MarioWiki:Proposals

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Decide how to name the Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for 3DS story mode episode articles
Continuing with the clean-up of Mario & Sonic coverage, I've recently finished the last of the handheld event articles, so next I plan on moving onto creating articles for the episodes in the Story Mode of the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. For some context, the story mode is broken up into a number of episodes, each of which consist of a cutscene that sets up some events, a number of events or event medleys that must be completed to progress, followed by another cutscene. Based on that, the articles will consist of a summary of the plot, a list of the events including the rivals and entry characters for it, plus any special conditions certain events may have, and any other relevant information. However, before I can get started on any of this, there are a couple of issues that need to be resolved around the articles themselves- and first of these is the name. Each episode has three different names it goes by. One is a more descriptive title like the sort of thing you'd expect as an episode in a TV show, and is generally presented as the main one, as it usually appears in a larger font and in the centre of the screen, and I personally think that this is the best option. The second is a numbered title consisting of the character group and episode number, it usually appears as a subtitle but more closely matches the way that the episodes are referenced in badge descriptions outside of the story mode. However, while they are numbered roughly in order, it is a little muddled, for examples, there are an additional six episodes between Heroes Episode 2 and Heroes Episode 3, and Heroes Episode 2 is followed by Tricksters Episode 1, Tricksters Episode 2, Wild Ones Episode 1 and Wild Ones Episode 2. The numbers of each wildly vary as well, from two for the Wild Ones to five for the Heroes. Both of these titles also appear in the extra episodes without events. The last one is like a short form version of the second one, it only appears in events as a short way to identify which episode you're in. I really don't think we should use this one, but I'm just including it for the sake of completeness. Below is a table comparing the names of some of the episodes to more clearly show the difference.

Whatever the outcome, redirects of the other titles will be made to lead to the page. The names I'm using to refer to the titles are not official, but I'm just using these so that I don't have to use a long description every time I need it. If any of this is unclear or you'd like some more information, feel free to bring it up in the comments.

Proposer: Deadline: December 12, 2019, 23:59 GMT

Descriptive Title

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) I feel like if I were to search for these articles, I would try looking for these names first.
 * 3) Seems like the most logical option.
 * 4) Per all.
 * 5) Per all.
 * 6) As sensible as it gets. Not to mention that this option has precedent—one that Porplemontage himself approved.
 * 7) Per all.
 * 8) Since they are still in-game names, I’m fine with using the most descriptive ones
 * 9) Per all.
 * 10) Per all.
 * 11) - Per all.

Comments
As an extra note, there's a few other things that need to be sorted out before I can make these articles, but to try to save the number of proposals needed, I've got a thread on the forums that I would appreciate it if you could take a quick look at and share any thoughts you might have. Thank you! :) BBQ Turtle (talk) 16:38, December 5, 2019 (EST)
 * Shouldn't there be a "Keep-as-is" option, in case of oppositions to change anything? -- 11:55, December 7, 2019 (EST)
 * There shouldn't. This is a proposal about what name to create the articles with, not a proposal to change the names of the articles. What would a "keep as-is" option do anyway? Create the articles without names? 12:07, December 7, 2019 (EST)

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