Hi folks, a user has approached some of us asking whether it would be possible to create a new category for species specifically created by Lovecraft. As we are the H. P. Lovecraft wiki after all, I can see some merit to this. However, there is an issue which I’d like to raise first.
So, I feel that adding Species Originating from Lovecraft Circle works (or something similar) alone isn’t really fair. If we do if for Species, then we’d have to include similar articles for Characters, Locations, Artefacts, etc. While I think this may be a good idea, the amount of time this would take is considerable. To give everyone an idea of how much, during the last category overhaul, the wiki had around 1800 pages, IIRC. Two of us combed through them for several man-hours a day, and the process still took around 3 weeks. To be perfectly honest, this isn’t a task I’m in any great hurry to repeat. As there are currently around 730 pages in the relevant CIRCLE categories, I think this process would likely take something similar for one person. In short, if we decide to proceed with this, then someone would have to commit to the process, and I’d honestly rather it wasn’t me!
Aside from that, I’d see any new Lovecraft-specific categories slotting in as a sub of the "X Originating from Lovecraft Circle works."
Please let me know your thoughts on any of this, and additionally if anyone is interested in taking on the task if we decided to move forward with it.