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This article was nominated for deletion on 28 May 2006. The result of the discussion was no consensus to delete.

This article was nominated for deletion on 5 August 2006. The result of the discussion was speedy keep.

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Contents 1 Regarding cite box 2 Deletion 3 Womrat? 4 Werewolf 5 New painting option 6 Release date official confirmation? 7 Reformatted article... 8 Mac 9 Warewolves and other odd sims 10 Infobox

[edit] Regarding cite box

It seems to be an issue with Internet Explorer. My recommendation is to use Mozilla as the box is properly formatted with that browser.--Crossmr 16:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

This page needs to be deleted. It is too speculative, and Wikipedia is Not a Crystal Ball. --Moped 01:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC) I request that someone delete it.

1 - learn how to list an article for AfD before doing so. All you've done now is make a mess. 2 - The product has been confirmed and all the information on the product is cited from a reliable source.--Crossmr 01:43, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Everything on the paged is sourced, even the source isn't listed. Jaxad0127 02:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

"Everything on the paged is sourced, even the source isn't listed. Jaxad0127 02:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)" Jaxad0127, what you said contradicts itself. --Moped 06:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thats a moot point now that it has been reorganized with the reference. Jaxad0127 18:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

and you still haven't explained what is unsourced on the article.--Crossmr 15:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes but the template was there, so we have to go through it.--Crossmr 02:19, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Why should it be deleted? Its an actual game, thats coming out, its an article on something real. We have articles for Nightlife and University, why not the Pets expansion. The most waited out expansion in the Sims.Koolgiy 07:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

This game is apparently coming out... i dont see the reason for deleting and re-writing it all over again —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.197.189.203 (talk • contribs) 07:44, 5 August 2006.

The official sims 2 website even devoted an entire section to sims 2 pets with screens and videos and all. At this point, its safe to say this is definitely NOT speculative. sims 2 pets is under production —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.197.189.203 (talk • contribs) 07:53, 5 August 2006.

The Sims 2 website has a thing on it. Gamespot has a thing on it. EAs website has a thing on it. The Sims 2 site has a friggin flash animation on the front page for it for cripes sake! Why delete it! Its a good and real article. By the way, who put on the deletion thing anyway? The guy User:Moped doesn't seem to be an admin. If he is he doesn't have the userbox saying he is. --Koolgiy 16:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

You don't have to be an admin to nominate an article for deletion.--Crossmr 17:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Moped, I'm wondering why you removed most of the features list. All of it is sourced and theres no reason to remove it. Jaxad0127 22:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I demand that someone un-delete the SimCity 5 article. NOW. --Moped 16:39, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

"Moped", I suggest you learn to calm down, learn how to edit, learn some common sense, and best of all, some etiquette. ~ Dan

And he looks like a fool now. ~ Dan

He was just being a spoiled brat about his pet article being deleted. Forget about it. Umlautbob 10:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Womrat?

It said that there will be womrats in the game. What's a womrat? Is it supposed to say Wombat? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cool-Fly (talk • contribs) 13:46, 7 August 2006.

Its some kind of guinea pig/something else rodent. I believe its described in the chat.--Crossmr 17:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Isn't that actually a guinea pig? Womrats weren't in the original Sims, just guinea pigs and the Unleashed animals. Or maybe it's that little thing that came out of the pot? --Alexie 16:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I googled it and its a "wombat crossed with a rat". Jaxad0127 17:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh. --Alexie 20:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

which look surprisingly alot like a guinea pig

[edit] Werewolf

We need a better citation for this, preferably an officially hosted image. Imageshack in this case counts as a self-published source, and can't be used.--Crossmr 14:40, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. There is a lot of speculation about Werewolves being the 'next thing' for this expansion but there is no actual evidence of them as yet. Robovski 02:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The producers at Maxis have confirmed the existence of werewolves in an official chatroom event which had occured soon after the game was announced by EA. Sillygostly 06:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Maxis only said "maybe" in that chat. The article references GameSpy for werewolves. Jaxad0127 16:15, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

This has yet to be confirmed, but there is a werewolf that features in one of the "Pets Played By" videos entitled "Fetching Lover". ~ Dan

I've seen wolves in the list of NPCs spawnable via the Tombstone of Life and Death, as well as something called "Leader of the Pack." Haven't gotten either to actually spawn as yet. Will report back if successful. Umlautbob 00:20, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

"Leader of the Pack" is probably like the Grand Vampires. Untill there is a verifiable reference to werewolves, it should stay out. Jaxad0127 04:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I dont know if this is a more variable source: http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims2pets/show_msgs.html?topic_id=m-1-30890650

There still needs to be some much more proper research done into this. ~ Dan 86.135.131.143 13:26, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I was successfully able to spawn a Leader of the Pack. It was a black wolfish dog named Killer with green, glowing eyes. Seems promising, but no cheats give away an ability to turn a Sim into a werewolf. I guess I'll have to befriend him the old-fashioned way. I'm also working on getting a screenshot of him. Buddy13 21:05, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Original research won't help the isuue. — Jaxad0127 01:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Extensive fiddling with boolprop produced nothing. So I googled it. http://thesims2.ea.com/community/chat_10_05_06_pc.php is a chat transcript dated October 5, 2006. The game was released October 18, 2006, meaning they could not have added or deleted features at this point. In chat, it is confirmed that werewolves can age, and that a Sim can be a vampire, werewolf, alien and zombie aimultaneous. I think we can therefore consider their existence in-game confirmed, although I've not yet seen one. Umlautbob 09:56, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

So add it to the article as a confirmed feature. — Jaxad0127 16:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Someone add this. I have confirmed this myself thrice, since I brought the expansion just today. One, it's mentioned loosly in the manual. Two, there's a section on werewolves in the in-game help system, and three my Sim just became one out of luck just five minutes ago (it's all random, and I was lucky here). ~ Dan 82.38.146.237 18:51, 20 October 2006 (UTC) It's already in there. "Sims that get bitten by wolves may become werewolves." Umlautbob 01:07, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

And another disadventage is the fur on yours sims face, shouldent that be listed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SerpentsTail (talk • contribs).

[edit] New painting option

I still think it needs work, and to avoid an edit war, I bringing it here. This is my current proposal for the wording:

• Sims with high Creativity skill can now paint art based on the user's own image collection.

I tried to make it used the same tone, etc, of the othere entries (which it should), with input from other versions on the page. Please comment. — Jaxad0127 16:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release date official confirmation?

Can anybody cite an official reference for the release date of this game? My Googling has resulted in about a dozen different sites that show a dozen different release dates. Can anybody officially confirm what date it actually was released? - Vaelor 05:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reformatted article...

Still could use a bit more work though. Anyone more knowledgable with this expansion pack might be better on helping improving the article. Abby724 05:23, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mac

I think that the category "Mac OS X games" should be removed until the actual release of the exp pak for the Mac. --ÆAUSSIEevilÆ 18:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The Mac version was released 2006-11-07 and I've added the info to the page. Apologies to the editors for the many edits; I'm a newbie and a nitpicker to boot. --Cryptognome 01:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warewolves and other odd sims

Can a Sim become a warewoolf if they are already a vampire, zombie or an alien half breed thing? For that matter can they become a combination of any of those things? -Dr.-B 07:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC) Yeah. None of those states conflict, so far as I know. Umlautbob 22:33, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

Something needs to be done about the infobox. It looks oddly shapen or something. Does anyone know if its possible to change the width of it at all? i.e. force it to be slightly wider?--Crossmr 20:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)