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I'm thinking of some moderation for object articles in our wiki. As you can see in [[:Category:Objects]], several object articles have the title of the exact name of the said object in-game (especially if it's exclusive to one series). For example, we have [[The Baker's Half Dozen Stand]], [[Fortune Factory Fortune Cookie Maker]], [[Foot-and-hand-ball]], [[Ducksworth of Bathington]], and a lot others. When someone wants to search about rubber ducky in this wiki, who would actually remember the exact name of the object, Ducksworth of Bathington? |
I'm thinking of some moderation for object articles in our wiki. As you can see in [[:Category:Objects]], several object articles have the title of the exact name of the said object in-game (especially if it's exclusive to one series). For example, we have [[The Baker's Half Dozen Stand]], [[Fortune Factory Fortune Cookie Maker]], [[Foot-and-hand-ball]], [[Ducksworth of Bathington]], and a lot others. When someone wants to search about rubber ducky in this wiki, who would actually remember the exact name of the object, Ducksworth of Bathington? |
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::::::I also agree with Dharden's comment. Hopefully, objects with a non-generic, specific or confusing name can be found linked from other pages if the person that's looking for it can't remember what it's called but may remember that it's an Aspiration Reward, for example. And I agree that the Object template could do with a little bit of a revamp! ~ [[User:Waikikamukow|<font color="6a2286">Waikikamukow</font>]] <small>([[User talk:Waikikamukow|<font color="00b0f4">Anyone wanna chat?</font>]])</small> 08:02, January 29, 2014 (UTC) |
::::::I also agree with Dharden's comment. Hopefully, objects with a non-generic, specific or confusing name can be found linked from other pages if the person that's looking for it can't remember what it's called but may remember that it's an Aspiration Reward, for example. And I agree that the Object template could do with a little bit of a revamp! ~ [[User:Waikikamukow|<font color="6a2286">Waikikamukow</font>]] <small>([[User talk:Waikikamukow|<font color="00b0f4">Anyone wanna chat?</font>]])</small> 08:02, January 29, 2014 (UTC) |
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:::::::I also agree with LiR. It would be much easier to search for objects. [[User:Mate1234|<font face="blue" size="3"><span style="color:darkblue;">'''Mate1234'''</span></font>]] <small style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">(<font face="Tempus Sans ITC">[[User_talk:Mate1234|<span style="color:purple;">'''Chatterbox...'''</span>]]</font>)</small> 18:28, January 30, 2014 (UTC) |
:::::::I also agree with LiR. It would be much easier to search for objects. [[User:Mate1234|<font face="blue" size="3"><span style="color:darkblue;">'''Mate1234'''</span></font>]] <small style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">(<font face="Tempus Sans ITC">[[User_talk:Mate1234|<span style="color:purple;">'''Chatterbox...'''</span>]]</font>)</small> 18:28, January 30, 2014 (UTC) |
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==Conclusion== |
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The general consensus here seems to be towards favoring generic object names for objects which appear in more than one game or expansion, with redirects established as appropriate. I'll add something about this to the [[The Sims Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] ~ [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]]</sup>''' 23:31, February 10, 2014 (UTC) |
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