Talk:Solaris Games Denizens

Problems

While I appreciate the work you did here, unfortunately I do have several issues with this page.

To begin with, the title is misleading. These are archetypes that you can meet on Solaris, but they're not tied to the Solaris Games. As is, when you meet a Mechbunny or Wannabe MechWarrior, you don't immediately think of Solaris - they probably can be found on virtually every inhabited world in the BT universe.

Which leads to the second problem, notability. How are those archetype notable in any way? They're just that, archetypes. Of course you can find them on Solaris. Or anywhere else, for that matter.

And finally, the article is skirting the line of plagiarism. Compared the the original source the text has been altered, but it still reads very much like a sourcebook. A sourcebook that is being sold for money. Frabby (talk) 15:05, 8 April 2018 (EDT)

On the last point I can rewrite it, no problem at all. On the other points I hadn't really though about this. Though for me only the "Ganster" is only visible in all planets, it might be true that the rest can be found at least in other Game Worlds (like Noisel) and also in the big Mercenary Markets like Galatea. Not sure what you want to do. If you feel this is not really worth we can delete it. Another option is to have an "archetype" page (global, not just for Solaris). I'm open for ideas. pserratv (talk) 09:25, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

Oh I'm not sure what to do myself. At the end of the day, I think the article subject isn't noteworthy enough for an article on a BattleTech wiki, I supposed. While I don't neccessarily want to see the article deleted, given that its content isn't wrong per se, I suggest it should at least be renamed. But I cannot come up with a good name. "Character Archetypes" maybe? Frabby (talk) 12:10, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

Doesn't the MechWarrior's Guide to Solaris VII have some similar Archtypes? maybe go read them and mix a bit of what ever it says there to create a bit more varied text?--Dmon (talk) 13:52, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

Let me review that one and I'll try to rephrase and redo it a bit. pserratv (talk) 13:17, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

I've amended the texts so they look different and will now add other stereotypes of the planet.pserratv (talk) 21:56, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

Criminal organisations

The Mafia and Yakuza parts of this article could probably be cross referenced into the main articles on both organisations, likely improving all three articles.--Dmon (talk) 12:06, 18 June 2018 (EDT)