https://gargwiki.net/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Vaevictis+Asmadi&feedformat=atomGargWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T16:17:31ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=User_talk:Vaevictis_Asmadi&diff=13014User talk:Vaevictis Asmadi2007-12-29T04:07:24Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>I apologize for my part in the argument yesterday. I am sorry I panicked and lost my temper.<br />
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My feeling hurt is still valid. I can’t stay here anymore because I don’t enjoy being here, it is far too painful. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 22:07, 28 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New Article==<br />
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Can anybody please help me?<br />
I'm having two problems.<br />
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First of all, I'm having trouble logging in. Every time I log in, I have to get a new password. I am not forgetting my password at all, but the website for some reason never accepts what I type in. This has happened every time I've logged in, I keep having to get a new password, then change it to the password that I've been using, then getting a new one all over again. I really don't know why I can't log in normally.<br />
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Second, the New Message Alert appears at the top of almost every page on the Wiki, inside a bright yellow bar, and even though I have read and deleted the message over a month ago, I can't turn the New Message Alert off, and it has not gone away on its own. How do I get rid of it?<br />
[[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:09, 24 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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On your talk page, click on Unwatch, to get rid of the New Message alert. As for logging in, not sure what's going on. I'll ask JEB to take a look at it. (this unsigned comment was probably from Greg Bishansky)<br />
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Thank you. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 22:13, 25 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==History tab==<br />
Hey, Vaevictis, since you brought it up (at [[Talk:Raven]]), I thought I'd pitch in and let you know about the history tab at the top of the page. The history tab lets you see who has edited a page, and when. By using the 'compare selected versions' function you can even see what those edits were. Articles and talk pages have separate history pages, so you can also check who has commented on a talk page. Maybe you already knew all this, in which case super, but otherwise I hope this is helpful for you. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 21:21, 18 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Thanks! I didn't know that. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 21:24, 18 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12911Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:51:18Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki. Now I feel you all think I'm worthless, and along with me every one else in this community who doesn't happen to have logged in to give their opinion.<br />
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You do have a right, of course you do, I've said as much today. The thing is you are clearly outvoted here. 4 to 1. Could that change if others come in and take your side, sure, but that has not happened yet. This is similiar to what happened over the [[Talk:Boudicca]] incident. You were outvoted and continued to act like being outvoted was a personal attack. It isn't. I respect your opinions, sometimes I agree with them (hell I agreed with you about something else earlier today!), sometimes not. And whenever I don't agree with you you decide that that is an attack. That isn't fair to me and I don't appreciate it. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Sorry, if you read the Boudicca talk page, you'll notice I explicitly said multiple times that the majority opinion should be taken. There is a difference between a majority opinion, in which everybody is allowed to speak, and Greg B. just changing everything without asking anybody at all. And all I said was "wait, we should all discuss this and agree first." What is wrong with discussing these things a little? And yes, something is clearly personal if I'm hurt so much that I'm sitting here in tears. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:22, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::"Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion?" Nobody has said that, Vaevictis. You're not being attacked and you're not a victim. I'm sorry, but the majority has spoken. You should take some time to calm down and think this over. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]]<br />
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Vaevictis, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we appreciate your contributions to the Wiki and we appreciate your opinions and good ideas as well. I also think I speak for all of us when I say that there has been times when all of us have been out-voted on things. That is the nature of the Wiki. You cannot take that personally and claim it is an attack. I understand the changes today were made quickly, but since there was a large majority, this did not seem to be a problem. If the consensus on this issue swings the other way it can easily be changed back. My point is that you need to calm down. Getting emotional over this is not worth it. We all need to act proffesionally and with maturity. This is not grade school. We are adults. And this is just an entertaining website that we all want to make better. You are valued here, but if you cannot learn to take being out-voted in stride, maybe you should take some time off from editing the Wiki. Notice I am not telling you to leave or even declaring that I want you to leave. Honestly, I want you to stay. But if working on this site continues to cause you these emotional breakdowns, then maybe working on this site is not the thing for you. I'm sorry we upset you, it was never our intent. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I don't feel "being outvoted is a personal attack" at all. I never said that. I feel that '''one''' person changing everything, and then declaring that they will continue to change it without discussion with anyone, is unfair. Not allowing any discussion is disrespectful and very hurtful. I am very hurt. I am '''not''' hurt that I am currently outvoted. I never said that. I am hurt because Greg B. made a huge change without asking anybody, and when I said "wait, we should discuss this" you told me that we should not discuss it. I don't think only my opinion matters. I never said that. I think we should discuss before making huge changes. And when somebody does voice an objection, they shouldn't be told that the decision has been made, done, over with. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:44, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Right, Vaevictis, ''clearly'' there was NO discussion. ''Clearly'' your opinion was disregarded. ''Clearly'' we told you that all decisions are final. Do you even read our posts? Please. I'm done. You need to figure out why you are hurt and figure out what you are gonna do about it. These silly guilt trips and childish quibbles are beyond annoying to me. I won't play your game anymore. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:46, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I am not playing a "Childish Game". I am expressing what I thought you said. I am trying to say that we should have a discussion. Instead you just call me a child and laugh at me, so I will leave.</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12908Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:44:35Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki. Now I feel you all think I'm worthless, and along with me every one else in this community who doesn't happen to have logged in to give their opinion.<br />
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You do have a right, of course you do, I've said as much today. The thing is you are clearly outvoted here. 4 to 1. Could that change if others come in and take your side, sure, but that has not happened yet. This is similiar to what happened over the [[Talk:Boudicca]] incident. You were outvoted and continued to act like being outvoted was a personal attack. It isn't. I respect your opinions, sometimes I agree with them (hell I agreed with you about something else earlier today!), sometimes not. And whenever I don't agree with you you decide that that is an attack. That isn't fair to me and I don't appreciate it. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Sorry, if you read the Boudicca talk page, you'll notice I explicitly said multiple times that the majority opinion should be taken. There is a difference between a majority opinion, in which everybody is allowed to speak, and Greg B. just changing everything without asking anybody at all. And all I said was "wait, we should all discuss this and agree first." What is wrong with discussing these things a little? And yes, something is clearly personal if I'm hurt so much that I'm sitting here in tears. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:22, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::"Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion?" Nobody has said that, Vaevictis. You're not being attacked and you're not a victim. I'm sorry, but the majority has spoken. You should take some time to calm down and think this over. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]]<br />
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Vaevictis, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we appreciate your contributions to the Wiki and we appreciate your opinions and good ideas as well. I also think I speak for all of us when I say that there has been times when all of us have been out-voted on things. That is the nature of the Wiki. You cannot take that personally and claim it is an attack. I understand the changes today were made quickly, but since there was a large majority, this did not seem to be a problem. If the consensus on this issue swings the other way it can easily be changed back. My point is that you need to calm down. Getting emotional over this is not worth it. We all need to act proffesionally and with maturity. This is not grade school. We are adults. And this is just an entertaining website that we all want to make better. You are valued here, but if you cannot learn to take being out-voted in stride, maybe you should take some time off from editing the Wiki. Notice I am not telling you to leave or even declaring that I want you to leave. Honestly, I want you to stay. But if working on this site continues to cause you these emotional breakdowns, then maybe working on this site is not the thing for you. I'm sorry we upset you, it was never our intent. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I don't feel "being outvoted is a personal attack" at all. I never said that. I feel that '''one''' person changing everything, and then declaring that they will continue to change it without discussion with anyone, is unfair. Not allowing any discussion is disrespectful and very hurtful. I am very hurt. I am '''not''' hurt that I am currently outvoted. I never said that. I am hurt because Greg B. made a huge change without asking anybody, and when I said "wait, we should discuss this" you told me that we should not discuss it. I don't think only my opinion matters. I never said that. I think we should discuss before making huge changes. And when somebody does voice an objection, they shouldn't be told that the decision has been made, done, over with. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:44, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12907Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:41:55Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki. Now I feel you all think I'm worthless, and along with me every one else in this community who doesn't happen to have logged in to give their opinion.<br />
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You do have a right, of course you do, I've said as much today. The thing is you are clearly outvoted here. 4 to 1. Could that change if others come in and take your side, sure, but that has not happened yet. This is similiar to what happened over the [[Talk:Boudicca]] incident. You were outvoted and continued to act like being outvoted was a personal attack. It isn't. I respect your opinions, sometimes I agree with them (hell I agreed with you about something else earlier today!), sometimes not. And whenever I don't agree with you you decide that that is an attack. That isn't fair to me and I don't appreciate it. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Sorry, if you read the Boudicca talk page, you'll notice I explicitly said multiple times that the majority opinion should be taken. There is a difference between a majority opinion, in which everybody is allowed to speak, and Greg B. just changing everything without asking anybody at all. And all I said was "wait, we should all discuss this and agree first." What is wrong with discussing these things a little? And yes, something is clearly personal if I'm hurt so much that I'm sitting here in tears. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:22, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::"Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion?" Nobody has said that, Vaevictis. You're not being attacked and you're not a victim. I'm sorry, but the majority has spoken. You should take some time to calm down and think this over. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]]<br />
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Vaevictis, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we appreciate your contributions to the Wiki and we appreciate your opinions and good ideas as well. I also think I speak for all of us when I say that there has been times when all of us have been out-voted on things. That is the nature of the Wiki. You cannot take that personally and claim it is an attack. I understand the changes today were made quickly, but since there was a large majority, this did not seem to be a problem. If the consensus on this issue swings the other way it can easily be changed back. My point is that you need to calm down. Getting emotional over this is not worth it. We all need to act proffesionally and with maturity. This is not grade school. We are adults. And this is just an entertaining website that we all want to make better. You are valued here, but if you cannot learn to take being out-voted in stride, maybe you should take some time off from editing the Wiki. Notice I am not telling you to leave or even declaring that I want you to leave. Honestly, I want you to stay. But if working on this site continues to cause you these emotional breakdowns, then maybe working on this site is not the thing for you. I'm sorry we upset you, it was never our intent. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I don't feel "being outvoted is a personal attack" at all. I never said that. I feel that '''one''' person changing everything, and then declaring that they will continue to change it without discussion with anyone, is unfair. Not allowing any discussion is disrespectful and very hurtful. I am very hurt. I am '''not''' hurt that I am currently outvoted. I never said that. I am hurt because Greg B. made a huge change without asking anybody, and when I said "wait, we should discuss this" you told me that we should not discuss it.</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12906Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:39:56Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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:::**Before 1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki. Now I feel you all think I'm worthless, and along with me every one else in this community who doesn't happen to have logged in to give their opinion.<br />
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You do have a right, of course you do, I've said as much today. The thing is you are clearly outvoted here. 4 to 1. Could that change if others come in and take your side, sure, but that has not happened yet. This is similiar to what happened over the [[Talk:Boudicca]] incident. You were outvoted and continued to act like being outvoted was a personal attack. It isn't. I respect your opinions, sometimes I agree with them (hell I agreed with you about something else earlier today!), sometimes not. And whenever I don't agree with you you decide that that is an attack. That isn't fair to me and I don't appreciate it. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Sorry, if you read the Boudicca talk page, you'll notice I explicitly said multiple times that the majority opinion should be taken. There is a difference between a majority opinion, in which everybody is allowed to speak, and Greg B. just changing everything without asking anybody at all. And all I said was "wait, we should all discuss this and agree first." What is wrong with discussing these things a little? And yes, something is clearly personal if I'm hurt so much that I'm sitting here in tears. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:22, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::"Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion?" Nobody has said that, Vaevictis. You're not being attacked and you're not a victim. I'm sorry, but the majority has spoken. You should take some time to calm down and think this over. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]]<br />
