EF Wikipedia Article

There are plenty of players here capable of supporting the Wikipedia page. Feel free to add to it, but make sure you stay within the rules as outlined by Wikipedia.

You can find it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_Heroes:_Eastern_Front

Minor edit & tidy up made; more to follow later.

HDLK

We need to add available languages. I could do it myself but I don't have complete list :P

Full changelog would look nice and make page look more serious, more professional xD

I don't think that a changelog fits in with Wikipedia's article rules. This is part of a factfile which we send to the press upon request, perhaps you could make use of it:

QuoteCompany of Heroes: Eastern Front
www.EasternFront.org


Current Features:

- adds an entirely new Soviet faction to the 'Allies' side

- over 20 unique new Soviet units

- many new maps based in Germany, Eastern Europe and Soviet Union

- can play all the original 'Company of Heroes' factions, campaigns and maps

- fully localised in German, English, Russian, Polish, French, Italian, Chinese Traditional


Future Features:

- The Ostheer - a completely original Axis faction with unique new units, gameplay and art

- new campaigns and stories based on real battles and heroes

- new online co-op and single-player 'Operations'

- Reward Units to optionally replace certain units of all factions



Requirements:

- full install of any game from the 'Company of Heroes' series

- latest 'Company of Heroes' patch (2.601) installed



Developers:

- talented international group of 20 core members

- around 50 developers have directly contributed at some point

- developers from across Europe and North America, but with the majority in Germany and Great Britain

- from industry professionals to school hobbyists

- development time has been around 3 years

Wikipedia has a very firm no advertising policy for its articles. Just a heads up. Don't make it sound too much like a sales pitch or they'll just take it down.

Agreed, as I said in the first post, ensure that you are familiar with the rules before you edit.

I updated the page :-\. If someone finds better words to describe it than me is welcome :).

P.S. ITs the first time I'm doing something like this :-\... I hope that I did it well...

Long time ago I created this article. It was deleted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Company_of_Heroes:_Eastern_Front

It was deleted because it wasn't released so there was very little mention on websites other than our own. After winning two ModDB awards, and receiving so many downloads, it should be able to stand up on its own.

I made some updates, concerning the Retreat and Re-Crewing. I made some proofreading edits too, I am good with wiki edits. I made it so from now on, any HEADING 2 TYPE text added will make another category under the "Contents" menu.

i've a decent machine, so I'll take some nice screenies to upload.

Question: on playback, how can I remove the messages ("+1Exp", etc) and also the nasty xray vision that shows units through hedges?

HDLK

Please if someone edit the Wiki article, put also a link to this (www.easternfront.org) page on the bottom of the page with links.

@Headlock: +1Exp text will disappear even if you pause the replay (assuming you take screenshot from replays)... maybe it will work same way in game too. However taking screens from replay is like 100% better since you can rotate camera, change time scale and take really cool pics. As for x-ray vision it helps if you do not have fog of war turned-off (in replay), otherwise only other thing you can do is to retouch it in photoshop (clone stamp tool). I wrote a small "Guide to Comic book writers" and posted it to my Comic thread, you can find some more advices there about taking screens.

Last edited June 2, 2010 at 11:04 PM by wordsmith

wordsmith wrote:
Please if someone edit the Wiki article, put also a link to this (www.easternfront.org) page on the bottom of the page with links.

@Headlock: +1Exp text will disappear even if you pause the replay (assuming you take screenshot from replays)... maybe it will work same way in game too. However taking screens from replay is like 100% better since you can rotate camera, change time scale and take really cool pics. As for x-ray vision it helps if you do not have fog of war turned-off (in replay), otherwise only other thig you can do is to retouch it in photoshop (clone stamp tool). I wrote a small "Guide to Comic book writers" and posted it to my Comic thread, you can find some more advices there about taking screens.

Ah sweet, perfect, thanks!

Maybe you need to write about the awards of the modification and MrScruff?

I haven't been around long enough to have such great knowledge, but if you give me text I can put it in the page and cite you as a source!

