User talk:Ebakunin/archive

Booklink Proposal
Regarding your booklink proposal: I just gave my opinion as requested. I haven't seen it before cause it didn't show in my "Wiki activity" tab. Sorry about that. Russel Hammond (talk) 06:00, April 13, 2018 (UTC)

Re: References
No problem, just doing my job. Russel Hammond (talk) 19:50, May 9, 2018 (UTC)
 * I just realize I should be the one thanking you for highlighting the pages that are in desperate need for references. I admit that I don't navigate a lot on the wiki, I just monitor the Wiki Activity tab, and that means your work is very important so that I can know what needs to be done. I'm also having a blast dashing through my library to find those references. Keep up the good work. Russel Hammond (talk) 00:02, May 26, 2018 (UTC)

Capital Letters
Hello. I don't think we should use capital letters to express common terms like "Embrace", "Kindred", "Childe" or "Sect". I know the authors do it in the books, but that's because they want to emphasize that these words belong to the World of Darkness jargon, and that they have a different meaning than their regular counterparts in our common parlance. However, we don't have that sort of problem on this wiki, cause we can always link those terms to their own specific pages showing exactly what they mean. Just to be clear, that's why I reverted your #182116 edition in the Diego Giovanni article. I hope you don't get upset for it, that's just my understanding but I'm willing to discuss it if you disagree. Russel Hammond (talk) 22:38, May 26, 2018 (UTC)


 * My reason for capitalization is to copy VTM standards, especially V20's Beckett's Jyhad Diary, since it uses just about every bit of Masquerade terminology there is. I'm fine with switching to lowercase, with a few exceptions. " K indred and k ine" is a common phrase where the capitalization is explicit – after all, the Kindred must assuage their egos. Certain terms include (or imply) to indicate proper nouns (e.g. significant events), which is why they're capitalized: "She gave him the Kiss" or "He received the Embrace". Other stuff like childe, sire, haven, or sect are kind of stupid to capitalize. I agree with you there.


 * What's your opinion on keeping most common terms lowercase instead? Thanks. --ebakunin (talk) 00:59, May 27, 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, that's a deal. Russel Hammond (talk) 03:28, June 1, 2018 (UTC)

Re: New Images in Clan Galleries
I agree with you about the Malkavian article, but I must confess that I'm guilty of all the other stuff, since I've been adding a large number of images to the clan galleries, as you can see here and here. In any case, I will defend SOME of the images that I myself have posted, because they show stereotypical members of the clan/bloodline in question (i.e. they help the reader to picture what a member of that clan/bloodline/species looks like), but the images that you have shown me in that Malkavian article are, well, nonsensical, since some of them convey no information at all and I'll remove them ASAP. If you're willing to remove some more, you'll probably have no objections from me. Russel Hammond (talk) 04:57, July 11, 2018 (UTC)


 * PS: Oh man, I was thinking of adding lots of images to all the clans. I mean, my plan was to insert all the character templates, from all the clanbooks, naming each one of the templates, as I did in the Cappadocian article (plus references). You think that's too much? Russel Hammond (talk) 05:25, July 11, 2018 (UTC)


 * The underlying issue is about adding value to the article. Throwing in a bunch of images just because they're cool looking doesn't accomplish anything except lengthen the article. A better approach is to create an "Images of Cappadocians" category, attach it to the relevant images, and link to the that category page from the article.


 * That being said, a list of Cappadocian templates does add value if marked as such. Take a look at how I grouped them in the Cappadocian Gallery section. That's my recommendation for adding templates to clan articles. Do you agree with that approach? Thanks. --ebakunin (talk) 04:48, July 30, 2018 (UTC)