Forum:Naming convention for object articles

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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?

The titles are specific, yes, but they lead to a poor maintenance. Not to mention, what if a similar object reappears in different series? Or what if an object of the same type is introduced in other expansion packs?

  1. The first instance is similar to heart-shaped bed. It previously has two separate articles for the beds in The Sims & The Sims 3, and The Sims 2 because the name of the beds are different.
  2. The second instance is teddy bear, which was previously named Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear (now a redirect, not linking it because I'm thinking of deleting the redirect in the future). It implies the object only appears in The Sims 3 base game, while a lot of teddy bears are featured in the future EPs. The name of Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear is no longer relevant by then. Besides, The Sims 2 also has teddy bear, so why separate another article of the same thing?

I think all these articles with exact object name should be titled in a more generic way, such as bake sale stand, fortune cookie maker, football, and rubber ducky. That way, it's easier and more convenient to search and link the articles. I think there should be some exceptions, such as Laganaphyllis Simnovorii. Cowplant already redirects to that article, but I think it's just a rather unique case of object. It's pretty well-known also.

I also have some plans of revamping the {{Object}} articles. Other than the layout is pretty old, there are some things that need to be changed. But right now, I just want to discuss about naming convention.

Thoughts? Nikel Talk – Vote! 05:06, January 24, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

If an object is unique in the series, I don't have an issue with creating an article using its name (for example, Fortune Factory Fortune Cookie Maker). I think this because it may be difficult to give an accurate name to some of the more unique objects that exist, such as The Eclectic and Enigmatic Energizer. In cases where multiple objects exist that serve the same or a similar purpose, as in the Heart-shaped bed example noted above, then it makes sense to group the objects together under a generic title.

I'm curious to see how others view this, but my initial inclination is to leave the non-generic names in place for unique items. -- LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 06:15, January 24, 2014 (UTC)

It might be handy to leave redirects for readers, as done here. K6ka (talk | contrib) 16:58, January 24, 2014 (UTC)
I agree that some objects are unique and may not have generic names like aspiration rewards, but I think they would be the case of exception. I suppose redirects would help, but I still think having a generic title for an object is better. Nikel Talk – Vote! 17:28, January 24, 2014 (UTC)
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