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I've noticed that many pages across the UESP have little notable statistics, such as the sword with the most health, or the merchant with the least amount of money. Why not collect all of these items into one page? It would surely be interesting, even after we find new categories to group things in and discover new things relating to the game.

I'm thinking of an Oblivion (and its plugins) page to start. Simply show the best and worst of everything on a page, with appropriate links. Anyone else think anything about this? Mutated 16:44, 26 May 2009 (EDT)

:I kind of find it interesting, however, unnecessary. I really can't comment on it further as I can't put my finger on it. You might get the merchant with the most gold; however, you would have to have a merchant for each type of good (since they all buy and sell different things). It would become chaotic and hard to manage. Not to mention, it would be a project that would have little reward for finishing. --Mr. Oblivion  16:54, 26 May 2009 (EDT)

::No reward for finishing is bad, yes. That's the biggest problem. But why wouldn't it create interest? If nothing else, we've already got some other pages that aren't exactly rewarding. And who says we need every single type of merchant? Start small. Unfortunately, a PS3 player like myself will have trouble double-checking statistics, but I can format a page with raw information. Mutated 13:50, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

:: Another person who plays TES4 on PS3!! theg721

:::You can go ahead and do it, I cannot stop you. However, I am just warning you that it will get crazy. There will be so many perameters to follow/include. Merchants: who sells what, who sells when, who gives most money for disposition (including factions), who is least skilled in Mercantile but pays out a lot of money.
:::I am just saying that most of this information can be easily obtained via search. And the end product wouldn't be a polished article. Maybe start something in a sandbox, but be careful that it doesn't get too out of hand. --Mr. Oblivion  13:59, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

::::Easily obtained via search? Can you find the weapon with the highest damage stat, a simple number, using search? Now, having knowing this beforehand, I know it's a tie between Nerveshatter, the Perfect Amber Hammer, and the Bound Sword. But I couldn't find that through search without specifically searching Nerveshatter, the only page to actually set that record apart.
::::So, if you or anyone would like to point out how to easily search for these records, feel free. But I think this page is very much necessary, or at least interesting. Mutated 15:12, 29 May 2009 (EDT)

:::::Like I said, I am not stopping you. But build it in a sandbox and then we can have a consensus of some sort. --Mr. Oblivion  07:27, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::::::Here's the start.  I don't really know how to use tables, and a list seems more appropriate, but how does it look so far? Mutated 13:06, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

(outdent) Looks like a good start.  And don't worry about tables and so forth...once you've got the page created, and the community has decided if they want it, other editors can put it into table format if they feel it's better that way.  Personally, I think that if there's only a few entries, a list is the way to go. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 23:30, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

:Awesome. I'll keep working then. Mutated 10:06, 3 June 2009 (EDT)