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[edit] Terran Federation

Chill out pal, on wiki stuff that's been deleted can be un-deleted with the click of a few buttons no problem. Unfortunately you've answered ur own question with that quote, it doesn't mention terrorism.

"there was a time just before they went down the drain when such crimes as Dillinger's were as common as dogfights. The Terror had not been just in North America"

Dillinger was a child killer, the word terror might as well be replaced with fear. It doesn't mention Terrorism, in the modern sense, the act/threat of violence committed for political or ideological goals. Ryan4314 (talk) 22:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I've looked through my copy of the book, it says;
"Mr.Dubois was talking about the disorders that preceded the breakup of the North American Republic, back in XXth century. According to him, there was time just before they went down the drain when such crimes as Dillinger's were as common. The Terror had not been just in North America..."
Now don't get me wrong I love this book and Heinlein had incredible foresight considering it was written in 59'. However he was talking about the degradation of society, that's what it says on the Starship Troopers article (which is a featured article) here in case you just think this is my opinion. Anyway to say;
"that at the end of the 20th Century, the "North American Republic " was brought down by raging terrorist activity which took place all around the world, including Russia and the British Isles."
is quite a stretch! There's no mention of terrorism (the act/threat of violence committed for political or ideological goals) like what you wiki-linked to, besides to draw that conclusion would be what Wikipedia calls Original Research. Now I know this article has some serious OR problems [1]. So tell u what, ur edit's probably not doing any harm, it be cool if u could revert by tomorrow night and then me n u can get to work on fixing up the article, how does that sound? :) Ryan4314 (talk) 23:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Re: UNSC

At WP:HALO we decided it was best to have an article that could reach FA class rather than a stubby UNSC page. As you can see, I've begun adding plenty of details; the more game-guidish stuff that doesn't belong at Wikipedia can be found by going to Halopedia. By the by, thanks for taking over the Halo story page at HBO; I've always enjoyed the section. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 23:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

By the way, any chance you can get the timeline at HBO updated with the events of Halo 3? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm pretty busy at the moment, I'd have to read through the timeline to get Halo 3 down to the basics... but an important, definite date is March 3, 2553 as the date the memorial is dedicated, or when the war ends... (see the cinematic) not exactly sure which. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 00:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
By all means, split it up. I don't own the article, after all. :P I haven't really fleshed out all the components, but something like Species of StarCraft is what I've been keeping in my mind's eye (with development for each faction within the larger sections.) Just remember to keep it summarized... while I do know we need more in-universe details, we should remember we have to keep it balanced by the other stuff, so perhaps talk about the government and military in the same section (different paragraphs or whatnot.) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 18:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: HBO

I think we should expand the section before we decide to spin them off. Really, the fan fiction aspect is not really what HBO is known for, and so while we need to include it for comprehensiveness, sources dictate a smaller portion in the article. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 19:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)