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 :::You have a good point. At the moment, I don't think it's worth changing everything. I think 'era' is nice, particularly since it has a single meaning on this entire wiki, whilst the word 'series' could mean multiple things (the whole GTA series, an era, or just a group of things). Definitely something we should discuss more publicly (before taking any action). [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] 19:28, 12 April 2011 (BST)
+::This only raises other questions. Why the aversion towards using disambiguation, especially bracketed ones? We could categorize a topic just as easily by the game that established a canon (i.e. [[Liberty City in GTA 1|Liberty City (GTA 1)]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City (GTA III)]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City (GTA IV)]]), or, as an alternative, the game it debuts in full form ([[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City (GTA Vice City)]] as an alternate title for [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City (GTA III)]]). They're a little more complicated to type out, yeah, but a lot of gaming wikis do this these days, and it's a pretty solid system.<p>Secondly, why capitalize all article titles? The reason capitalization is used is to indicate that it is an official name, especially if it's capitalized in the game itself ([[Luis' Apartment]], [[Rocket Launcher]], [[Tow Truck]]...). Otherwise, any terminology that is informally invented by fans is meant to be written in lower case; using capitalization on informal names (i.e. [[Tattoo Parlors]], [[Vending Machines]], [[Spray Shop]]...) implies it's an official term, especially when these article names are used in wiki links. It's even worse for article names which were created because a bracketed disambiguation (which would have been appropriate) wasn't favored (as is the case with [[Police Buffalo]], [[SWAT Tank]] and [[Love Fist Limo]]).</p><p>The reason people don't complain about the use of "era" here (or the GTA Wikia for that matter) or other abovementioned problems is because the general demographics of their readers tend to slant towards those who are unable to comprehend accuracy in a wiki, often unquestionably accepting information on these wikis, no matter how informally coined or inaccurate they are. Wikipedia's users on the other hand tend to be a little bit more aggressive; editors of the GTA series' article seem to be better acknowledging problems and attempt to work out solutions for the sake of accuracy; while I'm not implying we should be strictly adherent to the way Wikipedia works (I don't like Wikipedia all too much myself), we can still learn a thing or two by the way they function.</p><p>If any, we're long overdue for a little reassessment of naming convention (the use of "era" is just as old as GTW's history); the longer we put it off, the harder it is to fix when it does become a big pain in the butt. We should have bots ready to do this, and readers will get used to the changes anyway. We just need to sit down and talk about how to go about it. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 03:43, 13 April 2011 (BST)
 :While I see your point, I don't like ''series''. I think the general assumption would be that series would refer to the ''GTA series''; every game. '''[[User:JFletcher|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 02:11, 13 April 2011 (BST)