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== Eh? == | == Eh? == | ||
I plan on rewriting this, but first... what is it? It sounds like an RSS feed on steroids. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 02:33, October 21, 2009 (UTC) | I plan on rewriting this, but first... what is it? It sounds like an RSS feed on steroids. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 02:33, October 21, 2009 (UTC) | ||
Where was it confirmed on Bungie--[[User talk:Paladin cross|Paladin cross]] 11:32, October 21, 2009 (UTC) | Where was it confirmed on Bungie--[[User talk:Paladin cross|Paladin cross]] 11:32, October 21, 2009 (UTC) | ||
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:Essentially. Yes. It is an RSS feed on steroids. [[User talk:GHOST R3V0LV3R|GHOST R3V0LV3R]] 23:09, October 21, 2009 (UTC) | :Essentially. Yes. It is an RSS feed on steroids. [[User talk:GHOST R3V0LV3R|GHOST R3V0LV3R]] 23:09, October 21, 2009 (UTC) | ||
::Well, I've written my draft. Since this page is edit-protected, the draft is at UserWiki:DavidJCobb/Halo Waypoint]]. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 01:16, October 22, 2009 (UTC) | ::Well, I've written my draft. Since this page is edit-protected, the draft is at [[UserWiki:DavidJCobb/Halo Waypoint]]. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 01:16, October 22, 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::I've been editing this page for a bit, mostly just in presentation, and for something that is fairly important, It's in pretty bad shape. ~~Hawk Blade~~ | :::I've been editing this page for a bit, mostly just in presentation, and for something that is fairly important, It's in pretty bad shape. ~~Hawk Blade~~ | ||
::::How've you been editing it? Site's only letting me view the page's source 0_o BTW, you can sign your comments on talk page by typing <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> -- when you save the page, the code is automatically replaced with a link to your userpage and a timestamp. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 02:04, October 23, 2009 (UTC) | ::::How've you been editing it? Site's only letting me view the page's source 0_o BTW, you can sign your comments on talk page by typing <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> -- when you save the page, the code is automatically replaced with a link to your userpage and a timestamp. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 02:04, October 23, 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::::I edited it before someone made the source protected.I edited grammar, daily programming (it had an numbered list, and had no spacing which I found hard to read) and I tried to catagorize it, but I didn't know how so I figured I'd leave it to someone else. (btw way, thanks for the signature help) [[User talk:Hawk Blade|Hawk Blade]] 22:06, October 27, 2009 (UTC) | :::::I edited it before someone made the source protected.I edited grammar, daily programming (it had an numbered list, and had no spacing which I found hard to read) and I tried to catagorize it, but I didn't know how so I figured I'd leave it to someone else. (btw way, thanks for the signature help) [[User talk:Hawk Blade|Hawk Blade]] 22:06, October 27, 2009 (UTC) | ||
::::::Ah. I guess we'll have to wait for an admin or other member with access to either lower the protection or examine, decide on, and (if appropriate) implement any proposed edits. BTW you're welcome :D <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:11, October 28, 2009 (UTC) | ::::::Ah. I guess we'll have to wait for an admin or other member with access to either lower the protection or examine, decide on, and (if appropriate) implement any proposed edits. BTW you're welcome :D <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:11, October 28, 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::::::<big style="text-decoration:blink;font-size:2em">'''UserWiki:DavidJCobb/Halo Waypoint]]'''</big> </subtle></JK> <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:17, October 28, 2009 (UTC) | :::::::<big style="text-decoration:blink;font-size:2em">'''[[UserWiki:DavidJCobb/Halo Waypoint]]'''</big> </subtle></JK> <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:17, October 28, 2009 (UTC) | ||
== Cost ? == | == Cost ? == | ||
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[[User talk:Daget Sparrow|Capt. Daget J. Sparrow]] 22:54, October 30, 2009 (UTC) | [[User talk:Daget Sparrow|Capt. Daget J. Sparrow]] 22:54, October 30, 2009 (UTC) | ||
:The entire article's edit-locked. Only admins can edit it, and they're too busy. That's why it doesn't meet standards and doesn't contain the information or images from a recent news article that described some released information on Waypoint. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 01:43, October 31, 2009 (UTC) | :The entire article's edit-locked. Only admins can edit it, and they're too busy. That's why it doesn't meet standards and doesn't contain the information or images from a recent news article that described some released information on Waypoint. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 01:43, October 31, 2009 (UTC) | ||
