Talk:Karma War

Come-on People
Please remember to sign your posts using ~ or your sig. If you have a sig make sure to add the current date and time.

Also keep all discussion on the name of this war under "Name" please, we don't need 60 categories on this one issue. Tilton53 22:51, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Formating Proposal
As the article currently reads it does not lend itself to an event that is Chronologically ordered like a war. I propose that the format of the article be changed from:
 * 1) 1 Events leading up to the war
 * 2) 2 The War begins
 * 3) 3 The War expands
 * 4) 4 Viewpoints
 * 5) 5 Links

to something like

- Intro - View Points - Dates - 1 Prewar - April 20 > - 2 April 21 - 3 April 22 - 4 Etc

Each date could be formatted with the links needed in the order they happened, colour coding or other methods be could used to help make it easier to read.

EX:

April 21 - Alliance 1 and 2 declare war on Alliance 3 - Alliance 5 declares neutrality - Alliance 4 backs out of war due to being misinformed by XXX - etc ... - End of Day Stats: - Hedge - Karma - Maybe a compiled image of the current declare web here.

This would also allow for easier reading of the events as they happened. Tilton53 02:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I support this measure. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)


 * I fixed the formating of the proposal to make it look decent. Tilton53 02:33, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I disagree. If we are to set a high standard for this article (the event demands it), we should not just have lists and lists of events, but actually have some prose and discussion with it. What you're suggesting is a timeline - sure, we can make one as a new article and supplementary to this one, and it wouldn't be too hard to make. Btw, there's still a lot left to this article after 'the war expands' - the coalition of cowards, the return of NPO's allies and the globalization of the war (thus far), and then... well, I guess outcomes and consequences as the war progresses.Charles VI 02:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * At the very least the links section should be changed and formated in a cronological order. Tilton53 02:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, yes, no doubt. That really is a mess. When writing the prose, I found this thread to be very useful.Charles VI 02:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Also I am not suggesting that we have to completely fix this article now, we by all means can wait until the end of the war when everything that will happen has happened and we can change the article to a more appropriate and historical form then. Tilton53 02:59, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

View Points linked page or section
In order to better understand the massive number of nations which have joined on both sides, I proposing that a viewpoints page or section be added. Recently a "Karma" stance prospective was added and then removed, I am voting that this stance be added back into the war somehow but in a way that presents it as a Karma viewpoint and not that of the war. This adds some background on why the war happened but still will allow the "main" article to present itself in a neutral standpoint.

Tilton53 19:33, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and added a Viewpoints section, please do not remove this section as there is almost no way to remove all bias from the document this will allow us a way to keep some of the more important views from either side on the war in the document and hopefully avoid any edit wars.

Tilton53 19:42, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

"While we would like you to express you opinion there is still a level of quality that must be presented in these opinions. "LULZ" is not at this level." Due to the recent edit added I would like to say: Please remember that your opinions while opinions should remain up to the standards that the rest of the article has been set at.

Tilton53 20:03, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

MOST excellent idea. Thank you Tilton53. Let us see how many people accept the suggestion. And, I can actually be halfways nice if there is to be no censorship. ;) Runaway1956 20:35, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

While I can't say there will be no censorship of opinions, they should be a lot more relaxed then the rest of the article in terms of censoring. There are still some standards to be meet. If Alliances want to added separate opinions we can try and revise the section to include more subsections under their respective side for them but for right now two main points should suffice.

