Forum:Great World War II

I don't think we really need two separate articles on Great World War II (the conflict in the original Red Alert). It describes the same conflict and just causes confusion. They should be merged IMHO.


 * GWWII
 * Great_World_War_II_(RA_Universe)

--Tkangaru 10:16, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

There's a bunch of duplication that needs to be done away with. I envision the following (amongst other things) will happen: This would all go a lot faster once we figure out which user we want Wiki to promote as a new bureaucrat.
 * The war in RA1 will simply be "Second World War (Red Alert 1)". The war in RA2 will be "Third World War (Red Alert 2)", while the war in RA3 will be "Third World War (Red Alert 3)"
 * Templates will be made to mark when sections are using information from a non-canonical campaign, and from which universe. This allows us to stuff information in one article without needing articles for separate universes like in the case of the "GWWII".

- Meco (talk) 10:27, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

The use of GWWII and GWWIII for the conflict in RA1 and RA2 respectively is established in the community. IMHO there's no need to change that. Including disclaimers on non-canon content is a great idea though. --Tkangaru 11:49, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the current scheme is neither scalable nor organizationally sound nor even seem to have a basis in canon. From an in-universe perspective, which is what the wiki is trying to write by, why would they be calling it GWWII and not just WWII?

I'm thinking about the Third World War in particular since there are actually three of them. The second iteration is currently mislabelled as the "Psychic Dominator Disaster" and should be renamed as another Third World War article. But what moniker would we use for it if we followed the current scheme?

It is far more efficient to name the articles by game instead of trying to add arbitrary monikers. People will know which struggle is being referred to by the article sections the links are in. - Meco (talk) 13:13, 27 May 2009 (UTC)