MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/37

Split Nintendo 2DS from Nintendo 3DS
DON'T SPLIT 4-10

It's not the same console right? The Nintendo 2DS should have it's own article because it's a video game console.

Proposer: Deadline: October 28, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per Proposal.
 * 2) - How is the lack of the iconic stereoscopic 3D technology of the Nintendo  3D S not a significant hardware difference? It seems pretty radical to me - a far cry from a mere change in size (GB Micro) or shape (GBA SP). Plus it got its own unique name, rather than having something affixed like the other remodels, and it's just plain interesting: readers could easily type in "Nintendo 2DS" in hopes we have a page - that hope is not unreasonable. Obviously the page won't have a list of games and whatnot, but Wikipedia's 2DS page is still pretty beefy without that sorta stuff, and we could easily make a read-worthy page here too.
 * 3) Per Walkazo.
 * 4) I agree with the proposer and would second the proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) The reason we split Nintendo DSi from Nintendo DS and Game Boy Color from Game Boy because they have significant hardware differences. The Nintendo 2DS is simply a redesign of the 3DS, much like the Game Boy Micro and Game Boy Advance SP from the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS Lite from the Nintendo DS (my god I put too much links)
 * 2) Per Baby Luigi.
 * 3) Per Baby Luigi.
 * 4) Per Baby Luigi.
 * 5) It doesn't have many information, and like BLOF said: it is just a redesign, no changes in the hardware.
 * 6) Well, technically, it is the same console. Only a redesign, and no 3D. You can't say much about it in a separate article, anyway.
 * 7) Per Baby Luigi
 * 8) The premise of this proposal is "It's not the same console". The 2DS functionally is the same console, just lacking the obvious feature. It's as much of a separate system as the Wii mini.
 * 9) Per Baby Luigi and Glowsquid
 * 10) Per all.

Comments
@Walkazo: The GBA revisions do feature notable hardware differences from the base model (such as a backlighted screen and the removal of backward compatibility in the Mcrio's case) and unlike the GBC or the DSi, the 2ds has no Mario universe-branded games that can't be played on the base model. Making a separate page for it when it has no relevance to Mario as a franchise would be coverage creep. --Glowsquid (talk) 14:39, 22 October 2013 (EDT)
 * Besides, I wouldn't use the Wikipedia page. Most of the information in there pertains to the 3DS itself; only the history and the reception sections are unique to the 2DS. Everything else is already covered with the 3DS itself.
 * Precisely. The 2DS has, apart from design and no 3D, nothing different with the 3DS. What we would get as a result would be probably something like this compared to that.

Create writing guideline for reception and sales sections
CREATE GUIDELINE 12-0


 * Draft: User:Glowsquid/Brain Palace

Another week, another writing guideline! Kids love those, right?

Anyway, the few sections about the critical and commercial performance of a given game have no consistent format and they are (as usual for "real world" subjects) rather weak. As such, I think it would be a good idea to create a guideline page to give an idea of how they should be organised and pointers on how to write them.

I've made a draft for such a guideline page here. I've been told it looks ok. What do you think?

Proposer: Deadline: November 3, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) - per proposal
 * 2) – Par propusel.
 * 3) I think it's fine.
 * 4) Per proposal.
 * 5) Por prapasal.
 * 6) - Per Glowsquid.
 * 7) - Per proposal and Baby Luigi's comment.
 * 8) - Per Baby Luigi's comment. The table makes everything more organized.
 * 9) - Per proposal
 * 10) It has always bothered me that we don't have a consistent format for reception on the games, so this proposal addresses this.
 * 11) - Per Glowsquid (including in the comments).
 * 12) Per Glowsquid.

Comments
Maybe we could use Wikipedia as inspiration as what to the reception section looks like? This looks nicely organized, and it has a great table to boot. Before y'all shoot me down for saying, "WE'RE NOT WIKI PEDIA BLAH BLAH BLAH" at least take my suggestion into consideration: there's a reason they do this and I don't see why not: I like the nicely organized table and I think it would improve the section more.
 * It looks great!-- 17:09, 20 October 2013 (EDT)

Should we include reception for subjects other than games? Again, looking at Wikipedia, they have reception towards some of the characters and the game consoles.

@table suggestion: That's something I considered, though I'd rather have "our" own template rather than copying Wikipedia's, for various reasons.

@reception for things that are not games: That's something I didn't think of, and I think it could be workable, but more on a case-by-case basis.

The problem with Wikipedia's reception sections for characters and other fictional elements is that they, most of the time, only exist to establish the notability criteria required by Wikipedia policy and thus are little more than a ridiculous collection of inane statements of no use or interest to anybody. However, illustrating Mario's popularity and relevance to pop culture is certainly something that should be done. Additionally, if someone at Nintendo comes out and say something like "We changed Birdo's characters due to the criticism it received" or "We redesigned the Blue Shell due to players feedback", giving exemples of audience reaction to provide context to the statement would also make sense. --Glowsquid (talk) 15:38, 22 October 2013 (EDT)