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TheHolotargeter: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-26T01:35:32Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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	: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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

	:::Fairness is a reasonable policy, apologies for not seeing the other discussions first.		:::Fairness is a reasonable policy, apologies for not seeing the other discussions first. [[User:TheHolotargeter\|TheHolotargeter]] ([[User talk:TheHolotargeter\|talk]])

TheHolotargeter: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-26T01:32:43Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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	: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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

			:::Fairness is a reasonable policy, apologies for not seeing the other discussions first.

Hobbes: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-21T15:33:54Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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	: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 admins 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Hobbes: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-21T15:33:18Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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	: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 admins 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 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 admins 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Hobbes: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-21T15:31:46Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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			: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 admins 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. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] ([[User talk:Hobbes\|talk]]) 15:31, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

TheHolotargeter: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-20T21:12:15Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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	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.		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.

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TheHolotargeter: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */

2026-03-20T21:12:04Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar

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	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.		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.

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TheHolotargeter: /* Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar */ new section

2026-03-20T21:10:00Z

Removal of Mod Projects from Sidebar: new section

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	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. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 17:50, 25 December 2013 (EST)		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. -[[User:NKF\|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.

NKF: /* Games */

2013-12-25T22:50:29Z

Games

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	[[Category:Enemy Unknown (2012)]]		[[Category:Enemy Unknown (2012)]]




			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. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 17:50, 25 December 2013 (EST)

Ditto51: /* Games */ Like this

2013-12-25T22:34:08Z

Games: Like this

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