Talk:ERepublik

The controversy section is just silly and written by new players. There are a lot of bigger controversies in the history of Erep that should be covered instead if we're going to have a section like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.30.119 (talk) 13:01, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

ePakistan

Maybe it should be of note that ePakistan is run by 4chan? -- Zblewski|talk  18:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

ePakistan (/v/akistan) is run by /v/, not 4chan itself. Similarly, eIran used to be run by /b/; the /b/tards have since abandoned the country, allowing for real Iranians to run the country. Japan used to be run by /a/, though I'm not sure who runs it nowadays. As for Greece and Turkey, they're infested with SA goons, who are now moving to take over Mexico. 24.174.111.197 (talk) 21:29, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

This article needs to be unbiased, even if there are specific internet cliches in some aspects of it. They may be mentioned, however. --69.239.175.29 (talk) 21:40, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

The name

Why the name is ERepublik? On the official site it reads Erepublik everywhere.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.193.0.201 (talk) 16:22, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Erepublik should be used as the article's name. eRepublik and ERepublik should be redirection pages. --69.239.175.29 (talk) 21:41, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I moved the page. I think it's still lacking content but at least it has the right name now. Shelnutt2 (talk) 23:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Be warned

You may not like to believe it but there rogue elements claiming to be part of the IRA that will instruct you to use an off site link they send you, which leads to a recruitment page this is rare but has happend a few times —Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigism (talk • contribs) 12:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Pictures

Am I allowed to use pictures from here? --Krakatov (talk) 19:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Those appear to be copyrighted so, no. The Dominator^Talk_Edits 22:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Features Section

I know that there is a Modules section already, but this doesn't cover the features like World Map, the Wiki and such. I suggest a discussion here on 1) Whether these features should be edited into the Modules section or formed into a new section, and 2) What the section should contain. VisvambaNathan (talk) 14:51, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Juany

Juan was awellknow player owned by alexisbronte i dont think this should be removed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.145.130.77 (talk) 16:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Notable Players

I removed this section, the players mentioned have obviously put their names there themselves. I can say with great certainty that none of them are notable or well known, if they disagree they could try putting in references to their fame next time. --164.11.204.100 (talk) 16:27, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

(I dont know how to reply properly, so i'm editing this) TO be fair, we command the British Military :(

Your comment deeply hurt us. Also, can i ask your eRep name? I'm so removing you from my friends list >_>

Maintenance. We'll be back soon.

It happens very often last time. It annoys me very much. They should do some optimization or I leave. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.26.128.93 (talk) 16:06, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

API

Also, the recent release of the eRepublik API has sprung up sites with tools, statistics and useful information for the core players, although core elements of this API seem not to be maintained [1][2].

Added this paragraph here because it was deleted for bein nn (non-notable i guess), I hope not by an eRep admin... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.177.247.202 (talk) 15:39, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

External Forums

Do you think we should mention the large role that external forums (for example, the eUS forums) play in the game? As far as I know, all major players, such as leaders, etc, have a significant presence on external forums, besides the forums' more obvious role of increased player retention (players who continue to play because of the forum community). 97.77.51.63 (talk) 01:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Social and Strategy game

Removed references to 'Social networking' to reflect the new changes in the media module and the fact that almost all conversation and 'networking' is carried out on unaffiliated forums or IRC. eRepublik certainly allows this to be carried on within a limited framework but is not where it is developed.

