Forum:Why split up the cards?

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Why split up the cards?

I know my opinion probably means jack on here, but I still need to ask: why are we wasting time doubling the number of pages on this wiki and confusing anyone and everyone who visits it by creating separate pages for the anime cards when there is a section on the real card templates for the anime effects? I mean it just seems like overkill, a waste of time, and a waste of data. Could an admin please try to explain why this dumb idea was a good idea? --Rocket.knight.777 (talk • contribs) 15:06, January 25, 2015 (UTC)

I believed the idea to split up the cards had been suggested by User:Deltaneos back in 2013. The idea is mainly targeted at anime/manga visitors who don't care much about the card in real life. Some anime cards have been altered, modified or remade completely when they are released to the real life so when you put the anime and real card together it would contain too much information and confusing for visitors. For example, if you come to this wiki to look for the information of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 177 and want to know more about the card Neos Wiseman that used in the anime. If you follow the link to main card article, what you get from the screen at first is a completely different cards and brunch of misleading information that totally not useful for you since the card has been remade completely different from its anime form. To check the card image and gallery of its appearance, you have to scroll through all gallery of card release in real life in different languages before you get to anime/manga gallery, which is very inconvenient for visitors who only want to look for the anime/manga card.

I wasn't around this wiki much during the time that the anime cards template is mass implemented, so I'm not sure if there are any recent discussions about any further advantages of this template. Personally, I don't think viewers will get confused with the new anime card articles as far as we can link them properly. Anime card article only linked from the anime related page and contained pinpoint information, so people who do not care about real life card can easily look for the information they want. For people who also want to look for the card in real life, there is always main card page notice on top of the anime card that they can follow. If you type the card name in search bar, it returned in separated articles with titles clearly indicated what visitors want to see. Compared to what we have before, this is definitely an improvement.

Though I do not like the route of going with D/D Cerberus (anime) and D/D Cerberus (later anime), I will discuss about them later. I hope my reply is clear enough to give you why the ideas are implemented in the first place. Blackwings0605 (talk) 17:01, January 25, 2015 (UTC)