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**Computer/Video Game Systems [awaiting action] | **Computer/Video Game Systems [awaiting action] | ||
*Categorize the ground units: | *Categorize the ground units: | ||
| − | **Tech Base ( | + | **Tech Base/Faction [underway] |
| − | **Battle | + | **Mass (by Weight Categories & specific tonnage) [underway] |
| − | ** | + | **Motive System [underway] |
| + | **Role on the battlefield [underway] | ||
| + | *By type: | ||
| + | **Battle Armor [completed up through ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''] | ||
| + | **Combat Vehicles [underway] | ||
| + | **ProtoMechs [template needs creation] | ||
| + | **Support Vehicles [template needs creation] | ||
;Scope | ;Scope | ||
| − | * Create and maintain all articles on [[combat vehicle]]s, [[support vehicle]]s, [[battle armor]], [[ProtoMech]]s. | + | * Create and maintain all articles on [[combat vehicle]]s, [[support vehicle]]s, [[battle armor]], and [[ProtoMech]]s. This includes tracked, hover, and wheeled tanks, VTOLs, WiGEs, and blue-water naval vessels. |
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*[[User:CJKeys|CJKeys]] developed the current format used for BattleMechs. This has been adapted for every other unit type. The current concept for units has that there are five sections: | *[[User:CJKeys|CJKeys]] developed the current format used for BattleMechs. This has been adapted for every other unit type. The current concept for units has that there are five sections: | ||
**Description : a basic description of the unit | **Description : a basic description of the unit | ||
| − | ** | + | **Weapons and Equipment: what does it carry and some notes on the same; not to be a simple list, but a narrative |
**Variants : list each type of variant seen, and if not from CBT, indicate so, ''in italics''. | **Variants : list each type of variant seen, and if not from CBT, indicate so, ''in italics''. | ||
**References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article (include page numbers) | **References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article (include page numbers) | ||
**Infobox : created with pre-established fields that need to be filled in with the relevant info | **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). In the text, if going OOC, use italics. | *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). In the text, if going OOC, use italics. | ||
| − | *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 [[DropShip]]s. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, | + | *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 [[DropShip]]s. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, please link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday! |
*Add any date information available for the unit and make sure it has a link associated. This makes updating the timeline and associated year articles much easier. | *Add any date information available for the unit and make sure it has a link associated. This makes updating the timeline and associated year articles much easier. | ||
*Bold the first instance of the name, as with all articles. | *Bold the first instance of the name, as with all articles. | ||
| + | *Only some unit names are italicized. The names of specific ProtoMechs should always be italicized, while those of vehicles and battle armor are not. | ||
*In the variants section, list the variant name as appropriate. For example: There is a variant of the [[Gabriel]] fielded by the Taurian Defense Force entitled "TDF." | *In the variants section, list the variant name as appropriate. For example: There is a variant of the [[Gabriel]] fielded by the Taurian Defense Force entitled "TDF." | ||
**TDF - The variant entry looks like this... | **TDF - The variant entry looks like this... | ||
| − | *When adding categories, use the following order: Combat Vehicles, weight class, tonnage, motive type, role, and faction. | + | *When adding categories to combat vehicle articles, use the following order: Combat Vehicles, weight class, tonnage, motive type, role, and faction. |
==Open tasks== | ==Open tasks== | ||
*Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles. | *Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles. | ||
*Place the Project Ground Units messagebox (see '''Tags''' below) on each article's discussion page. | *Place the Project Ground Units messagebox (see '''Tags''' below) on each article's discussion page. | ||
| + | *Create needed pages. See '''New Articles Needed''' below for some examples. | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
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# [[User:Communibus locis|Locis]]: Catching dates and adding to [[timeline]] and year articles as appropriate. | # [[User:Communibus locis|Locis]]: Catching dates and adding to [[timeline]] and year articles as appropriate. | ||
