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| Comming from Wookiepedia myself, I have a huge problem with the way the pages on this site are formatted. I know this is only the voice of one person, but i find all of these in-article references to real world sources appalling. I beleive we should format a Manual of Style that holds all references towards the end of the article, with the in-universe information staying as such. For example, compare the [[Master Chief]] to [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Anakin Skywalker] (sorry for such a long page to link to). Notice how the article is well written, the pictures are scattered and alternate from left to right as the article continues. There is no reference to sources or the real world until the "Behind the Scenes" section. From here, look at the ''Chief'' article. There is great disorder, the pictures are all on the right side and out of chronological order. There is even a book cover in the middle of the article. If you refer to [[Johnson|Johnson's page]], there are references to sources in inappropriate ways:
| | == Proposal: an end to the obfuscation of article titles == |
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| {{quote|Johnson mowing down Grunts in Halo: Combat Evolved.|Picture quote from the [[Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]] article}}
| | A while ago, I brought up an issue regarding the use of [[:Template:Title]] on [[:Template talk:Title#Regarding usage|said template's talk page]]. I'll just repost a modified version of my original proposal here since one of my core points hasn't changed and neither has our practice. If no one has any massively strong objections to this I'll go and add the instructions regarding the use of the template to the MOS title section. |
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| We should save all references to the real world for the end of the articles.
| | Currently, our pages use the Title template to hide bracketed disambiguation addenda (see [[Forward Unto Dawn (poem)]], [[Bradley (commander)]]) in article titles. However, this is problematic for a number of reasons. The template is useful for italicizing media titles and so forth, but the addition or omission of parts of the title itself is something I believe we should get rid of. Hiding the addenda can easily lead to confusion as to what the actual title of the page is since it's not very conspicuously visible aside from the URL bar. While looking at the address is hardly a colossal task, it's not something that's immediately obvious to a lot of people. That, and hiding the disambiguation serves no real purpose aside making the title itself slightly prettier, but I might again stress that the purpose of the article title isn't, ultimately, to be pretty or even be the most technically correct or all-encompassing name of the subject. The full title should always be readily available in the introductory paragraph (and in many cases the infobox), while the article title can almost be thought of as a shortcut. |
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| Also, we need a new naming system here. While Anakin and Darth Vader are different names for the same character, Wookieepedia takes this into account and puts all biographical information under the one true name: Anakin Skywalker. Here we have Covenant names mislabeled, with the true name [[Unggoy]] being redirected to the human slang term: [[Grunt]]. Instead of [[Avery J. Johnson]], we have [[Sergeant Major Avery Johnson]], rank and all. Personally, i believe that ranks should follow and be '''bolded''' in the introduction paragraph (e.g. '''Sergeant Major Avery Johnson''' was a dear ally to [[Master Chief]]).
| | This type of standard is also in place over at Wikipedia: for example, the titles of [[Wikipedia:Joker (comics)|Joker (comics)]] or [[Wikipedia:Flood (Halo)|Flood (Halo)]] aren't rendered as "Joker" or "Flood" even though this would be possible with the title template. I defer to Wikipedia's conventions in this case since while a wiki such as ours obviously differs when it comes to content inclusion policies and the like, their formatting is generally a reliable precedent. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 11:42, 23 April 2014 (EDT) |
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| While i may just be one person griping, I'm a devoted Halo fan and have come to this site often. That being said, i am dissapointed at the formatting of the articles here and wish for a revolution for the better. I say this only to improve the site, not to bash it or flame it in any way. I hope the administrators take this into consideraton. I have a busy school schedule, and i won't be able to help out that much, but nevertheless i would be glad to contibute to any reformatting if it does indeed take place. Thank you for reading. [[User:Dude984|Dude984]] 18:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
| | :{{Support}} — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 14:42, 23 April 2014 (EDT) |
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| :You know what, while I had never thought about this before, I completely agree. To start reformatting and making everything better, we should start with rewriting all the articles that are written poorly, re-captioning images, general stuff like that, and I'll put a poll on the main page talk, since more people look at that than this, I think, about renaming articles. If we get enough votes, I'll start changing all the articles like Master Chief and Sergeant Major Avery Johnson to either redirects or disambiguation pages, and all that. Thanks for coming by and pointing all this out, and contratulations on writing what I think is quite possibly the longest talk page comment I have ever seen. ;D '''[[User:Guesty-Persony-Thingy|<font color="red">g<sup>u</sup>e<sub>s</sub>t<sup>y</sup></font>]]-[[User talk:Guesty-Persony-Thingy|<font color="blue">p<sub>e</sub>r<sup>s</sup>o<sub>n</sub>y</font>]]-[[Special:Contributions/Guesty-Persony-Thingy|<font color="green"><sup>t</sup>h<sub>i</sub>n<sup>g</sup>y</font>]]'''<font color="purple"><sup>I too have an AI... his name is [[User:RelentlessRecusant|Supreme Honcho.]]</sup></font> 21:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
