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:I agree. I really don't think we need to add 'the' to each and every state, faction and unit out there. It adds nothing to the article, in my POV. I'd appreciate hearing Ebakunin's POV, though. --[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 10:33, 17 August 2008 (CDT) | :I agree. I really don't think we need to add 'the' to each and every state, faction and unit out there. It adds nothing to the article, in my POV. I'd appreciate hearing Ebakunin's POV, though. --[[User:Revanche|Revanche]] <sup>([[User_talk:Revanche|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Revanche|contribs]])</sup> 10:33, 17 August 2008 (CDT) | ||
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| + | ::Normally you'd be absolutely right. However, for some reason WotC made the deliberate grammatical choice to capitalize "The". Starting with ''[[The Ruins of Power]]'' (the third novel), '''''every''''' novel in the Dark Age series refers to "The Republic of the Sphere", not "the Republic of the Sphere". The abbreviation uses the same rules: "The Republic" instead of "the Republic". (In fact, as I go back and double-check the "From the cover" section in the entries, I often have to switch from lowercase to uppercase, since I copied 'em incorrectly.) [[LinkNet]] also uses "The Republic" instead of "the Republic". I looked around and The Republic of the Sphere seems to be the only faction for which this capitalization rule applies (thank God). So yes, you're right, ''except'' for The Republic of Sphere :P --[[User:Ebakunin|Ebakunin]] 18:03, 17 August 2008 (CDT) | ||
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Founding
I know the RotS was founded in either 3081 (the year Terra was liberated) or 3082 (because Surrender Your Dreams makes reference to a 3082 law), but I'm not sure which. Anybody? Scaletail 20:33, 3 January 2007 (CST)
"The"
Why was this moved? Putting "The" in the name of the article is like calling an article on the US "The United States." It's not really proper to say "United States took part in WWII," you have you say "The United States took part in WWII." That doesn't mean it's the name of the country. By that logic, we will have to move most of the faction articles because you refer to "the Federated Suns" or "the Free Worlds League". --Scaletail 07:28, 17 August 2008 (CDT)
- I agree. I really don't think we need to add 'the' to each and every state, faction and unit out there. It adds nothing to the article, in my POV. I'd appreciate hearing Ebakunin's POV, though. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 10:33, 17 August 2008 (CDT)
- Normally you'd be absolutely right. However, for some reason WotC made the deliberate grammatical choice to capitalize "The". Starting with The Ruins of Power (the third novel), every novel in the Dark Age series refers to "The Republic of the Sphere", not "the Republic of the Sphere". The abbreviation uses the same rules: "The Republic" instead of "the Republic". (In fact, as I go back and double-check the "From the cover" section in the entries, I often have to switch from lowercase to uppercase, since I copied 'em incorrectly.) LinkNet also uses "The Republic" instead of "the Republic". I looked around and The Republic of the Sphere seems to be the only faction for which this capitalization rule applies (thank God). So yes, you're right, except for The Republic of Sphere :P --Ebakunin 18:03, 17 August 2008 (CDT)