Talk:Wintersday 2005 items

Wintersday items? --Fyren 22:17, 26 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Let's solve this dilemma quick before I create any more pages or any bigger a mess.. Will we go with the official name "Wintersday Items" and "Wintersday Update" and "Wintersday Quests" or the de facto player name "Christmas..." decision time, fast!! --Karlos 23:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Who is cooter brown ++ 05:37, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Official +
Using official names would be the more consistent approach. Yes, everybody knows what we mean when we say Christmas items, but ArenaNet has gone to the length to make it a culture-neutral (not to mention Tyrian) holiday and so should GuildWiki. Not everyone who plays GW is a Christian.
 * actually I think they went only a *tiny* length to make it culture neutral... At least everything I see is a blatant reference of Xmas, and nothing of the Jewish holiday on the same date.  Jewish people please correct me if I'm wrong.  All Anet did was a simple name substitution to try cover up the fact that it is tailored to Christian celebrations of Xmas.
 * I don't recall the Christian celebration being a fight between the goddess of life and the god of death... I think the best title would be "Wintersday Items (2005)". We really should not be injecting real life religious references into GuildWiki, even if the GW holiday were a blatent rip-off (which it isn't, really. The tradions of the Christmas tree, gift giving, even the whole winter celebration idea were Pagan originally. The Christian celebration is of the birth of Christ, and there is no analogous reference to this in GW.)--Kiiron 02:49, 29 December 2005 (UTC)