Strategy references removed to reflect the new Natural Enemy laws (auto-attacks) as well as such changes as no-fixed company location, no parties wiped, MPPs canacelled or really any negative effect or consequence to occupation let alone partial conquest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GremlinJH (talk • contribs) 19:09, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Neutrality of section "eRepublik Rising (v2)"

This entire section doesn't have any sources attached to it, and appears to only highlight negative things about the game since the release of this version.68.149.85.59 (talk) 14:21, 28 November 2011 (UTC) Yes, I agree. Ttow1944 (talk) 21:09, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Nationalist spam in eRepublik

I don't know if other countries are plagued by this problem, but in the Balkans (most specifically Greece, Bulgaria and FYROM), there are reports of nationalist groups aggressively spamming players of other online strategy games, repeatedly and annoyingly "requesting" them to join the game. Do you think this would warrant its own section in the article? Moderatelyaverage (talk) 12:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

If there are news sources (not blogs or Erepublik "newspapers") that talk about this, go ahead and add it with those citations! Sycamore (talk) 14:17, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll take screen grabs of spam I've received lately on the Greek version of Grepolis (an entirely unrelated browser game). I've received about 5 such messages. Moderatelyaverage (talk) 17:00, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

I added the section, including the screengrab of the latest spam message I received today. This was the sixth spam message in five days. I also translated the original message from Greek to English (to break the language barrier). Moderatelyaverage (talk) 19:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

I've removed the section. As long as this has not risen to the attention of independent outside sources, such as mainstream newspapers, reporting about this incident, it's not for us. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

And I've brought it back. First of all, you did not bother to discuss whether this section should be removed before doing so. In stark contrast to you, I proposed adding this section and, after ensuring I could give proof of my claims, I added it. You decided to remove it and then gave your rationale, which has a major drawback. You see, mainstream newspapers would never bother reporting about an online game (let's face it, online games are usually seen as a counterproductive pastime and a bit of a luxury, especially in times like these, with the financial crisis tearing entire societies apart). So far, I've yet to see an article in a mainstream newspaper about Ikariam or ERepublik or Silk Road Online. It is a perfectly sourced section, with a screenshot proving that the spam campaign took place (and, mind you, it's one of many that have been sent to numerous Grepolis players in Greece during the past two weeks). If anything, it's something that actually took place and its verifiability cannot be denied. If you want, I can give a few more screenshots of previous spam messages. Oh, and another reason why this section should stay: it helps raise the issue of possible exploitation of nationalist tendencies among users to achieve various goals (one could be the popularization of nationalism through online games, another could be an increase of the number of players). Perhaps you might think only a loser would bother joining an online game just to get into a confrontation with another nation (with which his/her country may be at odds), but it happens and we cannot deny it, especially when we have proof and evidence. Moderatelyaverage (talk) 00:12, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Whatever you say won't change the fact that we have a policy in this place: WP:V + WP:RS + WP:NOR. If there is no reliable source reporting about this incident, we won't report about it either. It doesn't matter how important you or I find this event or how much we think it may be desirable to raise awareness about it. The first person who responded above, before I made the removal, already pointed you to the need of independent sources, which unfortunately you didn't pick up on. Your argument in the edit summary [3], that the screenshot itself serves as a source, doesn't work either. That's a "primary source". What we need is reliable, secondary sources. Our policies are very clear and very strict about this. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Agree with Future Perfect. Until this receives substantial coverage in reliable external sources, it does not belong in the article, and certainly does not deserve an entire section. TallNapoleon (talk) 07:23, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining the reasons. I consider this disagreement resolved. Moderatelyaverage (talk) 18:40, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Fake announcement regarding eRepublik's closing

It is announced that Erepublik will be closed in 1 June 2012. 

What is the source of this announcement? Please remove this line asap. Thank you. MeXtasia (talk) 16:25, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

wrong data

eRepublik was not launched on October 21 2008,but in November 2007,source - http://erepubliklabs.com/about/#.UaPU-9K1FmM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.40.21.203 (talk) 12:55, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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Romanian vs Irish?

In the first sentence reads: "developed by Romanian studio eRepublik Labs", but still the article is in category "Video games developed in Ireland".
The article text does not mention Ireland, so that should probably be changed to 'Video games developed in Romania'. Unless there's good reason for current situation, which at least I can not see. 109.240.208.20 (talk) 07:44, 18 April 2021 (UTC)