Forum:Old World Zones post-Cataclysm

With the Cataclysm drawing nearer every day, and the majority of Old World zones are being changed, what will become of their page status after the Cataclysm. Will there be a page like, for example, Ashenvale (Old)? Or, if not that, will they become like the Cataclysm sections of today, like saying This content has to do with events prior to the Cataclysm.

Aswell as this, will there be a section regarding certain quest givers's location before they changed in Cataclysm (such as Apothecary Lydon and Milly Osworth). Like, ''Prior to Cataclysm, (insert name here) was located at (insert location name)and provided (insert quest names here). --Gruntijackal, the impending demise draws near 20:42, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * I know we discussed this in another forum, though I can't find which one right now, but it's going to depend on how heavily the zone is changed. For a zone with very few changes like Elwynn Forest we could simply have a Pre-Cataclysm section. For a zone like Westfall that's being completely overhauled, however, we'd archive the old page and make a new one for Cataclysm. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 20:57, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * The same would apply to instances that are known to get major changes (i.e. Stratholme). --Joshmaul (talk) 14:44, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have started working on updated pages for heavily modified zones recently, they can be found in my sandbox page. You will need to see older revisions in order to find them. -- 18:01, 12 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Try avoiding removing population numbers if you can... least for zones with minor changes. I've started moving pages to  (original) and I might expand the criteria for which zone articles get preserved in that manner. But as I see articles changed and what they're changed to may cause me to preserve the old. 09:31, 1 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I already changed a couple of old zone templates and used the (Pre-Cataclysm) suffix, but we could use something else. I'm not sure (original) works for me, since zones have changed over time from vanilla, just not as much as in the Shattering/Cataclysm. Using (old) works for me. --[[Image:gengar orange 22x22.png]] Fandyllic (talk &middot; contribs) 11:09 AM PST 1 Dec 2010


 * I'll be using Template:&lt;zone&gt; (old) for pre-Shattering zone navigation templates, but (original) for pre-Shattering main zone articles is probably okay, since that is how some have already been done. A bot can make everything more consistent later. I'll be working slowly on the zone navigation templates starting in Kalimdor. --[[Image:gengar orange 22x22.png]] Fandyllic (talk &middot; contribs) 8:33 PM PST 1 Dec 2010


 * I hired a group of goblins to start doing this for me... bad choice I guess. They thought it would go faster by using some bot to automatically do it for them with little effort for themselves... they probably shouldn't have added rockets and flame throwers.... oh well, least I won't have to pay them. 07:43, 2 December 2010 (UTC)