User blog comment:WarBlade/Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Pre-Release Updates/@comment-1618941-20141011210635

Well. Here we are: Release Week

Things are about to get busy around here, so here are a few notes on things I've been puzzling over this past month.


 * Disambiguation

Each new game brings with it more subjects with a name we already have in use and we get more disambiguation pages as a result. We have no set rules on them here, but the rough guidelines are:
 * Two articles of the same name are okay with just a disambiguation clarifier in parenthesis for the article title, and a template at the top to link to each other.
 * Three articles will need a disambiguation page, preferably with the base name and no clarifier. An exception is Claptrap where the character is using the primary name and the disambiguation page is Claptrap (disambiguation).
 * The roughly standard clarifiers are:
 * Skill = ([character name]) &mdash; A few articles identified as (skill) instead can stay under those names.
 * Skill tree = (skill tree) &mdash; These are all in place for the moment I believe.
 * Weapon = ([game]) &mdash; We usually have to distinguish between the weapon of one game versus the same weapon in another. Sometimes it's (pistol) versus (assault rifle) etc, and those clarifiers should stay as they are currently. We might have to move a few to new names.


 * Lasers

How these will need to be structured is still up in the air until the Pre-Sequel releases. Four manufacturers define four "laser" types, so are they treated like four new weapon types (sniper rifle, rocket launcher, etc.) with disambiguation clarifiers for the manufacturers? Or are they just "Laser" as one type with a possibly complex substructure? We'll find out soon.

Remember the mess we had with Borderlands pistols... I'd rather see us get it right this time, so please don't go crazy making laser weapon articles next weekend. Additionally Template:Infobox weapon2 might be fine for handling the Pre-Sequel guns, but it will need a few changes to update it for the new content.


 * Nisha

There wasn't much response on the Sheriff/Nisha article name. I've made an executive decision and put it where the skill infobox template is naturally going to link skill articles to. This was simply the cleanest linking solution.