Talk:Red (WarioWare series)

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Would it be worth giving Red the main priority rather than an identifier? He is a playable character in Get It Together! and a recurring character throughout the franchise. The only other entries listed on Red are a minor NPC in Super Paper Mario, Virus (which doesn't split Red, Yellow, and Blue), Redd (a similarly named minor NPC in Color Splash), and an alternate name for Pokémon Trainer, who doesn't even have an article anymore. MarioWiki:Naming says the priority should go to the more "likely to be linked to or searched" one, and I think it makes sense to give it to a supporting character who's appeared in every WarioWare game since Touched! Scrooge200 (talk) 02:56, June 23, 2024 (EDT)

In this case, I say yes because the WarioWare guy is the more likely if he has his own article. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 08:57, June 26, 2024 (EDT)

I disagree on the basis Virus Red was a part of Dr. Mario World's marketing cycle for the entirety of that game's existence The text posts Red's posts signed off with his name. so people know one Virus is called Red. Constantly being tweeted about for give or take two years has to count for something. Salmancer (talk) 12:26, January 24, 2025 (EST)

I disagree with Salmancer, Red from WarioWare is older than those tweets and Salmancer is just trying to give the Red Virus attention (and also, he's trying to remove the league parameter). Alphabetlorefan2003 (talk) 09:53, June 30, 2025 (EDT)

The older topic has lost the battle for being the page on a topic more than once. First thought goes to Fireball (Donkey Kong), which predates Fireball. MarioWiki:Naming#Shared titles also doesn't mention a clause that the older subject is favored, only the one that is the most prominent. It basically comes down to "Which series is more prominent, WarioWare or Dr. Mario?", and I'm biased toward not answering that question at all because I don't like saying one series is more important than the other. Also, "Red (Dr. Mario World) is Red Virus is Fever (Virus)", to which I mean this wiki organizes all of these things as one subject with a variable name and not as different subjects. If the argument is that age matters then Red (Dr. Mario World) is older than Red (WarioWare).

I'm not sure what the existence of the league parameter of Template:Minigame infobox has to do with naming this article.

On an unrelated note, I think Red (Dr. Mario World) might end up getting their own article in the upcoming proposal aiming to split colored enemy variants. (Thank/blame Superstar Saga for giving the viruses mechanical differences.) The virus lacking an dedicated article is currently a point in favor of the demon getting the title without an identifier, but if the virus gets a dedicated article then it would nullify the point. Salmancer (talk) 11:20, June 30, 2025 (EDT)

This should be a proposal, a talk page proposal in this case, since we are not getting new messages and we're certainly not reaching a consensus. Alphabetlorefan2003 (talk) 09:14, October 21, 2025 (EDT)