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::Personally, I've always liked the word "era". It ties the games into neat groups and allows canon discussions focusing on these particular groups to be easier to understand. The use of "Era" is not just used on wikis. I see it all the time on GTA Forums (who divide their sidebar into "Era" sections) as well as on other GTA Fansites, so we are not the only ones. As for "Series", much like JF said, it is a word that can be used in a broarder perspective and might confuse various users who will most likley think that "Series" referes to the GTA series, which it does. The game eras are not different series. They are all part of one, which shows that this solution would not work. '''''[[User:Chimpso|Chimpso]]''''' ([[User Talk:Chimpso|Talk]]) 04:23, 13 April 2011 (BST) | ::Personally, I've always liked the word "era". It ties the games into neat groups and allows canon discussions focusing on these particular groups to be easier to understand. The use of "Era" is not just used on wikis. I see it all the time on GTA Forums (who divide their sidebar into "Era" sections) as well as on other GTA Fansites, so we are not the only ones. As for "Series", much like JF said, it is a word that can be used in a broarder perspective and might confuse various users who will most likley think that "Series" referes to the GTA series, which it does. The game eras are not different series. They are all part of one, which shows that this solution would not work. '''''[[User:Chimpso|Chimpso]]''''' ([[User Talk:Chimpso|Talk]]) 04:23, 13 April 2011 (BST) | ||
:::I understand that [[Vice City in GTA III Era]] is a bit silly, but at least it actually describes what it's about: Vice City in the GTA III era. The old title, [[Vice City in GTA Vice City]], made it easy to overlook VCS, and we ended up with a separate article: [[Vice City in GTA Vice City Stories]]. As for title capitalisation, I personally just think it looks nicer, and it's actually one of the policies that makes me prefer being a part of this wiki over others. I understand your concerns, particularly the one about links, but this why I make use of redirects; To link to [[Police Car]] for example, I would simply type [[police car]], and it wouldn't make the link look ''formal'' (although I know that A-Dust and Gta-mysteries seem to be against linking to redirects). <tt><nowiki>[[police car]]</nowiki></tt> is also easier to type than <tt><nowiki>[[Police (car)|Police]]</nowiki></tt> for example, which is useful for users not familiar with complex naming policies, for both linking and searching. '''[[User:JFletcher|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 06:13, 13 April 2011 (BST) | :::I understand that [[Vice City in GTA III Era]] is a bit silly, but at least it actually describes what it's about: Vice City in the GTA III era. The old title, [[Vice City in GTA Vice City]], made it easy to overlook VCS, and we ended up with a separate article: [[Vice City in GTA Vice City Stories]]. As for title capitalisation, I personally just think it looks nicer, and it's actually one of the policies that makes me prefer being a part of this wiki over others. I understand your concerns, particularly the one about links in sentences, but this why I make use of redirects; To link to [[Police Car]] for example, I would simply type [[police car]], and it wouldn't make the link look ''formal'' (although I know that A-Dust and Gta-mysteries seem to be against linking to redirects). <tt><nowiki>[[police car]]</nowiki></tt> is also easier to type than <tt><nowiki>[[Police (car)|Police]]</nowiki></tt> for example, which is useful for users not familiar with complex naming policies, for both linking and searching. '''[[User:JFletcher|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 06:13, 13 April 2011 (BST) '''EDIT:''' Redirects can also be used with the eras. When referring to an era within a sentence, it actually makes sense to type ''XYZ is a company in the [[GTA IV era]]'', which will redirect to the appropriate article. '''[[User:JFletcher|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 06:18, 13 April 2011 (BST) | ||