Talk:Going Merry

Can someone please explain why msot of my information was taken out of the article, and the whole article was shortened?--Cody2526 00:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The character articles follow a specific format, and much of the information was unneccessary. Sigmasonic X 01:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * But shouldn't the statistics be, you know, on the side? The page looks alot better and more organized that way. Or at least it will, when the Red Links turn Blue. Besides, I'd rather have as much information as possible in an organized manner, rather than the most necessary information only in a rather sloppy manner. Are people here just too lazy to make a box under the picture? Cody2526 08:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite?
Just asking before doing anything but can this page be completely rewritten? It's current format looks worse than Usopp's craftmanship (no offense). It doesn't seem to mention its flying mode or mention Kaya in the right place. There are too many red and blue links making the text look like a rainbow and some words seem to suggest it was destroyed at start of the series or something like that. The only plus points the page has are the memorial gif and the picture of the ship. Other than those two, the rest doesn't seem to give Going Merry the fullest respect. Can I slowly redo this page, when I have the time, to give it more quality. I'd like a page on this ship to be of great quality in order to give it more respect.Mugiwara Franky 07:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd help, but I have no idea how to go about this article. Any other article, perhaps.  But your plan sounds good.  I agree, with the broken red links all over the place, its pathetic no matter what way you look at it.  :/


 * I've seen somewhere a photo of Merry's layout that was once published... If I can find it, get premission to use it, we could include it here. But its gonna take a few days to find perhaps.  One-Winged Hawk 14:13, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * There's rough drawings of the entire layout in volume 10 (I believe... it may have been 11, though) of the manga, I could probably scan them in later if people thought they'd be good up here... ^^ --Murasaki 21:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I originally wrote this page, and would be happy to fix it up. Most of the red links are important pages we don't have yet, but I'll go thorugh and check for unimportant ones. Images of layout and such would be very nice. I'll see if I can add more information, take out some un-necessary stuff, and clean up the later subjects, which I will admit making the article gets boring after a few subjects and I am prone to making them messy. I'll get to work if I can pull myself away from my Wii, which I have been playing since release day. It'll be done in about a month, totally redone and, since it'll likely not come up in anything important later, probably stay the way it will be for awhile, except for minor edits. Cody2526 08:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be an understanding here however to at least speed up the construction, here are some things that I think should be set up in this page so that more than one editor can contribute or at least not cause an edit war between editors.
 * It's Voyage: Considering this is probably one of the more important aspects of the ship, it should be as expansive as much. However certain events have to be carefully grouped together in specific sections in a certain style. It's advisable to do so the sections could grow properly. It's probably also advisable to not include events in the anime here. These events throw off the flow of the voyage in a certain way.
 * East Blue Voyage: This section should first and foremost cover how and why Luffy and gang got the ship. It then should cover other events that happened in East Blue that either concern the ship or happened on it, such it being taken by Nami.
 * Baroque Works saga: This section should cover events concerning the ship or on the ship from the moment it entered the Grand Line to after Crocodile was defeated. The meeting Mr. 2 and showing of the X marks to Vivi are likely candidates for this section.
 * Adventures in Sky Island: This should cover events from Jaya to when they leave Skypiea. The flying model, using the knock up stream, damage from Shura, the mysterious spirit and what ever other event in Skypiea that either concerns about the ship or happened on it should be included here.
 * Water 7 Events: This should cover the events that happened in Water 7 that relate to Going Merry. The money being stolen, the fight, and the ship being cast off into the storm by Kaku should be covered here.
 * Escape from Enies Lobby/ Funeral: Self explanatory. T_T
 * Links: I think it should be advisable to not link every term and word that appears on the page. Even if a page exists, too many links would distract a reader and would make the text messy. Also its advisable to not link every time a certain word pops up to its respective page. The entire crew,is certainly going to mention alot of times. Linking all the times Luffy,Zoro,Nami,Usopp,Sanji,Chopper,Robin, and Franky(it's pretty much undoubtable about now), would make the page a mess. Plus, above all else, the page is supposed to article about the ship, not a page meant to serve as a link directory like Pirates.
 * Certain Words: It's best to carefully write things in some sections in a certain manner. Sections covering its voyage are ok to use past tense but certain sections have to be worded carefully. Saying things like "it had a jib" in the layout section and "it was the ship used for the majority of the journey" as first sentence of the entire article might imply that the jib was broken from the very beginning and that all events after they leave Water 7 for Fishman Island and beyond are all short arcs or something like that. We should be careful with our words.

These are my suggestions. Please comment on this ideas.Mugiwara Franky 16:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)