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===Comments===
===Comments===
==Keep the ''Mario & Luigi'' Clothing pages as list articles==
==Keep the ''Mario & Luigi'' Clothing pages as list articles==
{{Settled TPP}}
{{TPP}}
{{Proposal outcome|failed|6-5-9|continue with split proposal}}
Back in 2021, a proposal passed to [[Talk:Clothing#Split everything here|split every single clothing item from the ''Mario & Luigi'' series]]. Since then, nobody has implemented this proposal (probably due to the massive undertaking that it is), and I believe it should be overturned for a number of reasons.
Back in 2021, a proposal passed to [[Talk:Clothing#Split everything here|split every single clothing item from the ''Mario & Luigi'' series]]. Since then, nobody has implemented this proposal (probably due to the massive undertaking that it is), and I believe it should be overturned for a number of reasons.


# '''Each page's content would be extremely small and repetitive.''' Every page would follow the pattern of "'''Name''' is a type of Clothing in ''Mario & Luigi Game''. It is a ''[type of clothing]'' that can be found at ''[store/drop/etc]'' and has ''[stats]''." Unlike the [[Super_Mario_RPG:_Legend_of_the_Seven_Stars#Armor|Armor]] from ''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'', no article of clothing even gets its own image, instead taking from a set of generic sprites each game. All relevant information can and already is conveyed through the tables from their respective pages. Sure, they are a bit long, but that is the reason these pages are made in the first place.
# '''Each page's content would be extremely small and repetitive.''' Every page would follow the pattern of "'''Name''' is a type of Clothing in ''Mario & Luigi Game''. It is a ''[type of clothing]'' that can be found at ''[store/drop/etc]'' and has ''[stats]''." Unlike the [[Super_Mario_RPG:_Legend_of_the_Seven_Stars#Armor|Armor]] from ''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'', no article of clothing even gets its own image, instead taking from a set of generic sprites each game. All relevant information can and already is conveyed through the tables from their respective pages. Sure, they are a bit long, but that is the reason these pages are made in the first place.
# '''There are literally hundreds of those items.''' in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', there are already over a hundred items between clothing and badges. Count up to ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' and we have well over five hundred of them. Is it really worth it to have over five hundred stub pages of barely three lines of information and not even a unique icon?
# '''There are literally hundreds of those items.''' in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', there are already over a hundred items between clothing and badges. Count up to ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' and we have well over five hundred of them. Is it really worth it to have over five hundred stub pages of barely three lines of information and not even a unique icon?  
#'''Missing information can still be added to the table articles.''' From the original proposal, the only piece of information lacking in the current pages is regarding returning gear between games. That's a vastly low percentage of the total gear in the series. This information can simply be added as notes at the bottom of each page, pointing to the relevant items above, or through some other method that can be discussed at a later point.
#'''Missing information can still be added to the table articles.''' From the original proposal, the only piece of information lacking in the current pages is regarding returning gear between games. That's a vastly low percentage of the total gear in the series. This information can simply be added as notes at the bottom of each page, pointing to the relevant items above, or through some other method that can be discussed at a later point.


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====Keep the ''Mario & Luigi'' Clothing pages as list articles by game====
====Keep the ''Mario & Luigi'' Clothing pages as list articles by game====
#{{User|LadySophie17}} Primary choice.
#{{User|LadySophie17}} Primary choice.
#{{User|Jdtendo}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Secondary choice.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Secondary choice.
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#{{User|DrBaskerville}} Per all, particularly Pseudo.  The fact that the original proposal was never implemented due to the massive undertaking and a general sense of this being a low priority underscores that it is not needed.
#{{User|DrBaskerville}} Per all, particularly Pseudo.  The fact that the original proposal was never implemented due to the massive undertaking and a general sense of this being a low priority underscores that it is not needed.
<strike>{{User|Pseudo}} This is a highly sensible proposal, and the fact that no one has actually stepped up to create these 500+ articles after almost three whole years is quite telling. I don't think that splitting different types of gear into separate articles is useful either, since they already have sections on each respective page and are perfectly navigable as-is.</strike>
<strike>{{User|Pseudo}} This is a highly sensible proposal, and the fact that no one has actually stepped up to create these 500+ articles after almost three whole years is quite telling. I don't think that splitting different types of gear into separate articles is useful either, since they already have sections on each respective page and are perfectly navigable as-is.</strike>
<br><strike>{{User|Jdtendo}} Per proposal.</strike>


