Talk:Dash Panel

Official?
Okay, where does the name "Boost Pad" come from? The only official name I could find for those things is "Zipper" which was used in the Super Mario Kart manual. Is there any proof for the name "Boost Pad"? 12:05, 13 March 2010 (EST)
 * I tried looking in my Japanese Mario Kart Wii official guidebook, and the name I found there was "Dash Board". I've yet to find any official sources that say "Boost Pad", however. --


 * This subject has many different names. I believe that the article was given this particular generic title because it describes it the best.


 * 07:40, 3 October 2012 (EDT)

short sections
This article's section have only like one sentence. They would probably work better without the sections.
 * Well, there is a expand and rewrite template there, so why don't we just expand and rewrite it. Every header does not need to be deleted. How would we know where each it was placed in each game? A paragraph is okay, but it is better with the headers in my opinion. After more information is added in each one, there will be absolutely no reason to have them deleted.

I think it would be much better to find images and create a gallery of images of Boost Pads from each game, rather than have a make-shift "History" section that have one sentence stub sections describing what colors they were. --

Alright, i'm gonna revive this year-old discussion.

There isn't really much to expand on seeing as they all basically act the same way, so why not merge the sections? (As i did before, until reverted).

Fixed!
I make great changes to this page, especially on the Mario Kart section. I'll add the gallery as soon I be an autoconfirmed member... I can't wait! :D Done, I add the gallery. Can we remove the templates at the top of the page?

Boost Pad
If nobody has a source for "Boost Pad" that overrules all of the other citations I've placed, I'll move the article soon. 16:11, 3 September 2017 (EDT)
 * Wow, that's a lot of needed citations. I'll check in some of my guides, see what I can find. 16:13, 3 September 2017 (EDT)
 * Most of the guides I have (MKDD Player's Guide, MKDS Prima, MKW Prima, MK7 Prima, MK8 Prima) use "Dash Panel" or "dash panel". The one exception is MKSC Player's Guide, which uses "Speed Strip". 16:16, 3 September 2017 (EDT)

well... why not move to dash panel? TYC
 * Let's first make sure "Boost Pad" isn't a better, more official name per MarioWiki:Naming. 16:44, 3 September 2017 (EDT)

Okay, I was able to clear up most of the missing citations, but I was unable to find anything saying "Boost Pad". However, I don't have access to MKDD!!'s instruction manual or anything relating to Super Circuit or MKDS. "Dash Panel" seems to be the most legit name here at the moment. 17:03, 3 September 2017 (EDT)

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam calls them Dash Panels. So, that eliminates that game. (Not that it entire manners, but still mentioning it.) 17:16, 3 September 2017 (EDT)

Between Alex and I, I think we've reasonably gone through every official source. Dash Panel is definitely the most common name, so I'll move the page shortly. 17:21, 3 September 2017 (EDT)

Split Glide Ramp from this article
So, following my recent proposal regarding the creation of Truck articles, various users have suggested that we create Glide Ramp article. For a start, these two objects are barely similar. Dash Panels can appear on ramps or flat ground and provide a short speed boost, similar to using a Mushroom, while the Glide Ramp only ever appears as a ramp (Or in the form of a bouncy Mushroom) to launch the player in the air and deploy the Glider, and (As far as I know), does not give a speed boost unless the player performs a Trick off of the ramp.

The new article would include specific details about only the Glide Ramp, such as the design and changes between games, courses in which it appears and where, Glide Ramps that change positions (The ones in Music Park and the Dash Panel Ramp Truck), different forms of them (The blue Mushroom in Mushroom Gorge, the Dash Panel Ramp Truck again), and any other necessary information about the ramp.

Seeing as we also now have an official name from the Mario Kart 8 PRIMA guide, it makes more sense to split it as the guide refers to it as a completely different object, as opposed to another form of the Dash Panel.

Proposer: Deadline: December 12, 2017, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Good idea.
 * 3) Per proposal.  Let's also split  from this while we're at it.
 * 4) Per proposal; these things aren't the same in the slightest.
 * 5) Per all.
 * 6) Per all.
 * 7) According to the PRIMA Mario Kart 8 eGuide, those are known as Glide Ramps and are indeed distinguished from both Dash Panels and Ramps
 * 8) Per all.
 * 9) Yeah. per all.
 * 10) Per all.

Comments
Are there pictures to go by? I am having a hard time visualizing the proposed difference. -- 13:39, 28 November 2017 (EST)
 * This picture has a Dash Panel and a Glider Panel in the same shot. 13:46, 28 November 2017 (EST)
 * @YoshiFlutterJump: I was planning on doing the Anti-Gravity Panel separately afterwards, as I wanted to see how this one went first. I also wanted to check that the article I would make as a result of this wasn't completely barking up the wrong tree and if we could get any sort of official name. BBQ Turtle (talk) 13:58, 28 November 2017 (EST)
 * Hmm...okay. - 15:10, 28 November 2017 (EST)

What about Ramps? -- 14:04, 28 November 2017 (EST)
 * Alright, I didn't know about the stuff that was covered on the ramp page. Either way, it is rather sparse, and has a link in the second paragraph which says "glider ramps", but actually links to Glider. The page being made solely covers the panels, and would be mentioned similarly to how Boosted Ramps are described as ramps with Dash Panels, as Glider Ramps being described as ramps with Glider Panels, with Glider Ramp probably being redirected to here, and Ramps mentioned throughout the article. At the moment, the Glider Panel coverage seems to be split between here, Ramp and Glider, so the main reason I think it needs creating is to fill in the gaps between the three (Mainly about that Mushroom and Truck). BBQ Turtle (talk) 15:53, 28 November 2017 (EST)

@Mister Wu: Thank you for finding out the official name, I'll name the article Glider Ramp then, seeing as it's official. Would you be able to put the reference in the article when it's made, and also, do you know if there is any sort of official name in there for the Anti-Gravity Panel, when I come round to making that proposal? BBQ Turtle (talk) 12:01, 29 November 2017 (EST)
 * I do have an ebook copy of the guide, so it should be possible to easily cite the source by indicating the number of the page (it's from the How To Drive - Trackside Assistance section). Regarding the Anti-Gravity Panels, their official name is simply Antigravity Panels.--Mister Wu (talk) 20:15, 29 November 2017 (EST)