User talk:Ralphredimix

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 * Ausir 23:13, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Ammo articles
There's not much point in having separate articles for 10mm and 10mm Round. I redirected the latter to the former. Can you do the same with the other ones too? Ausir 09:22, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The difference is that the two Assault Rifles are different models, while 10mm and 10mm Round are different names for the same thing. No need to have two pages for each. Same with e.g. T-51b Power Armor, which is named simply "Power Armor" in-game in Fallout 1 and 2. I'm simply in favor of splitting articles on different items with the same inventory name (like AK-112 Assault Rifle and R91 Assault Rifle) and merging articles on the same items with slightly different inventory names (like 10mm and 10mm Round) Ausir 17:11, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I concur with Ausir - the guns are different models, while 10mm auto is one and the same in the Fallout universe. Shaur M. S. Grizlin 17:28, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The name R91 comes from a computer in the Citadel, just like those for the AEP7 Laser Pistol, AER9 Laser Rifle. These names are 100% canon, even if they don't appear in the inventory. The manufacturers didn't make a gun called "Assault Rifle", that's simply a generic name used in the inventory. By your logic, the T-51b Power Armor as it appears in the first 2 Fallouts, should be at Power Armor together with a completely different model called simply "Power Armor" in Fallout 3, while the T-51b as it appears in Fallout 3 should be at T-51b Power Armor, since it's the only game where that name actually appears in the inventory. Ausir 17:38, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem, it's just that things that have different inventory names in two games can be the same thing from the in-universe viewpoint, or vice versa, things that have the same name in the inventory in two games can canonically be different items within the universe, and I generally tend to use the in-universe viewpoint. Ausir 17:51, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

FO3 template
I don't think there's much point in including on the ammo (and most other item) pages - I'd include it only in pages that contain actual spoilers, not in all Fallout 3 pages. Ausir 18:11, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I see your point. Anyway, the template should be below the ==Fallout 3== header, not above it. Ausir 18:15, 7 November 2008 (UTC)