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Found the picture! So what do you guys think? The same or different? -- [[User:Sir Grodus|Sir Grodus]] | Found the picture! So what do you guys think? The same or different? -- [[User:Sir Grodus|Sir Grodus]] | ||
Same. It's Croctopus. [[Image: | Same. It's Croctopus. [[Image:MayorPenguinPM.png]]<span style="font-family:verdana; color:#red;"><font size="5">'''[[User:Paper Jorge|P]]'''[[User talk:Paper Jorge|aper]] '''[[User:Paper Jorge/sig|Jorge]]'''</font></span> | ||
Okay, can someone who knows what that Croctopus is doing in [[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] add it to the article. -- [[User:Sir Grodus|Sir Grodus]] | Okay, can someone who knows what that Croctopus is doing in [[Jolly Roger's Lagoon]] add it to the article. -- [[User:Sir Grodus|Sir Grodus]] | ||
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Well he is trying to block [[Banjo]] from passing. he is in a large room. He will move his tentacles up and down. Banjo has to swim and avoid. | Well he is trying to block [[Banjo]] from passing. he is in a large room. He will move his tentacles up and down. Banjo has to swim and avoid. | ||
Also there are about three or two in that level. [[Image: | Also there are about three or two in that level. [[Image:MayorPenguinPM.png]]<span style="font-family:verdana; color:#red;"><font size="5">'''[[User:Paper Jorge|P]]'''[[User talk:Paper Jorge|aper]] '''[[User:Paper Jorge/sig|Jorge]]'''</font></span> | ||
What's the official name of this character (and the source)? We can't just assume it's a Croctopus. -- [[User: Son of Suns|Son of Suns]] | What's the official name of this character (and the source)? We can't just assume it's a Croctopus. -- [[User: Son of Suns|Son of Suns]] | ||
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::"Octopuses" is far more accepted than "octopi". {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 19:20, 16 May 2017 (EDT) | ::"Octopuses" is far more accepted than "octopi". {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 19:20, 16 May 2017 (EDT) | ||
:::Yes, but "octopi" is hardly uncommon, either. At some point in the future, perhaps "octopi" will overtake "octopuses", just as "today" was once "to day", just as "alright" has taken a place alongside "all right". {{User:Time Turner/sig}} 19:25, 16 May 2017 (EDT) | :::Yes, but "octopi" is hardly uncommon, either. At some point in the future, perhaps "octopi" will overtake "octopuses", just as "today" was once "to day", just as "alright" has taken a place alongside "all right". {{User:Time Turner/sig}} 19:25, 16 May 2017 (EDT) | ||
:Turner, you're just grasping at | ::::Turner, you're just grasping at straws at this point. The "maybe it will be in the future" argument makes absolutely no sense. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:27, 16 May 2017 (CT) | ||
::::So, I think it's safe to say we can put the [sic] back in the page quote. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 21:55, 17 May 2017 (CT) | |||
:::::Considering that "octopi" is in literally every dictionary, putting [sic] in the quote is factually incorrect. Not liking a word doesn't make it less of a word. [[User:Niiue|Niiue]] ([[User talk:Niiue|talk]]) 23:09, 17 May 2017 (EDT) | |||
::::::I don't think the [sic] is needed for the "Crotopi" quote, as the Inkling Girl trophy in Smash Bros. uses it as a pun and they occasionally misuse terminology in their trophies and official descriptions, but as an encyclopedia, we should stick to "octopuses" when describing them. {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 23:43, 17 May 2017 (EDT) | |||
:::::::Yeah, if -pi is used in quotes, we should leave it alone, though we should try to use -puses or -podes whenever we can in actual articles. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 00:40, 18 May 2017 (EDT) | |||
::::::::I don't really agree with -podes, though. I think we should just follow what the scientists say, which is referring to them as "octopuses". {{User:Baby Luigi/sig}} 01:33, 18 May 2017 (EDT) | |||
:::::::::"Not liking a word doesn't make it any less of a word." No, but the link to Oxford Dictionary.com I posted up there makes it not a word. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 01:37, 18 May 2017 (CT) | |||
::::::::::Technically, it is a word. An informal word, but a word nonetheless. [[User:Niiue|Niiue]] ([[User talk:Niiue|talk]]) 03:35, 18 May 2017 (EDT) | |||
:::::::::::Alright, just don't accuse me of things like that, please. Now, I suppose there's no problem keeping a slang word in a quote without a [sic], so I'll just leave the issue be. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 03:41, 18 May 2017 (CT) | |||