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==Writing guidelines==
==Writing guidelines==
''None at the moment.''
===Change how "infinitely respawning" enemies are counted in level enemy tables===
 
Currently, the wiki lists enemy counts for each level in tables located in that level's article. This is all well and good, but the problem arises when infinitely respawning ones (like piped ones) are included. As seen [[World 6-B (New Super Mario Bros.)|here]], this is awkwardly written as
==New features==
*"[number] (not including the infinite [enemy] spawning from [number] [method]),"
''None at the moment.''
and why shouldn't it include them? That method of writing is ungainly, misleading, and bloats the table's width unnecessarily. Therefore, I propose the alternate writing of
 
*"[number] + (∞ x [number]),"
==Removals==
with the "x [number]" and parentheses being removed if there is only one case. So in the linked example, it would be "6 + ∞," which says the same thing without contradicting itself with a lengthy diatribe.
''None at the moment.''
<br>(Also I had to restrain myself from using * rather than x because that's how I'm used to writing multiplication in equations. Thanks, higher-level math classes defaulting to "X" as a variable! But the asterisk could be used too, anyway.)
 
==Changes==
===Split game series articles into sub-series articles===
My [[Talk:Super Mario (series)#Move this page to "Super Mario Bros. (series)"|proposal]] to move the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] article to the name of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series has been declined last year, so I had to make a follow-up proposal after five months since the last proposal was declined.
 
The following pages being split are as follows:
*[[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' (series)]] will be split into the {{fake link|''Super Mario Bros.'' (sub-series)|Super Mario Bros. (sub-series)}}.
*[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' (series)]] will be split into {{fake link|''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' (sub-series)|Mario Kart Arcade GP (sub-series)}}.


'''Proposer''': {{User|GuntherBB}}<br>
'''Proposer''': {{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}}<br>
'''Deadline''': March 7, 2024, 23:59 GMT
'''Deadline''': September 30, 2024, 23:59 GMT


====Support====
====Support====
#{{User|GuntherBB}} Per proposal
#{{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Per
#{{User|Altendo}} - This doesn't sound like a bad idea, although I do think there should be an asterisk like "*" instead which leads to a note saying "not including the infinite [enemy] spawning from [number] [method]", as enemies can spawn in different ways, and showing how they spawn could still be useful. If we just show "∞ x [number]", it wouldn't show how Goombas are spawned in (the linked page doesn't specify how they are spawned in otherwise). But I do like the idea of shortening the "count" section of tables.
<s>#{{User|ThePowerPlayer}} Per Altendo. This formatting is much better, but I also think some note of where the infinite enemy spawner(s) originate from should be preserved.</s><br>
<s>#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per all.</s>


====Oppose====
====Oppose====
#{{User|Tails777}} While I did support the idea of the ''New Super Mario Bros. series'' getting it's own sub-series article, I can understand why it isn't. And if that series can't get a sub-series article, I fail to see how the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games can. They're all apart of the same overall series so I don't see why we need to divide things up further.
#{{User|Hewer}} I don't see the benefit of changing this. The current wording is straightforward and succinct, I'd expect the reader to understand "6 (not including the infinite Goombas spawning from one Warp Pipe)" easily. Changing it to "6 + ∞" just makes it less clear for no reason, I'd definitely be confused if I saw that and didn't know this specific context. The fact that the other support votes have also brought up how doing this risks losing the specific information completely (and suggested a more long-winded solution that seems to contradict the proposal) compels me to oppose this more.
#{{User|Hewer}} I previously supported New Super Mario Bros. getting an article because I thought it would be the most eligible sub-series at four([[New Super Luigi U|ish]]) entries. But since then, Super Mario Land had its article merged, and now that we have all these sub-series merged (Super Mario Advance gets to stay the only exception since it covers Yoshi's Island as well), I feel like this is a much better choice for organisation when they're all just part of one series, splitting them all out would feel messy and [[MarioWiki:Once and only once|redundant]]. It also calls into question the criteria for splitting sub-series - if Mario Galaxy is eligible, why not "Super Mario 3D" which also has two games? Or the aforementioned New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Land? Better to avoid the headache and stay consistent by merging all of them.
#{{User|Waluigi Time}} Per Hewer.
#{{User|Nightwicked Bowser}} I may support splitting just Super Mario Bros. since with Wonder it's been given further distinction from the 3D games as a series, however if supporting that here means splitting Galaxy and Maker as well, then I'm gonna have to oppose per all.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Per Nightwicked Bowser. Splitting the ''Maker'' and ''Galaxy'' games in specific when they are strictly duologies is especially overkill to us.
#{{User|Sdman213}} Per all.
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Per NwB's comment below and my response.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Per Nightwicked Bowser and Doc von Schmeltwick. Maybe individual "subseries" articles could be raised ''alongside'' the main series article, but not at the expense of breaking up the understanding of this as a discrete series of platform games. ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Galaxy'', ''Super Mario Maker'', and ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' are all part of the mainline ''Super Mario'' series and it artificially dilutes their cohesion by suggesting they are unrelated to one another.
#{{User|Archivist Toadette}} This is just too vague on all fronts. What does and doesn't classify as a subseries? That's the question that must be answered before any discussion can happen. Per all.
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all.
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all.
#{{User|MegaBowser64}} Way too vague. Per all.
#{{User|Axii}} Per Hewer
#{{User|ExoRosalina}} Per all, and yeah it will be unquestionable.
#{{User|SolemnStormcloud}} Per all.
#{{User|EvieMaybe}} we don't need to throw a mathematical equation at people
#{{User|Sparks}} Per all.
#{{User|ThePowerPlayer}} I realized that this only makes sense if you have it explained to you like in the proposal description, which defeats the purpose.
#{{User|Arend}} I feel that "[number] (+ [number] infinite spawn points)" would be less awkward to write than what we currently do ''and'' more understandable fir most people than what is proposed here
#{{User|Killer Moth}} Per all.


