Talk:Black Cat

Merge with Princess Shokora
The two are one and the same, and the wiki should treat them as such. This is exactly why Casanova Koopa got merged into Luigi.

Proposer: Deadline: December 6, 2012, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * Per myself

Oppose

 * 1) Per Marshal Dan Troop's comment.
 * 2) While it is true that the princess and the cat are the same saying that is the reason they should be merged is a flawed argument because we have articles on many other things that are the same. And while you may argue that we have a precedent to merge them I will argue that what you want to do is selectively enforce it which is wrong. If Black Cat should be merged because it is the same thing as the Princess then the precedent must carry to all examples which means we must merge Dr. Mario, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Baby Peach, Baby Bowser, Baby DK, Baby Daisy, and Mr. L because they aren't different characters. Dr. Mario is simply Mario wearing a labcoat, the babies are literally the younger forms of the characters, and Mr. L is just a brainwashed version of Luigi which imo means that he has even less of a reason to has his own article then Cassanova Koopa because while Cassanova Koopa is in fact Luigi at least in that case he at least totally changed his appearance while Mr. L mealy changed his clothes and became more arrogant (because he was you know brainwashed). I feel that there is no actual reason to exempt these characters from being merged other then the belief that they are more important to the plot then other characters like nurse toadstool, black cat, and cassanova koopa. And I would argue that, that is A: irrelevant because the precedent was established based on importance it was established based on the fact that they are the same. And B: it is wrong because while they may not be important to the overall series they are important to specific events with Cassanova Koopa playing a large role in and episode of the cartoon and Black Cat playing a large role in Wario Land 4. Also if you wish to apply this precedent you must also apply it to enemies which means that Paragoomba needs to be merged with goomba (because they are just goombas with wings) and Paratroopa needs to be merged with Koopa Troopa because they are just Koopas with wings. In conclusion I oppose on the grounds that I find that the precedent which you base your argument off of is flawed, because I don't think Black Cat should be merged, and because I don't feel it's fair to only selectively apply a precedent.
 * 3) Per Marshal's arguments. Additionally, being the writer of this article I don't want it to get merged anyway D:

Comments
If your only argument is that they are the same then Mr. L should be merged with luigi because they are the same, Dr. Mario should be merged with Mario because they are the same, and all of the babies should be merged with their adult forms because they are the same.
 * We'd also have to merge Princess Game & Watch as well. But I'm at odds with this one. One the one hand, there is a lot of separate info concerning the three. On the other hand, I don't find the arguemnt that 'then we'll have to merge all the others' to be very compelling. Shouldn't we merge the others anyway? I want to see how this proposal goes first before I make a decision.

In all honesty I think all those articles could stand to be merged. Vent (talk) 19:28, 16 December 2012 (EST)