Editing Reference talk:Atrus's Prayer

Should this page give the D'ni text in its original or standard form (or both)?  It isn't one-to-one, since original <dni>i</dni> corresponds to both <dni>a</dni> and <dni>å</dni>. [[User:Talashar|Talashar]] ([[User talk:Talashar|talk]]) 01:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

: What do you mean by 'standard form'?<br/>[[User:Pharap|Pharap]] ([[User talk:Pharap|talk]]) 23:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

::The current text, in which e.g. <i>kam</i> is written as <dni>Kåm</dni> rather than the original <dni>Kin</dni>. [[User:Talashar|Talashar]] ([[User talk:Talashar|talk]]) 01:08, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

::: It seems the 'kam' has been there [https://archive.guildofarchivists.org/w/index.php?title=Reference:Atrus%27s_Prayer&oldid=3007 since this reference article was first created back in 2016]. It would be useful to know if that's an official correction (in which case a citation that links to the source of the correction to confirm it as official would be useful), or a correction that has been presumed by someone. If it's the latter, then I think it would make more sense to do what I did with 'ahvo': have the reference retain the original form and leave a footnote that mentions what the intention ''likely'' was or ''might'' have been, without actually correcting it.
::: Personally I'm generally of the opinion that all references should be as close to the original source as possible, with any corrections being clearly marked as such. Though ''how'' it should be done is a much trickier question. (One of the reasons I'd like to [https://archive.guildofarchivists.org/wiki/User:Pharap/Wiki_Improvement_Proposals#Sic_Template improve the <code>sic</code> template] is because it would make it easier to include the original incorrect text verbatim, whilst making the correct form easily accessible.)
::: Either way, the fact the original is different absolutely should be mentioned somewhere<br/>[[User:Pharap|Pharap]] ([[User talk:Pharap|talk]]) 04:18, 27 July 2024 (UTC)