fandoms have their own subpage for fandom-specific terms, things that a newbie should know to understand the discussions, fanfic, RPG quirks, whatever. So, for Merlin, I'd lean toward a Merlin/Fandom Glossary page, which included Slash Dragon and whatever other fannish terms have cropped up around the show (or even particular canon terms that someone might need to know -- not Brit slang, but, say, the name of Merlin's home village, or something) (sorry, this isn't my fandom, hence the crappy example! I'm actually working on such a page for Professionals right now, but am on the wrong computer and can't get at it right now). I could see maybe eventually having a Fandom Glossary category, actually, to have a list of all the fandoms that have a fandom glossary as a subpage of them, that might be helpful. --Arduinna 22:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

ETA: I got back to my other computer and got the page up: The Professionals/Fandom Glossary, which shows up on The Professionals as just "Fandom Glossary" (overkill, but I wanted to make it clear that this wasn't a canon thing). It'll keep the list of subpages under control, but will keep the glossary terms connected to the main fandom page, so they're easy to find. y/n? --Arduinna 04:24, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Totally down with this, but I want to leave up the top-level "slash dragon" redirect so it goes to the Merlin Fandom Glossary page. Sound good? I'm up for making the Profs redirects if you want ... --Emma 19:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

See below! I'll do the Pros redirects later on tonight, no problem. --Arduinna 23:00, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

That doesn't convince me. A glossary page may be a nice idea for some fandoms but I see no reason why something on such a glossary page shouldn't have its own entry. In fact the example you link has several things on there that have their own page or will have their own page. Given the fact that the slash dragon isn't just a name for the Great Dragon but also something between a fanwork and a performance, I think it's justified to have an article page that is not just a note on some glossary. --Doro 22:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

OH! I think I see what I missed -- I didn't realize that there was a particular journal called slash_dragon that was a whole thing of its own. In that case, I would say handle it like I did for "Bisto Kids" (which is both a fandom term and a fanwork/zine) on the Pros fandom glossary -- have an entry on a fandom glossary for slash dragon as the fandom uses the term to describe the great dragon, with a link to another Fanlore page (not a subpage of Merlin, a standalone) for slash_dragon, which is about the LJ itself, and what it does. Then that page can just have a disambiguation line at the top saying something like "For the definition of the term as used elsewhere in Merlin fandom, see the Merlin (BBC)/Fandom Glossary page". Would that work? That way the LJ isn't being treated as a glossary term, but, as you say, as a fanwork, which look like it's much more accurate. --Arduinna 23:00, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, wait. I don't get it. Why would slash dragon just be a subpage of Merlin, or just a glossary entry? It totally deserves its own page. This is exactly the danger with subpages -- only because the concepts are very closely intertwined/related doesn't mean we ought to subpage everything, really! Yes, if you go 'character on a show' like The Lord of the Rings/Aragorn, subpage it is. But the thing is, as I see it, 'slash dragon' has developed a broader meaning -- it's at a character, a concept, and a journal, and it would make sense to comprise all those on the same page. (Concept -- as in 'every fandom needs a slash dragon', a slash-enabling agent.) Which is why: Slash Dragon, with a link referring to Merlin. --lian 09:51, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

ETA: lol, I just realized -- slash dragon is, of course, not a character at all -- that would be Great Dragon, right. All the more reason for Slash Dragon with a link to Merlin (BBC)/Great Dragon. --lian 10:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)