Talk:Zelda Timeline

Nuetrality
A short time ago, an anonymous user posted the following under the heading "TP related arguments"


 * In TP Ganon never seems to realize about the Master Sword, nor the Hero of Time. It was stated by Eiji Aonuma that TP went before WW and after OoT, but why the Ganon of TWW has knowledge of the Hero of Time and the Master Sword while he doesn't know about them in TP? In fact, in the last battle Ganondorf explicitly says "A nice sword you have...", confirming he has no knowledge of the Master Sword. The obvious reason would be the famous split timeline theory.


 * TP could very well be the continuation of OoT's "Child" story, because there is no mention of the Hero of Time whatsoever. There are two extra sages as well (Wind and Earth) shown in the Mirror Chamber cutscene. Yet in TP the "Hero" who teaches Link his techniques says "He did not choose to be the hero", so it could be referring to Hero of Time himself, which then would put TP as part of the "Adult" timeline if it is to be believed, but then... why Ganon doesn't know anything?. The reasoning would be that TP is part of the "Child" storyline, and that when dead in the Sacred Realm or wherever he is, the Hero of Time can appear (as shown when teaching Link in TP), splitting time and space. Also, Ganon seems to truly die this time as the Triforce of Power in his hand disappears.

The first statement is an opinion. The second statement is untrue*. In general, the information is not so bad, but it is written in the style of a post on a timeline forum, it seems an argument for a specific stance (support of early TP in the DT) rather than an information detail. Please understand that this wiki demands a nuetral point of view, and this addition did not present one.

* Aonuma did not say the TP occured before tWW, Nintendo of America did. They are not a canonical source. Please site your devloper quotes!--PIE

Vandalism
Both this page and the main article were totally removed last night, replaced with "hi". Second time I've fixed vandalism on the page, but I still don't know what to do or how to report it. Help?! --PIE
 * Well, as for what to do, the most important thing is to fix the vandalism, and you have done that. Fortunately, the Wiki saves all the revisions for us and you didn't lose any work (I know you've spent a ton of time working on this stuff). As for how to report it, I don't believe there is a report feature of any kind. This Talk page is probably the most effective way. I'll talk with Jason about what else can be done. --Sheik-Yumil1988 22:59, 5 December 2006 (CST)
 * Well, we could also protect the page... but if the person is registered, they could edit it. So, you timeline theorists would have to register in order to edit it. - James
 * What could possibly motivate a person to make 3 consecutive attacks on a page? Meh, fixed this weekend's bit of vandalism, and I'm not keen or doing so again. How do you protect a page on media-wiki? --PIE

Nintendo's Official Timeline
A while back, did not Nintendo release an official timeline in a story form? It was on the official page, but has since vanished due to newer games coming out. I have it saved if anybody wants to see it...
 * Commonly called the "NoA order" it can be found online at:
 * http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/articles/article24/oldversion.txt
 * It is complete up to the release of tWW (which caused a paradine shift in theorising, away from debate on the number of links and towrds debate on the number of timelines) and was quite influential at the time of its release. From a modern perspective, the principles of the theory are solid in every regard except its interesting placement of Link's Awakening, and are listed on the Timeline Principles page. The more creative aspects of the theory (ie the creation of Termina) are cool to read but considered non canonical.--PIE

Featrued Article

 * What? TP run off with some other encyclopedia? Not such a "masterpeice" any more, is it? Yeah, we knew you'd come crawling back...

Seriously Jason, this is crazy cool. Thank you so very much, we're astounded. But ach! All the pressure. So much yet to be done! Back to work!--PIE

Wha?!?!
Could we possibly not abbreviate the game names? Not everyone knows what they mean. I don't know what they mean and I'm a good Zelda Fan. -- Dino shaur  04:40, 24 December 2006 (CST)
 * Good point, timeline jargon comes easy to some, but the casual reader really should have a guide... O.K., threw up a quick fix. It needs to be wiki'd but I'm out of time. --PIE

Split TImeline FTW!!!!!
 * I think what he meant was to replace the instances of jargon in the page with the full names. I tried to read it last night, and I was confused nearly the whole time. --74.73.243.146 18:59, 21 January 2007 (CST)