Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20180414044219/@comment-6302057-20180417050647

Lady Junky wrote: DatNuttyKid wrote: Lady Junky wrote: The point of making Ursula an exception is because we keep the current format. Changing our naming format, now that the series is ending, is unnecessary and not even in question. It works perfectly well, except in that one case.

Let's stay on topic ^^ But it doesn't break anything to change it all, either. It's a relatively small amount of effort and we no longer need to make an exception. The current format works in all cases but one; changing the format to match Ursula's would work in all cases. And just because the series ends doesn't make us stop being an encyclopedia, so that's not a good excuse to stop a discussion.

It is on topic. The topic is whether or not we should make an exception to the format. Changing the format is one way to eliminate the exception. Changing the format is NOT a small amount. It would take tons of renames and tons of updates. And this is not a small amount. Trust me on that, it takes work to simply rename one page so all of our pages?

The current system works perfectly, while your suggestion is problematic. We would have zero continuity between all the specifiers, making everything an exception. We would have problems to choose them, we would have tons of unnecessary works and discussions. That is not how we work on the wiki as we tend to keep things as neutral and identical as possible. And yeah, the series' ending is a good reason to not go forward with something like that.

So no, it is not on topic. The topic is very much easier: do we agree to rename these Ursula pages per our current naming format, or do we disagree and keep them as exception? I agree with DatNuttyKid, the series ending is not a legitimate reason to suddenly abandon improvements to the wiki.

And putting this into the too-hard basket makes little sense. Perhaps I am missing something, but wouldn't this only require a name change for two pages, not "tons and tons of renames"? This change would, as you say, "keep things as neutral and identical as possible" by bringing two pages in line with an established naming convention used across this entire wiki.