Board Thread:New on BlazBlue Wiki/@comment-5633574-20170614110700/@comment-5633574-20170614125224

"Everyone is used to localization - we talked about it in no less than three threads. Result? Translations are staying."

That doesn't mean you should close off the discussion to those not present at the time or newcomers as well. A wiki should be flexible and willing to make change--just as you did with localization to translation, you should allow the idea to eventually revert if it appears or somebody brings up good reason to do so. And you should make those three threads far more visible, as I was only able to find one. It'd also alleviate confusion to newcomers or people unfamiliar with the series.

"We have bad translations - then suggest a better one, instead of telling us to switch to the localization that is even worse."

I will not suggest a better translation, because you shouldn't be using your own translations to begin with. An English speaking wiki should use the officially-chosen English terms for consistency. And no, the entire localization is not 'even worse.'  I shudder to use the word, but that's a very 'weeaboo' line of thinking. Though, I suppose you'll simply react angrily to the word of the use instead of considering why I would even say it.

"We might end up writing everything in Japanese here - if it worked that way, I wouldn't have to save money to take Japanese courses. Think a bit before saying stuff like that, it seems like you just made up a point because you felt you don't have enough to convince us."

I really get the feeling you're not even reading what I'm saying and just coming up with whatever you want to from my post. Don't tell me to think before I say stuff when you can't even practice the same thing. Let me spell it out for you:

You are operating a wiki for a game produced in a language that is not the game's native one, for an audience that speaks that language and is more familiar with the localized terms. Using the Japanese hard translations is just a mess and freezes out a certain audience of viewers and users.

"Translations look weird - and your suggestion is to use made up stuff because it's less weird."

Not all of it is 'made up.'  I will not deny that some are definitely creative liberties but for the most part the official script sticks close to it. Furthermore, half of the original meanings are just as made-up anyways (what is a Prime Field Device outside of the game's context?  And clearly anybody would know what an Archenemy Weapon is, so Nox Nyctores is just offensive because it's 'made up.'  Are you serious?)

"And my favourite"

I really need to pick on this point. You are a moderator. Your job is to be professional and not act like an ass to your members, especially when I have done nothing but simply try to provide an alternate reason to the subject. If you can't respond to somebody you disagree with who's been trying to provide another viewpoint in a manner that's expected of your position or cordially, then you shouldn't be a moderator.

"Except this thing is not an Azure Grimoire. Grimoire is a term that defines an item that converts magical element (seithr) into power. This thing is not a Grimoire, it does not convert anything. It is called a book despite not being a book, but it was never called a Grimoire, except in localization. Azure Flamed Grimoire is incorrect because that thing does not fit the definition of a Grimoire. Understand?"

Don't throw the 'understand?' at the end there; it just makes you look like self-congratulatory and needlessly smug.

And like Night Vision you completely misunderstood what I was saying. "Azure Flame Grimoire" is simply another naming choice that isn't literal, just like the actual Japanese translation. It's less wordy and awkard-sounding than a hard translation, and though it may share 'grimoire' in its name with a separately named thing, the English script is still clear enough it's not one of them. It's the official term, and it should be followed on an English-speaking encyclopedia site for the series--regardless of how you may feel about it.