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==Reach Cameo==
Should we change the appearance section to say that [[Master Chief]] does appear in [[Halo Reach]]? Since in the last cutscene of the [[Pillar of Autumn]], you can see Chief for a brief second.[[User:Spartan Chin|Spartan Chin]] ([[User talk:Spartan Chin|talk]]) 14:13, July 26, 2024 (EDT)


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(Reset indent again) Tabs (or Tabber) is not a suitable solution for an article as it is designed for snippet content. It wouldn't really resolve the length/trimming issue as readers would still be bombarded with a overdetailed content. Furthermore, Tabs would be unusable once it goes beyond five tabs (especially in Mobile theme where it looks squashed and ugly). We've tried it in the past with some articles (I believe it's either MJOLNIR or some related article to MJOLNIR... can't remember which one). The end result was that it was squished and inaccessible to general users, not to mention ugly. Granted, Tabs now works better in Mobile theme now than it did a few years back but it still wouldn't be a suitable solution for overdetailed articles once it goes beyond five tabs or so.
(Reset indent again) Tabs (or Tabber) is not a suitable solution for an article as it is designed for snippet content. It wouldn't really resolve the length/trimming issue as readers would still be bombarded with a overdetailed content. Furthermore, Tabs would be unusable once it goes beyond five tabs (especially in Mobile theme where it looks squashed and ugly). We've tried it in the past with some articles (I believe it's either MJOLNIR or some related article to MJOLNIR... can't remember which one). The end result was that it was squished and inaccessible to general users, not to mention ugly. Granted, Tabs now works better in Mobile theme now than it did a few years back but it still wouldn't be a suitable solution for overdetailed articles once it goes beyond five tabs or so.


{{Article quote|Splitting up the article into, say "John-117/ Early Life", "John-117/Human-Covenant War" and "John-117/Post-War" would simply involve taking the text you've wrote and placing it across those pages, with the main John-117 page giving brief overviews of those subjects and links to the more in-depth articles for those who want to read it.}}
{{Article Quote|Splitting up the article into, say "John-117/ Early Life", "John-117/Human-Covenant War" and "John-117/Post-War" would simply involve taking the text you've wrote and placing it across those pages, with the main John-117 page giving brief overviews of those subjects and links to the more in-depth articles for those who want to read it.}}


The current solution that works best to my mind would be what Spartacus and BaconShelf proposed: the biographical content would be relocated to a subpage or an article of its own. I prefer the latter as it follows Wikipedia's presentation style and we could use this as a precedent for future articles with overdetailed content. It would also help to [[Halopedia:Manual_of_Style#Article_focus_and_scope|balance the details out and put some focus back]] into the article (funnily enough, John-117 was used as an example of a concise article when we updated the MoS in 2015). Furthermore, it will encourage editors such as TheEld to introduce more biographical-style content into the wiki for other fleshed out characters. If written well, it could be a Featured Article on its own. There's quite a number of pros over cons for going down this route, so I believe this would be a great solution to implement.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span>  22:20, 5 February 2019 (EST)
The current solution that works best to my mind would be what Spartacus and BaconShelf proposed: the biographical content would be relocated to a subpage or an article of its own. I prefer the latter as it follows Wikipedia's presentation style and we could use this as a precedent for future articles with overdetailed content. It would also help to [[Halopedia:Manual_of_Style#Article_focus_and_scope|balance the details out and put some focus back]] into the article (funnily enough, John-117 was used as an example of a concise article when we updated the MoS in 2015). Furthermore, it will encourage editors such as TheEld to introduce more biographical-style content into the wiki for other fleshed out characters. If written well, it could be a Featured Article on its own. There's quite a number of pros over cons for going down this route, so I believe this would be a great solution to implement.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span>  22:20, 5 February 2019 (EST)
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''(reset indent)'' As D9328 mentioned, there's very little info on John's life ''outside'' of his military career, so I'm questioning if "Military career of John-117" would be the best option for the detailed side article. What if there was just one detailed biography under a title like "Biography of John-117"? This would also make it easier to use the same format for other pages and consequently, keep track other such pages should they become necessary later on (a category for them would be useful as well). I'm aware an overall biography page would also run into the issue of being extremely long, but at least users would know what they were in for (unlike here, where the length and level of detail makes reading the biography an intimidating task; someone looking to learn more about John's life doesn't necessarily need to know what exact type of weapon and number of magazines he was carrying at any given time). --[[User:Tacitus|Tacitus]] ([[User talk:Tacitus|talk]]) 06:24, 7 February 2019 (EST)
''(reset indent)'' As D9328 mentioned, there's very little info on John's life ''outside'' of his military career, so I'm questioning if "Military career of John-117" would be the best option for the detailed side article. What if there was just one detailed biography under a title like "Biography of John-117"? This would also make it easier to use the same format for other pages and consequently, keep track other such pages should they become necessary later on (a category for them would be useful as well). I'm aware an overall biography page would also run into the issue of being extremely long, but at least users would know what they were in for (unlike here, where the length and level of detail makes reading the biography an intimidating task; someone looking to learn more about John's life doesn't necessarily need to know what exact type of weapon and number of magazines he was carrying at any given time). --[[User:Tacitus|Tacitus]] ([[User talk:Tacitus|talk]]) 06:24, 7 February 2019 (EST)


