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What about it? Some pages are written in the present tense, some in the past and some switch. I, personally, prefer past tense. That way, in ten years, it doesn't sound like the show just aired. What do others think? --[[User:Day|Day]] 04:24, 31 August 2005 (EDT) | What about it? Some pages are written in the present tense, some in the past and some switch. I, personally, prefer past tense. That way, in ten years, it doesn't sound like the show just aired. What do others think? --[[User:Day|Day]] 04:24, 31 August 2005 (EDT) | ||
:I favor present tense, which is traditional for discussing fictional characters ("Achilles '''kills''' Hector in Book 22 of the Illiad, not "Achilles '''killed''' Hector in Book 22 of the Illiad".) | |||
The battle summaries would be a possible exception to this - as histories, the narrative flows best in the past tense, but as fiction, the events are "always" occurring every time the viewer watches - but that should be dealt with elsewhere. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 04:29, 31 August 2005 (EDT) | |||
Revision as of 08:29, 31 August 2005
Naming
On purely aesthetic grounds, I'd prefer for us to use First Name Last Name without middle initials for article titles. I call myself Peter Farago in real life, not Peter A. Farago, anyway - it just sounds more natural. The articles could begin with the full name in boldface, to introduce them with more formality. --Peter Farago 04:10, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
- I concur. I didn't really give it much thought when making Anders' new page. I'll go fix it now. --Day 04:13, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
Helo
The pages that aren't Agathon, Karl C. need to be deleted in order for him to be moved. In light of this page's creation, i'm going to remove the "Moving" section of my User page since this list supercedes that one. Tomorrow, I may merge my pictures to be added and character pages to be formatted, if someone doesn't beat me to it. Should we make one of these for Episode pages? Maybe also a Category for all project pages? How does making a Category even work? --Day 04:12, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
- I have a few projects going on here now, so I'd like to finish this one before taking on another. Spencerian and Colonial one have been active on the episode guide pages, however. --Peter Farago 04:19, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
Verb Tense
What about it? Some pages are written in the present tense, some in the past and some switch. I, personally, prefer past tense. That way, in ten years, it doesn't sound like the show just aired. What do others think? --Day 04:24, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
- I favor present tense, which is traditional for discussing fictional characters ("Achilles kills Hector in Book 22 of the Illiad, not "Achilles killed Hector in Book 22 of the Illiad".)
The battle summaries would be a possible exception to this - as histories, the narrative flows best in the past tense, but as fiction, the events are "always" occurring every time the viewer watches - but that should be dealt with elsewhere. --Peter Farago 04:29, 31 August 2005 (EDT)