Talk:The Fimbria controversies (Nova Roma)

Revision as of 04:18, 8 August 2007

Author's Note

I know it is not customary to sign one's Wiki articles. I had originally done so here. Someday, when this one has been fleshed out, passed the NPOV test, and been linked to all appropriate persons and decrees, it will no longer require my signature or anyone else's; it will by then be the result of a community effort, as any good Wiki page should be.

In the meantime, however, someone created a link to this page without creating the page itself. The requirement is there. I would rather someone else wrote the thing...but it has to be written, and so far I seem to be the only taker. As long as this is the case, this article will, for me, by nature of its subject matter if nothing else, remain personal--intensely so. Hence the byline. I've since removed it; but I wanted the community to know my reasoning.

I used double pronouns ("his/her", e.g.) in the first part of the article, dropping them for the masculine once Marius realises who and what he really is. I'd be happier to eliminate them entirely, but thought I'd err on the side of diplomacy. If I've gone too far (or not far enough) in the desired direction, please advise and I'll make them consistent throughout.

As to attributing thoughts, feelings and motivations to the subject, while such attribution is not normally deemed desirable, in this case I believe it to be critical to understanding the issue. It is very true that no Wiki writer should try to guess what was going on in the mind of his subject. It is also true that if, as I believe, it must be done here...as the subject himself, I am the only one who can do it. Again, if the Nova Roma Wiki community thinks this is a bad idea, it can be corrected; but someone else will have to do the correcting then...I'm afraid I don't have it in me to be that professional about it.

Hopefully the final version will be comprehensive, extensively documanted, footnoted and linked, contain many more voices than my own and many more perspectives. It is not necessary that it be sympathetic to Fimbria unless that is what the community has come to agree about the incident.

I have a feeling this is going to be a project in itself, and it may not all fit on one page. Meanwhile, we can at least keep this Discussion page humming...! >({|:-) -- Marius Peregrinus 07:41, 4 August 2007 (CEST)