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Some questions about further updates
Hello everybody,
I would like to discuss a few changes and updates which I would like to do to the IMFDB and ask if this is ok. 1) I would like to create the following Sub categories: anti tank guns (like 5cm Pak 38 etc), anti aircraft guns (like 2cm Flak 38), combat vehicles (like M1 Abrams, M8 Grayhound etc). Is it ok? 2) I would like to add pages for tanks/amored fighting vehicles which appear in movies (like M4 Sherman which lists all used variants like M4A2, M4A1, M4A3E8). Most movie pages where tanks are used already have them listed, I would like to create a page for each vehicle in the same format as guns have their own pages. 3) After the two steps above I would go over a lot of movies and add the missing armored fighing vehicles (I have quite a bit of DVDs and Blurays) so this would be rather easy for me. Are those things ok? I know this sounds like a lot of work but I need something to do in the next few months. |
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http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Rules,_Sta...EARMS_Database "Though we do list a variety of weapons in the individual movie/TV/anime/Videogame pages, that's just for the sake of being 100% complete for that page. With the exception of grenades (which we do allow), the only weapons which merit an individual page in the GUNS Category are any individual or crew served weapon that fires in a DIRECT FIRE role." Tanks and such are Crew served weapons that fire in direct fire role..... But sure you are the admin, I just find it a bit irritating? It is just my personal passion to identify those military combat vehicles in movies. I can fully understand that this site has its Standards etc, but would it be possible to bend the Standards a bit to allow me to add those military vehicles? May I proceed with 1) I proposed above for AT and AA guns? |
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How many AT and AA guns do we have? |
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AT Guns: 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) 5 cm Pak 38 7.5 cm Pak 40 76mm ZiS-3 57mm ZiS-2 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 8,8cm Pak 43/41 Type 1 47mm AT gun Ordnance QF 6 Pounder Gun 2,8cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41 Type 98 AT AA Guns: 2 cm Flak 38 2 cm Flak 38 "Flakvierling" 8,8cm Flak 18 8,8cm Flak 36 8,8cm Flak 37 M1940 (72-K) Soviet 25mm Anti Aircraft Gun M1939 (52-K) Soviet 85mm Anti Aircraft Gun 37-mm M1939 (61-K) 37-mm V-11 twin Bofors 40mm Oerlikon 20mm Cannon 20mm Type 98 Anti Aircraft Cannon Enfield 13-pdr 9-cwt Mk I, 3 M51 Quad Type 98 AA There is definately more and those pages do need some clean up and/or additions. Naturally I will go over all pages and add what is missing/needs updates. There are also more guns in movies, I have quite a bit of Blurays and can add them. |
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Started with the clean up and adding missing guns.
Could somebody please help me to change the names of the following pages to standardise them? (I cannot change them, can I?) Currently there are several different formats used for the designations. I will then update all the movie pages with the correct names and links etc. and after that add the missing pages so each gun has ist own page in the same design. (Those are the official designations) OLD NAMES --> NEW NAMES 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) --> 45-mm anti-tank gun model 1937 (53-K) 37-mm M1939 (61-K) --> 37-mm automatic air defense gun model 1939 (61-K) 5 cm Pak 38 --> 5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (5 cm Pak 38) 7.5 cm Pak 40 --> 7,5 cm Panzerjägerkanone 40 (7,5 cm Pak 40) FlaK 38 --> 2 cm Flugabwehrkanone 38 (2 cm Flak 38) |
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As this is an English language site I think we should use a period for decimalisation even if the original language doesn't. Also, the abbreviated form of the page name is sufficient particularly as it is something that people need to be able to type in relatively easily. For example my opinion is that the page for the Pak 40 should simply be titled "7.5 cm Pak 40", but the description shows the full name, just like it currently does. Lastly, I do not think it is a good idea to use dashes after the caliber in some weapons and not in others as it appears totally arbitrary and would look odd on a category listing.
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