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[edit] Happy New Year

This starts our new notice board. It was moved to this page due to capitalisation (Board/board), and to keep the edit history of the old noticeboard intact, since in the past items were directly added to the noaticeboard, instead of through transclusion per the current system.

In the future, all that will be required is to create the new year's pages for transclusion, and update the transclusion links.

Enjoy, and happy new year : ) - jc37 01:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi jc37. Looks good. Can you add {{Shortcut|WP:CMC/NB|WP:CMC/BOARD}} to this page? I've redirected the redirects already. : ) --GentlemanGhost (talk) 03:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Done : ) - jc37 07:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! --GentlemanGhost (talk) 19:01, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Equipment of Batman Merge

nomination-I am posing a mega merge to provide a parent article for the minimally populated stubbed articles of multiple versions of Bat-equipment listed here. I pose that the articles of Bat-laser, Bat-monitor, Bat phone, Batrope, Bat-cuffs, Batboat, Batman's subway rocket, Bat-grenades, Bat-bolas and Grapnel gun all be merged into a newly created article Equipment of Batman. The articles posed for merge are either orphaned, stubs with little room for growth and or do not satisfy the guideline of Wikipedia:Fiction. Versus outright deletion and as a merge to Batman's equipment section would likely result an equipment article breaking off, the article could be merged into this new article. In addtition, I pose that portions or summaries of Batmobile, Batarang, Batsuit, ect, be included to better encompass all of the Bat tools. - 66.109.248.114 (talk) 22:57, 8 January 2008 (UTC).

  • Merge all -- I agree. Yvh11a (Talk • Contribs) 05:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Correction/Clarification -- Merge the equipment into one big article. Leave the vehicles as is or merge them into their own, separate, article. Yvh11a (Talk • Contribs) 06:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge all There is NO reason why they should be separate articles. -Freak104 (talk) 17:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The articles about Batman's vehicles are long enough as they already are. Why in the hell do they have to be merged along with the handheld gadgets? If you want to merge anything, then place them in the "Batman's utility belt" section. TMC1982 10:53 p.m., 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't look closely. Don't merge the Batmobile or any of the vehicles, just the equipment articles. -Freak104 (talk) 16:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment-In the proposal, I recommend that summaries of the vehicles be mention, as vehichel are in utilized by Batman, and are identified as such in the Batman article's equiment section. Large vehicles such as the Batmobile and plane need not be include due to their size; however, Batsled should be, I have proposed Batboat as well, but discussion can help to better discern the that article's inclusion.-66.109.248.114 (talk) 20:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC).
  • Neutral Comment - To consider this discussion "valid", I would like the nominator to list/clarify what articles are specifically intended to be under discussion for merger, and any suggestions for the merger target. - jc37 04:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
    Ok, I wikified the nomination above. Are there any others that should be under discussion? - jc37 04:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
response:- merges-Bat-laser, Bat-monitor, Bat phone, Batrope, Bat-cuffs, Batman's subway rocket, Bat-grenades, Bat-bolas and Grapnel gun. questionable I also nominated Batboat; however, I would like discussion to lead whether a full merger or just an summarized incorporation would be more benifitial. not merged- Batmobile, Batplane, Utility belt, and Batsuit all have brief summaries with links to those larger main pages, to provide a complete view of equipment used by the Bat-man. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 19:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC).
  • Comment - It seems to me (especially when I look over older versions of that page) that Batman's utility belt would be the best place to merge most of the non-vehicles above. Bat phone is only a tangentary reference. And, from what I can tell, Bat-monitor to Batsuit. Not sure about the grapnel gun, though it probably needs a rename if kept. - jc37 11:48, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I think the suggestion for transition the merge, to the proposal of jc37 is a good one, I would suggest grapnel gun merge with utility belt. Bat phone, I recommend, in this new purposal be merged with Batman (TV series) and/or hotline. - 66.109.248.114 (talk) 22:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC).

Bat-laser, Batrope, Bat-cuffs, Bat-grenades and Bat-bolas merged into Batman's utility belt. I'd like to point out that virtually all of the articles mentioned for merge here rely on the same 3 or 4 sources, which in turn appear to be fan collections and suffer from severe, almost terminal, in-universe perspective. Pairadox (talk) 03:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

grapnel gun merged per discussion - 66.109.248.114 (talk) 00:47, 29 January 2008 (UTC).

That leaves Bat-monitor, Bat phone, Batboat, and Batman's subway rocket yet to do. Pairadox (talk) 04:07, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Bat-monitor merged per discussion. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 22:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC).

Those left then, in order:

  • Bat-monitor to Batsuit (which has apparently been done...)
  • Bat phone - I think we should leave it separate. Though the term may have originally stemmed from the TV series, it's taken on new meaning.
  • Batboat - I think this article is developed enough to not be merged with anything else. Besides, unless we create some arbitrarily named page, there's no good place to merge it anyway.
  • Batman's subway rocket - The more I look at this, the more I think this should just be merged to Batmobile. Land-based, 4-wheeled, bat-themed car-like vehicle. It has track wheels instead of tires, and (like so many of the other batmobiles) a different propulsion system. Seems like an easy merge to me.

Have we missed any? - jc37 10:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Subway rocket to Batmobile seems like a good merge to me as well. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 22:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC).
Ok, merged. - jc37 19:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
That seems to be everything. Good job everyone. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 22:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Equipment of the Batmobile

Is this when I raise my concerns about Equipment of the Batmobile, an article that treats the Batmobile as though it were a real vehicle and is totally dependent on what appears to be fansites? Pairadox (talk) 10:31, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, the information would seem to be encyclopedic to me. I was going to support the merge, but (per Wikipedia:Summary style) it would be a good choice for splitting from the article.
That said, it really could use a better name. "Equipment" gives me more a sense of special gadgets (such as an ejector seat, or something), than car specs. Any ideas for a clearer name? - jc37 11:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I renamed the page to Batmobile technical specifications, which should be clearer. Note that "fictional" is presumed due to the usage of the term "Batmobile" : ) - jc37 16:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't believe fictional can be presumed as there are real Batmobiles, created for TV and movies. The vehicles clearly do not have the same level tech specs in reality as there comics/film/TV counterparts, but are highly visible at comic conventions, car shows and other promotions. Clarificaction between the two can be reloved in the text itself and not necessarily the page name; however the is a level of disticition between the two. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 21:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Notice board

Moved request from my talk page, in case others have similar issues. - jc37 20:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I was recently trying to remove an old merge request and RfC for the Notice board, but have been having difficulty doing son. I was hoping you could help provide me with a little direction. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 20:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC).

I can see the problem. It's because there is no link to last year's discussion page. Intentionally, the only difference in the links is the year.
But to more directly help, here's the direct link:
Please don't delete the notices, but instead, once resolved, move them (in chronological order) under "completed".
I hope this helps : ) - jc37 20:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Is there anything that can be done about the request for comment? -66.109.248.114 (talk) 20:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC).
As I said, just click on the link to the 2008 page, and change "2008" to "2007" in your address bar, and voila : )
But for now, here's the direct link : ) - jc37 11:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

==Edit war about to happen== I'm afraid I don't know how to get to the "Misc." section of the Project Page. There's an SHB dispute over whether to keep the "universally recognisable" image of Bucky, or to go against that policy and use his week-old Captain America look — something that was not done when Bucky was the Winter Solider. --Tenebrae (talk) 00:33, 2 February 2008 (UTC) Resolved at talk page