Forum:StarCraft Remastered

So, StarCraft Remastered is now a thing, which means that this wiki is going to have a lot of work on its hands. And by "wiki" I mean the lowly editors that I lord over and course correct, because that's my job, to be the boss. ;p

Snark aside, there are some things that the wiki is going to have to decide on, such as units, artwork, etc. This will be enshrined in respective policy articles, but I'm going to suggest the following guidelines, and get feedback on them:


 * The game will of course get its own article, and be filled out as necessary.


 * We shouldn't create new unit articles. As in, there shouldn't be a "Marine (StarCraft Remastered") article, as it's safe to assume that the stats will be the same. If they aren't the same, that might necessitate a new article, but under the premise that the units function as they did in the past, we can probably keep it to the one article.


 * That does raise the question of images though, as to which should take priority. From the site, we can see that the units basically look the same, just sleaker, while in other cases, new artwork exists. We also know that comics will replace briefings. So, I have two suggestions, one for gameplay articles, one for lore articles:
 * Lore: Lore articles are generally free to use what images editors want already, even though there's a preference for artwork over, say, unit sprites for instance. I figure that if Jim Raynor gets an updated look for instance, the new look should take precedence over the old look in respective sections of his article. That doesn't preclude us from using the old look as well if space permits, but our canon policy is basically that newer info trumps old, so in this case, new should take precedence.
 * Gameplay: I actually favor keeping SC1 sprites in unit boxes, and showing the revamped models in galleries. There's no hard set reason for this, but I feel it works better, to use the baseline image, and then go "BTW, here's how it looks in the remastered version." I admit that's the opposite approach to lore, but in this case, it's the one I prefer.


 * Also, on the subject of images, we should use a new coding, such as "Marine SCR Game1.jpg" or whatnot.


 * Canon: Canon is a bit iffy in this case, as looking at the site, it does seem to accomadate new lore - for instance, Artanis is explicitly mentioned, rather than being called "the executor." In this case, new info should take precedence over old, but we should note the old info as well in articles as necessary. Basically standard practice.

So, yeah, that's about it.--Hawki (talk) 06:51, March 26, 2017 (UTC)