Thread:Night Vision/@comment-30069821-20170213123728/@comment-30711988-20170215074008


 * >So your solution is to invent yet another term

But we're not inventing anything. Localization doesn't have a term for Bystanders, so we took it from Japanese version. Or, if you have a problem with us adding "new" terms, maybe it would be better to replace it with 傍観者? This way we're keeping the original term without "inventing" anything "new", and still keep it separate from Observer.


 * >Just use one of the localized terms and mention the other ones

Okay, imagine this: someone new played through CSEX arcades and saw that "Contingency Medium" that localization gave us for some reason. How are they supposed to know that this Medium is actually called Boundary Interface Prime Field Device in most other places? Seriously, using one localized term and mentioning others is the same as using translations and mentioning localized names.


 * >Most people who see that in an article will get confused and think it's another organization since you can't expect them to look up everything

Apparently, I can't expect any intelligent people to visit the wiki, either. You see, most normal people who see a set of translated terms in an article will automatically assume that we use translations here. Since every term's page has this "localized as" text, it's still pretty easy to navigate. It's not like we have tons of newcomers every day, no-one cares about the wiki, and who ever will start to learn about a game by reading a wiki with tons of spoilers instead of playing the game first?

But, hey! I officially declare that Russian BlazBlue fans are better than English ones, since they embraced the translations with opened arms and now understand BlazBlue better.


 * >You can't expect people to have to learn a whole new set of complicated jargon just to be able to browse this wiki

Exactly why we put all the "localized as" on the pages. But, considering that our readers aren't as smart as we'd like them to be, maybe I'll convince Night to spend another sleepless night and help you guys a bit.


 * >Perhaps you're comfortable with having to learn a whole new terminology

This is what localization made us to do. Learn new terminology, because they are not sure what they decided to call "Ars Magus", "Ars Armagus" or "Armagus". They use several of them for a single term, so it's Ars Magus one time, and Armagus the other time, while the Japanese version has a single term for both occurences. Localization prevents people from properly understanding BlazBlue.


 * >what would happen if someone with only a casual interest in Blazblue decided to google a character name and to look at the character's article to learn a bit about them. They would be very confused by all the terms they'd read that never show up in the games

What is the common reaction when someone encounters a thing they're unfamiliar with? To learn more about. So that person clicks on the link, sees how it's localized, and is like "Ah, so that's NOL!", and they don't have a problem anymore.


 * >In effect this change might cater to some hardcore fans who are already very familiar with the source material, and ironically don't particularly need the wiki

No. Those "hardcore" fans already know about all this BS, they don't need a change. Guys like you need it, because, tell me, would you understand that there are two different magics and name their differences just from playing the games, without looking at the wiki? I doubt it.


 * >Overall this change reduces the wiki's utility

Now go tell that to the Bleach wiki that's way more active than this one, yet they use their own terminology instead of localization.