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Halopedia Image Gallery

Just thinking that to really improve the space we need some more graphics like they have at Wookieepedia. A Halopedia Image Gallery has been created and I hope everyone can show off their Photoshop skills.

Think you know everything?

So think you know everything about the Halo universe? Well then you can help clear up Heretic lies from Gospel truth! These articles need proof!! Please add sources or confirm that they are in fact lies told by the unbelievers! Some examples:

• What is a Kelorist? See the Reference here Mamore

Firefox Halopedia Toolbar

• Download it at Halopedia:Search Plugin --Doomguy0505 10:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• What does it do? -- Esemono 12:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• Here's a screenshot
  It's like the google toolbar --Doomguy0505 07:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Halopedia Clan

Want to join the Halopedia Clan or just play against other Halopedians? Then check out Halopedia Warz

Download all the custom gametypes in one file

Download them at http://gimehost.com/v/7738393/1163071574318.doc.html

Distress Signal! RE: Screenshots!

What's the best way to take Halo TV screenshots?

Cheers,

49 Proximal Secant^[oracle]File:H3 Monitor.PNG 04:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

The best way, as in the way that gives the best quality, is to use a capture card to import it to your computer, and then either export that frame of the video, or pause it, take a screenshot, and crop the image to give only the image from Halo. The best way speedwise, is to use a digital camera, take a picture of your TV, and import it. This, BTW, is HORRIBLE with CRTs. Guesty-Persony-Thingy 04:21, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, would this be a good piece of hardware to buy for this purpose? --Dragonclaws^(talk) 01:11, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Freelancer:Combat Evolved

Hi im new to Halopedia and some users have already taken a look at my Profile page and they like the look of Freelancer:Combat Evolved, which is a total conversion mod for the old microsoft gamr freelancer, Currently Jaythepilot is looking for a clan to set ONI up in so i thought of you guys, and would it be possiable to link the FL:CE forums from the main page or should i say make a new page, the game is strict to canon and its currently going through Alpha testing so its not anywhere finished, so if you have freelancer and would like to play take a look at my profile page fr info about it, some videos and some pictures as well as a battle summery for a TE (Territorial Engagement). --DarkAngel 03:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I had an idea

I’ve had an amazing idea; As certain Users have more knowledge in different areas of the Halo Universe why not chose a main user to keep an eye on, watch over those certain articles e.g. the star ship articles Relentless worked hard on, or all the weapon articles. They would be like Semi Admins with no privileges it would just be their job to make sure that there was no Fan Fiction or over vandalism in their articles and start up votes for articles deletion or merging; Users could go to them to refure data and so on. They could be chosen by the Admins or elected by the users meaning starting up campaigns which would be very amusing. And given Titles to fit their job e.g. Imperial Admiral it was just a thought. --Climax Viod 15:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I had a similar idea. Cheers, TRU⁷H 17:08, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

As did I.--ryanngreenday 19:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Yea, but the highest authory should go to the couserlers, (the admins should receave this rank), and every three months, an admin should give the rank to someone else, and to handle the chaos of this site, there should have a total of seven admins, three as the main rulers, and four as sub-admins, to matain control.--Admiral Sozai Nexes File:.jpg ^FLEETCOMM 22:15, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

We don't need to do things by Bungie numbers. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 22:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Why not WikiProject type things instead? A group to watch over certain pages instead of one user. While RR has worked hard on them, so has Ed. It seems unnecessarally hieratic to nominate one leading user for each category when wikis are such group projects. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 22:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Nice idea Dragonclaws lets do that, How should i start up a project page ? --Climax Viod 22:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Another thing is that it isn't possible to give admin powers over a certain amnount of pages. Sysop privledges work for everything or nothing. So even if you got the title, it wouldn't really change your abilities... -ED 17:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Dragonclaws' proposal. The problem with your idea, Climax Viod, is that it is as Dragonclaws said: "unnecessarily hierchical". There are several potential problems: More established users may attempt to quash the changes of newer users, instantly reverting changes to "their" version. It lessens the notion of articles not being owned by any one user, also. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 13:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Summary of the Halo Universe

I was just thinking about people who stumble onto the site from the Wikia Spotlight. Surely not everyone knows what Halo is, and the site would be confusing to them. I say we write a general summary of Halo to link to on the main page in "Welcome to Halopedia, the definitive source for Halo information." --Dragonclaws^(talk) 23:46, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Great idea. let me know if theres anything i can do.- User: Spartan 1138

Yeah me to - Ares.117 7:10, 3 Feburary 2007

FanArt Committee Opening

Main article: Halopedia talk:FanArt Committee

JohnSpartan117 has been declared MIA as he has not fulfilled his duties as Committee member for a month. As per Halopedia policy his seat will come up for elections starting Jan 25, 2007. The user with the most votes will replace John on the Committee for the remainder of his term, not a full three months.

