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== élite vs. Elite vs. ''Elite'' ==
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The first, with the acute diacritic on the first "e", refers to a superior (group of) person(s). This may be written with an initial lower-case "e".
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The second, without the acute diacritic on the first "E", refers to the GalCop Combat-Rating, and is always written with at least an initial capital, as defined in the original, 1984 ''The Space Trader's Flight Training Manual'' (SBG38/B1), pp. 9 - 10.
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Since there is also a third possible meaning within this present context, it is suggested that all references to the ''Elite'' simulator (whether IRL or in-universe, or however else it might be interpreted) should be italicised, and also always written with an initial capital, as the proper brand-name of the simulator. It is recommended that this distinction be applied to all other proper brand-names and their abbreviations as well: ''Frontier: Elite 2'' (''FE2''), ''Frontier: First Encounters'' (''FFE''), ''ArcElite'', ''Elite Plus'', ''Elite -- The New Kind'' (''E-TNK''), ''Oolite'', ''Elite: Dangerous'' (''E:D''), etc.
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It is recommended that these distinctions be included in the ''Elite'' Wiki's Manual of Style.
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--[[User:User2357|User2357]] ([[User talk:User2357|talk]]) 10:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
  
 
== Ulite Namespace ==
 
== Ulite Namespace ==

Revision as of 11:46, 10 January 2024

Shortcut: ET:MOS and EW:MOST redirects here

élite vs. Elite vs. Elite

The first, with the acute diacritic on the first "e", refers to a superior (group of) person(s). This may be written with an initial lower-case "e".

The second, without the acute diacritic on the first "E", refers to the GalCop Combat-Rating, and is always written with at least an initial capital, as defined in the original, 1984 The Space Trader's Flight Training Manual (SBG38/B1), pp. 9 - 10.

Since there is also a third possible meaning within this present context, it is suggested that all references to the Elite simulator (whether IRL or in-universe, or however else it might be interpreted) should be italicised, and also always written with an initial capital, as the proper brand-name of the simulator. It is recommended that this distinction be applied to all other proper brand-names and their abbreviations as well: Frontier: Elite 2 (FE2), Frontier: First Encounters (FFE), ArcElite, Elite Plus, Elite -- The New Kind (E-TNK), Oolite, Elite: Dangerous (E:D), etc.

It is recommended that these distinctions be included in the Elite Wiki's Manual of Style.

--User2357 (talk) 10:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Ulite Namespace

Hi Folks, I've moved all the Ulite pages to be prefixed with Ulite. I've copied the convention used by this category.... http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Category:Oolite_JavaScript_Reference

Since it's fairly obscure stuff, I didn't think it was fair to take titles such as "Documentation" and "Overview". Some of the other pages had (Ulite) at the end of them. --Psylem 14:45, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Is this supposed to be there?

Is this supposed to be there? or is this more spam? doesn't sound like a style manual to me!

lukjad007 Agreed. This looks more like an add then a manual on how stuff should be written.

Diederick agrees as well. Who wrote the original style manual? Can (s)he confirm this is spam?