Talk:Tribes (series)
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[edit] Changing direct linkage
Tribes is a video game with the more commonly used term "tribes" as it's title. I am removing the direct link to this page when using the term "Tribes" only, as the term "tribes", as a social concept, will continue beyond this game.
This article will be accessible by using the term "tribes" through a link supplied at the top of the Tribe(s) article as well as using Tribes (game). I did not create a disambiguation page as there would only be three entries so far, Tribe(s), Tribe (biology), & Tribes (game)
--Duemellon 14:03, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I'm not happy with the article's name change from "Tribes (game)" to "Tribes franchise". After all, we don't have articles named "Star Wars franchise" or "Microsoft Windows franchise". - Brian Kendig 00:02, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- * I absolutely agree. It's not a good change, it's without precedent (no "Virtua Fighter franchise", etc., or anything else). Also, no one will search for "franchise" just "Tribes" or "Tribes Game", etc. It's also not quite famous enough to get "franchise", despite how great they are. Terrapin 13:09, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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12/1/2005, this page probably needs a reference to Tribalwar (another wikipedia entry) and a quick summary describing the linkage between the two.
[edit] Disagree with direct link change
I completely disagree with changing tribes to direct towards tribe. Why would someone type the plural tense for an encyclopedia entry? Do most people search for fish, or fishes? Perhaps if they were searching for a list of tribes, yes, but then they would likely include "list" in their search terms. And saying that the social concept will continue beyond the game is irrelevant; this is an encyclopedia, meant to record and catalogue data. What you have said is akin to saying "well, since almost no one will remember it a few years from now, it's really not that important", which is defeating of the purpose of an encyclopedia in the first place.
I think that although the game will not likely ever be as popular as it once was, it does not forsake its notoreity via the term "Tribes". I am changing it back to redirect towards the game as I have a good faith belief that the majority of people typing in "Tribes" are looking for the game series.
--Ihmhi 05:46, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
- Consider internal linking: [1]. I'm going to revert the Tribes redirect. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 07:28, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- Consider supplying an argument for your revert next time. Re-reverting to redirect to this article. -- Y|yukichigai 19:15, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