:No issues with a biography page. We could place it as a subpage (i.e. John-117/Biography), just like how we manage with the weapons and levels articles (e.g. the gameplay/walkthrough content have been moved to their respective weapons and levels articles' subpage). We could also insert a header/banner at the top of the page to inform readers that it is a biographical article and that the encyclopedic version is available in a given link. This would be a fine addition to our Layout guide as well as to the Manual of Style. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span>  10:35, 7 February 2019 (EST)
:No issues with a biography page. We could place it as a subpage (i.e. John-117/Biography), just like how we manage with the weapons and levels articles (e.g. the gameplay/walkthrough content have been moved to their respective weapons and levels articles' subpage). We could also insert a header/banner at the top of the page to inform readers that it is a biographical article and that the encyclopedic version is available in a given link. This would be a fine addition to our Layout Guide as well as to the Manual of Style. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span>  10:35, 7 February 2019 (EST)


==Pending the current reverts 15/04/2019==
==Pending the current reverts 15/04/2019==
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::Ok I added that back in from the prologue, yep it was an accident cause I thought I moved stuff around in a second edit (It didnt save my second edit wah).-[[User:CIA391|CIA391]] ([[User talk:CIA391|talk]]) 13:36, April 15, 2019 (EDT)
::Ok I added that back in from the prologue, yep it was an accident cause I thought I moved stuff around in a second edit (It didnt save my second edit wah).-[[User:CIA391|CIA391]] ([[User talk:CIA391|talk]]) 13:36, April 15, 2019 (EDT)
:::And you don't think the other relevant information can be included in a note which describes its technically unknown canon status?[[User:TheEld|TheEld]] ([[User talk:TheEld|talk]]) 13:40, April 15, 2019 (EDT)TheEld
::::The Strategy Game has Blue Team plant the bomb and then retreat. You can [https://www.halopedia.org/Jericho_VII_(level) read that here]. Which does really put stuff into question.
::::Right now however I am going though all the Strategy game stuff. And I mean all of it (sans Website stuff that died) so the info is recorded on the wiki in pages that deal with this sorta thing.-[[User:CIA391|CIA391]] ([[User talk:CIA391|talk]]) 13:59, April 15, 2019 (EDT)
:::::It doesn't say that. :)[[User:TheEld|TheEld]] ([[User talk:TheEld|talk]]) 14:30, April 15, 2019 (EDT)TheEld
(Indent reset) ''...The only chance for UNSC victory is to plant a tactical nuke in the heart of the Covenant staging area. All surviving UNSC personnel must return to their protected point of origin before detonating the warhead. The Master Chief, Sierra-117, will lead Blue Team on this mission...'' - Kusanagi
Essentially according to Kusanagi, the narrator, and the mission itself Blue team plants the nuke, which we know doesnt happen as it was Red Team.-[[User:CIA391|CIA391]] ([[User talk:CIA391|talk]]) 14:40, April 15, 2019 (EDT)
::That doesn't say Blue Team planted the nuke. It just says S-117 led Blue Team on this mission.[[User:TheEld|TheEld]] ([[User talk:TheEld|talk]]) 14:59, April 15, 2019 (EDT)TheEld
== Splitting this page up ==
Alright, this discussion has been had before so I'm gonna save the details - see the above sections if you want the full reading. Over the next day, I'll be splitting the current biography section up into sub-pages, as this article is now of sufficient length that it's regularly causing my browser to freeze and crash if I try editing the page or type in text. I have a pretty beefy PC, so I can't imagine what this is like on lower-end machines.
I'll be splitting up the page as follows;
*'''[[John-117/Early life|Early life]]''' - Focusing on John's early life prior to his conscription in the SPARTAN program, as well as his training and actions against the insurrection prior to his acquisition of the MJOLNIR suit and first engagement against the Covenant.
*'''[[John-117/Human-Covenant War|Human-Covenant War]]''' - Focusing on John's wartime actions from his first acquiring the suit at Chi Ceti to the end of 2551.
*'''[[John-117/Late War|Late War]]''' - Focusing on John's actions in the final year of 2552, covering Fall of Reach, the games and First Strike etc.
*'''[[John-117/Post-War|Post-War]]''' - Focusing on John's actions in Halo 4 and everything in the post-war era.
*'''[[John-117/Legacy|Legacy]]''' - Focusing on John's overall legacy into the future of the Halo universe (This is CIA's suggestion, it could end up combined with Post-War depending on how things go)
*'''[[John-117/Gallery|Gallery]]''' - A gallery page for fully showcasing the extensive image collection we have for John.
The current biography page will be replaced with a shorter section giving a briefer overview of the character (IE a general overview does not need to record the specific times to the minute a certain action happened, or every minute detail of a given event). There will be a full notice placed at the top of this section informing users of the full biography pages should they want the extensive reading.
At this point, this is a matter more of making the page useable for lower-end PCs and internet connections, which should always supersede what information is available. If you can't physically load or maintain the page, this information and writing is useless. But to re-iterate, ''the current information will not be deleted - it will be split into several sub-pages to make browsing the website more accessible to users, and easier to maintain for the editors.''
This overhaul will be carried out over the coming weekend, but it's only fair to give some warning so if you have any questions, feedback or concerns on how we plan to carry this out, please leave them below. Additionally, help in writing a briefer overview of the character for the main page would be very much welcome. [[User:BaconShelf|BaconShelf]] ([[User talk:BaconShelf|talk]]) 12:03, May 1, 2020 (EDT)
:At the time of writing, the Human-Covenant War section is still ''extremely'' unwieldly, thus I've edited the list above. There is now a separate "Late War" article to detail his actions from 2552 onwards.[[User:BaconShelf|BaconShelf]] ([[User talk:BaconShelf|talk]]) 11:58, May 2, 2020 (EDT)
:::Just make sure you update the main page with summaries of the info on the more detailed pages so it doesn't just stay the extremely unfinished mess of misinformation it was back in 2018 when I started updating it.[[User:TheEld|TheEld]] ([[User talk:TheEld|talk]]) 12:40, May 2, 2020 (EDT)TheEld

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