Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-18014300-20170123164016

I was writing the article on Granada War, and this question that I've had for a while popped up once more. First, how much information are we allowed to take from reality? I think that theoretically, we should only be taking from in-universe sources strictly, but in some cases, basic information aren't provided in those sources (because it is assumed we would already know since the AC universe takes place in our world).

For example, some things such as Madrid being the capital and largest city of Spain isn't explicitly stated in AC sources, but it's assumed because Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain in real-life even though technically it could be different in AC canon for all we know. Without being able to write that it's the capital and largest city of Spain, that is if we're being ultra-strict about sticking to AC sources only, we would be left with only introducing with "Madrid is a city in Spain".

In the case of the Granada War, I provided some basic information such as dates that aren't from AC sources but historical, real-life ones. I think that it can become very hard to write about subjects with real-world counterparts without taking some information from real-life that is highly unlikely to be different in AC canon. For example, the name Granada War isn't provided in AC sources explicitly, but I assume it might as well have the same name as it does in real-life, and I don't think we should tag it with a "conjectural name" template. So we should allow some leeway for it, but how much leeway? If we are free to always assume these subjects are 100% like their real-world counterparts unless stated otherwise, theoretically our articles on things like the American Revolutionary War should (or at least could) be as comprehensive as Wikipedia's article.<ac_metadata title="Policy on Subjects with Real-World Counterparts"> </ac_metadata>