Halopedia talk:Projects/Timeline/Eras

Cross-over?
Could it be possible to alter the dating of the eras to allow them to cross-over in dating? According to the dates given, the Unggoy's entrance into the Covenant empire as subjects is the "Globalization era".--  Fore  run  ner '' 20:23, 27 March 2011 (EDT)


 * I would much prefer that we change the dates so that they can intersect, allowing us to use whichever era is necessary. The date-specific method works fine over at Wookiepedia because much of the galaxy is linked together - everyone knows what's going on. Think of it more in the sense of Earth's BCE ages. Before the establishment of (then) advanced and progressive (for the time) civilizations like the Romans and Greeks much of the world was isolated. You could be at a bronze-age level of development while a tribe just a couple miles away might be at an iron-age level. I hope someone will reply soon.--  Fore  run  ner '' 09:45, 16 June 2011 (EDT)


 * While I'm in full support, I think the only problem of implementing such concept is the lack of data regarding the Covenant's own timeline. We don't really have sufficient information about the past of the Covenant to establish a reliable timeline.— subtank  04:27, 21 August 2011 (EDT)


 * I'd suggest a Precursor era before the Forerunner - we now have information regarding them. The Forerunner era, which covers their galactic dominance, should be shortened by 60,000 years to end with the activation of the rings. The time between 100,000 BCE and the Writvof Union in the 10th century BCE would be listed as the Dark time, where the galaxy's sentient species are forced to start again at Tier 7. With no support from the Forerunners or each other, many go extinct. The era ends with the founding of the Covenant as a major force intent on succeeding the Forerunners - it's essentially a redone 'Rise of the Covenant' era. 'Human' can run alongside it from wherever we see fit (earliest civilization? The industrial revolution?) to the end of independent nation-states.--  Fore  run  ner '' 10:15, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

What information? All we know was that at some point there was a Forerunner-Precursor war. We can't even say who won. Maybe the Precursor's fled or something like that. So I don't really think we have enough info for that yet. Maybe after Primordium comes out, though. Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot ( talk )  12:04, 21 August 2011 (EDT)!!

Post-War
Just to confirm, Halo 4 will be taking place during the "post-war" era? Vegerot ( talk )  14:10, 16 June 2011 (EDT)!

Yes it will:) "A Penny saved is a Penny earned" 14:22, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

Post War logo
Why is the logo for the Post War era the Marathon symbol? Shouldn't be something a little more relevant, especially seeing as the logo is not longer being used in Halo products?--Soul reaper 09:45, 26 October 2011 (EDT)
 * That symbol I believe represents Humanity as the "Reclaimers," considering events that have transpired since September 2552 and into the present (January/February 2553), it is quite a relevant item. Reclaiming of her empire and her natural birthright as the successors to the guardians of the mantle. 343i not owning rights to it or night has no bearing on that whatsoever.

Revamp!
I had another look at the organisation structure of the Timeline project page (and the Era template). I think we can further improve this categorisation by separating into their own respective timelines rather than converging all into one. To summarise;


 * or  - redirects readers to Project:Timeline/Forerunner. In that sub-page, it will list out the relevant events and what-not. To ease this process, we shall use the Timeline template as a supplement medium.
 * or  - redirects readers to Project:Timeline/Covenant. Similar to the above.
 * or  - redirects readers to Project:Timeline/UNSC. Similar to the above.

A few notes:
 * Flood would be subjected to all periods, since there hasn't been any established events (or that we even get to see from their perspective).
 * All human events will be subjected to UNSC; readers are more familiar with that abbreviation than UEG; this also includes rebels. With that said, "human", "HCW" and "Post" shall be removed from the Era template.
 * Realworld and ARG categories should not be altered; they stay the same.

This makes much more sense to readers when the click that little icon. It also allows us editors to focus on the Timeline page more and further improve each period/year/month/event within the Halo universe. — subtank  09:03, 3 November 2011 (EDT)


 * Gonna bump this old proposal.— subtank   11:46, 13 April 2014 (EDT)


 * I have no objections. Our current categorization is rather arbitrary and quite frankly, for the most part pointless. Unless 343i comes up with an official era structure (as Lucasfilm has done) this looks to be a superior alternative. --Jugus (Talk  | Contribs ) 13:50, 13 April 2014 (EDT)


 * On second thought, I believe the Flood should also have its own eraicon (which would also cover everything related to the Precursors). This would also make the system in line with that of the Essential Visual Guide, from which we could also borrow the handy color coding. --Jugus (Talk  | Contribs ) 09:05, 20 May 2014 (EDT)


 * UNSC blue, Covenant purple, Forerunner grey, and Flood green. Sounds like this could work. However, given the little information focused solely on the Flood compared to the other three, I don't think this would be the proper time for it to have its own eraicon. This is moreso because much of the information on the Flood is tangled with the Forerunner, the Covenant and the UNSC.
 * As a matter of simplification, I think using "blue", "purple", and "grey" would be a better system of categorisation for the eraicons. When users see the color blue, they are reminded of humans/UNSC, purple reminding them of the Covenant and grey of Forerunner. Plus, less typing when filling out the eraicon template. :P — subtank   09:11, 20 May 2014 (EDT)


 * Well, every individual type of Flood form would go in the "Flood" category. Where else would you put them? It's not like it's that much extra work, and three icons is already pretty sparse as far as the template's information value goes. As for the colors, I was thinking olive green for UNSC, bluish-gray (or just gray) for Forerunner, purple for Covenant (obviously) and brown for Flood (the system from the EVG). --Jugus (Talk  | Contribs ) 09:25, 20 May 2014 (EDT)