Editing BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons

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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:Project_Infantry_Weapons|discussion]].

==Goals==
*Catalog every Infantry or BattleArmor weapon present in [[BattleTech Universe]].

==Suggested Books==
===Main Page===
*[[Total Warfare]]
*[[Tech Manual]]
*[[Tactical Operations]]
*[[Strategic Operations]]
===/BTroops===
*[[BattleTroops]]
*[[ClanTroops]]

===/RPG 1e===
*[[MechWarrior, First Edition]]
*[[Technical Readout: 3026]]
*[[BattleTechnology]] ([[canon#apocryphal|apocryphal]])

===/RPG 2e===
*[[MechWarrior, Second Edition]], 
*[[MechWarrior Companion]]
*[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]
===/RPG 3e===
*[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]] (or [[Classic BattleTech RPG]])
*[[LosTech, The MechWarrior Equipment Guide]]
*[[Classic BattleTech Companion|Classic BattleTech (RPG) Companion]]
*[[Combat Equipment]]

===/RPG 4e===
*[[A Time of War]]
*[[A Time of War Companion]]

== News ==

== Guidelines ==
*[[User:PerkinsC|Cameron]] developed the current format used for the [[Help:CreateInfantryWeaponArticle|RPG Weapons]] from the format used for [[Help:CreateWeaponArticle|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 [[Free Worlds League]] 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, 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)]].

===Sub-Pages===
*The Article for the BattleTech Stats should use the <nowiki>{{InfoBoxWeapon}}</nowiki> side bar as described in [[Help:CreateWeaponArticle]].  With  <nowiki>{{InfoBoxWeapon}}</nowiki> 
*The Transclusion Template <nowiki>[[Template:Name of Infantry Weapon]]</nowiki> should have the descriptive section that will be on each article with <nowiki><onlyinclude></nowiki> at the top of the article and <nowiki></onlyinclude></nowiki> at the bottomn.
*the Main BattleTech Stats article with transcluded <nowiki>{{Name of Infantry Weapon}}</nowiki> encyclopedic text. 
*A sub page for each of the RPGs relevant to the weapons

===Format===
*Main Page in format [[Class Name (Proper Name)]]as in [[Gauss Rifle, Light (King David)]] with transcluded text <nowiki>{{Gauss Rifle, Light (King David)}}</nowiki>.
*If there is both a Battle Armor Mounted and Infantry Portable Weapon, then [[Class Name (Proper Name)(Support Weapon)]] and [[Class Name (Proper Name)(Battle Armor)]]
*Transclusion Page (Description, Models, References & Bibliography) [[Template:Gauss Rifle, Light (King David)]] <nowiki><onlyinclude></nowiki> at top, <nowiki></onlyinclude></nowiki> at bottom.
*Each Role playing game has its own subpage as seen above e.g. [[Gauss Rifle, Light (King David)/RPG4e]] with transcluded text <nowiki>{{Gauss Rifle, Light (King David)}}</nowiki>.

==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.

# [[User:PerkinsC|Cameron]], adding initial entries and cleanup of new entries
# [[User:Doneve|Doneve]], copyeditor.
# [[User:Neuling|Neuling]] adding initial entries and make cross addition to infantry units TRO + Field Manual when possible.
# [[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]]: Grammatical editing, adding finishing touches
# [[User:LittleWolf|LittleWolf]]: addition initial entries, minor editing
# [[User:DragonoftheRust|DragonoftheRust]]: Minor editing, cleaning up existing entries.

==Templates==
*[[Help:CreateWeaponArticle|Quick Create article for BattleTech Weapons]]
*[[Template:InfoBoxWeapon|InfoBoxWeapon template]] (Main Article - BattleTech Stats)
*[[Help:CreateInfantryWeaponArticle|Quick Create article for Infantry Weapons]]
*[[Template:InfoBoxRPGWeapon|InfoBoxRPGWeapon template]] (each of the RPG Suppages)

==Tags==
*'''{{tl|WikiProject Infantry Weapons}}''' (please see the template itself for usage documentation) displays this:
<p>{{WikiProject  Infantry Weapons}}</p>
*'''<nowiki>[[:Image:BTW PMInfantry Weapons.jpg]]</nowiki>''' displays this:
<nowiki>[[Image:BTW PMInfantry Weapons.jpg]]</nowiki>

==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' categories are: 
***[[:Category:Infantry Weapons]], All ''Infantry Portable Weapons'' should be in this category upon article creation.
***[[:Category:Battle Armor Weapons]], All ''Power Armor'' or ''Battle Armor'' mounted ''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)|Light Support Weapons]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Portable)|Portable Support Weapons]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Semi-Portable)|Semi-Portable Support Weapons]], [[:Category:Support Weapon (Support)|Heavy Support Weapons]]) categories if you have the time.  Remember to further complicate things there is the [[:Category:Weapons (Light)|Light Weapons]] for infantry bladed weapons, staves, bows, pistols and rifles and [[:Category:Weapons (Medium)|Medium Weapons]] for all three classes of Support Weapons as well as [[:Category:BattleArmor Mounted Weapons]].  The Third type [[:Category:Weapons (Heavy)|Heavy Weapons]], is a re-issue of the class for Vehicle Mounted Weapons.

==Resources==
===Related projects===
*Project Infantry Units

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[[Category:WikiProjects|Infantry Weapons]]