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Make classic course prefixes in titles consistent for Mario Kart courses/stages
In Mario Kart DS there are two retro battle courses, and. In game, they are never assigned a prefix, being the only battle stages with this distinction. Of course, to remain consistent with the classic race courses, this wiki labels them with prefixes. However, this results in the titles of the articles inconsistent with the game.

Now, the solution sounds simple, remove the prefixes so they're identical to their names in game and call it a day. However, there's seemingly one big problem with that solution: Ninja Hideaway. Ninja Hideaway is classic course in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that doesn't use a prefix, just like the battle stages in Mario Kart DS. On this wiki, however, the article is not given a prefix in its title, making it consistent with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but not at all consistent with how we handle the retro battle stages from Mario Kart DS.

This is the issue this proposal is tackling. These article titles are inconsistent, and that must be fixed.

Now we have a few solutions to this problem:


 * Solution #1: Make articles consistent by removing prefixes if they are not given one in game. As explained, since Mario Kart DS doesn't assign one in game, one could say that this wiki shouldn't assign it either. If this option passes, the only articles that will be affected are and, which will be renamed to simply "Block Fort" and "Pipe Plaza". Redirect articles that use the prefixes will be made for user convenience, but the articles with all the information will not use prefixes in their titles. Likewise, the redirect article  will remain for the same reason, and redirects can be made for potential future courses from Mario Kart Tour in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe once they're added to the latter title (i.e. Tour Merry Mountain, which redirects the user to Merry Mountain).


 * Solution #2: Make articles consistent by giving them all prefixes. Regardless of if they're assigned one in game or not, the prefix in the title is still handy as it informs readers the article is about a classic course/battle stage. Ninja Hideaway is probably the only course affected by this change (as of right now), and it would be renamed to Tour Ninja Hideaway, while N64 Block Fort and GCN Pipe Plaza would remain the same. If Merry Mountain is not given a prefix in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe if it gets added, then it will be given a prefix on this wiki still. Sky-High Sundae will not be changed as that is labelled as a new course in promotional material for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.


 * Solution #3: Leave it as is. Don't make any change, and leave the titles as they are.

I apologize if I phrased this weirdly, if there is any confusion then please comment below and I will try my best to explain.

Proposer: Deadline: September 17, 2022, 23:59 GMT

Remove prefixes

 * 1) As explained in the proposal, the games don't use them so it is consistent with source material.

Add prefixes to other articles

 * 1) Secondary option, adds identifier for convenience but is inconsistent with source material.

Change how RPG enemy infoboxes classify role
So for SMRPG, the Paper games, and the M&L games' bestiary infoboxes have a weird arbitrary system where name formatting is used to convey what type of encounter an enemy is (enemy, miniboss, major boss, boss helper). Not only is this useless without the keys at the top of each bestiary page, but plenty of enemies have multiple roles at different points that this system cannot handle, and it completely leaves out "training" battles (ie the "timed hits" Goomba from SMRPG; Bowser, Fawful, and Hammerhead Bros. in Superstar Saga; and Bowser, Jr. Troopa, Goombario, and Eldstar in Paper Mario) that occur to teach game mechanics and otherwise don't really fit with the other categories (a "boss" that cannot be lost to is hardly a boss, ditto the unwinnable Bowser in SM64). What I propose is to turn this into a standard listing like everything else covered on the tables, as this solves all three problems.

Proposer: Deadline: September 18, 2022, 23:59 GMT

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