I've also included a bit about the maps, and I can add more if anyone wishes!

Yeah I think a mention of Mr Scruffs help is deserved :)
Also would it be okay to make a  list of the units involved in the Soviets?

Last edited June 3, 2010 at 1:02 AM by Akalonor

Hehe I remember when this page was up on wiki and then it went down. Thats how I learnt of EF. great to see its up again.

Remember, Wikipedia isn't a game guide. You can't just list units. Try looking at articles for big games and try to mimic their layout.

Still no list of available languages...

Whomever cleaned up my articles a bit thanks.

Poldek, I'd love to feature the available languages. Is there a large list? Please help me out, I don't know them all.

Read the press release which I supplied a few posts up

Quote- fully localised in German, English, Russian, Polish, French, Italian, Chinese Traditional

Ah, right... I wish I could edit wiki pages (i completely don't know their syntax), I would add it.

The wiki page is deleted? WTF? The reason stated is that it was previously deleted and then recreated.  ???

Il Bastardos...

Stubborn, arn't they?

The Russian page still is there. ;D

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Can someone tell me about Mr Scruff and his work in the EF team? I did not know him.

Last edited June 6, 2010 at 11:53 AM by UeArtemis

Hey I recommend to supply more information on this COH wiki
http://companyofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

That page had no reason to be take down this time round. It was previously deleted because it had not been released and there were no sources other than our website, whereas now it has been featured on a number of international websites and even VERY big magazines.

I would put it back up now but it is difficult to do so from my phone, so can anyone use their Wiki to argue the cause? A few more references from sites and magazines should do the trick.

WartyX wrote:
That page had no reason to be take down this time round...

In our country we have saying which comes from communist era that: "Initiative dork is worse than the class enemy". I would like to help but I have no nice words for such asshole who knows shit but just quickly delete the page. And if I insult him it wouldn't be very productive. As you wrote there was no reason to do that but guy didn't even bother to check the facts.

Oh, the Communist wisdom. +1 ::) ;D
P.S. The Forum need a reputation system

Here's the last version of the Wikipedia's Article before deletion. I change the extension from html to txt because the former isn't supported here :P.

EDIT: I upload a v2 of the file, I forgot to delete an element of the body.

Last edited June 6, 2010 at 5:34 PM by blackbishop

I would love to argue the case, but I can not make a Wiki account because my little sister thought it would be nice to make a wiki account and delete like 8 pages from their system, and she got the entire IP address banned. >:(

Just be concise, but show your support.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Company_of_Heroes:_Eastern_Front

Cranialwizard wrote:
I would love to argue the case, but I can not make a Wiki account because my little sister thought it would be nice to make a wiki account and delete like 8 pages from their system, and she got the entire IP address banned. >:(

I see , your "Sister" deleted the pages ;)

It's partially my fault because she was using wikipedia as a source for her research paper, and I showed her that ANYBODY could go in and delete content. I fixed what I messed up and then left to go eat lunch downtown.

Un-announced to me, she got on my laptop and began to go through pages 1 by 1 of random things she was thinking, and it got her banned.

I came back from lunch and was going to add some interesting content on a page about Apples, and how they turn rotten because of bacteria infections and cell wall damage, when I noticed my account was blocked and partially deleted. :(

It traced to our house's IP address, I was SUPER pissed.

So now I iz blocked from wiki. I will try to support though. I can make anonymous edits to pages that arn't semi-protected, that's all I can do.

Apples? Get a life!

Lol Jk

QuoteI would love to argue the case, but I can not make a Wiki account because my little sister thought it would be nice to make a wiki account and delete like 8 pages from their system, and she got the entire IP address banned. >:(

BAN your sister from the internet pls  ;D

by the way, the good guide in the EF site should be fixed the the 1.11 or the Major ivan-denko shwartzie will come 'n kill

http://www.easternfront.org/index.php?site=guide

Seeme wrote:
Apples? Get a life!

Lol Jk

Learned about that shit it biology XD