Talk:Minigun: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:43, 3 December 2009

Talk Page Spam

Please only use the talk page to discuss changes to the article, not what you have used it for just here. Ess-Tee 10:49, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Very true, a lot of people don't seem to realise this - I'll move their little discussion to an appropriate forum page instead. - Hardrock182 13:06, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, cheers, also was just wondering, am i permitted to delete such sections etc. as i have shown below? Ess-Tee 07:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Talk page comments should only really be deleted by staff, to prevent people deleting someones comments just because they don't agree with them (which does happen). However, if it is obviously spam, delete it. If it is definitely forum material, move it there and message the user who wrote it. If it is article content, copy it into the article. If it is a talk page comment (even if you disagree completely, even if it is rude/abusive), leave it alone. With this particular talk page, the entire page should have been moved to the forum (by staff), because this would have preserved the edit history - so use {{move}}. Does that make sense? Gboyers ^talk 13:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't referring to talk pages, i meant within the article? Ess-Tee 06:08, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Cleaning

I've deleted the 'Description' section, which contained the following, for relevance reasons:

"The M61 Vulcan is a 20 mm hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style cannon with an extremely high rate of fire. It has been the principal cannon armament of United States military aircraft for five decades. The M61 was originally produced by General Electric, and after several mergers and acquisitions is currently produced by General Dynamics."

Restore if you think it needs to be there. Ess-Tee 10:51, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

True Info?

Is the info about the minigun being the 2nd heavy weapon in GTA IV true? If it is, is there a source saying this, was it in the BETA or is it just what somebody thought?

Thankyou--Scunnysmith 13:47, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

Actually its datas are still written in the file WeaponInfo.xml (common\data) and the audio files can be found in the file resident.rpf (pc\audio\Sfx).--Loadingue 16:43, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

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-This weapon is completely unrealistic, because no man could hold and fire it while standing, the recoil would knock the person down.--[[User:JprimeX|JprimeX]] 23:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
+==Talk Page Spam==
-And that's why its not in GTA IV.--[[User:TheMeta|TheMeta]] 14:02, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
+Please only use the talk page to discuss changes to the article, not what you have used it for just here. [[User:Ess-Tee|Ess-Tee]] 10:49, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
-I would've liked another heavy weapon other than just the rocket launcher.--[[User:JprimeX|JprimeX]] 13:21, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
+:Very true, a lot of people don't seem to realise this - I'll move their little discussion to an appropriate forum page instead. - [[User:Hardrock182|Hardrock182]] 13:06, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
-The Minigun is based on a real weapon. while the weapon is rather heavy and takes a lot of strength to hold the recoil is heavily suppressed with a gas powered recoil suppression system so it would be possible to use a weapon like this it is not practical to be carrying this in your inventory all day without it slowing you down. The real life counterparts of this weapon has seen a lot of action in areas where Platoons of troops need to make slow movement through covered areas these guns were wielder by highly specialized troops and usually only one could be found in any platoon they were often in place of MG nests as mounted machine guns of similar RoF and caliber would take too long to set up and take down if the troops were not planing on staying in one place for more than an hour or so. [[User:Rulitawyn|Rulitawyn]] 08:31, 9 December 2008 (UTC) Jason
+::Alright, cheers, also was just wondering, am i permitted to delete such sections etc. as i have shown below? [[User:Ess-Tee|Ess-Tee]] 07:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
-:The question is not whether the Minigun is based in the real world, this has been established.  This user believes that the Minigun is a fun weapon and added in much like the flamethrower and rocket launcher, for purposes of amusement.  The weapon is most likely based on the [[wp:Minigun|General Electric M134]] Minigun, as portrayed in the movies Predator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.  The Minigun's portrayal as personal weapons in these movies is a use of creative and artistic license, because the individual units weigh upwards of 60 pounds/27.2 kilograms each, making it unsuitable for even the strongest of soldiers to comfortably carry for any suitable amount of time, and the recoil forces produced by the 7.62x51mm NATO round, multiplied by the 6,000 RPM rate of fire, would send any soldier of any stature in the opposite direction, as per Newton's Third Law.  Also, these weapons are run by an electric generator, and consume a tremendous amount of ammunition.  In conclusion, the overall weight of the weapon, coupled with a generator to propel the barrels and a very large bin or tub to contain many belts of linked ammunition for the weapon, would constitute something in the neighborhood of 300 pounds or approximately 136 kilograms, and would look rather amusing in and of itself. -[[User:Gman harmon|Gman harmon]] 16:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
+:Talk page comments should only really be deleted by [[staff]], to prevent people deleting someones comments just because they don't agree with them (which does happen). However, if it is obviously spam, delete it. If it is definitely forum material, move it there and message the user who wrote it. If it is article content, copy it into the article. If it is a talk page comment (even if you disagree completely, even if it is rude/abusive), leave it alone. With this particular talk page, the entire page should have been moved to the forum (by staff), because this would have preserved the edit history - so use {{template|move}}. Does that make sense? [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] <sup>[[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]</sup> 13:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
+::I wasn't referring to talk pages, i meant within the article? [[User:Ess-Tee|Ess-Tee]] 06:08, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
+==Cleaning==
+I've deleted the 'Description' section, which contained the following, for relevance reasons:
+"The M61 Vulcan is a 20 mm hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style cannon with an extremely high rate of fire. It has been the principal cannon armament of United States military aircraft for five decades. The M61 was originally produced by General Electric, and after several mergers and acquisitions is currently produced by General Dynamics."
+Restore if you think it needs to be there. [[User:Ess-Tee|Ess-Tee]] 10:51, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
+== True Info? ==
+Is the info about the minigun being the 2nd heavy weapon in GTA IV true? If it is, is there a source saying this, was it in the BETA or is it just what somebody thought?
+Thankyou--[[User:Scunnysmith|Scunnysmith]] 13:47, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
+Actually its datas are still written in the file WeaponInfo.xml (common\data) and the audio files can be found in the file resident.rpf (pc\audio\Sfx).--[[User:Loadingue|Loadingue]] 16:43, December 3, 2009 (UTC)