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Vaevictis, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we appreciate your contributions to the Wiki and we appreciate your opinions and good ideas as well. I also think I speak for all of us when I say that there has been times when all of us have been out-voted on things. That is the nature of the Wiki. You cannot take that personally and claim it is an attack. I understand the changes today were made quickly, but since there was a large majority, this did not seem to be a problem. If the consensus on this issue swings the other way it can easily be changed back. My point is that you need to calm down. Getting emotional over this is not worth it. We all need to act proffesionally and with maturity. This is not grade school. We are adults. And this is just an entertaining website that we all want to make better. You are valued here, but if you cannot learn to take being out-voted in stride, maybe you should take some time off from editing the Wiki. Notice I am not telling you to leave or even declaring that I want you to leave. Honestly, I want you to stay. But if working on this site continues to cause you these emotional breakdowns, then maybe working on this site is not the thing for you. I'm sorry we upset you, it was never our intent. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I don't feel "being outvoted is a personal attack" at all. I never said that. I feel that '''one''' person changing everything, and then declaring that they will continue to change it without discussion with anyone, is unfair. Not allowing any discussion is disrespectful and very hurtful. I am very hurt.</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12902Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:22:41Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki. Now I feel you all think I'm worthless, and along with me every one else in this community who doesn't happen to have logged in to give their opinion.<br />
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You do have a right, of course you do, I've said as much today. The thing is you are clearly outvoted here. 4 to 1. Could that change if others come in and take your side, sure, but that has not happened yet. This is similiar to what happened over the [[Talk:Boudicca]] incident. You were outvoted and continued to act like being outvoted was a personal attack. It isn't. I respect your opinions, sometimes I agree with them (hell I agreed with you about something else earlier today!), sometimes not. And whenever I don't agree with you you decide that that is an attack. That isn't fair to me and I don't appreciate it. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Sorry, if you read the Boudicca talk page, you'll notice I explicitly said multiple times that the majority opinion should be taken. There is a difference between a majority opinion, in which everybody is allowed to speak, and Greg B. just changing everything without asking anybody at all. And all I said was "wait, we should all discuss this and agree first." What is wrong with discussing these things a little? And yes, something is clearly personal if I'm hurt so much that I'm sitting here in tears. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:22, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12900Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:16:48Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki. Now I feel you all think I'm worthless, and along with me every one else in this community who doesn't happen to have logged in to give their opinion.</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12899Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:16:09Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? I started this discussion to help the wiki.</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12898Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:15:02Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, why are you taking this personally? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:13, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Because you are all being unbelievably hurtful, arrogant, and insulting? Because you told me that you will change it no matter what and nobody else is allowed to have an opinion? Because I am basically being told that I'm not part of the community any more?</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12896Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:10:43Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Oh, I definitely agree with you guys on this. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:09, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::If you don't mean to be disrespectful, why have you declared that I don't have a right to have any say in this? Eliminating, merging, and moving entire sections of the Timeline is not minor. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12894Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:08:41Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
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:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::::I didn't propose that we have a fixed date that never ever changes. I proposed that the current year of the flagship comic be considered present, as it has been until now. We already have to change many parts of the Wiki every time that some CiT information becomes canon. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:08, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Why are you shouting. Calm down. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Vaevictis, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you need to calm down. We do not hold a Town Hall Meeting each time someone wants to make a change. Greg B made a small change that myself and Supermorff agreed with. It was not a major change and there were three administraters approving it. This is a Wiki. If a bunch of people don't like, they can voice that opinion and maybe it'll be changed back, but since the change Dtaina seems to have agreed as well (sorry if I am misinterpreting you Dtaina). So calm down. Maybe we should adjourn on this topic for a day or two so that you can collect yourself and your thoughts. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16:07, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12892Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:06:17Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::::Okay, think about the future. What about a year from now? Ten years from now? We want the GargWiki to be around that long, and using a point of reference is troublesome because it'll date the articles. Then you'll have to go back and change all the tenses just to keep everything current. It just isn't going to work. We want the site to be accesible throughout the years. That's why I don't want to define the past, present and future. Just write everything in the past tense and the site won't be dated years from now. [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 16:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Why are you changing everything without asking or allowing anybody else to have any say? Why do the rest of us suddenly not count? Did you forget that this is a '''WIKI'''? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12889Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T22:00:05Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''EXCUSE ME?''' Why is Greg B. making vast, huge changes to the structure of the entire Timeline '''WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY'''?? This is a Wiki, Greg. You do not own it. Why the heck are you not allowing anybody to discuss this for even one day? You got angry when others split the Timeline without asking? And no Matt, "everybody" does not agree. Unless by "everybody" you only mean you and Greg. I guess that my opinion and the opinions of every other member who hasn't been given even one day to give their opinion, don't matter? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12888Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:57:11Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
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:::**1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are not for 1997. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::::::Use the real world present date as the point of reference? That is a possibility.<br />
::::::::::::The "problem" is simply that we haven't discussed this yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:57, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Um, did you see a 994 section? How about a 1057? I misspoke there, but the fact is that we are still coming up on 1997 and we are coming up fast. Hell, we are already there, and that little section was more than just a flash forward, expect to see more of it in #2. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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We add years all the time because of TDIGUH. I don't see why that is a big deal at all. And hopefully, soon enough no "Recorded History" section will exist, just as Greg has already removed the "Future" section. These are troublesome and it soounds like everyone agrees to lose them. Soon all we'll have is years and we'll talk in past tense and there won't be any problems. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:54, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12884Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:51:36Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said '''"And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there."''' That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. "The Rock" takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12883Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:48:47Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::::Wow, I think you're really splitting hairs here. Look, this idea of yours is troublesome because past, present and future are always changing. You can't define them, especially not in Gargoyles where time travel is the norm and with a ten-year gap to top it all off. Technically, everything in the comics takes place in the past for the simple reason that the year in the world we live in is 2007, not 1996 or 1997. So, instead of splitting hairs, and trying to define something that is undefinable, just write all the entries in the past tense and be done with it. Maybe all the entries under Gargoyles 2198, and everything that hasn't happened yet and is canon-in-training, could be written in the future tense. So what's the problem? [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Geez, Vaevictis, calm down. Listen, I don't think Greg B or anyone should get to do major modifications to pages without some sort of majority consent, and maybe he should've waited on the 1997 thing, but I hardly consider it a major modification. Secondly, of course you and everyone has the right to express their opinion, so please express it. I don't know what you are talking about with this jumping around thing at all. If the Timeline is modified such that there is no future section, only more years, and the entire Wiki is written in past tense then there IS no jumping around possible. What are you talkng about? Finally, I was only proposing that we continue talking about reformating the Timeline, I did not just go do it or anything. I agree there needs to be a consensus, that is why I said "I think we should do this..." and waited for responses. I have not touched the Timeline at all today.<br />
Stop taking everything personally, alright. We are all trying to make this the best site we can. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:36, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Matt, I am sorry I assumed you were planning to change the timeline without a discussion. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt.<br />
:Greg B. just said "And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there." That is what I mean by jumping around. Adding entire years to the Recorded History, or subtracting entire years from it, every single time there's a flash-farward or flash-back. He's stated he plans to do this. He already did do it because of a flash-farward in Bad Guys. I think it is a terrible plan. The Rock takes place in 1996. This is a fact. Just because a canon event takes place in 1997, doesn't mean it needs to be in the History section. The Future section doesn't ''have'' to be reserved exclusively for CiT. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:48, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12880Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:34:51Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash-farward? How does that make ''any'' sense? Out of all the ideas floated so far, Greg B.'s idea to make 2198 the "present" is the worst, in my opinion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12879Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:31:24Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his demonstrated intention to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash back? How does that make ''any'' sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12878Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:30:52Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
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::And you're perfectly OK with his idea to make the point of reference jump around chaotically, every time we read a flash back? How does that make ''any'' sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12877Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:27:48Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
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:::**1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12876Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:24:08Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::Um, so are you saying that what we saw did not take place? That IS in continuity. Marvel's Gargoyles comic, The Goliath Chronicles and Disney Adventures are what's not in continuity. And as I recall Greg saying, we'll see more of that 1997 adventure as well as the issues progress. We are getting TWO stories at the same time. We are in 1997. And if we get a flash forward to 2198, then 2198 will get it's own section there. This is not complicated. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::::I'm saying it was the future. It will happen AFTER The Rock. I'm saying The Rock takes place in 1996. Go look at your copy. I promise most of the timestamps are for 1996. Go read it again, if you think it takes place in 1997. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You guys are getting off topic. Vaevictis, I understand why Greg B has modified the page as he has. It is fine, I think. I agree with him also that all entries, including the Timeline should be written as past tense. It's simple and easy and it'll look good and consistent.<br />
:Now, back to what Supermorff and I were talking about, I'd like to modify the Timeline as Supermorff outlined above (+adding a seperate year for 1997 as Greg B has done). --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:11, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::We are having a discussion. That means that ''nobody'' gets to change the entire structure of the Timeline without asking. Nobody gets to declare "this is what we will do from now on" as if only their opinion mattered. I don't care for the way that Greg B., in particular, has decided that only he has the right to decide how the Timeline will be written. I disagree with this proposal, I disagree with making the Timeline skip around every time there's a flash-farward, and I have a right to express my opinion. Furthermore, we can't implement Supermorff's idea either, without giving EVERYBODY in this Wiki a chance to give their opinion. Why does everybody else in this community suddenly not rate? What is the deal with starting these revert wars without letting anybody even see the discussion? I should have known that if I brought this up, it would be a repeat of the splitting fiasco. Neither of you own the Wiki, so stop thinking you're the only ones who are allowed to make decisions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:24, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12871Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:07:49Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
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:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. Why is a temporary, completely-out-of-continuity flash-farward to 1997, different from a flash-farward taking place in 2198? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12870Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:06:21Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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(P.S. Let's not "pull rank" or do stuff like that here. As a fan site, it's only fair that the fans as a group should resolve disagreements instead of<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::No, 997 never becomes the present. 2198 stays 2198. I have no idea what you are talking about. - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::::Just because there was a brief flash-farward to 1997 in Bad Guys, suddenly 1997 becomes "present" and you changed the Timeline. Even though The Rock is ''explicitly'' still set in 1996, and Greg W. told us that the rest of Bad Guys is set in 1996. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12868Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T21:01:12Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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(P.S. Let's not "pull rank" or do stuff like that here. As a fan site, it's only fair that the fans as a group should resolve disagreements instead of<br />
