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Welcome to the '''Infantry Weapons WikiProject'''. We are a group dedicated to improving BattleTechWiki's coverage of Infantry Weapons. Feel free to join in by adding your name to the group, grabbing an [[BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons#Articles|article]] to complete or weighing in on the [[BattleTechWiki talk:WikiProject Infantry Weapons|discussion]]. | Welcome to the '''Infantry Weapons WikiProject'''. We are a group dedicated to improving BattleTechWiki's coverage of Infantry Weapons. Feel free to join in by adding your name to the group, grabbing an [[BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons#Articles|article]] to complete or weighing in on the [[BattleTechWiki talk:WikiProject Infantry Weapons|discussion]]. | ||
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*Catalog every Infantry or BattleArmor weapon used in [[BattleTech]], [[BattleTroops]] or each of the 4 Role Playing Games And BattleTroops | *Catalog every Infantry or BattleArmor weapon used in [[BattleTech]], [[BattleTroops]] or each of the 4 Role Playing Games And BattleTroops | ||
**[[Classic BattleTech]] [underway] | **[[Classic BattleTech]] [underway] | ||
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***Ensure all variants for all infantry weapons are present | ***Ensure all variants for all infantry weapons are present | ||
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* A little vague right now, but we'll need to discuss the differences between [[Classic BattleTech|CBT]], [[BattleTroops|BTroops]], [[MechWarrior First Edition|RPG1e]], [[MechWarrior Second Edition|RPG2e]], [[MechWarrior Third Edition|RPG3e]] (or [[Classic BattleTech RPG|RPG3e]]) & [[A Time of War|RPG4e]] entries. | * A little vague right now, but we'll need to discuss the differences between [[Classic BattleTech|CBT]], [[BattleTroops|BTroops]], [[MechWarrior First Edition|RPG1e]], [[MechWarrior Second Edition|RPG2e]], [[MechWarrior Third Edition|RPG3e]] (or [[Classic BattleTech RPG|RPG3e]]) & [[A Time of War|RPG4e]] entries. | ||
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==Categories== | ==Categories== | ||
| − | In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this ''is'' Project Infantry Weapon, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing | + | In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this ''is'' Project Infantry Weapon, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing infantry weapons. |
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| − | + | ==On the Back Burner== | |
| + | Categorization that is slated to begin when the previous task is, at a minimum, near-complete: | ||
**Categorizing Infantry Weapons into the more specific aspects (such as classes, weights, etc.) is currently on the back burner; but feel free to at populate the class (e.g., [[:Category:Support Weapons]]) and Crew Requirements (e.g., [[:Category:Support Weapon (Light)]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Portable)]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Semi-Portable)]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Support)]]) categories if you have the time. Remember to further complicate things there is the [[:Category:Weapons (Light)]] for infantry bladed weapons, staves, bows, pistols and rifles and [[:Category:Weapons (Medium)]] for all three classes of Support Weapons as well as BattleArmor Mounted Weapons. The Third type [[:Category:Weapons (Heavy)]], is a re-issue of the class for Vehicle Mounted Weapons. | **Categorizing Infantry Weapons into the more specific aspects (such as classes, weights, etc.) is currently on the back burner; but feel free to at populate the class (e.g., [[:Category:Support Weapons]]) and Crew Requirements (e.g., [[:Category:Support Weapon (Light)]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Portable)]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Semi-Portable)]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Support)]]) categories if you have the time. Remember to further complicate things there is the [[:Category:Weapons (Light)]] for infantry bladed weapons, staves, bows, pistols and rifles and [[:Category:Weapons (Medium)]] for all three classes of Support Weapons as well as BattleArmor Mounted Weapons. The Third type [[:Category:Weapons (Heavy)]], is a re-issue of the class for Vehicle Mounted Weapons. | ||
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| + | 'Official' categories you can add 'Infantry Weapons to may be found at the [[BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons Portal|Project Infantry Weapons Portal]]. | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 9 February 2011
Welcome to the Infantry Weapons WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving BattleTechWiki's coverage of Infantry Weapons. Feel free to join in by adding your name to the group, grabbing an article to complete or weighing in on the discussion.
Contents
Goals
- Catalog every Infantry or BattleArmor weapon used in BattleTech, BattleTroops or each of the 4 Role Playing Games And BattleTroops
- Ensure all variants for all infantry weapons are present
Scope
- A little vague right now, but we'll need to discuss the differences between CBT, BTroops, RPG1e, RPG2e, RPG3e (or RPG3e) & RPG4e entries.
