Talk:List of Alliance Personnel

Between Infernal's timeline and Elite's?
Mike Yamada (of InfernalWarrior's timeline) and Mark Dufrenze (of Elite's continuity) are designated as within the same timeline, as both were victims of the turian serial killer Kymir Jhoeli. This should be regarded in some manner on this page, although I'm afraid I have no suggestions as to how that would be done. Lovelyb0nes 18:07, March 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * See, this is why I hate AUs... - Gnostic 21:14, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

Ship names
Why are the ship names all incorrectly italicized? The names of naval vessels should be written as SSV (name), not SSV (name). »Anonymous ONI agent« [COMMS] [SERVICE RECORD] 17:21, August 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * The names are correct. I've seen multiple sites italicizing the whole name and showing it as SSV (name). Other times, I've seen it written as SSV (name), without any italics. I've seen it written as SSV (name). I think that the names are fine as they are, and there really isn't a reason to change them. Show no mercy, have no fear. Just give'em Hell, and we'll end it here


 * The correct way is SSV (name), as that is the way real ships' names are italicized. For example, US Naval vessels are USS (name) and Royal Naval vessels are HMS (name) (with USS and HMS meaning "United States Ship" and "His/Her Majesty's Ship", respectively). The capital letters are always an acronym denoting to whom the vessel belongs (SSV likely stands for "Systems' Service Vessel" or something similar), and the italicized word is the name of the particular vessel. Anything else is simply incorrect, as SSV (name) is the only way that conforms to the universal method of naming naval vessels. »Anonymous ONI agent« [COMMS] [SERVICE RECORD] 22:51, August 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * Not to sound like an ass or sound patronizing, but just because they are listed like that in real-life doesn't mean that they must be listed like that here. On the Mass Effect Wikia, they are listed without any italics in the ship names. Besides, why does it even matter? Is it really so bad that the whole name is italicized? Show no mercy, have no fear. Just give'em Hell, and we'll end it here


 * It's not that big of a deal, just irritating enough that it was worth mentioning. »Anonymous ONI agent« [COMMS] [SERVICE RECORD] 02:15, August 7, 2012 (UTC)