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::I would also like to add: how was, for instance, GTA San Andreas in the same era as GTA III? If it wasn't for Claude and Catalina, it would have been a whole new era?--[[User:Loadingue|Loadingue]] ([[User talk:Loadingue|talk]]) 01:53, 6 November 2011 (GMT) | ::I would also like to add: how was, for instance, GTA San Andreas in the same era as GTA III? If it wasn't for Claude and Catalina, it would have been a whole new era?--[[User:Loadingue|Loadingue]] ([[User talk:Loadingue|talk]]) 01:53, 6 November 2011 (GMT) | ||
Okay I'll explain from the beginning: | |||
*If we didn't group the games, we'd have to have HUGE lists of games in titles and require people to know every game in order to be able to use the wiki properly | |||
*Instead, we use eras as a made-up way of grouping the games logically. | |||
*Eras simply define logical groups of GTA games. There is no hard-and-fast rule that says "2 characters from a previous game means its in the same era" or anything. | |||
*Instead, eras refer to generations of GTA games, to group games together which are released | |||
*We choose to draw the line between different numbers of games. This means that GTA 1, GTA 2, GTA III, GTA IV and GTA V all start new eras. | |||
*The reason for this is NOT suggesting that each era is completely 100% different. It is not suggesting every game in each era is 100% the same. It's a logical approximation. | |||
*Think of it like periods in time - there isn't a specific date that the Paleolithic era ends, it's simply a logical period that evokes an understanding | |||
*We can all agree that the GTA IV era games (which includes the DLC and CW) are all pretty similar. It makes complete sense to group them together. GTA V doesn't fit into that grouping. | |||
*Any speculation about characters being the same is PURELY speculation - there is no evidence or suggestion that will happen at all. | |||
**However, if the rumours of gameplay are true, V will have VERY different features and gameplay to GTA IV, meaning different sets of articles | |||
*Whilst V might have many similarities to IV, that doesn't matter. We can still put it in a separate era. The worst thing that could happen is that we say XYZ appeared in both the IV and V eras. No hardship. | |||
*However, if we put them in the SAME era, we'd have a terrible job have to clarify everything in every article - there are so many things that have no place in GTA V | |||
I understand and appreciate the concern of all involved, but I have to make a decision here and say that GTA V is a new era. The point is to make the wiki logical and accessible. Saying that GTA V was part of the IV era (even though it's very different) makes no sense. If you want to pair up the IV and V eras, that's very easy to do - you just say "In the GTA IV and V Eras". Separating them if they were in the same Era would be a much bigger problem. [[User:Gboyers|gboyers]] <sup>[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]</sup> 05:07, 6 November 2011 (GMT) | |||