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==Create a Blargg (species) page==
==Create a Blargg (species) page==
{{Settled TPP}}
{{SettledTPP}}
{{Proposal outcome|canceled}}
{{ProposalOutcome|canceled}}
I do not understand the meaning of the page. Is it a page for the Blargg that first appeared in Super Mario World or a page for the species as a whole? If I read the first line of text, this page is for Blargg who first appeared in Super Mario World. So, I propose a small clean up to this page and create a page for the Blargg species. Since there are several types of Blargg now. After all, we have a page for the Koopa species, a page for the Boom Boom species, a page for the Yoshi species and so on. It also would provide a better built page for the enemy and for the species, because presently this page was yet to Blargg from Super Mario World and now it resembles a page for the species.
I do not understand the meaning of the page. Is it a page for the Blargg that first appeared in Super Mario World or a page for the species as a whole? If I read the first line of text, this page is for Blargg who first appeared in Super Mario World. So, I propose a small clean up to this page and create a page for the Blargg species. Since there are several types of Blargg now. After all, we have a page for the Koopa species, a page for the Boom Boom species, a page for the Yoshi species and so on. It also would provide a better built page for the enemy and for the species, because presently this page was yet to Blargg from Super Mario World and now it resembles a page for the species.
To be more specific about what I want to do :
To be more specific about what I want to do :
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==Confirmed subspecies?==
==Confirmed subspecies?==
{{talk}}
Are [[Magmaargh]], [[Magmaw]], [[Sandmaargh]], and [[Charvaargh]] officially confirmed anywhere to be actual Blarggs? The name structure is somewhat similar in English, admittedly, but the Japanese names have no reference to Blarggs. Furthermore, aside from the blobbish Yoshi ones, Blarggs hadn't appeared in years, so it's unlikely that Nintendo would introduce a subspecies without reintroducing the original along with it. All four of the "Magmaargh" varieties have characteristics resembling dinosaurs and eastern dragons (yes including [[Magmaw]], it has a spine plate thing going on), while Blarggs haven't resembled anything remotely reptilian since ''[[Super Mario World]]''. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:07, 6 October 2017 (EDT)
Are [[Magmaargh]], [[Magmaw]], [[Sandmaargh]], and [[Charvaargh]] officially confirmed anywhere to be actual Blarggs? The name structure is somewhat similar in English, admittedly, but the Japanese names have no reference to Blarggs. Furthermore, aside from the blobbish Yoshi ones, Blarggs hadn't appeared in years, so it's unlikely that Nintendo would introduce a subspecies without reintroducing the original along with it. All four of the "Magmaargh" varieties have characteristics resembling dinosaurs and eastern dragons (yes including [[Magmaw]], it has a spine plate thing going on), while Blarggs haven't resembled anything remotely reptilian since ''[[Super Mario World]]''. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:07, 6 October 2017 (EDT)
:[[Magmaargh]]'s Japanese name is based on [[Blargg]]'s (and by extension, so is [[Magmaw]]'s), and [[Sandmaargh]]/[[Charvaargh]] don't have Japanese names listed, so I can't really comment on them. [[User:Niiue|Niiue]] ([[User talk:Niiue|talk]]) 21:02, 5 November 2017 (EST)
:[[Magmaargh]]'s Japanese name is based on [[Blargg]]'s (and by extension, so is [[Magmaw]]'s), and [[Sandmaargh]]/[[Charvaargh]] don't have Japanese names listed, so I can't really comment on them. [[User:Niiue|Niiue]] ([[User talk:Niiue|talk]]) 21:02, 5 November 2017 (EST)
::How is "Ūgan" based off of "Unbaba?" That they have what is written as a U in English? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 21:15, 30 January 2018 (EST)
::How is "Ūgan" based off of "Unbaba?" That they have what is written as a U in English? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 21:15, 30 January 2018 (EST)
:::Much later, I'll end this by pointing out that Magmaargh's internal file name in SMG2 is, in fact, Unbaba, so it was indeed designed using Blargg as a basis. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 19:49, August 7, 2023 (EDT)


== Merge YS-related parts of this article to "Red Blargg" ==
== Merge YS-related parts of this article to "Red Blargg" ==
{{Settled TPP}}
{{TPP}}
{{Proposal outcome|failed|0-3-8}}
Yoshi's Story depicts Blarggs as blob-like beings with large mouths, small arms and beady eyes. Perhaps there's a possibility to merge YS-related parts of the "Blargg" article with "Red Blargg", since I made a proposal on deciding what to do with that article.
