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I would quite like to avoid walking into a quagmire unprepared, so let me state this up front. I am ''not'' familiar with the nuances of the wiki's policies or the many debates and proposals about naming and whether such-and-such should get a page or what name should be used for such-and-such. That's precisely why I'm putting on my waders and delving into this muck for a moment. I just want to offer the perspective of someone who ''uses'' the wiki, rather than ''edits'' it. | I would quite like to avoid walking into a quagmire unprepared, so let me state this up front. I am ''not'' familiar with the nuances of the wiki's policies or the many debates and proposals about naming and whether such-and-such should get a page or what name should be used for such-and-such. That's precisely why I'm putting on my waders and delving into this muck for a moment. I just want to offer the perspective of someone who ''uses'' the wiki, rather than ''edits'' it. | ||
In this particular case, regardless of any arguments to be made about the name of the article or the intentions of the developers as to whether this is a unique individual or just another member of an enemy species, I, as a casual browser of the wiki, would expect a ''unique boss'' in a videogame to have a ''separate article'' on a wiki covering a franchise that is predominantly a series of videogames. That's it. That's the entire crux of my reasoning to keep the page separate. I'm not going to get into the weeds as to whether it's something that should be a general policy (though I think it has merit as one) and I'm not going to dwell on the fact that it would create inconsistencies such as, say, the Big Cheep Cheep from ''Sticker Star'' not having its own article; I am addressing this one specific TPP and article. I, as a casual browser, would expect to find a unique article on a unique boss in a game, because regardless of whether or not some guidebook or even the developers themselves see that boss as a "character" or just another instance of an enemy, for my purposes as a casual browser that boss is a distinct entity that behaves very differently than other instances of the enemy. Whether you call the page "Frog Pirate (Boss)", "Froggy (Boss)", "Prince Froggy", or even something absurd like "Green Amphibian Who Swallows A Baby And A Yellow Reptile," | In this particular case, regardless of any arguments to be made about the name of the article or the intentions of the developers as to whether this is a unique individual or just another member of an enemy species, I, as a casual browser of the wiki, would expect a ''unique boss'' in a videogame to have a ''separate article'' on a wiki covering a franchise that is predominantly a series of videogames. That's it. That's the entire crux of my reasoning to keep the page separate. I'm not going to get into the weeds as to whether it's something that should be a general policy (though I think it has merit as one) and I'm not going to dwell on the fact that it would create inconsistencies such as, say, the Big Cheep Cheep from ''Sticker Star'' not having its own article; I am addressing this one specific TPP and article. I, as a casual browser, would expect to find a unique article on a unique boss in a game, because regardless of whether or not some guidebook or even the developers themselves see that boss as a "character" or just another instance of an enemy, for my purposes as a casual browser that boss is a distinct entity that behaves very differently than other instances of the enemy. Whether you call the page "Frog Pirate (Boss)", "Froggy (Boss)", "Prince Froggy", or even something absurd like "Green Amphibian Who Swallows A Baby And A Yellow Reptile," their should be a page for this distinct entity. | ||
Now, to speak to the name, the two cents I can offer from my perspective is that "Prince Froggy" is the name that will help the most casual browsers find what they're looking for. This wiki is, after all, primarily an English-speaking wiki, and, while, again, I'm not making any arguments as to general policy, in this case, there is a widely-recognized (because it's in-game), authoritative (because, again, it's in-game), source for an English name. Most people who think "hey, what was up with that one frog boss who swallowed Yoshi?" are going to search up "Prince Froggy" or, if they search something like "frog boss swallowed Yoshi," the first thing they recognize as correct and, thus, the first thing they click, will be an article titled "Prince Froggy," not one titled, say, "Pirate Froggy". | Now, to speak to the name, the two cents I can offer from my perspective is that "Prince Froggy" is the name that will help the most casual browsers find what they're looking for. This wiki is, after all, primarily an English-speaking wiki, and, while, again, I'm not making any arguments as to general policy, in this case, there is a widely-recognized (because it's in-game), authoritative (because, again, it's in-game), source for an English name. Most people who think "hey, what was up with that one frog boss who swallowed Yoshi?" are going to search up "Prince Froggy" or, if they search something like "frog boss swallowed Yoshi," the first thing they recognize as correct and, thus, the first thing they click, will be an article titled "Prince Froggy," not one titled, say, "Pirate Froggy". | ||
