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-Forwarded discussion from the Elemental redirect: [[User:Asara|Asara]] 22:07, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
+==Copied over from [[Talk:Elemental]]==
+Edit history note: '''for category placement, are these creatures sentient?''' by Asara.
+:The elementals cannot recieve tells, but they can recieve orders. Adding to the confusion, ORDER <elemental> LOSE <name> results in a tell from that elemental of "I no longer follow", implying some amount of sentiency. A bit puzzling as to where to place them in my opinion. Seems somewhat related to my Humgii topic on the forums, too, so it would be nice to get some feedback there... [[User:Soludra|Soludra]] 19:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
-The elementals cannot recieve tells, but they can recieve orders. Adding to the confusion, ORDER <elemental> LOSE <name> results in a tell from that elemental of "I no longer follow", implying some amount of sentiency. A bit puzzling as to where to place them in my opinion. Seems somewhat related to my Humgii topic on the forums, too, so it would be nice to get some feedback there... [[User:Soludra|Soludra]] 19:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
+::Also, it appears that there is an [[Elementals]] page already in existence, although I don't think it adequately covers the points I made above concerning sentience. [[User:Soludra|Soludra]] 20:46, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
+:::Some elementals are sentient, and some elementals aren't (as evidenced by the tell-reception of [[Krrathknar]] and others).  Sending tells, in and of itself, is probably not evidence of sentience but rather a nonsensical game mechanic; any loyal denizen will send tells for ORDER <x> FOLLOW <absent target> or ORDER <x> LOSE, including mounts and bees. I would classify elementals on the whole as both sentients and nonsentients, varying based on purity, size, age, or simply their ability to communicate with complex beings. -{{User:Delphinus/sig1}} 07:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC)