40d Talk:Olivine

What makes olivine special enough to warrant an article? Sure, it spawns platinum, but olivine only shows up in gabbro, which already contains platinum, making that point moot. VengefulDonut 07:11, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

It spawns platinum, but it's hardly the only source. VengefulDonut 00:31, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

There has been no response from anyone, including the page's author, so I assume this page is not supported. Tagging for deletion. VengefulDonut 00:26, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I had responded to you the same day you posted that first comment, but not here (actually, I thought on your talk page, VD - can't find it now, maybe it got lost.) It certainly seems that your 2nd post is responding to a response from somewhere. I'll try to recreate my position:

Olivine is not nearly as notable as many other stones, but the very points you make at the top of the page are what makes it stand out from truly generic and useless stones like, say, microcline. Your remarks are what makes it "remarkable", if only in a literal sense. The purpose of a wiki page is to summarize information - anyone who knows the various stones knows that if you hit microcline, that tells you absolutely nothing. That is truly unremarkable. If a newbie strikes olivine and looks it up, they should be able to find out that 1) it may contain platinum, one of only a few sources, and 2) that it also represents an existing, larger gabbro layer - which is valuable to know in and of itself due to the ores that are found only in that stone. That olivine is not just another microcline.

There are many stones that give zero information, that are, truly, pointless and unremarkable. Olivine is not one of them.--Albedo 01:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)