Forum:Revisit to BO2 Zombies Map Names

Hello everyone. I hate reopening old wounds, but I feel this is a completely necessary one to reopen. As you probably have come to guess, I intend to help the CoD Wiki and better it. Right now I feel it important to re-look our previous namings of zombies maps. As I was not on the wiki at the time, I wasn't able to say anything in the last two forums. I believe I have enough proof that we should take a closer look at the pages and their current naming.

Proposal and Evidence
As you notice in Black Ops II multiplayer maps, the order goes as first the map, next the location, and finally the game mode. I believe a similar concept is used in naming the zombies maps. For example, if playing TranZit, it says "Green Run; Northern Hemisphere; TranZit". If we take Survival on Town, it is shown as "Green Run; Northern Hemisphere; Survival". The same for Mob of the Dead. It says "Alcatraz Island; San Francisco Bay, USA; Mob of the Dead". If you look at Cell Block, it is shown as "Alcatraz Island; San Francisco Bay, USA; Grief".

First, each icon on the globe when picking a game represents the map. After choosing the map, you have a submap to choose from in that map. Last, you pick the game mode that you are playing on the submab. And, when you are in the pregame lobby, the submap and game mode are below the overmap. Let me show you below what I mean.

Map→Submap→Game Mode Green Run → Bus Depot → Survival / TranZit* Green Run → Diner → Turned Green Run → Farm → Survival / Grief Green Run → Town → Survival / Grief
 * TranZit is located under Bus Depot because that is the starting location of the mode.

And then in Green Run, there is also the Power Plant, The Prototype, Hunter's Cabin, the Tunnel, the Pylon, and the Bridge.

Great Leap Forward → Skyscraper → Die Rise Alcatraz Island → Sunset Strip → Mob of the Dead Alcatraz Island → Cell Block → Grief

Resolution 1295 → Processing → Buried Resolution 1295 → Borough → Turned / Grief

Excavation Site 64 → Dig Site → Origins Nevada, U.S.A. → Nuketown Zombies → Survival

What I am proposing is for us to make pages for the whole map, and to say that Die Rise and the others are the game modes. Since we have pages for Green Run and TranZit, it would seem proper to make pages for Great Leap Forward, Alcatraz Island, Resolution 1295, and Excavation Site 64, and ones for Skyscraper, Sunset Strip, Processing, and Dig Site. However, we will keep Nuketown Zombies as is for the reason that it doesn't play any major role in the zombies story unlike the others, where TranZit, Die Rise, Mob of the Dead, Buried, and Origins serve as the "Story" game modes with the major Easter eggs.

With the templates, few things will change. Under the maps section of the zombies mode template, we would replace the Black Ops II modes with the maps I've shown above. The modes will be put in the section with TranZit. The areas within the maps, however, will remain almost completely unchanged. With the Black Ops II maps template, it will remain as is per posters and other ads for the game modes.

As you can see, I am proposing a few major changes with the templates, and a few changes in other pages. I first off propose we make pages for the overmaps and the remaining submaps. We will alter the templates a bit, but not in a manner that will cause huge confusion. Lastly, we will make sure to say on the modes pages that this is the game mode for the map.

If approved of, I will be glad to do the work necessary and described above. I would have done it already, however, due to the past forums and some recent edits, I felt it best to bring it to the community for discussion. Thank you for your time to look at my proposal. 05:16, April 23, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion
Using that reasoning however, would suggest changing Nuketwon Zombies to "Nevada, U.S.A.". 05:27, April 23, 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe that exception can be made, or at the very least, the creation of a page for "Nevada, U.S.A." is necessary. If the latter is chosen, then we will still keep the Nuketown Zombies page relatively unchanged. The main proposal of this forum is major changes to the Templates I've listed above and the additions of several new pages. Since there were previous forums, I made this one to put in new evidence and thoughts. I have no intentions to rename any of those pages. If we add that page, then we would simply remove Nuketown Zombies from maps and replace it with that. Nuketown Zombies would still be under Areas of Nevada. 05:37, April 23, 2014 (UTC)

How much information would be on each article for the map? Would particular articles have as much information as the article Alcatraz Island? 05:34, April 23, 2014 (UTC)
 * I would be able to compensate a necessary amount of information, much like TranZit. If put in motion, I will keep progress here, that way if anyone disagrees, then some other changes can be done. 05:37, April 23, 2014 (UTC)
 * It may take some time, but I would be able to gather plenty of information to add to each page. This could include adding some info from the modes, much like TranZit and Green Run. 05:52, April 23, 2014 (UTC)

One other thing, I don't really think we need articles for "Sunset Strip", and "Skyscraper". I would agree on making a page for Excavation Site 64, then linking Origins with the article, but "Sunset Strip" is so minor that it is included with Mob of the Dead. Also, I wouldn't call Excavation Site 64 a map. 05:58, April 23, 2014 (UTC)

The reason we're calling Mob of the Dead and the like maps even though logically they'd be game modes according to just loading screens is because they are known as the maps. When Treyarch advertised a new Zombies map they didn't call it Alcatraz Island. For most of the main maps, the other names like "Excavation Site 64" or "Great Leap Forward" seem only like some sort of subtitles or secondary names. 07:33, April 23, 2014 (UTC)