Operation Harsh Doorstop Wiki:Cut, Limited and Removed Content

The **C**ut, **L**imited and **R**emoved **C**ontent policy, colloquially known as the **CLRC**, highlights the use of cut, limited and removed on the wiki, and their associated templates and functions. This policy may be expanded in the future to cover more types of unconventional content releases.

A predominant golden rule, is every single piece of content on the wiki has either:

* Been available in the game at some point through legitimate means.
* Been specifically mentioned directly by Drakeling Labs staff, including DevLogs and tweets by the official @OpHarshDoorstop Twitter.
* Been officially licensed or serviced by third parties. For this third example, this can include Twitch Streamers hosting DevLogs and official events.

If the piece of content you wish to add has not been mentioned through at least one of these three legitimate channels, it is most likely either conjecture or an illegally obtained leak, and will be removed from the wiki. Whilst *Operation: Harsh Doorstop* is marketed as being completely open to the community for development and will have no microtransactions or other related development concepts, this policy is kept in place in any event there is properly limited, removed or cut content, despite the marketing.

## Cut Content

Sometimes, assets slip through the cracks!This article contains information about a subject that was cut from *Operation: Harsh Doorstop*.Please do not add non-referenced or speculative content until it can be sourced.
**Cut Content** is content that was once in active development, with evidence, but development was ceased at one point, or it was not pushed out in the main retail release of the game. Cut content can only thus be accessed by asset ripping or modding, or not at all and are only present as references. Cut content can range from single word strings to full features that are game-ready but cut at last minute. Due to the similarities between cut content and **leaked** content, cut content is generally only added on the wiki after primary game development has ceased, or developers have specified an item was going to be added but was cut in development for any reason.

When dealing with cut content, make sure the content itself is noteworthy and not glorified trivia. For example, a weapon having a different name during development is *not* cut content. Furthermore, never remove important information from a cut content page without first adding said content as trivia to its corresponding page. Another example, If you’re removing a section that mentions a weapon having a different texture during development, add that detail on that weapon’s page as trivia beforehand.

Cut content must also have files that verify its existence. A developer making an offhand remark about wanting to include something in a game is not considered cut content. The notability of each topic of cut content is determined in each individual piece of cut content and its circumstances, and there is no universal rule stating what is notable.

### Examples

#### Things that should be trivia, not cut content:

* *“Risala was originally known under a different name during development.”*
* *“The Cold War scenario was originally designed to be a Gulf War scenario.”*
* *“The old Bandages used a different icon for the pre-modern era modes.”*

## Limited Content

**Limited Content** differs from cut content and removed content by being content that is available in the game to be used, even after its demarcated time of obtaining has ended. Often, in video games, these include skins for weapons, characters, flair items, maps and even game modes. Limited items can be attached to special events, cross-promotions, and community rewards. Limited items do not have a template used with them, as they are either removed from the game and thus counts as removed content, or remains in the base game and is considered regular content.

## Removed Content

Sometimes, assets need to be removed...This article contains information about a subject that was removed from *Operation: Harsh Doorstop*.This content cannot be obtained or used in the current version of the game.
**Removed Content** differs from cut content in one key aspect: the removed items were available at one point in the released game's lifecycle as a finished, viable object to obtain and use, and were then removed from the game, unable to be accessed through any legitimate means. This does NOT apply to **Limited Content**, which was able to be obtained for a limited time and were locked afterwards, but can still be accessed in regular gameplay by anyone who had obtained the item in that time frame or through other legitimate means. Some removed content is only unavailable for a short amount of time - these are still considered removed content, and will be considered regular content when it has been reimplemented.

All removed content must be allocated with the Removed template.