====Comments====
====Comments====
This should really be either a case-by-case or have multiple options rather than all-at-once or none at all. {{User:Swallow/sig}} 19:16, February 29, 2024 (EST)
{{@|Hewer}} - "succinct" would generally imply "short, sweet, and to-the-point," of which the current method is the exact opposite. I'm fine with including an asterisk-note next to the infinity, but the current one is much too bloated, outright admits to stating false information, and since the tables are center-aligned with that horizontal-bloat, it makes it look incredibly awkward. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 12:41, September 17, 2024 (EDT)
:Indeed. I have draft pages with empty tables for [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick/Projects/Super Mario Bros. (series)|''Super Mario Bros.'' series]] (including the NSMB games) and [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick/Projects/Super Mario 3D (series)|''Super Mario 3D'' series]] (including the SMG games), but I think it needs more thought and discussion rather than trying to rush it through without any prior planning. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 21:22, February 29, 2024 (EST)
:I guess we just have totally opposing opinions on this one, because I don't personally find ten words of explanation to be "much too bloated", would rather "state false information" (not really what's happening because it's immediately clarified and the only way not to state any "false" info would be to just put "∞" which helps no one) than obscure the meaning of what we're trying to say, and I don't at all think the somewhat wider tables look "incredibly awkward". This is a case where I feel giving more explanation than "6 + ∞" is necessary for the sake of conveying clear information, so I'd rather prioritise that over having a thin table (which I still don't really see why that's so desirable). {{User:Hewer/sig}} 03:19, September 18, 2024 (EDT)


This proposal has now been updated to not split the Galaxy and Maker games into a subseries, however there's still the matter of Super Mario Bros and the Mario Kart Arcade games both being split if the proposal is supported with no one-or-the-other. These especially should be entirely seperate cases. {{User:Swallow/sig}} 11:26, March 1, 2024 (EST)
If this proposal passes, I think that a dedicated template should be made; something like <code><nowiki>{{infinite respawn|5|3}}</nowiki></code> that would produce "{{hover|5 + (∞ × 3)|5 (not including the 3 infinite spawning points)}}". Or at the very least, use an actual "×" symbol rather than "x". {{User:Jdtendo/sig}} 12:08, September 19, 2024 (EDT)
:I think this changes the scope of the original proposal too much. I would not have changed it. But I fail to understand the rationale of this new one anyways. Why ''Super Mario Bros.'' (sub-series)? Why not ''Super Mario Bros.'' (series)? Why change the name in the first place? - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 17:32, March 1, 2024 (EST)
:I dislike the idea of hiding details in easily missable hover text and don't really see the benefit of using it. It just makes it more convoluted. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 11:12, September 20, 2024 (EDT)