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| ::Thanks. Hopefully we can get enough backing to upgrade this site to its true potential. While i may have my times of absence, I'm with you 'till the end. [[User:Dude984|Dude984]] 02:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
| | I'd like to bring to light an issue about our current unwritten policy of titling character pages. The rule is ostensibly to use First name+Last name only, but this wasn't the case in [[Forum:Human middle names|the proposal that cemented our supposedly current standard]]. The idea was to use a format similar to Wikipedia in that the use of middle names or initials is decided on a case-by-case basis rather than using one single standardized format based on the way a particular character is commonly referenced in canon, and I still find myself in agreement with this. |
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| :It sounds like a good way to make the articles smoother, but just be careful not to make fanfiction. Wanting to stay in the tone of the universe can lead to stuff like "ONI operatives have uncovered information suggesting (insert Bungie's latest teaser here)" when the info came from a source not in universe. --[[User:Dragonclaws|Dragonclaws]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|talk]])</sup> 02:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
| | For example, [[William Arthur Iqbal]] would stay the way it is because it's his first and only introduction, plus it seems his middle name is important given its inclusion in the story's title. [[Marcus Stacker]] might become "Marcus P. Stacker" because of the [[Pete Stacker|meta-significance]] of the middle initial as well as the fact it's his first full-name introduction. [[Preston Cole]] would be "Preston J. Cole" as detailed in the proposal's original example. Based on what we'll see in ''Nightfall'' and the Halo Channel encyclopedia, we might also include the full names of [[Gregory Aio Ramos]], [[Alistair Bov Estrin]] and [[Michael Bradley Horrigan]] in their article titles as the producers saw fit to include them in the casting sheets while leaving them out for other characters. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 06:02, 17 October 2014 (EDT) |
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| | | There is a small mistake, but an ironic one. The "heretic" page linked to in the article claims to refer to the heretics that "offend the Covenant religion" but in truth it links to the Heretic multiplayer map. [[User:Pecanurdu|Pecanurdu]] ([[User talk:Pecanurdu|talk]]) 04:08, July 17, 2021 (EDT) |
| Okay, this one ''should'' be pretty obvious, but I just want to make sure we're at a consensus: Should we link to an article every time it's stated, or only the first time? It can be rather hard to determine which is the first time, and it can be annoying if someone wants to find information about something and it's not linked to further down, but the page gets really blue if it's linked to every time, so I'm kind of neutral... or does it really matter? '''[[User:Guesty-Persony-Thingy|<font color="#000000">g</font><font color="#770000"><sup>u</sup></font><font color="#cc0000">e</font><font color="#ff0000"><sub>s</sub></font><font color="#ff3333">t</font><font color="#ff6666"><sup>y</sup></font>]]-[[User talk:Guesty-Persony-Thingy|<font color="#9999ff">p</font><font color="#6666ff"><sub>e</sub></font><font color="#3333ff">r</font><font color="#0000ff"><sup>s</sup></font><font color="#0000cc">o</font><font color="#000066"><sub>n</sub></font><font color="#000000">y</font>]]-[[Special:Contributions/Guesty-Persony-Thingy|<font color="#000000"><sup>t</sup></font><font color="#007700">h</font><font color="#00cc00"><sub>i</sub></font><font color="#00ff00">n</font><font color="#44ff44"><sup>g</sup></font><font color="#99ff99">y</font>]]''' 07:27, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
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| :Generally we just link to things the first time they are stated. -[[User:ED|ED]] 21:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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| ::Okay, so it's not really that big a deal, but it's best if we just link to the first one? Got it. Thanks! [[User:Guesty-Persony-Thingy|Guesty-Persony-Thingy]] Early 90's to March 31, 2007. RIP. 20:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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| :::Yeah, maybe if a page is really long you could link again like halfway down the page or soemthing, I guess, but in general, one link to an article per page. --<b>[[User:ED|<font color="000000">ED</font>]]<sub>([[User talk:ED|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sub><sup>[http://halofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Halo:_Shock_Front<font color="000000">(shockfront)]</font></sup></b> 17:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
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| == Way too many links ==
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| I'm trying to disambig Halopedia (daunting task) but I've notice due to the point system people are linking everything.
