User blog comment:RandomGTAGamer/Merge pages like Jester Classic and Elegy Retro with their originals?/@comment-25295528-20190820193825


 * I don't think this should be a blog post. However, I'm also glad this hasn't been taken to Community Noticeboard for the following reasons:
 * Absolutely not. This was debated literally https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/GTA_Wiki:Community_Noticeboard/Archive_9#Merge_Compromise dozens] of times and it only resulted in confusion, inconsistencies, a ridiculous amount of exceptions, and huge, messy and over-complicated articles
 * It was already agreed after all the debates, that the rule was to literally have a new article for vehicles with a new name, unless the design/vehicle type is substantially different (for example, Vortex) or the vehicle gains a new name crossing generations (Nebula to Nebula Turbo, Virgo to Virgo Classic). The agreements are considered part of the Manual of Style for Variants and Generations of Vehicles:

"With all discussions resulting in nothing but fall outs, arguments and inconsistencies, several users, including Monkeypolice188, WildBrick142 and Thegtaseeker96 came to the agreement of splitting all named vehicles. Other, unnamed vehicles remained in the Variants section, wherein new rules (which are listed above) were complied to cater for the many situations of having gang variants, modification variants, pre-modified vehicles and alternate models."

"Unfortunately some users did not agree and claimed it was unfair to make such decisions without proper discussion. In defense, the users in agreement with the split claimed that, as proved, discussions had brought nothing but chaos and did not come to any actual, efficient conclusions. As such, the GTA Wiki has come to an official agreement to follow the new system. It will NOT be changed in future."

We already experimented with merging vehicles - perhaps not to the exact specification you suggest, but where would we draw the line? Merging vehicles is a massive no because of how complicated it becomes. There follows a large amount of exceptions, for instance, "but what about this model, its the same name but a different design", "this model was renamed in GTA V, does it have its own article or not?" etc.

So, as much as it seems like a good idea - given that it has already been put into practice (I did it myself, numerous times) - and it did not turn out very well at all (it was chaos, I remember it well), I really don't think it's a good idea to even think about trying it out again. I don't see any issues with the current system. It makes it easier for us to edit, categorize and organize, it makes it easier for readers to search, find and edit. It's really simple in my mind. Hence why it shouldn't need to be changed.