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Please let me know what you think; I can see how this request would be extinguished immediately but it would be great to get this off the ground - I think it could be the best article on the site with some hard work... | Please let me know what you think; I can see how this request would be extinguished immediately but it would be great to get this off the ground - I think it could be the best article on the site with some hard work... | ||
''' | '''UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup>[[File:Mcsig.png|16px]] 14:09, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
:I think there's definitely potential in this idea. The entries should, however, be sufficiently brief so as to not create an overlap between the timeline page and [[Halo universe]]'s "History" section, whose prose format (as opposed to a bulleted list) is fine as it is. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 15:16, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | :I think there's definitely potential in this idea. The entries should, however, be sufficiently brief so as to not create an overlap between the timeline page and [[Halo universe]]'s "History" section, whose prose format (as opposed to a bulleted list) is fine as it is. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 15:16, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
::Thank you Jugus. Yes, my idea was to have short (ideally bullet-pointed although I'm not sure how the Manual of Style agrees with this) fact-style pieces of info around a sentence long, each linked to a date; rather than a prose-based novel/game approach like [[Halo universe]]'s "History" section. I would like to helm this if possible; not out of ego but rather vision - I have quite a specific idea of how this might look when finished. Of course it would be opened up after publication, but I would like permission from the Administrators to start this off. Thanks, ''' | ::Thank you Jugus. Yes, my idea was to have short (ideally bullet-pointed although I'm not sure how the Manual of Style agrees with this) fact-style pieces of info around a sentence long, each linked to a date; rather than a prose-based novel/game approach like [[Halo universe]]'s "History" section. I would like to helm this if possible; not out of ego but rather vision - I have quite a specific idea of how this might look when finished. Of course it would be opened up after publication, but I would like permission from the Administrators to start this off. Thanks, '''UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup>[[File:Mcsig.png|16px]] 16:03, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
::: Do you mean that it would be a page with all the main dates? Like a combination of all the main years and their main events, following the format of pages already existing like [[2552]]? It could be useful, but would it only be for newcomers to the series, or...? If it were my choice, it would be hard for me to handpick the most important dates. Well, not like I would be the one leading the project, though. And about the color scheme, I also agree with you. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 16:42, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | ::: Do you mean that it would be a page with all the main dates? Like a combination of all the main years and their main events, following the format of pages already existing like [[2552]]? It could be useful, but would it only be for newcomers to the series, or...? If it were my choice, it would be hard for me to handpick the most important dates. Well, not like I would be the one leading the project, though. And about the color scheme, I also agree with you. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 16:42, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
Yes Imrane, very similar to that article. Newcomers would benefit the most, of course, but after almost every ''Halo'' event ever to take place is added it will be the definitive place to seek 'Halo' chronology. The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' is good, but can never be up to date. | Yes Imrane, very similar to that article. Newcomers would benefit the most, of course, but after almost every ''Halo'' event ever to take place is added it will be the definitive place to seek 'Halo' chronology. The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' is good, but can never be up to date. | ||
''' | '''UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup>[[File:Mcsig.png|16px]] 18:04, 8 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
:We can place "Timeline" as a redirect and will maintain Project:Timeline as the project page. It is basically as you stated in your comment: a summary of events, preferably one sentence (i.e. "John-117 was born in 2511"). This works well especially with the proposal suggested in the above section/discussion. It would also be helpful for a future "On this day, this happened" template/feature. Also, what Imrane-117 said. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 12:24, 9 July 2014 (EDT) | :We can place "Timeline" as a redirect and will maintain Project:Timeline as the project page. It is basically as you stated in your comment: a summary of events, preferably one sentence (i.e. "John-117 was born in 2511"). This works well especially with the proposal suggested in the above section/discussion. It would also be helpful for a future "On this day, this happened" template/feature. Also, what Imrane-117 said. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 12:24, 9 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
::Yes Subtank, exactly that. Would the page simply be called "Timeline"? If so, I can start working on it this evening. It will probably take a couple of days before I have the first build ready to upload. ''' | ::Yes Subtank, exactly that. Would the page simply be called "Timeline"? If so, I can start working on it this evening. It will probably take a couple of days before I have the first build ready to upload. '''UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup>[[File:Mcsig.png|16px]] 12:37, 9 July 2014 (EDT) | ||
== New Timeline (Update) == | == New Timeline (Update) == | ||
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Thanks, | Thanks, | ||
Sam. | Sam. | ||
--''' | --'''UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup>[[File:Mcsig.png|16px]] 19:23, 1 September 2014 (EDT) | ||
== Overhaul of the timeline == | == Overhaul of the timeline == | ||
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::Hey, I got a good way through a pretty comprehensive overhaul around 6 months ago but never finished it (I got up to the year 1999). I've been really busy with university ever since, but I'm planning to come back to Halopedia - I was nearing applying for moderator last year. It's all in a *.doc file in Wiki markup for easy editing, let me know if you want to set up a sandbox to look at it. | ::Hey, I got a good way through a pretty comprehensive overhaul around 6 months ago but never finished it (I got up to the year 1999). I've been really busy with university ever since, but I'm planning to come back to Halopedia - I was nearing applying for moderator last year. It's all in a *.doc file in Wiki markup for easy editing, let me know if you want to set up a sandbox to look at it. | ||
::--''' | ::--'''UserWiki:Monitor_Chakas|<font color="blue">Monitor Chakas</font>]]'''<sup>('''[[User talk:Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Monitor Chakas|<font color="Grey">Contribs</font>]]''')</sup>[[File:Mcsig.png|16px]] 18:57, 16 January 2015 (EST) | ||
:::I'd love to help work on it to make a nice timeline! [[User:SamGall|SamGall]] ([[User talk:SamGall|talk]]) 19:08, 16 January 2015 (EST) | :::I'd love to help work on it to make a nice timeline! [[User:SamGall|SamGall]] ([[User talk:SamGall|talk]]) 19:08, 16 January 2015 (EST) | ||
:::Yeah, that sounds good! I can check it out and see where we could interject ideas and maybe adopt each other's. Go ahead and put your document [[User:Helianthus/Sandbox|'''here on my sandbox page''']]. Thanks for replying back so soon too! :) {{User:Helianthus/Sig}} | :::Yeah, that sounds good! I can check it out and see where we could interject ideas and maybe adopt each other's. Go ahead and put your document [[User:Helianthus/Sandbox|'''here on my sandbox page''']]. Thanks for replying back so soon too! :) {{User:Helianthus/Sig}} | ||