Talk:Magi

""Magi" is often written in all capital letters in the series, however it is apparently not an acronym. As with "Nerv", spelling it in all capitals was just a quirk of translation by the Japanese production team.": You say, "we need that in so new people will know why its always spelled in all-caps; it doesn't really need to be". First off, as I reiterate again and again, it is NOT a "translation quirk". Second, this is inherently useless/redundant information. I could compile a huge list of words that are "often written in all capital letters in the series" but are "apparently not acronyms", including "EVA" and "ANGEL". Heck, just looking in my immediate IRL vicinity, I spy ADDERALL, SONY, SUN-MAID, GAME BOY ADVANCE, DELL, LIQUID BANDAGE, AFFINITY, SAMSUNG, SANFORD, CASIO WATER RESISTANT ALARM CHRONO...

Well, you get the idea. --Reichu 22:03, 20 August 2007 (EDT)

Although many words get written in all-caps at times, the names of organizations or the supercomputers are often mistaken to be acronyms as a result by the uninitiated, and it is our solemn duty to educate them otherwise. Rephrase "quirk of translation" if you think it's garrish, but we need to get across "it's not an acronym, the Japanese production team just thought it looked cool to use fullcaps"--V 22:08, 20 August 2007 (EDT)

Do you have an example of "MAGI" leading to misconception? --Reichu 22:21, 20 August 2007 (EDT)

Lots of stuff on forums and stuff which I can't exactly cite now, but we might as well explain it in a little not on these; it couldn't hurt, and does some good. --V 22:32, 20 August 2007 (EDT)

In a Google search, I see your touch on Wikipedia's NGE page. ("Although NERV is consistently spelled using all-capital letters, it is apparently not an acronym." You'd better fix that, now that you know better...)

I'm not seeing anything about people mistaking "Magi" for an acronym (not so for Nerv), but incidentally, "Magi" is apparently a Hebrew acronym for the gay party in Israel. They actually tell you what "Magi" means in the show, so I insist on axing this one. --Reichu 22:41, 20 August 2007 (EDT)

Okay axe Magi because they are specific about it, but leave the organizations stuff. --V 22:43, 20 August 2007 (EDT)

Is the proper name really "S.C. Magi"?--V 11:56, 10 February 2008 (PST)

That's how it's spelt in episode 21:

TEXT: (S.C. MAGI SYSTEM) Completed

It's just prior to to the bit where Naoko starts to talk about "the Magi are the three parts that make up who I am" if you want to check the episode yourself. --Zugzwang 12:19, 10 February 2008 (PST)

Oh ok if it was on screen, yeah. --V 12:39, 10 February 2008 (PST)