# [[User:The Big Eye|The Big Eye]]: Adding information sifted from the Mechwarrior 4 and MechCommander 2 games, random spelling and grammar checks, and generally making things irritating. | # [[User:The Big Eye|The Big Eye]]: Adding information sifted from the Mechwarrior 4 and MechCommander 2 games, random spelling and grammar checks, and generally making things irritating. | ||
| + | # [[User:Jherbert2|Jherbert2]] Finding and adding articles. I link this wiki in my website for descriptions of mechs and vehicles. (see [[links]]). | ||
| + | # [[User:Doneve|Doneve]] update BV. | ||
| + | # [[User:Wrangler|Wrangler]] - Adding and filling info on articles. Helping where i can. | ||
| + | # [[User:BirdofPrey|Bird of Prey]]: Categorizing vehicles and editing for readability. | ||
| + | # [[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]]: Grammatical editing, adding finishing touches | ||
| + | # [[User:ClerkTechGB72|ClerkTechBG72]]: Portal Faction categories - creating wanted pages, checking/adding links for Faction-manufactured vehicles, and listing vehicle manufacturers per Faction. Doing this along side my "Improvement Effort: Manufacturing". | ||
| + | # [[User:Dark Jaguar|Dark Jaguar]]: Infantry units - these really need a major overhaul | ||
==Articles== | ==Articles== | ||
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| − | ;New Articles Needed: ''Please add articles that need to be written.'' | + | ;New Articles Needed: ''Please add articles that need to be written. Anybody may request an article be written.'' |
''Combat Vehicles'' | ''Combat Vehicles'' | ||
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''Battle Armor'' | ''Battle Armor'' | ||
''ProtoMechs'' | ''ProtoMechs'' | ||
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| + | ''Support Vehicles'' | ||
| + | *[[Skimmer]] | ||
;New Articles Review:''See [[Template:WikiProject Ground Units]] for instructions on how to both flag new articles for review, and flag that you have reviewed them.'' | ;New Articles Review:''See [[Template:WikiProject Ground Units]] for instructions on how to both flag new articles for review, and flag that you have reviewed them.'' | ||
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*[[Help:CreateCombatVehicleArticle|Quick Create article for Combat Vehicles]] | *[[Help:CreateCombatVehicleArticle|Quick Create article for Combat Vehicles]] | ||
*[[Template:InfoBoxCombatVehicle|InfoBoxCombatVehicle template]] | *[[Template:InfoBoxCombatVehicle|InfoBoxCombatVehicle template]] | ||
| + | *[[Help:CreateProtoMechArticle|Quickly Create - A ProtoMech Article]] | ||
| + | *[[Template:InfoBoxProtoMech|InfoBoxProtoMech template]] | ||
==Tags== | ==Tags== | ||
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In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this ''is'' Project Ground Units, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing ground units. | In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this ''is'' Project Ground Units, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing ground units. | ||
| + | **Currently, the only 'required' category is [[:Category:Combat Vehicles]], [[:Category: Support Vehicles]], [[:Category:Battle Armor]], or [[:Category:ProtoMechs]]; as appropriate. All such units should be in the appropriate category upon article creation. | ||
| − | + | **Categorizing units into the more specific aspects (such as weight classes, weights, motive type, combat role, faction, etc.) is currently optional; but feel free to at populate the class (e.g., [[:Category:Light Combat Vehicles]]) and tonnage (e.g., [[:Category:3 ton ProtoMechs]]) categories if you have the time. | |
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 23 March 2017
Welcome to the Ground Units WikiProject. This is a group dedicated to improving BattleTechWiki's coverage of ground units. Feel free to join in by adding your name to the group, grabbing an article to complete or weighing in on the discussion.
- Goals
- Catalogue every ground unit used in BattleTech that is not a BattleMech
- Classic BattleTech [underway]
- MechWarrior: Dark Age [awaiting action]
- Computer/Video Game Systems [awaiting action]
- Categorize the ground units:
- Tech Base/Faction [underway]
- Mass (by Weight Categories & specific tonnage) [underway]
- Motive System [underway]
- Role on the battlefield [underway]
- By type:
- Battle Armor [completed up through Technical Readout: 3075]
- Combat Vehicles [underway]
- ProtoMechs [template needs creation]
- Support Vehicles [template needs creation]
- Scope
- Create and maintain all articles on combat vehicles, support vehicles, battle armor, and ProtoMechs. This includes tracked, hover, and wheeled tanks, VTOLs, WiGEs, and blue-water naval vessels.
