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[Suggestion] Zone "the"
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Post by
blademeld
For zone names, can we format them so the names ignore "The"
So that instead of being between terrokar and thousand needles, "The Hinterlands" is "Hinterlands, The" and between Hillsbrad foothills and Howling fjord.
Post by
Wildhorn
No. The zone is "The Hinterlands" not "Hinterlands".
Post by
Skyfire
I suspect he's talking about the filters, not the zone pages themselves.
Post by
pelf
No. The zone is "The Hinterlands" not "Hinterlands".
I dunno about French, but it's common in alphabetizing in English to move the articles to the end of the phrase.
Aviator, The
Christmas Carol, A
And so on. The article isn't the important part of a title.
Post by
blademeld
No. The zone is "The Hinterlands" not "Hinterlands".
"Hinterlands, The"
*gives a thumbs up to Skyfire and pelf*
Post by
Wanderingfox
No. The zone is "The Hinterlands" not "Hinterlands".
I dunno about French, but it's common in alphabetizing in English to move the articles to the end of the phrase.
Aviator, The
Christmas Carol, A
And so on. The article isn't the important part of a title.
Alternatively, you can leave the article in place and just order based on the next word.
In other words:
Happy Birthday
The Hinterlands
Holy Light
etc.
Post by
Miyari
You'd be remarkably surprised how much of the Internet disregards that rule. That being said, I think it will probably stay how it is since, like it or not, the formal name for the area IS "The Hinterlands."
Post by
blademeld
Not even on the filters?
:'(
Post by
292516
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
pelf
You'd be remarkably surprised how much of the Internet disregards that rule. That being said, I think it will probably stay how it is since, like it or not, the formal name for the area IS "The Hinterlands."
What about omitting the article in your sorting code, like fox suggested?
Post by
Malgayne
Certainly possible. I wonder how used to the current sorting people are.
Post by
pelf
Certainly possible. I wonder how used to the current sorting people are.
Well, you could always ass-u-me that people's world-experience in reading sorted lists which omit the articles will win out over any recently-trained parsing behavior :).
Post by
Wildhorn
No. The zone is "The Hinterlands" not "Hinterlands".
I dunno about French, but it's common in alphabetizing in English to move the articles to the end of the phrase.
Aviator, The
Christmas Carol, A
And so on. The article isn't the important part of a title.
Same for french, but the ingame zone name is "The Hinterlands". Just like it is
The Unstoppable Force
, not "Unstoppable Force".
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