Talk:Glossary

requires a redesign, I don't know how to do it..

Like, a new template which includes the japanese info, the english intepretation, and a thumbnail? --Sayaka 05:54, 20 January 2011 (CST)

exactly Commie 05:56, 20 January 2011 (CST)

If anyone is a coding wizard, please redesign the template at Template:Card_2 so that it looks nicer!

--Fallacies 03:12, 28 January 2011 (CST)

japanese translations only?

I noticed that the last sentence of "Soul gem" is not translated from the glossary on the webpage. Should we separate such things out, or is it fine to mix? Oatmeal 10:46, 16 February 2011 (CST)

I noticed it too, but I left the sentence since it explains a former unknown side of soul gems. Perhaps we could divide the official definition and further notes, e.g.

Official Text
Notes

--Anon-kun 11:15, 16 February 2011 (CST)

I think we better put non-official info outside the template (see below), so we can add miscellaneous informations this way too, e.g. barrier's appearance, familiar's role when they're not fighting (in Inukare interview), grief seed appearance and such. --0x99 12:00, 16 February 2011 (CST)

Purposed page style

Barrier

Barrier (結界, Kekkai) An otherworld used by Witches to conceal themselves. Should a normal human wander in by accident, it is impossible for them to escape. Image: Madoka and friends entering Gertrud's barrier.

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Familiar

Familiar (使い魔, Tsukaima) Lesser monsters divided out of the essence of a Witch. Though normally assigned the task of maintaining and defending their parent-witch's barrier, it seems that they can eventually gain independence and stray to form their own barriers. Further growing, they take on the form of their parent. Image: Ulla, Suleika's familiar in his own barrier.

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Puella Magi vs. Magical Girl

Let me make my reasoning a bit more clear: The important part of Kyubey's words in episode 8 is "In this country," In other words, the characters are speaking normally: plain, everyday Japanese, which, by extension, would be translated into plain, everyday English subtitles. If we were really supposed to be hearing the more exotic "puella magi" whenever we heard the words "mahō shōjo":

• Kyubey wouldn't have emphasized this in the first place, and it would have been kept vague.
• We would have heard "puella magi" in Engrish (Ratin?), as with Soul Gem and Grief Seed, anyway.

I always preferred magical girl, myself, but I'd admit it was a bit of a toss-up—until now. —MomoiroKakarichou 01:04, 25 February 2011 (UCT)

Eh. It's not like "magical girl" isn't already in the entry. What it's listed under is largely a matter of aesthetics. --Fallacies 01:07, 25 February 2011 (UCT)