== Problem with Halo Waypoint == | == Problem with Halo Waypoint == | ||
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== beat(dead_horse); == | == beat(dead_horse); == | ||
Isn't Waypoint out already? How can we update the article if editing is still locked? <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 03:15, December 1, 2009 (UTC) | Isn't Waypoint out already? How can we update the article if editing is still locked? <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 03:15, December 1, 2009 (UTC) | ||
:I've unlocked it. Hopefully it isn't vandalised to hell by angry fans. -- <b>[[Halopedia:Administrators|<font color=indigo>Administrator</font>]] [[User:Specops306|<font color=indigo>Specops306</font>]]</b> - <i><b><u>[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Qur'a 'Morhek</font>]]</u></b></i> 09:56, December 1, 2009 (UTC) | :I've unlocked it. Hopefully it isn't vandalised to hell by angry fans. -- <b>[[Halopedia:Administrators|<font color=indigo>Administrator</font>]] [[User:Specops306|<font color=indigo>Specops306</font>]]</b> - <i><b><u>[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Qur'a 'Morhek</font>]]</u></b></i> 09:56, December 1, 2009 (UTC) | ||
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I don't understand Specops306. How could this page be possibly vandilised by angry fans. wouldn't a more controversial topic's article such as [[Halo Legends]] be at a greater risk of being vandilised by angry fans. But as far as I recall that article was never locked. Please enlighten me.--[[User talk:Awesum Scrote|<SCROTE>]] 19:55, December 4, 2009 (UTC) | I don't understand Specops306. How could this page be possibly vandilised by angry fans. wouldn't a more controversial topic's article such as [[Halo Legends]] be at a greater risk of being vandilised by angry fans. But as far as I recall that article was never locked. Please enlighten me.--[[User talk:Awesum Scrote|<SCROTE>]] 19:55, December 4, 2009 (UTC) | ||
::Thanks. :D I just added the contents of my draft. All that's needed now are sources, the screenshots from that one Halopedia news article, and... I'm not sure what else, but something else. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b> [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:57, December 3, 2009 (UTC) | ::Thanks. :D I just added the contents of my draft. All that's needed now are sources, the screenshots from that one Halopedia news article, and... I'm not sure what else, but something else. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>[[File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 00:57, December 3, 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::My point was that there is a lot of hostility out there in the community to the direction Halo is going, and that Halo Waypoint, the most visible outlet of this, might attract unwanted attention. Thankfully, I don't think there had been much of that. -- <b>[[Halopedia:Administrators|<font color=indigo>Administrator</font>]] [[User:Specops306|<font color=indigo>Specops306</font>]]</b> - <i><b><u>[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Qur'a 'Morhek</font>]]</u></b></i> 10:07, January 16, 2010 (UTC) | :::My point was that there is a lot of hostility out there in the community to the direction Halo is going, and that Halo Waypoint, the most visible outlet of this, might attract unwanted attention. Thankfully, I don't think there had been much of that. -- <b>[[Halopedia:Administrators|<font color=indigo>Administrator</font>]] [[User:Specops306|<font color=indigo>Specops306</font>]]</b> - <i><b><u>[[User Talk:Specops306|<font color=blue>Qur'a 'Morhek</font>]]</u></b></i> 10:07, January 16, 2010 (UTC) | ||
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::I don't think it actually that necessary because everything in the videos can be found in it's own article here in the Halopedia... [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:00, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ::I don't think it actually that necessary because everything in the videos can be found in it's own article here in the Halopedia... [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:00, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
:::We actually do not have many articles about Waypoint content here.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:02, 13 December 2011 (EST) | :::We actually do not have many articles about Waypoint content here.--'''''[[Help:User Levels|<span style="color:green">Commander</span>]]''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:02, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