a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::Um, we are already in 1997. The Redemption Squad's helicopter blowing up took place in 1997. We have TIGUH entries covering 1997. We are rapidly approaching 1997 in the main book, but again, as I said, we have canon material in 1997 - [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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::::::The Bad Guys framing story is a flash-farward completely outside the continuity of The Rock, which ''obviously'' takes place in 1996. The dates are printed right there in the comic. If Brooklyn goes to 2198, does 2198 temporarily become "present"? If he goes to 997, does 997 become "present" until he returns? The Gathellus stories take place during the Exodus, should that be "present" instead? I don't want the present and the tenses in the entire Wiki, to jump around every single time Greg W. writes a flashback or a time-travel story. I don't want multiple entire years moved into and out of the Future section every time a flash-farward or time-travel story gets published. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12866Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T20:55:32Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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:::**1994<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:::I ''am'' concerned what is "present", for the ''whole'' Wiki, including this Timeline. Greg B. has stated his opinion that present and future do not exist, but others are entitled to their own opinions as well, and we should have a discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:55, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12865Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T20:53:42Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So please don't change the structure of the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. Let people have a chance to talk about it. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12864Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T20:53:10Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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(P.S. Let's not "pull rank" or do stuff like that here. As a fan site, it's only fair that the fans as a group should resolve disagreements instead of<br />
a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
<nowiki>{{:1994}}</nowiki><br />
:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
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:::**1996<br />
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::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
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::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? You didn't like it when the Timeline was split when you felt the vote wasn't concluded. So don't go changing the Timeline when we've barely started this discussion. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12863Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T20:49:16Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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(P.S. Let's not "pull rank" or do stuff like that here. As a fan site, it's only fair that the fans as a group should resolve disagreements instead of<br />
a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
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:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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There is no "The Present". We jot down dates as we receive dates, be they from the comic or from Greg Weisman himself. Or whatever our best estimates are until Greg clarifies.<br />
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Since we'll be seeing a bit of 997, that will be 997. Not the present. 1997 was just given a section. We are rapidly getting there in the main book, and are already there in "Bad Guys" and received two dates in TDIGUH.<br />
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:Greg, I think you are missing the same point I did. Vaevictis isn't so much concerned with what is the present, but rather what is and isn't written in the present tense. This goes for the timeline and all other articles. The question here is: What gets written in present tense, past tense and future tense? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 14:01, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Honestly, I think each entry should be written in past tense as far as grammar goes. But that's just me.<br />
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:::Greg, I fail to see why you decided to change the Timeline without waiting for the discussion to conclude. What happened to giving the rest of us any say in the matter? The comic is not in 1997. The main story of Bad Guys took place in 1996 as described by Greg W. The Rock takes place in 1996. Why are you rearranging everything without asking? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:49, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12856Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T19:17:45Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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(P.S. Let's not "pull rank" or do stuff like that here. As a fan site, it's only fair that the fans as a group should resolve disagreements instead of<br />
a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
<nowiki>{{:1994}}</nowiki><br />
:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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So, what you are saying is that the "present" will be defined as whatever point the flagship Gargoyles series is at and events in the past and future have corresponding tenses? So though Bad Guys or Timedancer or 2198 or Dark Ages could be all over the map, entries dealing with them and things in them are tensed according to wherever Gargoyles is at the time? --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:59, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think that would be a good idea, yes. Were it not for the grammar issue, we could just merge Future and Recorded History, but I have the feeling that Greg Weisman will continue to flashback, flash-farward, time-travel, and write non-linear stories as long as he makes Gargoyles, and that will just be confusing. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:17, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12854Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T18:51:59Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I think Supermorff's idea solves the problem. It is a great idea and I love it. It'll solve several Timeline problems at once. Cool. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:43, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
Sorry, Vaevictis. You are right about the tense situtation. That is a problem we need to address across the whole Wiki. It doesn't just affect the Timeline, but nearly every entry. Supermorff's idea solves some of the timeline issues, but you are right about needing to make a decision on the tenses, sorry I didn't follow what you were saying before. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It's OK Matt.<br />
:I prefer that we keep a Future section to provide a frame of reference for the wiki-wide grammar issue. But if we scrap Future, I propose that we still maintain the distinction between Dim Mists (undated past) and Recorded History (dated events) but rename it Recorded Time or some such. I assume SLG will publish a #13 and that it will be set after Brooklyn's return, in the "present" continuity, and that Timedancer if it continues thereafter, will be a separate comic book. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:51, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Category_talk:The_Goliath_Chronicles&diff=12853Category talk:The Goliath Chronicles2007-12-27T18:46:33Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>==Out-of-universe?==<br />
So, the Out-of-Universe category is a list of all publications of/related to Gargoyles, and the category description says nothing about canonity. So should this article and the Marvel Comics article be in there? --- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 23:05, 26 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:The ''articles'' should be, yes (aren't they?), but I'm not sure the categories should. The categories also contain in-universe info. I think the categories should stay where they are, but the articles, e.g. [[The Goliath Chronicles]] should definitely be in the out-of-universe category. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:25, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I agree. As far as I can tell, neither the articles nor the categories are in Out-of-Universe. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Category has been added to [[The Goliath Chronicles]]. We don't have a general article for Marvle Comics, do we? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Marvel Comics is a category. There are no introductory articles for Marvel Comics or Disney Adventures. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:46, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Apocrypha section==<br />
This may be totally minor, but the Apocrypha section seems a bit messy.<br />
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The Marvel Comics category contains two sub-categories, Marvel Comics characters, Marvel Comics issues. Meanwhile the Apocrypha Episodes category has the Marvel Comics issues as a subcategory, but the TGC episodes without a sub-category.<br />
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My feeling is that the Marvel Comics and Goliath Chronicles categories should be classified in the same way. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:27, 19 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You're right, of course. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:33, 20 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:Done. Probably the Disney Adventures pages we've got should go into the Apocrypha Episodes category at some point as well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 20 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Category_talk:The_Goliath_Chronicles&diff=12852Category talk:The Goliath Chronicles2007-12-27T18:46:05Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>==Out-of-universe?==<br />
So, the Out-of-Universe category is a list of all publications of/related to Gargoyles, and the category description says nothing about canonity. So should this article and the Marvel Comics article be in there? --- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 23:05, 26 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:The ''articles'' should be, yes (aren't they?), but I'm not sure the categories should. The categories also contain in-universe info. I think the categories should stay where they are, but the articles, e.g. [[The Goliath Chronicles]] should definitely be in the out-of-universe category. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:25, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I agree. As far as I can tell, neither the articles nor the categories are in Out-of-Universe. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Category has been added to [[The Goliath Chronicles]]. We don't have a general article for Marvle Comics, do we? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Apocrypha section==<br />
This may be totally minor, but the Apocrypha section seems a bit messy.<br />
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The Marvel Comics category contains two sub-categories, Marvel Comics characters, Marvel Comics issues. Meanwhile the Apocrypha Episodes category has the Marvel Comics issues as a subcategory, but the TGC episodes without a sub-category.<br />
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My feeling is that the Marvel Comics and Goliath Chronicles categories should be classified in the same way. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:27, 19 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You're right, of course. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:33, 20 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:Done. Probably the Disney Adventures pages we've got should go into the Apocrypha Episodes category at some point as well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 20 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Marvel Comics is a category. There are no introductory articles for Marvel Comics or Disney Adventures. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:46, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12849Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T18:41:27Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==other stuff==<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::::Cool, thanks for helping. I'll change that.<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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a select few pushing their weight onto everyone else.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST))<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
:::::::''Are'' there any objections? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:51, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== [withheld] ==<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Ugh. This is messy and really gets right back to the disorganization inherent in the current Timeline, IMHO. Could we just have the section changed to be called "After 1996" or "After 1997"? Then we don't need to worry about what is future at all, or even what qualifies for that name. Even people new to the series/site can understand what "After 1996" means, they don't need to know that the future is currently in the past. Ugh. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:37, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I propose that we scrap both sections, that is we restructure the timeline so that instead of our current system:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Recorded History<br />
:::**Before 1994<br />
:::**1994<br />
:::**1995<br />
:::**1996<br />
:::*The Future<br />
::we use something more like this:<br />
:::*Dim Mists of Time<br />
:::*Before 994<br />
:::*994-1994<br />
:::*1994<br />
:::*1995<br />
:::*1996<br />
:::*1997-2197<br />
:::*2198 onwards<br />
::The exact sections can be changed, but what do you think? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:39, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Sigh. This discussion has no bearing at all on splitting the timeline. You can split off 1994 but we still need to decide what is and isn't future. Are we going to leave an "after 1996" section even when the main comic is telling stories set in 1999? Even if we do away with Future entirely and put every dated event into Recorded History, we need to deal with the confusingly mixed up grammatical tenses used for CiT information in the rest of the wiki.<br />
::Every problem is not caused by some horrible flaw in the Timeline. Time travel is messy in itself, and the confusion is entirely due to time-travel. Honestly, I'm getting a bit annoyed by the constant going on about splitting when it is not April yet. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:41, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=GargWiki:Community_Portal&diff=12845GargWiki:Community Portal2007-12-27T18:35:45Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Ongoing discussions */ spelling</p>
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<div>'''Welcome to the GargWiki Community Portal!''' Here we provide a simple introduction to the GargWiki community and a few useful tools to help editors navigate the site.<br />
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==Before you begin==<br />
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==Ongoing discussions==<br />
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*[[Talk:Timeline#Propose_Splitting_1996.2C_and_perhaps_other_major_years]] - Users are debating whether or not the Timeline should be split into multiple pages. This discussion is on hiatus until April 2008.<br />
*[[Category talk:Redemption Squad]] - Users are discussing whether to include the [[Director]] in this category in some form.<br />
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*[[Talk:Timeline#Future_vs._Recorded_History]] - [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi]] proposes that we clarify what counts as "present" in preparation for "[[The Gate]]".<br />
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*[[Ask Greg]] -- Since most of our canon-in-training information originates from this site, and since it is such a big part of the fandom, I think a page on Ask Greg would be appropriate. We could include a brief history of how it started, how it works, maybe list the competitions that have been held there. And we can have a big link to it at the bottom. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
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*[[Disney Adventures]] -- It would be good to have an article in the style of [[Gargoyles (TV series)]], [[The Goliath Chronicles]], etc. A general explanation of the magazine, but with focus on the ''Gargoyles'' stories. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
*[[Star Trek]] -- Well why not? We've got an article on [[Jalapeña]], after all, and this is no less silly even if it is an out-of-universe idea. Plenty of the voice actor pages would link to it.<br />
:Or you could do "Starfleet" which is mentioned in dialogue by [[Brooklyn]] in... uh... [[Her Brother's Keeper]] I think. That could work as an excuse to cover Star Trek and the connections to the actors. Or maybe I'm overthinking things?<br />
*[[Human]]s -- They fear what they don't understand... and there's probably more that could be said for them. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
:Talent for invention and technology. Make too much noise (and constantly modify their environment) to sense the biorhythms. Probably invented naming. History with a focus on their relations with other races. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:07, 24 December 2007 (CST)<br />
