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The [https://archive.ph/IMSwG English Mario Portal] has a new name for this enemy: '''Bone Twister'''. Now, I don't want to jump the gun on this one since the current name is English and has been around since 2007 (basically its only appearance barring ''3D All-Stars''). However, the article does use an identifier, so the newer name would be more convenient, and perhaps more technically accurate if it's not considered a Tweester. I do want to point out that web content, especially non-guide material, has the same naming priority as the trading card that this came from. I'm curious if others think this should be moved or kept. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 21:01, August 13, 2022 (EDT)
The [https://archive.ph/IMSwG English Mario Portal] has a new name for this enemy: '''Bone Twister'''. Now, I don't want to jump the gun on this one since the current name is English and has been around since 2007 (basically its only appearance barring ''3D All-Stars''). However, the article does use an identifier, so the newer name would be more convenient, and perhaps more technically accurate if it's not considered a Tweester. I do want to point out that web content, especially non-guide material, has the same naming priority as the trading card that this came from. I'm curious if others think this should be moved or kept. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 21:01, August 13, 2022 (EDT)
:''Do'' these two sources have the same naming priority? Looking at [[MarioWiki:Naming]], I understood "officially Nintendo-licensed" to mean "third-party." That would apply to the trading cards, but surely not to content published on Nintendo's own website, right?<br />
:''Do'' these two sources have the same naming priority? Looking at [[MarioWiki:Naming]], I understood "officially Nintendo-licensed" to mean "third-party." That would apply to the trading cards, but surely not to content published on Nintendo's own website, right?<br />
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:::::That's fair; they definitely referenced us for certain terminology. The main concern here is names like "Plirp" and "Cyclo" which are more than likely sourced from an internal glossary of some sort. [[User:PopeLuigi|PopeLuigi]] ([[User talk:PopeLuigi|talk]]) 00:10, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
:::::That's fair; they definitely referenced us for certain terminology. The main concern here is names like "Plirp" and "Cyclo" which are more than likely sourced from an internal glossary of some sort. [[User:PopeLuigi|PopeLuigi]] ([[User talk:PopeLuigi|talk]]) 00:10, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
::::::There'd be no way of knowing unless, say, they also showed up in the ''Toadstool Tour'' leaderboards. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 00:14, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
::::::There'd be no way of knowing unless, say, they also showed up in the ''Toadstool Tour'' leaderboards. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 00:14, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
:::::Ehn, aside from obvious mistakes ("Moneybag," "Big Pirahna Plan," etc), simple macron removals, and contradicting names that are actively being used in games (eg "Bomber Bill"), these are mostly fair game for moves/splits/merges when matching the JP names relative to each other, especially for convenience updates. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 00:41, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
::::::I think I agree with that, though. The part I'm wary about is retitling things that have existing English names, like Huge Red Electrokoopa (which I feel should've at least had a discussion, although I understand the original names weren't very popular). [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 01:02, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
:::::::Problem is cases like this or Pokeynut being "Pokey," since the original is shared with a related entity, though admittedly [[Sleepy Boo]] runs into the opposite issue. And of course poor ''[[Monty (Super Mario Galaxy)|Mogu]]'' got the short end of the stick in that regard on two different occasions now. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 01:14, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
::::::::But then there's things like the Galoombas, where referring to them as such would run contrary to our "generally use the names from the time" approach. Nintendo looks like they're keen on retroactively applying the name for older appearances after decades, but that's not the wiki's style (same with how they seem to want to segregate release order per region when we go for the overall worldwide approach). This Tweester isn't too different in that regard. Though, I don't feel too strongly about it since we have things like source exception precedents for various case-by-case reasons. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 01:41, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
:::::::::Seems a similar case to Hootie the Blue Fish in my opinion and can be dealt with in a similar manner. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 01:47, August 14, 2022 (EDT)
::::::::::I'd be fine with that. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 01:52, August 14, 2022 (EDT)

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