::::I mean that for instance a video came out the other day talking about a certain weapon, vehicle, event, etc... all that has it's own article.... [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:06, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ::::I mean that for instance a video came out the other day talking about a certain weapon, vehicle, event, etc... all that has it's own article.... [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:06, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
:::::The ''weapons'' have their own article, but most of the time the video doesn't.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:07, 13 December 2011 (EST) | :::::The ''weapons'' have their own article, but most of the time the video doesn't.--'''''[[Help:User Levels|<span style="color:green">Commander</span>]]''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:07, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
::::::That's what I mean, if the weapon has it's own article, why should anyone transcript a video telling all that information.... it would be like a compilation of every article in the wiki in just one... because waypont has quite some encyclopedic look, if you go to the archives... it would be like transcribing a full encyclopedia... [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:12, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ::::::That's what I mean, if the weapon has it's own article, why should anyone transcript a video telling all that information.... it would be like a compilation of every article in the wiki in just one... because waypont has quite some encyclopedic look, if you go to the archives... it would be like transcribing a full encyclopedia... [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:12, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
==Weird Keyboard Thing== | ==Weird Keyboard Thing== | ||
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: I also think it should be in this article, so I posted it in trivia, like the terminals article has it in its trivia section, but someone said that it wasn't trivial and undid it.... I wrote: <nowiki>*A bonus [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal]] from Halo: Custom Edition Anniversary is unlockable through a secret function accessed in the main menu of the Xbox live version by pressing the X button and inputting the correct left to right sequence of buttons, and then typing the codes that appear at the end of each terminal in Halo CEA.</nowiki> | : I also think it should be in this article, so I posted it in trivia, like the terminals article has it in its trivia section, but someone said that it wasn't trivial and undid it.... I wrote: <nowiki>*A bonus [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal]] from Halo: Custom Edition Anniversary is unlockable through a secret function accessed in the main menu of the Xbox live version by pressing the X button and inputting the correct left to right sequence of buttons, and then typing the codes that appear at the end of each terminal in Halo CEA.</nowiki> | ||
:maybe it is not trivial, but definitely should be there.... although it does is trivial because it's a secret function....[[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 00:55, 13 December 2011 (EST) | :maybe it is not trivial, but definitely should be there.... although it does is trivial because it's a secret function....[[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 00:55, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
::Stuff like that isn't really trivial. If you want to add it to a different section of this article then that would work well. Since the info is important, it's not trivial.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:00, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ::Stuff like that isn't really trivial. If you want to add it to a different section of this article then that would work well. Since the info is important, it's not trivial.--'''''[[Help:User Levels|<span style="color:green">Commander</span>]]''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:00, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
:::Ok, but then in which section? under "in-game unlockables", with a tittle like bonus unlockable terminal? [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:09, 13 December 2011 (EST) | :::Ok, but then in which section? under "in-game unlockables", with a tittle like bonus unlockable terminal? [[User talk:SGP|SGP]] 01:09, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||
::::Yes.--'''''<span style="color:green">Commander</span>''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:11, 13 December 2011 | ::::Yes.--'''''[[Help:User Levels|<span style="color:green">Commander</span>]]''''' [[User:Halofan1234|<span style="color:red">Halofan1234</span>]] (''[[User talk:Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">I say</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Contributions/Halofan1234|<span style="color:purple">the cabal</span>]]'' ''[[Special:Editcount/Halofan1234|<span style"color:purple">does not exist</span>]]'') 01:11, 13 December 2011 (EST) | ||