Yoshi's Story depicts Blarggs as blob-like beings with large mouths, small arms and beady eyes. Perhaps there's a possibility to merge YS-related parts of the "Blargg" article with "Red Blargg", since I made a proposal on deciding what to do with that article.


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===Support===
===Support===
<s>#{{User|GuntherBB}} Per proposal</s>
===Split into "Blargg" and "Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')"===
#{{User|GuntherBB}} Per proposal
#{{User|GuntherBB}} Per proposal
#{{User|Arend}} Most preferable option; see comments.
#{{User|ThePowerPlayer}} If [[Gargantua Blargg]] and [[Gargantua Blargg (tall)]] can be split, so can the ''Yoshi's Story'' Blarggs, which have an entirely different design and size from either the original dinosaurs from ''Super Mario World'' or the beady-eyed, armless blobs from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.


===Oppose===
===Oppose===
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Red Blargg is meant to be a "small" version of Blargg. The ''Yoshi's Story'' Blarggs are anything but "small." EDIT: Regarding new option, it still seems more like a retrofitting of new design elements, like what happened to [[Rocky Wrench]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
#{{user|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Red Blargg is meant to be a "small" version of Blargg. The ''Yoshi's Story'' Blarggs are anything but "small."
#{{User|LinkTheLefty}} I've heard of connecting ''Yoshi's Story'' Blargg with Gargantua Blargg, but this is new. Like Doc said.
#{{User|LinkTheLefty}} I've heard of connecting ''Yoshi's Story'' Blargg with Gargantua Blargg, but this is new. Like Doc said.
#{{user|Axis}} per Doc
#{{user|Axis}} per Doc
#{{User|Tails777}} Per Doc
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per Doc von Schmeltwick.
#{{User|PaperSplash}} - Per Doc von Schmeltwick.
#{{User|Blinker}} Per Doc von Schmeltwick.
#{{User|Hewer}} Per all.


===Comments===
===Comments===
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::Okay. Who can cancel the proposal in favor so I can make a new one on splitting it into "Blargg" and "Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')"? --{{User:GuntherBB/sig}} 20:58, July 29, 2023 (EDT)
::Okay. Who can cancel the proposal in favor so I can make a new one on splitting it into "Blargg" and "Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')"? --{{User:GuntherBB/sig}} 20:58, July 29, 2023 (EDT)
:::CANCEL?!? My man, you can simply ''add'' a voting option to Split the YS Blargg from this page to "Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')" to the current proposal instead. [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Rules|Rule 14]] states that proposals can be rewritten or deleted within 3 days after they're created, or within 6 days if they're talk page proposals like this one; and it hasn't been two full days yet. There's still enough time to rewrite the proposal to accommodate to a third option. I've seen plenty of proposals that add a new option based on suggestions in the comments section, instead of completely cancelling it just to do a second take.<br>BTW, the same applies to [[Talk:Red Blargg#Decide what to do with "Red Blargg"|your other Blargg proposal]], since it's made on the same day: people have been requesting an option to move that Red Blargg page to "Blargg (small)", so you could add that fourth option for that proposal, too. {{User:Arend/sig}} 21:36, July 29, 2023 (EDT)
:::CANCEL?!? My man, you can simply ''add'' a voting option to Split the YS Blargg from this page to "Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')" to the current proposal instead. [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Rules|Rule 14]] states that proposals can be rewritten or deleted within 3 days after they're created, or within 6 days if they're talk page proposals like this one; and it hasn't been two full days yet. There's still enough time to rewrite the proposal to accommodate to a third option. I've seen plenty of proposals that add a new option based on suggestions in the comments section, instead of completely cancelling it just to do a second take.<br>BTW, the same applies to [[Talk:Red Blargg#Decide what to do with "Red Blargg"|your other Blargg proposal]], since it's made on the same day: people have been requesting an option to move that Red Blargg page to "Blargg (small)", so you could add that fourth option for that proposal, too. {{User:Arend/sig}} 21:36, July 29, 2023 (EDT)
