Topic on Talk:Tribute to Rick May

A main topic covering, in Valve's words, the "tribute to Rick May" was missing. The expansion of the existing Soldier statue to cover the whole of what is actually an Event, not just the statues, but the temporary Main Menu and the Soundtrack changes, now encompass the whole of what is now know. With this move, is it still appropriate for Soldier statue continue as a secondary subject of the page, and the statute remain as the image for the page. M I K A D O 282 ⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ (talk) (Help Wanted!) 04:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

+1. all of this should be documented

I think keeping it separate is better, and turning Tribute to Rick May into a disambiguation instead.
GrampaSwood (talk) 08:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

+1, best to documentate everything about this event on one general page

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Reply to GrampaSwood:
I could accept split articles, but I strongly oppose refactoring the present Tribute to the format of a disambiguation. I would not want the Wiki’s lasting commemoration to Rick May to be a bullet list:

Tribute to Rick May may refer to:

• Soldier statues that appeared on maps in the month of May, 2020.
• Saluting the Fallen, soundtrack title in memory of Rick May.

One may be tempted to add some mention of voice acting, but that pushes the style and intent of disambiguation, making it more of a narrative. In my mind a narrative rather than a bullet list is more formal and gives the fuller respectfulness we all want for this. Recall that Valve’s statement posits that the entirety of the tribute is the changes for the interval of the month. The tribute is not just the statues, it is not just soundtrack, the tribute is the combined Main Menu and map changes for the month.
If split, Tribute to Rick May should be composed of the first four sentences of the present article:

With the May 1, 2020 Patch, Valve commenced a month-long Tribute to Rick May. Rick May, who passed away on April 8, 2020 from complications related to COVID-19, was the voice actor for the Soldier. For the month of May, the Main Menu class image is set to the main menu Soldier image, and the soundtrack selection is set to Saluting the Fallen, which is a rendition of Taps, a traditional salute performed at military funerals within the United States Armed Forces. Valve also placed Soldier statues on many maps for the month.

Which choice would you prefer if was your family? To me, the stark paragraph is paltry; but, is far better than a bullet list.
(Possibly, the bit about taps could be removed, but honestly, I included it there to avoid the boorishness of someone adding it as a Trivia.)
The remnant of Soldier statue lead could then read much as is was before I expanded it to the full tribute.
The Gallery image would be moved to the Tribute to Rick May page because it is the announcement of the entire Valve tribute within the game, not just an announcement of the addition of the statues.
I could hope that Valve would place at least an acknowledgement in the blog, if not some form of eulogy, which would also be linked from the Tribute to Rick May page.
Finally, I add for the benefit of those unfamiliar with the tradition: Many famous people get statues; but, Taps is sounded at the funerals of real Soldiers.
M I K A D O 282 ⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ (talk) (Help Wanted!) 23:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC)