User talk:EasterlyIrk

Multiplication signs

In the edit summary of one of your recent edits to dNetHack artifacts, it states that "we're not doing that" in reference to using multiplication signs (×) rather than the letter x to indicate multiplication. Would you mind pointing me to the discussion where this was agreed on? It seems someone forgot to add it to the style guide—the closest thing is "Consider consulting Wikipedia's Manual of Style", which prescribes the use of × over x or *. If NHW users have decided on a different convention, our style guide should be updated to reflect that. — Ardub23 (talk) 22:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

I axed that since I've been going over a lot of these artifacts recently (side note - there may be a couple more changes incoming regarding actual gameplay stuff, I'll try to stick to the style guide). In all honesty, it's mostly for ctrl-f reasons. Some of the artifacts it actually matters a lot whether they're 2x or not, and I like being able to find all of the 2x ones immediately.

I'd be happy to discuss this more, I'm "rikersan" on IRC or discord. Try #nethack-hardfought on freenode. --EasterlyIrk (talk) 22:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)