News
Guidelines
- Cameron developed the current format used for the RPG Weapons from the format used for BattleTech Weapons. The current concept for infantry weapons has that there are five sections:
- Description : a basic description of the Infantry Portable or BattleMech mounted Weapon
- Variants : Generic Weapons that lead a category can have variants, Recomend that weapons that have been given their own stats are linked to from this section.
- References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article
- Infobox : created with pre-established fields that need to be filled in with the relevant info
- One thing to consider is that the articles tend towards to an in-character (IC) role, though there are some obvious out-of-character (OOC) bits included (ex: BV). If there is a place for a stat in the infobox, do not use it in the description if you can avoid it.
- Link everything, at least once. If the term is Star League, link to it. If House Marik is referenced in the text, link to it. Link to other unit types, like DropShips. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, feel free to link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday!
- In the variants section, list the whole designation again. For example, if the Auto-Pistol is the primary article, in the variant section, start off each entry with the differenced name Auto-Pistol (Sternsnacht).
Open tasks
- Discuss what categories, outside those limited to Infantry Weapons, should be attached to each infantry weapon article article. (See talk page.)
- Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles.
- Place the Project Infantry Weapon messagebox (see Tags below) on each Infantry Weapon discussion page.
Members
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Cameron, adding initial entries and cleanup of new entries
Articles
Collaboration and review
Note: Editors, please remove the article from the list once you have weighed in. Please add new articles to the list from the bottom.
New Articles Needed
Please add articles that need to be written.
- Machine Gun, Light (Support Weapon)
- Machine Gun, Portable Battle Armor Light Machine Gun
- Machine Gun, Portable (Support Weapon)
- Machine Gun, Semi-Portable Battle Armor Light Machine Gun
- Machine Gun, Semi-Portable (Support Weapon)
- Machine Gun, Support Battle Armor Machine Gun
- Machine Gun, Support (Support Weapon) Machine Gun
- Autocannon, Semi-Portable Battle Armor Heavy Machine Gun
- Autocannon, Semi-Portable (Support Weapon)
- Bearhunter Superheavy Autocannon Battle Armor Heavy Machine Gun Battle Armor Bear Hunter
- Autocannon, Bear Hunter(Support Weapon)
New Articles Review
See Template:WikiProject Infantry Weapons for instructions on how to both flag new articles for review, and flag that you have reviewed them.
- If you wish to review new articles, a listing may be found in the New articles needing to be reviewed tracking category.
Peer Review
See Template:WikiProject Infantry Weapons for instructions on how to both flag articles for peer review, and flag that you have reviewed them.
- If you wish to peer review articles, a listing may be found in the Articles needing to be peer reviewed tracking category.
Team Assessment
Add an article that you would like to see graded by a Project:Infantry Weapons team member [grading system yet to be introduced].
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Featured Articles
Previously Featured
- None yet.
- …
Candidates
- Also none yet, but we definitely could use some candidates here.
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Templates
- Quick Create article for Infantry Weapons
- InfoBoxRPGWeapon template (each of the RPG Suppages)
- Quick Create article for BattleTech Weapons
- InfoBoxWeapon template (Main Article - BattleTech Stats)
Tags
- {{WikiProject Infantry Weapon}} (please see the template itself for usage documentation) displays this:
Template:WikiProject Infantry Weapon
- [[Image:BTW PMInfantry Weapon.jpg]] displays this:
File:BTW PMInfantry Weapon.jpg
Categories
In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this is Project Infantry Weapon, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing infantry weapons.
- Right Now — categorization that is meant be already underway:
- Currently, the only 'required' category is Category:Infantry Weapons. All Infantry Weapons should be in this category upon article creation.
On the Back Burner
Categorization that is slated to begin when the previous task is, at a minimum, near-complete:
- Categorizing Infantry Weapons into the more specific aspects (such as classes, weights, etc.) is currently on the back burner; but feel free to at populate the class (e.g., Category:Support Weapons) and Crew Requirements (e.g., Category:Support Weapon (Light), Category:Support Weapon (Portable), Category:Support Weapon (Semi-Portable), Category:Support Weapon (Support)) categories if you have the time. Remember to further complicate things there is the Category:Weapons (Light) for infantry bladed weapons, staves, bows, pistols and rifles and Category:Weapons (Medium) for all three classes of Support Weapons as well as BattleArmor Mounted Weapons. The Third type Category:Weapons (Heavy), is a re-issue of the class for Vehicle Mounted Weapons.
Note
'Official' categories you can add 'Infantry Weapons to may be found at the Project Infantry Weapons Portal.
Resources
Related projects
- Project Infantry Units