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(Proposal for what I think is a very simple, straightforward, and common sense way, of talking about places with minimum fuss and confusion.)
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: Four days late reply, but if you can't see those on the mini-map, then something is wrong with your game, or you have a different version I am unaware of. [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 16:13, 23 August 2023 (CEST)
: Four days late reply, but if you can't see those on the mini-map, then something is wrong with your game, or you have a different version I am unaware of. [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 16:13, 23 August 2023 (CEST)
 
=== Notes for Editors ===
== Names for Places ==
*For those unaware, there is a <nowiki>{{Coords}}</nowiki> [[Template:Coords|template]]. Worth using as it has automatic formatting and allows for future template upgrades/functions. E.g. {{Coords|1|2}} [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 13:44, 31 August 2023 (CEST)
 
There's been some debate on this, and I am coming across a lack of consistency across pages, which is making it hard to add new pages about places in the game in a logical and clear way. It seems to me the game doesn't have any explicit definitions for location, region, etc. even when it uses those words in text or dialogue. We do need to have words for this, if only to be clearly writing articles that are of use to people. Having consistency in usage between these pages is just common sense for wiki writing.
 
I suggest plain English:
 
* Location: A specific place you can pin down. If it can be reasonably described with one set of coordinates, it is a location.
* Area: Larger than a location, pointing to it with one set of coordinates, would not be helpful, or would not make sense. Locations can be inside areas.
* Region: A collection of regions that is explicitly, or implicitly, a 'place' in its own right. Named or otherwise. If areas can be inside regions, so can locations.
 
Common sense and context should be able to dictate whether any of these need to be specified or not in an article. They already mean, in plain English, what they are being used to describe and identify. The nomenclature above, would be robust enough to also maintain some sort of logical hierarchy of places, and their pages, for both organisation and presentation on the wiki. [[User:Llamageddon|Llamageddon]] ([[User talk:Llamageddon|talk]]) 16:36, 23 August 2023 (CEST)

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Coordinates?[edit source]
Latest comment: 31 August 20233 comments2 people in discussion

What are those coordinates in these descriptions? How can I switch them ON in the game?

For example:

  • Blighted Village (X:34, Y:393)

--Misibacsi (talk) 13:18, 19 August 2023 (CEST)Reply[reply]

Four days late reply, but if you can't see those on the mini-map, then something is wrong with your game, or you have a different version I am unaware of. Llamageddon (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2023 (CEST)Reply[reply]

Notes for Editors[edit source]

  • For those unaware, there is a {{Coords}} template. Worth using as it has automatic formatting and allows for future template upgrades/functions. E.g. X: 1 Y: 2 Llamageddon (talk) 13:44, 31 August 2023 (CEST)Reply[reply]
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