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I always thought "implied" was just a term we started using because "List of Things That Don't Actually Appear in Any Media" is too wordy for a title. Actually, [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/4#Article_about_.22Implied.22_subject_.282nd_nomination..29|originally]] the pages were only for things "mentioned in passing", but the definition [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=List_of_Implied_Characters&action=historysubmit&diff=288886&oldid=288839 was expanded] shortly after that proposal to our current "not physically appeared" definition. It's not a definition of the ''word'' "implied", but of the purpose for these pages, which I think is more important (as do Edofenrir and Reversinator, at the very least, if I understand the comments correctly). And as I (and others) said earlier, pictures don't count as physical appearances any more than words on a page or a line of dialogue, and therefore ''do'' fall under the umbrella of these pages. Really, this discussion boils down to whether you go by the textbook definition of the title alone, or by wiki convention that's been in place since 2007. And pertaining to something MG1 said much earlier, the fact that one user wrote the definition doesn't mean it's not valid and worthy of following: hundreds of users have abided by it for years, so it can hardly be dismissed so off-handedly now. Besides, ''most'' of our rules and conventions can probably be traced back to single users: if it's true that "our policies should not be defined by what a single user wrote down", ''we'd have no policies''. - {{User:Walkazo/sig}} 00:43, 18 February 2011 (EST)
I always thought "implied" was just a term we started using because "List of Things That Don't Actually Appear in Any Media" is too wordy for a title. Actually, [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_4#Article_about_.22Implied.22_subject_.282nd_nomination..29|originally]] the pages were only for things "mentioned in passing", but the definition [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=List_of_Implied_Characters&action=historysubmit&diff=288886&oldid=288839 was expanded] shortly after that proposal to our current "not physically appeared" definition. It's not a definition of the ''word'' "implied", but of the purpose for these pages, which I think is more important (as do Edofenrir and Reversinator, at the very least, if I understand the comments correctly). And as I (and others) said earlier, pictures don't count as physical appearances any more than words on a page or a line of dialogue, and therefore ''do'' fall under the umbrella of these pages. Really, this discussion boils down to whether you go by the textbook definition of the title alone, or by wiki convention that's been in place since 2007. And pertaining to something MG1 said much earlier, the fact that one user wrote the definition doesn't mean it's not valid and worthy of following: hundreds of users have abided by it for years, so it can hardly be dismissed so off-handedly now. Besides, ''most'' of our rules and conventions can probably be traced back to single users: if it's true that "our policies should not be defined by what a single user wrote down", ''we'd have no policies''. - {{User:Walkazo/sig}} 00:43, 18 February 2011 (EST)
:'''At Walkazo''' I'm not interested in the pictures now, I just I want to know how Rosalina describes her mother in the game (and I'm just counting Rosalina's point of view, not yours), if she describes as ''My Mother'' she is shouldn't be implied, on the other hand if she refers as ''Her Mother'' or ''The Mother'' then she is.
:'''At Walkazo''' I'm not interested in the pictures now, I just I want to know how Rosalina describes her mother in the game (and I'm just counting Rosalina's point of view, not yours), if she describes as ''My Mother'' she is shouldn't be implied, on the other hand if she refers as ''Her Mother'' or ''The Mother'' then she is.
:'''At Marioguy''' She makes mention to ''her'' mother or the girls' mother in that paragraph? {{User:Coincollector/sig}}
:'''At Marioguy''' She makes mention to ''her'' mother or the girls' mother in that paragraph? {{User:Coincollector/sig}}
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In the case of Scarlette... I have no idea. Her page was (very beautifully and well-made) [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Scarlette&oldid=2644 created back in 2005] and I guess almost no one questioned it. Her case is just simply she isn't an important character to the story and doesn't have any representation at all. She only serves as a purpose to get Bobbery into your party.<br>
In the case of Scarlette... I have no idea. Her page was (very beautifully and well-made) [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Scarlette&oldid=2644 created back in 2005] and I guess almost no one questioned it. Her case is just simply she isn't an important character to the story and doesn't have any representation at all. She only serves as a purpose to get Bobbery into your party.<br>
EDIT: There is [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/45#Allow_certain_implied_sections_to_be_split_from_the_.22List_of_implied_....22_articles|this proposal from 2016]], that gave Scarlette her article after it was [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Scarlette&diff=679386&oldid=679382 turned into a redirect]. However, again, she's only mentioned a few times in the game and isn't that important herself. Only her letter is important. She's not a special case here, she meets the same criteria as most everyone else on this list.
EDIT: There is [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_45#Allow_certain_implied_sections_to_be_split_from_the_.22List_of_implied_....22_articles|this proposal from 2016]], that gave Scarlette her article after it was [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Scarlette&diff=679386&oldid=679382 turned into a redirect]. However, again, she's only mentioned a few times in the game and isn't that important herself. Only her letter is important. She's not a special case here, she meets the same criteria as most everyone else on this list.


