Talk:Elephant

Clean up or delete this page

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do not clean up or delete 3-0-6
Another generic subject; I seriously could not have made myself any clearer. It could be a disambiguation page, though I'd like to see some comments on this.

Proposer: Toadette the Achiever (talk)
Deadline: November 11, 2017, 23:59 GMT

Clean up

1. Toadette the Achiever (talk) Per proposal.
2. Alex95 (talk) - I'm for a disambiguation page if we need it. Otherwise delete.
3. Ultimate Mr. L (talk) There's no need to include information on elephants who already have their own articles.

Do nothing

1. Time Turner (talk) An elephant appears as an obtainable item in Mario is Missing. That alone makes it of note. Until I know what will change about the article, my vote remains as it is.
2. Niiue (talk) I'd support repurposing this to be about the Mario is Missing item specifically, but considering how vague this proposal is, I'm gonna have to oppose for now.
3. Chester Alan Arthur (talk) per all this proposal is to vague to pass.
4. Lcrossmk8 (talk) How in the world is this thing generic by any means? I think we have got enough coverage on this thing, and it does make notable appearances in the Mario series. This proposal is too vague on what is generic and what is not. Is it the lack of information or is it the fact that there is not enough information on it to make for a good article? I don't know.
5. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) Per all, especially Turner.
6. LuigiMaster123 (talk) - Proposal is way too short, therefore, I say do nothing.

Comments

@Time Turner Even so, the information on other elephants should be removed, as they just make this an overly detailed disambiguation page.
Ultimate Mr. L (Talk-Contribs-Stats) 12:23, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

I won't argue against the article's fluff, but it shouldn't be completely deleted or disambiguated. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 12:24, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

Perhaps the item can have its own page as Elephant (item)? 12:24, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

Hey, I never said that we were deleting everything. This is actually a similar scenario to Beehive. ^(T|C) 12:34, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

You didn't specify anything. This proposal does not make its options clear in the slightest. What are we even voting for or against? Hello, I'm Time Turner. 12:37, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

The title says it all. Clean up the article or get rid of it altogether. If that's the title, shouldn't there be two support options? At the moment, I don't find myself either opposing or supporting, but maybe later on, I might support. – Owencrazyboy9 (talk) 20:33, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

What would you be supporting? Cleaning up the article or deleting the article are two very different options, and the proposal does not make anything clear. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 22:01, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

Split "support" into two options; therefore, everyone should more or less review their votes. ^(T|C) 22:13, 28 October 2017 (EDT)

Delete this page

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delete 8-1
My problem with the previous proposal was twofold: the item in Mario is Missing! existed, and the proposer didn't adequately explain what would happen to the article should the "clean up" option pass. Now that the MiM information has been separated into Baby Elephant, the decision becomes a lot easier for me: this page should be deleted entirely. Every section covers a subject that is either far too generic and unimportant (including Donkey Kong Country Returns, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, the latter of these being backed up by the deletion of Giraffe), or is better detailed in an individual article (including Baby Elephant, Ellie the Elephant, and Mona's Elephant). If you want a list of every elephant, that's why we have categories. Nothing of value would be lost if this page was deleted.

Proposer: Time Turner (talk)
Deadline: February 5, 2018, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Time Turner (talk) Per proposal.
2. BBQ Turtle (talk) The article doesn't seem to contain much other than brief appearances or links to other elephant articles, so I don't think anything of importance would be lost, per proposal.
3. Alex95 (talk) - Per all and my previous vote.
4. TheFlameChomp (talk) Per all.
5. YoshiFlutterJump (talk) Per proposal.
6. Toadette the Achiever (talk) I don't know what I was inhaling when I made that proposal. But Time Turner's current suggestion sounds reasonable; maybe turn this into a disambiguation page, like we did with Parrot. Otherwise, per all.
7. Ultimate Mr. L (talk) Per all and my previous vote.
8. LuigiMaster123 (talk) Per all.

Oppose

1. astro-Lanceur (talk) it appears as a item in Mario is missing. so um, yeah.

Comments

When this passes, be sure to move Elephant (enemy) here. As for Toadette, that tends to happen when you eat the Vacuum Shroom :P. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:25, 23 January 2018 (EST)

i Want a Vacuum Shroom. You Bloody Got One Doc? LUIGIRULES71

@Astro-Lanceur: The Mario is Missing! item is covered on a separate article, so I don't feel it should make it necessary to keep this article. --TheFlameChomp (talk) 19:40, 23 January 2018 (EST)

Per. My first point is literally about that exact item. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 20:01, 23 January 2018 (EST)

i'm Just Here. Hello Everybody. LUIGIRULES71

Make the Wario World elephant its own page

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vetoed by the administrators
Proposal is predicated on Elephant being a page for a generic subject, which it was not until edits mere days before the proposal was created, and was done in violation of MarioWiki:Generic subjects.
So, someone had turned the page of the elephant from Wario World into a more general of elephants from the franchise. But I feel like since the WW elephants are enemies, it's different enough to warrant them their own page like: Elephant (Wario World); add all of its info from that game into that page. Also, because their design is distinctly different from the other elephants.

Proposer: Ken17 (talk)
Deadline: August 30, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Supporters

1. Ken17 (talk)
2. PrincessPeachFan (talk): Because of the different Japanese names (Amy)
3. EvieMaybe (talk) the Wario World elephant is named Amy in japanese and has wheels for feet. generic they ain't!
4. Hewer (talk) Per all, and Frog (Yoshi's Story).
5. Tails777 (talk) The wheels alone have me question if it's even a living elephant or some enchanted toy or something. Regardless, it sure isn't any normal elephant. Per proposal.
6. Sorbetti (talk) Why was this merged with generic elephants in the first place?

Comments

Why was this page turned into a more general page anyways? PrincessPeachFan (talk) 09:26, August 18, 2025 (EDT)

Actually, there were two proposals about this and it was decided to delete it before it was brought back for the Wario World enemy. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 09:26, August 18, 2025 (EDT)

Converting Elephant into a generic page, as opposed to being for the Wario World enemy, was not run by anyone, and runs against the current Generic subjects policy. After talking this through with other staff, we're vetoing this proposal and reverting the page to before its generic-ification. We'd suggest moving the information that was added to something like Elephant (generic). ~Camwoodstock ( talk ☯ contribs ) 19:11, August 18, 2025 (EDT)