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    Ridill
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    Item disambiguation

    I've been touching up the SMN page a bit, but I need to know how certain disambiguations will be handled.

    Namely:

    The item Meteorite versus Carbuncle's BP Meteorite.
    BLM spells versus avatar spells.

    Will Meteorite be moved to Meteorite (item) and let the BP remain Meteorite?

    Will BLM spells remain "Stone IV" and "Sleepga", but the BPs be renamed to "Stone IV (Rage)" and "Sleepga (Ward)"?

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    Chram
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    Re: Item disambiguation

    since it'll be easier to find and manage the exceptions to abilities and spells; I think that it would be better to go with

    meteorite - item page
    meteorite (Blood pact) - BP page. alt. meteorite (rage) would be ok too I think; I don't have strong feelings over the parenthetical choice.

    likewise, I think that Stone IV should remain the spell and a separate page titled: Stone IV (Blood Pact) should be created (again, rage/ward is fine too I think. let someone who has stronger feelings about BP/rage/ward chime in on that).

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    Re: Item disambiguation

    I think SMN pacts would work better with (Ward/Rage) or (BP) maybe.

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    Ridill
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    Re: Item disambiguation

    So now its just a matter of calling it Sleepga (Ward) for brevity, or Sleepga (Blood Pact) to keep it generic.

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    Chram
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    Re: Item disambiguation

    Quote Originally Posted by Khamsin
    So now its just a matter of calling it Sleepga (Ward) for brevity, or Sleepga (Blood Pact) to keep it generic.
    right. Sleepga (Ward) is shorter. but non summoners may not know the ability categorization between ward and rage when searching. (although they can always fall back on 'Sleepga' -> did you mean..? of course)

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    Ridill
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    Re: Item disambiguation

    Well, I've already added all BPs to the wiki, and just called the ones that needed disambiguation something like "Sleepga (Blood Pact)".