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Wiki Discord page

I made a Discord page! It’s a thing in some wikis.

Anyway, is this a good idea? Let me know here. Otherwise, visit the Discord. Azzazin (talk) 19:27, 2 September 2019 (UTC)AzzazinAzzazin (talk) 19:27, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

This already exists, check the left sidebar Jockshocker (talk) 19:38, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Official Apex Legends Wiki Discord can be found in the left sidebar ('Wiki Discord' ; thx Jockshocker) or https://discord.gg/U2sYdhm <- here TheRunyx (talk) 20:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

My edit was flagged as harmful

Moved to Talk:Bloodhound

Deleting all skin pages

All skin pages are stubs that duplicate information in the "Cosmetic items" or "Skins" sections in their respective legends or weapons articles. They provide no extra information, and are unlikely to have new information added in the near future. I think they should be deleted along with their respective nav templates. --ALWAYSFF (talk) 05:46, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

There have been no responses since I started this discussion a week ago. Are there any reasons for keeping those pages? --ALWAYSFF^{(Talk|Contributions)} 12:05, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, a few of us discussed this in Slack shortly after your post but then kind of forgot about it. Peachie and I mostly agree with you, but the individual pages offer the ability to provide more information for skins that are limited edition or that are otherwise not straightforward in how they are obtained. Trying to stick that in the skin sections on the base pages could get a bit crowded.
--Mr Pie 5 (talk) 20:06, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

I agree with the limited skin point, so here's a new suggestion:

Create disambiguation pages for shared skin names.
Unlink all skin pages which will be changed to a redirect in Step 6 or deleted.
Rename all non-common skin pages (e.g. from Bloodline (Bloodhound Skin) to Bloodline) for conciseness and less cluttered base page links.
Delete all individual articles for shared skin names.
Keep all epic and legendary limited skin pages, since their obtaining methods are more likely to be complicated.
Redirect any other pages to the "Cosmetic items" or "Skins" section.
Merge all nav skin templates to 2 templates, one for limited legend skins and one for limited weapon skins.

Although most of these steps may seem to be tedious and redundant, I believe the above suggestion would be beneficial in the long run, as we can save a lot of time creating and managing a lot of less needed pages, while keeping article titles concise and guidelines for article creation consistent. Step 1 can be done now, as it doesn't involve changing existing pages, and I'm going to leave other steps for discussion first. --ALWAYSFF^{(Talk|Contributions)} 04:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Table for damage profiles

I've created a table for damage profiles (example). I would like to know if there's any room for improvement before applying it to all weapon articles. Any thoughts? --ALWAYSFF^{(Talk|Contributions)} 12:13, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Looks good to me.
--Mr Pie 5 (talk) 20:18, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of the individual consumables and throwables pages and the consolidation of their content to the Consumables page.

This would cut down on the number of stubs and they shouldn't have their own articles anyways since only so little information can be had there.

Metafysika (talk) 14:17, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good to me, although I would redirect them rather than delete.
Mr Pie 5 (talk) 06:53, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! Will work on redirecting the individual articles to Consumables.
Metafysika (talk) 08:36, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Matches the Attachments. I like it.
TheRunyx (talk) 06:50, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Inclusion of datamined items

What should our general policy be on datamined items such as C.A.R. and V.O.L.T.)? As the weapons are both unreleased and unofficial, no matter how much data is found in the mine, are subject to potentially heavy change or even removal. We also don't want to mislead users into thinking things exist that don't. My current position is that it's okay for them to have their own pages, with relevant notices, but there should not be links to them from other directory pages, except perhaps where it's explicitly clear what they are. Would anyone care to weigh in on this?
Mr Pie 5 (talk) 06:13, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

I agree with not making datamined items/legends appear on the directory pages until they're official. Respawn's development style has always been heavy iteration and while the items may look the same or still be released, there may be lots of details that can and may be changed while unreleased. A Template warning readers that such content is based on datamined info should also be present.
Metafysika (talk) 06:26, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Agree. Crypto is not mentioned on the Main-Wiki-Page, but has it's own page. So we should keep it that way. There are several more names of supposed legends in the audio files (environment-sounds) - There is no need to add them to the "These are the legends in game"-Page, as they are not in game. -> Something like {{data-mined}} could be a good solution.
TheRunyx (talk) 06:42, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey, so we have anonymous user(s) adding info about C.A.R and VOLT in voice actors, a page deleted twice now and intentionally vandalizing pages. What should we do?

