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We need a page on the Halo 2 skulls. The only (brief) mention of them is in the campaign section of the Halo 2 article. Even here, the skulls are mentioned improperly, citing Mythic as a fifth difficulty level. Given my intimate familiarity with the skulls, I nominate my handsome self to start the page. Cryptic C62 16:48, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
I gotta agree with Cryptic C62 here. - 007bond 11:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the page was deleted. I'll eventually get around to putting the information on the Halo 2 page. -- Cryptic C62 05:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Hola, WikiProject Halo folks. I just want to let you guys know that all of us wanting to keep the Halo articles neat and accurate should keep an eye out for fancruft and non-canonical information. Some users have been lately adding a lot of bullshit and inaccurate information to the articles, especially the Covenant and UNSC ones. Be vigilant; there's plenty of Halo fans who want to add their bits of fanon to these articles. Peptuck 05:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Just a heads up that List of vehicles in the Halo universe is up for deletion... I think many of his arguments about being uncited and unsourced are valid, however if we apply their rationale to all of this project, that means basically all lists (weapons, characters, etc) are useless because "we already know it". I suggest we try and save it, and fix what needs fixing. David Fuchs 17:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, we need to keep it. Or all my work on the List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 is useless as well. - 007bond 21:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Would I be correct in saying that we lost the vote and the page is gone? - 007bond 21:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it would be good if someone could answer me? - 007bond 11:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Oh yeah, we lost... David Fuchs 19:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
This is currently on AFD if anyone wants to put their opinions in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of weapons in Halo 2. -- 208.40.58.179 13:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
This thing doesn't stand a chance now that the vehicles page is gone. But I voted to keep it. - 007bond 21:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Did this page make it? - 007bond 11:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Since "gamecruft" lists have been deleted lately, my thought on saving the List of multiplayer gametypes in Halo 2 and List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 articles is to merge them together into Multiplayer in Halo 2 and treat each individual component in less detail (since that minutiae is what makes the lists encyclopedic). I think that the broader article would be easier to get to WP:FA than trying to get the lists to WP:FL, especially since some would just as soon have the lists fdeleted. One thing to bear in mind is that the merged article needs to have some prose as well: Information on reception, development, etc. — TKD:: Talk 15:22, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd have to agree here. Our articles are under attack and we need to do something to ensure their survival. But like I've said above, I just don't have the time. Someone else needs to take care of this. - 007bond 11:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a long time wikipedian but just got an account recently. Anyways, I've noticed all the pages on Weapons and Vehicles have been deleted. A week ago I found a rough rebirth of the Vehicles article, but it was up for deletion too! There was no talk page to discuss the matter (honestly, it was redlinked), and the notice had been up for about a month, so i decided to save the article since there was pretty much no given reason for its deletion. A couple hours later i get a note (this was before i got my own account) saying that i shouldn't have done that and that it was back up for deletion, and if i wanted to dispute it i could go to the talk page...which was still nonexistant. That just annoyed me so I decided to forget about it.
Basically, what I'd like to know is why it seems somebody has it out for all the Halo-related articles. I just think it's a little suspicious that the two list articles were deleted, and other similar articles are up for deletion (like this and this). Also, I think that both List of Weapons and List of Vehicles were excellently written, very clean looking, well structured, and most of all, informative. Therefore I'm simply dumbfounded as to why they were deleted. Sure, maybe they didn't cite all their sources or something, but deletion should be a last resort, should it not?
Anyways, I just thought this was something of concern, and also, I'd like to know if it's alright if I can join your project. Mk623SC20K 22:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
The problem is 1) there are people who see everything they aren't interested in as cruft, 2) people would rather delete the articles (some years old) than revise them to fit WP's standards, and 3) They are killing most of WP:H. For instance, on the talk page of the deletion of Changes from Halo to Halo 2, or whatever, they said it could be diseminated into other articles. However, seeing as they removed all the lists where that info could have been put (List of Weapons, which was well written, or List of Vehicles, which was not), they make the point moot. This has been happening I think as a result of the Artile Grading for Videogames. A lot of info has been deleted. David Fuchs 23:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Out of curiousity, was there one single sentence sourced to something other than the games, game guides, or fansites in any of the deleted articles? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 02:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
I have to agree with you all. Some one or some group of people has it out for video games on this site, and it has to stop. That information was unique. We need to save what we can to our hard disks quickly before we lose it all. I know I'll be doing it for my adopted articles. - 007bond 10:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Why is so much time being spent on sub-articles when these articles need your love so badly? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, the multiplayer-in-Halo article went to AFD, and not a single user offered more than a "weak keep" to keep it as a standalone article. Not a stirring endorsement to keep it, especially since there were no sources and it had so many different things crammed into one article.
As such, I've moved it to project space here. If someone wants to totally rewrite this, including sources, that would be fine; better would be to take what can be sourced, source it, and merge it into Halo: Combat Evolved.
Whatever you do, I will just delete it as a repost of deleted material ( WP:CSD G4) if it shows up in article space in this kind of shape again.
Look at this as a reprieve; if this article can be made into an actual encyclopedia article, it will go a long way to defending similar articles from AFDs in the future. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 09:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)