Forum:Weapon Page Names (2)

Over on Talk:M1919 Browning machinge gun, we encountered a bit of a problem that I honestly saw coming a mile away. With the newly passed policies about naming articles on weapons by their in-game, it causes a problem unto itself. Some weapons are titled differently in different games.

For the case of the M1919, it's called the following:
 * In Call of Duty: Finest Hour: "M1919A6"
 * In Call of Duty 2: ".30 cal"
 * In Call of Duty 2: Big Red One: "M1919A6 .30 cal(iber)"
 * In Call of Duty 3: ".30 cal" and "M1919A6 .30 cal"
 * In Call of Duty: World at War: "Browning M1919" (I think)

With the Browning Automatic Rifle, it's as follows:
 * In Call of Duty: Finest Hour: "BAR"
 * In Call of Duty 2: "BAR"
 * In Call of Duty 3: "BAR"
 * In Call of Duty: World at War: "BAR"

Now, we can see that the Browning Automatic Rifle is pretty consistant with its titles, as opposed to the M1919.

So, what are we to do? Are we to title them by what they were called in their first game, their most recent, or something else? With doing it by what they were called in their first game, that would just be outdated. With doing it by what they were called in their most recent game, I find that very contradictory to what this wiki is about. This wiki is about the whole Call of Duty series, not just Call of Duty: World at War or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. If the M14 EBR was renamed as the "Enhanced Battle Rifle" in Modern Warfare 3, I honestly think it would be quite hypocritical to just drop the "M14" and have the "EBR" have its whole meaning put out there.

We cover the whole series and such, which is why I propose this:

We do a sort of mix-and-match of their in-game titles. Since the BAR is seemingly always called the "BAR", it would get titled as such. However, the moment a game comes out where it's called the "M1918 BAR", we add the "M1918" to it. And if the next game just calls it the "BAR", we keep the "M1918".

With the M1919, it sometimes has "Browning" in the title, sometimes ".30 cal", and sometimes "M1919A6". Now, the M1919A6 is a submodel of the M1919, so we wouldn't title the article as anything with the "A6" if any game has a different model. If we titled it with the methods I'm proposing, we would end up with something like "Browning M1919 .30 cal". That's as accurate and authentic to the games as it will get.

Comments? Feedback? 18:38, November 7, 2009 (UTC)