Tilton53 20:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Stub removal for Hedge viewpoint should be allowed by IP 141.156.230.127, there now exists enough content in that section to no longer warrant a stub template. Tilton53 03:20, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll be damned. I mean, really, guys. The Hegemony's POV is nicely laid out, while my own survives. Both probably need editing and pruning, but Planet Bob has changed if a word contrary to NPO's views survives in these pages. Runaway1956 08:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Name
What the f*ck is with the random names being inserted here? I'm not seeing any of these anywhre on IRC or the forums. Quit it, it's still the NPO-OV War. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

No, it's not that name. --Jonathan Brookbank 06:15, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I will ensure anyone vandalizing this page is so reported. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

Michael, this is the decided name, it is being discussed right now all over IRC. It is not our fault you are in the wrong channels to see it. This is the actual war name and coalition name, so stop changing it, or I will report you for vandalism.--Jonathan Brookbank 06:20, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

What makes you the authority on the decided name? We've already decided this name internally. Maybe you should be a part of the Stern Coalition to know these things instead of editing your own personal preferences?
 * First, I defy you to produce undocotred logs. Second, there are barely enough alliances yet to warrant having a non-generic name.  I f*cking give up.  But I think "Stern talking to war" is dumber than the NOCB War and the WoTC put together. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

@ Person who didn't sign their message. http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54747 Also, who are you to decide internally the name of a war that isn't just one alliance? Arrnea 06:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ya, Karma's pretty much winning. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * And the propaganda supports it, even:
 * It supports ours too: Image:sterntalkingto.jpg
 * So, you and JB vs everyone. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * More like everyone vs. you. It is not only DJ and myself.  Jonathan Brookbank 06:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I am taking off the names of the sides, for two reasons: One, there is so far only three alliances at war. Two, the debate over the side names is still unclear on the CN Boards I will be reporting anyone who changes it until the debates are settled on the CN boards Arrnea 06:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Can we wait for thing to go global before we start naming the wars. For now, it should be the NPO-OV War since they and TORN are the only ones fighting. We have to make it as un-biased as possible to make everyone happy. We'll change the name later, just wait and see what happens first. - Ryan Greenberg
 * I agree. Which is why I also changed it back to NPO-OV war (as the main war name), at least until some more alliances get involved. - Arrnea 15:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Considering TORN was the first to declare war, it should be TORN-OV if you want it to be unbiased. Jonathan Brookbank 18:16, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Considering that the CB relates to stolen screenshots of the NPO forums, and NPO is the largest alliance thus far to declare war (also, they declared around the same time as TORN), i'd say it's safe to call it NPO-OV War. - Arrnea 21:15, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Does it really matter? In the end it will be called Great War IV or some other name. For now I say it's the NPO-OV War, but the name is obviously going to change. - Ryan Greenberg
 * I doubt it will be called GW4, for several reasons. First, many people are adverse to calling anything a Great War that doesn't have LUE in it.  Second, tose that aren't adverse to calling non-LUE conflicts Great Wars accept that there is at least a GW4, and some say GW5.  Personally, due to all this confusion, I move to prevent this war from being labelled a Great War. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * I agree. There is too much argument over the definition of a 'Great War', therefore it should not be used. - Arrnea 02:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

People are calling this the Karma war on the fourms, i tend to agree. 70.190.32.185 05:41, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Second. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * I agree also. - Arrnea 07:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)]]
 * Same Smooth 15:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Lets wait for a poll first. I honestly hate the name Karma War though. --Ryan Greenberg 05:04, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Any particular reason why? ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * The Karma War sounds lame in my opinion. --Ryan Greenberg 05:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Not like the NoCB War? :P Just kidding. Well, we'll wait for a poll or the like, though I think most people are using the Karma War already. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

This pages name has been changed 2 times in the last hour (NPO-OV war/The Apocalypse/Karma war). I think that changing names that much is a bit silly, why not just call it great war 7 or whatever until there is a clear agreement on the CN forums about its name (presumably in a few weeks)?. 58.170.13.25 12:24, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I only moved it to Karma War because moving it back to NPO-OV War was impossible after the uncalled-for move to the Apocalypse. Now, if you rerad the rest of this page, the fact that LUE is not in the war, and the fact that no one can agree on whether UJW or WotC constitute Great Wars, leads to confusion.  So, for the third time, I want to move to stop the proposals for Great War.  ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

