User talk:Splatg

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Seems you joined some time back, I just wanted to welcome you. <>Who?¿? 7 July 2005 11:28 (UTC)

[edit] WOAH there cowboy

Did you start any discussions on talk pages about your grand plan to divide the article Marathon (computer game) into FIVE articles? This is a big step and one that you need to gain consensus for BEFORE doing it. I for one am opposed -- there simply isn't enough encyclopedic material. Please direct me to the appropriate discussion demonstrating such consensus or I will revert your changes. Argyrios 18:52, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Note that there are many duplicate paragraphs among the five articles. This is a pretty clear sign to me that the articles did not need to be split. When I do revert the changes pending your acknowledgement of this objection, I will be sure to start a topic on the talk page about your proposal and add the following template to the sections for each game

{{splitsection}}

I'm sorry but we have a way of doing things here, and we operate by consensus. You SHOULD be bold in editing, but not in making sweeping and controvertial changes. Argyrios 19:05, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Yeah I'm sorry about that, got a bit carried away. I'll revert all that stuff back and then we can do this the proper way.
Cool. I would suggest leaving the individual articles for now, but replacing the "main article" thing under each one with the {{splitsection}} template. Another possibility, which I would be more in favor of, would be to divide the article based on category rather than game, something along the lines of how Myth (computer game) has one page for the whole series of games, a separate page Story of Myth (computer game) for the story. The story is really the main difference between the games anyway... weapons, characters, etc, are pretty constant.
I don't want to seem like an asshole about this, and if everyone else agrees with your proposal I will happily concede defeat. Argyrios 22:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

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