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| author | yorhel <yorhel@1fe2e327-d9db-4752-bcf7-ef0cb4a1748b> | 2008-06-28 17:05:35 +0000 |
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| committer | yorhel <yorhel@1fe2e327-d9db-4752-bcf7-ef0cb4a1748b> | 2008-06-28 17:05:35 +0000 |
| commit | d387136a61bf93fdc495f2bead2874be3b7733cf (patch) | |
| tree | 22771ff17b9b5caad0695ec6dc9981e6e10e949a /data/docs | |
| parent | cb91a4b21ef4157eb10276ee088e962b3b6026d2 (diff) | |
Documentation patch by apple
git-svn-id: svn://vndb.org/vndb@43 1fe2e327-d9db-4752-bcf7-ef0cb4a1748b
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| -rw-r--r-- | data/docs/5 | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | data/docs/8 | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | data/docs/notfinished | 2 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/data/docs/5 b/data/docs/5 index cea0817f..1778bd3a 100644 --- a/data/docs/5 +++ b/data/docs/5 @@ -30,25 +30,39 @@ </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> diff --git a/data/docs/8 b/data/docs/8 index cad1262b..ce867124 100644 --- a/data/docs/8 +++ b/data/docs/8 @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ :TITLE:The VNDB TODO list +:INC:index :SUB:Some notes diff --git a/data/docs/notfinished b/data/docs/notfinished index 192b1c07..8fc2669a 100644 --- a/data/docs/notfinished +++ b/data/docs/notfinished @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ <span class="warning"> This page is not yet finished!<br /> - If you are interested in helping out, please join us on <a href="irc://irc.synirc.net/vndb">IRC</a>. + If you are interested in helping us finish it off, please join us on <a href="irc://irc.synirc.net/vndb">IRC</a>. </span> |