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Completely separate articles or not, I'm starting to see Memoryman3's points in his various talk page contributions. Yeah, I don't agree with his actions (he was handed a last warning yesterday for edit warring and putting through unsettled proposals), but it is looking like it's completely arbitrary the similar articles we have being merged or split. While the Daisy Blossom talk is very heavily [[MarioWiki:Good_writing#Fan_worship|fan worship]], our [[MarioWiki:New articles|new articles policy]] doesn't make a mention for every specific article. Everything with a different name should have its own page, though if it does the exact same thing as something else, it's merged. This makes sense for names like [[Star Thwomp]] and [[Super Thwomp]], or [[Unagi]] and [[Maw-Ray]], or all of the [[Special_Shot#Mario_Tennis_Aces|Special Shot]]s in ''Mario Tennis Aces'' because they literally are the same subject. But by the standards we have given ourselves, [[Daisy Blossom]], [[Azure Roller]], etc. qualify both for separate pages as well as merged ones. By that point, [[Goombo]] should be merged with [[Goomba]] because they both wonder into Mario, take one stomp to defeat, and is a Goomba. We also have separate articles for [[MarioWiki:Minor NPCs|very minor NPCs]], which makes it seem like we give everything with a name it's own page, yet we recently cut back on our ''Smash Bros.'' content, merging every non-Mario special move with its character. There is also the [[MarioWiki:Once and only once|once and only once]] policy, which means duplicated information should just be in one place.
Completely separate articles or not, I'm starting to see Memoryman3's points in his various talk page contributions. Yeah, I don't agree with his actions (he was handed a last warning yesterday for edit warring and putting through unsettled proposals), but it is looking like it's completely arbitrary the similar articles we have being merged or split. While the Daisy Blossom talk is very heavily [[MarioWiki:Good_writing#Fan_worship|fan worship]], our [[MarioWiki:New articles|new articles policy]] doesn't make a mention for every specific article. Everything with a different name should have its own page, though if it does the exact same thing as something else, it's merged. This makes sense for names like [[Star Thwomp]] and [[Super Thwomp]], or [[Unagi]] and [[Maw-Ray]], or all of the [[Special_Shot#Mario_Tennis_Aces|Special Shot]]s in ''Mario Tennis Aces'' because they literally are the same subject. But by the standards we have given ourselves, [[Daisy Blossom]], [[Azure Roller]], etc. qualify both for separate pages as well as merged ones. By that point, [[Goombo]] should be merged with [[Goomba]] because they both wonder into Mario, take one stomp to defeat, and is a Goomba. We also have separate articles for [[MarioWiki:Minor NPCs|very minor NPCs]], which makes it seem like we give everything with a name it's own page, yet we recently cut back on our ''Smash Bros.'' content, merging every non-Mario special move with its character. There is also the [[MarioWiki:Once and only once|once and only once]] policy, which means duplicated information should just be in one place.


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:The fan worship on display in those previous cases did indeed contribute to many of our opposing votes - but not only do the other arguments we made in opposition remain valid independent of that, said fan worship did in fact contribute to a majority of the basis for the split (to speak nothing of the disruption of proceedings thereof). There were additional citations of fandom convenience as a benefit of the split, along with an allegation of influencers in the Smash community trying to drive down the popularity of certain characters - the basis for the split was thus demonstrably based in matters of fandom, so much so that it not only provably compromised the integrity of the argument in light of all the above, but also proceeded to dominate discussion thereof. As I noted in specific regards to that, we are not obligated to act in the interests of popularity or public opinion in either direction, nor are we obligated to act solely in service of convenience to a vaguely defined subset of people within our overall audience, especially over any other such subset. Righting "great fandom wrongs" is established as well outside our scope of encyclopedic coverage.
:The fan worship on display in those previous cases did indeed contribute to many of our opposing votes - but not only do the other arguments we made in opposition remain valid independent of that, said fan worship did in fact contribute to a majority of the basis for the split (to speak nothing of the disruption of proceedings thereof). There were additional citations of fandom convenience as a benefit of the split, along with an allegation of influencers in the Smash community trying to drive down the popularity of certain characters - the basis for the split was thus demonstrably based in matters of fandom, so much so that it not only provably compromised the integrity of the argument in light of all the above, but also proceeded to dominate discussion thereof. As I noted in specific regards to that, we are not obligated to act in the interests of popularity or public opinion in either direction, nor are we obligated to act solely in service of convenience to a vaguely defined subset of people within our overall audience, especially over any other such subset. Righting "great fandom wrongs" is established as well outside our scope of encyclopedic coverage.


:Additionally, among the facts that the above-cited fan worship has heavily obfuscated is the fact that this does involve something of a rather "edge" case - the reason we merged a lot of the non-Mario Smash Bros. articles [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/51#Smash Bros. Articles: What Stays and What Goes?|goes back to a 2018 proposal on the matter]], so this potentially ties indirectly ties into a larger question of scope. Of the Smash Bros. characters determined to be sufficiently within our current scope, Daisy is currently the only Echo Fighter to have moves that are covered on an article outside her own main article - and yet, because they seem to be so heavily similar to the base moves, they do not seem to warrant articles of their own as of yet. It's an interesting dilemma to be sure, certain though I still am in my position on that matter. Would a split do any tangible harm to the wiki? Not in itself, no. Is there sufficient reasoning beyond "nothing bad could come of it"? In my opinion, no. Is the all-or-nothing method that suggests covering everything exactly the same way - which was used as the basis for a split of that page or a merging of some others - itself harmful? I certainly believe so, and whatever we decide on, I will remain steadfast in suggesting that any such slant to the extreme point of either "side" be avoided.
