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:Well it wasn't that I wanted any decisions to be made before an official announcement, I just thought that the possibility needed to be considered so that we could be prepared for it :) | :Well it wasn't that I wanted any decisions to be made before an official announcement, I just thought that the possibility needed to be considered so that we could be prepared for it :) | ||
:And I agree completely that redirects are one of the most useful features of a wiki (even though most of the staff don't seem to agree). In my opinion, there is no harm in linking to a redirect, and in some cases it actually ''benefits'' our users by reducing piped links and making editing easier. Of course redirects should be used ''everywhere'' that a user might try to find something. '''[[User:JFletcher|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 08:40, 19 November 2012 (UTC) | :And I agree completely that redirects are one of the most useful features of a wiki (even though most of the staff don't seem to agree). In my opinion, there is no harm in linking to a redirect, and in some cases it actually ''benefits'' our users by reducing piped links and making editing easier. Of course redirects should be used ''everywhere'' that a user might try to find something. '''[[User:JFletcher|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 08:40, 19 November 2012 (UTC) | ||
:::I think option 1 is the best. It would allow us to do just about whatever we would need and keeping it consistent wouldn't be that hard. We have used it in the past, it has worked well and I don't see any reason why we would have to replace it with a new system or what we would gain from it. | |||
:::Tying ourselves to one specific term would be crazy. I especially don't like the term "universe". No matter how official it may be, I think it is absolute rubbish for what we are trying to do here which is make a Wiki where people can look up the information they want. | |||
:::Implementing the term "universe" now would make for some absolutely massive articles as we merge everything from GTA IV to V into one big lump. And, as new expansions or games were released, they would just keep on growing as every new piece of info would be going under the HD universe articles. How long will it take before a new universe comes along? Nobody knows. Some articles will become walls of text unless we split them anyway (and get the "Wanted Level in the HD universe except GTA V"-syndrome that gboyers talked about) and finding the info you were looking for would take ages. | |||
:::I think that the LCD system works well. One game is the smallest unit, followed by era and universe. I'm not convinced that there would be many times we'd have to use the term universe in a page title but if we had to, we have the option. Time will tell. [[User:Andreaz1|Andreaz1]] ([[User talk:Andreaz1|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Andreaz1|edits]]) 15:25, 21 November 2012 (UTC) | |||