Talk:Tauren (disambiguation)

Need to do more with the L800 tracks, but I think something has to be addressed, or at least how I see it.

Basically, there are three 'tauren' rock stars we have to deal with. One is the Blizzard group, which I think should be left to cover out of universe information. One is Level 800 Elite Tauren Chieftain, which is the former in in-universe form, but all things considered, I decided it would serve the articles better if the types of info were kept seperate. Then we have L80 ETC. I'd at first assumed that he and L800 were effectively the same, and I guess they are in a sense. However, the RO blurb specifically mentions L80, not L800. Looking at this literally, it does seem to suggest that the two are somehow seperate. But that does raise the question as to whether tauren actually exist in-universe.

Personally, I think the answer is no, because while L800 doesn't actually defy canon (plenty of rock bands use non-human imagery for albums), it's still very much an Easter egg, and we have to look at both these things in that sense. Basically, it seems to be the case that tauren and murlocs exist in the StarCraft universe in a fictional sense. As in, fictional to the inhabitants of said universe, whereas everything is fictional to us, the consumer. Certainly tauren have been seen in other images, such as Emporio Ormoni. Of course, L80 ETC and Grunty could exist in-universe, considering that they've never actually done anything to affect the nature of the lore or story, but...well, common sense dictates otherwise. Same reason why elves aren't treated as an in-universe race despite the fact that they could exist.

So yeah. Created the disambig page to settle the band issue and make redirects easier. I think short blurbs are needed in the tauren and murlok articles that they do seem to exist in the fictional sense, but we don't yet have to make the assumption that they are actual canon races.--Hawki 10:12, April 22, 2012 (UTC)