Why isn't "A-spec" capitalized?
1 2020-01-02 15:05:07 (edited by fuzzball 2021-04-08 13:37:54)
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Capitalized = "A-SPEC"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_3:_A-Spec (and even on the cover it is "A-spec").
If you're asking about A-spec vs. A-Spec, then, not sure. And what does "A-spec" mean? Not some pun to "Aspect"? 
I asked a friend whos a huge GT and race fan, he should know.
A-SPEC probably not capitalized as that refers to a specific Acura edition and not related to the game. I presume "spec" means the "specs" aka specifications of the vehicle, which is very important in tuning racing cars.
So this will likely come down to the game's stylization "A-spec" versus any naming rules "A-Spec".
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4 2020-01-02 16:10:03 (edited by fuzzball 2020-01-02 16:22:38)
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I know that the game itself plus most of the official listings refer to it as "A-spec" - for example:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games … -spec-ps2/
"A-spec" on its own, isn't necessarily a well defined or established word or compound word, so our guesses about exactly what to do are a bit subjective. I don't know that we have thorough rules to handle every situation like this - in terms of words and partial words separated by hyphens.
Personally, I don't really care which it is, but I think A-spec makes sense so I don't see strong reasons to change it really.
6 2020-01-02 17:12:09 (edited by user7 2020-01-02 17:12:20)
From my racing friend who is a GT expert:
>What does "spec" stand for? trying to figure out proper capitalization.
Good question - I don't know the answer. As far as I know Spec stands for Specification.
What I do know is that in Gran Turismo 4 there was a new mode called B-Spec, with A-Spec being 'normal'
You can read about both modes here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_4
Scroll down to the 2nd section, 'Gameplay'
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The official site says "A-Spec".
https://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/products/gt3/
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We could probably go back and forth on some of these things endlessly. For example, Polyphony (game developer) listed the game some places as "A-Spec" and others as "A-spec."
At the end of the day, we just either have to apply a database convention or make a determination based on the factors deemed relevant and move forward.
Personally, I don't really care which one it is as I can see decent arguments for both and it isn't a singular word where a broad capitalization scheme easily applies from a database standpoint.
In this case, the main game is popular and has had multiple verifications, with multiple admins and mods modifying these entries but keeping "A-spec" every time.
9 2020-01-02 19:50:04 (edited by Jackal 2020-01-02 19:53:25)
Tbh I didn't notice it until now, but it used to be A-Spec, which looks better imo... Amarok changed it in 2010, no idea why.
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Because we don't have good, solid, well documented guidance for naming conventions and entry rules.
Here are all the filenames with - followed by a letter: https://pastebin.com/raw/bq3xtpDN . The vast majority has a capital letter after the -. The only exception seems to be Japanese titles.
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Works for me!
As I said before - I don't really have an issue with the change itself so if this enables more consistency - sounds good!