Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-262546-20160630192944

Hello all. I came up with a few ideas regarding our battles articles here. They seem lately to have gotten a bit out of hand and were don't really seem to have a convention anymore as to what kind of event/battle 'qualifies' as an article.

My main issue is that many of our battle articles don't actually depict battles so much as they depict skirmishes and 'events'. A large portion of these articles rely mostly on the 'prelude' and 'aftermath' sections as the main even the article seeks to describe isn't itself very substantive/notable. Below is a list (I was probably a bit overzealous) outlining some of the issues I have.

I'd welcome feedback. Either people agree with me that these are issues and we address some of them, or people don't and we leave it as is.

Battle of P2S-569
The Battle of P2S-569 was never shown on screen, only being mentioned in passing as something that had happened as a prelude to the Lucian Alliance invasion of Destiny. As the information of the P2S-569 bettle is entirely described on the invasion article and on the Tau'ri-Lucian Alliance war article, I feel this even simply isn't substantive enough to warrant its own article.

It would be better suited for a "Tau'ri-Lucian Alliance skirmishes" article. However, given that this conflict wasn't as well developed as others, and thus no skirmish page exists, its presence on the 'war' page will suffice.

Lucian Alliance attack on Earth
No actual battle occurs; Wray and Greer simply try to defuse a bomb. This article mirrors the episode description, and then event altogether isn't very notable.

Ba'al Conflicts
In General, the battle articles we have regarding Ba'al's campaign irks me in that most of them aren't actually battles as much as they are descriptions of an event/episode, relying heavily on Prelude and Aftermath sections. Such articles include:
 * Capture of Ba'al
 * Death of Ba'al on the Achilles
 * Battle in Seattle
 * Attack on Ba'al's Stronghold

Mutiny on the Destiny
Much like the Lucian Alliance attack on Earth battle, this episode doesn't actually depict a battle. This article mirrors the episode article for Divided as this event is that episode.

Furthermore, I propose we combine, if not abolish, the following three battle articles that encompasses the Destiny's campaign at the end of season 2 to escape the drones. The events depicted in these 3 articles are really more skirmishes than anything. But beyond that, the articles mostly describe the non-battle events that also occurred in their respective episodes.
 * Second Drone attack on Destiny
 * Drone Blockade of Destiny
 * Destiny attack on Drones

Apart from these 3 battle articles, there is one more battle ("Drone attack on Destiny" in Resurgence) that all together depict the entirety of the Tau'ri-Drone war. As such, it seems like just having that "war" article and "Drone attack on Destiny" (which itself was quite a large event") would be sufficient.

Random
The following battles I also have issues with because, again, no actual 'battle' takes place, and they instead resort to mirroring their respective article episodes:
 * System Lord Summit
 * Battle of Erebus
 * Attack on a Ori occupied world
 * Fall of Dakara
 * Fall of the Ori 