Talk:Comet Tico

Luma Templet
Should we add a templet for Lumas, like we do with Toads or Koopas, listing the main Lumas? Thanks 1upYoshi (talk) 21:10, 13 January 2013 (EST)
 * Nah there aren't enough lumas to justify a template.
 * Okay. Sounds good. 1upYoshi (talk) 21:15, 13 January 2013 (EST)

Official French name
In french, its name is "Lumacomète". It comes from Luma (= Luma) and comète (= comet). So we should rename this page, right ? Should we rename it "Lumacomet" or "Lumacomète" ? 05:39, 10 November 2012 (EST)


 * Well our naming policy says that an official name from a non-english region is acceptable, so go for it. The page should be moved the title as seen in the source (that is, with the grave accent on the "e"). But just replace the template with, so as to show that the name comes from a non-english source.


 * 05:52, 10 November 2012 (EST)


 * Ok. I just want to add a proof : "Si quelque chose t'échappe à propos des comètes farceuses, va demander à Lumacomète, là-bas" can be translated as "If there is something you don't get about prankster comets, go ask Lumacomet, there." 05:56, 10 November 2012 (EST)


 * Tres bien.


 * 05:59, 10 November 2012 (EST)

Glitch
I was being a guest commentator on a chap's LP, when an odd glitch involving Lumacomète happened. Take a look for yourself, it's right at the start of the video;

I expect the most likely thing to do in this circumstance is to make either a Trivia or a Glitch header, and link to the LP episode there, but I'll see what you guys suggest. Toast  ltimatum  15:01, 4 December 2012 (EST)


 * Lol, the Luma is upside down! And yep, it's worth mentioning in the article. Put it under a Trivia section.


 * 01:36, 5 December 2012 (EST)

Name
Shouldn't we be using an English translation of the name, since the name itself has a definite English translation of a name? Most languages use a name that translates to "Comet Luma", including Lumacomète. 11:32, 16 August 2017 (EDT)
 * When using foreign names, we do not translate them. See: the Donkey Kong Jungle Beat enemies. 11:34, 16 August 2017 (EDT)
 * As far as I can tell, there is no definite English name. 11:34, 16 August 2017 (EDT)
 * Are enemies from the Game Boy Donkey Kong an exception to the rule? --
 * If the original Japanese name is just an English word, we're free to write them in English. A good example of this is Sūpā Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Pāti, whose article is titled Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party. 12:39, 16 August 2017 (EDT)
 * Shouldn't it be called "Kometto Chico," since the original Japanese name is preferable to the French translation? Raymond1922A (talk) 21:51, 10 May 2018 (EDT)
 * I think the rationale for that is supposedly due to the being the first international name, but that's not true. It might be the case for Super Mario Galaxy 2 since the North American release predates the Japanese release, but it's vice versa for the first Super Mario Galaxy. In-game, Butler/Polari does indeed refer to it as Kometto Chico (the corresponding English line is "If you want to learn more about these curious comets, ask the Luma who knows about such things."), which we would render as Comet Tico. Or we could wait until the English translation of  Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia comes out, since it's listed among the other NPCs on page 126. LinkTheLefty (talk) 08:05, 11 May 2018 (EDT)
 * I think it would actually be "Comet Chico". Raymond1922A (talk) 21:08, 13 May 2018 (EDT)
 * Makes sense, since that's the route Dark Horse went with Zelda: Arts and Artifacts (which was kinda disappointing...), but it still remains to be seen what they'll do here. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:09, 13 May 2018 (EDT)
 * So can we move it to "Comet Chico"? Raymond1922A (talk) 17:07, 18 May 2018 (EDT)
 * We should really wait for SMBE to be released so there's not a bunch of superfluous link-changing, though the amount of pages that link here through ways other than the SMG template is probably rather small. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:08, 18 May 2018 (EDT)
 * "Tico" is the official romanization for Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, but "Chiko" is how it's spelled in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. Either way, not Chico. LinkTheLefty (talk) 17:15, 18 May 2018 (EDT)
 * OK, so it ended up being pointless, as Dark Horse are stinky. Anyways, Tico or Chiko? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2018 (EDT)
 * We'll see how things run their course, but if we wanted to reference the object data in lieu of Dark Horse, it's "TicoComet". LinkTheLefty (talk) 20:40, 23 October 2018 (EDT)
 * So given how Jungle Beat names were used, that would work out as "Tico Comet" for us if we did the filename approach? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:09, 23 October 2018 (EDT)
 * It would be swapped to "Comet Tico" since most of the time filenames only consist of "base" first and descriptor second so that related objects are grouped together (also it would be more consistent with the order of the Japanese name). LinkTheLefty (talk) 22:51, 23 October 2018 (EDT)
 * Dark Horse was incompetent at this. We can't cite the encyclopedia, but is it still the english name because it's in an officially licensed encyclopedia? Also, does it have a passing mention on the Prima, or isn't mentioned at all? -- 13:41, 27 January 2019 (EST)
 * No, that would defeat the purpose of the proposal; even the partial citation option was only meant for apparent new names (e.g. the Super Mario 64 section's "Micro Koopa" and "Micro Piranha Plant"). "Lumacomète" was part of the co-translator's self-admitted tendency to take from wiki souces (despite there being a nice, big disclaimer for our foreign and conjectural titles), and thus citing it would be citing ourselves. LinkTheLefty (talk) 01:05, 28 January 2019 (EST)
 * I wasn't asking to cite it. Also, i don't think it's mentioned on the Prima. -- 05:12, 28 January 2019 (EST)
 * It isn't, unfortunately. LinkTheLefty (talk) 07:19, 14 February 2019 (EST)