*[[Stone dragon]] -- i.e. the one from "[[Pendragon]]". -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
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*Kudos to [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|VA]] for rewriting the first sentences of tons of articles for better uniformity of format! (Feel free to use this section for kudos to other editors too.) -- [[User:Demonskrye|Demonskrye]] 20 September 2007<br />
*:Oh, thank you! :) -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:09, 20 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*Kudos to [[User:Supermorff]] for his hard work creating and implementing the CIT text and banner templates. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 21:22, 26 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
*:Thanks very much! -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:53, 27 September 2007 (CDT)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12844Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T18:34:08Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
<nowiki>==1994==</nowiki><br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, late 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12843Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T18:33:10Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Future vs. Recorded History */</p>
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<div>==1057==<br />
Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
::::Having said that, I don't see why we can't use both A.D. and C.E., given that the numbers don't change, and there's little chance of confusing the dates as a result. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:36, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:::Yup. :-) --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:31, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that a Timedancer story is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When "The Gate" comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when "The Gate" starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=GargWiki:Community_Portal&diff=12842GargWiki:Community Portal2007-12-27T18:32:06Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Ongoing discussions */</p>
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*[[Talk:Timeline#Propose_Splitting_1996.2C_and_perhaps_other_major_years]] - Users are debating whether or not the Timeline should be split into multiple pages. This discussion is on hiatus until April 2008.<br />
*[[Category talk:Redemption Squad]] - Users are discussing whether to include the [[Director]] in this category in some form.<br />
*[[Talk:Robyn Canmore]] - Users are discussing how best to disambiguate the page [[Hunter]]<br />
*[[Talk:Angels in the Night]] - [[User:Matt]] has suggested incorporating Apocrypha banner headings, in the same style as [[Template:CIT article]]<br />
*[[Talk:Hunter's Moon Part Three]] - [[User:M m hawk]] has asked for comments about inclusion of the missing scene from this episode.<br />
*[[Talk:Labyrinth Clan]] - [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi]] has put forward the idea of separating gargoyles and gargoyle beasts in other clans, along the lines of the mutates/gargoyles separation in this article.<br />
*[[Talk:Sleipnir]] - Users are discussing how to categorize Sleipnir's species<br />
*[[Talk:Coldtrio]] - The canonicity of this articule needs to be determined.<br />
*[[Talk:The Mirror]] - [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi]] has asked whether or not to link to the 2006 Radio Play in this article<br />
*[[Category talk:Hybrids]] - What is the origin and canonicity of the term "halfling"?<br />
*[[Category talk:Apocrypha episodes]] - [[User:Demonskrye]] has asked for a rename of this category.<br />
*[[Talk:Maggie the cat (prototype)]] - [[User:Matt]] has proposed a new format for character pages and seeks comments/criticism/approval.<br />
*[[Category talk:Characters by affiliation]] - [[User:Supermorff]] requests a decision on whether "affiliation" categories include all members (even former members) or merely current members<br />
*[[Talk:Timeline#Future_vs._Recorded_History]] - [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi]] proposes that we clarify what counts as "present" in preparation for [[The Gate]].<br />
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==Tasks==<br />
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===Requested pages===<br />
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*[[Ask Greg]] -- Since most of our canon-in-training information originates from this site, and since it is such a big part of the fandom, I think a page on Ask Greg would be appropriate. We could include a brief history of how it started, how it works, maybe list the competitions that have been held there. And we can have a big link to it at the bottom. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
*[[Gillecomgain's father]]<br />
*[[Disney Adventures]] -- It would be good to have an article in the style of [[Gargoyles (TV series)]], [[The Goliath Chronicles]], etc. A general explanation of the magazine, but with focus on the ''Gargoyles'' stories. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
*[[Star Trek]] -- Well why not? We've got an article on [[Jalapeña]], after all, and this is no less silly even if it is an out-of-universe idea. Plenty of the voice actor pages would link to it.<br />
:Or you could do "Starfleet" which is mentioned in dialogue by [[Brooklyn]] in... uh... [[Her Brother's Keeper]] I think. That could work as an excuse to cover Star Trek and the connections to the actors. Or maybe I'm overthinking things?<br />
*[[Human]]s -- They fear what they don't understand... and there's probably more that could be said for them. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
:Talent for invention and technology. Make too much noise (and constantly modify their environment) to sense the biorhythms. Probably invented naming. History with a focus on their relations with other races. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:07, 24 December 2007 (CST)<br />
*[[Stone dragon]] -- i.e. the one from "[[Pendragon]]". -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
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*[[Natsilane]] - [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi]] has requested using a different picture in the article (see [[Talk:Natsilane|talk page]])<br />
*[[Princess Katharine]] - [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi]] has requested a picture of the older Princess Katharine from later episodes<br />
*[[Scarab Corporation]] - [[User:Matt]] has requested a picture of Scarab HQ<br />
*[[Sleipnir]] -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]<br />
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==Kudos==<br />
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*Kudos to [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|VA]] for rewriting the first sentences of tons of articles for better uniformity of format! (Feel free to use this section for kudos to other editors too.) -- [[User:Demonskrye|Demonskrye]] 20 September 2007<br />
*:Oh, thank you! :) -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 13:09, 20 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*Kudos to [[User:Supermorff]] for his hard work creating and implementing the CIT text and banner templates. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 21:22, 26 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
*:Thanks very much! -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:53, 27 September 2007 (CDT)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Timeline&diff=12839Talk:Timeline2007-12-27T18:30:31Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: Future vs. Recorded History</p>
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Greg, did you mean to delete the entry "Canmore invades Scotland in alliance with the English."? I know we don't have an exact date for it yet but it is important context for the defeat of Macbeth. Otherwise it looks like Macbeth was defeated as part of the 1054 invasion instead, that it lasted 3 years. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 21 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Phenomena==<br />
''Phenomena'' is the original reading from Greg's entry quoted in the Timeline entry. I changed it back to the exact quote when I realized that it isn't a typo. The Matrix is made up of millions of nanobots, so referring to it in the plural is not incorrect, just unusual. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 15:10, 5 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:Okay. Sorry about that then. I suppose it could have referred to many (plural) phenomena caused by or related to the Matrix, instead of the Matrix itself? Or Greg may have made a typo when he typed it out first time. If you want to change it back again, I won't change it back again... uh... you know what I mean. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 6 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Canon vs. Canon-in-Training==<br />
Because this article is in the Canon category, and because canon-in-training information is still subject to change, I propose to put all of the canon-in-training entries in bold. Obviously nearly all the dates are known only through Ask Greg, and they are all formatted in bold anyhow. I'm only interested in bolding entries for ''events'' which are not shown or referred to in canon, or (such as the timing of Nokkar's arrival) for which the date is not so much as hinted in the canon. [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 18:46, 24 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:I intend to leave known historical events as "canon" since they probably aren't subject to change. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::I'm also leaving real historical characters un-marked, even though some of them are categorized as C-i-T -- such as Maol Chalvim I. I know this is sort of inconsistent and maybe should be changed later, but I'm trying for the moment to only mark information that is not known through real history or legend. I'm not sure if this is the correct approach, but it is a start. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 11:42, 4 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==A.D or C.E?==<br />
I suppose it's theoretically possible that I once used BCE and CE in some specific context, but I almost exclusively use BC and AD. Certainly, my own timeline uses BC and AD. Where did you get the idea that I preffered BCE and CE? - gdw<br />
:I was making an inference based on one of your rambles where you discuss the timeline you wrote. The ramble in question is [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=499 here]. I figured since you wrote "from 9386 B.C.E." that was the convention you were using for your written version of the timeline. I suppose I was incorrect in making that deduction?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 09:46, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Alright, next time somebody decides to re-format a bunch of pages without asking first, I'm going to let somebody else standardise everything.<br />
::So Greg, which convention do you prefer, or which do you prefer we use here? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:45, 19 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::Personally, I use BC and AD. But that doesn't mean you guys have to here. This isn't MY site. It belongs to all of you and I pitch in every once in a while. The point I was trying to make was that if the change was being made because "This is how Greg likes it" then that premise is faulty. My gut, I think, is to stick with BC and AD, because that's what the show itself used. But I'll leave the final decision up to you guys. Take a vote.<br />
::::My apologies, Greg, if I came off as presumptuous. I'll be more careful about my inferences in the future. You are correct, of course, that since this is a fan site, decisions about preferences should be made collectively. <br />
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Um, there's a lot there that is historical, or makes sense within context that shouldn't make it Canon-In-Training. If Fox had a parole hearing the day after she saved the life's guard, how is that anything other than common sense? Of course that means it's expedited.<br />
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On that note, Macbeth's cousin is listed as canon-in-training when he was historically real. (preceding unsigned comment by Greg B.?)<br />
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If you think I should change the parole hearing stuff, then I will.<br />
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Thorfinn is historical but his involvement in the events listed, and his described manner of death, are not historical, so far as I know. I mostly used Wikipedia to figure out if events were historical or fictional/speculative (and had a heck of a time tracking down the source for that Barricades Revolution). So for example, if Greg says "date - John Lennon born" that would go unmarked, but if he said "date - John Lennon has a secret meeting with the London clan" or "date - John Lennon dies in a car accident in Prague" that's canon-in-training. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:38, 10 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:By the way, the Revolution of the Barricades is a historical event. --[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:03, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::The one in 1832? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:19, 11 September 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Re: Philibert Aspairt, I had completely forgotten that historical facts are not marked CIT. My bad. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 15:15, 3 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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:No problem. Some people also aren't familiar with some historical events, so tend to mark them as CIT believing they're fiction. The stuff from France isn't that well known to Americans. You won't find some things in Wikipedia (hard to believe, I know), but there's always the internet. If you like wikis though, you might try the French Wikipedia. Here's the article on Philibert: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_Aspairt], and the "Revolution of the Barricades" I think: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_r%C3%A9publicaine_%C3%A0_Paris_en_juin_1832], although I don't think the French call it that.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:42, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::Thanks. Actually, I Googled him yesterday and came up with that exact page, but not knowing French that well I didn't really understand what it said. Oh well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Propose Splitting 1996, and perhaps other major years ==<br />
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As some have noticed, this page has become pretty massive. 1996 particularly takes up a lot of room, and there enough info there for it to be worthy of its own page. Since there doesn't seem to be a consensus, I suggest we vote on whether we should split off 1996 or not. So cast in your vote ('''Split.''' or '''Keep.''') below along with your reason, and say a week from today we'll go ahead with whatever we decide. Fair enough? Here goes.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
*'''Split.''' The page has become unwieldy, and 1996 has enough info to deserve its own page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:49, 4 November 2007 (CDT)<br />