@ThePowerPlayer: I feel like bringing up the Gargantua Blargg and Gargantua Blargg (tall) is not really the best example to compare this situation with: ''those'' have similar appearances, but distinctive Japanese names (regular Gargantua Blargg is Big Unbaba, but tall Gargantua Blargg is ''Super'' Big Unbaba); [[Talk:Gargantua Blargg (tall)#Keep article split|It's like I said in your proposal]]. Meanwhile, it's the inverse for the ''Super Mario World'' Blargg and ''Yoshi's Story'' Blargg: these two have completely different appearances, but ''the exact same names in both Japanese and English''.<br>A better example to bring up why ''Yoshi's Story'' Blargg should be split from ''Super Mario World'' Blargg is to look at other articles that have the same names (and ideally, behaviors), but distinctive appearances. {{User:Arend/sig}} 18:41, August 7, 2023 (EDT)
:How about Rocky Wrench? It also was redesigned based on a derived enemy (in its case, Monty Mole)... oh wait, I already mentioned that in my vote, whoops. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 19:46, August 7, 2023 (EDT)
::Yeah no, I was thinking more of [[Pokey|the]] [[Pokey (projectile)|three]] [[Pokey (heading)|Pokey]] articles we have on the wiki. These are all called "Pokey" in English ("Sanbo" in Japanese), and all look completely different from each other. ''Yoshi's Story'' Blargg is similar to that. {{User:Arend/sig}} 01:33, August 8, 2023 (EDT)
:::The difference there being that they all co-existed in a single game, proving that their differences aren't just game-to-game design changes. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 10:55, August 8, 2023 (EDT)
::::Heading Pokey was different in Japanese, it was Spiked Fun Guy that was the same (and listed as the same entity as the projectiles in guides). [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 10:59, August 8, 2023 (EDT)
== Decide what else Blargg can be split into ==
{{Settled TPP}}
{{Proposal outcome|vetoed|As pointed out by other users, this proposal violates rule 7 because the split option failed in the previous proposal and it is required to wait 4 weeks before making another one.}}
My proposal to either merge certain parts of this article to [[Red Blargg]] or split into the ''Yoshi's Story'' Blargg had just been declined, so I've come up with a new proposal, this time to decide what else Blargg can be split into: either split into Blargg and {{fake link|Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')}}; split into Blargg and {{fake link|Blargg (blobby)}}; split into Blargg and {{fake link|Blargg (big)}}; split into Blargg and {{fake link|Blargg (big blobby Blargg)}}; or leave it the way it is. Like I said in my last proposal, ''Yoshi's Story'' depicts the Blarggs here as big blobby beings with large mouths, small arms and beady eyes. For example, in German, Blarggs are also called Feuerdrache (i.e. Fire dragon), while big blobby Blarggs in ''Yoshi's Story'' are referred to as Dudel Sprudel (i.e. Fizzy doodle).
'''Proposer''': {{User|GuntherBB}}<br>
'''Deadline''': August 26, 2023, 23:59 GMT
===Split into the following: "Blargg", "Blargg (''Yoshi's Story'')"===
===Split into the following: "Blargg", "Blargg (big)"===
===Split into the following: "Blargg", "Blargg (blobby)"===
===Split into the following: "Blargg", "Blargg (big blobby Blargg)"===
#{{User|GuntherBB}} Per proposal
===Leave the way it is===
#{{User|Blinker}} Blargg is hardly the only returning enemy in Yoshi's Story with an unusual design or size. You got Piranha Plants with long spiked stems, huge Chomps, bright-pink bug-eyed Spiny Cheeps... Besides, it's not like the small and gargantua varieties are in the game, so regular Blargg is free to be whatever size it wants to be. That happens to Chain Chomp all the time. As for the blobbiness, what Doc von Schmeltwick said last proposal.
