[HN Gopher] Mauryan Polish
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Mauryan Polish
Author : benbreen
Score : 59 points
Date : 2021-05-22 05:50 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (en.wikipedia.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
| pwdisswordfish8 wrote:
| I Am Disappointed That This Isn't About A Forgotten Dialect Of
| Polish.
|
| (Seriously, The Rule That Every Word In A Title Has To Be
| Capitalised Is Silly.)
| bpodgursky wrote:
| The upcase Polish fixed the context so firmly in my mind that I
| actually read it as Magyar Polish, which contextually was at
| least plausible.
| dvfjsdhgfv wrote:
| Not each of them - in your sentence the, in, a, and is
| shouldn't be capitalized.
| weinzierl wrote:
| If you can't remember the rules, there is always:
| https://titlecase.com/
| getlawgdon wrote:
| And generally "of" unless it's the last word. There are a few
| other rules depending on the authority used. It's unclear to
| me whether a post title is a title to CMOS and I don't have a
| recent enough copy that would include such digital
| categories.
| dvfjsdhgfv wrote:
| I'd say so since 8.156 in the 17th edition explicitly
| mentions websites: "The following guidelines apply
| primarily to titles as they are mentioned or cited in text
| or notes. They apply to titles of books, journals,
| newspapers, and websites . . ." And 8.191 elaborates
| further: " Titles of websites mentioned or cited in text or
| notes are normally set in roman, headline-style . . ."
| Basically, there are some differences regarding
| italics/quotation marks but headline style seems to apply
| to all kinds of titles of digital resources.
| codetrotter wrote:
| I was imagining that it was going to be some tribe of Maori
| people that spoke Polish because of Polish explorers having
| been there some hundred years ago.
| jareklupinski wrote:
| or descendants of Polish soldiers that were sent there to
| quash a colonial rebellion, only to join the rebels and
| defeat the colonizers.
| zmk_ wrote:
| I'd say it is misleading rather than disappointing. The word is
| not capitalized in the Wikipedia article and titlecase is not a
| requirement here either.
| lucideer wrote:
| It's not a requirement but it is the common convention.
|
| Wikipedia has stricter style guidelines that go against that
| convention but in the absence of such a style guide on HN,
| one can see why common convention would typically be
| followed.
|
| Agree in general though; I don't know why this convention
| exists and suspect we may be better off without it.
| dan-robertson wrote:
| The submitter can edit the title to change capitalisation.
| Moderators can also edit the title.
| weinzierl wrote:
| The title is titlecased automatically, but when I edit the
| title manually my own capitalization sticks. Not sure who can
| edit and if this works for everyone.
| alex_smart wrote:
| I am disappointed that most people in the West have never heard
| about the Mauryan empire (which is at least as much of a factor
| in you having misread the title).
| sprkv5 wrote:
| Fun fact: George Lucas named Ahsoka Tano after the most
| famous emperor of Maurya Empire: Ashoka.
|
| This historical character is fascinating to me especially, as
| someone who lives on the banks of river Daya where Ashoka
| fought his bloodiest war: the Kalinga war.
|
| Ashoka blamed himself as the cause for destruction. In
| repentance, Ashoka decided to devote the rest of his life to
| Ahimsa and converted to Buddhism.
| zepto wrote:
| I'm well aware of the Mauryan empire and was curious about
| how a polish diaspora could have ended up there.
| fnord77 wrote:
| the article doesn't describe the technique, but googling it seems
| maybe ground diamonds were used.
| webwielder2 wrote:
| Once stone is polished, does it forever remain thus? I find it
| amazing that a 2000 year old artifact could be shiny.
| weregiraffe wrote:
| If it is inside a building/cave and no one scratches it on
| purpose, there would be practically no erosion.
| achow wrote:
| Some of the pillars were huge and outdoors. The Wikipedia
| pages shows one of them in outdoors.
| mhb wrote:
| Related?
|
| Dorodango: The Japanese Art of Making Mud Balls
|
| https://www.laurenceking.com/blog/2019/09/26/dorodango-blog/
| hallway_monitor wrote:
| Tangentially, but wow that is interesting! Apparently polishing
| mud is not the same thing as putting lipstick on a pig.
| dharma1 wrote:
| This guy seems like an author on the subject
| https://youtu.be/kA7BxO-v8ng
| chickenmonkey wrote:
| The modern Indian state takes a lot of its iconography from the
| Mauryan empire, most prominently the Lion Capital of Sarnath
| (image is in the article). It's super interesting to hear about
| this technique which was instrumental in producing these
| capitals.
| bernardv wrote:
| Beautiful style. Just like their coinage.
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