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*I'm sorry, but I find the Timeline easier to handle as is. We are not splitting it, I don't mean to be rude, but I am pulling rank here. This is not up for vote. --[[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Split.''' I may be putting my neck on the line following Greg B's comment, but I think this needs to be done. The Timeline is already huge, and it will only get longer. My computer is on the limits of being able to handle editing it, and soon it just won't be able to. Some editors may have computers that can easily deal with the information, but others do not and it's never good policy to alienate potential users. In a perfect world, I do think it would be easier if all the information was in one place, but I don't think separating off a few sections will make it overly complicated. As I said before, I think it needs to be done. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:25, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Split.''' I'd say leave most the timeline the way it is, but have links at 1994-1996 (and maybe other years later) due to how massive those years are getting. It reminds me of the Timeline at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki. Now our timeline isn't as massive as theirs, but one day it could be. They have sperate pages for years, decades, centuries, whatever works best. Anyway, don't want to piss off Greg B here, but if done correctly, this would look pretty good. Greg, I'd like to better understand why you feel it is easier to handle as is. I find myself constantly scrolling and dancing around to find a certain date. It's chaotic. -- [[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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**Okay, first off, no one is "putting necks on the line" or "pissing me off" just for having opinions. But, earlier, when it was split, I gave it a try, and I'm sorry, but I know I would find it annoying having to go to multiple pages at once just to edit the Timeline. Supermorff, I'm sorry your computer is having trouble with it, but mine isn't, and so far I don't think too many other people are having that problem. Matt, I don't know if you are, or not, but you can always use Ctrl+F to find what you're looking for in the Timeline without having to constantly scroll. That's what I do when I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry you find it unwieldy or chaotic, but I disagree. I find it very straight forward and easy to use. I don't think a split needs to be done. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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***I don't mean to sound rude but, pull rank? Users are ranked on this site? Why haven't I seen this anywhere? I thought this being a fansite decisions were made by consensus? (Someone should ''really'' write guidelines for this site somewhere, perhaps whoever has the highest rank?). Secondly, sounds to me like if you need to resort to Ctrl+F to find something, this page is already too massive. Also, 1994-6 are major years and being where most of the series takes place are pretty self-contained. Being major years at least 1996 deserves its own page (it takes up about half the timeline as it is!). I honestly don't see how having that year on its own page makes the timeline ''that'' much harder to edit. It's not exactly being split into a whole lot of pages, just one to three more. If you find it hard to edit, you could just leave the adding of events to other users that find it otherwise.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 12:21, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*I dunno whether a rank system exists or not here, but it doesn't matter. We all want what is best on this site and we disagree on what that is. Frankly, I can see the advantages and disadvantages to both proposals. The reason I say split it also has to do with the fact that the timeline is slowly, but surely growing. With Greg W's "This Day in...", the revelations from the Gargoyles comic and all the stuff thats gonna be coming with spinoffs, the timeline is going to get huge. It already is. Greg W. says his timeline is hundreds of pages long. Do we want the equivalent of a hundred or two hundred page document on one GargWiki page? I don't think so. Eventually, we are going to HAVE to split up the page, so we may as well do it now. I can see something like a page for all the pre-history stuff, a page from then to say where Dark Ages starts, a page from there to 1994, a page for '94, '95, and '96 (and eventually one for '97 as well), and a page for the future stuff. All these pages could be linked sequencely. Right now a far simpler spliting would be all that was neccesary, but one day... Anyway, thats what I envision. A 300 page timeline on one GargWiki page isn't a good idea. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 4 November 2007<br />
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::'''Keep''' I don't know what all the rank stuff is about, but I don't want to split it. 1996 is already a subsection that can be edited by itself. I always edit just one subsection at a time. Making 1996 a separate page won't make it any smaller than it already is, and you can already edit it as a subsection instead of editing the entire page. That's why I created a separate subsection for Before 1994, so it could be edited separately. But I would find it much harder to edit if it was entirely separate pages. Maybe one day we will have to split it, but I don't think it's necessary yet. If we did split it, it would look pretty silly to have Future and Before 1994 and Dim Prehistory all on one page, we'd have to make each subsection a separate page. But why would it be easier to edit them then, when they can already be edited separately? I guess I don't understand why it is causing a problem.<br />
::I also use Ctrl+F and not just on the Timeline, but on most Gargwiki pages except for the shortest stubs. I don't consider it a sign that a page is too long.<br />
::But I don't like the idea of "pulling rank." I don't think that any one of us should be able to disregard consensus. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 19:02, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:'''Keep'''' I gotta side with Greg B. here. Maybe one day we'll have to split the timeline into separate sections, but for now, I think it's fine the way it is. It's easier to find stuff (just go to "find") because it's all in one place. We can worry about splitting the timeline when it truly does become unmanageable, if it ever comes to that. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 20:37, 4 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Okay, it's been over a week so I'll close voting on this idea. The result was '''No Consensus''' with 3 voting to split (myself, Matt, and Supermorff) and 3 voting to keep (Greg B., V.A., and Dtaina). Greg W. said he found the page unwieldy but did not put up a vote. So out of 78 admins here, about 7 offered opinions (we are ''such'' an active group aren't we?). Given that this is the case, I suggest we try Supermorff's idea of transcluding major years. We can just test it out on 1994, and if that goes well, we can continue with it, and if not, we can always revert to what we had before. Are there any major objections, or should we vote on this as well?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:40, 11 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::When I split the 1994 section off into a new article, I transcluded the new page back into the Timeline. This means that when you are looking through the Timeline, it would look exactly the same as it does now. Information should be no harder to find, whether you use Ctrl-F or not, and there would be no need to split off random sections either. The only difference would occur when editing the page, and I understand that it would perhaps be a bit harder to manage, but I don't think it would be much harder.<br />
::There is a possible compromise, in which the section headings are split off as well and transcluded, instead of left in the original article. This would mean that the [edit] link beside the heading would take you to the edit page of the new article. If we did it that way, editing the Timeline should (hopefully) be no harder than editing section-by-section. Is it worth trying like that? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:05, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::That sounds like a pretty good compromise. Given how there currently isn't a consensus on splitting the page, it might be worth getting other people's thoughts on this. While it technically puts the information on separate pages, it will show up on the same page, allowing anyone to edit using either method, which seems to resolve the main sticking points of the disagreement. Works for me. For those of you unfamiliar with transclusion, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion here].--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:07, 5 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::I had no idea what transclusion was. It sounds like if you split but transcluded, for example, 1996, then the entire content of the 1996 page would appear on the Timeline page exactly where it does now, and the appearance of the Timeline page would not be affected? If I'm understanding right, then the only remaining issue would be which choice (keep or split) is easiest to edit for the largest number of members. (And I suppose we could try splitting/transcluding and change it back if it makes editing harder). -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:37, 6 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::That's right, and that was the idea. When I split off 1994 into a new article, it ''was'' transcluded back into the Timeline. But five hours later, Greg decided that it did make the editing too hard and changed it back.<br />
:::::Part of the problem (I guess) might have been that the [edit] button by the 1994 section was attached to that section of the Timeline, and not the new article, so all that appeared was:<br />
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:::::Also I didn't add a link to the 1994 article in the timeline, which would have made it harder to navigate between them (an editor would have to input the new article in the search bar manually). So... to solve these problems (my own fault, I realise), we can split the section heading off into the new article, so that the [edit] button that appears in the Timeline does go to the desired section. We could also turn the section heading into a link as well, just to make it easier.<br />
:::::I'm hesitant to split off 1996 at this early stage because we're still learning things that happened in that year. If we're going to test it, let's go for 1994 again. Worth another try? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::For what it's worth, I find the timeline section fairly unwieldy. -gdw<br />
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:::::::Unless there are last minute objections, I'm going to split off the 1994 section into a new article again, using the new methods I discussed above. After everyone has had a chance to familiarise themselves with the new setup, we can discuss how to proceed from there.<br />
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I can understand the reluctance to not put in all the dates and times withheld from "This Day...", and I'm NOT saying you should. BUT... a friendly warning... by not putting them in gradually as place-holders, you're setting yourselves up for a LOT of work in the not-too-distant-future. -gdw<br />
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We can always go back and retreive them from Ask Greg, can't we? If we retrieve them now I'd say to keep them on the talk page until there's something to say. It would look weird on the timeline itself. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 17:05, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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* I believe this all has something to do with the fact that Issues 7-9 are going to be non-linear. -[[User:Matt|Matt]] 7 November 2007<br />
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:If it's withheld now because issues 7-9 haven't been released yet, then it won't be withheld the next time you do these days on "This Day...", right? In which case we can just add it in when it's revealed.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 20:53, 7 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, that's assuming I'm still doing "This Day..." a year from now. Once I've gone through a whole calendar year, I may discontinue the feature. Still, I'm only suggesting place-holders to save you guys time later. If you don't mind doing a big chunk o' whatever as each issue comes out, then I've got no trouble with the current policy. - gdw<br />
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== Transclusion complete ==<br />
I've finished splitting off [[1994]] into a new article. As intended, the [edit] link now points directly to that new article, although I'm having trouble turning the heading into a link. I may have to add a "The main article for this section..." line to get the link working properly.<br />
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I understand it may be a bit of an adjustment getting used to the new system, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. If we collecively decide that it is too much trouble, then we can merge that section back into the main timeline at a later date. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:11, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Actually, the link to the new article might be working, but just not appearing on my screen because the system is taking some time to pass along the updates. Is it working properly for everyone else? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 10:18, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:It appears to be working for me, though without knowing precicely what you intended I can't assure you it's working as you expected. From what I can see the Timeline looks the same except that the section heading for 1994 is now a link, and the addition of the boxes referring to other parts of the Timeline, which is a good idea.<br />
:When editing from the Timeline article, the introductory paragraphs for the 1994 article do not come up for edit, only the day entries originally taken from the Timeline article. The introductory paragraphs can only be edited from the 1994 article's edit button.<br />
:Overall, I think this looks good. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 16:30, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Well, it ''seems'' to be working alright. There appears to be a problem with the external links. For some reason, when I updated the link for November 12th on the 1994 page, when I take a look at the link on the Timeline page, it hasn't changed. Yet, when I attempt to edit the page using the [edit] link on the Timeline, the changes are there! How weird is that? I'm pretty sure it's not the browser cache, since I took a look at the page using different computers and cleared the cache, yet the result was the same. Does transclusion just not work well with external links?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 19:43, 12 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Vaevictis, I intentionally wanted it so that the edit button only went to the Timeline section of the new article. If you wanted, we could try to rework the code so that you can edit the whole 1994 page from the Timeline, but it is currently working as I intended.<br />
:::Moeen, I had a very similar problem. In fact it ''is'' a cache problem, but not on the browser. It is on the wiki software itself. It will take a while for the Timeline article to "catch up" to edits made in [[1994]]. Not too long, I hope, but the sheer length of the Timeline article will make it longer. But it ''will'' catch up eventually. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:55, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Except it won't, because Greg B changed it back again.<br />
:::Greg, is it really so impossible to use that we couldn't leave it for a week to see what consensus is? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:04, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, Greg B. First of all, the votes weren't quite even, given that Greg W. did say that he found the page unwieldy. Second of all, the vote was over splitting, this is a transclusion. Both I and Supermorff asked if there were any objections to the method before the move was made. You didn't say anything, and then when its done, you revert the changes without even discussing or even bothering to get other people's opinions on this. This is definitely bordering on uncivil behavior, if it's not already uncivil. According to [[GargWiki:Policy]] you're not supposed to "ignore the positions and conclusions of others" and "Avoid reverts and deletions whenever possible," so you've already violated at least those two. Given that you didn't make any objections when we asked for them, it's wrong for you to then revert them without discussing. I don't want to start an edit war here, and that's not going to help anyone. So why don't we sick to policy and discuss this and if you really feel that this should not be done, we can vote on ''transcluding'' the other years this time. If enough people don't like it, then we can easily change it back. What's wrong with that?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 22:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:First of all, I've been very busy lately, that's why I couldn't comment.. Second of all, honestly... I do not like this. I don't like splitting. I don't like transcluding. I tried to edit, and this I found unwieldy. There was no problem at all with the Timeline as it was before. Also, I don't think Greg officially voted, he can if he wants to. But, I'm sorry. This is too difficult work with. It's like the old saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Timeline was not broken. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:I have to agree that transclusion is a fair compromise that'll make most everyone happy, but... I think it's too soon to change things. It'll be a pain to edit while the timeline is still growing, daily, thanks to Greg's "This Day in Gargoyles' Universe History" entries. Just imagine having to edit each year separately every time there's a new entry. Why make the editors go through that? I think you guys should wait until the timeline is complete (or as complete as it's going to get, considering the comics) before deciding whether or not we should change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:01, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::At the time no one objected, and it wouldn't have been that time consuming to do so. Whether it's broke or not seems to be a matter of opinion here. Okay, let's just try this method for a few more days and get everyones ideas about it. If people don't like it we can change it back easily. Personally, with all the info showing up on one page, it shouldn't be that much harder. But let's wait and see what other people make of it and come to a decision then. That should be fair to everyone.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 23:11, 13 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::I think three things, first of all: We should all discuss these things more before changing the page one way or another. Second, DTaina has a good point about TDIGUH. It is just as easy as before to edit directly from the timeline when we're only having changes to one year through the comics, but with This Day we're getting multiple year changes each day, and that is more difficult to edit with the transclusion.<br />
:::Third. What is broken seems to be a matter of how hard it is to edit. Greg B. is having diffifculty editing the transcluded version. Some other editors were saying they have difficulty editing the combined version. Neither version is perfect and I don't think it's fair for anyone to claim "my version has no problems."<br />
