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Hi Jean-Louis

Now that I vaguely recall, 'Phoenix' may be the name used for a certain type of piece in shogi variants (Kirin certainly is). I think that may be what H.G. is getting at, when he says I should use the name Phoenix (instead of Waffle) if I have a Kirin in a given CV - i.e. to 'please' those knowledgeable about shogi variants.

However, my unpublished CVs that do use both piece types (with one having the name Kirin) also do not even pretend to be shogi variants, and thus I doubt shogi-philes would much object to my using 'Waffle' (though some may sneer if they are snobbish). In the Pieces Section of my Rules Pages for CV ideas that use the two piece types together, I suppose I could simply note that 'Phoenix' is another name for 'Waffle', to please any unreasonably stubborn fusspots - but should I really do all that extra work, unless an editor insists, or asks nicely? :)

Using the name 'Warmachinewazir' is no more controversial in my eyes - I find nothing too terrible about it at all (I suppose that's purely a matter of taste or opinion). 'Woody Rook' sounds less clear and less serious, if anything, to me at least, but I guess Betza gave it a longer and somewhat better known tradition (but so he did to the sillier unrelated fibnif piece type name).

I understand that a Dabbabah has been called a Warmachine by some some people in the past - so appending wazir to the end of it (as in certain GC Piece Sets) seems natural and more importantly adds some clarity. Dabbabahwazir would be even more clear, but Dabbabah is a somewhat difficult name for many Westerners to pronounce, I'd guess. Plus, Warmachine sounds more exciting/cool.

Similarly as above, I could say in a Pieces Section for a given CV idea of mine that 'Woody Rook' is another name for it, but why bother unless compelled to? Maybe I'm in a gnarly mood lately (it's income tax filing season), but that sort of pile of fusspot-pleasing work, if and when it happens, is a real turnoff from contributing here...