Talk:Ticket to Ride (board game)

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Capitalization
This is one of several articles "corrected" by a Dutch IP who apparently believes in capitalizing only one word of a title. I rolled back all changes; some are arguably valid and can be done separately by someone who cares. —Tamfang (talk) 17:23, 7 July 2014 (UTC)


 * @Tamfang (talk) – I was under the impression that the Wikipedia formatting convention meant that only the first word of the title, such as a section heading, was to be capitalized. I think it is similar to the way in which Wikipedia formats the titles its Wikipedia pages. Described here is an excerpt from the current general help page on the topic of Wikipedia text coding:-


 * "'Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).'"


 * If this is correct, then the editor from that Dutch IP might be correct in making those edits. However, I will have to see a concrete examples of the changes that are being discussed. – SMargan (talk) 15:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, standard practice here at en.wikipedia.org is to capitalize only the first word of an article (or section) title, unless of course it is or contains a proper noun. But that rule does not extend to titles of works mentioned and the like (even as article titles).
 * In French (I am ignorant as to other languages) the convention for book titles is like that of our article titles, which is why I said "some are arguably valid".
 * Here is my undo. I see now that some of the changes were to section headings and were thus correct. —Tamfang (talk) 18:43, 18 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @—Tamfang (talk) - Thanks for the clarification and your reply!


 * Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you that the 'Section Heading' rule does not extend to titles of works mentioned. I agree with you that those would still be in 'title case'


 * I would normally have a very different view on capitalization for 'section headings'. I personally prefer a section heading in Title Case ("Longest Connections Strategy"), instead of sentence case ("Longest connections strategy"). I think it makes more sense to capitalize each word in a heading. However, my usual intuitive approach is contrary to the Wikipedia standard.


 * I have rechecked with the Wikipedia "help desk" and it appears that the current Wikipedia editor's policy  is contrary to what might be assumed the usual approach. The Wikipedia standard appears to be that, at least for 'section headings', only the first word is capitalized, i.e. sentence case ("===Longest connections strategy==="), unless there is a word mandated as a capital letter, e.g. "===Longest connections strategy of the Europe map===".


 * Personally, I do not feel strongly about that "Capitalization" rule. I just know that other editors often find the Capitalization issue a very 'hot topic', in particular in the 'section headings'. I have just noticed that this is something often corrected by other editors to keep it in line with Wikipedia standard format.SMargan (talk) 13:04, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Sourcing
For such an important article of its size, the sourcing here is completely inadequate. I've started adding some, but any help here would be appreciated. Nwlaw63 (talk) 12:38, 10 September 2016 (UTC)


