Talk:Glossary of player terms

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Split

I think we should split either the competitive terminology or both the competitive and trading sections into their own respective glossaries. We have the Wiki glossary on its own, which we can link to when necessary.

The benefits:

  1. Easier to navigate a single article with a dedicated purpose than an article with three separate large lists that may list similar terms in different lists.
  2. They can be individually linked on each relevant trading/competitive article at the top of the page. For example, all competitive articles have {{competitive}} and could also feature a line saying "This article uses a lot of competitive terminology. See Glossary of competitive terms for a list of the terminology and their meanings". This would save individual links to many terms in every article as well as set up the expectation that users are familiar with these terms.
  3. Can provide a clear difference between a term that may be used in competitive and casual but with different meanings, or provide additional competitive-specific context for some terms.

Please let me know what you think.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 18:03, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Pictogram plus.png Support, I don't see a reason why not.
User Slimyboi500 Logo.png User Slimyboi500 Profile.jpg Talk Speech voice.png Contribs Wrench IMG.png Steam Steam tray.png 19:29, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Pictogram neutral.png Neutral I'd be okay with a split but I'd also be okay with it staying as is. Lot of the "competitive" terms overlap so not really sure if they need to be treated differently. Bombing, charge, rollout, etc are all listed as competitive terms but they feel like things that get used frequently in regular play. Or at least are things that most players would be familiar with. The majority of the "competitive" terms could get merged into the regular terms and feels like they would fit right. Not sure if there's enough actual competitive jargon to justify a split when a lot of them get used frequently by regular players. Splitting trading seems fine I guess as the lingo is a lot less likely to be used by non-traders. Mediarch User Mediarch PFP.pngTalkMy Edits 14:57, 2 April 2025 (UTC)