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Is it worth suggesting name changes like this? Because I'd have some too from my research for the encyclopedia.

Most likely a literal translation into Chinese. I've come across some names like this as well. I'm working on Han Xin already by the way.

Liu Bang: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/110

Ok, I figured it out. It was on me, there was another backslash in another file I edited. This fixes it: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/109/

That's bad. The backslash came from one of my texts, right? And I forgot to mention it in the last post, but I will write the heroes next.

3 more finishing the cavalry: These are the ones I was referring to when asking if I could write about more general stuff instead of specific units. I finally finished them. I put one in the stables, one in the cavalry spearman, and one in the cavalry archer. Horses in the Han dynasty (for the stable): https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/106/ Han cavalry in general (for the Cavalry spearman): https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/107 And the horses of the Han cavalry: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/108 Btw, @ShadowOfHassen have you managed to fix the error?

Yes, some sort of illustrations for the encyclopedia would be amazing. And while I can't really estimate how much work the encyclopedia, that @wowgetoffyourcellphoneshowed, would actually take to implement, I'm sure we will find someone to do that. Also besides this, I think 0AD can always find good use for an illustrator.

Han barracks: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/104/ Han dock: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/105

Always happy to see new players enjoying the game:)

and the Han chariot: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/103

Tower ship: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/102

I have read that some especially talented and meritorious students from the academy were appointed to palace guards.

Two more: adding some more information to the battering ram mixin:https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/98 Tiger and Leopard cavalry:https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/99 Im honestly not sure whether the Champion Cavalry Spearman, the Wu Wei Yin Cao Cao guard, even represents the tiger and leopard cavalry. If not, tell me, then I guess Ill have to find out the hard way.

Yeah, my bad. I was relying too much on my intuition. @ShadowOfHassen corrected it to "nonflammable".

I havent stopped writing, I just started working on many articles simultaneausly and until now havent finished any. Here are two: (the second text is what i meant: not specifically about the unit, but related, so we can link from the Champion Spearman to this article) Siege tower (a mixin): https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/96 and Guards in the Han capital (Champion Spearman9 : https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/97

Hey @AIEND Thank you for the feedback I'm all for mentioning the Chinese name in the texts, just like I did with the Greek names for Athens and Sparta. The problem for me is that I don't speak Chinese. And many times how something actually was called often mismatches with the SpecificName which is often only a literal word by word translation into Chinese. But if people think it's worth it I can include them nevertheless. The mangonel is a good example: in game it is called "Toushi Che" which seems like a direct translation of the word 'mangonel' or 'trebuchet' into Chinese. I doubt that was the word used in the Han dynasty. The mangonel in the game is actually also not only a "礮Pao" (as you said), but a "旋風砲Xuan Feng Pao" or only "旋風 Xuan Feng" translating to "whirlwind (catapult)". I've been told before that my descriptions are too detailed and complicated sometimes. If we actually can actually put images or even animations above the article, these precise descriptions aren't as much needed as they were back when I wrote the text. In regards to the text about religion, thanks pointing out some inaccuracies. I never was happy with that text and wanted to rewrite anyway. Finding good sources on this topic was quite a challenge. If you're fine with it, I will rewrite it based on your description (of course not without crediting). You can also write it entirely yourself or just leave out the passages addressing me and use it like that.

What I'm picturing is the articles of the encyclopedia referencing each other. No external links. If that is really not possible, linking to related encyclopedia articles at the bottom and of the page seems good enough as well.

I was principally talking about the in-game unit overview referring to articles in the encyclopedia, less about articles referring to other articles. I personally would like inline links though.

Here's how I would do it: We still go through all units and buildings one by one writing texts about them. And if there isn't enough unique information about one and no text written already that it could be linked to, we write such text. This way we can ensure every unit or building can refer to an article in the end. And I'd say if the best fitting title for a text differs from the unit or building in whose file it is stored, we add the new better fitting title as a comment. And I can do that for the texts already written too, it should not be too much work. I think deciding what article each unit refers to, is best done after at least finishing the whole civilisation because many might be related to more than just one article. And we also have to wait and see whether anyone can be found to turn @wowgetoffyourcellphone's great-looking mockups of the extra encyclopedia into reality. I have some texts which implement what I suggested almost ready. I'll finish them in the next few days, then you'll also have an example for what I mean.

I agree with you. One way it could be done, would be to give them the Gaul fanatic stats. I don't really myself how much players actually use the the Gaul fanatics. However, the high damage, low armor (and a higher speed), seem just right for Ekdromoi.

Hi everyone, I have got a suggestion: Let's redefine the encyclopedia's goal, not writing an article about every unit, building, etc., but instead writing enough articles so every unit, building, etc. can be linked to at least one article. For example: There is not much to say specifically about Han sword cavalry, however, there is much interesting information about the swords they used, about Han cavalry in general, and maybe about the breeding of the cavalry's mounts. So, instead of writing a text about these exact cavalry swordsmen, I could write about the topics I just mentioned in the example which are way more interesting. And yes, I know that I've to some degree already been doing this. But if the encyclopedia ends up outside of only the unit or building overview in-game, then each article will need a title. And for example, the text for the stable describes that civ's cavalry in general. And I find it misleading and simply wrong to title this text 'stables' since the text is not actually mentioning stables themselves. I know this might seem irrelevant, but it's really not for me. That would give me more freedom, I could eloborate further and entirely leave out what would have been plain and boring texts anyway. And it would only affect only about 10% of units or buildings, and nothing needs to be redone to to fit this new goal. And we can of course still store the texts in the unit's or building's game file that will eventually link to the exact text in the encyclopedia. Do you get what I mean? What do you think?

Although I am not an expert on SEO, that sounds like a valid concern. Just because there are other games with similar names succeeding doesn't mean it causes no damage. Though, rebranding would not be worth it. And "Empires Ascendant" aren't meaningless words too.

May 2024 be a good year for 0ad and its community!

What software did you use for upscaling?

War Over the Heavenly Horses https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/95