Board Thread:Wikia Discussion/@comment-25683568-20150318062713/@comment-25683568-20150710182733

It seems that I have made myself sound a bit antagonistic. I apologize for that,

@Amylase:


 * 1) Sorry, but before I had received feedback from some people that they preferred Projector. I ask for consensus because I'm kinda the one who will be rained meteors upon if I make a change and people don't like it. Heck I'm being flamed right now kinda, so I hope you can see where I'm coming from with this.


 * 1) In your second article, Kampon is an incorrect romanization of 艦本. I agree that there should probably be a note in the equipment page itself to the name used by naval historians.


 * 1) Ko-hyoteki is an incorrect romanization. Once again, I agree there should be a note about the name used by naval historians. Every one of my points still stands however.


 * 1) What I meant here is that I don't want to mess with that translation. I feel that the incumbent translation is sufficient and adequate. You're free to change the translation yourself (and be responsible for it yourself), but be prepared to consult the translators on this wiki and to address possible criticism and backlash from the community. I personally don't feel there is gain in messing with that translation, so I don't want to do it. I'm messing with a whole lot already, so anything I can't make myself feel is worth doing, I'd rather not stack on top of the tower of responsibilities I already have. If you make the change, and there isn't backlash from the community, then I will gladly follow that change.


 * 1) Same as above.


 * 1) I agree that Vengeance sounds much better. I will make that change barring any opposition.


 * 1) Looking at it, 劣化 is being used to specify that the uranium is degraded, and therefore depleted uranium. The name of the enemy equipment specifically only uses 劣化, so I don't want to include uranium in the name, as if that's really what the devs were implying, then it's a deliberate omission. Substituting Depleted for Deterioration works for me, but somehow I get the feeling that it won't for you...

Devs did their research and homework and ended up naming things differently. The names may be based on WWII but they are not named exactly like what they are based on. Do we step all over those deliberate actions? I don't want to. If you want to take the wiki in that direction then I would suggest that you consult with the translators on this wiki about the issue. As I understand, the current translation direction of the wiki is to respect the game text.

@Qunow: I'll try my best.

海防艦 is the game text for ship type 1. The wikipedia article Kaibōkan calls it a coastal defence ship. That is where I took the translation from. Destroyer Escort = [護衛駆逐艦 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AD%B7%E8%A1%9B%E9%A7%86%E9%80%90%E8%89%A6]. The game, to me, intends to make ship type 1 not a destroyer escort, but as "Kaiboukan". Maybe this is not the case. But as Kaiboukan are not implemented yet, I'm hesitant to make an assumption on their function when the game text implicitly refers to Kaiboukan. Even Destroyer escort seems to differentiate "destroyer escorts, frigates, and kaibōkan".

You know what, if you really want the changes made now, I'll spend an hour or two making them. *sigh* Since ship type 1 hasn't been settled yet, I will hold off on the change. I will make the B and FBB change for now. Screw file organization, it's not worth getting flamed over.

Still, I'd rather have another admin's agreement before full-protecting. I'll semi-protect it though.

I don't know what you meant by that response. You just stated something without specifying what you wanted to convey by stating that fact. All you told me was that Mamiya is a replenishment oiler. Since you didn't say anything else I could only assume that I convinced you. If that is not the case, you need to be more clear.