Hmmm... I'm not opposed to splitting into sub-series, the definition of sub-series is "a series that is part of a larger series." So, we could still have sub-series articles. We wouldn't be saying that ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' aren't part of the same series, they are. But I do get some of the reasoning used by the opposition. Redundancy would be a problem, as would criteria, though we would need a limit to how many games can constitute a series of sub-series, though ''[[Super Mario Land|Super]] [[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins|Mario]] [[Wario Land (series)|Land]]'' could be a ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]''-esque situation, because of the ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land series]]''. {{User|SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA)}} 08:58, March 4, 2024 (CST)
I'll refrain from voting because I have a visceral reaction to anything that resembles a math formula, and I want as little as possible for personal preference to seep into my vote. That's not to say I don't understand what's being proposed, in fact it makes perfect sense if you're aiming strictly for concision, but you'd need to take into account how accessibly that information is communicated--you'd need to establish that "infinity symbol" stands for infinite enemy spawning point, which is not immediately clear. At that point, you'd go for a relatively lengthy explanation nonetheless. Though, I agree that the phrasing in that page you linked doesn't sound inclusive. I think something like "5 individual, 3 infinite spawning points" works better if we're going down this path.<br>If the proposal passes, I'd like to see it implemented in the manner Jdtendo suggests above.<br>EDIT: I'm aware there's [[Mario Kart Tour race points system#Bonus-points boost|already plenty of math on this wiki that has potential to confound people]], but in that case, not only is its succinctness a better way to explain how the game's scoring system works (as opposed to paragraphs-long descriptions), but it's taken straight out of the game as well. I'd say, use math formulas only when you're sure prose would be of less service to its intended audience: people looking up how many enemies are in a level aren't necessarily interested in complex gameplay dynamics. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 13:12, September 19, 2024 (EDT), edited 14:55, September 19, 2024 (EDT)
:The Super Mario Land series used to have its own article that got merged by [[Talk:Super Mario Land (series)#Merge to the main series page|this proposal]]. We do have a page for [[Mario + Rabbids (series)|Mario + Rabbids]] despite only having two games, so it could get arbitrary if we do decide on the number of games a series would need for it to have a page. {{User:Nightwicked Bowser/sig}} 10:13, March 4, 2024 (EST)


===Decide what to move ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' worlds to===
I'd personally prefer if this was notated with ω instead of ∞, something like "{{hover|3ω+5|3 infinite spawn points and 5 others}}", but that would probably be too confusing to anyone not already familiar with transfinite ordinal notation. {{User:JanMisali/sig}} 10:01, September 21, 2024 (EDT)
The worlds in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' have names, but each article for the six main worlds is named "World <#> (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')" while the article for the special world is called "World S". The good news is I was wondering if there's a possibility to decide what to rename the worlds. There are four options to choose from:
:This should be written "ω⋅3+5" because 3⋅ω = ω; {{wp|Ordinal arithmetic#Multiplication|multiplication on transfinite ordinal numbers}} is not commutative. {{User:Jdtendo/sig}} 12:40, September 21, 2024 (EDT)


;Option 1: Create the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{fake link|suffixed title|Template:Suffixed title}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{fake link|SMG2 world|Template:SMG2 world}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{fake link|SMG2 world-link|Template:SMG2 world-link}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, and <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{fake link|SMG2 world title|Template:SMG2 world title}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki> templates (the <nowiki>{{suffixed title}}</nowiki> template works like {{tem|prefixed title}}, with the small text being placed after the first parameter, while the <nowiki>{{SMG2 world}}</nowiki>, <nowiki>{{SMG2 world-link}}</nowiki>, and <nowiki>{{SMG2 world title}}</nowiki> work like {{tem|classic}}, {{tem|classic-link}}, and {{tem|classic title}} respectively, with the skeleton being "<code><nowiki>World <#>: <small><name></small></nowiki></code> and the example being World 1: <small>The Great Space Journey Begins</small>) and move the following pages to the world number and name:
Maybe just have a table for finite enemies and a table for infinite enemies? There's horizontal space for both. [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 11:33, September 21, 2024 (EDT)
** [[World 1 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 1 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 1: <small>The Great Space Journey Begins</small>|World 1: The Great Space Journey Begins}}
:That just needlessly splits information, which I again don't see the benefit of (and I still don't really see how there's a problem here that needs fixing anyway). {{User:Hewer/sig}} 21:26, September 21, 2024 (EDT)
** [[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 2: <small>Shooting Through the Stars</small>|World 2: Shooting Through the Stars}}
** [[World 3 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 3 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 3: <small>The Far Reaches of the Universe</small>|World 3: The Far Reaches of the Universe}}
** [[World 4 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 4 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 4: <small>The Many Mysteries of the Cosmos</small>|World 4: The Many Mysteries of the Cosmos}}
** [[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 5: <small>Trial of the Galaxies</small>|World 5: Trial of the Galaxies}}
** [[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 6: <small>Bowser in Your Sights</small>|World 6: Bowser in Your Sights}}
** [[World S (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World S (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World S: <small>Here We Go!</small>|World S: Here We Go!}}
;Option 2: ONLY move the following pages to the world number and name:
** [[World 1 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 1 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 1: The Great Space Journey Begins}}
** [[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 2: Shooting Through the Stars}}
** [[World 3 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 3 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 3: The Far Reaches of the Universe}}
** [[World 4 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 4 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 4: The Many Mysteries of the Cosmos}}
** [[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 5: Trial of the Galaxies}}
** [[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World 6: Bowser in Your Sights}}
** [[World S (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World S (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|World S: Here We Go!}}
;Option 3: ONLY move the following pages to the name:
** [[World 1 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 1 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|The Great Space Journey Begins}}
** [[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|Shooting Through the Stars}}
** [[World 3 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 3 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|The Far Reaches of the Universe}}
** [[World 4 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 4 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|The Many Mysteries of the Cosmos}}
** [[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|Trial of the Galaxies}}
** [[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|Bowser in Your Sights}}
** [[World S (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World S (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]] → {{fake link|Here We Go! (world)}}
;Option 4: Do nothing.