:::My own vote is that I find combined and transcluded equally easy to edit, so I no longer have a preference between the two versions. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:28, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::Yeah, okay, it ''was'' a good point about TDIGUH. How much longer is it likely to last, does anyone know? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 14:04, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::He said (see [withheld] above) that he might discontinue the feature after he's gone through one whole calendar year. Given that he started on April 7th, that would be April 6th of next year. But he didn't say for sure, and for all we know he might just keep going with it as long as Ask Greg is there.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 15:27, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::If you want to talk "borderline uncivil", I think telling me that "it wouldn't have been too time consuming" is "borderline uncivil." Please, don't tell me what I do and don't have time for. I work very hard, I have very long hours at school. Usually 9am to 9:15pm (sometimes on weekends as well)... and that doesn't count getting there and back. You're not living my life. I'm very glad you seem to have the time, but I often don't.<br />
::::And, I'm sorry, but I still hate the transclusion and see no purpose or need for it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a class to get to. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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:::::Oh come on, I was up until 3AM last night grading quizzes for my calc class, barely made it to the morning seminar, and then had to teach for three hours in the afternoon. On top of that I have to prepare work for my other classes on a regular basis. I'm busy too, and I still manage it. The fact that you took the time to reply back shows that you do too when you want to make time for it. You also seem to have enough time to add the new events from "This Day.." at Ask Greg, on top of other edits. Is taking a few minutes of your time to type a response really that much to ask for?--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 21:18, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::Guys, come on. Let's leave our personal lives out of this. This isn't the right place for that kind of discussion. The problem at hand is what to do with the timeline, not who leads the busiest life or why someone didn't post a reply. Well, I think we should leave the timeline as it is. It's not unmanageable yet, and from what I understand, it is easier to edit. New entries are added every day; I believe that editing one page and one page only saves time. Why don't we worry about the whole transclusion/splitting debate after the TDGIUH entries are over, when the timeline truly becomes unmanageable? [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 23:33, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::Dtaina, currently the article is split and transcluded. Are you suggesting merging back into the article until TDIGUH is finished?<br />
:::::::Just so everybody is clear, I'm fine with that idea, but I am going to take this opportunity to clarfiy my point on this: because of the limitations of my computer hardware and the amount of information to process, it takes me ''longer'' to edit the single, unsplit Timeline article than it would to update multiple smaller sections. If this was not the case, I would not be suggesting a split at all. At the moment, this is only an inconvenience and I would like to stop it from becoming an outright problem.<br />
:::::::If you do merge back, I would like us to keep the 1994 article. If we decide, after TDIGUH is concluded, that a split is acceptable, then I don't really want to have to create the 1994 article for a third time. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 06:20, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Supermorff, I'm not doubting what you say about your own experience, but I am confused why you were unable to edit the Timeline one subsection at a time (for example, editing the Future section by itself) instead of the entire page. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 09:50, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::::::::I could have done that, but if I was editing only one section at a time it seemed worthwhile giving each section had its own article. Possibly that was a bit, well, selfish, but everyone that edits the Timeline usually does so section-by-section (although not necessarily ''all the time''), and I assumed my problem was more widespread that it turned out to be. Does everybody else really have no lag when they edit the whole timeline? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 16:47, 16 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::::::::Wait, wait, wait. The vote was an even deadlock, and you split it anyway? -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg B]]<br />
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:::::::::The vote on a split was at a deadlock. That idea would not have shown any info from the split off years on the Timeline. We decided to go for a transclusion, which technically involving a split is not the same thing and has the benefit of showing all the information on the Timeline page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 10:24, 15 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*Lag or not. Easy to update or not. To me that isn't the issue. To me, working out something new with the Timeline is a neccesity for stylistic reasons. Right now, its getting to be a mess, and its only gonna get worse. There are just so many dates all on this long list. Maybe we just need to break it up into seperate periods better, but I think ultimately we are gonna need to split it into seperate pages, each linked to the next like the episodes are in order. Then on the Timeline page itself, it'll show an overview of how the timeline has been broken down into seperate pages and naturally, links to each page. Does this create a little more work to update when new dates are released. Maybe. But when TDIGUH ends, we most likely will be getting dates all from one year or period at a time anyway, so we won't usually need to update several different timeline period pages at once. Anyway, thats my say on this, I'll leave it up to the majority, but something will need to be done. I think anyone who thinks the timeline will just go on as is forever is blind. Its a mess and its getting worse. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 16 November 2007<br />
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:Ahem. I am ''not'' blind, and I do not think the Timeline is a mess at all. If any split is going to happen, I ''vastly'' prefer it transcluded instead of turning the original page into an outline of links. I want the option of seeing it all together if I want to. I oppose any split that does not transclude. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 10:29, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Okay, I'm not doing an about-turn here. I still believe that the Timeline needs a split or a restructure or ''something'' to make it friendlier to users who haven't been looking at it every day for so many months. And I think transclusion is probably preferable, because then users have the choice as to whether they want to look at the information all together or on their separate pages. But...<br />
::Does anyone think this has to be done ''now''? At the time I first split the page and this extended discussion began, I was working under the impression that TDIGUH would continue indefinitely. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, I am... willing... to remerge the article and postpone a more permanent decision until TDIGUH is concluded (whenever that happens to be).<br />
::1994 can be turned into a redirect as long as it is not outright deleted. Those inclusion tags are tricky blighters. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 13:06, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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:::Well, first of all, we don't know what the situation with "This Day..." is in terms of it continuing indefinitely or not. Greg W. said he ''might'' discontinue it after going through a whole calendar year, and so we won't know what the case will be until April of next year, which is still months away. Also, since there isn't quite as much happening in 1994 as there is in say 1995 and 1996, leaving 1994 as it is now shouldn't be much of a problem. What we could do, is either leave the page as it is, and then vote on transcluding 1995 and 1996 in April, or vote soon on whether we want to keep going with this method of transcluding the major years. Either way, we need to vote to see if there's a majority one way or another.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 13:32, 17 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==New format==<br />
Probably I should not be bringing up yet another issue while the debate about splitting/transclusion is still ongoing, but I recently found some interesting wiki markup that we could possibly use on the Timeline. As follows:<br />
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;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
will give:<br />
;November 14th : Supermorff makes a suggestion.<br />
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Does anyone think this might be useful? -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 07:57, 14 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Vote on Transclusion ==<br />
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Okay, to keep going back and forth here, we're going to decide by vote whether or not we keep with the transclusions or go back to everything on one page. Hopefully this time we'll actually get a majority, so here goes. Vote '''Transclude''' if you prefer to have some info transcluded, or '''Revert''' if you wish to put the timeline back into the old format without any transclusions. I'll give it one week, like last time.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's a fair compromise between those of us who have trouble editing the larger versions and those of us who want to see all the information on one page.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 14:03, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
*'''Transclude''' I think it's the first step in a project we are inevitably going to have to take on. Easier to start now. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 15:02, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''', there is no need for this. In fact,the vote was a split and your side cheated by doing it anyway. If you change it again before the vote is final, then I will hit the Protect tab. Seriously, you don't install a new President before the vote and then have an election. -- [[User:Greg Bishansky|Greg Bishansky]]<br />
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*'''Revert''' Transclusion, splitting... we'll still have to go to several pages just to edit the timeline every day. As a webmaster myself, I can tell you how annoying and time-consuming that is. I vote we revert the changes and wait until the TDIGUH entries are over before deciding whether or not to change anything. [[User:Dtaina|Dtaina]] 16:18, 18 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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*'''Revert''' Based upon what I've read, it only seems to be lagging for one person. And it also sounds like one of those things that's making more problems now and will make problems later as TDIGUH expands. It just seems easier to deal with it down the road, see what happens after the TDIGUH entries are added. [[User:Harvester of Eyes|Harvester of Eyes]]<br />
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*I vote '''Revert''' until TDIGUH completes a full calendar year (at which point, even if it continues, there will be fewer entries to add), and then my vote will change to '''Transclude'''. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 03:43, 19 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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Alright, it's been over a week, so I'll close voting on this one. This time we do have a majority, and it's in favor of maintaining the status quo, so '''Revert''' it is, at least for the time being. The topic can be brought up again if someone wishes to do so, at which point we can have a vote again if necessary. For this topic, the best next such time will be early April 2008, at which point Greg W. will have gone through an entire calendar year with "This Day..." entries, and will (presumably) have decided whether he wishes to continue the feature.--[[User:M m hawk|Moeen]] 00:01, 26 November 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Future vs. Recorded History==<br />
Now that Timedancer is scheduled for mid-2008, I think we need to make sure we all agree how the Future and Recorded History sections will work.<br />
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Currently, this section begins with this explanatory note: "Because of the ten-year gap between the end of Season Two and the beginning of the SLG comics, the most recent issue of the main comic book takes place in late 1996. Therefore, this section of the timeline begins with 1996." so that first-time viewers are not confused by the dissonance between the Gargverse future and the real world future.<br />
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When Timedancer comes out, 995 may become the "present" in the main comic for a few issues. Even now, the ongoing framing story in Bad Guys is apparently set sometime in 1997. What is present (part of the Recorded History section) and what is Future?<br />
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I propose that for the purposes of this Timeline, that Recorded History only run up to the "present" as depicted in the main continuity of the flagship comic. Although the first Timedancer adventure will be in the flagship comic, everything after 995 will remain within Recorded History, not Future. Likewise, 1997 won't become Recorded History until the main comic catches up with the Bad Guys framing story.<br />
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In other words, I propose that when Timedancer starts, that the moment Brooklyn disappears and returns remains as the "present" (Recorded History), and that if we see him skip ahead to 2198 or whatever, that those events be recorded in the Future section. Does that make any sense? -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:30, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Category_talk:Characters_by_affiliation&diff=12833Category talk:Characters by affiliation2007-12-27T18:21:15Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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In these categories, are we including all members of a group (even former members) or only current members. This is inconsistent at the moment ([[Brentwood]] was removed from [[:Category:Labyrinth Clan]], and yet both [[Fox]] and [[Dingo]] are in [[:Category:The Pack]]). It's further complicated by the existence of future articles like [[Samson]], which are included in their appropriate articles.<br />
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I prefer including all members (past, present and future), for several reasons. If we include only present members, then we have said that there's something special about "the present" - this becomes a huge problem if and when ''[[Gargoyles 2198]]'' or ''[[Gargoyles: The Dark Ages]]'' are released. Also, if we only include "current" members then what do we do about groups that no longer exist (e.g. [[:Category:Wyvern Clan]]) or for characters that have died (e.g. [[Canmore]]). I doubt anyone would suggest that we don't categorize Canmore as a Hunter?<br />
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I don't think this would cause too much confusion, as long as we state somewhere (e.g. in the intro for ''this'' category) that all members are included. The character articles would state that they have left the group, and they would be listed as "former members" in the group article as well. I think this is the best solution. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 12:02, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:I think you've hit the nail on the head with this one. Everyone (past, present or future) should be included. I've worried about what would happen when we start seeing spinoffs in the past and future also. Not to mention since the series is currently in 1996, what the definition of past, present and future is confusing anyway. Easiest just to include everyone affiliated at any point in time. The history section for each character should explain each situation more accurately. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:06, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I agree, include all members. With Timedancer coming up in 2008, the "present" will become vague. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:21, 27 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Category_talk:The_Goliath_Chronicles&diff=12832Category talk:The Goliath Chronicles2007-12-27T18:18:04Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* Out-of-universe? */</p>
