Board Thread:Wiki Running/@comment-3225604-20150225151532

"Considerably hard? Why is it one grade below hard?"

"Oppose! This level is not considerably hard! This level is just only hard!"

Have you ever encountered these situations when you are a new user in this wiki? "Considerably" has caused quite a lot of confusion to some new users in this wiki. The name has to be changed, quickly would I emphasize. "Considerably" has been misused in this wiki. Let's refer to the definition of "considerably" in Oxford Dictionary.

By a notably large amount or to a notably large extent; greatly:

Now it sounds wrong that "considerably hard" is under "hard", and two levels under "very hard". Sounds ridiculous right?

With thanks to Imamadmad, we have come up with a better word - "somewhat" to replace "considerably". "Somewhat" is a good replacement as Imamadmad and I have discussed. The definition by Oxford Dictionary of "somewhat" is as follows:

To a moderate extent or by a moderate amount; rather:

Now it sounds right, isn't it?

We've also come up with other words, but either Imamadmad or I reject these entries due to following reasons.


 * Slightly - At first I come up with this word. However, Imamadmad mentioned that this adverb will make the difficulty sound like the contrary. For example, "slightly easy" may be misinterpreted as "a bit hard", and vice versa.
 * A little - First, two words will make the difficulty rating become three-worded. Second, it is quite informal.
 * Medium-hard/easy - First, stacking of adjectives. Second, the name of difficulty rating would be too long, despite having fewer letters than the original name of difficulty rating.

While these words have been suggested before, but we haven't commented on that yet (yet we will comment on them later):
 * Fairly
 * Rather

Possible arguments concerning about "somewhat":


 * IT'S A SYNONYM OF "CONSIDERABLY" IN THESAURUS.COM, YOU *CENSORED WORDS*. OK, while I won't say it is wrong. "Considerably" does appear as a synonym entry of "somewhat", but the definition entry given is totally not we expected. Worse still, "considerably" IS one of the definition entries of "somewhat", well maybe not since I found it in mobile version. However, by checking multiple dictionaries although "somewhat" means "to some extent" in most of the dictionaries, "considerably" is actually defined as "greatly", "noticeably", "to a large extent" in most of the dictionaries. Therefore, "considerably" can't be a synonym of "somewhat", and the meaning would not be confused.
 * I like the present difficulty. Think again! It is only you who is used to the difficulty. How about the new users and passers-by of this wiki? At first glance the difficulty is quite misleading. Not only should we consider our needs, but also others' needs.

As a result, I propose commencing the change on 15 March. I will inform the locally registered CzechBot to help change all the names, just as changing the names of "objective levels" to "candy order levels".

Please also show your stance whether I should commence the change or not. 