IxWiki:Lore Theory: Difference between revisions

All lore should follow a basic priority hierarchy patterned after the basic so called “five Ws” - who, what, where, when, why. This hierarchy does not assign value, necessarily, to each category, but instead helps the formation of overall national ideas. '''“WHAT”''' is the most basic element of lore, usually reserved to describe the central concept or to build secondary and tertiary pages.  '''“WHEN”''', and '''“WHERE”''', are the second level of lore. This gives nations some sort of contour, meaning, history, and outline from which a reader can understand the “how” of this country’s formation and current basis. This also includes, to some extent, a basic cultural outline of a nation. The top level of lore is “WHY”, which builds the connections between disparate concepts and gives every piece of lore developed context and meaning. The '''“WHY”''' of a country not only takes the form of examining the consciousness of the nation, it also ties everything together in a narrative sense. In a meta context, it also goes the furthest to answering the question examined in the introduction; “why is what I am reading important?”  

'''“WHO”''', or lore and pages which describe individual people, is an isolated category on its own within the priority hierarchy. In terms of being descriptive, it is similar to '''“WHEN”''' and '''“WHERE”''', but can go two different directions. '''“WHO”''' can often be a relatively isolated page or article describing an individual, as noteworthy as they may be, that presents a relatively rote biography, and unfortunately many or most individual pages take this course. However, when done correctly, with consideration of the entire whole of the concept and taking “WHY” into account, pages with individuals reach their full potential. The '''“WHY”''' of a nation should be informing this person’s worldview, actions within their life, and in some senses what their life becomes should also speak to and further develop a national “'''WHY”'''. This is a difficult task to achieve, and accordingly the “WHO” stands alone as an enigmatic category.