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So, the Out-of-Universe category is a list of all publications of/related to Gargoyles, and the category description says nothing about canonity. So should this article and the Marvel Comics article be in there? --- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 23:05, 26 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:The ''articles'' should be, yes (aren't they?), but I'm not sure the categories should. The categories also contain in-universe info. I think the categories should stay where they are, but the articles, e.g. [[The Goliath Chronicles]] should definitely be in the out-of-universe category. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:25, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::I agree. As far as I can tell, neither the articles nor the categories are in Out-of-Universe. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:18, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Apocrypha section==<br />
This may be totally minor, but the Apocrypha section seems a bit messy.<br />
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The Marvel Comics category contains two sub-categories, Marvel Comics characters, Marvel Comics issues. Meanwhile the Apocrypha Episodes category has the Marvel Comics issues as a subcategory, but the TGC episodes without a sub-category.<br />
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My feeling is that the Marvel Comics and Goliath Chronicles categories should be classified in the same way. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:27, 19 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You're right, of course. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:33, 20 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:Done. Probably the Disney Adventures pages we've got should go into the Apocrypha Episodes category at some point as well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 20 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Phoenix_Gate&diff=12830Phoenix Gate2007-12-27T18:15:31Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: /* History */ tense on future info</p>
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The '''Phoenix Gate''' is a magical talisman that allows whoever uses it to travel through time and space.<br />
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{{CIT|The origins of the Phoenix Gate are vague, but it is believed that it came into existence with time itself, as a sort of safety valve for the Time Stream.}} Somehow it took on its present form, that of a small, flat, heater-shaped object with a phoenix design upon it, at some point before the late 10th century.<br />
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The Phoenix Gate's earliest recorded appearance is in [[975]], when [[Princess Elena]]'s father made it her dowry for her marriage to [[Prince Malcolm]]. The [[Archmage]] learned of this, and was aware (as Elena and her father presumably were not) of its true nature; desirous of obtaining it so that he could combine it with the ''[[Grimorum Arcanorum]]'' and the [[Eye of Odin]] to become an all-powerful sorcerer, he sent some bandits in his service to seize it from the princess and her escort, the [[Norman Ambassador]]. The bandits, however, were foiled by the time-travelling [[David Xanatos|Xanatos]], [[Fox]], and [[Petros Xanatos]]. Next the Archmage sent [[Demona]], then his apprentice, to steal the Gate from Princess Elena. <br />
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Demona did so, but after encountering both her future self and a future [[Goliath]], in the course of which she beheld the immediate aftermath of the [[Wyvern Massacre]] nineteen years later, decided not to yield it to her master. Instead, she pretended to him to have lost it, while parting it in half with Goliath. To Goliath, his half of the Gate was only a token of the love that he and Demona had for each other.<br />
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Both [[gargoyles]] kept their halves of the Gate over the next 1020 years, until Xanatos and Fox's wedding in [[1995]]. Xanatos and Demona then tricked Goliath into coming to the wedding with his half of the Gate, so that Demona could combine it with hers and allow the two schemers to travel back to 975, Xanatos to foil the Archmage's scheme and save Princess Elena, in the process obtaining the rare coin that he would need to found his business empire in 1975, Demona in the effort to persuade her younger self to keep the Gate rather than sharing it with Goliath. Goliath used the Phoenix Gate afterwards to return himself and the other time travellers to 1995, and, aware of its true nature now, kept it at the clock tower with the ''Grimorum'' and the Eye of Odin. ''("[[Vows]]")''<br />
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Under the [[Weird Sisters]]' instructions, Demona and Macbeth stole the three magical objects from the [[clock tower]] and delivered them to the Archmage, who used the Phoenix Gate to go back in time and rescue himself from the abyss in [[984]], then bring his younger self forward in time, helping him set up the steps that he would need to become the "enhanced Archmage". When Goliath finally defeated the Archmage, he took the Gate into his custody, planning to make certain that it would never be used again. ''("[[High Noon]]"; "[[Avalon Part Two|Avalon]]" Part Two; "[[Avalon Part Three|Avalon]]" Part Three)''<br />
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However, he broke that promise when he and his companions came to London on the [[Avalon World Tour]] and there encountered [[Leo]] and [[Una]]. After Leo and Una blamed Goliath for [[Griff]]'s disappearance in [[1940]], and kidnapped [[Elisa Maza|Elisa]], [[Angela]], and [[Bronx]] in retaliation, Goliath realized that he would have to use the Gate to go back to 1940 and find out what really happened there. In the process, he met the three London gargoyles, and was finally forced to bring Griff forward in time to 1995, after realizing that he could not change history by bringing the griffon-like gargoyle back to the Mystic shop in 1940. ''("[[M.I.A.]]")''<br />
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Later on, near the end of the Avalon World Tour, [[Puck]] became aware of Goliath's possession of the Phoenix Gate, and decided to trick him into giving it up so that Puck could bribe [[Oberon]] with the Gate into letting him stay in the human world during the [[Gathering]]. He did this by placing his "[[Future Tense]]" vision upon Goliath, so that the gargoyle believed that he had been transported to a grim and bleak New York in [[2036]], ruled by Xanatos, with the only way of saving the city from its tyrant being to go back in time and change history. Goliath finally discovered Puck's true plan, however, and to keep the Gate out of his or anyone else's hands, threw it into the Time Stream, hoping that it would be lost in time forever. ''("[[Future Tense]]")''<br />
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{{CIT|Goliath was wrong, however. Not long after the gargoyles moved back into Castle Wyvern, the Phoenix Gate will reappear to seek out [[Brooklyn]], and proceed to randomly transport him to a number of different locations in time and space, embarking him on his "[[Timedancer]]" adventures. The Gate will appear, transport Brooklyn away to another period of time, and then vanish, to reappear some time later and repeat the process again. Why it singles Brooklyn out for this attention is unknown; however, at last, after forty years from his perspective, it will return him to Castle Wyvern with his new-found family, and then disappear yet again - to reappear at that point in time where it had first originally appeared, to play its part in history all over again in an eternal time loop.}}<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
In order to activate the Phoenix Gate, one must hold it and speak the Latin incantation "Deslegrate muri tempi et intervalia!" (This translates roughly to "Burn down walls of space and time!") Afterwards, a ball of fire will appear and teleport the speaker and anyone close enough to him or her to whatever time and place the speaker had envisioned. The one known exception was the "enhanced Archmage," who could control the Gate without even a single spoken word, presumably through sheer will.<br />
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Time travellers in the ''Gargoyles'' Universe, whether using the Phoenix Gate or any other method (no others have yet been discovered), are unable to change history, for the simple reason that they have already been to the past. Thus, Xanatos' trip to 975, the Archmage's trip to 984, and Goliath's trip to 1940, were all events that could not change the past, but merely served as part of it; Xanatos' visit to Castle Wyvern in the 10th century brought about his receiving the rare coin in 1975 that he had already received twenty years before he left, and similarly Goliath's time travel adventure became responsible for the very disappearance of Griff that he had gone to 1940 to investigate. On the other hand, Goliath was unable to return Griff to the Mystic shop during World War II, and both Demona and Goliath failed to alter the pattern of Demona's behavior from 975 onwards, although they both made the attempt. History is immutable; the very attempts to change it become part of the already-existing pattern - were part of it all along.<br />
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==Real World Background==<br />
The Phoenix Gate was named after the legendary Phoenix, a bird which was said to live in a remote part of Arabia, and which is depicted upon the Gate itself. According to the traditional tale, every 500 years (or 1461, in some versions), the Phoenix would burst into flame, immolating itself, and a new Phoenix would arise from the ashes, to begin the cycle anew. No doubt, the Gate was named after the Phoenix both because of its fiery bursts whenever it was activated, and its eternal time loop paralleling the Phoenix's own endless life cycle of renewal.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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[[Category:Objects]]</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Appearences_Section&diff=12829Talk:Appearences Section2007-12-27T18:12:21Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>I designed this page as a prototype for an idea I had on how character pages should be done. Instead of all the titles showing up throughout the text, I placed them in their own section below. I believe this makes for a neater and more organized page. I'm open to suggestions, comments and criticism of course, but I like it and if we get a general consensus on this, I can start converting everyone. So what do you think? The [[Maggie the Cat|original page]] is unchanged for comparison to the [[Maggie the cat (prototype)]] page. Thanks. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 08:42, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Interesting idea. The history section in this article is neater, but now we cannot tell where the information in a particular section came from. If I wanted to know when Talon revealed his feelings for Maggie, this page doesn't actually have that information. And if we are not putting citations in the body text, where do we link to specific responses at Ask Greg (if and when it is appropriate to do so)?<br />
:I do like the Appearances section. It would be nice and useful to have all appearances listed in one place (although episode titles should not be italicized). But in my opinion, by removing the episode citations from the body text, we've lost more than we've gained.<br />
:We could... just thinking now... we could use the new section as a sort of References section as they have at Wikipedia. That is, we include small links <sup>[[#down here|1]]</sup> throughout the body text, which users can click on to be directed down the page to the references section, and the number indicates the appropriate episode.<br />
:This is a simplification of the system used at Wikipedia, because MediaWiki reference tags don't seem to work on GargWiki (I've tried before). If we wanted, for example, to be able to link back up the page to the citations, then we'd need to make it more complicated, perhaps by using templates.<br />
:In fact, this is the system described [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnote1 here] at Wikipedia, which was the first footnote system they used and which has been obsolete for a very long time. More recent, but equally obsolete methods can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnote2 here] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnote3 here]. <br />
:This might be more trouble than it's worth. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:16, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I totally understand your point about in which episode stuff happens, but in my mind, the history sections are such a jumbled narrative anyway (with C-i-T info to boot) that often the episode notation after a paragraph doesn't really reflect what was in that episode anyway, which means it was false information. For instance, in the current [[Maggie the Cat]] page, we have a mention in the first paragraph about her coming to New York to be an actor and all that. The first episode reference we see is Metamorphosis, but this information was not revealed in that episode. So, to me adding an appearences section is more informative, if not more factual. Not to mention it reveals more information than the original format shows such as which episodes she appeared in, but did not have lines and which episodes mentioned her. Another example is that last paragraph. It is only a couple sentences, but it mentions things that occur over several episodes (or issues in this case). If we were to cite all those stories after that paragraph nobody would know what happened in what story either.<br />
If we could figure out a working footnote system, I suppose that'd work, but it might be better for those footnotes to take you directly to the episode page itself rather than further down the page you are on. Or so it makes sense in my mind. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 11:32, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Yeah... yeah, that could work. Instead of scrapping the citations throughout the body text, we just change the format. So instead of ''("[[Metamorphosis]]")'' we have <sup>[[Metamorphosis|1]]</sup> or something similar to that. We can include these smaller citations in more appropriate places, even more often. And we can keep the Appearances section as you've done here.<br />
:I don't think it's a problem that the first citation after the first paragraph is for "Metamorphosis" - CIT information, by definition, is not referenced in any episode anyway. All the other, canon info from the first paragraph is from "Metamorphosis". It would be nice to have a Ask Greg citation for that CIT info. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:42, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Yes, I like this idea A LOT. With that system we'd have either yellow footnote numbers linking to episodes or blue footnote numbers linking to [[Ask Greg]] stuff. I could go ahead and start putting the footnotes in [[Maggie the cat (prototype)]]. This would make a big project even bigger, but I think it is well worth it in the end. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 11:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:We could go a step further, and create templates so that we don't have to type out the whole <sup... whatever each time. We could include it all at [[Template:Ep]] or something, so all you'd have to do is <nowiki>{{ep|Metamorphosis|1}},</nowiki> for example. It would be simpler if they weren't numbered (and we used an asterisk * or something), but we could do it either way. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I'd appreciate some simplicity like that a lot before starting on this project (assuming at least a few more people like the idea). I don't know much about Wiki-coding though, so I'll leave this in your hands or someone else's. In the meantime, I added the episodic footnotes to the prototype page. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Hmmm.... this looks incredibly complicated. If we switch to this system, I for one will never use it because it is far to sophisticated for me to code when I write pages. Also, as noted, the page itself no longer says which information comes from what source. Not every computer or browser can mouse-over links to tell their destination. As for putting references on paragraphs of mixed information... firstly, I don't think it is necessary to give references for every single piece of information, since it can be assumed that our sources are limited to the show, the comic, and Greg Weisman for all in-Gargverse information. Are we going to cite every single piece of real-world information as well? Secondly, when I do cite in mixed paragraphs, I put the citations directly after the sentence they relate to, within the period. Whereas paragraphs that are wholly from one episode, I cite at the end of the paragraph. I think our current citing system works fine. If we change characters, we would have to change every single page on the wiki. And then we have this code all over the place that only wiki-markup experts can use.<br />
::I like the Appearances section, however. That is a good idea. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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1. Like this!</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Talk:Appearences_Section&diff=12828Talk:Appearences Section2007-12-27T18:10:18Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>I designed this page as a prototype for an idea I had on how character pages should be done. Instead of all the titles showing up throughout the text, I placed them in their own section below. I believe this makes for a neater and more organized page. I'm open to suggestions, comments and criticism of course, but I like it and if we get a general consensus on this, I can start converting everyone. So what do you think? The [[Maggie the Cat|original page]] is unchanged for comparison to the [[Maggie the cat (prototype)]] page. Thanks. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 08:42, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Interesting idea. The history section in this article is neater, but now we cannot tell where the information in a particular section came from. If I wanted to know when Talon revealed his feelings for Maggie, this page doesn't actually have that information. And if we are not putting citations in the body text, where do we link to specific responses at Ask Greg (if and when it is appropriate to do so)?<br />
