Thread:RR3 Michael P/@comment-26829117-20180214134021/@comment-28169398-20180224151828

Sirebel. I really doubt this was a mistake on FM's part. It was done in parallel with major changes to the UI, so it sounds fairly deliberate. Also, the vast majority of users, unlike us, probably will not even notice that FM changed capitalization or that TOYOTA or SPADA or NISSAN were all caps in the game in the first place. I doubt seriously that there will be enough of an uproar to even get customer service to send out a poorly worded form letter, let alone get it onto the design teams radar.

Michael, doing the changes very slowly does make the issue more visible, not less. The Manufacturer changes alone create broken links in anything that is edited. Many series have multiple manufacturers in them, such as Vintage Muscle. I was editing race details, and it broke the links to the manufacture pictures. I tried to fix by capitalizing the Manufacturers, but that broke the links to the cars, so I reverted that change. I think the old adage, just pull the plaster of quickly makes the pain quick but shortlasting, instead of drawing it out.

It may actually make sense to lock editing on all articles until the process is complete. There will be people who aren't following what is going on and will try to start editing or making changes because they see broken links. What would have actually been best was if FANDOM could have allowed these changes to be done on a mirror site and then make one quick switch in which site is production when it was ready to go.