#{{User|Pseudo}} Per Blinker.
#{{User|ExoRosalina}} I think Doc von Schemeltwick said in the last proposal. Like Blinker said, Blargg is just a returning enemy with the design or size.
#{{User|Pizza Master}} Despite the different appearances, Nintendo doesn't refer to the other designs of Blarggs by different names so we shouldn't either.
#{{User|Hewer}} My problem with the last proposal was the idea of splitting the Yoshi's Story Blargg at all, not the identifier used by the split page (and all of the new suggestions are significantly worse anyway). Per all.
#{{User|ThePowerPlayer}} Per Blinker.
#{{User|MegaBowser64}} Splitting the article certainly shouldn't be a priority without valid reasons.
#{{User|Mushroom Head}} The page has a reasonable length, splitting it will cause them to be too short.
===Comments===
[[Gargantua Blargg]] already fits the role of the "big" Blargg, and doesn't this proposal violate [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Rules|rule 7]]? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 08:00, August 13, 2023 (EDT)
Their other proposal left the option for voting to split the Blargg article into "Blargg" and "Blargg (Yoshi's Story)". Since all of their descriptions of the 'other' Blargg in this proposal are obviously in reference to the Blarggs from [[Yoshi's Story]], then yes. This proposal should be taken down for violating [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Rules|Rule 7]]--{{User:Pizza Master/sig}} 23:25, August 14, 2023 (EDT)
:Although i wanna oppose, i'm gonna abstain for now. --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 10:41, August 16, 2023 (EDT)
Uh, why has this proposal not been cancelled yet? It's already been pointed out twice that this violates the rules. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 18:28, August 18, 2023 (EDT)
== Czar Dragon ==
I think that Czar dragon should be put onto either the relatives or notable members section of Blargg's page
I know that the Hooktail siblings (and by extension the Fracktail robots) have a name in Japanese associated with Blarggs, but considering that Czar Dragon has an identical face to a Blargg, with the same eyes, the same 4 buck teeth, and the same head shape, as well as being a lava based monster, I think it should be on this page.
{{Unsigned|Rendumguy}}
:Thing is, the Czar Dragon appears to be composed of [[Lava Babble]]s, a type of [[Lava Bubble]], something that, while also residing in pools of lava, is otherwise unrelated to Blargg. The Japanese name of the Czar Dragon, Kaiser Dragon, also doesn't make any direct connections to that of Blargg, Unbaba, being instead named after a Final Fantasy VI boss (wouldn't be the only SMRPG enemy that is named after a Final Fantasy boss creature). However, it has enough visual similarities that Czar Dragon at least deserves a mention on the Blargg page; Czar Dragon's page does mention its similarities to Blargg, too, so might as well. {{User:Arend/sig}} 13:04, September 12, 2024 (EDT)
::Blargg's own JP name may play off Lava Bubbles (BABuru, unBABa), admittedly. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 13:45, September 12, 2024 (EDT)
::See, this is one of those times where it would be nice if character infoboxes had parameters like variants, relatives etc. [[User:Blinker|Blinker]] ([[User talk:Blinker|talk]]) 16:33, September 12, 2024 (EDT)
:::I once made a character/species infobox. It got deleted via a proposal because of something about voice actors (couldn't make that up if I tried). But I agree those could be useful in cases like [[Hookbill the Koopa]], but if you consider how badly it could be abused for Mario it might be more trouble than it's worth. Note that on Triforce Wiki I gave the character infoboxes such parameters, but there's less franchise to deal with there. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 16:43, September 12, 2024 (EDT)

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