User talk:MookieDog

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Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 1 under moratorium[edit]

On the Dominator article you added information from a recently published source, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 1. While you are not required to undo the edit you made or remove the reference, please be aware that this is in violation of the moratorium policy. This policy places a moratorium on using sources that have been published (whether in hard copy or digitally) within the last two months, except in special circumstances. Thank you for your contribution to BattleTechWiki, and please keep this policy in mind when editing in the future.

Cyc (talk) 20:11, 16 August 2020 (EDT)

Poland Main A[edit]

Hey MookieDog,

Saw that you took the fluff out of the Poland Main A Gauss Rif;e, are you reworking it or moving it? Because the model specific fluff being in the article is intentional. (rather than having seperate articles for each brand).--Dmon (talk) 13:59, 27 May 2021 (EDT)

It was just a small level of standardization. I apologize! No ill intention meant! If you have the original paragraph could you please repost it! If not I do did have a plan to rework it. I also have the older battletechnologies and did plan to include that information along with the REC Guides, TROs, and a few other sources. Ok you beat me to it.MookieDog (talk) 15:29, 28 May 2021 (EDT)
No harm done, just replied to you on discord, but I will expand a bit here. The current format is built to do two things, allow us to create a hyperlink for say Magna Mk III directly rather than just to the Large Laser article. And the second but much less standard reason it to give random bits of weapon fluff a home. Using the Magna as an example again, It is mentioned in a short story as having an emerald beam, this is actually pretty rare because even though laser colors are quite often mentioned in the fiction, the generic Large laser term is used. Different authors use different colors so we can't make a blanket statement saying all LLs are Green.--Dmon (talk) 01:31, 29 May 2021 (EDT)

I have watched that video with Mr Pardoe one of the most debated questions: what colors are lasers? Message received.MookieDog (talk) 08:06, 29 May 2021 (EDT)