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| This makes trying to disambig very very hard. What is in the MoS about linking every other word? Can I take them out or should I just leave them and forget about disambiging anything? [[User:Whispering|Whispering]] 04:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
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| == Naming conventions ==
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| Our manual of style says to see Wikipedia's manual of style for more information. However, [[wikipedia:WP:UCN|part of Wikipedia's manual of style says to use the most common name of a person or thing]]. This is a practice that we do not follow. See, for example, the inane naming of the [[Needler]] article: ''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''. As you can tell, I think this practice is horrifically moronic. Nevertheless, it conflicts with Wikipedia's manual of style, so note on our naming conventions needs to be added here. I'd do it, but I'm bitter. -- [[User:Couchpotato99|<font color="red">Couchpotato99</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Couchpotato99|<font color="blue">(talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Couchpotato99|<font color="blue">(contribs)</font>]]</small> 21:47, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
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| :Thanks for looking over that. We'll look into it. '''[[User:HaloDude|<font color="black">Ti</font>]]'''[[User talk:HaloDude|<font color="Orange">'''ger'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/HaloDude|<font color="Black">'''rr'''</font>]][[w:c:halofanon:User:HaloDude|<font color="Orange">'''rr'''</font>]] 21:50, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
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| :I checked some Wikipedia articles, and I found that most common names are used. For example, [[Wikipedia:AK-47|the article on the AK-47]] is named '''AK-47''', not '''Automatic Kalashnikov Model of 1947'''. If we really are trying to follow the style of Wikipedia articles, we should rename all of our weapons and vehicles. But we also must remember that content must conform to canon, and these are not the official names. This is really an issue of Halopedia's objectives. Therefore, I am {{Neutral}}. [[User:An_elite_'92|<span style = "color:#2D1925; font-family: georgia, times">'''Jora 'Mantak<sub>An elite '92</sub>'''</span>]]-[[User talk: An elite '92|<span style = "color:#5D1A39; font-family: georgia, times">Battlenet</span>]]-[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/User_profile:An_elite_%2792 <span style = "color:#B7608A; font-family: georgia, times">Brothers</span>]-[[Special:Contributions/An_elite_'92|<span style = "color:#CCCCCC; font-family: georgia, times">Combat History</span>]] 00:19, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
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| ::It's not a vote. --[[User talk:Andrew Nagy|Andrew Nagy]] 03:09, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
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| ::"Unggoy" is better than "Grunt" because while it is used less, it is almost equally recognizable and more accurate; "M41 LAAG", on the other hang, is '''far''' less recognizable ''and'' used than "Warthog". Original names for species and maybe even weapons should be used, but for vehicles, the most recognizable name (the name used in-game) should be used. It's a "Wraith" first and a "Type-Something Whatever Carriage Thing" second. My rationale? A mix of canon and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:UCN]] (That link actually does work -- UCN in the Wikipedia namespace on Wikipedia). <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 01:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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| == Appearances ==
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| I think it'd be helpful if Halo universe articles all included an "Appearances" list, [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Layout_Guide#Appearances same as at Wookieepedia]. Anyone agree? --[[User talk:Andrew Nagy|Andrew Nagy]] 03:32, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
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| :That's the purpose of the Era template. [[User:An_elite_'92|<span style = "color:#2D1925; font-family: georgia, times">'''Jora 'Mantak<sub>An elite '92</sub>'''</span>]]-[[User talk: An elite '92|<span style = "color:#5D1A39; font-family: georgia, times">Battlenet</span>]]-[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/User_profile:An_elite_%2792 <span style = "color:#B7608A; font-family: georgia, times">Brothers</span>]-[[Special:Contributions/An_elite_'92|<span style = "color:#CCCCCC; font-family: georgia, times">Combat History</span>]] 00:11, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
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| ::What's the advantage of that over simple text lists? What's the syntax to include a footnote when a subject's appearance somewhere isn't obvious? What about to add annotations like "Mentioned only", "Possible appearance" and so on? --[[User talk:Andrew Nagy|Andrew Nagy]] 03:09, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
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| ==Trivia==
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| I'm glad my originally unappreciated idea of splitting the trivia has been made official in the MOS. Thx Subz! {{Arby116Sig}}
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| == Recommendations ==
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| A few recommendations for changes, amendments, etc.:
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| The placement of the Walkthrough template in a level article is not intuitive. New users may miss it entirely. Furthermore, there are inconsistencies between practice and the specification: we place the Walkthrough template in the "Behind the Scenes" article ''if there is one''; otherwise, we stuff it in "Transcripts". The spec fails to mention that conditional alternative location for the template.
