Template talk:Trojan War

The following discussion pertaining to the creation of this template was copied and pasted from Talk:Trojan War. It has not been edited or changed in any way. (One section not pertaining to this template was deleted.)

The template was developed in response to a previous debate (not copied over to this page) about using the standard "military conflict" infobox for historical battles. A number of editors felt that using the same box for a mythological conflict implied a misleading level of historicity for the Trojan War. Others felt that an infobox was beneficial to the article, and that the box's potential to mislead was exaggerated. The issue is complicated by (a) archaeology indicating warfare at Troy, and (b) the belief in antiquity that the Trojan War had occurred and marked the beginning of the historical era. This template was created as a compromise, and for use also on related pages, after the long process of consensus-building recorded below.

Before making significant changes to the template, it might be helpful to discuss them here first, and also to post a note at Talk:Trojan War that such a discussion is going on. Thanks. Cynwolfe (talk) 17:52, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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