Category talk:Robots in The Combat Robot Hall of Fame

Discussing how to address the Robot Combat Hall of Fame on the wiki
Sorry this whole discussion started in such a sudden manner, I admit that Garfie and I were both talking about this earlier today, but then while I was walking around Chicago, I came back to see the job had already been done. Although the way in which the Hall of Fame references were removed was rash, I do think we need to talk about how we should be covering it on the wiki.

I don't deny that the Robot Combat Hall of Fame is recognised by a lot of people in the community, and there's no alternative which is more popular, so in that regard, it's relevant to the wiki. However, we're currently recognising the Hall of Fame in the introductory paragraphs and Honours sections of articles, and that bothers me a little more, because the Hall of Fame is in no way associated with Robot Wars. TR2, Gabriel and Eruption get little more than a trivia point for their (much more important) FRA title wins, so is an online voting system seen as more of an "official" honour than winning a season of the live circuit? It especially bothers me to see the HoF so prominently on Razer's article when its many official trophies go unmentioned.

It's my personal opinion that we should tone down the importance with which we reference the Hall of Fame, which can be broken down into three categories:


 * How the HoF is referenced in the main text - Currently the honour of a HoF entry goes straight into a robot's opening paragraph, or just the trivia section in some other pages. Personally I would vote against referencing the HoF in the main text for the above reasons, but I'm OK with it being in the trivia section.
 * Having a HoF entry in the Honours section - Definitely remove. It's not a Robot Wars-associated honour.
 * The Hall of Fame category - This one I'm not sure about. It's nice to see all the HoF entries in one place, but ultimately the HoF is not a Robot Wars product, so I don't know if we can excuse it. We're definitely keeping the FRA Champions category though, so I'll see what you guys think.

So, putting aside the way the discussion was first started, how should we address the Hall of Fame on the wiki? Try to cover all three of the bullet points. T OAS  T  04:35, August 20, 2017 (UTC)