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| I would recommend either returning to the Section-With-{{[[Template:Main|Main]]}} notation we used to use, or modifying the Level Infobox template to contain a clearly-marked Walkthrough link. If the latter idea is used, I'd recommend that for aesthetic purposes, we put the walkthrough link next to or below the level title, move the Prev/Game/Next links below the level title, and "stack" them horizontally (with a nested table or by setting colSpan="3" on every other cell in the 'box).
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| In the Level spec, do the "Summary/Brief Introduction" guidelines cover the sectionless intro paragraph? If so, then we may need another section called "Background" or "Description", as the intros for levels like [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]] are detailed and long, traits that are explicitly discouraged by the spec.
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| We may wanna also specify a max-width for level thumbnails/images in Level Infoboxes, preferrably one that can be consistently met across all levels. (That is, no level image should have to ''increase'' in size to match other levels.) I'd recommend something like the intros I write for glitch articles: brief, maybe one or two sentences, providing a really brief summary.
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| :"'''The Covenant''' is the eighth mission in ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Campaign]]. In this level, the eponymous [[Covenant Empire]] makes its last stand, and the [[Covenant Separatists]] and [[UNSC]] cooperate to attack the [[Prophet of Truth]], who is hiding in the [[Ark]]'s [[Citadel]]."
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| ...And then toss everything else in a "Description" or "Background" section. An added benefit is that the new section could also summarize and explain the level's plot and actions (such as the breaching of the barriers and Truth's dependency on Johnson to activate the Ark).
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| ::Sorry for the late reply. Anyway, I've modified the Level Infobox and it should now show a Walkthrough Link. However, the "Prev/Game/Next" stays. Secondly, yes it covers the sectionless intro. Could you add the sections into the MOS? Lastly, the Level Images should be 300px and yes, a brief summary such as the one above should be practised. Again, sorry for the late reply.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 10:34, September 29, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::Added a basic spec for a "Description" section. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 18:57, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
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| '''Seizing the use of 1st and 2nd person pronouns'''
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| I strongly recommend that the MoS calls for an end of using first and second person pronouns. First pronouns are vague and with the new call for stopping signatures, it becomes all the more useless and improper. In addition encyclodpedias or any informative article should leave out all first person pronouns, making sure the article is objective in everyway.
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| The second person pronoun is also improper. Though it is not necessarily incorrect for objective articles to use them, it does show a poor demostration of proper writing. In short it just makes the article look bad. I believe these suggestions are things that are overlooked by the admins. Thought it may not be the BIGGEST problem, it sure is one that should be changed and restricted! Thanks for reading.~ oy0sh1o
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| == Link Once ==
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| If an article is really long, are we allowed to add more links to the same article that was already linked to at the top on the bottom area, so people don't have to scroll all the way up to the top to find the link? It can get really frustrating on an iPod or a slow computer. <font color="cyan">'''Teh lolz!'''</font> [[User:Bioniclepluslotr|<span style="color: cyan; font-family: Halo3,Papyrus; font-size: 12pt;">'''Bionicle+Lotr'''</span>]] 01:25, September 30, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Link once MoS suggestions ==
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| This section should be more specific. I will be using the [[Flood]] article for examples in this. The current policy (A given page should only contain one link to any other page. Typically this link should be the first instance of the term in the article) is somewhat vague in it's explanation, and we should specify which circumstances allow a second link. Here are my suggestions as to those circumstances.
