Talk:Ticket to Ride (board game)

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Fixed. Travisl (talk) 18:06, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

capitalization

This is one of several articles "corrected" by a Dutch IP who apparently believes in capitalizing only one word of a title. I rolled back all changes; some are arguably valid and can be done separately by someone who cares. —Tamfang (talk) 17:23, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

@Tamfang (talk) – I was under the impression that the Wikipedia formatting convention meant that only the first word of the title, such as a section heading, was to be capitalized. I think it is similar to the way in which Wikipedia formats the titles its Wikipedia pages. Described here is an excerpt from the current general help page on the topic of Wikipedia text coding:-

"Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended)."

If this is correct, then the editor from that Dutch IP might be correct in making those edits. However, I will have to see a concrete examples of the changes that are being discussed. – SMargan (talk) 15:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes, standard practice here at en.wikipedia.org is to capitalize only the first word of an article (or section) title, unless of course it is or contains a proper noun. But that rule does not extend to titles of works mentioned and the like (even as article titles).

In French (I am ignorant as to other languages) the convention for book titles is like that of our article titles, which is why I said "some are arguably valid".

Here is my undo. I see now that some of the changes were to section headings and were thus correct. —Tamfang (talk) 18:43, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@—Tamfang (talk) - Thanks for the clarification and your reply!

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you that the 'Section Heading' rule does not extend to titles of works mentioned. I agree with you that those would still be in 'title case'

I would normally have a very different view on capitalization for 'section headings'. I personally prefer a section heading in Title Case ("Longest Connections Strategy"), instead of sentence case ("Longest connections strategy"). I think it makes more sense to capitalize each word in a heading. However, my usual intuitive approach is contrary to the Wikipedia standard.

I have rechecked with the Wikipedia "help desk" [1] and it appears that the current Wikipedia editor's policy [2] is contrary to what might be assumed the usual approach. The Wikipedia standard appears to be that, at least for 'section headings', only the first word is capitalized, i.e. sentence case ("===Longest connections strategy==="), unless there is a word mandated as a capital letter, e.g. "===Longest connections strategy of the Europe map===".

Personally, I do not feel strongly about that "Capitalization" rule. I just know that other editors often find the Capitalization issue a very 'hot topic', in particular in the 'section headings'. I have just noticed that this is something often corrected by other editors to keep it in line with Wikipedia standard format.SMargan (talk) 13:04, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Sourcing

For such an important article of its size, the sourcing here is completely inadequate. I've started adding some, but any help here would be appreciated. Nwlaw63 (talk) 12:38, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

@Nwlaw63 (talk) - On 10 September 2016, when this comment was written, the “Ticket to Ride (board game)” Wikipedia article only had a total of 14 ‘inline citations’ to support the entire article's content. As of today (24 March 2024) this Wikipedia article contains 144 'inline citations', consisting of a mixture of reputable primary and secondary sources. Therefore, whilst this cautionary comment was legitimate in 2016, it appears no longer relevant today, in 2024.

References

Variant for 2 player with the base game

When 2 players find the base game not challenging enough (for example in the map there are too many positions free), each player can play 2 colors, without alliance during the game. So one has to be careful of not block himself, moreover the cards will be split between colors more times. It is way more interesting in this way and it uses the sound rules from the game. AT the end the score of each color of a player will be added to obtain the final score for the player.Pier4r (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Preparing to do edits

Hello! I’ll be working on this article for the next few weeks. I would like to improve the clarity in the "Awards and Honors" section by possibly making it into a table. I'll be focusing in on clarity but I'll be working in my sandbox before making any major edits on here. TwistedInThreads (talk) 18:15, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

@TwistedInThreads - I have also been working on a major restructuring of the article. I now realise, after reading your post, that you were working on a similar restructure. I am publishing my changes, but I am more than happy if your restructuring radically alters what I have done. Apologies in advance if my major edit causes any friction. Feel free to discuss the major direction you envisioned occurring with this "Ticket to Ride" Wikipedia page, and I will be happy to discuss it and work within the agreed upon vision.Enervate8 (talk) 14:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@TwistedInThreads (talk) & Enervate8 (talk) & Everyone – Upon reading these comments, I also realize that I might be already guilty of a major restructure of the article as well, without a thorough discussion in this forum. In moving forward, let's all discuss a good direction forward for this Wikipedia article. – SMargan (talk) 15:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

I just posted on your talk page re problems created by your "major restructure". 31.55.242.67 (talk) 16:43, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I'll be taking a step back from this article, but I appreciate you both reaching out after making these edits. TwistedInThreads (talk) 20:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

@31.55.242.67 (talk) - Thanks for those thoughts! I replied to those comments that you left on my personal page, whilst remedying the problems you alerted me to that I had unwittingly caused by my edit. I appreciate you reaching out to contact me in the way that you did. I will look forward to any further such posts that you write, especially if they likewise alert me to such problems with my edits.SMargan (talk) 06:05, 30 March 2024 (UTC)