Changes: Forum:Videogame manuals

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I've noticed there doesn't seem to be a consensus with this. Really, I find it's a little mess: We have the info of some manuals in single articles, and we have the info of others separated in different articles. Sometimes, we even have the info in the complete manual page and in a separate article.

I don't know if I should create a project page for this or something, but I believe we should have all the manuals at the wiki, for everyone's use and easy sourcing. Of course, we don't need to include the technical sections of the game, just the lore.

I've already managed to get scans of most of the original manuals in english. I don't think there should be too much differences between UK and US. I could start working on this properly soon.

Opinions?--Lon-ami (talk) 18:31, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

Can you give examples? There is some aspect of copyright laws with posting the entire contents of the manuals that might need checked. --Pcj (T•C) 18:48, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

I suspect it deals with Talk:Warcraft_II_manual#Beyond_the_Dark_Portal. The Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual is split up into things like Azeroth Army of the First War, Creatures of the Land, and Orcish Horde of the First War. I feel this external link may be all that is needed in some cases.--SWM24 48 18:57, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

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 Opinions?--[[User:Lon-ami|Lon-ami]] ([[User talk:Lon-ami|talk]]) 18:31, January 30, 2010 (UTC)
 :Can you give examples?  There is some aspect of [[WW:COPYRIGHT|copyright laws]] with posting the entire contents of the manuals that might need checked. --{{User:Pcj/sig}} 18:48, January 30, 2010 (UTC)
+::I suspect it deals with [[Talk:Warcraft_II_manual#Beyond_the_Dark_Portal]]. The Warcraft: Orcs & Humans manual is split up into things like [[Azeroth Army of the First War]], [[Creatures of the Land]], and [[Orcish Horde of the First War]]. I feel [http://www.replacementdocs.com/search.php?q=Warcraft&r=0&s=Search&in=&ex=&ep=&be=&t=downloads&adv=0 this external link] may be all that is needed in some cases.--{{User:Sandwichman2448/Sig}} 18:57, January 30, 2010 (UTC)