Talk:Rainbow Six

movie release date

IMDB now says that the movie will be out in 2007. I'd change it myself, but my skills are rudimentary at best.

Rainbow 6/six disambiguation help

There are two things called Rainbow six/6, a book and a computer game based on it. The game is at Rainbow 6 (video game) (It was at Rainbow 6, but I changed the name. The book is at Rainbow six. I am fairly new to Wikipedia, at least to editing, as I've been registered for quite a while, so I would like some help in what to do here. One issue is that people would get one entry if they searched for Rainbow six, and another for Rainbow 6.

I think there should probably be a disambiguation page for one of them to the book and game, and the other one should re-direct to the first, but I'm not sure how to do that. Also, the book entry could be turned into a disambiguation as it references the book and game, alternatively, we could create a new disambiguation page, and leave the book entry (Rainbow Six (novel)) to be just on the book (possibly as a stub).

Basically, I would like some advice on how to handle this, and possibly someone to deal with it themselves, and walk me through the process involved, so I have a better idea of how things work here. Thanks Silverfish 14:13, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Is the book always called Rainbow Six and the game always called Rainbox 6? If so, I don't think disambiguation is needed. The content on the game currently at Rainbow Six should be moved to Rainbow 6, and each article should have an obvious link to each other, but without having a disambiguation page. Rainbow 6 (video game) can just be a redirect to Rainbow 6. Angela. 19:45, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I'm not aware of the games and book having different names as you suggest. Amazon shows front covers of the book, and latest game in the series as being Rainbow Six, and Rainbow Six, 3 respectively

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140274057/qid=1074260826/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_11_2/202-3255245-3176614

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000066IUI/ref=sr_aps_videogames_1_1/202-3255245-3176614. If this is the general pattern, then there is ambiguity. However, if there are appropriate links between the entries this shouldn't be a problem, as you say. Also, there have been changes to the book entry (i.e this one), since I posted the original request. Someone has added quite a bit of content about the book in particular, whereas before it had very little, so this entry is not a suitable disambiguation page anymore.

Silverfish 14:11, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)

If they are both called Rainbow Six then maybe this should be a disambiguation page then. Would it be ok to move the content on the game to Rainbow six (video game) and merge with the current Rainbow 6 (video game) article, then move the rest of it to Rainbow 6 (book)? Or maybe leave the book at Rainbow Six, and add a disambiguation link at the top pointing to the game article? Angela. 00:17, Jan 21, 2004 (UTC)

I think the best way, which I think is pretty much your first suggestion is for Rainbow Six to be a disambig page, move the current entry there to Rainbow Six (book), and move or copy any remaining game related material, to the game entry, which becomes Rainbow Six (video game). There isn't that much about the game in the book page :[[Rainbow Six], just a reference to the "spin off video games", and at the end a list of 'The Videogames', as the header says, of the Rainbow Six series, and other related games by the same company (whose name escaped me). That stuff should just be in the game entry really, but there should be a link from the book entry, to the game entry, which I don't think there is currently, as there is a fairly close link between the two.

Also, this scheme leaves (I think) Rainbow 6 (the original location of Rainbow 6 (video game), which I think should link (or redirect) to the disambig page. Silverfish

I think that's what I've done now. Rainbow Six is a disambiguation page. Rainbow 6 is a redirect to that. All the game stuff should be at Rainbow Six (video game) and all the book stuff at Rainbow Six (book). Angela. 18:53, Jan 23, 2004 (UTC)

The new setup looks fine to me, although I'll check everything now links to the right place. Some things now link to the disamb page, when they should link to either the book, or the game, for example. Silverfish 19:24, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I think it might be a caching problem as I already changed the links but for some reason it still thinks List of books by title: R links to the disambiguation page, which it doesn't as far as I can tell. Angela. 19:46, Jan 23, 2004 (UTC)

You're right about that, the list entry itself has the correct link. I've checked each entry, and all the links seem to be fine. Silverfish 20:16, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)

It is incorrect to say the game was based on the book. In reality, it was the other way around -- the game idea came first. Then the game and book were developed at the same time, but they had to finish the game too soon in relation to the book, which is why they have different endings.

--Furrykef 12:58, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

The games are titled, "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six". The book itself is just "Rainbow Six".

Team makeup

I spot several inacuracies in the members assigned to team 1 and team 2 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.234.191.189 (talk • contribs) .

Feel free to clean it up. K1Bond007 19:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Overview article

This article was recently moved to Rainbow Six (computer game), which I disagree with. This isn't just about the computer game series, but rather the entire series - information on the team, the computer game series, the novel, the film, etc. It's similar to Clancy's other series such as Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell, which do the same thing. K1Bond007 19:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Rainbow Six

I changed the opening sentence as Rainbow Six refers to John Clark's position, not the counter-terrorism unit. The counter-terrorism unit is simply called Rainbow. As most of this article is actually about the latter, it may be better to change it back and move the article to something like "Rainbow (Tom Clancy)."--S Roper 23:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Inaccuracies about members

Whos the Canadian on the team? I don't remember one being mentioned. Crisco 1492 09:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I have spotted some errors or inaccuracies : Chavez is not a former Ranger, only former 7th Light Infantry Division, latter a CIA operative. I think that Mike Chin comes from SEAL Team Six, now called DEVGRU. Although Dieter Weber is said to have been sent by the GSG-9, he is primary refered as coming from German moutain troops. I think it's better to detail that Loiselle is a "para" under DGSE command, what means he probably belonged to the "11e Choc" (11th Shock Parachutist Regiment). I don't remember about Sergeant Santiago Amavisca... Rob1bureau 17:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Creation of article

Have done the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down - Missions in Korea article. Not sure on putting the article on the infobox for the Tom Clancy game series. Ominae 10:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)