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Halopedia dot org
You guys have no idea how awesome it is to see the site back in Halopedia.org where it all started. Great job, everyone. - AgentSeeethroo


 * Hey man, I think so too! Although it technically started on the Black Box Republic heyoo. -- 17:30, 18 July 2012 (EDT)


 * Yeah. Black Box Republic, then GamerFocus, now FREEEEE! Seriously, you guys are awesome. Let me know how I can help. --Seethroorrrrr


 * Another entry for the site's history. :) — subtank   12:18, 19 July 2012 (EDT)

Halopedia Podcast
Once again, my brilliance is showing. I think a really good way to gain traction in the middle of the Halo 4 hype would be to start doing a podcast. We could talk about exciting news that's constantly popping up in all the trailers and interviews and whatnot; have a featured article on the podcast just like we do on the page; give shout-outs to editors that are truly rocking the house. You know...stuff like that. If anyone wants to consider this, hit me up on my userpage thanger. I'd really like all your input. --Mutha Effin Seethroo


 * I'd love to listen to such a podcast, but it doesn't look like there are a lot of volunteers to host. -- 17:44, 1 August 2012 (EDT)


 * I don't know all that much about the technical side of things (editing, publishing, uploading, etc.), but I would be lying if I said that I wasn't even slightly interested in hosting or, at the very least, regularly participating in discussions.
 * I think it would be interesting to do, considering that we've done it in the past.-- Spartacus  ('''Talk 17:53, 1 August 2012 (EDT)


 * That's cool, I did a podcast several years ago too for my old Porplemontage Studios site. -- 18:02, 1 August 2012 (EDT)

(reset indent) A few requirement to make sure the podcast is successful for a long run (at least a year?): (1) a dedicated team of at least three, (2) a podcast for every week, if not for every fortnight, and (3) a length of at least 7 to 10 minutes.— subtank   06:53, 2 August 2012 (EDT)

Bulletin-Specialization
The latest bulletin (here) has a whole trove of new info and armor and stuff. But I'm not sure how to organize it. For example, are the names of the armor the same as the specializations? Bioniclepluslotr 10:22, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
 * I asked the same question. Just like you I don't know how to go about adding any of this information. I think the most I can think of doing is adding a new article called "Specializations" and adding all the information there. However specializations to me come off as the same as tactical packages & support upgrades so it's even more confusing. -- Killamint  [Comm |Files ] 12:23, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
 * Okay I've read the bulletin more thoroughly. You do not have to wear that specific armor for the mod which means that the specific armor is in fact a new variant which means 8 new armor variants to add to the Halo 4 page & Halopedia altogether. That's what I believe. Also I went ahead and created the page so that we can go ahead and start adding more info. -- Killamint  [Comm |Files ] 18:12, 16 August 2012 (EDT)
 * Do we know the names of the armors? Are they the same as the armor mod? Bioniclepluslotr  10:52, 18 August 2012 (EDT)
 * Like I said before, the armor is synonymous with the specialization, so the pathfinder specialization includes the pathfinder armor, the operator specialization includes the operator armor, and so on. However you do not have to wear that specific armor to use that specific specialization/armor mod. -- Killamint  [Comm |Files ] 12:02, 18 August 2012 (EDT)

Notable Real World Figures
Before we start creating articles for every 343 Industries employee we see, can we discuss the notability of real world figures? I know we did the same (as in creating articles) with the Bungie staffs, but I'm thinking about deleting most of them, and leaving the notable guys. I mean, Marcus Lehto, Marty, Jason Jones, these are the guys who made prominent appearances in ViDocs, some were made into easter eggs in the series. But how about people like Steve Abeyta or Jason Major? Are they important and notable ? Do we even remember how did Stanley Stephen Huntsman contribute to the Halo series? Samuel Jones has a stub label on it. How much can we expand on him? "Graham Bartlett is a production engineering lead and worked on Halo 3." Is it necessary to include such information? "Mark Bernal is more widely known for his work on Marathon 2: Durandal, where he managed to insert one of the most difficult Easter Eggs to discover his initials." Doesn't that belong in Pfhorpedia and not here? These people worked hard, I know, but they deserve to be in Bungiepedia, not here.

tl:dr, can we delete articles about the ordinary Bungie staffs and leave the notable ones, so we can set a new policy for notable real world figures? — S331 (COM • Mission Log • Profile) 11:00, 4 September 2012 (EDT)
 * I completely agree with you. I don't know who these people you mentioned above even are, their articles belong on Bungiepedia and not necessarily here. The standard for real world notability should be along the lines of "if they did not appear in a ViDoc and their notability to the Halo series is only a trivial mention, then they aren't notable enough to have an article".-- Spartacus,   Halopedia Administrator  Talk 11:13, 4 September 2012 (EDT)

Also, before this goes on any further, I think we also need to talk about voice actors for Halo: Reach. Steve Downes, Pete Stacker, and Jen Taylor are fine, but I doubt Jamie Hector, Freddy Bosche or Alona Tal would voice someone in the Halo series again. The Elder Scrolls Wiki has a good system. — S331 (COM • Mission Log • Profile) 11:24, 4 September 2012 (EDT)
 * On the subject of voice actors, I've been thinking that we need to make it clearer as to who voices who. Other Wikis often include voice actors in a character's infobox but that may not work due to the in-universe nature of the ones on Halopedia. I do think though that we need a consistent, and clear format for voice actors (and prominent mo-cap actors) on the characters' pages.--Soul reaper 11:33, 4 September 2012 (EDT)


 * Having hub pages for the voice cast (like in the TES wiki example) is something that I was actually planning to do a while ago and had already forgotten. Instead of having separate cast lists for each game (which are included in credits pages anyway), however, maybe we could have a single hub page for all characters throughout the series. Characters who have appeared in multiple pieces of media (e.g. John-117) would have a neat table which would list the voice actor(s) (or in some cases, actual actors) who have portrayed that character in each piece of media they've appeared in. If you're looking for information like that it's a lot easier to find when it's all in one place. On the downside, a page like that could get pretty massive, especially if it has pictures. --Jugus (Talk  | Contribs ) 13:52, 4 September 2012 (EDT)

The notability policy provides a general guidelines on determining notability. Based on the current examples given in this discussion, most would fail the second criteria (e.g. subject has foreseeable growth, thus should be awarded its own article) but fit within the first (e.g. subject mentioned in a List as it does not have any foreseeable growth). So, I don't think we really need a new policy for real world figures. As for voice actor mention in character article, we've already done that by putting it in the trivia. Voice actors should be in the first bulletpoint in the trivia section; take Miranda Keyes's trivia section as an example. And it is a better practice to keep separating in-universe info from real-world. — subtank   13:41, 4 September 2012 (EDT)