MarioWiki:Proposals

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Add a section to Naming regarding technical restrictions
I'm surprised no one has talked in depth about this yet. Sure, we don't have that many technically restricted names, but we still have some, so I think we should set in stone a policy for these titles. Take the castle levels from Super Mario World as an example. "#1 Iggy's Castle" is located at "Iggy's Castle" rather than "1 Iggy's Castle"; while the former title is fine, it might still cause some initial confusion for the newer readers. Basically, what I'm proposing is that we start officially use closely-matched titles for subjects if the correct title is technically restricted.

A draft of the proposed text can be found here.

Also, if you're wondering, Porplemontage green-lighted this proposal.

Proposer: Deadline: April 5, 2018, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) - Per proposal.
 * 3) Per proposal.
 * 4) Per proposal.
 * 5) Per proposal.
 * 6) Sounds good to me! Per proposal.
 * 7) Considering that we can't use the actual name, the closest match surely makes sense.
 * 8) Per all, this just seems like the sensible thing to do anyway.
 * 9) Per all.
 * 10) The proposal is about allowing as many characters in the original title as possible, if the suggested title has technical issues. When such a case occurs, use the   MediaWiki Magic Word to correct the title.   in URLs are used for linking to headers in a page name, like this example. Even forcing URL encoding brings up an error.  I couldn't get MediaWiki to parse this normally, so a forced URL is used to demonstrate.

Comments
So if this succeeds, what will happen to the Iggy's Castle article? (Also, remind me for when I start my own franchise, to name a character "<>'' ," symbols included, just to mess with the ensuing wiki.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:04, 29 March 2018 (EDT)
 * It'll be moved to "1 Iggy's Castle", with the display title unchanged so it still shows the proper title. MediaWiki doesn't like certain symbols in page titles, so have fun with that hypothetical wiki if it comes ;) 11:09, 29 March 2018 (EDT)

Just thought about it but how about a notice template for such pages? -- 17:00, 29 March 2018 (EDT)

Give the seven boss Tikis from DKCR their own articles
Because the rest of their official names have just been discovered in a datamine of the original game.

Proposer: Deadline: April 5, 2018, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Need I say more?
 * 2) These guys are like the Seven Notorious Koopalings.  Each one not only has a name, but is also a character and a boss.  It’s not quite like Gary or Johnson (whose articles SHOULD be deleted) or even the Sammer Guys.  The Tikis are characters—major boss characters at that, and not just minor NPCs.  One of them, Kalimba, even has a Smash 4 trophy.  And the fact that the Tikis only appear in a single DK game should not stop us from giving them articles.

Oppose

 * 1) A name, in and of itself, is not enough to substantiate having separate articles (see: List of Sammer Guys). Is there another reason they should have articles?
 * 2) - Per Time Turner. They may all have a name, but they aren't diverse enough (they all do the exact same thing) to justify individual articles.
 * 3) Per Time Turner.

Comments
I forgot to mention, but in order, they're called: Kalimba, Maraca Gang, Gong-Oh, Banjo Bottom, Wacky Pipes, Xylobone, and Cordian. BooDestroyer (talk) 18:07, 29 March 2018 (EDT)

@YoshiFlutterJump They are different from the Koopalings in that the Koopalings are: also, why should Gary or Johnson not have articles? They deserve articles as much as Otto or Heronicus. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:05, 30 March 2018 (EDT)
 * A: Bosses themselves
 * B: Characters with actual personality
 * Let me tell you one thing. The Seven Notorious Koopalings (that’s what Minion Quest calls them) hardly had personalities before Paper Jam (to the extent of having NO dialogue), and we had articles for them long before then.  While the Tikis are not bosses, they possess bosses and are key to the story.  As for your second point...minor NPCs shouldn’t get articles just because they have names.  The Tikis are not minor, though. - 23:18, 30 March 2018 (EDT)
 * Even just regarding Super Mario Bros. 3, the Koopalings had enough diversity to justify their own articles if the wiki was around then. They each had the same role, but different names and abilities. Regarding the SMB3 cartoon as well, they also had different personalities. The same cannot be said for these Tikis.
 * Gary and Johnson, according to Minor NPCs, their articles are valid. 23:23, 30 March 2018 (EDT)
 * Saying the Koopalings didn't have personalities before Paper Jam is outright wrong, remember their individual speech balloons in the SMB3 manual? The depictions in the cartoons and comics? Their pre-battle behavior in NSMBW? The Tikis all act exactly the same, and are only ever on screen for like 5 seconds each, and have no dialog. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:27, 30 March 2018 (EDT)

I fail to see how character personalities is any sort of viable argument against article creation. I can get on board with their extremely minor role and their appearance, but not their personality. 00:54, 31 March 2018 (EDT)

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