'''Proposer''': {{User|GuntherBB}}<br>
==New features==
'''Deadline''': March 8, 2024, 23:59 GMT
''None at the moment.''


====Option 1====
==Removals==
#{{User|GuntherBB}} My primary choice.
''None at the moment.''


====Option 2====
==Changes==
 
''None at the moment.''
====Option 3====
#{{User|GuntherBB}} My secondary choice.
 
====Option 4====
#{{User|Nightwicked Bowser}} These names are only displayed on the save file and are not shown while playing the game itself. Even if you go to a different world and save the game, the name on the save file doesn't change and is still the name of the world you should be on. Then there's the fact that when doing the green stars, the save file name is "the green star challenge is on" and when the game is completed 100% the name is "master of galaxies".
#{{User|MegaBowser64}} Per my fellow Bowser
#{{User|YoYo}} the names you've assigned to each world are actually the names for the "chapters" in the game's progression, not the names for the worlds themselves. it would be like naming each kingdom from Super Mario Odyssey's page after their first moon.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} These are not the names of the worlds. They are subtitles provided to the player for narrative context.
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all, especially the Bowser Bros.
#{{User|OmegaRuby}} While the other options would be what I personally use, they are not the actual names of the worlds themselves. Per all.
#{{User|Sdman213}} Per all.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Per all, especially Nightwicked Bowser and Yoyo. These don't seem to be the worlds' actual names, just a status on the save menu. There's definitely a better way to convey this information about the save menu descriptions than to clumsily bake them into the world pages' names!
 
====Comments====


==Miscellaneous==
==Miscellaneous==
''None at the moment.''
''None at the moment.''

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===[insert a title for your proposal here]===
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'''Proposer''': {{User|[enter your username here]}}<br>
'''Deadline''': [insert a deadline here, 7 days after the proposal was created (14 for writing guidelines and talk page proposals), at 23:59 GMT, in the format: "September 24, 2024, 23:59 GMT"]

====Support====
#{{User|[enter your username here]}} [make a statement indicating that you support your proposal]

====Oppose====

====Comments====


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Rules

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List of ongoing talk page proposals

  • Consider the "Blurp" and "Deep Cheep" in the Super Mario Maker games an alternate design of Cheep Cheep with the former twos' designs as a cameo rather than a full appearance of the former two, in line with the game's own classification (discuss) Deadline: September 25, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Add English to {{foreign names}} and retitle to {{international names}} (discuss) Deadline: September 26, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Allow usage of {{Release}} as a generic "flag list" template (discuss) Deadline: September 27, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Prune "sports" games from Black Shy Guy in line with White Shy Guy and Red Boo (discuss) Deadline: September 28, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Merge Preying Mantas with Jellyfish (discuss) Deadline: September 28, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Create article(s) for the SM64DS character rooms (discuss) Deadline: September 30, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Create an article for the Peach doll from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (discuss) Deadline: September 30, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Remove the remaining non-Super Mario "stage gimmicks and hazards" from Super Smash Bros. (discuss) Deadline: October 1, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Remove non-Super Mario "stage cameos" from Super Smash Bros. (discuss) Deadline: October 1, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Rename {{Manga infobox}} to {{Publication infobox}} (discuss) Deadline: October 4, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Merge Play Nintendo secret message puzzles (discuss) Deadline: October 4, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Merge categories for Donkey Kong Country remakes with their base game's categories (discuss) Deadline: October 5, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Refer to this enemy as "Bull's-Eye Banzai" for coverage in New Super Mario Bros. Wii (discuss) Deadline: October 6, 2024, 23:59 GMT
  • Rename Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia to Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten (discuss) Deadline: October 7, 2024, 23:59 GMT

