Talk:Thermopylae

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Hot Gates or Malis?

There is a disagreement currently over whether this and Thermopylai should be redirected to the Hot Gates of Thermopylai or Malis. As far as the canon is concerned, the region known as Malis in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey contained the passageway, but was not the passageway itself. Sadelyrate (siniath) 14:39, August 6, 2020 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article of Thermopylae specifically states that in ancient times, the region was called Malis which was named after the Malians. It is also called "Hot Gates", but in this case, is referencing not referencing to the passageway. XOdeyssusx (talk) 14:48, August 6, 2020 (UTC)

Yet, we follow the AC-canon in this wiki, and only the historical account when it doesn't contradict the stated canon. And in AC-canon, Thermypylae is part of Malis, not a synonym for it. Sadelyrate (siniath) 14:50, August 6, 2020 (UTC)

This line on the Battle of Thermopylae:

"In the end, the Greeks decided on Thermopylai. The area featured a narrow pass that could act as a bottleneck for the Persian army, negating their numerical superiority."

It's clearly placing a distinction between the two, the region and the passageway itself. XOdeyssusx (talk) 14:55, August 6, 2020 (UTC)

Also, I like to add on that, I feel we should not have to nitpick everthing according to AC-Canon, even in this case of locations. XOdeyssusx (talk) 14:58, August 6, 2020 (UTC)

That's from the Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece, right? That's one statement against all the others in the game itself. Not to mention that the Discovery Tour-stuff is more a RL-teaching tool than a piece of AC-canon. But I'd like to hear others' opinions about this, for our opinions are plain by now. As for nitpicking AC-canon... that's why we're here. Sadelyrate (siniath) 14:59, August 6, 2020 (UTC)

I’m of the opinion that both should redirect to the Hot Gates, not Malis, but DarkFeather thinks we might want to make a forum post and do a poll for it. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 15:21, August 6, 2020 (UTC)