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==="Most historically significant players" guidelines=== | ==="Most historically significant players" guidelines=== | ||
The "most historically significant players" section of character articles are for, as the name directly states, the players who have made the most significant historical impact on the character's competitive [[metagame]]. Smashers listed in these sections must be accompanied by a brief description detailing the smasher's most notable feats with the character and/or their contributions to the character's metagame, to explain why they're one of the most historically notable players for that character. Edits adding a smasher to these sections with no or an insufficient explanation may be removed immediately. There also | The "most historically significant players" section of character articles are for, as the name directly states, the players who have made the most significant historical impact on the character's competitive [[metagame]]. Smashers listed in these sections must be accompanied by a brief description detailing the smasher's most notable feats with the character and/or their contributions to the character's metagame, to explain why they're one of the most historically notable players for that character. Edits adding a smasher to these sections with no or an insufficient explanation may be removed immediately. There should also generally be discussion before adding to or removing players from these sections, and any additions/removals made without consensus on the article's talk page or in the wiki's [[SW:DISC|Discord server]] will likely be reverted. | ||
The following criteria and guidelines apply to these sections: | The following criteria and guidelines apply to these sections: | ||
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*Online results should naturally be given considerably less weight than offline results, though in absence of significant offline results for the character and/or when online play has made up the bulk of the character's competitive life, players with primarily online results shouldn't be dismissed in favor of players with vastly inferior offline results. | *Online results should naturally be given considerably less weight than offline results, though in absence of significant offline results for the character and/or when online play has made up the bulk of the character's competitive life, players with primarily online results shouldn't be dismissed in favor of players with vastly inferior offline results. | ||
*While more recent results are generally given greater weight in competitively active games due to the generally continually advancing metagame, editors should try to be aware of recency bias and avoid it within reason (e.g. a player shouldn't be automatically included in a character's section immediately after one big result, especially not at the expense of a more established player). Any player included in one of these sections should have already accomplished enough with the character that their inclusion would have considerable lasting power even if they never played the character in any tournament again. | *While more recent results are generally given greater weight in competitively active games due to the generally continually advancing metagame, editors should try to be aware of recency bias and avoid it within reason (e.g. a player shouldn't be automatically included in a character's section immediately after one big result, especially not at the expense of a more established player). Any player included in one of these sections should have already accomplished enough with the character that their inclusion would have considerable lasting power even if they never played the character in any tournament again. | ||
** On a related note, keep in mind that these sections ''are not a list of the character's current best players'', and any edits trying to treat them as such should be reverted. | **On a related note, keep in mind that these sections ''are not a list of the character's current best players'', and any edits trying to treat them as such should be reverted. | ||
*Editors should | *Editors should be aware of top player bias, and not just automatically include established top players in the sections of lesser represented characters with which they got one good result with or occasionally play based on the player's name value alone. | ||
*The summaries should be well-written and not just a regurgitation of results and contextless wins | *The summaries should be well-written and actually contextualize to readers how the player is historically significant to the character's metagame, they should not just be a regurgitation of results and contextless wins that most readers will gloss over. These summaries should additionally be concise; anything more than a few lines should be trimmed down. Additionally, claiming a player to be the best in the world with a character should be avoided unless there's a strong consensus for it. | ||
*In the event where wiki users cannot come to a consensus on which player(s) to include and/or exclude in these sections, input should be sought from an outside authority, such as the relevant character's [[Smashcord]]. | *In the event where wiki users cannot come to a consensus on which player(s) to include and/or exclude in these sections, input should be sought from an outside authority, such as the relevant character's [[Smashcord]]. | ||
