Talk:Style

I created this page as a place to lay out, in black and white, exactly what the preferred style of this wiki is. While there are some guidelines on the Complete DB page, I feel it would be better suited here and fleshed out more. Once this page is built, it should be linked from several other pages to direct new users on how to post information in the wiki.

--Hephaestus 07:31, 28 February 2006 (CST)

How about putting this in Wurmpedia:Style ? --Lain Iwakura 00:34, 2 March 2006 (CST)

That's somewhat redundant, in my opinion. I mean we're on Wurmpedia now, we know to what Style is referring. --Hephaestus 08:28, 2 March 2006 (CST)

Okies. ^_^ --Lain Iwakura 04:59, 4 March 2006 (CST)

Breadcrumbs

Are these breadcrumps really needed? The reader can come from dozens of pages to a specific page. --Manny

Yup. I think with item articles, it helps new players understand how things are crafted. Plus Ancient would probably cry if you took them out, he seems to have spent so much time on setting the whole thing up. Template:Smiley. --Lain Iwakura 15:32, 4 July 2006 (CDT)

What is a breadcrumb? :S Ketza 23:37, 9 September 2006 (CDT)

It's the Item > Smithing > Blacksmithing type links at the top of the page. - Dashiva 04:57, 10 September 2006 (CDT)

Decimal Point?

I noticed that some articles use the period, and some the comma. I think that we should decide on one and add it to this style page. Jbobj 16:34, 2 October 2006 (CDT)

For numeric values? The usage is typically tied to language and region. In Britain, the USA, Canada, and Australia it's a dot. But in Sweden and Finland it's a comma. I'd lean towards the use of a dot since it's the accepted international decimal separator. Or we could clear it all up and use the mommayez character :D --Foo 17:09, 2 October 2006 (CDT)

There's no international standard that I know of, but as most (all?) english languages use the period, I'd vote for using the period. --Manny

I also agree that we should use the period. Jbobj 12:22, 3 October 2006 (CDT)

The 10th resolution of CGPM in 2003 declared that "the symbol for the decimal marker shall be either the point on the line or the comma on the line". In practice, the decimal point is used in English, and the comma in most other European languages. (Source). Hence, I'm wrong about it being the international standard. Both are. But as stated, the convention in English is to use decimal point rather than comma. Hence it makes sense to use point on the English portion of this wiki, and the appropriate localised substitution for each translation. --Foo 12:54, 3 October 2006 (CDT)