People keep moving this page to Great War VI. Not only is this presumptive, but they don't know how to move a page. Please keep the page where it is until a poll on OWF or something can be done. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

We can pretty much safely say it's a great war, it should be titled Great War VI, [Name of War] for now.
 * No, we can't. Many people are calling it GW6, true, but many also are calling it Great War IV and Great War V, b/c they don't recognize one or both of the other wars called that as Great Wars.  Besides, many believe that no war w/o LUE can be a GW.  I move (again) to prevent the use of the term "Great War" at all. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * I agree with MvP. As I stated before, there is too much disagreement in CN about what is and what is not a Great War to use the term 'Great War'. Also, leave the naming until the war is over, or a conclusive poll has been done. - Arrnea 07:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Then the GWIV, Unjust War should be renamed to simply Unjust War if that's the case then. The more popular opinion on the name of this war is Karma War and it should be moved to the Global Wars cagetory. User:James85
 * While I disagree with the first part, I agree with Karma War. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * In the sense that this is a massive global war, one could classify it as a "great war." However, the series of wars known as Great Wars (note the capitalization) were the three "great wars" that involved CoaLUEtion vs NPO (and their later counterparts League vs Initiative and Aegis vs Initiative.) This is pretty much a majority consensus from old timer players like myself who were around during these three wars. Most of the opposition to this distinction is from newer players who don't really understand the difference in the atmosphere of the game then and then now. The Unjust War and the War of the Coalition were both "great wars" however, neither is a Great War. I think part of the arguing on the subject is because people think that those of us who refuse to call them Great Wars are stating they are less significant, which is completely untrue. Both hold massive sinificance in Planet Bob and will from now on, however the fact that the sides were not the classical anti-NPO and the classical pro-NPO are the major basis for this view. That's all. Either way, this war is in fact a "great war" and maybe as a compromise should be called the Great Karma War or something. This note is entirely too long now. Later. Smooth 15:40, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Still maintaining that the term "Great War" should not be used here, I find your argument is sort of like saying that, IRL, a war can't be a "World War" unless it involves Germany. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)

I moved this to Karma War because there is a general consensus here it should be called that, and I couldn't return it to NPO-OV War after someone moved it to The Apocalypse, a name which not only only applies to one side, but also was not discussed with anyone. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * There has been no poll to generate consensus on the name of the war. This war should be referred to as the NPO-OV war, as that is the only unbiased name that can be currently found. Furthermore, name changes should be held off until the end of the war. --Vilien 20:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, but moving the page back to that is impossible w/o an admin. Whoever moved it to the Apocalypse should be banned imho. ~ Michael von Preußen (voicemail) &bull; (nation)
 * Then can someone please fix this so it's accurate? --Vilien 19:06, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Started a poll over the name on CN Forums: http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=55840 Tilton53 01:09, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I would personally submit 'The War of Reckoning', if it can be added to a poll somewhere. Seems like it could click. . . ~ TimeMaster

NPO
Hey,

We need to edit something in this page about the fact that NPO started peace negotiations after they realized that they fucked up on the PR side of things, without even consulting with TORN.

Until someone suggests this with a registered nickname and signs. I vote that we close this issue. Tilton53 22:39, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Below First
I believe the recent change I made to the Karma side should remain. NPO-OV started this, and Below (the popular name for the VE-GOD-OV MADP) started the chain, thus I put it before the other blocs on that side of the web. Smooth 15:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed - Arrnea 06:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

The Dark Evolution
Stop removing the DE from Karma's Side. We are CLEARLY at war right now and our DoW has been linked in the article for over 12 hours now. --Corey faith 16:16, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Small Note
Just thought I'd mention that IPA should be listed under Power Rangers, not Teen Titans, as their DoW specifically stated defense of The International for Power Rangers. --NaslundisGod19 18:43, 23 April 2009 (UTC)