User talk:Messianh/Mallius

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If anyone has an issues with the article, please list them here. Otherwise I will remove the NPOV reference- The article is intended to be a balance between the two extremes of the people who hate Mallius and the people who love Mallius/Find him hilarious.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Messianh (talk · contr).

I think this page on Mallius is very relevant to the WoW Blackhand server community, as well as the various classes represented in WoW. Nothing posted in the page has malicious intent towards this character. He posts inflammatory rhetoric on the WoW forums and has, by his own actions, garnered a humorous reputation as the "Village Idiot" among the forum readers for doing so. A new user to the forums is likely to be offended by taking his comments literally. This page serves to exemplify his previous antics and prevent such misinterpretations.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Noble1 (talk · contr).

I agree that this post does have a place on WoWWiki, for the same reasons that Noble1 posted above. However, I also agree that it is not NPOV and s in serious need of a major cleanup. Some points to consider: 1. Especially since it is such an issue of contention among different people, the article should emphatically NOT describe Mallius or his posts/comments/etc. as "hilarious." (Which is clearly not NPOV anyway, but is especially important since it is an issue of contention.) It should at most indicate that many other people have found his posts to be hilarious, without taking any stance on the issue. 2. There should be some specific indication that the "facts" about Mallius are intended to be taken as tongue-in-cheek, or else they should be reworded to stick more to facts and less to speculation/humor (for example "later data has shown Mallius to be unbeatable"). 3. In general, it's very clear that the author of this article is one of Mallius' supporters. That fact is fine, but it should not be apparent in this article (which is fairly the definition of NPOV). 4. Other minor changes (like editing/removing silliness "insect overlords"--what?) and better formatting for the quote section are also necessary to bring this up to the standards of WoWWiki in general.--Maldian 23:16, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

Don't post any real life things about Mallius, it's not appropriate.