Talk:Suggestion/@comment-25534439-20150316004251/@comment-25683568-20150317095935

Okay, so the problem here is we need to decide which name we should use for equipment's main (and japanese) name. Do we use: For whoever does the decodes, the easiest method is to use the name of the equipment in api_start2. It is available the moment the server goes up directly as text.
 * The name in the api_start2?
 * The name on the equipment card?
 * The name shown on the zukan page?
 * The name shown on the equipment list?
 * The name shown on the equipment before-after?

The equipment card requires manual work, but at least it is currently fetched by the decoders.

The name shown on the zukan and the before-after is an image resource and so can be obtained just like the equipment card; it is not currently done however (to my knowledge).

The name shown on the equipment list page; I have no idea where that comes from. For the 10cm, API is "10cm連装高角砲+高射装置", but for the 12.7, api_start2 is "12.7cm高角砲+高射装置". If it really shows as "12.7cm連装高角砲＋高射装置" on the equipment list, I don't know how we can reliably obtain this value (baked into RemodelMain.swf???)

Looking at the different sources for an equipment's name, I'd say the one listed in api_start2 or the equipment card is most reliable. Personally I think the api_start2 is a better choice, and it's (as far as I know) the one we've been using all along for the japanese name in the infoboxes.