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*'''It's vague and scientifically incorrect.''' It boggles the information, without any real benefit to show for it. For example, "[[Superstar Road]] is accessed via a portal as this world is in deep space." What does "deep space" mean anyway? Is it really ''in'' outer space? Or is it underground? Or does it merely have a cosmic backdrop? Example aside, what about the [[Mushroom World]] itself? Isn't it technically ''in'' outer space as well?! Restricting the term "outer space" (and "deep space" for that matter) in favor of the more specific term "cosmic" helps improve the sheer ambiguity and quality of the information. | *'''It's vague and scientifically incorrect.''' It boggles the information, without any real benefit to show for it. For example, "[[Superstar Road]] is accessed via a portal as this world is in deep space." What does "deep space" mean anyway? Is it really ''in'' outer space? Or is it underground? Or does it merely have a cosmic backdrop? Example aside, what about the [[Mushroom World]] itself? Isn't it technically ''in'' outer space as well?! Restricting the term "outer space" (and "deep space" for that matter) in favor of the more specific term "cosmic" helps improve the sheer ambiguity and quality of the information. | ||
*'''As has been argued before and what will be argued again, the grandfather clause is never a good excuse, anywhere, ever.''' As you can see, "outer space" is just as questionable as other terms that '''used''' to be prevalent on the wiki, such as "beta" or "subspecies" (until they were banned for their own inaccuracies). It feels like yet another wishy-washy stance of "we know it's bad, but we use it anyways because...stuff and things...I think", which should '''never ever''' be considered in professional writing circles. | *'''As has been argued before and what will be argued again, the grandfather clause is never a good excuse, anywhere, ever.''' As you can see, "outer space" is just as questionable as other terms that '''used''' to be prevalent on the wiki, such as "beta" or "subspecies" (until they were banned for their own inaccuracies). It feels like yet another wishy-washy stance of "we know it's bad, but we use it anyways because...stuff and things...I think", which should '''never ever''' be considered in professional writing circles. | ||
Basically, I'm proposing that we overturn the decision of the aforementioned proposal, restrict the term "outer space" in favor of "cosmic", and also add "outer space" to the [[MarioWiki:Good writing#Frequently misused terms|list of frequently misused terms]]. "[[wiktionary: | Basically, I'm proposing that we overturn the decision of the aforementioned proposal, restrict the term "outer space" in favor of "cosmic", and also add "outer space" to the [[MarioWiki:Good writing#Frequently misused terms|list of frequently misused terms]]. "[[wiktionary:cosmic|Cosmic]]" refers to something that ''merely'' appears to be in outer space but isn't always ''in'' outer space, and thus is more well-defined, clear-cut, and appropriate for any case. | ||
'''Proposer:''' {{User|Toadette the Achiever}}<br> | '''Proposer:''' {{User|Toadette the Achiever}}<br> | ||