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− | I'd do this myself, but I have no idea how to do it. We should make it so that Qin-Lung, Tien-Lung, Yu-Lung and the other Chinese Breeds link to their respective pages. At the moment, some of the pages have the English name for the breed, while the others have the Chinese name. Technically, since they're Chinese breeds, the Chinese translation is the proper name (and in all other cases, a non-English breed has not had the name translated). I know that this is specifically because the English name is used a lot in the series, but we should still try to set a standard, so it sits better with the format. | + | I'd do this myself, but I have no idea how to do it. We should make it so that Qin-Lung, Tien-Lung, Yu-Lung and the other Chinese Breeds link to their respective pages. At the moment, some of the pages have the English name for the breed, while the others have the Chinese name. Technically, since they're Chinese breeds, the Chinese translation is the proper name (and in all other cases, a non-English breed has not had the name translated). I know that this is specifically because the English name is used a lot in the series, but we should still try to set a standard, so it sits better with the format. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 02:56, 23 September 2010 (PDT) |
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− | However, I think we should still list both names on the page, but have both hyperlinks work so the page doesn't look unbalanced. Grandfather and Lung Tien Xian are both used for the same page, after all.
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− | [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 02:56, 23 September 2010 (PDT) | |
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− | :I think I understand what you're saying, but I'm going to ask Strangerface to have a look, since she's the dragon expert. -[[User:Whitearrow|whitearrow]] 11:08, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | LOL. I didn't realize I was the dragon expert. :D :D :D
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− | I think what we could do is put a redirect page on, say, [[Tien-Lung]], that goes to [[Celestial]] but also put the tags at the bottom, so it will show up in the dragon breeds section? Let me try with Celestial and you tell me if this is what you wanted. -- [[User:Strangerface|Strangerface]] 11:51, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | :You are totally the dragon expert! Yes, I think redirects & categories is the way to go. - [[User:Whitearrow|whitearrow]] 14:15, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | ::Yep, redirects is exactly what I meant! Now to update the page! [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 15:41, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | :::Sweet, the page finally looks right! It makes me wonder, however, if we should also translate the names for the other breeds. It's probably unnecessary, as only the Chinese breeds have been translated in the series this far, but it's still something to consider. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 15:56, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | :::I meant to do the same for the Japanese dragons, because I think they have a similar naming system to China. Riu is used in both dragon names, and is a spelling variant of Ryu, which means dragon. So if we knew what Sui and Ka mean in this context, it might tell us more about the dragon breed (although we already know that both those names are those of mythological Japanese dragon kings). [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 16:10, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | ::::BTW, don't know if it's any help, but I found this page listing a whole bunch of Dragon myths, which could be used to see if any breeds were based off mythological variants. http://www.theserenedragon.net/dragonschart.html [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 16:11, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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− | :::I don't see any need to translate the names for the breeds that are always referred to consistently in the books? Like the Spanish and French dragons' names are never translated into English the way the Chinese seem to be. Though, certainly, if there were instances when the characters called a "Fleur de Nuit" a "Night Flower" then it might be useful? But I can't think of any other instances where there are two names. -- [[User:Strangerface|Strangerface]] 19:07, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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