User talk:Chirag/Archive 03

Baron (name)

Looks like you were faster ;) I was just going to put db-vandalism on there, which I thought was quite suited. Regards, De728631 (talk) 18:58, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Tyler10165 removed your tag on the second page. I'm not yet convinced, but it reeks of sockpuppetry. Anyhow, I issued a db-bio for that one. De728631 (talk) 19:10, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Navy

It is simpler using Linky. But let me turn this into a learning opportunity for me to try and learn Regex and use that in conjunction with AWB to accomplish this. Please bear with the delay. Cheers ChiragPatnaik (talk) 04:05, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Isn't using "Navy of x: None" unnecessarily verbose? Simpler to leave it at Navy: None. let me know what you think. ChiragPatnaik (talk) 08:09, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

It's consistent with the naming of the rest of the entries, and with the entries on the rest of the lists (of the countries that have navies). If we simplified this one, it would beg the question of why not simplify all the entries on the page, and on all the pages. But, if we removed the verbose entries from all the lists, from the subheadings and from the links (using pipes) and what not, then it could become difficult to tell which one of these lists you were looking at (especially if you were browsing through them, going from country to country) because they are all arranged in pretty much the same order. Having the country name plastered all over the page makes it immediately obvious which country's page you are looking at - it also helps reinforce learning/memory of the country's name, and these lists are intended as intros to their respective countries. The Transhumanist 01:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Eventually, we may use the format that's on List of basic Canada topics, that is, include the (exonymous) name for each branch of the country's armed forces. But for now, the standard link (Navy of x) is being used as a placeholder. A redirect is going to be made of each (for easy future article access and list-building), and when the redirects are done for the whole section, the links can be used to access the actual branches-of-the-armed-forces articles and grab their names for the improved format. The Transhumanist 02:09, 19 August 2008 (UTC)