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 i corresponds to both a and å. Talashar (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

What do you mean by 'standard form'?
Pharap (talk) 23:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

The current text, in which e.g. kam is written as Kåm rather than the original Kin. Talashar (talk) 01:08, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

It seems the 'kam' has been there 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 improve the sic 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
Pharap (talk) 04:18, 27 July 2024 (UTC)