:Additionally, among the facts that the above-cited fan worship has heavily obfuscated is the fact that this does involve something of a rather "edge" case - the reason we merged a lot of the non-Mario Smash Bros. articles [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive 51#Smash Bros. Articles: What Stays and What Goes?|goes back to a 2018 proposal on the matter]], so this potentially ties indirectly ties into a larger question of scope. Of the Smash Bros. characters determined to be sufficiently within our current scope, Daisy is currently the only Echo Fighter to have moves that are covered on an article outside her own main article - and yet, because they seem to be so heavily similar to the base moves, they do not seem to warrant articles of their own as of yet. It's an interesting dilemma to be sure, certain though I still am in my position on that matter. Would a split do any tangible harm to the wiki? Not in itself, no. Is there sufficient reasoning beyond "nothing bad could come of it"? In my opinion, no. Is the all-or-nothing method that suggests covering everything exactly the same way - which was used as the basis for a split of that page or a merging of some others - itself harmful? I certainly believe so, and whatever we decide on, I will remain steadfast in suggesting that any such slant to the extreme point of either "side" be avoided.


:(As an additional note: While ZeldaWiki's situation ''sounds'' like the type I wish to avoid with regards to hyper-specific coverage in a general sense, I do agree that we should try to keep away from anything sounding like "we should/shouldn't do it because this third party does/doesn't it". It can ''potentially'' serve as a valid example, of where applying "broad strokes" standards can lead, but for the sake of the argument I'm not too compelled to lean as hard on it. Just because a style of coverage ''doesn't'' work for one wiki doesn't mean it ''won't'' work for us - though between the flaws inherent to that style and the standard which MarioWiki holds itself to, I'm not inclined to believe it necessarily ''will''.)
:(As an additional note: While ZeldaWiki's situation ''sounds'' like the type I wish to avoid with regards to hyper-specific coverage in a general sense, I do agree that we should try to keep away from anything sounding like "we should/shouldn't do it because this third party does/doesn't it". It can ''potentially'' serve as a valid example, of where applying "broad strokes" standards can lead, but for the sake of the argument I'm not too compelled to lean as hard on it. Just because a style of coverage ''doesn't'' work for one wiki doesn't mean it ''won't'' work for us - though between the flaws inherent to that style and the standard which MarioWiki holds itself to, I'm not inclined to believe it necessarily ''will''.)
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::As for the Heart Ball and the Flower Ball, those actually are different in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' if the page is correct, unlike the Blossoms which are the exact same in the only game where they appear together. So the balls should stay split. This is further proof of how this thing really can't be turned into a consistent policy, as there is too many factor that can affect our decision, which are sometimes different when combined with other factors. {{User:Doomhiker/sig}} 15:47, October 22, 2019 (EDT)
::As for the Heart Ball and the Flower Ball, those actually are different in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' if the page is correct, unlike the Blossoms which are the exact same in the only game where they appear together. So the balls should stay split. This is further proof of how this thing really can't be turned into a consistent policy, as there is too many factor that can affect our decision, which are sometimes different when combined with other factors. {{User:Doomhiker/sig}} 15:47, October 22, 2019 (EDT)
:::...hence the statement: "The former two are sufficiently differentiated in gameplay in my opinion", in support of that. May have misread me there. :B I also played the original Superstar Baseball quite thoroughly. --{{User:Lord Grammaticus/sig}} 18:42, October 22, 2019 (EDT)
:::...hence the statement: "The former two are sufficiently differentiated in gameplay in my opinion", in support of that. May have misread me there. :B I also played the original Superstar Baseball quite thoroughly. --{{User:Lord Grammaticus/sig}} 18:42, October 22, 2019 (EDT)
That's all well and good, however, we have yet to see an example of moves and techniques with two different names and appearances (within a game) being merged into one article. We also have zero proof that the Bell and Funk S'crow moves are different at all, the main charactersitics of the two moves being exactly the same. --[[User:Memoryman3| memoryman3]] ([[User talk:Memoryman3|talk]]) 12:58, November 4, 2019 (EST)
:You might want to read before replying.
