Talk:Halo: Combat Evolved/Archive 2

message: Just something I noticed: On Halo for the PC, the player can get a shotgun right at the beginning of the level "343 Guilty Spark" near the crashed Pelican (VB933), but on the Xbox version of the game there aren't any shotguns here (although there is ammo, which is strange) and the player can only procure one later on in the level. Maybe this is worth putting in a new Xbox/PC Discrepancies section? - 01:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If I remember, it's always there on Easy on Xbox, and later on all harder modes. Maybe the difficulty dependancy changed? Gspawn 19:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked into this, it is supposed to be there on Easy for the Xbox, but there are some copies where it isn't, for some reason. I think it's too minor to warrant inclusion. - 00:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

text: There are more differences. The PC sniper rifle can't overpenetrate heads like the Xbox one can, for example (any idea why?). I think this information is too specialist for Wikipedia. --62.194.128.65 22:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shotgun Discrepancy Between Xbox and PC 

message: On First Strike, someone said this novel, or portions of it, may not hold status as official storyline with Bungie relative to Halo 2. Why not? Bungie's stamped all these novels as having story approval, and there are no conflicting elements barring that Halo 2 starts at a different spot than First Strike ends that I've seen (and this is explained easily by a small chronological gap). Am I missing something? Deleting pending discussion. Gspawn 19:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novel discrepancies 

message: * No fair use rationales
* Lack of references
* I think things that aren't ital'ed should be, but I'm not the expert on Xbox.
* Too many pictures, I think think this is breaching fair use.
* References should be like this -
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* Not these
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Clean, it needs it and re-apply, Highway Return to Oz... 17:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Failing 

message: Since the Halo weapons pages got deleted someone might want to add them back to the main article. Alyeska 20:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weapons 

message: However, on June 19, 2006, Microsoft announced that it had acquired Bungie Studios.
Erm, what? PureLegend 10:38, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bungie's acquisition... 

message: I've changed the over shield description to
:Another power-up is the "over shield", which temporarily charges the shield to three times its normal maximum strength; the shield won't recharge until it has dropped to normal levels.
to make clear that it can be seen as simply a special case of the normal shield, rather than a separate shield. This seems to be an uncommon description, but it's simpler and in essence identical. I also think it's is how it actually works. This shouldn't be any more WP:OR than it was. --62.194.128.65 22:49, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Over shield 

message: That "awards" box with the scrollbar looks like a nice idea at first glance to conserve screen space, but unfortunately I don't think it works. When I try printing the page out it results in most of the contents being omitted. Wikipedia isn't paper, true, but it is hoped that there'll be paper editions someday and so it might be better to just bite the bullet and let the award list take up as much space as it takes up. Bryan 06:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "awards" scrollbox 

message: Very good work on the article, a few things before it gets GA status:
*Please set up character and setting sections like, for example, Final Fantasy V, this will allow uncrufty expansion on who Master Chief is and where the game takes place.
*You could use more game manual citations in the gameplay section, several statements at least could use citations. 
*Please add fair use rationales and sources to your images, you can also see Final Fantasy V for examples.
Once that is done, say so. You should continue on with this article to FA! Judgesurreal777 04:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Good Article Review

message: Add a bit more to the development section, maybe add a plot image, and I'd say go to FA with it. Good luck and great job!! Judgesurreal777 17:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This is a [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]]

message: You are doing a great job! When your copyediting right before FA candidacy, let me know, I'll help out. Judgesurreal777 14:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer Review

message: Why is the Gamespy review mentioned twice? I think it should only be in the reception section. bibliomaniac15 03:27, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It may be good to explain Halo killer, since that may not be known to non-video gamers. Judgesurreal777 21:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. I'll come up with something. JimmyBlackwing 07:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gamespy 

message: I didn't have time to copyedit fully yet, but one thing that struck me was the list of awards. Do we need to list all of them? Could we instead mention a few of the most notable (perferably in prose?) and let the reader see the full list in the external link provided by the References section? Also, I'd probably remove the list of audio tracks and save it for the soundtrack subarticle. FAC reviewers can really pound on the presence of unnecessary lists.
Also, I hope that no one minds, but I expanded on the Red vs. Blue bit in the lead, to show why that's important. Also, from experience, a lot of readers won't figure out what machinima is unless it's explained fully when the term first apperars, regardless of whether the term is wikilinked.
I'll try to finish copyediting in a day or two, but let me just say that the article looks infinitely better than it did a couple of months ago. Kudos to JimmyBlackwing for his work so far. — TKD::Talk 09:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A few comments 

