Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Halo/Archive Cruft

message: 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)
replies: text: Be careful, though. Wikipedia is not a game guide, so I'm not sure that a separate page on them is really warranted. — TKD::Talk 17:01, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Halo 2 Skulls is up, and I feel it is worthy of being an article. It doesn't act as a guide, it acts as a reference.Cryptic C62 17:56, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think something like that would fit in better at Strategywiki, where they are recommending we merge all the game-guide-ish articles.--Zxcvbnm 16:35, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I firmly believe this is not a game guide page. If it were a game guide, it would include the exact locations of the skulls, tips on how to get them, tips on how to play with various skulls activated. That's not what it's for. It just lists the level and effects of each skull. --Cryptic C62 14:11, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Don't get too much in detail; it's not an important part of the single-player game. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skulls 

message: 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)
replies: text: Your recent edit summary on the The Covenant tickeled me quite a bit.  -Randall Brackett 14:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, who says you can't have fun while keeping everything neat and accurate? :P Though I will admit, I've been getting awfully protective of the UNSC/Covenant articles.... Peptuck 08:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then adopt them on the project page.  seriously.  -007bond 21:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Canon/fancruft

message: 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)
thread_title: Articles for Deletion: Vehicles

message: 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)
thread_title: List of Halo 2 Weapons

message: 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)
thread_title:  A thought on the multiplayer articles 

message: 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)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Halo/Multiplayer in Halo: Combat Evolved]]