Topic on User talk:Harakoni

Hey - 3 weeks ago, I suggested we move Prosthesis (see page for reasoning). I figured 3 weeks was enough (if I'm wrong, my bad) and was going to take care of it (and fix redirects/etc.), but the target, "Prosthetics", already exists (as a Redirect to that page), preventing the move. If you agree w/ the suggested move, could you delete Prosthetics and lemme know pls? (I'll take care of the rest.) (& if we need more time for "discussion", lemme know what SOP is on that, np.) thx Albedo (talk) 16:32, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry I must have missed the move request when it was first added. I only occasionally check the categories. As for the move, is it correct to move it to prosthetics? Prosthetics is the word for the medical specialty dealing with prostheses, so using it as the research project name makes it analogous to the "gunsmithing" project (Gunsmithing is the name of the "field" and it makes "guns" like IRL and not "gunsmithings") rather than projects like "jump packs" which is just the name of thing it unlocks. Afaik the name of the group is never given in game either way, so it seems odd to make it the incorrect term when either choice is at our discretion. Redirects can capture any stragglers either way it goes, but thoughts?

Redirecting Prosthesis to Artificial body parts seems likely to get an unexpected result though, so that seems ill-advised regardless of which way the above goes. Someone searching for it specifically will likely want the Prosthesis/Prosthetics group or one of the individual items in it. The whole "principle of least astonishment" thing, as Wikipedia calls it.

Also, as is probably clear I haven't been available much lately, and haven't been able to check in since before you posted this. I will likely only be available sporadically for at least a few more days, but I'll make sure to get to you when I can.

re "Prosthetics is the word for the medical specialty dealing with prostheses" - exactly - Prosthetics is the in-game term for that Research goal (bottom of tree, below "Mortar"). "Prosthesis" is not anywhere in game, and is a generic term covering anything from peg legs to a nuclear heart. "Bionics" and "Archotech" (and Prosthetics) all equally deal with "prostheses" - and peg legs and wooden feet fall under that heading to boot. A more apt analogy would be if "gunsmithing" weapons (rifle, shotgun, revolver - from that Research goal) were put under an article titled "guns" just because they sound similar, and all other firearms were on their own. In short - the Prosthetics research goal does not have any claim to the term "prosthesis/es" that the others don't (aside from being etymological cousins), much less an over-riding one. Albedo (talk) 19:06, 2 April 2022 (UTC)