Contents
News
- 28 January 2008 (Scaletail)
- Project:Ground Units is created
- 17 March 2008 (Scaletail)
- All canon battle armor designs have been created
Guidelines
- CJKeys developed the current format used for BattleMechs. This has been adapted for every other unit type. The current concept for units has that there are five sections:
- Description : a basic description of the unit
- Weapons and Equipment: what does it carry and some notes on the same; not to be a simple list, but a narrative
- Variants : list each type of variant seen, and if not from CBT, indicate so, in italics.
- References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article (include page numbers)
- 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). In the text, if going OOC, use italics.
- 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, please link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday!
- Add any date information available for the unit and make sure it has a link associated. This makes updating the timeline and associated year articles much easier.
- Bold the first instance of the name, as with all articles.
- Only some unit names are italicized. The names of specific ProtoMechs should always be italicized, while those of vehicles and battle armor are not.
- In the variants section, list the variant name as appropriate. For example: There is a variant of the Gabriel fielded by the Taurian Defense Force entitled "TDF."
- TDF - The variant entry looks like this...
- When adding categories to combat vehicle articles, use the following order: Combat Vehicles, weight class, tonnage, motive type, role, and faction.
Open tasks
- Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles.
- Place the Project Ground Units messagebox (see Tags below) on each article's discussion page.
- Create needed pages. See New Articles Needed below for some examples.
Members
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Scaletail: adding entries, basic cleanup, not copying things directly from sourcebooks
- Haruspex: Making red pages blue :) And adding little details basically, mostly from novels but also from free sources like previews and the like (i'm cheap).
- Dmzline: Working on 3025/6 vehicles, letting Scaletail clean up my articles.
- Locis: Catching dates and adding to timeline and year articles as appropriate.
- The Big Eye: Adding information sifted from the Mechwarrior 4 and MechCommander 2 games, random spelling and grammar checks, and generally making things irritating.
- Jherbert2 Finding and adding articles. I link this wiki in my website for descriptions of mechs and vehicles. (see links).
- Doneve update BV.
- Wrangler - Adding and filling info on articles. Helping where i can.
- Bird of Prey: Categorizing vehicles and editing for readability.
- BobTheZombie: Grammatical editing, adding finishing touches
- ClerkTechBG72: Portal Faction categories - creating wanted pages, checking/adding links for Faction-manufactured vehicles, and listing vehicle manufacturers per Faction. Doing this along side my "Improvement Effort: Manufacturing".
- Dark Jaguar: Infantry units - these really need a major overhaul
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. Anybody may request an article be written.
Combat Vehicles
Battle Armor
ProtoMechs
Support Vehicles
- New Articles Review
- See Template:WikiProject Ground Units 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 Ground Units 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:Ground Units team member [grading system yet to be introduced].
- …
Featured Articles
Previously Featured
- None yet.
- …
Candidates
- Also none yet, but we definitely could use some candidates here.
- …
Templates
- Quick Create article for Battle Armor
- InfoBoxBattleArmor template
- Quick Create article for Combat Vehicles
- InfoBoxCombatVehicle template
- Quickly Create - A ProtoMech Article
- InfoBoxProtoMech template
Tags
- {{WikiProject Ground Units}} (please see the template itself for usage documentation) displays this:
Categories
In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this is Project Ground Units, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing ground units.
- Currently, the only 'required' category is Category:Combat Vehicles, Category: Support Vehicles, Category:Battle Armor, or Category:ProtoMechs; as appropriate. All such units should be in the appropriate category upon article creation.
- Categorizing units into the more specific aspects (such as weight classes, weights, motive type, combat role, faction, etc.) is currently optional; but feel free to at populate the class (e.g., Category:Light Combat Vehicles) and tonnage (e.g., Category:3 ton ProtoMechs) categories if you have the time.