Re: [Rails-devel] Further 1835 testing

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

see comment below.

On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 06:53:25 pm Erik Vos wrote:
> All correct, except for one remark (see below).
> > A) For Player T3 PR is shown as buyable (shares are highlighted), even if
> > funds are not sufficient.
> > However after selecting an error message says that "T3 cannot buy 2
> 
> share(s)
> 
> > of PR from IPO: Not enough money".
> > The message is correct, however it is not 2 shares, but the larger 10%
> > certificate.
> 
> The PR share unit size is 5%, so a 10% certificate is two shares.
> The 1835 rules do not very clearly distinguish between certificates and
> shares, but we have to.

You are right from a logical and an implementation point of view. Still I find 
the wording confusing, because of two reasons:

A) 1835 and PR specific
For me (thus subjective) in 1835 the share unit for PR seems to be 10%. So if 
I would use the word share (see below) the 5% shares are more like half a 
share.  This also corresponds to the standard in 18xx, where most of the time 
the 10% is the typical share unit.

A) The word in shares in this context
For me a share is still more associated with the actual certificate than the 
participation right. Due to this reason I would prefer the error message to 
make this clear. Otherwise the user might get confused because he does not
distinguish between share and certificate here. Example: "T3 cannot buy 1 
certificate(s) with 10% of PR from IPO)".

However this issue should be decided by native speakers as the usual 
translation for share in German is "Aktie" - which clearly refers to the 
certificate, the other translation  "Anteil" - which refers to the 
participation right is less common.

Stefan