AVID:Requests for Comment/Availability proposals
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Removal of the Availability tiers.
Hello hello. I am back with a rather broad RfC this time. Before I start telling why availability tiers should be removed, I will mention what they are in the first place.
What are the availability tiers? In many Availability sections, you would see a mark, such as "Common", "Rare" or "Extinct". And those are the things I propose to be gone for good. Why?
Why remove the Availability tiers? I have four reasons as to why they should be removed;
- They're subjective. Subjectivity was a huge issue in the old CLG wiki era, whetever it was the Scare/Cheesy Factor or the Nicknames. In the case of availability tiers, one could say that the logo is extinct, even though it ended up being a couple tiers lower, like extremely rare. For instance, the Fox World Productions logo used to be called Extinct due to the few programs it was known to appear on, but as more was discovered, its tier fell down significantly.
- It would help editors. How so? Well, editing an Availability section usually is stating where the logo can be seen and in some cases, what medium. The removal of availability tiers would not only make editing easier in terms of time, but also to not think as to what logo could be rare and whatnot. This would otherwise intertwine with the first point in terms of giving the editor a chance to.. opinionate.
- It's another remnant of the Americentric nature of the old wiki. We removed the Americentric natures of the wiki a while ago, but this seemed to just stay there.
- The potential availability revamp could easily be worked further without the availability tiers, as it would make it much easier with those out of the question.
And with that, I will leave it here. Thoughts? RfC proposed by VPJHuk (talk) 19:15, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
