- The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a featured article nomination that was successful. Please do not modify it.
Darlyn Boda
- Nominated by: Toprawa and Ralltiir 06:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Nomination comments:
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Support
Very nice. I love Of Possible Futures. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 20:29, 23 May 2008 (UTC)- Haruspices. Graestan(Talk) 23:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Atarumaster88
(Talk page) 15:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC) - Greyman(Talk) 20:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thefourdotelipsis 07:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Oppose
- From the desk of Atarumaster88
*"The city Darlyn Boda, with its shadowy streets, offered the perfect environment in which to begin a life of crime, of which the bounty hunting droid 4-LOM took advantage." Bit of POVishness, or at least overly figurative language that could use cleanup.- I've taken that literally from the city description from OPF. If anything, it might be bordering on plagiarism. I'll try to reword it a little bit. Toprawa and Ralltiir 16:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Reworded.
- I've taken that literally from the city description from OPF. If anything, it might be bordering on plagiarism. I'll try to reword it a little bit. Toprawa and Ralltiir 16:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I would combine the two paragraphs in Locations, as they both talk about places in the city. Also, you might want to mention that the city had a spaceport-I'm pretty sure that Of Possible Futures stipulates that. The very last sentence of Locations could use another nod towards the Ankarres Sapphire, but I won't push that.- Combining will take place when I have the chance. No spaceport mentioned, though. Toprawa and Ralltiir 16:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Combined and added Ankarres mention. Toprawa and Ralltiir 23:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
- Combining will take place when I have the chance. No spaceport mentioned, though. Toprawa and Ralltiir 16:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
"Hot" is not a climate, unless the source specifically says that "Darlyn Boda had a hot climate."- Well, the RPG stats for Darlyn Boda from Wizards, which all but mirrors our own infobox fields, states "Hot" for the "Temperature" field. I was under the impression that effectively served as the "Climate." Would "Hot temperature" work for you? Toprawa and Ralltiir 16:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Uh, not really. Again, temperature isn't a climate. Climates are things like "arid", "tropical", even "mountainous" and describe the overall behavior and composition of the environment and the types of life/terrain/weather that one might expect to find there. "Hot" doesn't cut it. If nothing else, "Swamp" or "Marshland" would suffice. Atarumaster88 (Talk page) 17:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- Using any real-world climatology terms, the closest to this planet I'm guessing would be rainforest, would be extrapolation, as would using "swamp" or "marshlands," since no source describes anything of the sort. "Hot temperature" should work, since temperature is a prevailing element of climate. It doesn't classify the climate by any scientific terms, but it gives the reader an insight into what the planet holds. I will also direct you to the very definition of the word from Dictionary.com. The first aspect of climate they define it by is "temperature." If you have any alternative suggestions, please shoot. Toprawa and Ralltiir 17:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- Since the other climes referred to in the source material do not include anything arid, perhaps "hot and humid" would be an acceptable alternative? It would certainly be more specific. For the record, though, I'd like to state that "hot" has commonly been used in climatology to generalize about multiple climates that share only that variable, or situations where that variable is relevant. However, since I don't see anything about deserts or savannas, "hot and humid" could safely be given. Graestan(Talk) 23:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Since I can't use any true climate terminology, I've gone ahead and just removed the infobox field. Toprawa and Ralltiir 06:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Since the other climes referred to in the source material do not include anything arid, perhaps "hot and humid" would be an acceptable alternative? It would certainly be more specific. For the record, though, I'd like to state that "hot" has commonly been used in climatology to generalize about multiple climates that share only that variable, or situations where that variable is relevant. However, since I don't see anything about deserts or savannas, "hot and humid" could safely be given. Graestan(Talk) 23:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Using any real-world climatology terms, the closest to this planet I'm guessing would be rainforest, would be extrapolation, as would using "swamp" or "marshlands," since no source describes anything of the sort. "Hot temperature" should work, since temperature is a prevailing element of climate. It doesn't classify the climate by any scientific terms, but it gives the reader an insight into what the planet holds. I will also direct you to the very definition of the word from Dictionary.com. The first aspect of climate they define it by is "temperature." If you have any alternative suggestions, please shoot. Toprawa and Ralltiir 17:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
- Uh, not really. Again, temperature isn't a climate. Climates are things like "arid", "tropical", even "mountainous" and describe the overall behavior and composition of the environment and the types of life/terrain/weather that one might expect to find there. "Hot" doesn't cut it. If nothing else, "Swamp" or "Marshland" would suffice. Atarumaster88
- Well, the RPG stats for Darlyn Boda from Wizards, which all but mirrors our own infobox fields, states "Hot" for the "Temperature" field. I was under the impression that effectively served as the "Climate." Would "Hot temperature" work for you? Toprawa and Ralltiir 16:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
- Have a Super Terrific Friendly Un-frustrating day. Atarumaster88 (Talk page) 15:40, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
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