User talk:Ryulong

Ruby
We use ruby for every ateji, like many Wikis do. Don't change that. 12:52, November 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * You're using the Ruby wrong. It's not used on the romaji. And "ateji" is a very particular thing. It's how 亜米利加 means "America". クロスウォーズ over 巡り合いの戦い is furigana meant to completely change 巡り合いの戦い to be read as クロスウォーズ.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 05:59, November 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * Please, keep the discussion here. It's better to keep everything in one place so it's easier for others to read in the future.
 * I may have got the term ateji wrong, but you understood what I meant. We use "Meguriai no Tatakai" and etc. because we should also inform what is the normal reading of the thing.
 * And you edit warred with two admins. Next time an admin reverts your edits, bring it up on a talk page instead of immediately redoing your edit. Next time will be considered vandalism. 14:00, November 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * The "normal reading" is of no importance to the context of Digimon. All that's important is that 巡り合いの戦い(クロスウォーズ) is read as "Xros Wars".— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 23:54, November 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * That's...not true at all. The series often uses ateji in specific circumstances, not universally, to clarify the meaning of the kana, rather than the other way around. "Xros Wars" is gibberish, because "Xros" is a made-up word. Covering the literal meaning of the under-kanji adds meaning. Whether or not other sites use ruby that way is of no important to us -- we are using it to convey additional information. 05:55, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * You fundamentally misunderstand the intent of furigana (again "ateji" is different). Furigana is meant to give the way the Japanese text is meant to be read in the particular context of this work of fiction. When you see it is only supposed to be read as "Kurosu Woozu" (I don't feel like copying the macron O). In the context of Digimon Xros Wars, it is never read as "Meguriai no Tatakai" so it is entirely pointless to provide that text primarily and not "Kurosu Woozu". In your quest to provide complete information you're providing the wrong information.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 06:41, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * Except that's not how Digimon uses it. "ロイヤルナイツ" is used in 99 out of 100 appearances of the term. "守護騎士" is used in one, and not even the first one, to provide somewhat of an in-joke. It's not a gotdamn pronunciation guide. Stop edit warring, this is your last warning. 07:07, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * Additional example: 千年魔獣 for Millenniumon, used on a single page of the Xros Wars manga. It's fundamentally not the character's actual name, it's a description. It's basically the logical opposite of furigana, because the kanji is being added as a meaning guide, rather than the kana being added as a pronunciation guide. Digimon is doing something unusual with this, we are providing that information for the reader's benefit, end of. 07:11, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * So why bother including 守護騎士 when it's ロイヤルナイツ 99.9% of the time? It's pointless. Just use Royal Knights (ロイヤルナイツ) . Basically you're providing factually incorrect information for the sake of being a Japanese language nerd. And that's coming from me.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 07:38, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * And maybe turn this shit into a forum page so I can actually show you and G-Santos how incredibly wrong and pedantic you are being over something you don't even know the proper Japanese terminology for. If you can't tell the difference between ateji and furigana then I certainly have my work cut out for me.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 07:42, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * So just because I got one term wrong I'm automatically ignorant of everything on the issue.
 * In any case, you were blocked for one week for edit warring. We told you multiple times to not do this. Next time an admin undoes your edits, bring it up on a talk page. 13:37, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * On an unrelated side note. Regarding "copying the macron O", the edit tools have an option to insert special characters in the text. 15:02, November 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * No you just happen to be ignorant about both things.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 01:16, November 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * Śŏ ïţ đǫəś.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 01:16, November 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * Our job is to provide information about Digimon to the readers.
 * This is information about Digimon
 * Profit
 * I really don't see what's so difficult to understand about that. The information is factually correct -- the topics are given these descriptions in canon material. There's no "Ruby MoS style" that we're violating, just your own aesthetic preferences. If you would like to suggest a more aesthetically-pleasing way to present the information, that's certainly your prerogative -- but per our mandate, the information will be presented, and so far, your alternatives have not been aesthetically pleasing. Go ahead and create a forum displaying your proposed solutions and invite the community to pick between them -- do NOT keep trying to shove your version of the page through. 19:02, November 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's not information about Digimon. It's trivial garbage about the Japanese language that has nothing to do with Digimon. The literal reading of the kanji used for one instance of the word "Xros Wars" or "Royal Knights" isn't relevant to the overall coverage of Digimon. You can point out that the words aren't normally read that way but you shouldn't put that reading first. Just have a footnote that says "巡り合いの戦い" is usually read in Japanese as "Meguriai no Tatakai" but in Digimon it's read as "Kurosu Wōzu".— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 23:56, November 29, 2015 (UTC)
 * Because that's not what's going on. It's a gag being done in a single manga, in single panels, for names that have already been given elsewhere in katakana. It's not meant to be a pronunciation guide. Have you read the manga these are being taken from? 01:32, November 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * If it's a gag then why bother using it as an official fucking name?— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 06:06, November 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * We're not. We're providing it for completeness in addition to the official name, in the exact format the gags used them. Since it's obvious from their usage that they are not being used as pronunciation guides, we are not interpreting them as pronunciation guides. Ruby is the most aesthetically pleasing method we've found so far to convey the information, but per our mandate, the information will be conveyed, so just deleting it is not an option.
 * Read the manga so that you are familiar with the usage the situations are covering. It should be fairly easy to find a copy in any Japanese-langauge bookstore -- I got the wiki's copies in Chicago. Think up some alternate presentations, start a forum, lay them out. Ask for comment and go over the pros and cons of each of your proposals.
 * As far as your block is concerned, the policy is to rescind those as soon as we see you recognize that you were violating a site policy and will not be doing that again, so just familiarize yourself with the 3RR rule from wikipedia and we should be golden. 14:05, November 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * Read the manga so that you are familiar with the usage the situations are covering. It should be fairly easy to find a copy in any Japanese-langauge bookstore -- I got the wiki's copies in Chicago. Think up some alternate presentations, start a forum, lay them out. Ask for comment and go over the pros and cons of each of your proposals.
 * As far as your block is concerned, the policy is to rescind those as soon as we see you recognize that you were violating a site policy and will not be doing that again, so just familiarize yourself with the 3RR rule from wikipedia and we should be golden. 14:05, November 30, 2015 (UTC)