User talk:Kaialone02

Japanese Names

Hey, would you be interested in helping us work on our new way of storing Japanese names for ST? The new way is basically like the old way, but we put everything onto one page and just use a template on individual pages to take from the central page. We're currently working on phasing the old manner out for a number of reasons, like preserving the accuracy of information. TriforceTony (talk) 17:25, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

I would be interested in helping you! I did notice there was different versions of the nomenclauture template, but I didn't catch the "contact an admin" part until I had already added most of the names on the individual pages. I hope that didn't cause much issues for you? In any case, I can add these names to the correct page, if you would point me towards where exactly I would need to put them. --Kaialone02 (talk) 08:35, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Awesome, so let me explain how the new system works first:

For Spirit Tracks, everything can be found at Data:Translations/ST. Data: pages can only be edited by people who have the trusted "Curator" role, which I've already given you. You should be able to edit the page with that role.

That page uses the Translation/Store template, which is practically identical to the Names template (though its formatting is a little different). Every subject is listed on that page with a corresponding Translation/Store template, and everything is located alphabetically under a comment that looks like this: <!-- A -->. You can search for the subject itself or the comment "header" if you need to get around quickly.

I don't think it should be a problem, but as a note: all names must come from an official source. Also if you have a name that differs from something in-game, it should be cited. We have a detailed guideline if you want to know more, but let me know if you have any issues and I can help. Also, if you're interested, you can join our Discord and work with us there. TriforceTony (talk) 00:58, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Alright, I'll try to get around it when I can. I think I should be able to add the Japanese names of almost every term in Spirit Tracks? So for anything that's not mentioned in the game, I should cite a source? For the enemies, I used my Nintendo Dream Spirit Tracks guide as a reference, would that be alright as a source? Alternatively, I know Hyrule Encyclopedia includes most of this information as well. I also own a German copy of HE, so I could add at least a few of the German terms (the German enemy names could be a bit harder, since enemies sometimes get renamed between games, and the German HE documents most of the alternate names as well) Kaialone02 (talk) 09:13, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Hey, I'm sorry for responding so late to this. There's a few things to cover:

1. From what I understand you don't have a Japanese copy of Encyclopedia, but that is going to be the preferred source for names. Names from the Nintendo Dream guide would still be valid, but we would just need to be aware of any discrepancies between them and make note as necessary if possible.
2. If the names in any of these books are different from what is in-game, we would have to cite. Otherwise it's purely optional and not necessary to do so. Right now the citation formatting for these pages is a little broken but I'm looking into a solution and I'll get back to you on that. Feel free to just cite as normal though.

If you need help with figuring out the appropriate names to take from the German HE, I can help you. We also have guidelines for where and when to take names from Encyclopedia (for English), if that helps at all. TriforceTony (talk) 00:56, 18 January 2020 (UTC)