Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31071347-20170420184506

I think we need to come to a definitive conclusion re:video descriptions.

As we all know, descriptions are an integral part of SiIvaGunner rips. They have a very specific format, and they often contain memes, references and lore. Some of those instances are blatant (like e.g. the catchprase changing during a whole event arc), others can be subtle (e.g. listing a game system that the game in question is not available on, as a joke). All in all, video descriptions are an important part of SiIvaGunner's jokes and lore, and thus deserve to be preserved here, just like we preserve video titles, playlists, upload dates and play time.

However, the question is, how should we preserve them? I think we should somehow include them in rip articles. But how exactly should we do it? We should probably devise one unified way of doing it, to avoid confusion and mess. I've personally thought of several possible ways to do it, including the following ones:

1. Create a "Description" section in every rip article. That section would contain an exact copy of the video description. The jokes and references in the description should be explained either there or in the "Jokes" section.

2. Add the ability to add the description to the "Rip" infobox. Though that might look a bit too clunky.

3. Include all the information from the description in the first sentence of the article. That's what I've been doing with the articles I've been editing recently. It goes like this:

[RIP TITLE] is a high quality rip of [MUSIC] by [COMPOSER] from the video game [GAME] for [PLATFORMS].

However, maybe you guys could provide some other ideas and suggestions? Let's discuss this. 