Forum:Some disambiguations that need names...

I note that we have several terms which are used in the Storyteller, Revised Storyteller and Storytelling Systems (like Willpower, Humanity, various Merits, etc.) which currently cannot be correctly disambiguated because we don't have appropriate abbreviations for those systems. They don't need separate entries for each game line, and using nWOD and oWOD doesn't work either since we need to include Exalted, the Trinity Universe games and probably Scion as well.

What can we use? I was thinking (SrS), (RSrS) and (SgS), but those aren't very obvious - or pretty. Any ideas? -- Benjamin 02:12, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're right, this isn't terribly helpful. Um... (ST1), (ST2), (ST3)? Also not very obvious, although somewhat prettier than RSrS and the like. --Ian talk 17:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, we could go with (ST), (RST) and (ST2), or we could go the whole hog and use (Storyteller), (Revised Storyteller) and (Storytelling). The second one may be a bit cumbersome, but it is the most useful and readable. Anything else means we have to devise acronyms for the site, though that probably just means adding whichever abbreviation we choose to the main article for each system (and the reference pages, of course). -- Benjamin 22:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * As long as they are, I do like the idea of using (Storyteller) et al; even though they're long, there's no question as to what they are. We can get away with the abbreviations for the game lines because they're fairly easy to decode, but since these aren't so easily abbreviated, it might be aggravating for someone looking up information. BebopKate 22:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * (Storyteller), (Revised Storyteller) and (Storytelling) are probably our best bets, cumbersome though they are. For the most part, people will get to those pages only by following links, but it's good to have an easily comprehensible standard in case they want to try random look-ups. I approve.

--Ian talk 16:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)