:I do like the Appearances section. It would be nice and useful to have all appearances listed in one place (although episode titles should not be italicized). But in my opinion, by removing the episode citations from the body text, we've lost more than we've gained.<br />
:We could... just thinking now... we could use the new section as a sort of References section as they have at Wikipedia. That is, we include small links <sup>[[#down here|1]]</sup> throughout the body text, which users can click on to be directed down the page to the references section, and the number indicates the appropriate episode.<br />
:This is a simplification of the system used at Wikipedia, because MediaWiki reference tags don't seem to work on GargWiki (I've tried before). If we wanted, for example, to be able to link back up the page to the citations, then we'd need to make it more complicated, perhaps by using templates.<br />
:In fact, this is the system described [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnote1 here] at Wikipedia, which was the first footnote system they used and which has been obsolete for a very long time. More recent, but equally obsolete methods can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnote2 here] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnote3 here]. <br />
:This might be more trouble than it's worth. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:16, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I totally understand your point about in which episode stuff happens, but in my mind, the history sections are such a jumbled narrative anyway (with C-i-T info to boot) that often the episode notation after a paragraph doesn't really reflect what was in that episode anyway, which means it was false information. For instance, in the current [[Maggie the Cat]] page, we have a mention in the first paragraph about her coming to New York to be an actor and all that. The first episode reference we see is Metamorphosis, but this information was not revealed in that episode. So, to me adding an appearences section is more informative, if not more factual. Not to mention it reveals more information than the original format shows such as which episodes she appeared in, but did not have lines and which episodes mentioned her. Another example is that last paragraph. It is only a couple sentences, but it mentions things that occur over several episodes (or issues in this case). If we were to cite all those stories after that paragraph nobody would know what happened in what story either.<br />
If we could figure out a working footnote system, I suppose that'd work, but it might be better for those footnotes to take you directly to the episode page itself rather than further down the page you are on. Or so it makes sense in my mind. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 11:32, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:Yeah... yeah, that could work. Instead of scrapping the citations throughout the body text, we just change the format. So instead of ''("[[Metamorphosis]]")'' we have <sup>[[Metamorphosis|1]]</sup> or something similar to that. We can include these smaller citations in more appropriate places, even more often. And we can keep the Appearances section as you've done here.<br />
:I don't think it's a problem that the first citation after the first paragraph is for "Metamorphosis" - CIT information, by definition, is not referenced in any episode anyway. All the other, canon info from the first paragraph is from "Metamorphosis". It would be nice to have a Ask Greg citation for that CIT info. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:42, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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Yes, I like this idea A LOT. With that system we'd have either yellow footnote numbers linking to episodes or blue footnote numbers linking to [[Ask Greg]] stuff. I could go ahead and start putting the footnotes in [[Maggie the cat (prototype)]]. This would make a big project even bigger, but I think it is well worth it in the end. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 11:45, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:We could go a step further, and create templates so that we don't have to type out the whole <sup... whatever each time. We could include it all at [[Template:Ep]] or something, so all you'd have to do is <nowiki>{{ep|Metamorphosis|1}},</nowiki> for example. It would be simpler if they weren't numbered (and we used an asterisk * or something), but we could do it either way. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 11:53, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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I'd appreciate some simplicity like that a lot before starting on this project (assuming at least a few more people like the idea). I don't know much about Wiki-coding though, so I'll leave this in your hands or someone else's. In the meantime, I added the episodic footnotes to the prototype page. --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:00, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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::Hmmm.... this looks incredibly complicated. If we switch to this system, I for one will never use it because it is far to sophisticated for me to code when I write pages. Also, as noted, the page itself no longer says which information comes from what source. Not every computer or browser can mouseover links to tell their destination. As for putting references on paragraphs of mixed information... firstly, I don't think it is necessary to give references for every piece of information, since it can be assumed that our sources are limited to the show, the comic, and Greg Weisman for all in-Gargverse information. When I do cite in mixed paragraphs, I put the citations directly after the sentence they relate to, within the period. Whereas paragraphs that are wholly from one episode, I cite at the end of the paragraph. I think our current citing system works fine. If we change characters, we would have to change every single page on the wiki. And then we have this code all over the place that only wiki-markup experts can use.<br />
::I like the Appearances section, however. That is a good idea. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 12:10, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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1. Like this!</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Thylacine&diff=12789Thylacine2007-12-27T05:15:50Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: again a species, not a character, and Creatures is a character category</p>
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'''Thylacines''' are carnivorous marsupials native to [[Australia]], and more commonly known as '''Tasmanian tigers''' or '''Tasmanian wolves'''. They are generally believed to have been driven extinct in the [[Timeline|20th century]].<br />
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[[Tazmanian Tiger]] is named after this animal and somehow acquired two such beasts, named [[Benjamin]] and [[Natasha]], which he used to help him commit a crime in [[Sydney]]. ''("[[Strangers]]")''<br />
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The thylacine species, scientifically named ''Thylacinus cynocephalus'', was the largest carnivorous marsupial existing in historical times. In general shape and appearance, thylacines closely resembled placental wolves, even though they were marsupials and thus unrelated to the dog family. They had light brown to grey fur with distinctive black stripes on the rump, hind legs, and tail, leading to the common name of Tasmanian tiger. Unlike wolves and tigers, thylacines had fairly inflexible tails. Like all marsupials, the females carried their young cubs in a pouch.<br />
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Thylacines were nocturnal carnivores, roughly the same length from nose to tail-tip as a wolf, though with a proportionately longer tail and shorter legs, and weighing about half as much as a wolf. In close quarters, they were stronger than hunting dogs of similar size, and had the unusual ability to bite through bone. Thylacines could also open their jaws extremely wide, and this gape may have served as a threat display. They reportedly made a sound like a cough or bark.<br />
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Despite their overall resemblance to wolves, most evidence indicates that thylacines did not behave like canids. They had shorter legs than wolves, and the proportions of their limbs indicate that they could not have effectively hunted prey by means of a long chase. They were known to be slower runners than dogs, though they had greater agility when leaping, and this may indicate that they hunted by ambush. There is no evidence that they hunted in packs.<br />
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[[Image:Thylacine.jpg|thumb|300px|Two thylacines in the Washington D.C. Zoo. Picture taken between 1902 and 1905.]]<br />
Thylacines were originally the top predator in Australia and New Guinea after the end of the ice age, but scientists are not sure when the species disappeared from these areas. By the time European explorers arrived on the continent, thylacines were restricted to the island of Tasmania.<br />
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Europeans quickly came to consider the "tigers" a threat to their livestock. Settlers waged a determined campaign of extermination against the thylacines, including bounties offered, similar to the overhunting which has extirpated the true wolf from most of Europe and North America. The combination of bounty hunting, deforestation, and possibly competition and diseases from introduced dogs, caused the rapid disappearance of the species. The last known individual, named Benjamin, died in the Hobart Zoo in 1936, the same year that the Australian government finally gave the thylacines legal protection.<br />
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Although thylacines are officially considered extinct by the international scientific community and the Australian government, unconfirmed sightings of the animals have never ceased in the areas near remaining forests, and a possibility remains that the species still exists. However, if thylacines are still extant, continuing deforestation and mining in Tasmania may soon finish them off.<br />
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*'''[http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/ The Thylacine Museum]'''<br />
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[[Category:Real world]]</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Loch_Ness_Monster&diff=12788Loch Ness Monster2007-12-27T05:15:12Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: these are a species, not a character</p>
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'''The Loch Ness Monster''' is a famous plesiosaur-like creature living in [[Loch Ness]]. There is actually an entire family of "monsters" inhabiting the loch.<br />
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[[Anton Sevarius|Dr. Sevarius]] captured a Loch Ness Monster when he visited the Loch, and planned to use it as bait for the alpha-male of the family, "[[Big Daddy]]". He also had plans to use "Nessie's" genetic material to create various unusual monsters. Fortunately, [[Goliath]], [[Elisa Maza|Elisa]], [[Angela]], and [[Bronx]] rescued [[Nessie]] (whom Angela had befriended) and prevented Sevarius from kidnapping her mate "Big Daddy".<br />
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The first record of a Loch Ness Monster occurs in a medieval life of St. Columba, who in A.D. 565 is said to have saved a swimmer from such a creature; of course, it is uncertain as to whether this is a true story or merely a legend that became attached to a noteworthy figure. The monster first came to prominence in 1933, thanks in part to the building of the A82 near the loch, which allowed travellers a better view of Loch Ness. Nessie-sightings soon began to appear, as did the famous "Surgeon's Photograph" in 1934 - which has, however, recently been exposed as a hoax. Many expeditions have gone to the loch to determine if "Nessie" is real or not, but so far they have all been unsuccessful. It is entirely possible, alas, that the Loch Ness Monster may only exist in the ''Gargoyles'' Universe, and not in real life.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Dragon&diff=12786Dragon2007-12-27T05:12:15Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: this is not a character, and Creatures is a Characters by Species category</p>
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<div>The '''Dragon''' is the subject of an oath of [[Iago]]'s. The exact nature of the Dragon is as yet unknown, however, (although the fact that Iago was a member of the [[Wyvern Clan]] raises some interesting speculations).<br />
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It is uncertain yet as to whether genuine dragons exist in the ''Gargoyles'' Universe, beyond the magically animated stone statue that [[Arthur Pendragon|King Arthur]], [[Griff]], and [[Macbeth]] fought in the [[Brooklyn Botanical Gardens]].<br />
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[[Category:Universe]]</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=The_New_Olympians_(spin-off)&diff=12784The New Olympians (spin-off)2007-12-27T05:07:52Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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'''''The New Olympians''''' was one of six proposed spin-offs for ''Gargoyles'', although it was originally developed by [[Bob Kline]] before ''Gargoyles'' was created. When it was called off and ''Gargoyles'' made instead, [[Greg Weisman]] worked the "[[The New Olympians]]" episode into the second season of ''Gargoyles'' as a back-door pilot for it, with some minor tweaks to better fit it into the ''Gargoyles'' universe. (Of course, even then, it was still not made).<br />
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In ''The New Olympians'', a young man named [[Terry Chung]] decides, somewhat rashly, to sail around the world on his own, only to be caught in a storm near [[New Olympus]], and rescued by [[Sphinx (New Olympian)|Sphinx]], a young female [[New Olympian]] based roughly on the Sphinx of Greek mythology, though with a more humanoid build. When she brings him to New Olympus, his arrival serves as the catalyst for the New Olympians to at last reveal themselves to the outside world, sending a delegation (consisting of [[Taurus]], [[Talos]], and Sphinx) to the [[United Nations]] in Terry's company. The human world would finally enter into diplomatic relations with New Olympus, Terry's mother serving as an ambassador to the New Olympians from the United Nations.<br />
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Three factions spring up in New Olympian society over what to do about the humans. Some, such as [[Ekidna]] and [[Kiron]] (not to mention Ekidne's daughter [[Medusa]], a reluctant member of this party), want nothing to do with them. Others, such as Sphinx, want to make peace with them. A third group, led by [[Jove]] and including [[Helios]] and a son of [[Boreas]], recall the days when the humans worshipped the New Olympians' ancestors as gods, and want to bring them back. To make matters more complicated, Terry and Sphinx fall in love in a ''Romeo-and-Juliet'' style, much to the alarm and disgust of a great many humans and New Olympians alike. [[David Xanatos|Xanatos]] enters into trade relations with New Olympus (for his own advantage) and [[Proteus]] also becomes involved in the events in time, in some unspecified but no doubt appropriately villainous manner.<br />
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[[Category:Canon-in-training]]</div>Vaevictis Asmadihttps://gargwiki.net/index.php?title=Category_talk:The_Goliath_Chronicles&diff=12783Category talk:The Goliath Chronicles2007-12-27T05:05:41Z<p>Vaevictis Asmadi: </p>
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<div>So, the Out-of-Universe category is a list of all publications of/related to Gargoyles, and the category description says nothing about canonity. So should this article and the Marvel Comics article be in there? --- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 23:05, 26 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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This may be totally minor, but the Apocrypha section seems a bit messy.<br />
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The Marvel Comics category contains two sub-categories, Marvel Comics characters, Marvel Comics issues. Meanwhile the Apocrypha Episodes category has the Marvel Comics issues as a subcategory, but the TGC episodes without a sub-category.<br />
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My feeling is that the Marvel Comics and Goliath Chronicles categories should be classified in the same way. -- [[User:Vaevictis Asmadi|Vaevictis Asmadi]] 14:27, 19 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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:You're right, of course. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:33, 20 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:Done. Probably the Disney Adventures pages we've got should go into the Apocrypha Episodes category at some point as well. -- [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]] 09:54, 20 December 2007 (CST)</div>Vaevictis Asmadi