Oh yeah, here is the number of the vandal.

36.75.158.153

There was decent info about the two weapons, Edited we could make it helpful, what should we do?
User: Azzazin My contact here

The user in question was blocked for 2 weeks. The info about the datamined weapons could be added on their own pages since it has a datamined notice on it now. Just don't link them on any pages containing official or released content. Metafysika (talk) 16:04, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Alright. Yeah. We might want a VOLT page, but we have a CAR. Page. I would like to state that I am not against anonymous users, or them doing a faulty move(I have made plenty), but intentionally vandalizing and adding that info to the deleted voice actors page was a problem. Thank you for responding and everyone keep up the good work(anonymous users included).

User:Azzazin My talk page Here

Adding High poly render images?

I know that many of the artists have provided high poly renders of the character models. Has anyone considered adding a gallery at the bottom of legend/weapon/location pages? I can request permission from the artists for this if it is needed.

Links to the examples I have in mind. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/mq5D4E https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Z538LR https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oOWEgO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Novicerobes (talk • contribs) at 05:35, 8 August 2019‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

It's fine. Just remember that the wiki has a file size limit for uploaded files.
Metafysika (talk) 06:28, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

I think the bridges images could be added to the gallery or the map, along with the loot box on the map. I’m not so sure where the Wraith pics would go, but you said there would be a Separate place, so go for it.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Azzazin (talk • contribs) at 13:08, 08 August 2019‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Why does everyone keep adding Voice Actor page?

Okay. So. Four times. Two vandalism, two were just made to help. I’ll admit, I started this page, but everyone keeps making this page, some with better intentions then others. What do we do? I am neutral, support adding it again just to add the Announcer voice actor (Attention: Champion eliminated) and to stop vandalism.

Or, we could keep it down, and just let the administrators delete it over and over. We probably should make something saying NO. I am fine either way, but we need to decide.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Azzazin (talk • contribs) at 00:52, 11 August 2019‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

I feel like adding an announcer page would make sense just from a wiki point of view. adding in voice lines and crediting the VA would be neat. Would prevent further issues I guess?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Novicerobes (talk • contribs) at 23:10, 11 August 2019‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

It's not everyone, it's one person who has been somewhat problematic recently. One of their ips was recently blocked for being more trouble than they're worth. There are additional preventative measures that can be taken if it continues, but creating the page just so it can say don't create it is going to cause the same issues it's supposed to be solving.
As for making an Announcer page, if you feel like you have enough to say about them, go for it.
Mr Pie 5 (talk) 00:44, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

On the topic of Seasons...

I have a couple things.

1. Should I cut and paste the Season 0 page to another page with a more relevant title, like “Pre-Season 1” and then delete it?

2. I seem to recall Respawn promising that they would release two Legends throughout Season 1 but they didn’t for some reason or another. For one, this supports the Crypto + Season 2 because Respawn wanted to make up for their missed promises. But mostly I would just add the info to Season 1. Does anyone else remember this or did I just make it up? Azzazin (talk) 12:59, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

1.) I think transferring the content to the Apex Legends page would be better since Pre-Season 1/Season 0 is just the Base Game bar the Havoc.
2.) They never promised two legends a season, that info was from a leaked listing on the PS4 that showed there should have been two legends for season 1, but they didn't say anything publicly about two legends a season. The roadmap they released also only said that they'll release AT LEAST 1 legend per season. That said, that was certainly the target since the invasion of the Leviathans fits the theme of Season 1 more than Season 2 and because in lore, Wattson and Octane joined the games the same season.
Metafysika (talk) 13:53, 15 August 2019 (UTC)