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== Do capybara noises (and other vocalizations) disturb dwarves? == | == Do capybara noises (and other vocalizations) disturb dwarves? == | ||
| − | In a recent change to the [[capybara]] article, they went from emitting "sounds" to emitting "[[noise]]s", with a hyperlink to this article. Normally in English, the words "sound" and "noise" are synonyms, but here on the wiki "noise" also refers to this Fortress Mode mechanic. By making the word a hyperlink it gains another implication - that capybara noises (and presumably other vocalizations | + | In a recent change to the [[capybara]] article, they went from emitting "sounds" to emitting "[[noise]]s", with a hyperlink to this article. Normally in English, the words "sound" and "noise" are synonyms, but here on the wiki "noise" also refers to this Fortress Mode mechanic. By making the word a hyperlink it gains another implication - that capybara noises (and presumably other vocalizations from the [[kakapo]] or modded creatures using ) disturb sleeping dwarves in Fortress Mode. While this wouldn't be beyond ''Dwarf Fortress'' as a feature, the fact that there is no claim elsewhere of vocalizations existing in Fortress Mode, I feel it is more likely an accidental linking of the concepts which should be undone. It is such a fantastic claim that it needs some !science! behind it. |
--[[User:Voliol|Voliol]] ([[User talk:Voliol|talk]]) 23:06, 29 January 2022 (UTC) | --[[User:Voliol|Voliol]] ([[User talk:Voliol|talk]]) 23:06, 29 January 2022 (UTC) | ||
: I am unfamiliar with this. But the claim have been [https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014%3ANoise&type=revision&diff=240166&oldid=239432 first added here] in adventure mode section, where the term 'noise' was used to describe a mechanic to indicated the location of certain things beyond your adventurer line of sight. --[[User:Jan|Jan]] ([[User talk:Jan|talk]]) 00:10, 30 January 2022 (UTC) | : I am unfamiliar with this. But the claim have been [https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=DF2014%3ANoise&type=revision&diff=240166&oldid=239432 first added here] in adventure mode section, where the term 'noise' was used to describe a mechanic to indicated the location of certain things beyond your adventurer line of sight. --[[User:Jan|Jan]] ([[User talk:Jan|talk]]) 00:10, 30 January 2022 (UTC) | ||