Talk:Spirit Weapon

Writing to protest the reversion to the edit I made.

Said edit was made in good faith, in accordance to wiki rules, and according to the current state of the series. It was intended to streamline the article and correct numerous, blatant errors and (extremely) poorly written content.

Said edit was rolled back in 4 minutes, not even enough time for a cursory scan of the extent of the edited content. It should be fairly clear that the edit was not vandalism, or anything remotely approaching the criteria for speedy removal.

Even if there are errors in the material I wrote, they can be further edited. I believe my reorganization offers a more encyclopedic layout of the available material, and is a definite improvement to the existing page.

Rather than start an edit war, I'll wait for a reply here.

Foolworm (talk) 03:06, June 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Said edit was not discussed or approved beforehand. Said edit changed the entire format of the page. Said edit removed 666 bytes from the page. This is a delicate page, recently unlocked. If you want to "streamline" it, discuss it, talk about what you want to do to the page, get permission and THEN do it. Also, said edit was not rolled back, it was undone, if it were vandalism, I would have rolled it back.--


 * I don't see why I have to get permission from anyone to make an edit - this is a wiki. I have tried to follow the rules as best as I can.

That being said, I will outline what I have done in my edit as a proposal to revamp the article:

1) The current article confuses Spirit Weapons with spirit bows (which ignore the Vandenreich members, all of whom possess spirit weapons that are decidedly not bows). I have tried to correct this.

2) The current article is Uryu-centric (e.g. all that stuff in the Heilig Pfeil section belongs in the corresponding character article). I have also tried to correct this.

3) I added the Japanese term for Spirit Weapon. The tone of the article implies it was an arbitrarily chosen name - it is not, and I have provided a reference for this.

4) Due to other Vandenreich-related pages being locked, material like the "blue flames" has been dumped here. I have removed it, but have not placed it in the appropriate article yet.

5) I have modified the layout of the article as follows: Overview, Requirements, Appearance, Ammunition, Training Aids and Augmentations, and a list of Spirit Weapons. This format covers all the various facets of the topic at hand and presents information in a logical manner. As far as I can tell, it follows the wiki's guidelines.

6) I have made a distinction between 'Energy' (glowy blue) and 'Solid' (metallic, plastic, ceramic etc.) Spirit Weapons.

7) I interpret Heilig Pfeil solely as the arrows that Quincy fire, and not the actual weapons themselves.

8) I have made the distinction between generic and unique Spirit Weapons.

9) I have classified the Seele Schneider as a type of ammunition for Spirit Weapons. This may be Uryu-centric.

Again, I would like to reiterate that I made my edit in good faith.

Foolworm (talk) 04:16, June 28, 2012 (UTC)