Editing Talk:Maria-sama ga Miteru (section)

== Volume Number Mismatch ==

The numbering of the volumes doesn't seem to match the official numbering (see bottom of the page with the ISBN list). This is rather confusing. Maybe the illustration and premium book could be listed (as short hint) at the correct places in the overview and volume numbers adjusted to the official order?

Also when one clicks the "Full Text" the following pages should include the volume title again, e.g. I click on "Full Text" after "Volume 17 - Ciao Sorella! " then there should be a headline on the following full text page "Volume 17: Ciao Sorella!". Some of the earlier translations add this (albeit only below the table of content and not above). Would be nice if this was generally done and above the Table of Content section.

''Anyway… just some small things, besides that: great work. Can't wait for the rest (I'm checking here every month for updates. It's in my calendar ;) )''

:Hello there! Thank you for taking the time to reach out to us.
:Regarding the volume numbering, I think this is actually a good idea. There are indeed 39 published volumes, with 37 of those being what you see here. I chose to include the ISBN of all 39 because I wanted to enable anyone looking for more information to be able to do so. That said, the volumes are in numerical order of appearance to prevent confusion, thinking that there might be a couple missing. Personally, I ''would'' like to have them numbered as their actual volume number. Perhaps we could use the special editions as placeholders as you suggested.

:Regarding the title of the volume appearing on the top of the full text page, this is done automatically in wikimedia. The URL dictates the title of the page, and we have a standard of how to list our projects. It is a great idea, though.
:--[[User:Leviticus|Leviticus]] ([[User talk:Leviticus|talk]]) 17:21, 11 March 2019 (CET)

:: I disagree on the volume numbering. The premium book and illustration collection are not light novels, and treating them as such would IMO lead to confusion given that this is a light novel translation site. From what I've seen, the Japanese versions themselves do not contain a volume number, eg. it's Maria-sama ga Miteru Farewell Bouquet, not Maria-sama ga Miteru 37/39 Farewell Bouquet - as such, the volume numbering is for our convenience, and I would rather it stay as the volume number in the light novel series.
:: If anything, I'd rather see the Premium Book / Illustration Collection pulled out into a separate Bonus/Extra/Other section to further highlight the fact that they're not light novels.
:: [[User:Enn are|Enn are]] ([[User talk:Enn are|talk]]) 22:45, 11 March 2019 (CET)

:::NR has the strongest argument here with respect to the volume ordering and numbers. We'll leave the list as-is for the time being, however I will be taking a second look at how the number of volumes and the ISBN are presented. --[[User:Leviticus|Leviticus]] ([[User talk:Leviticus|talk]]) 06:26, 20 March 2019 (CET)
::::'''UPDATE''' The volume list has been organized to reflect the separation of the literary novels and the two extras. --[[User:Leviticus|Leviticus]] ([[User talk:Leviticus|talk]]) 00:18, 11 November 2019 (CET)