Lore talk:The Arcturian Heresy

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[edit] author

Why is Ysmir listed as the author? The in-game book has no byline.Temple-Zero 19:17, 16 December 2008 (EST)

The book starts with the line "The Underking, Ysmir Kingmaker", which has always (or at least, since 7 May 2006) been interpreted as the Author on this site. It possibly makes more sense as a heading though. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 04:04, 17 December 2008 (EST)

I just checked in the CS. Bylines and headings in Morrowind books are both delineated by the linebreak code, but bylines usually say "by Carovlan Townway" as opposed to just the name. It would answer many questions if it was truly written by Ysmir, but I doubt it. TIL interprets it as a heading, at least.76.179.191.245 13:55, 17 December 2008 (EST)

I've proposed the subpage giving the book an author for deletion, and added "The Underking, Ysmir Kingmaker" to the text instead. I looked through about 50 MW books and all the ones that had an author had "by" before the name. I don't want to make it a heading, though. In-game it appears in a standard font, although that might be more necessity than choice. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 09:38, 21 December 2008 (EST)