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==Sangheili Conflict== | ==Sangheili Conflict== | ||
By what title are we referring to the Servants of Abiding Truth's uprising against 'Vadam? I was thinking "Sangheili Civil War", the conflict seems to be on a large enough scale, but I wanted to get other opinions. [[File:Colonel Grade One.png|20px]][[User:Spartansniper450/IRC Quotes|<span style="color:#000000">''Col.''</span>]] [[User:Spartansniper450|<span style="color:#00416A">Snipes</span>]][[User talk:Spartansniper450|<span style="color:gold">4</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Spartansniper450|<span style="color:silver">50</span>]][[File:Colonel Grade One.png|20px]] 01:42, 7 October 2012 (EDT) | By what title are we referring to the Servants of Abiding Truth's uprising against 'Vadam? I was thinking "Sangheili Civil War", the conflict seems to be on a large enough scale, but I wanted to get other opinions. [[File:Colonel Grade One.png|20px]][[User:Spartansniper450/IRC Quotes|<span style="color:#000000">''Col.''</span>]] [[User:Spartansniper450|<span style="color:#00416A">Snipes</span>]][[User talk:Spartansniper450|<span style="color:gold">4</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Spartansniper450|<span style="color:silver">50</span>]][[File:Colonel Grade One.png|20px]] 01:42, 7 October 2012 (EDT) | ||
== State of... == | |||
We're currently using a standard of titling every Sangheili state with the prefix "State of..." following the template of our article on the [[State of Vadam]]. However, I've began to view this in questionable light given how ''Glasslands'' and ''The Thursday War'' never use the format; the supposed "[[State of Ontom]]" is just ''Ontom'' and the [[State of Acroli]] is ''Acroli''. Where did this standard come from, then? I suppose it originated from a single line referring to the "state of Vadam" in ''The Cole Protocol'' (p93); given this wiki's previous policy of randomly interpreting anything as a proper name, this ostensibly descriptive term found its way into usage it wasn't originally intended for ([[Talk:Insurrectionist#Possible merge to Insurrectionist|not the only time this has happened]]). The standard has later found its way to canon material; the ''Essential Visual Guide'' uses the same format - with "State" capitalized - when referring to [[Ripa 'Moramee]]'s home state; one can guess where they got the idea. | |||
Still, I don't think this is a problem we can't get around; given its canonical justification, it can be used as a more elegant way of disambiguating certain pages, like [[Vadam]] (the family) and the [[State of Vadam]]. However, it's completely unnecessary to use the "State of" in articles which need no disambiguation, which is basically all of the known Sangheili states other than Vadam. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 03:37, 17 October 2012 (EDT) | |||