====Split the ''Mario & Luigi'' Clothing list articles by clothing type and game====
====Split the ''Mario & Luigi'' Clothing list articles by clothing type and game====
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#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Personal preference. This strikes a balance of being more organized and having more room for clarification, while not flooding the wiki with a bunch of short articles. (As an aside, we dislike the idea of calling them "stubs" as if it's a bad thing, and also as if [[Pesky Billboard|an article's byte size is directly related to how feature-complete it is]].)
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Personal preference. This strikes a balance of being more organized and having more room for clarification, while not flooding the wiki with a bunch of short articles. (As an aside, we dislike the idea of calling them "stubs" as if it's a bad thing, and also as if [[Pesky Billboard|an article's byte size is directly related to how feature-complete it is]].)
#{{User|SolemnStormcloud}} Per all.
#{{User|SolemnStormcloud}} Per all.
#{{User|Jdtendo}} Secondary choice.
#{{User|Technetium}} Secondary choice.
#{{User|Technetium}} Secondary choice.
<strike>{{User|Jdtendo}} Secondary choice.</strike>


====Continue with the 2021 split proposal====
====Continue with the 2021 split proposal====
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:I'd say the primary benefit is better coverage of each individual item, especially for recurring items, helping keep all the information about an item and how it changes in remakes/other games in the same place (this extends to the names in other languages too, Power Moons are a bit different since they're only in one game). And again, consistency with other RPGs. [[List of Badges in Paper Mario]] exists, yet we still give each badge its own page as well. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 16:00, June 26, 2024 (EDT)
:I'd say the primary benefit is better coverage of each individual item, especially for recurring items, helping keep all the information about an item and how it changes in remakes/other games in the same place (this extends to the names in other languages too, Power Moons are a bit different since they're only in one game). And again, consistency with other RPGs. [[List of Badges in Paper Mario]] exists, yet we still give each badge its own page as well. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 16:00, June 26, 2024 (EDT)
I'll concede that I got what I wanted: More people to look at the old proposal. Since enough people seem to agree with the previous decision, I suppose I can accept any outcome. {{User:LadySophie17/sig}} 17:51, July 5, 2024 (EDT)
I'll concede that I got what I wanted: More people to look at the old proposal. Since enough people seem to agree with the previous decision, I suppose I can accept any outcome. {{User:LadySophie17/sig}} 17:51, July 5, 2024 (EDT)
On a second thought, I don't care that much whether lists or individual pages should be used, and I removed my votes. I'm simply hoping that if we continue with the 2021 proposal, someone who voted for that option will actually implement the split proposal rather than leave it on the "Unimplemented" pile for years to come. {{User:Jdtendo/sig}} 09:45, July 15, 2024 (EDT)
==Make a template for a clothing infobox?==
{{talk}}
Now that the above proposal failed and the clothing pages still need to be split, I was wondering how we'd go about that exactly, especially when none of the clothes have unique icons or art. That's when it hit me: Maybe a new template could be made for M&L clothing, sort of similar to the Paper Mario badge template? Showing the important stats, price, description, etc. That would not only look better than a bunch of item infoboxes with the same or no images, and would get information across more efficiently. Also like with Paper Mario badges, I think we should definitely still keep this page and the lists by game, as it allows for easy access to each individual page for more info. Maybe this was already said before and I missed it, though. Anyway, I'd be down for a clothing infobox, but I have no experience making infoboxes and can't make one myself. --[[User:Technetium|Technetium]] ([[User talk:Technetium|talk]]) 19:18, July 18, 2024 (EDT)
:I support the idea of an infobox for clothing. I think that the first step should be making a list of the properties that shall be included in the template, akin to the following table, before actually implementing it. {{User:Jdtendo/sig}} 10:31, July 19, 2024 (EDT)
{| style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:2em;" cellpadding="3" border="1"
|-
| name
| Name of the gear.
|-
| buy_price
| Purchase price of the gear.
|-
| description
| In-game description of the gear.
|-
| ...
| ...
|-
|}

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