== Proposed Merger of all Faction articles to new Factions of Command & Conquer article == 

 Further to an earlier thread on this page and on the Talk Page of WikiProject: Video Games, I wish to propose a merge, rewrite and redirect of a group of articles into a single new article, Factions of Command & Conquer. The articles and sections concerned are the following: 

 *Global Defense Initiative (tagged In-Universe, No Footnotes, OR (twice)) 
 *Brotherhood of Nod (2 of 50 references are 3rd party) 
 *Scrin (tagged In-Universe, Unreferenced) 
 *Miscellaneous factions of Command & Conquer (tagged Clean Up, Unreferenced, Game Guide, Original Research) Note: my proposed title for the new article currently redirects to this one 
 *Command & Conquer: Generals#USA  
 *Command & Conquer: Generals#China  
 *Command & Conquer: Generals#GLA  
 *Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath#Global_Defense_Initiative  
 *Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath#Brotherhood of Nod  
 *Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath#Scrin  
 *Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars#Global Defense Initiative 
 *Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars#Brotherhood of Nod 
 *Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars#Scrin 

 My reasoning for this proposal is as follows:  
 *All of the above articles and sections fail WP:N by having insufficient real world coverage to an extent that warrants individual articles. Collectively, I believe that encyclopedic understanding of the game is enhanced by having information relating to the factions in a single location, rather than scattered across multiple articles 
 *Duplication is evident - a single game and its expansion pack have full sections on each of the three main factions, each of which also has its own article 
 *The above articles and sections except those of Tiberium Wars - and even that is arguable - fail WP:NOT#GAMEGUIDE by being written in a primarily in-universe style and recanting more plot than encyclopedic value. 
 *The above articles and sections except those of Tiberium Wars fail WP:V and WP:OR by being almost entirely unsourced and unreferenced  
 *Such a merger brings the Command and Conquer series into line with similar articles for the FA Real Time Strategy games Starcraft and Supreme Commander. The articles Species of Starcraft - a GA - and Factions in Supreme Commander are those which I seek to roughly emulate, although of course I would eventually like to see the article become FA, which neither of the aforementioned are (yet). I acknowledge of course the differences between the series, and as such would not be creating a carbon-copy article. 
 *The merger would reduce clutter by forcing meaningless trivia, OR and fancruft to be removed, along with the game guide-like material referred to above. 
 *Where sections of articles are listed above, putting a link to this article in place of most of the content of those sections of the main articles would be a much-needed clean up exercise for those articles, with no solution having existed prior when the issue has come up on talk pages. They would not need to be deleted however, merely shortened greatly with a link to the main article inserted. 
 *I accept that much of the Tiberium Wars material is sourced, though I still consider it excessive for the main game article and would rather see it cut down if possible 

 For now, I have created the article in my User Space at . I propose that this discussion continue for about two weeks (though I admit to not being sure how long these discussions should last, being new to large scale mergers like this), during which time I will create the article, including where appropriate material from the existing articles, though being somewhat brutal with regard the guideline breaches listed above and with a concerted effort being made to add as many sources as possible. Of course, other editors may contribute as desired. If after two weeks, or before if is the case, consensus is reached in favour of the merger, I will redirect all the above-named articles to the main article, and put the article in Main Space. If consensus is against, I will simply delete the subpage. 

 I recognise by the way that until February 2007 the page Miscellaneous factions of Command & Conquer had the name of my proposal before the main factions were expanded out. I do not feel however that this move was successful or achieved anything, and as such it should be undone. 

 I await the opinions of my fellow editors on this matter with great interest - and an open mind for alternative suggestions.