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| *<s>A: A second link is allowed if it is the title of a section, such as <nowiki>"==[[Flood Combat Form]]=="</nowiki> in the Flood article, even though it is not the first link to the "combat form" article.</s> (Use of Template:Main is meant here)
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| *B: A second link is allowed if the first link is within a picture, such as the second link within the article to John-117, even though there is one inside the subtitle to a picture. This is to allow people viewing only the picture to see the context of the picture, without having to search the rest of the article for the first mention of John-117.
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| *C: A second link is allowed if the first is within the infobox at the top of the page, such as the forms mentioned within the infobox of the Flood article, and those mentioned within the article itself.
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| *D: A second link is allowed if it is within a listing of people/places/things, such as the "Known Victims" section of the Flood article. This allows easier research without having to search the rest of the article.
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| *E: A second link is allowed if it is within a reference, for obvious reasons.
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| When a second link is ''not'' allowed.
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| *F: If the first link is within a quote at the top of the page.
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| When the first mention should not be a link.
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| *G: The first links should not be within an <nowiki>{{Article quote}} </nowiki> template. In my opinion, it makes it look bad, but others may feel differently. (new!) --16:17, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
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| *H: The first link should not be within a section title. This is the opposite of former suggestion "a."
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| There may be other circumstances, but these are the ones I have run into the most in the Wiki.
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| --[[User:KickButtUnggoy|Kick]][[User talk:KickButtUnggoy|Butt]][[Unggoy]] 21:56, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| :I strongly disagree with the usage of links in section titles, but other than that, I think you've made some good points. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 22:13, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::Aye. Instead of putting links in section titles, remove them and use the [[Template:Main|Main Redirect template]].- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 22:15, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::And in cases where that's not so fitting (like the level headers in [[Hall of Mirrors]]), try wording it so that you can mention the title again in the text. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 22:26, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::::Aye.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 22:27, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Clarification for Appearances Section ==
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| I just noticed that several articles with Appearances Section had two different formats: 1) Either listing what level they appeared in or 2) Detailing how they changed visually across the series.
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| Shouldn't we put more emphasis on how they changed visually in the franchise rather than having a list of appearances? It sounds very redundant, referring to the list of appearances, and the Era Template has filled up that role.--<font face="century gothic"><font color="red">[[User:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Lol</font>]]@[[User talk:-Ascension-|<font color="#666666">Phailure</font>]]</font></font> 03:00, November 1, 2009 (UTC)
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| :[[Halopedia talk:Manual of Style#Appearances|See above.]] --[[User talk:Andrew Nagy|Andrew Nagy]] 18:20, November 1, 2009 (UTC)
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| ==what are redirects '''NOT''' for?==
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| I've seen people using them for abreviations, typos Etc. What are they not for? <font size="3">[[User:Galacticdominator|<font color="black">'''~ '''</font>]] [[UserWiki:Galacticdominator|<font color="black">'''~'''</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Galacticdominator|<font color="black">'''~ '''</font>]][[Special:Editcount/Galacticdominator|<font color="black">'''~ '''</font>]]</font> 19:18, November 9, 2009 (UTC)
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| :It shouldn't be used for typos or abbreviations... (there's some exceptions to the abbreviations though like UNSC...)- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 17:53, November 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| == About Character MOS ==
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| Should character articles have a "Personality and traits" section? Some other wikis use one, and it seems to work pretty well. The Summary and Biography sections seem somewhat insufficient to detail the characters' personalities and such, plus they aren't really even meant for it. On the other hand, the "Combat" section seems kind of redundant; it could mostly be replaced with the Personality and traits section. Thoughts? --[[User talk:Jugus|Jugus]] 16:18, November 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| :Yes, they should have "Personality and Traits" section if applicable. Regarding the "Combat"; aye, it is redundant. Replace it away!- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 17:53, November 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Action Figures ==
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| Okay... Its been a while since I've first glanced at the action figure articles, and in simple form, I have to say they need serious cleanup attempts. Below I have a simple form for them which may help us build up a better idea of standards for articles in the [[Category:Action Figures]].
