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:Ok. The first sentence isn't in past tense because the definition of overharvesting hasn't changed. I don't personally see anything wrong with the second sentence. The third sentence is true, because indeed harvesters can no longer strip a room's plants - "strip" is used correctly within its boundries of definitions, i.e. to possess/deprive/plunder. The third sentence makes sense because it is indeed one of the longest standing ordinances and you can verify this information in the realms. [[User:Asara|Asara]] 02:32, 1 May 2008 (GMT) | :Ok. The first sentence isn't in past tense because the definition of overharvesting hasn't changed. I don't personally see anything wrong with the second sentence. The third sentence is true, because indeed harvesters can no longer strip a room's plants - "strip" is used correctly within its boundries of definitions, i.e. to possess/deprive/plunder. The third sentence makes sense because it is indeed one of the longest standing ordinances and you can verify this information in the realms. [[User:Asara|Asara]] 02:32, 1 May 2008 (GMT) | ||
::Technically and firstly, the term "overharvesting" does not even exist anymore, as its definition is now (present) a physical impossibility, though this was never always the case (past). Secondly, the grammatically incorrect sentence doesn't pay heed to how lists involving commas must be structured, i.e. the same way "He likes running in circles, does cartwheels, and jumping in place." is not correct. Thirdly, plants can still be "fully harvested", and that fits with your definition of "deprive"; furthermore, "strip" (short for "stripharvesting") once referred to when harvesting to 0 completely removed a plant from a room, such that it no longer appeared in the room description (though true "stripping" was removed long ago) - usage of the word is thus confusing. Fourthly, that wasn't a good reason for why the start date/year isn't included; that's equally verifiable information in the realms. --[[User:Krypton|Krypton]] 03:31, 1 May 2008 (GMT) | ::Technically and firstly, the term "overharvesting" does not even exist anymore, as its definition is now (present) a physical impossibility, though this was never always the case (past). Secondly, the grammatically incorrect sentence doesn't pay heed to how lists involving commas must be structured, i.e. the same way "He likes running in circles, does cartwheels, and jumping in place." is not correct. Thirdly, plants can still be "fully harvested", and that fits with your definition of "deprive"; furthermore, "strip" (short for "stripharvesting") once referred to when harvesting to 0 completely removed a plant from a room, such that it no longer appeared in the room description (though true "stripping" was removed long ago) - usage of the word is thus confusing. Fourthly, that wasn't a good reason for why the start date/year isn't included; that's equally verifiable information in the realms. --[[User:Krypton|Krypton]] 03:31, 1 May 2008 (GMT) | ||
:::Ok. Form up! First point: "overharvesting" doesn't exist anymore as a physical possibility, but the concept is still understood/remembered/hasn't changed. Thus what "overharvesting" is is indeed the harvesting of plants below an Oakstone defined number, regardless of whether you can do it anymore or not. Second point: if it helps, trying reading it like so: "Those who chose to exploit nature in this manner risked Oakstone enemy status, risked having the wrath of the forests set against them, and risked losing the ability to harvest plants." whereby the elements of the list are follow-ups to the word "risked" and "risked" is not exclusive to the first element phrase. Third point: your argument does not seem to contradict my usage of the word "strip". Can you clarify for me? Fourth point: this argument does not seem to contradict my statement for this either. Can you clarify this for me also? Hope that helps! [[User:Asara|Asara]] 04:33, 1 May 2008 (GMT) | |||