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I'll preface this by stating that the article [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&oldid=1351218 was originally sixteen paragraphs long]. Since then, it has been trimmed [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432525 again] and [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432549 again] and [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432701 again] and [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432819 again] and ''[http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1766660 again]'', with each user chopping off more words than the last. I made the last set of changes, but even as I was rewriting it, I struggled immensely with trying to focus the article solely on Princess Peach's voice and not what other people happen to be doing around it. This is outlined in the [[MarioWiki:Good Writing#Padding and pseudo-walkthroughs|Good Writing]] policy; to summarize, context is fine, but keep it to a minimum. There are several problems with doing that for this article.
 
I'll preface this by stating that the article [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&oldid=1351218 was originally sixteen paragraphs long]. Since then, it has been trimmed [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432525 again] and [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432549 again] and [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432701 again] and [http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1432819 again] and ''[http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Peach%27s_voice&diff=prev&oldid=1766660 again]'', with each user chopping off more words than the last. I made the last set of changes, but even as I was rewriting it, I struggled immensely with trying to focus the article solely on Princess Peach's voice and not what other people happen to be doing around it. This is outlined in the [[MarioWiki:Good writing#Padding and pseudo-walkthroughs|Good Writing]] policy; to summarize, context is fine, but keep it to a minimum. There are several problems with doing that for this article.


The article doesn't even center around Princess Peach's voice. As it itself explains, Peach's voice is fine: it was ''Birdo'' who had her voice stolen. Even if it's referred to as such, it's a misnomer. Because the article sticks with it, the entire history has to be shaped as if it's totally unaware of that fact until it's "revealed". This is fine for a novel, but not so much for a wiki. Also, the voice isn't all that important. It's the trigger for Mario and Luigi's adventure, it's the end goal for the adventure, but that's really all it is. The only two times it genuinely has an impact is when it's stolen in the intro and when it's put into use at the Hooniversity. This results in most of the article revolving around explanations, why the voice was stolen, what people want to do with the voice, why the voice failed to work, and so on, rather than on what the voice actually does. This isn't necessarily bad in practice, but it leads to my biggest complaint.
The article doesn't even center around Princess Peach's voice. As it itself explains, Peach's voice is fine: it was ''Birdo'' who had her voice stolen. Even if it's referred to as such, it's a misnomer. Because the article sticks with it, the entire history has to be shaped as if it's totally unaware of that fact until it's "revealed". This is fine for a novel, but not so much for a wiki. Also, the voice isn't all that important. It's the trigger for Mario and Luigi's adventure, it's the end goal for the adventure, but that's really all it is. The only two times it genuinely has an impact is when it's stolen in the intro and when it's put into use at the Hooniversity. This results in most of the article revolving around explanations, why the voice was stolen, what people want to do with the voice, why the voice failed to work, and so on, rather than on what the voice actually does. This isn't necessarily bad in practice, but it leads to my biggest complaint.
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#{{User|Magikrazy}} Sorry, YoshiKong. I know you worked hard on this, but the guys behind Foodfight worked hard on that film too. That doesn't make it good. Per all.
#{{User|Magikrazy}} Sorry, YoshiKong. I know you worked hard on this, but the guys behind Foodfight worked hard on that film too. That doesn't make it good. Per all.
#{{User|BabyLuigi64}} Per all. The game's article can explain this without this.
#{{User|BabyLuigi64}} Per all. The game's article can explain this without this.
#{{User|Roy Koopa}} What the dumbarticle is this?
#{{User|Baby Luigi}} Per Glowsquid.


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