MediaWiki talk:Sidebar

Forums

NKF, add XComRus (http://www.xcomrus.com/conference/) to the list, please. It is a russian forum about X-Com. ---=Troll=- 10:03, 1 October 2010 (EDT)

Wouldn't it be better to add the XComRus forum link on the Russian version of the Main Page? If it's in Russian, it's not of general interest to everyone (sorry). We already have a link to the Russian Main Page on the Sidebar, I would think that is enough. Spike 12:10, 1 October 2010 (EDT)

I think it might be time we rethink if the forum links should stay on the side bar. They were fine up until now because for a long time the Wiki has only been in English. But now that we are getting various languages added to the wiki, perhaps the forum links should be moved to their own separate pages? -NKF 12:28, 1 October 2010 (EDT)

That sounds like the best idea. A sidebar link to "Forums" and a Forum page, broken up by language. Plus a link on each language's Main Page, jumping to the section for forums in that language. Spike 14:35, 1 October 2010 (EDT)

Games

Enemy Within (2013) Link ... To help being separating the EU and EW content. --Flipmcf 16:33, 22 December 2013 (EST)

I've been thinking about this but I haven't come to any conclusion. Where would the link point to? The XCOM: Enemy Within DLC (EU2012) page? My question here is that EW is an expansion, not a stand alone game. Hobbes 07:25, 24 December 2013 (EST)

It is on the console version and having two seperate tables may make it less cluttered. --Ditto51 07:39, 25 December 2013 (EST)

No reason to do all that. EW isn't entirely different or graphically updated in comparison to EU, in contrast to EU 94 and TFTD (similar graphics but differing gameplay). Plus most players know EW is an expansion pack for EU. If willing to make a link there, then maybe it's time to start making (EW 2013) pages to make sure everything is separated... --DracoGriffin 12:50, 25 December 2013 (EST)

I could see a point in having a link to EW since its the "new" thing but my definition of a stand alone game is something that is completely separated/new from the original, something that EW doesn't fit, even on the console edition, since it always requires a EU copy present to be played. My thinking here would be more of the solution presented in this Games Wiki, where the expansions to the different Civilization games are considered to be a part of the games, not stand alone games.

Ditto51's remark about the cluttered EU2012 Table made me also think if there's already too many links on the existing EU table. Any opinions on that? Hobbes 14:58, 25 December 2013 (EST)

What about losing the separate DLC and removing any specific Base Facilities --Ditto51 17:23, 25 December 2013 (EST)

What about this?

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) / Enemy Within DLC
XCOM Game Information Commander's Briefing Base Location The Council Difficulty Levels Second Wave Achievements Headquarters Mission Control Research Engineering Barracks Memorial Hangar Situation Room Gray Market Finances Covert Operations Soldiers Classes Armor Equipment Weapons Medals Covert Operative S.H.I.V.	Enemies Alien Life Forms Overview of Aliens Alien Stats UFOs Alien Artifacts Meld EXALT Soldiers Equipment Missions Gameplay Mechanics Chance to Hit Cover Critical Wounds Flanking Overwatch Suppression Combat Tactics Squads Mission Types Mission Names After Action Report Maps Tables	General DLC General Information Elite Soldier Pack Slingshot Enemy Within Progeny Multiplayer Multiplayer Maps Multiplayer Tactics Squad Builds Guides & Tips Air Combat Survival Guide Building Optimization Economy Panic Story Walkthrough Class Builds Classic vs Impossible Murphy's Laws (XCOM)	Miscellaneous Game Credits Storyline News Ticker Game Universe/Artwork List of all Abilities XCOM Heroes Making The Game Harder Glossary of Terms Technical Information Patches Bugs Mods & Suggestions Game Editors Game Files Unused Features Wiki Tips

I don't think any of that will fit in the sidebar to the left. Ha ha - er, never mind. No, I agree, if we made a separate link for EW, we'd have to make a separate section for all the DLC and that would just clutter it up. EW is an expansion for EU2012, albeit one of the more chunkier expansions. -NKF 17:50, 25 December 2013 (EST)

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

After using this wiki for many years, I've noticed that the mod projects have been removed from the sidebar, and replaced with a single link.

While I'm sure people far more devoted to this wiki project have their reasons for this, I think this is a major mistake.

That sidebar was the reason I (and I would bet many others) discovered Long War at all. Removing that reduces their visibility significantly.

In my estimation, the mods are the center of gravity for the fandom. The XCOM games host some of the greatest mod projects in all of gaming. The 'spiritual successors' of XCOM owe their lineage not just to the vanilla game and its developers, but the mods and their mod teams too.

TheHolotargeter (talk) 21:12, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

This has been already discussed in detail over the years in Talk:Main Page, respectively in the sections 'Removing All Featured Projects from Sidebar' and 'Featured Projects on Sidebar', and the active admins (me, Pete and NKF) recently had another discussion where it was decided to finally implement the removal of the projects. I won't repeat all the arguments, but the main one is that the wiki focus is about the games, not the fan projects, and we are more than happy and helpful to give wiki space for other XCom projects (I started the page for Long War 12 years ago for instance), but there have been so many fan projects over the two decades that the wiki has been active (and hopefully more will come) that it was needed to take action and remove all fan projects, in order to be fair and not favor one of them and prevent the Sidebar from becoming overcrowded. Hobbes (talk) 15:31, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Fairness is a reasonable policy, apologies for not seeing the other discussions first. TheHolotargeter (talk)