Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Halo trilogy

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[edit] Halo trilogy

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Halo (series)GA	Halo: Combat EvolvedFA - Halo 2FA - Halo 3FA

Um, so yeah. Pretty self-explanatory. David Fuchs ^(talk) 03:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support - Ahh, at long last, these article have arrived...I have a thought though; perhaps this should be named "Halo video game series" or something like that. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 04:46, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support - Meets the criteria. In response to Judgesurreal777, it could be argued that "Halo Video Game Series" would need to include Halo Wars and Halo: Chronicles. I'm not opposed to calling the topic "Halo Video Game Series" though because the other 2 games are not part of this storyline, just occuring in the same fictional universe. James086^{Talk | Email} 09:04, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I think the topic should include all games in the universe. The other two articles are not GA class, but because they are not have not yet been released, they should be able to qualify under the featured topic critiria's "short article" clause, as long as the articles were brought up to GA once the games were released. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 16:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I suppose it could be done (I doubt it will take that long for the WikiProject to whip them into shape upon release) but since they won't be coming out for some time I feel a bit hesitant; I'd rather add them to the topic later. David Fuchs ^(talk) 22:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

The games are quite separate. Halo Wars takes place 27 years before the Halo: Combat Evolved and the story of Halo: Chronicles is completely unknown. The 3 games nominated were directly linked, the other 2 games are only linked by taking place in the same universe. It would be possible though so incase it is decided that Halo Wars and Halo: Chronicles are necessary I'll get to work on them. James086^{Talk | Email} 01:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

The fact that they are quite separate in-universe is irrelevant. If they are made by the same company under the same brand name, than they can be grouped together for an academic study such as this; you can say within the articles themselves how they differ in-universe from each other. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 05:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I see your point but they aren't made by the same company, Halo Wars is made by Ensemble Studios and Halo: Chronicles is made by Wingnut Interactive with help from Bungie. Also, they can be grouped together, but that doesn't mean they should be. Like the Star Wars films, I would be willing to bet that there has been a spin-off film which is in the same universe but isn't part of the 6 main ones. Should that be included in the FT (even though it's getting delisted). James086^{Talk | Email} 08:31, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Update: There are 4 Starwars spin-off films; see the second line of Template:Star Wars. They are technically Star Wars films. That's why this topic was originally named "Halo trilogy", so that it only included the 3 main games. Personally I don't think it's cherrypicking but perhaps others do so I'm not going to fight consensus if it is decided to include them. James086^{Talk | Email} 08:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

It wouldn't require any work to add them to the topic, just put both articles with check marks in them until they come out, and rename it Halo video games. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support - never played any of these games, but the Halo articles' quality always impressed me, I mirror on them, the Zelda FAs and Metal Gear Solid to improve VG articles. igordebraga ≠ 13:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment - Halo 3 is up for FAC here, however because it is a GA and there are already 2 featured articles I don't think this should have any effect. James086^{Talk | Email} 14:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - What image should be used for the topic? Do we have a Halo-like ring that's free use somewhere? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 23:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I could probably make one easily, starting with the logo I used for WP:HALO. David Fuchs ^(talk) 00:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Just for clarity, here's the logo David created. It would do the job I think, considering the image used on the Final Fantasy FTs. James086^{Talk | Email} 03:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

We could use that one, or we could use this one I had made but forgot about... the ring is more representative, at least. David Fuchs ^(talk) 21:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't mind which image is used. James086^{Talk | Email} 08:21, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support Well done. Pagrashtak 05:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support - 3 FAs out of 4 is pretty nice. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 06:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support - looks good. Scope can be expanded to include the other two games after they become out and become GAs or whatever. Oh, and IMO, I prefer the first image. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 07:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support — Meets all of the criteria. I do not think this is cherry picking. Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 22:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support. - Meets criteria, great work. Cirt (talk) 15:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
• Close nomination as promote --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 17:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)