A question of utmost importance[]
Zeppy or Seppi? The latter is at least as common on Schwer's page, incidentally ... and probably makes more sense, since it's probably a contraction of Sepperin, which is of course pronounced Zepperin because German! (We should probably decide on Seppi-san vs. Mr. Seppi. I'm personally in favor of translating what's trivially translatable.) --T. Solamarle 06:30, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- Er, I just found Mint's unsigned comment on Satoryu's talk page. That being the case, shouldn't we go change all Sepperin to Zeppelin (and the same with Seppi in the handful of places it is)? It would be contrary to the in-game text, but we should be consistent one way or the other. (This involves a certain amount of character renaming and page moving, which is why I don't just want to go do it.) --T. Solamarle 06:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
- Using Zeppelin wouldn't be wise because that's not how erka:es spells it. As a Wiki, we have to uphold factual information. I suggested Seppi so as to stay consistent with erka:es' spelling quirks. Mint wants to use Zeppy because that's phonetically correct. I pointed out to him that if you really want to use the literal romanization of his name, that would be "Zeppi".
As far as I know, erka:es has never written Zeppy/Seppi's name in English, so there's no real way of knowing how it should be spelled. But at this point, Zeppy is the most incorrect of spellings.Satoryu 17:25, 5 June 2009 (UTC)- "Zeppy" is the name we as the translation team have decided to use. If you want to get into an argument of Trulyworth/Trulywaath proportions, be my guest, but I'm not going to bite. There's nothing wrong with romanizing the name into "Zeppy," as "Seppi" gives English readers the wrong idea on how to pronounce it, and "Zeppi" looks more awkward than "Zeppy." That's just the way it is. ----Xelamint 01:47, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- Zeppi doesn't look awkward to me. And "because we use it" isn't the best reason for this.Satoryu 03:12, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- So, is the rule "Zeppi" and "Zeppelin", then? Don't misunderstand me - I'm just saying "we should be consistent" and "here's what I think makes sense" - I'm more interested in getting a consensus than pushing a particular side here, even if I think it's right. I would rather be consistent with the German theme in the game, but my opinion doesn't really matter here. My real aim is just to get all the references on the wiki consistent, one way or another. (Hm, that being the case, will the translation patch also edit the in-game text from "Sepperin" to "Zeppelin"? If that's what we're going for, it would be a nice touch. It would be optimal if the wiki and the translation patch were completely consistent as well ... ) --T. Solamarle 03:43, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- No, if it were up to me, its name would be Seppi to keep it consistent with Sepperin and Seyfarth and Sichte.Satoryu 04:05, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- "Zeppy" is the name we as the translation team have decided to use. If you want to get into an argument of Trulyworth/Trulywaath proportions, be my guest, but I'm not going to bite. There's nothing wrong with romanizing the name into "Zeppy," as "Seppi" gives English readers the wrong idea on how to pronounce it, and "Zeppi" looks more awkward than "Zeppy." That's just the way it is. ----Xelamint 01:47, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
- Using Zeppelin wouldn't be wise because that's not how erka:es spells it. As a Wiki, we have to uphold factual information. I suggested Seppi so as to stay consistent with erka:es' spelling quirks. Mint wants to use Zeppy because that's phonetically correct. I pointed out to him that if you really want to use the literal romanization of his name, that would be "Zeppi".
Image[]
I don't really like the image used in the article. It focuses more on Schwer than Zeppy. Superjustinbros. 19:03, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
Actually, I wouldn't use that image if I were you. Besides, it's your fanart, and your fanart shouldn't be allowed on the Wiki. Kirbyfan103 19:54, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
It is not my fanart. It is an edited version of the Schwer picture, which chops off Schwer from the image, and removes the ink. Superjustinbros. 20:40, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
You know, even to this day, I still do not like the picture currently being used. What could possibly be wrong with just official Zeppy artwork chopped off from an official image? This is Zeepy's article, not Schwer Muta's. Superjustinbros. 00:51, April 20, 2010 (UTC)
I suppose we could use "Giant Seppy" from Freudenstachel but edit out Schwer-Muta or would doing that be too close to fan art?EGGER (talk) 20:35, October 25, 2012 (UTC)