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| == Decide on a name for this article == | | == Decide on a name for this article == |
| {{Settled TPP}} | | {{SettledTPP}} |
| {{Proposal outcome|blue|cancelled by administrator}}<small>This doesn't need to be a proposal. As mentioned in the comments, "thorny flower" is the in-game name, which [[MarioWiki:Naming|takes priority over the guides]].</small> | | {{ProposalOutcome|blue|cancelled by administrator}}<small>This doesn't need to be a proposal. As mentioned in the comments, "thorny flower" is the in-game name, which [[MarioWiki:Naming|takes priority over the guides]].</small> |
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| Seeing the {{tem|better source}} tag on this page, I think we should decide on the name of this page. I have no preference either way, but I think we should probably look into this. | | Seeing the {{tem|better source}} tag on this page, I think we should decide on the name of this page. I have no preference either way, but I think we should probably look into this. |
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| ==Decide on a name for this article redux== | | ==Decide on a name for this article redux== |
| {{Settled TPP}} | | {{TPP}} |
| {{Proposal outcome|red|don't rename 6-1-0-0-10}}
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| I have the go-ahead to reopen the above proposal. When it closed, only two names were known, but I've dug around and found many more. The name of this object apparently changes on the writer's whim, and hardly ever lasts for more than one game. The relevant ones are represented in this proposal. I'll go over each one. | | I have the go-ahead to reopen the above proposal. When it closed, only two names were known, but I've dug around and found many more. The name of this object apparently changes on the writer's whim, and hardly ever lasts for more than one game. The relevant ones are represented in this proposal. I'll go over each one. |
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| #{{User|LinkTheLefty}} My preferred choice, as it is the longest lasting and thus has the most universal application. | | #{{User|LinkTheLefty}} My preferred choice, as it is the longest lasting and thus has the most universal application. |
| #{{User|Niiue}} Per LTL. | | #{{User|Niiue}} Per LTL. |
| #{{user|Mario jc}} Given this seems to be the most common, though, I support this option, too.
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| #{{User|TheFlameChomp}} Second choice, per all.
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| #{{User|GrainedCargo192}} "Thorny flower" is just too generic.
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| #{{User|Pseudo-dino}} Per all.
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| ===Rename to "Prickly plant"=== | | ===Rename to "Prickly plant"=== |
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| #{{User|Waluigi Time}} Digging into the files should only be used as a last resort. I don't see why we should use it over a descriptive in-game name, PAL or not. | | #{{User|Waluigi Time}} Digging into the files should only be used as a last resort. I don't see why we should use it over a descriptive in-game name, PAL or not. |
| #{{User|Scrooge200}} This is the most official name, and I feel that it describes these plants the best. | | #{{User|Scrooge200}} This is the most official name, and I feel that it describes these plants the best. |
| #{{User|Bazooka Mario}} This is perfectly fine name and comes from the best source we have.
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| #{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all and some times earlier.
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| #{{user|Mario jc}} Per my first comment in the above section.
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| #{{user|RickTommy}} Per all.
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| #{{User|TheFlameChomp}} Per all.
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| #{{User|Sdman213}} Per all.
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| #{{User|Doomhiker}} The in-game name always should come first. If a random person comes to the wiki and looks for this plant, what would they look for? Only people that search internal files or actively edit on the Mario Wiki would know about the "Needle Plant" name, and the names from PRIMA are more obscure than an in-game name especially with strategy guide sales declining, so the random person would most likely search for and know the only in-game name for the plant. Sure while Thorny flower is slightly generic, all of the names are and this name is the only one that is officially said in-game. Per all.
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| #{{User|BBQ Turtle}} Per all.
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| ===Comments=== | | ===Comments=== |
| I'm totally split here. As much as I like "thorny flower", I don't mind going with "thistle" or "prickly plant", either. The only name I really don't want us to use is the "Spike (plant)" name, as it just isn't descriptive enough. {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 21:57, 6 March 2019 (EST) | | I'm totally split here. As much as I like "thorny flower", I don't mind going with "thistle" or "prickly plant", either. The only name I really don't want us to use is the "Spike (plant)" name, as it just isn't descriptive enough. {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 21:57, 6 March 2019 (EST) |
| :My opinion is that none of these names are really all that spectacular as the article title. It would be like, hypothetically, Goomba happened to only be referred to by a generic descriptor that kept changing every appearance (mushroom enemy, brown mushroom, evil mushroom, bad shroom, etc.), and the game developers actually had a consistent name for it but it was something along similar lines (Walking Mushroom). It's all what we have to work with, though. I do disagree with thorny flower over the fact of it being an in-game reference - I get being most recent, but it's still obviously along the lines of all the guide names and is very likely subject to change the next time it appears. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 06:45, 7 March 2019 (EST)
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| ::If an in-game description or manual changes it, we change it. It's no big deal. {{User:Bazooka Mario/sig}} 13:57, 7 March 2019 (EST)
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| ::I don't think "it will probably change again" is a very good argument considering, well, it hasn't. In the 12 years these plants have been present in the Mario series, they've only had one in-game name, and that's thorny flower. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 15:09, 7 March 2019 (EST)
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| :::The in-game name is just a generic lowercase descriptor like the guide names. Considering Nintendo of Europe doesn't always see eye-to-eye with Nintendo of America, it's definitely a strong possibility that the name can change a fifth time, at which point we should consider doing the proposal again. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:39, 7 March 2019 (EST)
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| ::::"Needle Plant" is merely a placeholder not meant to be an actual name. The crew that made the name DOES matter. --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 05:24, 8 March 2019 (EST)
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| :::::If that were true, it wouldn't exist past ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 05:59, 8 March 2019 (EST)
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| Doomhiker - It's obviously still going to be a redirect and a mention in the article, so that scenario about someone searching for it and apparently just not finding it is moot. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 08:15, 8 March 2019 (EST)
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| :@LinkTheLefty it is more that if Thorny flower is a redirect then it is '''harder''' for the random person to find the page as redirects only show up in the search bar when you type them in word-for-word, so from nothing showing up after they type in half of the redirect's name they may assume that a page for it does not exist and give up. Also, thorny flower is its most recent name, and it may of been renamed in that game from Needle Plant. Honestly, I think that the internal file name for the plant in MP SR should be found first so we can know if Needle Plant is still used and Thorny flower was a mistake on a translator's part, because if that was the case then I might support renaming to Needle Plant. {{User:Doomhiker/sig}} 08:23, 8 March 2019 (EST)
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| ::I managed to check out ''Island Tour'' before this proposal ends. Unfortunately, the filenames are unhelpful, which is likely the case for ''Star Rush'' as well. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:21, March 20, 2019 (EDT)
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| :::What do the filenames say? {{User:Doomhiker/sig}} 17:23, March 20, 2019 (EDT)
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| ::::It's just some basic directories that lead to shorthand filenames. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:33, March 20, 2019 (EDT)
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