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== Split again? ==
== Split again? ==
This article already reached 100 KB, I think they should be split into new pages under a name like '''Mario Party history of Mario''' or '''History of Mario in Mario Party'''. {{User:Derekblue1/sig}} 07:10, December 2, 2023 (EST)
This article already reached 100 KB, I think they should be split into new pages under a name like '''Mario Party history of Mario''' or '''History of Mario in Mario Party'''. {{User:Derekblue1/sig}} 07:10, December 2, 2023 (EST)
:Interesting that you mention this because I asked an admin about it earlier. I agree with a split, but I'm currently uncertain of how one could do it efficiently or what will have to be split. [[User:Super Game Gear|Super Game Gear]] ([[User talk:Super Game Gear|talk]]) 07:33, December 2, 2023 (EST)
:: Yes, and it is not only Mario. I noticed Luigi and Princess Peach; even Bowser's history is gigantic. I think we should split the article into different articles; the ones that can be left out are miscellaneous appearances. {{User:Derekblue1/sig}} 09:18, December 2, 2023 (EST)
:::Splitting this further is following the letter of the policy a little too closely, in my opinion. The article size policy, at its core, is for the benefit of readers by avoiding overly large pages and long loading times. Splitting history articles further by genre or sub-series compartmentalizes it too much which is more inconvenient for readers, and I'm skeptical that any of the resulting pages would be large enough to justify splitting. I don't think the article size policy is something that should be strictly adhered to unless 1. the page has issues with load times and 2. we can reasonably split it in a logical manner. For example, [[Super Mario Odyssey]] is also technically in violation of this policy, but I don't see how it can be split, nor do I think it should be. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 12:50, December 2, 2023 (EST)
:::I'd also like to add that many Mario Kart Tour-related pages are far more egregious violators of this policy in terms of byte size and actual loading times. (Just look at [[Special:Longpages]]!) If we're going to be working on long pages, we'd probably be better off working on those. I really think those should use text lists instead of images for everything. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 13:10, December 2, 2023 (EST)
:I thought splitting histories from a character's page was already a dubious move. It is arguably the most important part of what a character's page should have (descriptions of their roles in each game), and moving it behind a separate page just adds one extra step that I do not like. With that said, I think splitting History pages further is even worse. How many links would I eventually need to jump through just because I looked up "Mario" so I could see what he did in Sparks of Hope? Or in Mario Party 5? From {{Fake link|Mario}} to {{Fake link|History of Mario}}, then to {{Fake link|History of Mario in RPGs}} or something, then I have to go back and go to {{Fake link|History of Mario in the ''Mario Party'' series}}. It seems like an unnecessary hassle to me, just to cut down on page sizes that are already mostly just plain txt. Would that really help with loading times? Or convenience? {{User:LadySophie17/sig}} 09:47, December 2, 2023 (EST)
:The policy resolved this issue changing that over 150kB of a page deserves to be split. {{User:Derekblue1/sig}} 03:50, December 12, 2023 (EST)
::Where was that decided? {{User:Swallow/sig}} 05:43, December 12, 2023 (EST)
:::I do not know. Someone told me on my talk page that I had to pause splitting history articles until the new policy was decided which was not stated where. There is a history showing that {{User|Porplemontage}} edited on on [[MarioWiki:Article size]]. {{User:Derekblue1/sig}} 06:58, December 12, 2023 (EST)
::::It says on that article that if articles exceed 150k bytes, they should be considered for a split. This does not mean it should instantly be done as soon as the article reaches that amount of bytes, especially considering the state the [[Bob-omb]] article was in after splitting. {{User:Swallow/sig}} 16:42, December 12, 2023 (EST)
::::: Yeah... I realized that I did not pay attention to the policy change when I was performing those splitting edits. {{User:Derekblue1/sig}} 03:50, December 13, 2023 (EST)

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