Forum:Wild Wasteland

Hi Vault, how're you? I'm good, thanks for asking.

I had an idea that was part "Woah, we're talking about SomethingAwful?" and part "There's no such thing as a YCS-186 rifle!".

I'm wondering, should we create a disclaimer template a la Template:VB and Template:FO3CC for articles that are created by Wild Wasteland, like the Holy Frag Grenade? It would reduce the confusion between separate playthroughs, because folks could see a Wild Wasteland disclaimer at the top of the article instead of immediately thinking "This isn't in my game! IT IS LIES!".

All opposed? Nitty Tok. 01:10, October 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, yes we should. --Johnny Trash (Talk) 01:29, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, good enough that we get one vote. :P
 * I'll make a template quick, we can decide whether or not to apply it later.
 * What image should I use for the corner? Nitty Tok. 01:35, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Here is my masterpiece. Nitty Tok. 01:39, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

VaultTec X approves of this.VaultTec X 04:39, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see either Ausir or Porter look it over before I slap it into use, I want to make sure that it's worded correctly. Nitty Tok. 04:44, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Understandable. I do think it looks good and that it's a good idea though.VaultTec X 04:47, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

Looks great Nitty, but I'm not sure about the wording, sure Wild Wasteland might be out there but its probably still canon. Thinking about it further, maybe this could be achieved with an entry in the relevant infobox? --Johnny Trash (Talk) 05:06, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Wild Wasteland is canon, I just can't change the text in the box. :P
 * I'd rather have something in the text. For example, if location A has a mini nuke, and WW turns it into a can of whoop-ass, we could just insert this right into the notable loot section. Nitty Tok. 05:08, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see what you're getting at, good stuff. --Johnny Trash (Talk) 05:20, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm pretty sure that the version you see without the Wild Wasteland trait is canon, and any wild stuff from this trait isn't, just like the FO1 and 2 special encounters. Ausir(talk) 07:57, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

What? Are you telling me that those red shirts didn't really die in a crash? And the Chosen One didn't cause the water chip to break? Nooooo! :P OK Ausir, I guess that makes sense. So what do you think of the disclaimer? Can it go up with the current wording? --Johnny Trash (Talk) 08:33, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Can we change the picture to the actual Wild Wasteland one? Ausir(talk) 11:52, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, if we actually have it somewheres. JES is a placeholder, I couldn't find the new picture anywheres. Nitty Tok. 12:08, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

I like this, however I think it does have some backwards compatibility issues (ie- clear non-canon events in older games such as the red shirts/breaking the waterchip examples). Agent c 11:26, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * We could have a similar template for FO1 and 2 special encounters as well. Ausir(talk) 11:52, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * WoWWiki has a template for silly articles. Perhaps we could base it off of that? We'd still want an inline tag for silly stuff as well. -- 11:58, October 18, 2010 (UTC)

A template for Random encounters and a template for wild wasteland would be nice Deathclawpoop 15:23, October 18, 2010 (UTC)