 * @Nwlaw63 (talk) - On 10 September 2016, when this comment was written, the “Ticket to Ride (board game)” Wikipedia article only had a total of 14 reference for ‘inline citations’ to support the entire article's content. As of today (24 March 2024) this Wikipedia article contains 144 references for 'inline citations', consisting of a mixture of reputable primary and secondary sources. Therefore, whilst this cautionary comment was legitimate in 2016, it appears no longer relevant today, in 2024.SMargan (talk) 07:32, 24 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Nwlaw63 (talk) - By way of an update, as of the most recent edits that I have just made (25 June 2024) this article now has 401 references, from what I would call reputable sources, including a healthy mixture of primary and secondary sources.SMargan (talk) 12:05, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Variant for 2 player with the base game
When 2 players find the base game not challenging enough (for example in the map there are too many positions free), each player can play 2 colors, without alliance during the game. So one has to be careful of not block himself, moreover the cards will be split between colors more times. It is way more interesting in this way and it uses the sound rules from the game. AT the end the score of each color of a player will be added to obtain the final score for the player.Pier4r (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Preparing to do edits
Hello! I’ll be working on this article for the next few weeks. I would like to improve the clarity in the "Awards and Honors" section by possibly making it into a table. I'll be focusing in on clarity but I'll be working in my sandbox before making any major edits on here. TwistedInThreads (talk) 18:15, 20 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @TwistedInThreads - I have also been working on a major restructuring of the article. I now realise, after reading your post, that you were working on a similar restructure. I am publishing my changes, but I am more than happy if your restructuring radically alters what I have done. Apologies in advance if my major edit causes any friction. Feel free to discuss the major direction you envisioned occurring with this "Ticket to Ride" Wikipedia page, and I will be happy to discuss it and work within the agreed upon vision.Enervate8 (talk) 14:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @TwistedInThreads (talk) & Enervate8 (talk) & Everyone – Upon reading these comments, I also realize that I might be already guilty of a major restructure of the article as well, without a thorough discussion in this forum. In moving forward, let's all discuss a good direction forward for this Wikipedia article. – SMargan (talk) 15:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I just posted on your talk page re problems created by your "major restructure". 31.55.242.67 (talk) 16:43, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll be taking a step back from this article, but I appreciate you both reaching out after making these edits. TwistedInThreads (talk) 20:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @31.55.242.67 (talk) - Thanks for those thoughts! I replied to those comments that you left on my personal page, whilst remedying the problems you alerted me to that I had unwittingly caused by my edit. I appreciate you reaching out to contact me in the way that you did. I will look forward to any further such posts that you write, especially if they likewise alert me to such problems with my edits.SMargan (talk) 06:05, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Colons
Is there a technical requirement that colons in section heads be tagged &lt;nowiki&gt;? —Tamfang (talk) 01:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @Tamfang (talk) - Good question! I am not sure! I put some of those tages in for the 'colons' (":"), as I saw those type of tags present in the coding of another Wikipedia article that I was working on. However, I have not really sought a editor's ruling on it, as I did not consider it an important issue. Having said that, I removed all of those tags recently in one of my latest edits, as they just seemed to add characters to the coding, without really adding anything to the presentation of the article's layout.SMargan (talk) 12:37, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Impact of the "Ticket to Ride (video game)" article redesign
The "Ticket to Ride (video game)" article has developed in parallel to this “Ticket to Ride (board game)” article, in particular mirroring this article's "Electronic Versions" section. This has meant a lot of duplication of information. However, the development of both has been at different paces and directions, creating a lot of confusion. In particular, the “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article, created in 2008, used to contain only information about the Xbox version, the only existing electronic version at that time, which is now undergoing a proposed expansion to cover the many forms of Ticket to Ride in the electronic format, a lot of which could also be classed under the broad umbrella of 'video games'.

I am working on a major rewrite of the section in this “Ticket to Ride (board game)” article entitled "Electronic Versions", to reflect the up-and-coming changes to that other “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article. I wanted to forewarn this ‘talk page’, so that I could get people prepared, and possibly open discussion about what I intend to do. The changes include:  1) Migrating all the existing information in the “Electronic Versions” of this Ticket to Ride (board game)” article into the “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article. This process involves merging the transferred and existing contents in that other “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article. 2) Replacing the lost migrated content from this “Ticket to Ride (board game)” article's "Electronic Versions" section with an index table to direct the reader to the sectional areas of that other “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article, i.e. the ones now containing information about each medium that the Ticket to Ride game appears in the 'electronic format'. 

For more details about what is happening in the rewrite of that parallel “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article see the "Radical Article Redesign (2024)" discussion thread on those proposed changes in the talk section of that other article. However, please feel free to also discuss the implications of the redrafting of that other article to this “Ticket to Ride (board game)” article, in this "Impact of the 'Ticket to Ride (video game) article' redesign" discussion thread. I am keen to hear constructive feedback, or other editor's ideas and thoughts about these proposed developments. The proposed redrafting of the “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article, which will simultaneously impact this “Ticket to Ride (video game)” article with corresponding edits, is proposed for 12 July 2024, which is also currently a nominated deadline for this pre-edit deliberative process.SMargan (talk) 14:27, 6 July 2024 (UTC)


 * The original deadline for feedback has passed. However, considering this is such a major reworking to the "Electronic Versions" section, and no positive or negative feedback has been received to date, I have set a new secondary deadline for feedback as the end of this month, i.e. 31 July 2024. Please supply all feedback by that date.SMargan (talk) 23:21, 16 July 2024 (UTC)