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== Name, Again ==
== Name, Again ==
{{talk}}
So, in light of [[MarioWiki talk:Naming#Make an exception to source priority for articles with identical names|this proposal]], should this be moved back to Yūrei Pakkun? [[User:Niiue|Niiue]] ([[User talk:Niiue|talk]]) 21:09, 29 January 2019 (EST)
So, in light of [[MarioWiki talk:Naming#Make an exception to source priority for articles with identical names|this proposal]], should this be moved back to Yūrei Pakkun? [[User:Niiue|Niiue]] ([[User talk:Niiue|talk]]) 21:09, 29 January 2019 (EST)
:In the Palutena's Guidance I just transcribed, they are still called "Ghosts". [[Special:Contributions/72.200.164.50|72.200.164.50]] 21:17, 29 January 2019 (EST)
:In the Palutena's Guidance I just transcribed, they are still called "Ghosts". [[Special:Contributions/72.200.164.50|72.200.164.50]] 21:17, 29 January 2019 (EST)
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== Proposal ==
== Proposal ==
{{settled TPP}}
{{TPP}}
{{proposal outcome|passed|9-0-4|Move to Polterpiranha}}
I heard that there had been a lot of discussion about moving this article to Polterpiranha. I will hold this proposal to settle this.
I heard that there had been a lot of discussion about moving this article to Polterpiranha. I will hold this proposal to settle this.


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#{{User|7feetunder}} "Ghost" is a ''mistake'', not a new name, just like how "Daisy was in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]''" was a mistake. Let's use the ''actual'' name, not this wack generic half-baked citogenesis BS.
#{{User|7feetunder}} "Ghost" is a ''mistake'', not a new name, just like how "Daisy was in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]''" was a mistake. Let's use the ''actual'' name, not this wack generic half-baked citogenesis BS.
#{{User|Somethingone}} As far as I’m aware, the reason it’s named ghost on this article was because of smash 4 using it as a shorthand for the normal name(as was said on piranha plant’s talk page), so yea, per proposal.
#{{User|Somethingone}} As far as I’m aware, the reason it’s named ghost on this article was because of smash 4 using it as a shorthand for the normal name(as was said on piranha plant’s talk page), so yea, per proposal.
#{{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} What 7feetunder said, this is a generic mistake based on someone at HAL/Nintendo's localization office not paying enough attention. This isn't like with Nipper Dandelion, where the name is reasonably descriptive and could have been come up with independently.
#{{User|Scrooge200}} Polterpiranha is an official name that we have a valid source for, and "Ghost" is a mistake. Per everyone above.
#{{User|Swallow}} I didn't understand how the name was used at first, but now that I do I'm supporting.
#{{User|Archivist Toadette}} It's nothing like the [[Nipper Dandelion]] case, where that's the only English name we have.
#{{User|WildWario}} Since Ghost was a mistake, per proposal.
#{{User|Niiue}} Per all. The "Ghost" name was an obvious mistake, much like the SMW2 guide that listed Boo Balloons twice.


====Keep as is (move to Ghost)====
====Keep as is (move to Ghost)====
 
#{{User|Swallow}} Our policy is to use the most recent name for the subject.
====Move to Ghost Piranha====
#{{User|Hewer}} Per LinkTheLefty in the comments. This is probably what we would've used if that trophy description hadn't abbreviated the name.
#{{User|LinkTheLefty}} Per myself in the comments below, and for everyone above repeating that Ghost was a "mistake," let me clear the air a bit: Ghost was not a mistake so much as a '''technicality''', albeit one made without the foresight of post-''Encyclopedia'' wiki; if we're being real here for a moment, Ghost Piranha (Plant) is most probably what the North American ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' trophy writer was going for to begin with, as evident by the British English equivalent not having the space to use all the full names.
#{{User|Niiue}} Per LTL.
#{{User|Somethingone}} Per LinkTheLefty


====Comments====
====Comments====
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:I haven't played ''YIDS'' either, but based on the fact that many of the game's exclusive enemies have guide citations for their names (excluding ones mentioned in level names like [[Glide Guy]]), I doubt the game namedrops them anywhere.
:I haven't played ''YIDS'' either, but based on the fact that many of the game's exclusive enemies have guide citations for their names (excluding ones mentioned in level names like [[Glide Guy]]), I doubt the game namedrops them anywhere.
:{{User:7feetunder/sig}} 21:00, November 7, 2021 (EST)
:{{User:7feetunder/sig}} 21:00, November 7, 2021 (EST)
::It's Smash-exclusive, I've asked before in regards to the Super Big Unbaba, it doesn't name anything other than bosses. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 00:23, November 8, 2021 (EST)
:I'm as surprised as anyone that Viridi unironically said "Ghosts" <small>(whoops)</small> but since this is a slightly unorthodox situation, I'm going to propose a slightly unorthodox solution - what if we used the Dutch version, "Ghost Piranha"? It's already perfectly in English, and most other Piranha Plant variation names are identical between English and Dutch (with exceptions being in regards to size, color, patch, and paper). For one thing, we already give similar treatment to Fiery Walking Piranha, whose name was modernized to Fire Nipper Plant via other language subtitles (and it happened to be used by the wiki at around the same time as Ghost Piranha, but most of us are in agreement that this could've easily been updated independently). The name Propeller Piranha was never technically used for another game either, yet it's understood to be the most recent in-game name as well. What most likely happened in the first place is that it was retranslated to be closer to its Japanese name, ''Yūrei Pakkun'', because Polterpiranha only showed up in (and potentially made up by) the Prima Games guide, hence why there's only that reference - had it been a Nintendo Power name, this issue may not've happened. Granted, that brings this article full circle, but again, look at Fire Nipper Plant. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 08:11, November 8, 2021 (EST)
:Ok, I’ll add that. {{User:OhoJeeOnFire/sig}}

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