Forum:CT Archive/How to name publication edition, redux

Following Pranay Sobusk's example, there is another naming inconsistency on the site: how to deal with first and second editions of books. I initally raised this in another CT, but as Tope rightly pointed out, I conflated two separate issues in a rather messy fashion. Ok, so two issues are raised by how second editions/revised editions:
 * 1) Where they are placed in the namespace
 * 2) How they are handled in source lists

On the first issue, we currently have some publications using parenthesis in their namespace, such as Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope (First Edition), while others simply use a comma, such as Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, First Edition. There are potentially three ways of dealing with this: It is my feeling that our current approach has been arbitrary, so standarization via any of these options will be an improvement.
 * 1) Always use parenthesis
 * 2) Always use comma
 * 3) Comma where part of the formal title, parenthesis only if it is not literally a part of the book's title

On the second point, how to treat these books in source lists, at the moment some appear with parenthesis and others with the comma. Additionally, some have the whole link italicized, others only the first part of the title and not the edition qualifier. Between these two factors, source lists have become rather untidy. On this I feel it is more important have a uniform policy than it is with regard to the namespace, as in source lists these will appear alongside each other.

Here are three options. The best option, I think, is the first, which was laid out by Tope on the old CT:
 * 1) Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition (Note: edition follows a comma and is not italized)
 * 2) Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition (Note: all italicized, using a comma)
 * 3) Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (Second Edition) (Note: edition in parenthesis, not italized)