Unimplemented proposals

Proposals

Establish a standard for long course listings in articles for characters/enemies/items/etc., Koopa con Carne (ended June 8, 2023)
Break alphabetical order in enemy lists to list enemy variants below their base form, EvieMaybe (ended May 21, 2024)
Standardize sectioning for Super Mario series game articles, Nintendo101 (ended July 3, 2024)
^ NOTE: Not yet integrated for the New Super Mario Bros. games, the Super Mario Maker games, Super Mario Run, or Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Expand use of "rawsize" gallery class, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended July 19, 2024)
Do not use t-posing models as infobox images, Nightwicked Bowser (ended September 1, 2024)
Create new sections for gallery pages to cover "unused/pre-release/prototype/etc." graphics separate from the ones that appear in the finalized games, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 2, 2024)
Tag sections regarding the unofficially named planets/area in Super Mario Galaxy games with "Conjecture" and "Dev data" templates, GuntherBayBeee (ended September 10, 2024)
Rename the remaining baseball teams to their current titles, GuntherBayBeee (ended September 19, 2024)
Create MarioWiki:WikiLove and WikiLove templates, Super Mario RPG (ended September 20, 2024)
Only add in the current voice actor in the "latest portrayal" section in infoboxes, Altendo (ended September 21, 2024)

Talk page proposals

Split all the clothing, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 12, 2021)
Split machine parts, Robo-Rabbit, and flag from Super Duel Mode, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 30, 2022)
Make bestiary list pages for the Minion Quest and Bowser Jr.'s Journey modes, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended January 11, 2024)
Allow separate articles for Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)'s subjects, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended August 3, 2024)
Split Bowser's Flame from Fire Breath, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 18, 2024)
Split Banana Peel from Banana, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 18, 2024)
Split truck article into cargo truck and pickup truck articles, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 21, 2024)
Split Donkey Kong template into separate arcade and Game Boy templates, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 21, 2024)
Merge Crocodile Isle (Donkey Kong 64) with Crocodile Isle, Doc von Schmeltwick (ended September 21, 2024)

Writing guidelines

Change how "infinitely respawning" enemies are counted in level enemy tables

Currently, the wiki lists enemy counts for each level in tables located in that level's article. This is all well and good, but the problem arises when infinitely respawning ones (like piped ones) are included. As seen here, this is awkwardly written as

  • "[number] (not including the infinite [enemy] spawning from [number] [method]),"

and why shouldn't it include them? That method of writing is ungainly, misleading, and bloats the table's width unnecessarily. Therefore, I propose the alternate writing of

  • "[number] + (∞ x [number]),"

with the "x [number]" and parentheses being removed if there is only one case. So in the linked example, it would be "6 + ∞," which says the same thing without contradicting itself with a lengthy diatribe.
(Also I had to restrain myself from using * rather than x because that's how I'm used to writing multiplication in equations. Thanks, higher-level math classes defaulting to "X" as a variable! But the asterisk could be used too, anyway.)

Proposer: Doc von Schmeltwick (talk)
Deadline: September 30, 2024, 23:59 GMT

Support

  1. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) - Per
  2. Altendo (talk) - This doesn't sound like a bad idea, although I do think there should be an asterisk like "*" instead which leads to a note saying "not including the infinite [enemy] spawning from [number] [method]", as enemies can spawn in different ways, and showing how they spawn could still be useful. If we just show "∞ x [number]", it wouldn't show how Goombas are spawned in (the linked page doesn't specify how they are spawned in otherwise). But I do like the idea of shortening the "count" section of tables.

#ThePowerPlayer (talk) Per Altendo. This formatting is much better, but I also think some note of where the infinite enemy spawner(s) originate from should be preserved.
#Super Mario RPG (talk) Per all.

