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authoryorhel <yorhel@1fe2e327-d9db-4752-bcf7-ef0cb4a1748b>2008-06-28 17:05:35 +0000
committeryorhel <yorhel@1fe2e327-d9db-4752-bcf7-ef0cb4a1748b>2008-06-28 17:05:35 +0000
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Documentation patch by apple
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</p>
-:SUB:Name order
+:SUB:Name Order
<p>
- In most English speaking countries, names are given in a "given name, family name"
- order. This is called "Western Order". In English, you call someone using their
- given name if you know them well, otherwise use their title and family name.
- In Japanese (and some other languages too), names are given in "family name, given name"
- order. We call this "Japanese Order". In Japanese you can call someone using either
- name with an appropriate suffix. To aid English speakers familiar, some resources
- (e.g. wikipedia) switch round Japanese names. Here on vndb.org, we prefer to use the
- order that the original game used. That is, if it was originally a Japanese game with
- Japanese character names, use Japanese order. If the game is originally English, or
- a character has a completely foreign name (Mary Smith), use Western order.
+ In most English speaking countries, names are given in a "given name, family name" order.
+ This is called "Western Order".
+ In English, you call someone using their given name if you know them well, otherwise use their title and family name.
+ <br />
+ In Japanese (and some other languages too), names are given in "family name, given name" order.
+ We call this "Japanese Order".
+ In Japanese you can call someone using either name with an appropriate suffix.
+ <br />
+ To aid English speakers, some resources (e.g. wikipedia) use Japanese names in Western order.
+ Here on vndb.org, we prefer to use the order that the original game used.
+ <br />
+ That is, if it was originally a Japanese game with Japanese character names, use Japanese order.
+ <br />
+ If the game is originally English, or a character has a completely foreign name (Mary Smith), use Western order.
</p>
+:SUB:Edit Summaries
+<p>
+ Every edit to any page has an optional "Edit summary" box.
+ <br />
+ This allows you to explain yourself on what your edit is about without cluttering the main page.
+ <br />
+ You can say why you've modified the categories, changed a link, or show where you obtained some information (so that other contributors can verify it).
+ <br />
+ Perhaps you want to add a visual novel to the database but are unable to find more information for it.
+ If you say so here, another contributor is bound to finish it off.
+</p>
:SUB:TODO
<p>
Misc documentation:<br />
-- Edit summary<br />
- Quoting sources in descriptions<br />
</p>