Changes: Dancing Rune Weapon

Latest revision as of 19:16, 31 May 2011

Blizzard and the Plural

Blizzard does not -- as claimed in this article -- use shaman as the plural consistently. They use both, and further correct them over time with the spelling shamans. I will link examples here:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/classcombo.html -- The title of this page is "Shamans and Paladins", no really it is. Look.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/shaman/ -- First paragraph.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/cities.html -- Orgrimmar.

If these aren't enought canonical examples, consider: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.worldofwarcraft.com+%22shamans%22+-forum&btnG=Search -- which includes interviews, patch notes, etc. I'm going to start going through Wowwiki and correcting the pluralization of shaman. The argument that Blizzard prefers the wrong way is simply wrong. --Drolfeir 04:09, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Addendum: I'm probably just going to remove Darimus's addition to the page in a week or so if there's no compelling debate on the subject. It's shamans. Even Blizzard spells it shamans. There's no evidence that the instances where they spell the plural shaman that it's not just another typo that escapes their spellcheckers by virtue of being, you know, spelled correctly. --Drolfeir 04:24, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

Since Dolfeir didn't, I modified the mage myself, though rather than just removing the claim that Blizzard always uses "shaman" as a plural, I modified it to "usually" (as they have, over time, gone that way more often than not) and pointed out their inconsistent usage. --Rorgg 10:47, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

Spanish

What is up with all the lessons in Spanish? Rolandius (talk - contr) 10:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I know a little Spanish is ok if it is called Trivia. Making it a section called Spanish invites about 50 other potential languages to be sections in the page. Rolandius (talk - contr) 01:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I edited that spanish fing long ago because I dindt realize it was DNP. It would be good to keep it on trivia since the word is similar

Why?

Why does this article even exist? What's the point? It's not remotely a WoW-related topic, it would be better as a note, trivia or subsection on the main page maybe. I'm not saying it has no valid information, but I can't see any justification for an entire article dedicated to one word's spelling. We have nothing of the sort for any other class or spell or enemy as far as I know, including more obscure or complicated things... Dazuro (talk) 06:30, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

Since we don't typically use the word "shaman" in our everyday usage (as unless discussing fantasy stories, there is literally no role for a shaman in typical Western life), I think an article explaining it more fully couldn't hurt, especially since there are references from Blizzard to back it up. Dr. Cheis (talk) 19:16, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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+== Blizzard and the Plural ==
-{{Infobox ability
-|name=Dancing Rune Weapon
-|image=INV_Sword_07.png
-|description=Summons a second rune weapon that fights on its own for 12 sec, doing the same attacks as the Death Knight but for 50% reduced damage.
-|class=[[Death knight]]
-|type=Offensive, Utility
-|school=Physical
-|cost=60 Runic power
-|range=30 yd
-|cast_time=Instant
-|cooldown=90 sec
-|talented=Yes
-|talent_tree=Blood, Tier 11
-|talent_req=Dancing Rune Weapon
-|improvement=
-|ranks=1
-|requirements= Requires melee weapon
-|buff_desc=You have recently summoned a rune weapon.
-|buff_dur=12 seconds
-}}
+Blizzard does not -- as claimed in this article -- use ''shaman'' as the plural consistently. They use both, and further correct them over time with the spelling ''shamans''. I will link examples here:
-'''Dancing Rune Weapon''' is a [[Death knight]] ability that allows the death knight to summon a rune weapon to fight with them.
+* http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/classcombo.html -- The title of this page is "Shamans and Paladins", no really it is. Look.
-== Glyphs ==
+* http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/shaman/ -- First paragraph.
-{{:Glyph of Dancing Rune Weapon}}
+* http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/cities.html -- Orgrimmar.
-{{clrl}}
+If these aren't enought canonical examples, consider: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.worldofwarcraft.com+%22shamans%22+-forum&btnG=Search -- which includes interviews, patch notes, etc. I'm going to start going through Wowwiki and correcting the pluralization of ''shaman''. The argument that Blizzard prefers the wrong way is simply ''wrong''. --[[User:Drolfeir|Drolfeir]] 04:09, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
+:Addendum: I'm probably just going to remove [[Darimus]]'s addition to the page in a week or so if there's no compelling debate on the subject. It's ''shamans''. Even Blizzard spells it ''shamans''. There's no evidence that the instances where they spell the plural ''shaman'' that it's not just another typo that escapes their spellcheckers by virtue of being, you know, spelled correctly. --[[User:Drolfeir|Drolfeir]] 04:24, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
-==Patch changes==
-* {{Patch 3.2.0|note=
-** This ability now has a fixed duration of 12 seconds (which can still be modified by its glyph) and a fixed cost of 60 runic power.
-** The rune weapon will no longer cast [[Corpse Explosion]].}}
-* {{Patch 3.1.0|note=Damage done by, and duration of this pet is reduced by 50%, but the cooldown is reduced to 90 seconds. Attack speed of pet increased from 2.0 to 3.5.}}
-* {{Patch 3.0.8|note=The weapon no longer echoes the Raise Dead and Army of the Dead spells. In addition it will now more closely match the master's damage and will cast Rune Strike when its master does. Costs 40 [[Runic Power]] - (Old 50)}}
+:Since Dolfeir didn't, I modified the mage myself, though rather than just removing the claim that Blizzard always uses "shaman" as a plural, I modified it to "usually" (as they have, over time, gone that way more often than not) and pointed out their inconsistent usage. --[[User:Rorgg|Rorgg]] 10:47, 27 April 2007 (EDT)
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+==Spanish==
-{{classfooter|Death knight}}
+What is up with all the lessons in Spanish?    &nbsp;[[User:Rolandius|Rolandius]]&nbsp;[[Image:Wc3Knight.gif|16x16px]]&nbsp;<small>([[User talk:Rolandius|<span title="Rolandius's Talk">talk</span>]]&nbsp;-&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Rolandius|<span title="Rolandius's Contributions">contr</span>]])</small> 10:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
+I know a little Spanish is ok if it is called Trivia. Making it a section called Spanish invites about 50 other potential languages to be sections in the page.    &nbsp;[[User:Rolandius|Rolandius]]&nbsp;[[Image:Wc3Knight.gif|16x16px]]&nbsp;<small>([[User talk:Rolandius|<span title="Rolandius's Talk">talk</span>]]&nbsp;-&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Rolandius|<span title="Rolandius's Contributions">contr</span>]])</small> 01:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
+:I edited that spanish fing long ago because I dindt realize it was [[DNP]]. It would be good to keep it on trivia since the word is similar
-[[es:Arma de runa danzante]]
-[[Category:Death knight abilities]]
+==Why?==
+Why does this article even exist? What's the point? It's not remotely a WoW-related topic, it would be better as a note, trivia or subsection on the main page maybe. I'm not saying it has no valid information, but I can't see any justification for an entire article dedicated to one word's spelling. We have nothing of the sort for any other class or spell or enemy as far as I know, including more obscure or complicated things... [[User:Dazuro|Dazuro]] ([[User talk:Dazuro|talk]]) 06:30, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
+:Since we don't typically use the word "shaman" in our everyday usage (as unless discussing fantasy stories, there is literally no role for a shaman in typical Western life), I think an article explaining it more fully couldn't hurt, especially since there are references from Blizzard to back it up. [[User:Dr. Cheis|Dr. Cheis]] ([[User talk:Dr. Cheis|talk]]) 19:16, 31 May 2011 (UTC)