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This page provides information on Halopedia's status icons, also known as status labels or page status indicators.

Overview

On Halopedia, status icons categorize pages in the wiki. Articles are indicated with status icons for the reader’s quick reference.

The most common type of status icon features an icon on the left, with its text label. For example, if a page is primarily discussing gameplay, the status icon will say "Gameplay". These icons may indicate the canon status of the subject or the function of a real world page. Certain icons denote a featured or protected article on the wiki.

The crunch

If you're already familiar with Halopedia pages, you may be familiar with era icons. Status icons were created to replace era icons. Era icons were originally created to categorize pages according to where the subject appeared in the Halo universe timeline, with real world articles being denoted with a "real world" icon. However, this eventually led to an issue where there's a mismatch between subjects and their era icons, like a Covenant topic being given a "UNSC" era icon because it appeared during the years of human interplanetary colonization. Thus, this necessitated the introduction of a replacement system.

Every icon in the status icon system was designed with the purpose of categorizing content down to its base roots within fiction, the real world, and/or namespaces.

Status icons

Below is a list of every status icon and their expected use case.

Fiction canon specifications

These showcase the canon status among the main narratives in Halo fiction:

Type of status	Wikitext	About
Canon	{{Status\|Canon}}	Halo fiction that is part of "core" canon. (This may include some Apocrypha media mixed in.)
Apocrypha	{{Status\|Apocrypha}}	Halo fiction that is apocryphal canon. This is media that is not yet confirmed to part of the "core" canon. Media listed as such includes marketing and toy fiction.
Non-Canon	{{Status\|NonCanon}}	Halo fiction that is officially released as non-canon. Examples include "Halo: Legends - Odd One Out", and the "Hellspartans".
Fracture	{{Status\|Fracture}}	Halo fiction that is officially released "Fracture" fiction that is not "core" canon, "core" Apocrypha, or "core" non-canon. Examples include the Yoroi armor in Halo Infinite.
Silver Timeline	{{Status\|Silver}}	Halo fiction that is part of the Silver Timeline.

Emergency canon cases

These are emergency status icons in preparation for unforeseen events:

Type of status	Wikitext	What you see	About
Alt-Canon	{{Status\|AltCanon}}		Emergency status icon for an alternative timeline that is not part of the same canon as the main Halo universe and TV show universe. If confirmed, a page called "PAGENAME/AltCanon" will be created if the subject already exists in one canon or another.

Real world

This is the status icon to use if the article is based in the real-world:

Type of status	Wikitext	What you see	About
Real World	{{Status\|RealWorld}}		Status icon for real-world topics that do not exist in the Halo universe. These include companies and people.
Gameplay	{{Status\|Gameplay}}		Status icon for gameplay topics. These include achievements, gameplay medals, and campaign level guides.

Namespaces

These are status icons that apply to various projects and namespaces, never to be used on the main space:

Type of status	Wikitext	About
Halopedia	{{Status\|Halopedia}}	Status icon for "Halopedia" pages. This is mostly used with "Halopedia" and "Help" namespaces.
Archive	{{Status\|Archive}}	Status icon archives and other similar things. This is mostly used with the "Archive" namespace.
News	{{Status\|News}}	Status icon for news that Halopedia releases. This is only used with the "News" namespace.

Other

This is the catch-all status icon. If an article has no known status, does not fall under the existing statuses, or you do not know what to class it under, please use this:

Type of status	Wikitext	What you see	About
Other	{{Status\|Other}}		Status icon for stuff that doesn't fall under stuff listed in this list. When used please put the information in a forum topic to discuss.

Protected

When a page is locked, it will automatically be given one of these status icons to denote what type of lock is on the page:

Type of status	What you see	About
Staff Locked		These are pages that are protected from being edited by all normal users. This is usually put on policy and help pages. To reiterate, only staff can edit these pages.
User Locked		These are pages that only logged-in users can edit.
Autoconfirmed Locked		These are pages users can only edit when their account meets these two requirements: The account has existed for 3 days and has been responsible for 5 edits.

Featured

If an article is featured, please use this icon on the page:

Type of status	Wikitext	What you see	About
Featured	{{Status\|Featured}}		This is for media featured by us at Halopedia!

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 On Halopedia, status icons categorize pages in the wiki. Articles are indicated with status icons for the reader’s quick reference.
-The most common type of status icon features an icon on the left, with its text label. For example, if a page is primarily discussing gameplay, the status icon will say "Gameplay". These icons may indicate the canon status of the subject or the function of a real world page. Certain denote a featured or protected article.
+The most common type of status icon features an icon on the left, with its text label. For example, if a page is primarily discussing gameplay, the status icon will say "Gameplay". These icons may indicate the canon status of the subject or the function of a real world page. Certain icons denote a featured or protected article on the wiki.
 ==The crunch==
-If you're familiar with Halopedia pages already, you may be familiar with era icons. These status icons were created directly to replace them. Era icons were originally created to do a similar job, but with a focus on putting content into eras. This caused an issue where some subjects didn't fit a specific era or area they covered, and over time era icons became an issue needing to be fixed.
+If you're already familiar with Halopedia pages, you may be familiar with era icons. Status icons were created to replace era icons. Era icons were originally created to categorize pages according to where the subject appeared in the ''Halo'' universe timeline, with real world articles being denoted with a "real world" icon. However, this eventually led to an issue where there's a mismatch between subjects and their era icons, like a Covenant topic being given a "UNSC" era icon because it appeared during the years of human interplanetary colonization. Thus, this necessitated the introduction of a replacement system.
-As such, every icon in the status icon system was designed with the purpose of narrowing content down to its base roots within fiction, the real world, and/or namespaces.
+Every icon in the status icon system was designed with the purpose of categorizing content down to its base roots within fiction, the real world, and/or namespaces.
 ==Status icons==