# Renaming qualities to more sensible names

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/renaming-qualities-to-more-sensible-names/5667>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [March 30, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/renaming-qualities-to-more-sensible-names/5667 "2014-03-30T15:25:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/renaming-qualities-to-more-sensible-names/5667/1 "2014-03-30T15:25:36Z")

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Over on Git there’s a [discussion](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/6934) going on about which fits better as a wrench tool quality: “Bolting”, “bolt turning”, “fastening”, etc.

With me not understanding a thing about Git and IRC a ghost town i’ll just put forward here that “bolt” (and by extension, “bolting”) is a [valid verb.](http://wiktionary.org/wiki/bolt#Verb)

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Mirrsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Sean\_Mirrsen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sean_Mirrsen)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/renaming-qualities-to-more-sensible-names/5667/2 "2014-03-30T15:35:50Z")

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“Bolting” is, by that definition, also a valid verb for a variety of tasks involving the term “bolt”, which can be anything from a roll of cloth to a medieval projectile.

I think the best solution is “bolt fastening”. Straightforward and unambiguous.

Also, there is a possible different overhaul incoming, with tool types and their qualities becoming able to get better-sounding names.

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**Author:** ![Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/renaming-qualities-to-more-sensible-names/5667/3 "2014-03-30T16:24:29Z")

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[quote=“Sean Mirrsen, post:2, topic:5667”]“Bolting” is, by that definition, also a valid verb for a variety of tasks involving the term “bolt”, which can be anything from a roll of cloth to a medieval projectile.

I think the best solution is “bolt fastening”. Straightforward and unambiguous.

Also, there is a possible different overhaul incoming, with tool types and their qualities becoming able to get better-sounding names.[/quote]  
True, but when talking about construction and tools “bolting” can really only have one meaning: to fasten something using a nut and bolt.

And it’s for that reason i find the word concise enough to be used in Cata as a tool quality: It’s a single word that is unambiguous in context.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Mirrsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Sean\_Mirrsen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sean_Mirrsen)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/renaming-qualities-to-more-sensible-names/5667/4 "2014-03-30T18:08:20Z")

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And the reason why there is a need for a single concise word that has to be shoehorned into the in-context meaning, is the same reason that I’m implementing (or have implemented, if you don’t count that it’s part of a larger ongoing effort) more elaborate tool quality strings.

![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4152380/Screenshots/Screenshot%202014-03-30%2022.06.43.png)