Board Thread:Narutopedia Collaboration/@comment-17623-20140206165340/@comment-3279282-20140207104849

After all this discussion, I think the whole topic can be narrowed down to one simple question:

If something is not explained in the manga, is it the job of an encyclopedia to explain it by drawing logical conclusions based on given information? I say no, it isn't. An encyclopedia's job is to write down the information as it is given by the mangaka, not to draw connections between that information.

Otherwise, who would tell us when to stop? At what point is a statement nothing more than a user's theory? If we go down that road, we would allow anyone to add his theory to an article as long as it's created by drawing said connections.

Long story short: Anything that can only be assumed (however logical it may be) should not be added to the article. Depending on the subject, a trivia is okay, though.