Forum:War Room


 * This is not a replacement of the RfAs, AfDs or the forums itself. This is for things all other things that would need community discussion.

As discussions and votes on wiki-related topics can't always be found in the forums, which may result in an inaccurate result based on only some people voting, the War Room is an established page to vote on wiki things.

Ways to improve showcasing the Wiki's User of the Month (UotM)
Hello, I recently expressed my opinion on how "generic" the wiki showcases the UotM while voting for August's UotM and was asked to bring this up to the rest of the community. How can we better the showcasing of our UotMs? I really don't know of any wikis that do an excellent job of this because the bigger ones tend to remove the idea, although the Runescape Wiki displays their user on the middle/bottom of the main page and writes a short summary on the user and how they improved the wiki. Even a picture could be added to improve this. I think this we be a larger improvement to our version. I am all ears on this subject because a change is much needed. Thank you, --I Ross I 23:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I think we could replace the contents box on the Main page with the User of the month box. This means no scrolling down, and it will be in place with the featured article and featured media.

I agree with call of duty 4 that's a great idea.

Accepted standards: Nazi Zombies and associated history
Previously, we decided that the levels in the Nazi Zombies mode would be treated non-canon, and wouldn't apply to the main storyline. This pretty much meant that we would crack down on people posting theories that Locke was a survivor of a plane crash, and so on. Though, appearantly, with Shi No Numa and the upcoming Der Reise, the history of the alternate storyline is being revealed, and the Nazi Zombies levels (or at least the newer ones) are becoming more than just random extra liesure levels.

I only have Nacht der Untoten, so I can't do any research and come up with any theories or conclusions of my own.

What I'm trying to start is a discussion of what we would accept as the history behind the zombie outbreak. Keep the speculation non-existant if possible, post theories, and discuss. 23:57, 28 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well there definitely is a story forming and all will be revealed with Dir Reise. I think we should wait until we see how the story plays out before we decided if we decided to treat it as cannon and what, if anything, would be included and excluded from said cannon.-- 00:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * This all seems to be different from CoD: WW canon, and so we should treat it as something like "Zombie Canon" Also, to prevent from this page being overflowed with text, I think we should make a separate page for the Zombie stories/theories. 02:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Just want to bring this to attention, is this really that important? The Call of Duty games save Modern Warfare are based on fictional accounts of real events correct. This would be considered Call of Dutys "cannon"? The events that unfold in the fictional retelling of real events? As the Nazi Zombies is alternate reality and not related to either of the Call of Duty Cannons (World War II Era cannon and Modern Era Cannon) and serves as a extra bonus level not related to real events, it should be treated as non cannon. In an established series (Like Star Wars, Star Trek), Cannon follows the rules of what came first and what is shown most prominitely. Alternate Reality is almost never considered cannon, and we should follow in example and consider Nazi Zombies what they are, a bonus level of Alternate Reality not related to the main series.

From what I was told from my sources is that starting from Nacht der Untoten the zombies are created from some element found by Dr. Richtofen ( Shino Numa players will recognize this name) and Verruckt is just a zombie infested asylum. Shino Numa is a swamp were the research was taken do to its catastrophic tendencies the Marine hanging in Hangman's corner is Pete he is missing a hand Which can be found on the power switch in Verruckt. Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Dr. Richtofen cross paths and join forces to stomp out the zombies. The final zombies map Der Riese is the factory were the first zombie was created. Will the unlikely foursome defeat the zombie mmenace, we can only hope. I hope this was a big help in clearing up the mystery of the Nazi Zombies. If you pull a switch in the first room of Shino Numa you will hear a broadcast talking about this.

