Talk:The Sims 2: Pets (old)/Archive 1

message: There is NO information beyond a teaser trailer. This was worth an article at this point why?
To save time later? Sqityl 23:30, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is not the point of wikipedia. There are plenty of things shown at E3 that don't see the light of day and an article shouldn't have been created until Maxis made an official press release with information--Crossmr 03:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Uhm why?

message: Has the name been proven to be the sims 2 pets? I have seen an image of a logo, but that probably doesn't count as official. Has there been anything other than the teaser trailer about it? Sqityl 03:24, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The teaser trailer wasn't even about the EP. People just assumed it was, but EA stated in a release somewhere that all that was announced at E3 was a theme for the sims like for the next little while, that includes, consoles, handhelds, cellphones, etc. --Crossmr 05:21, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: We do not need a running tally of whether or not there is information on a given day. This isn't a fan site. When and if information becomes available it will be added to the page. If nothing has been added, its safe to assume nothing has been confirmed. --Crossmr 19:43, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No update as of xx day 

message: I for one believe that (unconfirmed title) should be added in the first sentence as there is no proof to say what the Expansion pack is called. Especially in the recent news that 'Sims 2: Pets' may be called 'Sims 2: Animals & Co' --Taipan198 13:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article should never have been created. Its been sitting here for months with nothing confirmed about this at all, but as I've said before we're stuck with it. There is a lot of speculation by various fan sites, none of which belong in the article. Unconfirmed works because its also in the template.--Crossmr 13:56, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added 'unconfirmed title' 

message: Why are we saying that the game engine for Pets is Pixomatic? In the infoboxes for all the other releases of TS2, the name of the engine is either not there or it is listed as custom. --Braindrain0000 12:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure, its not a change I made. It may have been made undetected with something else I reverted.--Crossmr 15:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pixomatic Game Engine? 

message: Um, I will make a similar comment to the one I made on the talk page for the main TS2 article. This is a general-purpose encyclopedia. It isn't intended to be a rumor mill or a news-ticker on the latest possible details, including which stores are showing pre-release and pre-order information. Such stuff really doesn't matter to Average Joe Wikipedian. There's a reason why snootysims is around. Keep content in this article limited to that which has been officially announced by EA itself, not some gaming website, including the fairly reputable gamespot. A release of the reported nature (PC and console simultaneously with the same or very similar product) is very different than the way Sims releases have usually operated, in my experience. So until something official comes down from EA, I strongly recommend against adding this fan-fluff. --Braindrain0000 06:51, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not only is a general purpose encyclopedia, but game sites, online and retail stores, etc are notorious for not getting any information before the public gets it. This is actually a common complaint from workers and managers at many of my local game shops. People will come in to ask them about a game, but they'll have gotten nothing on it until there are press releases. Most of these pages are often put up on speculation, and will quietly disappear if the product never materializes (or is called something different). When The Sims 2 was gearing up for release, several sites changed their release information several times, but all on pure speculation. Maxis had never really given them any specific release dates, and as each one they'd arbitrarily picked came about, they bumped it back again. I know some sites changed the release date for TS2 upwards of 6 or 7 times between February 2004 and Sept 2004 until Maxis confirmed an actual date.  Fan sites also have no more information that Joe Public and anything they put together is as well, pure speculation and random guessing. Knowing that, we can't use them as a source for anything.--Crossmr 01:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Availability for pre-order 

message: Nicely done with the update of the article and the new box image. This now should be a actual article. 
(Yippie! I started this article! Im glad) --Koolgiy 02:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicely Done! 

message: Only words which are not common place require linking. Words like puppy, kitten or skunk do not need linking.--Crossmr 22:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  wikifying words