Talk:Constantinople

For The Eyes Of Jasca Ducato

Now, let me make this perfectly clear: I am not trying to defy the "chain of command" here. I appreciate your work, Jasca, and I want to keep this as respectful as possible. That said. . . I feel a certain urge, and perhaps even obligation, to prove a point. (I couldn't figure out how to link directly to the page history, so please go there, and look at the third-to-last edit by Master Sima Yi, and his given reason for it.)

Now, as for the tiny, innocuous snippet of information about modern-day Istanbul, although it isn't particularly relevant to Constantinople's present role in the AC universe, I think it is an otherwise significant point worthy of brief note. That is all. 98.192.42.30 06:21, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

Your second point proves exactly why the information does not fit on this article. It isn't relevant to Constantinople's role in the AC universe at all. It is never called, or otherwise hinted at being named Istanbul in any way, shape or form, so we don't have it in the article. Also, I don't care much for people trying to prove a point, so don't. --Jasca Ducato _{Council Chamber} ^{Assassination record} 09:53, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

No, but I think it's a pretty safe presumption; I was under the impression that it's the general policy around here to assume that something happened as it did in history until it is directly contradicted in an Assassin's Creed product. And it doesn't do any harm to the article. . . doesn't seem to get in the way of any of the info about its AC role. It seems just as pointless, if not more so, to delete it. 98.192.42.30 20:54, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

Well I'm sorry, but you assumed wrong. Our sourcing policy explicitly states that there is to be no assumptions of speculations inserted into articles. Most of the staff are pretty relaxed on this part; I however, am not. --Jasca Ducato _{Council Chamber} ^{Assassination record} 02:41, April 23, 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough. But it's not speculation; it's fact. And what do you have to say about Sima Yi's statement? Guardian Assassin 22:39, April 23, 2011 (UTC)

I've got nothing to say about it, if he wants to add that information, fine by him. I personally wouldn't have it in the article… I don't care if it's fact, as far as we're concerned the AC games are God, and they do not once mention the name "Istanbul". Discussion over. --Jasca Ducato _{Council Chamber} ^{Assassination record} 03:18, April 24, 2011 (UTC)

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why is this being removed after i added it? everytime i play i notice it, and since nobody else metioned it i wanted to add it. was there a problem with my wording, or what?

Istanbul

The article states that the city was known as Istanbul to it's Turkish rulers, but the Ottomans continued to refer to the city as Constantinople. It's a minor detail but I am a bit of stickler when it comes to history. Istanbul was more of a nickname during the Ottoman period and the Byzantine period as well. -LeeUnit92 05:41, October 4, 2011 (UTC)

Whilst that may well be the case, the amount of hassle we had (as did the Official forums) over what the city should be called was exhausting. The compromise we currently have, mentioning both names in the lead sentence, is the only thing keeping the peace, so to speak. --Jasca Ducato _{Council Chamber} ^{Assassination record} 08:52, October 6, 2011 (UTC)

I don't really like how it's worded but yeah I get that there would be a lot of hassle over the name. LeeUnit92 23:21, October 6, 2011 (UTC)

Well if you have an issue with the wording, make a suggestion here; if it fits, we'd happily change the current one. --Jasca Ducato _{Council Chamber} ^{Assassination record} 14:06, October 7, 2011 (UTC)

 I think the part where it states "also known as Istanbul to its Turkish rulers" can just be changed to "also known as Istanbul." I mean the Byzantines refered to it Istanbul as well. --LeeUnit92 16:53, October 7, 2011 (UTC)