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#'''Name provided in-game or in the enclosed instruction manual''' – Ideally, the subject is named in the game itself, but whatever instruction material is enclosed with the game is also considered a primary naming source. If there is inconsistency between the manual and the game itself regarding a name, the game's version takes precedence. | #'''Name provided in-game or in the enclosed instruction manual''' – Ideally, the subject is named in the game itself, but whatever instruction material is enclosed with the game is also considered a primary naming source. If there is inconsistency between the manual and the game itself regarding a name, the game's version takes precedence. | ||
#'''Name from a Nintendo Player's Guide or a Prima Games guide from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' | #'''Name from an official Nintendo-hosted website''' – A name as it appears on the website of an official Nintendo-hosted domain such as [https://mario.nintendo.com the home of ''Super Mario''], a game's [https://supermariobroswonder.nintendo.com official site], or the English version of the [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/en/index.html Mario Portal]. If there are any name conflicts, then the Nintendo of America website takes priority. | ||
#'''Name from a Nintendo Player's Guide or a Prima Games guide from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' onward''' – A name from a Nintendo Player's Guide (also commonly known as a ''Nintendo Power'' guidebook) is an acceptable alternative. For games released after 2007, this source can no longer be used since this source is currently discontinued. ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' is the last game in the ''Super Mario'' franchise to be covered by ''Nintendo Power''. After ''Nintendo Power''{{'}}s sales to Future Publishing in 2007, Nintendo of America signed an exclusive agreement with publisher [[Prima Games]] for the rights to official English Nintendo strategy guides. As such, Prima guides released starting with ''Super Mario Galaxy'' are considered to occupy the same tier of officiality as ''Nintendo Power''. | |||
#'''Name from a pre-''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' Prima Games Strategy Guide or any other third-party guide''' – A name from an officially-licensed Prima Games Strategy Guide (when they were published concurrently with ''Nintendo Power'') is also an acceptable alternative, though in case of contradictions, the ''Nintendo Power'' name takes priority. This also applies to other official third-party guides by companies such as Bradygames. For Japanese names, guides published by [[Shogakukan]] (Nintendo's official guidebook licensee) take priority over other publications. | #'''Name from a pre-''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' Prima Games Strategy Guide or any other third-party guide''' – A name from an officially-licensed Prima Games Strategy Guide (when they were published concurrently with ''Nintendo Power'') is also an acceptable alternative, though in case of contradictions, the ''Nintendo Power'' name takes priority. This also applies to other official third-party guides by companies such as Bradygames. For Japanese names, guides published by [[Shogakukan]] (Nintendo's official guidebook licensee) take priority over other publications. | ||
#'''Name used in officially licensed media''' – A name from any officially Nintendo-licensed non-video game media source. This includes cartoons, movies, magazines, comics and web content. Like games, North American media names get priority, followed by the first international English name and finally, the first non-English source. | #'''Name used in officially licensed media''' – A name from any officially Nintendo-licensed non-video game media source. This includes cartoons, movies, magazines, comics, and miscellaneous web content. Like games, North American media names get priority, followed by the first international English name and finally, the first non-English source. | ||
#'''Development name or name from internal data''' – Any name used in relation to the development of a video game or other Nintendo-licensed media source. This type of name usually comes from internal game files, unused data, developer interviews, or development documents | #'''Development name or name from internal data''' – Any name used in relation to the development of a video game or other Nintendo-licensed media source. This type of name usually comes from internal game files, unused data, developer interviews, or development documents. | ||
#'''English translation of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''' – The wiki initially banned citations of the English ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]s'' due to concerns about circular sourcing. As names first used in the English ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' started appearing in other sources, this was later amended to having it being acceptable to cite if there is no other known English name for the subject. If an English name from any of the other tiers listed above exists, it takes priority over the SMBE name. | #'''English translation of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''' – The wiki initially banned citations of the English ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]s'' due to concerns about circular sourcing. As names first used in the English ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' started appearing in other sources, this was later amended to having it being acceptable to cite if there is no other known English name for the subject. If an English name from any of the other tiers listed above exists, it takes priority over the SMBE name. | ||
