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: I have to say that your mention of other gods made me look at them. And it looks like a bit of a mess. But I don't know the stories they appear in, so I shouldn't get involved. | : I have to say that your mention of other gods made me look at them. And it looks like a bit of a mess. But I don't know the stories they appear in, so I shouldn't get involved. | ||
: Now to the topic at hand. Here is my thinking. According to [[T:DAB]], the only criterion of being primary for a topic is how often it is likely to be searched. Moreover, the intended meaning is not "searched at one moment" but rather "searched over the lifetime of the Wikia". There was a big [[Talk:Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)/Archive 1|argument]] regarding why [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Rory's dad]] is not a primary topic. I have not been able to persuade people in an [[Thread:183821|ongoing discussion]] that [[Osgood | : Now to the topic at hand. Here is my thinking. According to [[T:DAB]], the only criterion of being primary for a topic is how often it is likely to be searched. Moreover, the intended meaning is not "searched at one moment" but rather "searched over the lifetime of the Wikia". There was a big [[Talk:Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)/Archive 1|argument]] regarding why [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Rory's dad]] is not a primary topic. I have not been able to persuade people in an [[Thread:183821|ongoing discussion]] that [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] is primary topic, and she has half of her own spin-off. (I was ready to continue the fight, but it will not be necessary come November.) Since this Demeter is of much smaller significance compared to Osgood and Brian, I would not consider it a primary topic off the top of my head. | ||
: And the details do not persuade me either. Although the policy does not apply this principle directly to primary topics, it is my understanding that in-universe things always beat out-of-universe. The fact that Demeter is a Greek goddess is important only to the extent that it is being mentioned in the DWU, and I could only find such a mention in one story. There are currently four pages with "Demeter" in the name. Apart from this one, the other three are [[Demeter (planet)]], [[Demeter rocket]] and [[Demeter seed]]. None of the three connect the name to the Greek goddess in-universe (or at least no connection is recorded in the Wikia though about ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' I am pretty sure it wasn't made). So, in a sense, the DWU knows four "Demeter"-named entities, each appearing in exactly one story. | : And the details do not persuade me either. Although the policy does not apply this principle directly to primary topics, it is my understanding that in-universe things always beat out-of-universe. The fact that Demeter is a Greek goddess is important only to the extent that it is being mentioned in the DWU, and I could only find such a mention in one story. There are currently four pages with "Demeter" in the name. Apart from this one, the other three are [[Demeter (planet)]], [[Demeter rocket]] and [[Demeter seed]]. None of the three connect the name to the Greek goddess in-universe (or at least no connection is recorded in the Wikia though about ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' I am pretty sure it wasn't made). So, in a sense, the DWU knows four "Demeter"-named entities, each appearing in exactly one story. | ||
