Talk:Hexblade

message: Hexblade → Hexblade (Dungeons & Dragons) – To conform with the nomenclature of the other articles in this Catagory mordicai. 18:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think having an article "Title" redirect to "Title (identifier)" (like Duskblade does) is the wrong way round, though.  The parenthetical identifiers are part of the disambiguation strategy, not part of the standardized naming strategy, IMO. But neither approach interferes with building an encyclopedia... -- JHunterJ 10:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't disagree with your point at all.  If we could have had this conversation before the articles were made & set a better naming policy, I'd agree even more.  My two points would be that the die has been cast, in the form of the other articles conforming already, & as well that, if we postulate some future evolution of Wikipedia, in some far-flung era, where info-glut has put another "Hexblade" or "Warmage" on the map, having these disambiguated would be a boon.  I mean, if tommorow Joe Fantasytauthor writes some best-seller about a bad luck causing duelist called a hexblade, we'll already have things sorted out on this end.  mordicai. 16:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree with JHunterJ here, if the tag isn't needed then I don't think it should be added. By the same token, if a disambiguasion is required then we should be consistant. I moved the Assassin article from Assassin (character class) to Assassin (Dungeons & Dragons) for this reason. And also so that page could be used for assassin character classes from other games, without them being tacked on to an otherwise purely DnD article. Morgrim 09:17, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Add "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
*Weak oppose -- I don't see standardized parentheticals as a useful tool on articles that don't need to be disambiguated.  But I don't see any harm from them either. -- JHunterJ 19:13, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: To the (very helpful) opposing vote JHunter...If it wasn't the standard for all the classes, I'd probably agree with you.  Since, however, things like the Duskblade & Dread Necromancer have been given the parenthetical, I think a uniform treatment will, ultimately, decrease confusion.  As this article is one of only two (see Warmage for the other) of the classes from non-core books that doesn't have the tack-on, I think the much more elegant solution is to add it to to these rather than making less disambiguated articles have to enter a debate as to whether they deserve the added (Dungeons & Dragons).  Easier all around.  mordicai. 04:07, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think having an article "Title" redirect to "Title (identifier)" (like Duskblade does) is the wrong way round, though.  The parenthetical identifiers are part of the disambiguation strategy, not part of the standardized naming strategy, IMO. But neither approach interferes with building an encyclopedia... -- JHunterJ 10:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't disagree with your point at all.  If we could have had this conversation before the articles were made & set a better naming policy, I'd agree even more.  My two points would be that the die has been cast, in the form of the other articles conforming already, & as well that, if we postulate some future evolution of Wikipedia, in some far-flung era, where info-glut has put another "Hexblade" or "Warmage" on the map, having these disambiguated would be a boon.  I mean, if tommorow Joe Fantasytauthor writes some best-seller about a bad luck causing duelist called a hexblade, we'll already have things sorted out on this end.  mordicai. 16:11, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree with JHunterJ here, if the tag isn't needed then I don't think it should be added. By the same token, if a disambiguasion is required then we should be consistant. I moved the Assassin article from Assassin (character class) to Assassin (Dungeons & Dragons) for this reason. And also so that page could be used for assassin character classes from other games, without them being tacked on to an otherwise purely DnD article. Morgrim 09:17, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: This article was temporarily moved to Hexblade (Dungeons & Dragons) due to an editor posting a request for such.  I performed the move without knowing that it was against consensus here, so I have moved it back after being informed.  Sorry for the confusion, and please be mindful that the same could occur at any D&D article until you have a centralized discussion about naming conventions.  Is there a WikiProject that handles D&D articles? --Aguerriero (talk) 16:13, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move and move back