Forum:SH:Nomenclature

Some thoughts I had today, on things which either strike me as inconsistent or else just deficient... &mdash; DigiFluid(Whine here) 00:49, January 17, 2013 (UTC)

"Star Wars" or not?
I'm sure this has come up before, but damned if I can remember the reasoning, but I find it odd and very inconsistent how we choose to use (or not) "Star Wars" in article names for published material. Someone remind me again, why it is that books (ie: X-wing: Rogue Squadron, Heir to the Empire, Crosscurrent) are not titled "Star Wars: Heir to the Empire"? We do it for comics (ie: Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1, etc).

I find this goes even more off the rails, seemingly at random: ie Crimson Empire without the SW prefix for that comic line, or Star Wars: Darth Plagueis (for obvious reasons) for that novel. Shouldn't we&mdash;across the board&mdash;embrace a single, unified practice? It may be a little redundant on a Wikia specifically devoted to Star Wars, but at least it'd be consistent. &mdash; DigiFluid(Whine here) 00:49, January 17, 2013 (UTC)

Battles and parentheses
This one I thought of when I noticed Cade moving Second Battle of Dathomir to Battle of Dathomir (Zsinj campaign). I couldn't help but notice that this creates a circumstance by which we have First Battle of Dathomir (Galactic Civil War) and the Zsinj one, even though the Zsinj campaign is also part of the GCW.

So...since we have so many battles that are just "Battle of x," and we're currently in the habit of either conjectural First/Second/etc or else arbitrary parenthesis....why don't we just use the year in the parenthesis? Couldn't we make life a lot simpler and more consistent if we had "Battle of Dathomir (3 ABY) and "Battle of Dathomir (8 ABY)" and did that across the board for all battles barring ones specifically named otherwise? I don't mean to pick on Cade's specific example, I just wonder if this might not be just a better way of doing things, considering we have some places that have tons of battles throughout history. &mdash; DigiFluid(Whine here) 00:49, January 17, 2013 (UTC)