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| <nowiki>== Summary ==</nowiki>
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| Brief summary about the Action Figure, such as colour, and manufacturer listed here. Without too much detail.
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| <nowiki> === Details ===</nowiki>
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| Greater details about the Action figure here. Including but no limited to Release Date, Weapons and Equipment (if any), size, etc.
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| This probably isn't the best layout, so feel free to adjust it to any better ways.
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| - [[File:Commander Silver Leaf.PNG|20px]] [[User:Nicmavr|<span style="color:Black; font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial">Nìcmávr</span>]] <sup>([[User Talk:Nicmavr|<span style="color:black; font-weight:bold">Tálk</span>]])</sup> 18:06, November 23, 2009 (UTC)
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| :I like to think of mine like this:
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| A very brief statement that includes the name, the era of the figure, and who produced it.
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| <nowiki>==Description==</nowiki>
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| Includes what color, armor, weapons, etc., etc. There should be nothing about prices in here, as they are often unreliable and change quite often as the value goes up or down.
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| <nowiki>==Trivia==</nowiki>
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| Mistakes, stuff like that.
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| <nowiki>==Gallery==</nowiki>
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| That's usually how I set up my pages...--[[File:Colonel Grade One.png|25px]]<small><span style="border: 1px solid silver; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:General5 7|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:FireBrick; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> General5 7 </span>''']][[User talk:General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px"> talk </span>]][[Special:Contributions/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white"> contribs </span>]][[Special:Emailuser/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px"> email </span>]]</span></small> 01:28, December 30, 2009 (UTC)
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| :Added to the page. I would suggest follow the McFarlane articles as they are the best action figure articles for now.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 19:56, December 30, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Caps in section headers ==
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| Wikipedia's manual of style recommends article and section titles like these (some made up, some on this wiki):
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| *Auto-Aim details
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| *First-person shooter
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| *Face painting
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| But we use titles like these:
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| *Auto-Aim Details
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| *First-Person Shooter
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| *Face Painting
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| Which is correct? <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:49, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
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| :I assumed that page titles were allowed to be capped. Section titles should have the first capitalized and the rest lowercase.--[[File:Colonel Grade One.png|25px]]<small><span style="border: 1px solid silver; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:General5 7|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:FireBrick; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> General5 7 </span>''']][[User talk:General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px"> talk </span>]][[Special:Contributions/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white"> contribs </span>]][[Special:Emailuser/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px"> email </span>]]</span></small> 00:56, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::Initial caps only... ''on Wikipedia.'' But we're not Wikipedia. And capped titles (for both articles and sections) are rather common here. So we have a choice: do we do what we've (very inconsistently) done for a while now, and capitalize each word in a title? Or do we attempt to increase consistency with Wikipedia? I'd prefer the latter, but my preferences shouldn't be immediately enacted into Halopedia policy, hence this section. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 02:47, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::Halopedia has been a nonconformist for quite some time now... so, I would say ignore Wikipedia's capitalisation of section titles.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 03:02, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::::So do we explicitly enforce caps (change "Face painting" to "Face Painting" when we see it), or do we just do whatever we feel like? (Like the dialect rule: don't edit solely for the purpose of changing the English dialect, but in large edits, feel free... But try to maintain consistency within the article either way.) <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 03:38, December 11, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::::In order to maintain consistency within articles, I would say enforce caps in sections.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 19:55, December 30, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Walkthroughs ==
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| In my opinion, the standards for walkthroughs are extremely broad. I'm seeing a lot of inconsistency between walkthroughs of the same game. (coughHALO3cough) I think that the standards should perhaps be made more defined. (Or perhaps different sets of standards can be established for different (groups of) games? If, for example, H2 and H3 are similar (levels broken into chapters, starting weapons, etc.), then they could share sets of standards?)
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| My suggestion for ''Halo 3'': (section titles)
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| *''intro''
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| **General overview of the level, giving details of what to expect. Example:
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| **'''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''' is essentially a reversal of [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]. Players will have to backtrack from the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Anti-Aircraft Battery]] to Lakebed A, fighting their way through a massive [[Flood]] infection. The level is the first Flood-only level in the game, introducing [[Combat Form]]s, [[Infection Form]]s, and [[Pure Form]]s.
