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== Re-merge with Pianta == | == Re-merge with Pianta == | ||
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See my comment above. The term "chuckster" is little more than a catchphrase used by the Piantas in that Pianta Village sub-area. The closest any of them come to actually ''defining'' "chuckster" is that one at the beginning, which provides the quote at the top of the article. It fails to actually explain what a chuckster ''is'', but it implies that not all Piantas that throw are "chucksters", whatever that may be. Therefore, us defining "chuckster" as any Pianta that throws is pretty much fanwank. The very idea that Piantas that throw are a "variant" is ''also'' fanwank; throwing is just a thing Piantas do, even if not all of them are ''seen'' doing it. | See my comment above. The term "chuckster" is little more than a catchphrase used by the Piantas in that Pianta Village sub-area. The closest any of them come to actually ''defining'' "chuckster" is that one at the beginning, which provides the quote at the top of the article. It fails to actually explain what a chuckster ''is'', but it implies that not all Piantas that throw are "chucksters", whatever that may be. Therefore, us defining "chuckster" as any Pianta that throws is pretty much fanwank. The very idea that Piantas that throw are a "variant" is ''also'' fanwank; throwing is just a thing Piantas do, even if not all of them are ''seen'' doing it. | ||
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== Rename back to Chuckster == | == Rename back to Chuckster == | ||
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Per the title of this proposal, I would like to rename this article back to Chuckster. I have not provided a merge option as I personally do believe these Piantas do fulfill a specific, identifiable gameplay function that warrants retaining their separate article. We have articles on similar gameplay-specific variants of existing species (with [[Woozy Guy]] being brought up in the previous proposal), and the NPC quoted at the top of the article does provide a fairly solid definition of these specific Piantas - one that will chuck you upward or backward when spoken to. | Per the title of this proposal, I would like to rename this article back to Chuckster. I have not provided a merge option as I personally do believe these Piantas do fulfill a specific, identifiable gameplay function that warrants retaining their separate article. We have articles on similar gameplay-specific variants of existing species (with [[Woozy Guy]] being brought up in the previous proposal), and the NPC quoted at the top of the article does provide a fairly solid definition of these specific Piantas - one that will chuck you upward or backward when spoken to. | ||
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#{{User|Power Flotzo}} Per all. | #{{User|Power Flotzo}} Per all. | ||
#{{user|Lakituthequick}} Per all. | #{{user|Lakituthequick}} Per all. | ||
====Do nothing==== | ====Do nothing==== | ||
<s>#{{user|7feetunder}} My stance is unchanged. The idea to rename this page to begin with wasn't mine; I always wanted to merge the thing, and I still do. As Hewer said on the last proposal, we don't have a separate article for the Volbonans stuck to walls that fling Mario when he captures them, and this is pretty much the same deal. I have no interest in undoing the rename either - the term "chuckster" may be official, but the definition we're trying to assign to it is still effectively fanon. The counterargument effectively boils down to "it's close enough", which is not convincing me | #{{User|Hewer}} The reason I supported the move was solely because of the most recent name policy, since I believe Pianta Thrower is the most recent name. The proposal doesn't really address this argument, just says that we should prioritise the older guide for some reason. Also, what most fans call it is not a valid argument for moving pages, see [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Blue Shell]]. | ||
<s>#{{user|7feetunder}} My stance is unchanged. The idea to rename this page to begin with wasn't mine; I always wanted to merge the thing, and I still do. As Hewer said on the last proposal, we don't have a separate article for the Volbonans stuck to walls that fling Mario when he captures them, and this is pretty much the same deal. I have no interest in undoing the rename either - the term "chuckster" may be official, but the definition we're trying to assign to it is still effectively fanon. The counterargument effectively boils down to "it's close enough", which is not convincing me.</s> | |||
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:::The difference with Bomber Bill is that a) the character appeared frequently and recently as Banzai Bill and b) "Bomber Bill" was only used in Mario Portal and the movie, which both had a number of oddities that we didn't move pages over, and to my knowledge this doesn't apply to Mario Party 8's Prima guide. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 03:06, September 21, 2023 (EDT) | :::The difference with Bomber Bill is that a) the character appeared frequently and recently as Banzai Bill and b) "Bomber Bill" was only used in Mario Portal and the movie, which both had a number of oddities that we didn't move pages over, and to my knowledge this doesn't apply to Mario Party 8's Prima guide. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 03:06, September 21, 2023 (EDT) | ||
::::Per FWD's comment, the Pianta Throwers' page directly lists their most recent appearance as ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''. [[MarioWiki:Naming#Naming an article|Our naming policy]] mentions that the most common modern English name should be used for an article's title - most SMS guidebooks refer to the throwing Piantas as Chucksters, making it common, and the text has been left unchanged in the re-release, making it modern. As such, the name Chuckster should take priority regardless of the Mario Party 8 guidebook's oddities or lack thereof. In the event all of this falls through some fairly specific cracks in our policies, [[MarioWiki:Naming#Name changes|the section on name changes]] only mentions changing names in "certain cases" and leaves it up to the users to decide how aliases/nicknames should be dealt with, which the TPP is essentially already handling on some level. - [[User:Turboo|Turboo]] ([[User talk:Turboo|talk]]) 03:43, September 21, 2023 (EDT) | ::::Per FWD's comment, the Pianta Throwers' page directly lists their most recent appearance as ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''. [[MarioWiki:Naming#Naming an article|Our naming policy]] mentions that the most common modern English name should be used for an article's title - most SMS guidebooks refer to the throwing Piantas as Chucksters, making it common, and the text has been left unchanged in the re-release, making it modern. As such, the name Chuckster should take priority regardless of the Mario Party 8 guidebook's oddities or lack thereof. In the event all of this falls through some fairly specific cracks in our policies, [[MarioWiki:Naming#Name changes|the section on name changes]] only mentions changing names in "certain cases" and leaves it up to the users to decide how aliases/nicknames should be dealt with, which the TPP is essentially already handling on some level. - [[User:Turboo|Turboo]] ([[User talk:Turboo|talk]]) 03:43, September 21, 2023 (EDT) | ||