"I believe that the pages should safely remain split in the absence of anything from the game itself that suggests either is directly derived from the other, and especially if such mechanical differences between S'Crow Bell and S'crow Funk are found and determined to be sufficient." As in, we haven't really looked into the matter yet, in addition to the previously discussed difference between RPG techniques and fighting game moves. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, I figure. --{{User:Lord Grammaticus/sig}} 13:15, November 4, 2019 (EST)
Sorry for bringing this up again, but I have made a sandbox style page of where [[User:Memoryman3/Sandbox#Daisy_Blossom|Peach Blossom and Daisy Blossom would be split.]], Peach Blossom's page would look cleaner if we diverted all the Daisy changes to it's own page don't you think. Also I noticed that [[Mole Mario]] and [[Luigi Dunk]] have their own pages despite being nearly identical moves, on the basis they have different names. --[[User:Memoryman3| memoryman3]] ([[User talk:Memoryman3|talk]]) 15:57, December 19, 2019 (EST)
:The page looks perfectly clean as it is, your split version was identical except for the gallery. About Mole Mario and Luigi Dunk, I’d honestly be for merging them, due to their lack of mechanical differences. {{User:TheDarkStar/sig}} 17:07, December 19, 2019 (EST)
::Yeah, I'd be for the Mario Bros. moves there getting merged as well, but that's a different matter. There really isn't anything different you can say about Daisy Blossom other than the aesthetic "It's orange." Same problem as last time, there isn't enough differences to warrant a separate page. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 17:42, December 19, 2019 (EST)
:::There's several pages of moves, techniques and non-entity items being almost identical. If we dig through and merge all of them? I say we adopt the shared name policy introuduced by Nintendo in Mario Kart Tour - where even if two entites are extremely similar, if they do not share the exact same name and appearance, and co-exist, then they are not considered the same and deserve seperate articles. This would cover everything from Daisy's named moves, the different karts and gliders, to moves such as S'crow Bell and S'crow Funk, and the Mario Mole/Luigi Dunk moves. Something like Star and Super Thwomp would be treated as the same thing, since they are literally one enitity. Power Star and Grand Star for Rosalina Final Smashes would be considered one aswell. This I feel prevents bias (There's more differences between the Blossoms than just colors, but there's an acknowledgement that they are very similar too and people can make their own judgement), and is friendlier for organisation overall. --[[User:Memoryman3| memoryman3]] ([[User talk:Memoryman3|talk]]) 17:53, December 19, 2019 (EST)
::::As far as the Mario & Luigi move goes, it's a bit more complicated than just those two. Across the series there's Luigi Dunk (SS), Baby Drill (PiT), Drill Bros. (BIS), Mole Mario (DT), and Trio Drill (PJ). For some reason, Baby Drill is merged with Drill Bros. despite different names, while all the others are split. So, either we should split Baby Drill for consistency, or just merge them all into one page. For everything else you said, I still see no reason whatsoever to split Daisy's moves, and a "one size fits all" policy in this case is a bad idea. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 18:06, December 19, 2019 (EST)
::::I would personally split Baby Drill and Drill Bros. for consistency, as that and Daisy's moves are the only moves in the entire wiki that don't adhere to the policy I proposed above. We have seperate pages for pretty much every seperate entity that is of a different name already. The wiki can handle more. --[[User:Memoryman3| memoryman3]] ([[User talk:Memoryman3|talk]]) 08:34, December 21, 2019 (EST)
== Deciding to re-revisit discussion. ==
The 2018 Smash proposal mentioned is actually part of a web of Smash Proposals. The latest Smash proposal was [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/61#Trim_and_merge_Smash_spirits_and_stickers|this]], which referenced [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/61##Trim_the_Smash_Bros_trophies_page|this one]]. The same year, [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/61#Trim_the_Smash_Bros_trophies_page|this proposal]] happened, which was a proposal to change [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/61#Merge_certain_non-Mario_fighters_from_the_Super_Smash_Bros._series_into_game-specific_lists_and_trim_away_detailed_special_move_information_for_all_non-Mario_fighters|this proposal]] because "...I done brain farted...". Said proposal referenced [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/52#Delete_the_bonuses_pages_from_the_Super_Smash_Bros._series|this proposal]], [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/59#Merging_non-Mario_Smash_Bros._series_bosses_and_the_remaining_enemies._Round_3.21|this proposal]] (which in turn referenced [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/59#Merging_Smash_Bros._objects:_Round_2!|the previous one]], and [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/59#Merge_unrelated_to_Mario_objects_and_items_in_the_Smash_Bros._series|the 1st one]](which was also referenced in the 2nd one)), and the latter proposal ([[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/59#Merge_unrelated_to_Mario_objects_and_items_in_the_Smash_Bros._series|this one]]), which in turn referenced [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/51#Smash_Bros._Articles:_What_Stays_and_What_Goes?|this one]], which in turn referenced [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/51#Make_an_exception_for_the_Super_Smash_Bros._series_in_our_coverage_policy|this proposal]]. A similar proposal was [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/60#Merging_non-Mario_Subspace_Emissary_and_Adventure_Mode_stages|this one]], which referenced [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/60#Merge_all_non-Mario_universe_Super_Smash_Bros._Stages_into_a_collective_article|this one]]. There's also [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/59#Merge_or_delete_Super_Smash_Bros._series_general_technique_articles|this one]] (which references "the 1st one"), [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/56#Remove_non-Mario_characters_from_the_trophies.2C_Assist_Trophy.2C_stickers.2C_and_Spirit_pages|this one]], etc. {{User|SONIC123CDMANIA+&K(B&ATSA)}} 16:32, December 12, 2023 (CST)

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