It would be very hard to make a history seeing as the story isnt explained clearly and some things cant be confirmed, only guessed at, such as the name of the man hanging in shi no numa... but i think it should be made --CptJackHouse 21:00, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Due to the unconfirmed ability of this stroyline I am not entirely sure of the accuracy but my friend gave me the info and he is a big Nazi Zombies fan. If anyone that has PS3 and would like to add me my account name is firemunky390, and again sorry for not confirming my info before posting

From playing Nazi Zombies so much i think that the man who is hanging in Shi No Numa is Peter and the voice on the radio is from someone who is at Der Reise. Peter killed himself so he wouldnt get killed by the zombies. So the 4 soldiers you play as in Shi No Numa were sent to go rescue anyone from the zombie swamp and instead they were forced to fight for their lives to kill the zombies. Since the characters are returning in Der Reise it is sure that the Shi No Numa mission was a succes. So der reise is probaly the last one,but it might not because the characters might not survive the zombie factory: Bluecobra97

Everything about peter, besides the fact he is the receiver of the message on Shi No Numa is SPECULATION... playing Nazi Zombies does not help further your knowledge about nazi zombies because you do not gain any new info from playing/looking at the same things over and over again. there is also very little information about why Tank, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofer are in the position they're in or how they escaped Shi No Numa(although a teleporter would seem to be the most likely solution) --CptJackHouse 04:56, 31 July 2009 (UTC) users do not have 50 mainspace edit requirement for voting/policy discussion.-- 15:56, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

There is a storyline forming in Nazi Zombies, I agree to that. But there is no explanation on the fact of Tank, Nikolai, Takeo and Dr Richtofer could have escaped Shi No Numa, thats for people to find out. In Zombie Canon, they seem to be made in Der Riese. But what I want to know is, how were the Imperial Zombies created? As far as my knowledge goes, Japan never fought in Poland. So there needs to be an explanation to that. But there are a couple of rumours that the Element 115 was involved in the creation. And there was a meteor in Shi No Numa (in which Dr Richtofer refers to as 115).

New rules
The admins (actually, I) have been brewing up some new rules. I think they're ready to go; we just need community approval before they go live.

The new rules are here:

User:Darkman 4/Images User:Darkman 4/Weapons User:Darkman 4/Characters User:Darkman 4/Levels User:Darkman 4/Perks

All you need to do is vote yes or no on us implanting these new rules. If you vote no, an explanation would be nice, but not necessary. Darkman 4 06:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Support - I approve of everything I've read in those pages, but there are some questions I'd like to ask and changes I'd like to see:
 * With notability on characters, what if they always have the same name every play through, but don't do anything significant (for example, nearly every named NPC in Finest Hour)?
 * Also with notability on characters, what if they're mentioned only (such as Norman, Jack, Gordon (Call of Duty 2: Big Red One) and George S. Patton)?


 * With other wikis I've volunteered at, a trivia subsection is the last section of the article filled with actual content, and that a quotes section would come before.
 * You mentioned that if a real-world person held back a wave of enemies by firing an M1919 from the hip, we wouldn't mention it. I agree with that, but are you trying to refer to the actual World War II marine who got a Medal of Honor for doing that? In the second episode of Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, Ermey proved that it's possible to fire an M1919 from the hip with at least modest aim, because over the years people have said that what the marine did was impossible. It just strikes me as odd that your example was exactly what I learned a few days ago that a real marine did. 07:21, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Strong Support - Oh, it is definitely time for some change. There really needs to be stricter guidelines in place for touchy articles, and I think this is a great start. What I would really like to see is some MAJOR crackdown on the trivia sections, though. I tried making a template of what you should and shouldn't write as a header for the sections, but APPARENTLY these rules made it useless and it got deleted. Why?   Akyoyo    Talk  15:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Weak Support - I feel we need new rules and guidelines. Some trivia rules are not needed, in my opinion.

Uber Support - We NEED to start doing things by the book here.-- 05:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Support - These rules would help the wiki if implemented AND followed. --CptJackHouse 09:35, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Support - I dont see why not. But maybe a link to Wikipedia should be encouraged if the person is interested in the real thing, ex. Weapons, Battles, People, ect.

Support - Support all the way. This will definitley make the articles look more professional. I'm starting to get into the GTA Wiki and that place is a mess.

Support - Especially for the rules about opinionated edits, seriously, we've been seeing way way WAY too may opinionated edits recently, it's time we kept those in check WouldYouKindly 19:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Support - These guidelines are the first step to improving this wiki. -- Commdor (Talk) 22:00, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Support - Sound like some great new rules, definitley agree with getting rid of the opinionated articles, they are REALLY annoying. SaintofLosAngelesXD(m) 23:53, 5 August 2009 (UTC)