[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13805) Data: Suggested change of default ruler titles

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13805 >

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> >> • Use the generic term "Leader" for Despotism. Better than the
> >> current "Emperor"->"King" linguistic 'downgrade' when you move from
> >> Despotism to Monarchy. Individual nations can still define their own
> >> (more powerful) titles.
> >
> > Isn't there a unit called "Leader"?If so then that's not an
> > improvement.However there have been many other suggestions and most of
> > them are better than Emperor.
...
> There'sa gameloss 'Leader' unit in the default ruleset, yes. But it's
> rare and in any case an embodiment of the 'Leader', so I don't see how
> that could be a problem. The unit could be marked ?unit: for
> localizations. The other suggestions are IMHO not neutral or universal
> enough.

I do not see a problem with the leader unit, but won't this mean that
players will be titled "Leader NN" as in "the Vikings are led by Leader
Per"...?? That would sound very odd.

  - Per