Lore talk:The Blessings of Hircine

Page Deletion

Should this lore page really exist? This book itself has been removed from ESO since at least 2015, if it was ever actually in the game at all instead of just being cut content that used to be in the files. This doesn't seem worthy of a lore page, and at best spreads misinformation about depreciated content. Jacksol (talk) 04:27, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

It was in the live version of the game for quite a while (1 - 2 years), which is different from say only being on a Pts build or in the files but never in the game, like Online:Song of the Diamond Sword was (hence why its lore page was deleted).

This book is in the same boat as Lore:Auridon Explored, Chapter XII (old) or Lore:Anora's Journal (old), which are deprecated versions of books that were later updated. Because it seems this book was removed instead of having its texted altered, we can keep the page where it is instead of moving it, and have a note at the top saying it was removed. The Rim of the Sky (talk) 04:38, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Fair enough, though honestly I would raise the point that neither of those books should be given lore pages either, as neither of them represent what's considered accurate lore. If it's the consensus to keep them up with the banner though, that's fine, but I don't think they should be used as primary references. Jacksol (talk)

Don't worry haha, they're not cited as primary sources, info from old versions of both those books was relegated to the notes section of the Lore:Ancients and Lore:Warlock's Ring related articles. It's pretty much treated like "retcons". The Rim of the Sky (talk) 05:10, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

I added the following to the page: "This book was removed from the game after several updates and may not reflect current lore." Does that seem to cover it enough? Jeancey (talk) 17:41, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Looks good! 👍 The Rim of the Sky (talk) 22:13, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Just leaving this as a note here incase someone stumbles upon this, but I heard that this book was formerly in one of the Valenwood related delves and was removed when they did the Delve revamps back at around updates 3-6. Might have been a mistake but it hasn't been re-added since. Zebendal (talk) 22:25, 3 November 2020 (UTC)