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#{{User|Doomhiker}} As I said before, the current name is still accurate, and while misleading, the {{tem|about}} and {{tem|distinguish}} templates (at least the former, the latter may be merged depending on the results of that page's proposal which I support) exist to help with potentially misleading names. Plus, if we really want to evade confusion, we can create redirects such as "Green Electrokoopa" and the like, which is now acceptable considering recent proposals. In fact, the Giant Koopa name has a small amount of potential confusion with it not specifying that it is specifically an Electrokoopa, and the much more well known Giant Koopas could lead readers to think that this enemy could not possibly have the same name and thus would not even look at the page. Regardless, I don't want to sacrifice a unique name without an identifier for clarity when we can have clarity via other means, even if it being moved to Giant Koopa is not the end of this world. Electroopa (Green) is not an option I support at all though, we should never prioritize a conjectural name other official ones, unless said names are plagiarized (which Giant Koopa and Huge Red are not, but Elecrokoopa (Green) was actually stolen). Same with the Japanese name, we should go for good (not stolen or generic) English names over a name in another language. | #{{User|Doomhiker}} As I said before, the current name is still accurate, and while misleading, the {{tem|about}} and {{tem|distinguish}} templates (at least the former, the latter may be merged depending on the results of that page's proposal which I support) exist to help with potentially misleading names. Plus, if we really want to evade confusion, we can create redirects such as "Green Electrokoopa" and the like, which is now acceptable considering recent proposals. In fact, the Giant Koopa name has a small amount of potential confusion with it not specifying that it is specifically an Electrokoopa, and the much more well known Giant Koopas could lead readers to think that this enemy could not possibly have the same name and thus would not even look at the page. Regardless, I don't want to sacrifice a unique name without an identifier for clarity when we can have clarity via other means, even if it being moved to Giant Koopa is not the end of this world. Electroopa (Green) is not an option I support at all though, we should never prioritize a conjectural name other official ones, unless said names are plagiarized (which Giant Koopa and Huge Red are not, but Elecrokoopa (Green) was actually stolen). Same with the Japanese name, we should go for good (not stolen or generic) English names over a name in another language. | ||
#{{User|1337star}} Every possible name is terrible, but this one's probably the least clunky, even if it has the red/green problem. | #{{User|1337star}} Every possible name is terrible, but this one's probably the least clunky, even if it has the red/green problem. | ||
#{{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} Even if on the surface it seems inaccurate, it still is accurate in that the species itself is called "Red Electrokoopa" in English. Additionally, from what I can tell it was ''never'' identified simply as "Electro-Koopa" itself, making that title inaccurate from an official literature-standpoint. "Huge Red Electrokoopa" is not inaccurate, it's a misnomer, which happens plenty, even in real-world species names (take the amount of species that have "-fish" or "-fly" in their names despite not being fish or flies). | |||
===Comments=== | ===Comments=== | ||
@Niiue We're not just considering the names themselves, but also the sources for them. "Electro-Koopa (green)" was a conjectural name that the Distasteful Encyclopedia took from us. The other names are official, but are from different sources. {{User:Obsessive Mario Fan/sig}} 11:42, August 21, 2019 (EDT) | @Niiue We're not just considering the names themselves, but also the sources for them. "Electro-Koopa (green)" was a conjectural name that the Distasteful Encyclopedia took from us. The other names are official, but are from different sources. {{User:Obsessive Mario Fan/sig}} 11:42, August 21, 2019 (EDT) | ||