Talk:Warcraft II manual

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Contents 1 Splitting? 2 Fair use 3 Do we need computer-related stuff? 4 Deletion vote 5 Source appears to be the UK edition 6 Horde

Splitting?

The purpose of this article is because it's supposed to be the full Warcraft II Manual, without any splitting or such. I don't see why it should be split, except for the large size and length (the latter is intended since the manual isn't that short either) --gOurra 19:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

While vague, I think he ment to have a table of contents page, with links to each section as a subpage.--SWM2448 19:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

You mean for example writing this at the top: "See Warcraft II manual/Subpages to see a breakdown of chapters."?--gOurra 23:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I was going for making each section a separate page, with this page having links to all of them. Like the Newbie guide.--SWM2448 23:11, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I know what you mean, but I'd like to keep the article as it is now and make a note at the top linking to such a page you suggest.--gOurra 01:44, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

If you leave it as it is now, then why make the page suggested at all?--SWM2448 01:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't read it enough. Yes, that looks like a good idea. Problem is, though, that there's not much to put up as a first page; it's more or less just the template that fits there.--gOurra 02:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

<undent> Personally, I like that all the information is on this page; it won't be edited anyway, so why split the information up? I would request that the information from the bnet manual for the expac (at least, the lore) be included on this page. --Sky (t | c | w) 02:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't have either the bnet or expansion manuals (yet), so I'd have to go and buy them. Please note that I started this article and I intend to be the one to finish it.--gOurra 02:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

The bnet manual is floating around the internet in pdf format. I think replacementdocs.com ? is where I got it. --Sky (t | c | w) 02:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll take a look at it.--gOurra 13:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I would recommend breaking the manual up into chapters and transcluding them together somewhere for those who want the whole ball of wax. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 9:48 PM PST 3 Jan 2008

Fair use

Unfortunately we also have a fair use issue here, we really should specifically request permission from Blizzard before we copy the entire manual. Even though perhaps replacement docs got permission doesn't mean wowwiki received permission.Baggins 05:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Good point. By the way, I found the link to the Battle.net edition manual: http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.2109

From a quick glance, it looks just like the Tides of Darkness manual. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 10:02 PM PST 3 Jan 2008

Do we need computer-related stuff?

Do we really need all the stuff about "Getting Started on the IBM-PC", "Troubleshooting on the IBM-PC", "Getting Started on the Macintosh" and "Contacting Technical Support"? I think we should concentrate on gameplay oriented info and maybe the credits. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 10:08 PM PST 3 Jan 2008

I'd have to agree, It nice when doing a copy of a manual, to have an exact copy...but there can be some limits to it. {T/C) 06:10, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed.Baggins 06:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I admit, that's a bit of an overkill...but I'll keep it hidden with

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for now.--gOurra[T҂C] 21:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Hiding the computer part shortened the article greatly...but now it looks broken because of the image blocking the page. Although hiding the table of content fixes it, I'll need it to automatically do that.--gOurra[T҂C] 21:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Deletion vote

Deletion was only winning by 3-to-1 for a long time and I added my Keep vote to make it 3-to-2. Gourra made dramatic changes, so I decided to just call it a Keep and let people re-evaluate it.

Delete vote archived at Talk:Warcraft_II_manual/Archivevote. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 11:47 AM PST 4 Feb 2008

Source appears to be the UK edition

I looked through the removed material which includes support info and it mentions ZABLAC Entertainment for additional support which doesn't appear as part of the US edition, but seems to be the UK distributor (and perhaps other European editions). -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 11:57 AM PST 4 Feb 2008

You are correct - the manual I followed (which is a "real life" one) came with the European edition since I live in Europe.--gOurra[T҂C] 16:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Horde

I was wondering why the allience part is so nicly done and there are nothing about the Horde units? Just wonder
TerrorBlades (talk) 16:30, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

The content text in the article is straight from the manual What you see is what you get. gOurra[T҂C] 16:38, 13 December 2008 (UTC)