message: I posted a "Today's Featured Article" request at Wikipedia: Today's featured article/requests. Please edit to make it better. bibliomaniac15 04:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Hope I haven't messed that too much, but I felt like it required some extra content; I've done a couple of minor changes in hope to make the previous text more "readable" and added the same paragraph from the article's intro dealing with the "Halo clone/Halo Killer" terms and the success of Red vs. Blue. Berserker79 07:24, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *This version is a large improvement. I had to mull over the comment about RvB, but in the end I decided that, though it may raise the ire of some, the fact that it's possible to find the show at legitimate retailers like GameStop probably warrants its mentioning. JimmyBlackwing 07:41, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Hope that no one minds, but I've requested November 7 or January 17 as a date. — TKD::Talk 10:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I have now fixed this. For some reason, my browser displayed it as being on the left the entire time. JimmyBlackwing 22:23, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Today's Featured Article 

message: Halo did not go down with the on-line comic penny arcade, they lampooned it for being repetitive.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/11/28
::It's not really notable enough for an external link. bibliomaniac15 BUY NOW! 23:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Halo Bad reception 

message: I will be adding a link to that site since it is a pro-halo 1 site. - Shady Joe
 
Don't you dare add that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.30.166 (talk • contribs) 
What could be done is adding a critisizm section in Halo 2, and write some inferiorities from H2 that were not present in Halo CE. It's not that I don't think the same- I completely agree that Halo 2 sucked-, but I do not see anything to justify putting it on the Combat Evolved page. 216.237.235.137 20:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Halo2sucks.com 

message: I just added a sentence about accidently hitting the grenade button at crucial times, which could affect gameplay, since it can hurt you and others.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Hdgcfcf (talk • contribs) 
:Umm...Isn't this obvious? bibliomaniac15 Review? 03:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it is... Don't think it's necessary.--SUIT42! 03:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You can accidently hit grenade buttons at crucial and non-crucial times in almost any game. Completely ilrelevent to halo.--Can Not 23:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hehe, I do it all the time in Call of Duty 3. Chronolegion 13:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grenade accidents 

message: I stuck the 'protected' thing on the page for the duration, if someone thinks it should be removed, by all means do so. I'm just getting annoyed on having to revert vandalism on five articles in my watchlist over and over... and over and over. David Fuchs 01:11, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Only admins can protect pages.--SUIT42 01:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Well aware of that. I put in the request. In the past on other pages tho, that's actually detered vandals. 01:19, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't put the tag on if it's not actually protected, because the associated maintenance category then becomes confusing. I actually see a couple of good-faith IP edits (though one was original research) in the last day or so, and it's not as if the article is being continually pummelled (unlike some other video game articles, which get a dozen reverts of bad-faith edits a day), so I'm not inclined to protect yet. I do have this page watchlisted, so I'll continue to monitor it. Or you can request protection at WP:RFPP if it keeps up. — TKD::Talk 01:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Agreed: I'm with David Fuchs on this one; it seems that just about every time I check my watchlist, I've got to revert some edit on this article. It's not as if the article is new or covers a newly-occuring subject; most relevant information is already here, and protecting it wouldn't hurt the usefulness of the article. Even if it's later removed, maybe it will have some (small) permanent impact on the number of vandals. PaladinWhite 23:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Agreed: Just had a request I made for semi-protection denied this week 'level of activity not high enough to justify', etc...just becasue some articles get more activity is no reason to deny protection to a consistent target, semi-protection is completely jutified.PreciousRoi 13:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: This game is listed under the category "Computer and video games with multiple endings". Are endings different for other difficulty levels? Chronolegion 20:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Somewhat... if you beat it on Legendary, you get a non-canon extra movie at the end... David Fuchs 22:08, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple Endings 

message: Ok somebody is pissing me off. I have been trying to add something about Ringworld by Larry Niven and for some reason people keep reverting it. Considering how much both the world in the book and the world in halo have in common it is hard for me to understand why people keep deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.15.123.18 (talk • contribs) 
:Who says that there's a connection? Analysis of this sort needs to have been pointed out in a reliable source, or it's original research, which is forbidden on Wikipedia. — TKD::Talk 04:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As per above, the list of possible influences on the main page for the Halo series was deleted, because original research is not allowed. Please respect that Wikipedia does not allow this and turn it into an edit war. Not to mention your grammar is somewhat... lacking. David Fuchs 20:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yawn...jealous Halo fanboys anyone? Can't admit their precious game is anything less than purely original? 192.154.65.1 00:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if the material weren't removed in order to satisfy Wikipedia policies of verifiability and no original research, I don't see how a fictional universe that includes such overtly referential names as the Covenant, Truth and Reconciliation, the Flood, the Ark, MJOLNIR, and Spartan could possibly be seen as "purely original". — TKD::Talk 03:46, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: When was the last time you've seen or read a space opera that was truly original. Sure, each one has its own touches and backstories, but many of the themes and terms are the same, mainly borrowing from the "classics" like Star Trek and Star Wars. Besides, Covenant and Forerunner names could merely be the "best fit" terms in English. As far as the name "Spartan", that is described in the first novel as an homage to the Battle of Thermopylae. Got nothing on MJOLNIR, as I am not well-versed in Norse mythology. Chronolegion 14:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: MIJOLNIR was Thor's Hammer, I believe... But none of the names are that all that relevant. Ultimately what makes it relevant is the science and theory. Its not 'original research', its just factual, Niven presented the model of the ringworld first, he INVENTED it. period. Now you could make the point (and this very point is made in Niven's wiki) that Halo has more in common with the Orbitals of Iain M. Banks, but Niven still originated the concept. If the grammar was less that perfect then correct it, but don't deprive Wiki users of relevant information for the sake of grammar or pedantry.PreciousRoi 10:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ringworld 