#'''Name derived from a filename on a Nintendo-hosted website''' – A name from an image file on a website run by Nintendo such as [[Play Nintendo]] or game promotion websites. As filenames are not directly shown to users of websites, the names of image files do not need to follow proper naming conventions. This can lead to names which [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/57#Decide if obscure media filenames from Nintendo's websites qualify as sources for subject names|contain typos or other oddities]]. Should an alternate name for a subject originate from a filename, it should be mentioned using the [[:Template:Internal names|internal names template]] or as trivia. | #'''Name derived from a filename on a Nintendo-hosted website''' – A name from an image file on a website run by Nintendo such as [[Play Nintendo]] or game promotion websites. As filenames are not directly shown to users of websites, the names of image files do not need to follow proper naming conventions. This can lead to names which [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/57#Decide if obscure media filenames from Nintendo's websites qualify as sources for subject names|contain typos or other oddities]]. Should an alternate name for a subject originate from a filename, it should be mentioned using the [[:Template:Internal names|internal names template]] or as trivia. | ||
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A specific rule applies to the planets in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and its [[Super Mario Galaxy 2|sequel]]. The planets don't have official names, but conjectural names are given to them by our users to help identify each planet. However, there are some rules to name them: The name must be clear and straightforward, explaining in one word or two which planet is it talking about. Names must be professional. The first planet must always be named "Starting Planet". {{tem|conjectural}} must be used to denote the names are not official. Official planet names, like [[Starshroom]] don't abide by these rules. | A specific rule applies to the planets in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and its [[Super Mario Galaxy 2|sequel]]. The planets don't have official names, but conjectural names are given to them by our users to help identify each planet. However, there are some rules to name them: The name must be clear and straightforward, explaining in one word or two which planet is it talking about. Names must be professional. The first planet must always be named "Starting Planet". {{tem|conjectural}} must be used to denote the names are not official. Official planet names, like [[Starshroom]] don't abide by these rules. | ||
===Derived names=== | |||
If a name can be derived using a combination of a non-English or internal name and known information (such as an enemy variant where the base enemy name is known but the variant name is non-English or internal, and we know the meaning of the variant modifier from other uses), then this information should be combined into one name and tagged with <code><nowiki>{{conjecture|derived=yes}}</nowiki></code> rather than using the non-English or internal name. In other words, if we have all the information needed to piece together an English name, then we should do so and tag the article appropriately. | |||
Although derived names could be considered slightly more official than purely conjectural names, we err on the side of caution and consider them conjectural as well. If there is any reasonable doubt or debate about what a given derived name should be, then the use of a derived name should be abandoned in that case in favor of the non-English or internal name. | |||
==Name changes== | ==Name changes== | ||
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==Capitalization== | ==Capitalization== | ||
The words in the title must be capitalized the same way they are from the source, unless it is a proper noun. Proper nouns are capitalized no matter how it is in the source. The wiki software makes it so that the first letter of the title is capitalized regardless. Exceptions to the proper noun rule can be made if there is some special reason why the proper noun is uncapitalized. Also, words that aren't proper nouns in conjectural titles should not be capitalized (like [[Peach's frying pan]]). | Articles and categories are titled using [[wikipedia:Letter case#Sentence case|sentence case]]. The words in the title must be capitalized the same way they are from the source, unless it is a proper noun. Proper nouns are capitalized no matter how it is in the source. The wiki software makes it so that the first letter of the title is capitalized regardless. Exceptions to the proper noun rule can be made if there is some special reason why the proper noun is uncapitalized. Also, words that aren't proper nouns in conjectural titles should not be capitalized (like [[Peach's frying pan]]). | ||
==Italics== | ==Italics== | ||