User talk:ISHARON

Actually, I noticed I had messed up the header, but couldn't figure out how to correct it. It just occurred to me that I was using the form, and that the non-form probably had the settings I needed to change.

Thanks for fixing that for me.

Pawla's permutation//Perm of S. probably also needs a redirect or disambig. page but I wasn't quite sure on how to put those in either.

Isharon, I can't seem to figure out wiki-messaging works, so forgive me if I've done this wrong. You asked me to include commas in appraisal values of 1,000 or more. For example, 55,000 instead of 55000. To me, that's confusing because people tend to think about prices in terms of how many plats it is, and 55,000 suggests 55 plat and not 5.5 plat. I realize that if we were to use #,#### as the model - which most closely matches how many plats the item costs - it would also look confusing to people, particularly newcomers, until they had an explanation. It kinda seems like we confuse people no matter which way we do it with regard to including commas, so, since commas aren't used in game at all, I'm wondering why it's necessary to introduce a different standard by adding them here in ePedia and potentially confusing people in yet a different way? I suppose the biggest reason I've not thus far added any commas is to match what we see in game as closely as possible. -NKSTROUD (talk) 18:44, 21 May 2016 (CDT)

I get what you're saying, but the template is only set up to accept appraisals in copper kronars, and the Manual of Style calls for putting commas in all prices and appraisal values of 1,000 or more. (This has been the standard for years.) --ISHARON (talk) 19:33, 21 May 2016 (CDT)

Chris' Mass vs Chris's Mass

I am curious about the reason for choosing "Chris's Mass" versus "Chris' Mass". In game, the area of the festival is referred to as "Chris' Mass" in each room name. It is common for print publications omit the possessive s after proper nouns ending in s (e.g. Mr. Jones' house). However, that doesn't make inclusion of the s incorrect. Was there an in-game basis for choosing one over the other or just personal preference? - padhg (talk) 09:47, 21 December 2016 (CST)

I know some people do just put a single apostrophe (with no S) after proper nouns ending in S. Others writers advocate always adding an 's to singular nouns unless it would create three S sounds in a row. For example, Mr. Jones's dog versus Jesus' birth. I prefer the latter approach, but I don't think there is a right or wrong answer on that; just stay consistent.

The game, unfortunately, is not consistent. In game, the astronomical phenomenon for which the festival is named is Chris's Mass, and Elanthipedia uses that spelling for that article.

>observe Mass

You scan the skies for a few moments.
The Mass is unobscured by clouds.
Chris's Mass is a strikingly vivid amorphous region that currently dominates the vault of the heavens. The Mass is composed of glowing ribbons of red and green light that burn so brightly that they threaten to obscure the rest of the sky

You see nothing else of note.

However, on the festival grounds, it's often written Chris' Mass. TBH, I was going to route everything to Chris' Mass for that reason until I realized that more fest pages (and all of the shop pages) were already pointing to Chris's Mass. It would be less work to go with Chris's Mass, because otherwise, you would have to redirect eight festival pages plus edit every shop page that has ever appeared at one of these events. (The shop page categories are also using Chris's Mass.) For example: Category:Chris's Mass Festival 418 shops.

I'm particularly reluctant to change the shop category pages, because it already takes forever for those pages to be populated. (422 is still empty despite my adding three shops to the category yesterday.) --ISHARON (talk) 17:37, 21 December 2016 (CST)