message: Vandalism? I think someone edited the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.62.186 (talk • contribs) 
:Been reverted already. — TKD::Talk 01:50, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism?

message: I think this article should be protected.  What's the point of degrading this game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SatsukiMikata (talk • contribs) 
:We only protect or semi-protect articles as a last resort, generally. In my opnion, the activity on this article isn't that high compared to some other targets. Many vandalism sprees are the result of a single user, and, when that happens, it's better to warn/block that user than to protect the article. — TKD::Talk 01:53, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Vandalism 

message: Anyone else think that the glitches are interesting enough to warrant mention?  Like how, on PC, you can get outside the barrier around the map "Death Island".  Maybe a new section could be started to mention them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.238.170.154 (talk • contribs) 
:Glitches exist in nearly all games. A section on them would constitute trivia unless third-party reliable sources (forums and blogs generally don't count) were cited to show the relevance/notability of those glitches. — TKD::Talk 01:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It would seem to me like it was intentional. If I were to take a guess here, I'd say that they bob their heads to let other people know who's talking. 68.57.97.152 03:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glitches 

message: I think my edit to this article proves that people have to be more careful about spoiler warnings. Just recently did I finnaly put a spoiler warning on the biggest plot twist in the game. Schizel
:Huh? You haven't edited this article recently. — TKD::Talk 16:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh. Very few would consider a spoiler warning "vandalism"; they're provided by a standard template. However, there are certain editors strongly opposed to the use of spoiler warnings, the rationale being that one should expect to find spoilers in an encyclopedia article, particularly in sections entitled "Plot" or "Synopsis". I personally don't have a strong stance, so I tend to just respect the consensus of everyone else on the page. — TKD::Talk 04:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: spoilers

message: I would propose the spliting of the Reception section into a new section. This article is already very big and I think it would be quite useful and practical to split this section off, leaving in the main article a  or similar tag. Perhaps the Novelization section could combine into this new article; giving the article a more general content; a sort of Halo in popular culture, o something similar. I would leave you guys to decide. What would be desirable would be to split a few sections off and make this article a little bit more manageble. See Wikipedia:Article size Francisco Valverde 16:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maintenance work: Article too big; split proposal 

message: There was a phrase under "gameplay" that was quite ambiguous about assassinating an enemy without alerting someone's allies. I'm to lazy to correct it, so I thought it ought to be on the talk page LIMEY 20:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ambiguity

message: Geez people, the references section is almost as long as the article! Remember: you only need references for items that are likely to be controversial, not ever single statement in the article! Maury 20:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Umm, nothing about that statement is true. Feel free to peruse Wikipedia:Citing sources. Are you seriously suggesting we need a reference for The player can move around and look up, down, or to either side.?! It would need a reference only if it weren't true. References for what weapons are in the game was six sentences long and has a reference for every one! Just quote the manual once, if you must. Then they follow that with a four-sentance section on grenades with another four references?! Come on. This continues through the entire article. Maury 20:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How is stating that a FPS game allows you to look up and down is OR? Do you honestly think people would go "hmm, I don't believe THAT, I'm going to check the references!". It's like saying "the sun will rise tomorrow" is OR if not sources. It sounds to me like I'll have to do it myself, but that's fine. Maury 21:13, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are many first-person shooters which do not allow the player to look up or down. The statement example you gave would be both original research and speculation, and would need to be sourced to ensure that it was a verifiable claim. Also, making a change when it is contested is bad Wikipedia form, which I will be forced to revert. JimmyBlackwing 21:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  102 references?! 

message: Hi - was scrolling through recent changes, and noticed an addition of the word "shithole" under Gameplay.  Thinking this couldn't be correct, I reverted it.  If I'm wrong, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page --Fritzpoll 23:26, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversion