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Forum:For the wiki: What determines if a household is listed as a "household" or a "family" (Not as easy as it sounds) (edit)
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--[[User:Absimiliard|Absimiliard]] ([[User talk:Absimiliard|talk]]) 05:08, September 27, 2013 (UTC)Absimiliard
:Although I'm not sure if we have an official guideline for this naming convention, I think it's pretty good if we can consider about it. Generally, the decision is made by common sense, although there could be some unique instances when common sense doesn't work. The following should be considered always true, as far as I can tell.
:*If a Sim is the sole member of the household, it's called "family", unless it's stated otherwise. For example, [[John Mole]] lives alone, so his family name is called "[[Mole family]]". However, [[Naomi Nita]] of [[Lucky Palms]]' family name is called "Survivalist" when checked from the Edit Town, so it's safe to assume to call her family name "Survivalist household".
:*In ''The Sims 3'', the name of the family or household is basically determined from the family biography you see from Edit Town mode. Whether they're called "household" or "family" is then determined on our own. If the name is obviously not the family name (like Survivalist household mentioned above), it's simply called "household", but the condition isn't always the same for "family" though.
:The only example I'm not sure to be consistent for ''The Sims 2'' is [[Bell family]] though, since of the member has different surname, but she's still blood-related.
:I do agree with the three points you've stated there. They could be good standpoints to determine whether a family should be called "family" or "household". IMO, the Bird family should be renamed to Bird Sister household, since that's what the game refers them to.
:Could there be any more cases of naming inconsistencies? I'm not sure about the Littler family and Caliente household. [[User:Nikel23|'''<span style="color:#007FFF; text-shadow: #ACE5EE 0 4px 4px;">Nikel</span>''']] [[User talk:Nikel23|<span style="color: #30D5C8 ; text-shadow: #00FFEF 0 4px 4px;"><sub>''Talk''</sub></span>]] <sub>–</sub> [[The Sims Wiki:Featured Media/Voting|<span style="color:red ; text-shadow:#E97451 0 4px 4px;"><sub>''Vote!''</sub></span>]] 10:49, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
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