Talk:St. Amahl

St. or Saint or nothing?
It looks like all the other saints of Ilmater are listed using "Saint" not "St." Moreover, most other personages do not have their titles as part of their article names. We should probably have some sort of policy about this. ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:11, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

P.S.: You grabbed one I was planning to add in the future. :)


 * Good catch, Blades Lhyn, I agree with ye, but let's see what BadCat thinks :) - Darkwynters (talk) 21:37, January 14, 2015 (UTC)


 * I think with saints we should bend the article title rules and treat them differently. Unlike kings etc., saints are universally referred to with their titles; we wouldn't say "Sollars" but Saint Sollars. Wikipedia itself often uses "Saint __" in article titles, such as Saint Christopher. Remember that article titles are used for links in text, so the question is, do we write "Saint Sollars" or "Saint Sollars" ? I think "Saint Sollars" or "St. Sollars" are just easier and clearer.


 * Now, "Saint" or "St."? The sourcebooks all use "St." so I think we should use that.


 * Heh. I did Ilmater and Church of Ilmater. I nearly started working through all the temples and saints, but decided that would be going too far. But I saw St. Amahl here, so easy, so I went for it. Since you're touring Tethyr and Calimshan, you're more than welcome to do them all. :) — BadCatMan (talk) 12:24, January 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Makes sense to me about keeping the title in the article titles.


 * For some reason, (not necessarily a logical one,) I prefer "Saint Amahl" for the article names of the saints themselves but "St. Amahl" for articles when the name is used as part of another title: "Friary of St. Amahl".


 * (I think my first big project will be to do all the languages, but I did consider the saints.) ~ Lhynard (talk) 14:09, January 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, if the name is part of a religious order or temple/monastery/etc., and is rendered as "Saint" or "St." then we should stick with the way it's printed in the books. I believe for consistency that "St." is better than "Saint", since I don't think I've ever encountered an Ilmatari saint written as "Saint X", only "St. X". I think only the Disciples of Saint Sollars use the full word, not the abbreviation. — BadCatMan (talk) 09:05, January 16, 2015 (UTC)