The relationship between Wookieepedia and the JvS database

so, I mean... you're kind of trying to address two points in one discussion here, so, I'll do my best to give my personal opinion on each here. So just a disclaimer, this is me as a writer and community member of JvS giving my opinion here, not me as an RPA.

So, to address the poll question: you've given a very binary selection for a decidedly non-binary issue. It's kind of a Yes but No answer, right? Cause Wookieepedia doesn't have all of the answers nor all of the information listed, in which case, you have to look to other reputable sources (for me, generally Galactic-Voyage is a good second. failing that... check several RP communities own versions or wookiee, or hope wookiee has enough hints to work with). But ultimately, there is probably a half dozen, at most, examples of information on Wookieepedia that does not necessarily "line up" with some people's expectations and views. And that's why entries are open for debate by anyone and everyone when they are submitted to the database. As long as a decent source or reasoning can be provided, then changes within the database itself can be made.

Now, on to the question of the Liberator: as I pointed out in Discord, several references (not just wookiee, but also galactic-voyage, and several other fanon wiki's) all seem to reference similar armaments, compliments, and roughly similar ship size. Now, when it comes to the one source for which you keep referencing, that being the Star Wars: Rebellion game, even you admitted in the discussion in Discord that the game had no sense of proper scale. With GR-75's and MC-60's being of a similar size. So it's kind of hard to say that the game, which has no definitive size listing and has some scale issues, should overturn at least 4 or 5 other resources. It's entirely possible the ship was just scaled up for the purposes of game mechanics, no?

In regards to utilizing Wookiepedia, it functions as the go to guide for not only ships, but the majority of things used by players on the boards. So, using it as the primary guide for the database makes sense. Its what everone typically refers to when creating fleets prior to the creation of the database. That being said, as Zion has stated, the wiki sometimes doesn't have all the knowledge needed, in which case, other sources may need to be looked at. If similar specs can be seen amobg the sources, it's usually enough. If nothing else can be found, it is up to us as a team to work together to create something for it, which was the primary purpose of the database.

As for the Liberator, I believe if a change is to be made, it shouldn't be larger than 500 meters. As previously stated, nearly all sources average about the same in its stats aside from maybe small alterations. The info found from the starships stats in the Star Wars RPG I feel is a sole outlier in all of this and isn't enough to warrant such a change. If there were many other sources that agreed with this, it would merit being looked into, but not in this case. Changing the ship based on one source can cause issues with other players who use Liberators in their fleets. Such a changes will force them to redo it to handle the alteration and we may find those unwilling to accept it because so many other sources state it should be in the smaller ship range.

For clarification: You want a frigate with 160 Turbolasers(or batteries) in addition to other weapon systems? The turbolasers alone out gun Vic-IIs, making that classic ship useless. This is why I can't be happy with ship at under 950 meters. Even using the count as individual cannons it's too powerful to be balanced, particularly considering the cutting edge armor and shields listed even in the wookie article.

As far as sourcing from Wookie, it's a good place to start your research. But it's format prevents it from being a reliable primary source. If Wookie is the end all be all(only primary source) then what do we do when someone, not in accordance with canon, changes the pages we're referencing? Do we change everything we have because someone decided to edit a few open source documents on a whim or as a joke?

As already stated, the Wookieepedia serves as the primary and first go to for ships, not the end all. Mainly as I feel that nearly everything Star Wars we use cones mostly from there. But in the cases of something seeming off or otherwise not stated, we do venture to check other wikis and find common ground among them. From there, we bring up the other sources so RPAs and others can review those stats listed from other sources.

In regards to the Liberator, I still feel no change is needed. But outside from that, it should be brought up that a few ships created from Sorosuub does has immense power and capabilities for their size. The three that come to mind is the Liberator, Dauntless, and Bulwark