Board Thread:Event Community Discussion/@comment-28069733-20170521154728/@comment-28069733-20170527010244

Hyper Shinchan wrote: Hasemiru wrote: At this point it's rather difficult taking a stance due to it being hard to determine even from documentation what the historical tag was due to disagreements between the parties that filed the documents. Even I don't know what side of history* to partake in. At this point it should be enough to know that DE was actually used in some historical contests in reference to Kaibokan; I still think that ONI-222 was the word of God in this regard and we should have adopted PF, but considering how all the other communities have already settled on DE, is it really the best choice to keep twisting this matter and make a fool out of Kancolle Wikia when we're dealing with classifications that are inherently arbitrary to some extent? We can laugh all the day how DE is not really our best choice, if one genuinely thinks so, but settling on DE while somehow trying to explain that kaibokan had a different origin and function shouldn't be really that hard. Most people won't even care about it, anyhow, they will keep calling them eroge lolis and whatnot.

Truth to be told, I actually don't give a damn about which choice is popular, as long as the basis behind the hull classification is properly sourced. Surely DE was popular enough, but it doesn't mean shit if nobody actually brought any sources for the matter, especially if the other choice was backed up with 3-4 sources to begin with. You prove shit by simply screaming louder than the rest and considering nobody actually contributed something which undeniable proves that DE was used, no shit the other half of the community will lead a brigade against this option if a poll somehow makes this a popular choice.

With that said, this basically proves that Kaiboukan has been historically classified as DE, PF and even EV. Evidence is everything, I don't give a damn about polls in general and in light of this new piece of information, using a made up abbreviation like "EE" is now no longer necessary. The source came from an IJN naval constructor and a rather famous historian, we are playing a Japanese game here, I think its fair to conclude that going with DE is now sensible with how the situation has developed to. I will override our silly bureaucrat's poll and once again, I announce that wikia will now classify Kaiboukan as DE.

It still feels wrong for me though to call Kaiboukan destroyer escorts, hence they will still be either referred to as Escorts or Coastal Defense Ship. Anyone who actually dares to translate 海防艦 to anything other than Coastal Defense Ship will be shot on sight, especially those who translate them to Destroyer Escort. This decision will be final, because I do not believe there will be any other sources that can disprove the claim that DE, PF and EV are all correct. While the wikia will use DE, you are free to use either DE, PF, EV or even EE and we will respect your decision, because as I said, they are all correct.

Anyway, sorry for all those who got caught up in the mess. Have a nice day.