Move to Lumacomete
Oh boy, this might be my most controversial proposal yet. The wiki previously banned the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia as a source for English names due to Dark Horse's laziness in using fan-made ones from the wiki for certain English subjects. But then, the English Mario Portal came to accept that book's citogenesis as acceptable. As a result, we overturned that decision, but we are still keeping it as a last resort if no other English names exist. Lumacomete is one of those characters with their names taken from this wiki. It was its French name, so it was even more of an epic fail. Now, I am aware the uban did make an exception not to use that name because it has an internal one and the wiki does state that we need to use an internal name if no other names can be found. However, it is Japanese and not English. It already has a name for the English language in that cursed book. Since we have unbanned that book when it comes to English names, let's sadly go with that one.

The most likely reason to reject this proposal is that it's a French name and not a proper English name. However, Comet Tico is a literal translation of its Japanese name. The internal data in many Mario games use literal translations. Therefore, it's much more consistent with using an actual one that appeared outside game data, which is the Encyclopedia. Yes, it sucks, but blame Nintendo's translators. And if one is to reject this proposal because it was a mistake by Dark Horse, we have used mistakes as acceptable names before until a correct one appeared.

Proposer: Deadline: March 9, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal

Oppose

 * 1) Per our policy, development names have higher priority than Encyclopedia. And comparing Lumacometé to "Big Red Electrokoopa" is not that valid considering those are two different situations; the former is blatant citogenesis (the page was named Lumacometé for years because that was the only in-game name found, where else would Encyclopedia get "Lumacometé" from when all their other transliterations were from Japanese?), while the latter is a complicated, but fitting, name for the entity (the Electrokoopa King acts like a large, sleeping Red Electrokoopa, even if it is actually green).
 * 2) Per Somethingone. Also, the proposal on what to do with Big Red Electrokoopa (before the current name was found) did not reach a consensus, so it can hardly be used as evidence in favor of this.
 * 3) Per all
 * 4) Per all

Comments
Isn't "Lumacomète" pretty much a literal translation, too? I don't understand why the French name should be prioritized over a Japanese one. 19:38, February 23, 2023 (EST)
 * "Per our policy, development names have higher priority than Encyclopedia."
 * Also, when two names are on the same tier, we use the name that came from the first released version of the game. In the case of SMG, it's Japan. So even without the internal name it would still be in our policy's best interest to use "Comet Tico" and not "Lumacometé". 19:45, February 23, 2023 (EST)