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| *Overview
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| **Skull-related information and general strategies. (E.x. things like "It doesn't hurt to break Flood bodies after each engagement, to prevent their reanimation", or perhaps "[[The Covenant (Level)|There is no need to break Flood bodies after battles, as the Flood are rarely encountered]]", depending on the level.)
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| *Statistics
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| **Information about Campaign Scoring, starting weapons, etc..
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| *Walkthrough
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| **Subsections should be chapters of the level. (E.x. ''Infinite Devil Machine'' in Floodgate.) These can optionally contain subsections of their own. (For example, Floodgate's section ''It Followed Me Home'' is divided into Storage Area and Warehouse.)
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| **Subsections should take the form of either "''Chapter Name''", "''Chapter Name'' (Mission Start)", or "''Chapter Name'' (Rally Point Alpha)". (Rally Points always coincide with chapters.) Italics should probably go in the headers.
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| **If absolutely necessary, multiple walkthroughs can be included for different styles of play. I've seen more than one "Alternate Walkthrough" section; perhaps we can have "Walkthrough (Aggressive)", "Walkthrough (Co-op)", "Walkthrough (Ranged)", etc.. Of course, we wouldn't ''require'' variants... But this would allow variants to be added in an organized fashion. It would also be prudent to specify that variants should only be added if they change multiple facets of play. (E.x. on The Covenant, an aggressive player would likely, en route to Tower 1, load up a 'Hog full of Marines armed with Fuel Rod Guns and Splasers, whereas a ranged player might instead follow behind the Marines in a Mongoose, and take it upon themselves to Splaser the Wraith and Shades from distance and cover, while the Marines take out the easy targets using the Warthog.)
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| *Succession template.
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| Few other ideas:
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| *Template for starting weapons.
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| *Template for Campaign Scoring information.
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| *Template for lists of allies/enemies/weapons encountered.
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| I could write such templates, but I'd first need to know what they should resemble and what they should contain.
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| <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[Image:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 03:18, January 6, 2010 (UTC)
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| :Added to MOS. I suggest asking [[User:Spamhammer|Spamhammer]] as he's leading the cleanup on the walkthroughs for now.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 19:09, January 10, 2010 (UTC)
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| == Action Figure Template ==
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| This is just an idea, but would it be possible to create a template for action figures? It could contain info such as the creator, armor perm, release date, etc. --[[File:Colonel Grade One.png|25px]]<small><span style="border: 1px solid silver; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:General5 7|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:FireBrick; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> General5 7 </span>''']][[User talk:General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px"> talk </span>]][[Special:Contributions/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white"> contribs </span>]][[Special:Emailuser/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px"> email </span>]]</span></small> 23:50, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
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| :I would prefer '''not''' to create an infobox for action figures as it would just lead to the creation of multiple individual articles and delay our goal in keeping everything concise.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 23:54, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
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| ::So, you would like to have all individual pages redirected to their respective waves/series? --[[File:Colonel Grade One.png|25px]]<small><span style="border: 1px solid silver; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:General5 7|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:FireBrick; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> General5 7 </span>''']][[User talk:General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px"> talk </span>]][[Special:Contributions/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white"> contribs </span>]][[Special:Emailuser/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px"> email </span>]]</span></small> 01:58, January 19, 2010 (UTC)
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| :::Add <code><nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki></code> to the individual pages. Redirecting them would be a mess.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 23:04, January 19, 2010 (UTC)
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| == Spelling Error. ==
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| I am kind of picky when it comes to spelling so it shouldn't come as a surprise when I say there is a misspelling in the second sentence of this entire article. It's the "the" at the start of the second sentence, it isn't capitalized.
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| Now, I'm sure some of you might think it's no big deal, and that I'm making it into one, but consider: this page discusses the Manual of Style and right off the bat there is a spelling error? Putting aside the irony of the situation it doesn't do the article, or all of Halopedia for that matter, gratis. I would have changed it already without posting this if I could but I cannot find the edit page button for some reason.
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| Can someone help out? Thanks.
