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 == Navigation sidebar ==
-I'm sure everyone's spending all their time playing ''Halo 4'' right now, so I'll cut right to the chase. We need to make a change to Halopedia's navigation sidebar. Specifically, I think it's time we removed the "Cancelled Projects" tab from the main navigation bar. I can't think of any other wiki that features its franchise's failures so prominently. This wasn't such an issue when we listed each game in the Games tab, with an additional sub-tab at the bottom for cancelled games. But now when you scroll over Games it pops up four options "Bungie games", "Reclaimer Trilogy", "Other games", and "Cancelled Projects". I'm not saying these pages don't have their place - it's important that we recognize the projects that never quite made it. And we'll still keep them listed in the [[Template:Halo Games|Games template]], and in the Games category, which means they're still easily visible to anyone who's interested in them. I'm just saying that it does a disservice to the (dare I say "real"?) games to have the failed projects listed so prominently right beside them. They have their place, and it's not in the main nav bar.
+I'm sure everyone's spending all their time playing ''Halo 4'' right now, so I'll cut right to the chase. We need to make a change to Halopedia's navigation sidebar. Specifically, I think it's time we removed the "Cancelled Projects" tab from the main navigation bar. I can't think of any other wiki that features its franchise's failures so prominently. This wasn't such an issue when we listed each game in the Games tab, with an additional sub-tab at the bottom for cancelled games. But now when you scroll over Games it pops up four options "Bungie games", "Reclaimer Trilogy", "Other games", and "Cancelled Projects". I'm not saying these pages don't have their place - it's important that we recognize the projects that never quite made it. And we'll still keep them listed in the [[Template:Halo Games|Games template]], and in the Games category, which means they're still easily visible to anyone who's interested in them. I'm just saying that it does a disservice to the (dare I say "real"?) games to have the failed projects listed so prominently right beside them. They have their place, and it's not in the main nav bar. [http://fosamaxattorneys2012.blinkweb.com Fosamax Class Action Attorneys' Blog]
 In the same vein, and possibly more important, I think it's time we remove the "Halo movie" tab from the Books & Media --> Live Action subtab. Select "Live Action" and we see the following list: [[Landfall]], [[The Life]], [[Birth of a Spartan]], [[Remember Reach]], [[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]], and [[Halo (film)|Halo movie]]. Does one of those seem like the odd one out? Hint: five of them actually got made. I know we're all ''Halo'' experts here, but imagine how that looks to a more casual fan checking out our wiki for the first time. They scroll through the list of released media, and suddenly they spy "Hey! There's a ''Halo'' movie!?" Then they click the link and find a page with [[Template:references|too few citations]] and [[Template:Grammar|improper grammar]] that states that the film was placed on "indefinite hold" (studio-talk for "dead") more than 6 years ago, and the last time anyone said anything was more than 2 years ago when Frankie basically said "We'll do it when the time is right." I'm not saying the project is dead, I'm saying it's like [[Linda-058|Linda]] at the end ''Fall of Reach'': flatlined and placed in stasis until they choose to thaw it out and resurrect it. When  (if) they ever do make a Hollywood film, they'll be basically be starting from scratch. Listing this article right next to ''Forward Unto Dawn'' is confusing at best, insulting at worst. Once again, it'll stay in the category and template. It just has no business being in the main nav bar.--[[File:Emblem 1.jpg|20px]][[User:Rusty-112|<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:blue;">''' Rusty '''</span><span style="font-size:13pt;color:red;">'''- '''</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:blue;">'''112 '''</span>]] 00:41, 6 November 2012 (EST)