Talk:Steyr Scout

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Do we really need this weapon's page to contain crap about Counter-Strike? I mean really, this is an encyclopedia, not a gaming manual. --144.136.168.184 07:28, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

^^Agree - User:Todoperoso

Disagree: penetration into popular culture is important, especially since the gun is a little obscure. Hga 22:50, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Except, if you went to the average person, they wouldn't know a thing about this gun. So, is it that noteable? No one has heard of it, the game didn't really spread any knowledge, so it isn't noteable enough to be included.--LWF 00:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps---but when I was in high school, if I came across mention of a (esp. cool) gun I'd never heard of, I and my friends would look it up in "Small Arms of the World". Nowadays people have the net including Wikipedia for that. So therefore I still think it's noteable, especially when comparing to other, better known guns that are more featured in games. To be encyclopedic I want an entry to tell me these sorts of things I wouldn't otherwise know about. Hga 00:48, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It's important to remember that when the anonymous user at the top complained about the "crap", a year ago, there was a hell of a lot about the usage of the Steyr Scout in Counter-Strike, and precious little else. It's important to keep the focus on the real weapon, so I think linking to the Counter-Strike article is a perfectly acceptable compromise. Seanlavelle 03:20, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Is this the Steyr SSG? - User:Superknijn

No, Superknijn, it is not.