Sic

what's with the [sic]s next to town names? i.e. tir, emain.

Seems excessive.

[sic] means it was a typo on the translator's fault, it either being cut off or misspelled. (Or the wrong NPC...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic
I suggest not removing them...

Although, maybe we should start putting them in <sup> tags...

I don't see why [sic] keeps appearing next to town names. I also don't think we need to copy the text verbatim in the first place, when the fix is an easy removal of a couple of words/characters. What purpose does it serve to leave the typos in? It's at best metadata that few people probably care about.

On principle, it's best to clarify any contradictions/misunderstandings through explicitly pointing out the initial error made. I suppose these are the most minor examples ever, but in my opinion, leaving no room for errors trumps assuming it's too clear a mistake for anyone not to get.

Though it is true I'm not sure why sic appears here half the time. The randomly cutoff sentences, yes, but why the town names...?

You really prefer adding [sic] instead of removing "and"? This is being extremely pedantic, in my opinion. Coming from a guy who is also pretty pedantic. I am okay with [sic] in dialog or button choices and the like, but I don't think we need the quest directions to be exactly the same. As close as possible without [sic] is ideal to me.

If it's enough to note there's something else supposed to be done, sure. Looking at it another way, of course I'd take adding five characters instead of what was supposed to follow, which is probably something long like "deliver the Scathach Beach Hazelnut Mushroom", which is thirty-six. I counted.

I still don't get the [sic] after Tir Chonaill and the like, though. Pyro?

I think its because of the lack of "apostrophe s".

Which makes more sense: "Located at Tir Chonaill School" or "Located at Tir Chonaill's School"?

There's a possibility that the name of the school is "Tir Chonaill School" rather than a school belonging to Tir Chonaill.

Yes, there are a plethora of examples in real life of this. Practically every high school with a town name in it that I can think of (which is not very many, hurr) has no possessive.

I also don't see why you would prefer [sic] to what the intended instructions are, as if character count really matters.

Bit of a late reply, but I meant the character count comment more as "I take what I get". Just take it as me being extremely pedantic.