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| - The Dude Marky
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| :We are all humans. :| - <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 13:01, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
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| ==Stupid ass hell: multiple edits cause blocks==
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| "Though it sounds fun, excessive amount of edits in an article can lead to a block. As such, editors are reminded to edit an article to a maximum of three. "
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| As someone who edits an article 20 times at once, remind me to never edit here. I have heard of some dictatorial, heavy handed systems, but this is one of the worst. I wonder how many good editors this site has lost because of such an assine policy? [[User talk:Anno1404|Anno1404]] 01:04, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
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| :Although I agree with what you said, YELLING LIKE THIS ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING. Perhaps you should make a new proposal about possibly removing this absurd block. [[User:Vegerot|<span style="color:midnightblue; font-weight:bold">Vegerot</span>]] ([[User talk:Vegerot|<span style="color:grey">talk</span>]]) 07:38, 17 November 2010 (EST)!!!!!
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| ::This policy has proved beneficial in ensuring the quality of Halopedia is within standards of a encyclopaedia; it teaches users how to become better and concise editors, avoiding edit-wars, and improves the reputation of the wiki as a professional site. If you can't learn anything from this policy, then I guess there's nothing that could be done.- <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 10:46, 17 November 2010 (EST)
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| == Proposal, new weapon pages ==
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| I have a new proposal for the wiki. I'm sorry but this will have to be brief as my bus will be here soon. I am looking at the weapon pages and am seeing a whole lotta' gameplay related stuff in there, and when I look at the pages for different species, there is a lot less of that stuff. Why? Because it has its own ''/gameplay'' section. I think that it's even MORE important to have a ''/gameplay'' section for weapons also. [[User:Vegerot|<span style="color:midnightblue; font-weight:bold">Vegerot</span>]] ([[User talk:Vegerot|<span style="color:grey">talk</span>]]) 07:37, 17 November 2010 (EST)!!!!
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| :I think that's because most species pages would be overly long if all gameplay info would be dumped into the same article. This is not a problem with most weapon pages, some of which would almost be stubs if gameplay content was moved to a subpage. We're not a gameplay guide, but that information is what many people will be looking for, so it doesn't hurt to include it alongside in-universe information - as long as the distinction between the in-universe and gameplay info is made clear enough. It's also because articles with subpages may also suffer from overlapping info and redundancy, not to mention the desired info being harder to locate. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 07:47, 17 November 2010 (EST)
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| I know but the articles are FULL of uncanoncle stuff! Unless we make a new section on the bottom for that stuff. Or we address every time there's something uncanoncle. Any more ideas community?! [[User:Vegerot|<span style="color:midnightblue; font-weight:bold">Vegerot</span>]] ([[User talk:Vegerot|<span style="color:grey">talk</span>]]) 17:08, 17 November 2010 (EST)!!!!
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| Uncanonical stuff like what? I think gameplay and canon are split quite well on most pages already. [[User talk:Datadeleter|DatrDeletr]] 22:49, 17 November 2010 (EST)
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| AR in disadvantages off the top of my head. [[User:Vegerot|<span style="color:midnightblue; font-weight:bold">Vegerot</span>]] ([[User talk:Vegerot|<span style="color:grey">talk</span>]]) 22:54, 17 November 2010 (EST)!!!
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| :On the topic of gameplay information vs. legitimate canon, the distinction is not always that clear-cut. When we only have in-game info of the properties of a certain in-universe item, a weapon for instance, that in-game information is as canon as anything. If there's conflicting information in a novel regarding the properties of the said weapon, then we can assume the in-game properties are just for the sake of gameplay and are not considered canon. Most of the time however, the games serve as the primary sources of info for the properties of each weapon and vehicle, so we can't just outright dismiss all gameplay information as non-canon. That, and the games still rank highest in [[Forum:Amending the Canon Policy|our canon hierarchy]]. While I have previously stated the obvious fact that some things you see in-game (such as the Armor Abilities) should be taken with a grain of salt, that doesn't still mean all gameplay info is non-canon. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 07:42, 18 November 2010 (EST)
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| == Italicizing fleet titles ==
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| I've been wondering, is there any particular reason why we italicize the names of fleets? I don't think this is ever done in the books, nor anywhere else for that matter. For me, it just seems like one of those odd practices that have been going on without anyone ever questioning their purpose. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 14:24, 3 February 2011 (EST)
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| :Really? I thought they were supposed to be italicised as military names. Well, you can always just remove the "<nowiki>{{title}}</nowiki>".-- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''''' 14:29, 3 February 2011 (EST)
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