Oppose

  1. Hewer (talk) I don't see the benefit of changing this. The current wording is straightforward and succinct, I'd expect the reader to understand "6 (not including the infinite Goombas spawning from one Warp Pipe)" easily. Changing it to "6 + ∞" just makes it less clear for no reason, I'd definitely be confused if I saw that and didn't know this specific context. The fact that the other support votes have also brought up how doing this risks losing the specific information completely (and suggested a more long-winded solution that seems to contradict the proposal) compels me to oppose this more.
  2. Waluigi Time (talk) Per Hewer.
  3. FanOfYoshi (talk) Per all.
  4. Axii (talk) Per Hewer
  5. SolemnStormcloud (talk) Per all.
  6. EvieMaybe (talk) we don't need to throw a mathematical equation at people
  7. Sparks (talk) Per all.
  8. ThePowerPlayer (talk) I realized that this only makes sense if you have it explained to you like in the proposal description, which defeats the purpose.
  9. Arend (talk) I feel that "[number] (+ [number] infinite spawn points)" would be less awkward to write than what we currently do and more understandable fir most people than what is proposed here
  10. Killer Moth (talk) Per all.

Comments

@Hewer - "succinct" would generally imply "short, sweet, and to-the-point," of which the current method is the exact opposite. I'm fine with including an asterisk-note next to the infinity, but the current one is much too bloated, outright admits to stating false information, and since the tables are center-aligned with that horizontal-bloat, it makes it look incredibly awkward. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:41, September 17, 2024 (EDT)

I guess we just have totally opposing opinions on this one, because I don't personally find ten words of explanation to be "much too bloated", would rather "state false information" (not really what's happening because it's immediately clarified and the only way not to state any "false" info would be to just put "∞" which helps no one) than obscure the meaning of what we're trying to say, and I don't at all think the somewhat wider tables look "incredibly awkward". This is a case where I feel giving more explanation than "6 + ∞" is necessary for the sake of conveying clear information, so I'd rather prioritise that over having a thin table (which I still don't really see why that's so desirable). Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 03:19, September 18, 2024 (EDT)

If this proposal passes, I think that a dedicated template should be made; something like {{infinite respawn|5|3}} that would produce "5 + (∞ × 3)". Or at the very least, use an actual "×" symbol rather than "x". Jdtendo(T|C) 12:08, September 19, 2024 (EDT)

I dislike the idea of hiding details in easily missable hover text and don't really see the benefit of using it. It just makes it more convoluted. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 11:12, September 20, 2024 (EDT)

I'll refrain from voting because I have a visceral reaction to anything that resembles a math formula, and I want as little as possible for personal preference to seep into my vote. That's not to say I don't understand what's being proposed, in fact it makes perfect sense if you're aiming strictly for concision, but you'd need to take into account how accessibly that information is communicated--you'd need to establish that "infinity symbol" stands for infinite enemy spawning point, which is not immediately clear. At that point, you'd go for a relatively lengthy explanation nonetheless. Though, I agree that the phrasing in that page you linked doesn't sound inclusive. I think something like "5 individual, 3 infinite spawning points" works better if we're going down this path.
If the proposal passes, I'd like to see it implemented in the manner Jdtendo suggests above.
EDIT: I'm aware there's already plenty of math on this wiki that has potential to confound people, but in that case, not only is its succinctness a better way to explain how the game's scoring system works (as opposed to paragraphs-long descriptions), but it's taken straight out of the game as well. I'd say, use math formulas only when you're sure prose would be of less service to its intended audience: people looking up how many enemies are in a level aren't necessarily interested in complex gameplay dynamics. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 13:12, September 19, 2024 (EDT), edited 14:55, September 19, 2024 (EDT)

I'd personally prefer if this was notated with ω instead of ∞, something like "3ω+5", but that would probably be too confusing to anyone not already familiar with transfinite ordinal notation. jan Misali (talk · contributions) 10:01, September 21, 2024 (EDT)

This should be written "ω⋅3+5" because 3⋅ω = ω; multiplication on transfinite ordinal numbers is not commutative. Jdtendo(T|C) 12:40, September 21, 2024 (EDT)

Maybe just have a table for finite enemies and a table for infinite enemies? There's horizontal space for both. Salmancer (talk) 11:33, September 21, 2024 (EDT)

That just needlessly splits information, which I again don't see the benefit of (and I still don't really see how there's a problem here that needs fixing anyway). Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 21:26, September 21, 2024 (EDT)

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