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I agree in that there should probably a blurb among the lines of "Mario was depicted in this form in the previous paper mario games but this article only deals about his appearance as an individual character in Paper Jam [because]. The Transformers Wiki frequently "talks to the reader" to explain its coverage decisions ([http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toy#Toys_and_this_site for example]). Why can't we do that, again? --[[User:Glowsquid|Glowsquid]] ([[User talk:Glowsquid|talk]]) 21:42, 25 February 2016 (EST) | I agree in that there should probably a blurb among the lines of "Mario was depicted in this form in the previous paper mario games but this article only deals about his appearance as an individual character in Paper Jam [because]. The Transformers Wiki frequently "talks to the reader" to explain its coverage decisions ([http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toy#Toys_and_this_site for example]). Why can't we do that, again? --[[User:Glowsquid|Glowsquid]] ([[User talk:Glowsquid|talk]]) 21:42, 25 February 2016 (EST) | ||
:[[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_44#Deal_with_the_duplicate_Paper_subjects_in_Mario_.26_Luigi:_Paper_Jam|The proposal about how to cover these subjects is here, btw]]. Basically, the previous ''Paper Mario''s were using the paper stuff as a style but it was still regular Mario, whereas in ''M&L:PJ'', we now have a separate Paper Mario character interacting with regular Mario. This follows the same logic as Metal Mario (form) and Metal Mario (character). It also avoids retroactively claiming the ''Paper Mario'' series was set in a pocket dimension paper world that didn't exist until the writing of ''M&L:PJ'', which is breaking policy against speculation and stringing games together into a cohesive narrative that doesn't actually exist. It's also the easiest yet still consistent way to deal with all the info from both ''M&L:PJ'' and all the ''Paper Mario'' games. For full explanations for all these points, see the proposal. Anyway, I rewrote the intro to make it a bit more clear how we're making a distinction, but without getting into a fourth-wall-breaking discussion of our policies or whatever. - {{User:Walkazo/sig}} 22:30, 25 February 2016 (EST) | :[[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_44#Deal_with_the_duplicate_Paper_subjects_in_Mario_.26_Luigi:_Paper_Jam|The proposal about how to cover these subjects is here, btw]]. Basically, the previous ''Paper Mario''s were using the paper stuff as a style but it was still regular Mario, whereas in ''M&L:PJ'', we now have a separate Paper Mario character interacting with regular Mario. This follows the same logic as [[Metal Mario (form)]] and [[Metal Mario (character)]]. It also avoids retroactively claiming the ''Paper Mario'' series was set in a pocket dimension paper world that didn't exist until the writing of ''M&L:PJ'', which is breaking policy against speculation and stringing games together into a cohesive narrative that doesn't actually exist. It's also the easiest yet still consistent way to deal with all the info from both ''M&L:PJ'' and all the ''Paper Mario'' games. For full explanations for all these points, see the proposal. Anyway, I rewrote the intro to make it a bit more clear how we're making a distinction, but without getting into a fourth-wall-breaking discussion of our policies or whatever. - {{User:Walkazo/sig}} 22:30, 25 February 2016 (EST) | ||
== "But there is no indication that those games took place within the book" == | == "But there is no indication that those games took place within the book" == | ||
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It's all just an art style. Paper Mario no more takes place in a different world made of paper not connected to the world of the 3D games than the 2D Mario games take place in a 2 dimensional sprite based world not connected to the world of the 3D games. Paper Jam is the exception to the rule, not the standard and that's why this wiki doesn't treat them as the same character because they canonically aren't and each game has nothing in them implying they are. {{User|PaperMariofanforlife22457}} 12:28 AM 19 April 2016 | It's all just an art style. Paper Mario no more takes place in a different world made of paper not connected to the world of the 3D games than the 2D Mario games take place in a 2 dimensional sprite based world not connected to the world of the 3D games. Paper Jam is the exception to the rule, not the standard and that's why this wiki doesn't treat them as the same character because they canonically aren't and each game has nothing in them implying they are. {{User|PaperMariofanforlife22457}} 12:28 AM 19 April 2016 | ||