User talk:Notmyhandle

Splitting of Total Annihilation/Units
I don't think it's a good idea to split Total Annihilation/Units into separate pages for ARM and Core. The 2 sides' units are mostly so similar that for most Core units "similar to ARM's XXXXX" is enough, and splitting leads to duplication of text; in fact I've recently included several comparisons, and the cross-links in these no longer work. Splitting also leaves very little to say in Total Annihilation/Units. Philcha 05:38, 11 January 2008 (CST)


 * Your suggestion to combine ARM and Core unit descriptions is excellent. It will certainly save space, and will facilitate ARM-Core comparisons, e.g. Hammer vs Thud. It will also clarify the cases where there are no equivalents, e.g. Goliath, Maverick. It's quite a lot of work, so I think we should first check for issues that need to be sorted out. The ones that come to mind are:
 * Section headings for links between units. For example in a few sections the text says, "should be used along with X" or "don't use this, use Y".
 * Are we using "unit" in the technical sense, or mobiles only?
 * Should we highlight units that are only in expansion packs (e.g. Maverick, Immolator)? If so, how? See possible way at bottom.
 * How to present the ARM and Core names for corresponding units?
 * Should we consider including unit stats later (costs, build time, speed, hit points, firepower and rate)?
 * Do we use "level" or "tier"? AFAIK "level" is TA usage, "tier" is TA:K.
 * Once these are agreed, I'll help with the merge (send me a message!) - it's quite a lot of work, but 2 people can work on it because the units are all in separate sections (vehicles, Kbots,etc.) Since we will probably work at different rates for various reasons, we should send each other messages, e.g. "I'm starting to merge level 1 vehicles". I've just realised we're probably in different time zones - I'm in UK, where are you?


 * Re unit names, we could use small tables, e.g.:
 * {|narrow=1


 * ARM:
 * Samson
 * Core:
 * Slasher
 * }
 * or
 * {|narrow=1
 * {|narrow=1


 * ARM:
 * Maverick
 * Core:
 * (none)
 * }
 * What do you think? Philcha 06:26, 12 January 2008 (CST)
 * What do you think? Philcha 06:26, 12 January 2008 (CST)

a request for you too
Mind helping us revert and block the bots that are editing/creating accounts? -- 16:15, 11 January 2008 (CST)

Using undefined
How exactly does the syntax go for the cleanup again? --Arrow Windwhistler 11:02, 12 January 2008 (CST)


 * Understood. Unfortunately I've already marked a lot of pages, and I really am supposed to be doing math work at the moment, so...yeah. X__X No time to backtrack. I left a message on New User (the author of the Vikings stuff) though regarding on what in particular needs cleaning up. Any thing else for any of the other tags I should know? --Arrow Windwhistler 11:06, 12 January 2008 (CST)


 * Is there a convenient list of those templates? There are so many I can't keep track of them all. --Arrow Windwhistler 11:11, 12 January 2008 (CST)