So... options:
So... options:
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::Typed "Mushville" in the search box: it's a wrong answer from the [[Super Fun Quirk Quiz]]. Other mentions of Toad Town ([[Lumpy_(character)#Part_2:_The_Buzzar_Fiend|Lumpy]], [[List_of_e-mails_in_Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door#The_Real_Zip_Toad:_.21|Zip Toad]]) are left intact. So again, no relation to Luigi's tale. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 18:25, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
::Typed "Mushville" in the search box: it's a wrong answer from the [[Super Fun Quirk Quiz]]. Other mentions of Toad Town ([[Lumpy_(character)#Part_2:_The_Buzzar_Fiend|Lumpy]], [[List_of_e-mails_in_Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door#The_Real_Zip_Toad:_.21|Zip Toad]]) are left intact. So again, no relation to Luigi's tale. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 18:25, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
:::Probably was in comparison to the Japanese version of said question. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:32, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
:::Probably was in comparison to the Japanese version of said question. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:32, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
Just for reference, I found [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/45%23Allow_certain_implied_sections_to_be_split_from_the_.22List_of_implied_....22_articles|this proposal]], which seems to be the proposal that allowed [[Scarlette]] to be split. --{{User:TheFlameChomp/sig}} 18:21, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
Just for reference, I found [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_45%23Allow_certain_implied_sections_to_be_split_from_the_.22List_of_implied_....22_articles|this proposal]], which seems to be the proposal that allowed [[Scarlette]] to be split. --{{User:TheFlameChomp/sig}} 18:21, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
:Oof, didn't see that when I checked. Still, I think my points against Scarlette are valid. Not sure on ''[[Toad Force V]]'', and [[Waffle Kingdom]] doesn't seem to have been done. It was a "catch-all" proposal, which I think are messy when several subjects are involved. This proposal will change Scarlette's outcome from the previous one. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 18:29, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
:Oof, didn't see that when I checked. Still, I think my points against Scarlette are valid. Not sure on ''[[Toad Force V]]'', and [[Waffle Kingdom]] doesn't seem to have been done. It was a "catch-all" proposal, which I think are messy when several subjects are involved. This proposal will change Scarlette's outcome from the previous one. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 18:29, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
@Doc [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Jungle Hijinxs]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' is also obviously a reference to the [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|level of the same name]] from the original ''DKC''. Doesn't mean they're the same thing, and CK and GK have far less in common (read: nothing beyond being their title of "king"). {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 20:40, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
@Doc [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Jungle Hijinxs]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' is also obviously a reference to the [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|level of the same name]] from the original ''DKC''. Doesn't mean they're the same thing, and CK and GK have far less in common (read: nothing beyond being their title of "king"). {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 20:40, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
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@Glowsquid: You do have a point about Luigi never encountering Goomboss, but Luigi's stories being embellished doesn't prove a thing. All it does is cast doubt on the details; it doesn't prove that the Chestnut King's entire backstory is false. Luigi's own version of the story (the one he tells directly to Mario, not the one in the book) omits the part about the Chestnut King being Eclair's transformed lover on purpose, so it seems unlikely that it would have been a lie, as he was lying specifically to cover that up. This isn't just one or two inconsistencies between portrayals you're trying to excuse; the Chestnut King is completely unrecognizable in every way, shape, and form. Even [[Vanna T.]] and [[Toadette]] have more in common. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 00:53, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
@Glowsquid: You do have a point about Luigi never encountering Goomboss, but Luigi's stories being embellished doesn't prove a thing. All it does is cast doubt on the details; it doesn't prove that the Chestnut King's entire backstory is false. Luigi's own version of the story (the one he tells directly to Mario, not the one in the book) omits the part about the Chestnut King being Eclair's transformed lover on purpose, so it seems unlikely that it would have been a lie, as he was lying specifically to cover that up. This isn't just one or two inconsistencies between portrayals you're trying to excuse; the Chestnut King is completely unrecognizable in every way, shape, and form. Even [[Vanna T.]] and [[Toadette]] have more in common. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 00:53, 19 July 2018 (EDT)


On a side note, I [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/37#Move_the_.22List_of_implied_X.22_articles_to_.22List_of_mentioned_X.22|still think]] that this article (and related articles) should be renamed. <span style="font-family:Mario Party 2/3 Textbox">[[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]] ([[User talk:RickTommy|talk]])</span> 01:43, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
On a side note, I [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive_37#Move_the_.22List_of_implied_X.22_articles_to_.22List_of_mentioned_X.22|still think]] that this article (and related articles) should be renamed. <span style="font-family:Mario Party 2/3 Textbox">[[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]] ([[User talk:RickTommy|talk]])</span> 01:43, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
:...and this is relevant because...? {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 01:45, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
:...and this is relevant because...? {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 01:45, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
::Different discussion entirely, dude. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 01:56, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
::Different discussion entirely, dude. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 01:56, 19 July 2018 (EDT)

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