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Please see/join the discussion at [[BattleTechWiki talk:Project Biographies]] regarding changing the name of this category to Major Characters. --[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 13:55, 15 August 2008 (CDT) | Please see/join the discussion at [[BattleTechWiki talk:Project Biographies]] regarding changing the name of this category to Major Characters. --[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 13:55, 15 August 2008 (CDT) | ||
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| + | (Not sure where this belongs so I'll put it here for now. Perhaps a "Policy: Clan Names"?) How do we treat Clan Bloodnames? After all, the Clan naming system is radically different from the commonplace namegiving in the Inner Sphere. You cannot (imho) treat "Ward, Vlad" like you treat "Davion, Hanse" if you get what I mean. Ward is only his bloodname, and the closest thing he has to a family name is his origin from Clan Wolf. This is not only style, but also important for sorting characters as we're currently doing this by second names. "Joanna" is under "J" because she has no bloodname and Vlad Ward should really be mentioned under "V" and not "W". Perhaps the entry format for Clanners should look something like "Joanna, Clan Jade Falcon" or "Vlad (Ward), Clan Wolf". Not sure if they should be sorted by Clan or by first name. [[User:Frabby|Frabby]] 04:01, 25 August 2008 (CDT) | ||
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Category Name Change
Please see/join the discussion at BattleTechWiki talk:Project Biographies regarding changing the name of this category to Major Characters. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 13:55, 15 August 2008 (CDT)
Clan names
(Not sure where this belongs so I'll put it here for now. Perhaps a "Policy: Clan Names"?) How do we treat Clan Bloodnames? After all, the Clan naming system is radically different from the commonplace namegiving in the Inner Sphere. You cannot (imho) treat "Ward, Vlad" like you treat "Davion, Hanse" if you get what I mean. Ward is only his bloodname, and the closest thing he has to a family name is his origin from Clan Wolf. This is not only style, but also important for sorting characters as we're currently doing this by second names. "Joanna" is under "J" because she has no bloodname and Vlad Ward should really be mentioned under "V" and not "W". Perhaps the entry format for Clanners should look something like "Joanna, Clan Jade Falcon" or "Vlad (Ward), Clan Wolf". Not sure if they should be sorted by Clan or by first name. Frabby 04:01, 25 August 2008 (CDT)