Forum:"On this day" feature

Hello fellow wikians! While on IRC I had a brainwave. Why don't we have a "On this day" feature on the main page? It would be similar to Wikipedia's (Which I did not get the idea from before COD:NOT gets brought up) except we draw the events from the Call of Duty Timeline and the Zombies Timeline. Unfortunately I'm not too good with coding and the like, so I'm unsure how it would actually work, but I'm confident that it shouldn't be too hard to good. Similar to "Did you know" it would be a good bit of trivia to put on the main page. I can understand concerns about a lack of events for the most bit. If the situation is serious enough that we don't have enough events for it be viable every day, we could do instead what happened in the space of, say ten days or a week. I discussed the idea with N7 and he seemed relatively positive on the idea. An accompanying picture could also be included.

So Call of Duty Wiki, what is your opinion? 12:16, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

I think this is a good idea, I have made a sanbox that can be seen here. 12:25, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Because the timeline isn't that big, we should do them in the space of week. Otherwise, it's a good idea. 12:54, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Very good idea, per all. TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 13:55, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Where would it go on the main page? Shotrocket6 (T/C/E) 14:00, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah... I'd be all for it normally, but... Does anything happen in months like December? 14:22, August 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's possible we may have to postpone it for short periods of time. However Smuff, events do happen in December.AdvancedRookieSig2.png 14:24, August 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * I think there's only one level iirc. 14:29, August 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Timeline shows events in December in two different years.AdvancedRookieSig2.png 14:30, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Good Idea, but we are running out of room on the mainpage. Reznov115 Talk  17:34, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Meh. It sounds like a good idea, but the Zombies maps don't have exact dates. We can only say "This month in 1963..." for "Five" and Ascension- and those are the only two maps we can do. But, if we have room for it on the mainpage, add it. CoaZ Talk  17:43, August 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Just a reminder that there's probably not gonna be Zombie related stuff for it, mostly the things from WWII and Cold War. 18:04, August 24, 2011 (UTC)

Since it sounds stupid to me, would it include stuff that's in the future, like what happened in the Modern Warfare series? Just that it would sound silly that "On this day: Vladimir Makarov will die in 2016". 18:04, August 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes we would. The CoD universe is different to ours, and therefore we can include events ahead of our time.AdvancedRookieSig2.png 18:07, August 24, 2011 (UTC)