While the election is open John still has a chance to save his seat if shows up and makes some FanArt ruling before the end of the month. If he does this the election process will be declared void and John will remain a member unless he goes missing again.

We should have a short summery starting from the fall to Reach and then to the end of halo 2 User:Haloplayer2kill.

Page name issues

Dude984 pointed out something on the Manual of Style Talk page about incorrect article names. He gave Wookiepedia as an example, where, although Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker are the same person, the actual article is Anakin Skywalker, because that's his real name. Halopedia should have similarly named articles, with Avery J. Johnson instead of Sergeant Major Avery Johnson, John-117 instead of Master Chief, things like that. But before I start a campaign to rename all those kinds of articles, I thought I'd put it to the vote first:

• Rename as per Dude984 g^ue_st^y-p_er^so_ny-^th_in^gy^{I too have an AI... his name is Supreme Honcho.} 21:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Rename added by GPT, because of your remarks on the aforementioned Manual of Style Talk page —This unsigned comment was made by Dude984 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~
• Rename yeah,sure,ok,why not--ryanngreenday 21:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Rename - Definitely. I was recently thinking the same thing. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 22:50, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• RENAME - I suppose that I am an adamant advocate of such a renaming. I actually modified the MoS page b/c I waz da creator to dude's ideas...so...yeah...Cheers, RelentlessRecusant 16:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
• Rename - Why not --Climax Viod 17:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
• Rename Absolutely, the ranks of novel characters change from book to book so this is more sensible. There will have to be some exceptions to this though; some minor characters are identified only by rank (e.g. Master Gunnery Sergeant (Armory). Good call Dude984! -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 13:35, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Whats With the Beta thing

Does that annoucement meen its out I cant tell cause I havent singed up UK--82.44.60.142 18:39, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

There are two contests to be a beta tester for Halo 3. The first has ended and people are now beta testing it. See here for info. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 23:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it only open to N American user though? -- Esemono 03:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Omfg Pics info AHHHH NOW!!!!!! swearingmonk Basically r u saying that the beta is playing NOW--Swearingmonk 20:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

JohnSpartan117 is back in action

Returning from shore leave boys. Damn, looks like im off the art commitee, I was so damn close. Alright, Im going to start editing stuff!--User:JohnSpartan117 [1] 04:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Spartan Logo?

Hi everyone. I posted a question over on the forum http://forum.gamerfocus.com/viewtopic.php?t=470 Does anyone know if a picture exists? Or if one of you tallented guys could throw one together?

Much appreciated, Mally.

The image is described in Halo: Fall of Reach but its never actually been seen. -ED 18:49, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Spartans: MIA or KIA?

On Spartans' individual pages, if the character has died, do you think we should list them as KIA like they actually are, or MIA as UNSC propaganda implies? ~Chickeman

I think they should be listed as: "KIA (MIA per UNSC directive)", and have the UNSC directive part link to the Spartan MIA Protocol page. That way viewers can see that they are actually dead, while providing an explanation for them seeing them as MIA before this. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 13:45, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I ended up putting "MIA, according to the Spartan MIA Protocol." How's that? ~Chickenman

How about "Status: Dead, listed as MIA according to the Spartan MIA Protocol"? --Dragonclaws^(talk) 02:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah that's what I said. -- Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 11:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I suppose you're right. I thought KIA sounded more like a term the UNSC would use than an indication of true condition, but I see now how it can be proper labeling. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 20:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

We should strive to make article tell things from an omniscient point of view, so all the infromation is there. Aticles should say that they are dead then say that they are listed as MIA. -ED 18:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Urgent! Help Needed!

If any users know the file name for the Halo difficulty images - NORMAL and HEROIC - please contact me on my talk page. They are needed for userboxes. Thanks everyone, Manticore ^{Talk | CSV} 13:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I think they haven't even been uploaded from old.halopedia. We'll have to find them and upload them to Halopedia again. -ED 18:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)