Talk:Race

Race and not-races

In view of the recent explanations by Mark Rosewater, we have to review the Race template, and the Race categorization. It appears that not every creature type is either a race of a class. Some creature types are neither. --Hunterofsalvation (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

We only have a few creature types confirmed as races or classes. It is more colloquial than anything. - Yandere-sliver (talk) 19:45, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Are Sporoloths "sapient"?

Is there any confirmation that Sporoloths are sapient in the manner of Thallids? Or are they more like non-sapient animated fungus organisms?--Webspidrman (talk) 21:02, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Good question. Not the slightest idea however. :/ - Yandere-sliver (talk) 21:39, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

¯\_(:/)_/¯--Webspidrman (talk) 22:00, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Separate page for the Ainok?

So the Ainok have been affected by the relatively recent re-categorization of all cards of the creature type Hound into creature type Dog. However, similar to how the Moonfolk are inspired by rabbits but are not overtly rabbit-like, the Ainok seem inspired by dogs but are not overtly dog-like. As a number of races maintain separate pages on the wiki, including Moonfolk, it seems reasonable to me that the Ainok also be given their own page; the interesting situation of their categorization (given that no Ainok cards have so far been printed with the "Dog" subtype though this may change in the future) can be included in the new page's trivia section as well.

In addition, I would propose changing the short descriptions of Moonfolk and Ainok on this page to be "inspired by rabbits" and "inspired by dogs" respectively, rather than "part rabbit/dog" as the former appears to be more accurate in their specific cases. (There may be other races that fit the "inspired by" rather than "part" description, though I may have overlooked them at the moment.) --Webspidrman (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Edit 1: It would also be good to know what the statistics of color representation for the Ainok are if we give them their own page. --Webspidrman (talk) 01:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Edit 2: Some other races could use their own pages as well, despite not having a unique creature type: Rakshasas and Kraul (both of which also have D&D entries). Luckily, Thallids already have their own page. --Webspidrman (talk) 02:01, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

All good ideas. Just make sure there is a logical connection to the pages that the shortcuts are now pointing to. --Hunterofsalvation (talk) 08:54, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, and I appreciate the approval; it's good to get other opinions before I barrel ahead with a major change! Still, I'll see if I have the time to make the articles myself, as it may be a while. Editing pages is one thing: I am a good writer and I can more easily squeeze time in for editing existing articles anyway, but I am not experienced in page creation despite being a long-time proof-reader of articles for the wiki at this point. The part I am most uncertain about is how we are ascertaining the various statistics for the colors (as per my comment in Edit 1) relevant to any given page's category of cards that we then display on the page. I'm sure there is a preferred resource/website/method for retrieving this data. Scryfall?--Webspidrman (talk) 03:40, 21 February 2022 (UTC)