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== "Wings" as an item ==
== "Wings" as an item ==


{{talk}}
So on [https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_SuperMario64DS_EN.pdf page 18 of the English instruction booklet for 64DS,] the section describing Wing Mario has "Wings" for a header and shows screenshots of both Wing Mario and the feather item. The article currently seems to treat "Wings" as the name of the feather item. However, [https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NTR/JPN/ASMJ/ASMJ_J.pdf the respective page of the Japanese manual] is headed as 羽根マリオ (''Hane Mario'', Wing Mario), decidedly ''not'' referring to the feather. Personally, I feel the feather could be considered an iteration of [[Cape Feather]], given the forms are fairly similar in function, the [[Super Mushroom]] in that game turns them into [[Mega Mario]], and the [[Super Leaf]] also has two forms associated with it. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:44, May 1, 2020 (EDT)
So on [https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_SuperMario64DS_EN.pdf page 18 of the English instruction booklet for 64DS,] the section describing Wing Mario has "Wings" for a header and shows screenshots of both Wing Mario and the feather item. The article currently seems to treat "Wings" as the name of the feather item. However, [https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NTR/JPN/ASMJ/ASMJ_J.pdf the respective page of the Japanese manual] is headed as 羽根マリオ (''Hane Mario'', Wing Mario), decidedly ''not'' referring to the feather. Personally, I feel the feather could be considered an iteration of [[Cape Feather]], given the forms are fairly similar in function, the [[Super Mushroom]] in that game turns them into [[Mega Mario]], and the [[Super Leaf]] also has two forms associated with it. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:44, May 1, 2020 (EDT)
:Are you talking moving the Wings to a separate article or merging that information with the Cape Feather? I don't really I agree with either, since it's still just the Wing Cap. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:51, May 1, 2020 (EDT)
:Are you talking moving the Wings to a separate article or merging that information with the Cape Feather? I don't really I agree with either, since it's still just the Wing Cap. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:51, May 1, 2020 (EDT)
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== What to do with "Wings" ==
== What to do with "Wings" ==
{{Settled TPP}}
 
{{Proposal outcome|failed|6-4-10|do nothing}}
{{TPP}}
I'm quite surprised that I found this by browsing around, but I think it's about time we deal with this misinterpretation.
I'm quite surprised that I found this by browsing around, but I think it's about time we deal with this misinterpretation.


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#{{user|TheDarkStar}} - per all
#{{user|TheDarkStar}} - per all
#{{User|Keyblade Master}} Reconsidered my vote after reading these responses.
#{{User|Keyblade Master}} Reconsidered my vote after reading these responses.
#{{user|Power Flotzo}} Per all.
#{{User|Sdman213}} Per all.


===Comments===
===Comments===
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Why does it keep getting extended? [[User:Benjaminkirsc|Benjaminkirsc]] ([[User talk:Benjaminkirsc|talk]]) 11:51, November 3, 2020 (EST)
Why does it keep getting extended? [[User:Benjaminkirsc|Benjaminkirsc]] ([[User talk:Benjaminkirsc|talk]]) 11:51, November 3, 2020 (EST)
:Rule 9 of the Proposal page states: "All proposals that end up in a tie will be extended for another week. Proposals with more than two options must also be extended another week if any single option does not have a majority support: i.e. '''more than half of the total''' number of voters must appear in a single voting option, rather than one option simply having more votes than the other options." The "Do nothing" options has 8 out of the 16 voters, which is exactly half, not more than half. {{User:Yoshi the SSM/sig}} 11:58, November 3, 2020 (EST)
:Rule 9 of the Proposal page states: "All proposals that end up in a tie will be extended for another week. Proposals with more than two options must also be extended another week if any single option does not have a majority support: i.e. '''more than half of the total''' number of voters must appear in a single voting option, rather than one option simply having more votes than the other options." The "Do nothing" options has 8 out of the 16 voters, which is exactly half, not more than half. {{User:Yoshi the SSM/sig}} 11:58, November 3, 2020 (EST)
== Determine what to do with "Wings" - take 2 ==
{{Settled TPP}}
{{Proposal outcome|passed|11-1-1-1|Split into separate article as "Wings"}}
See above. For some faux pas reason, we have a feather item (mistranslated as "wings" despite clearly being a quill with two rows of hairs and not an appendage) included on the article for a hat. In the above proposal from four years ago, most editors weren't too keen on moving it. They had their reasons, but I think it's time to try this again, because despite both causing [[Wing Mario]], they are clearly two separate items - much as the case with [[Super Leaf]], [[Statue Leaf]], and [[Tanooki Suit]], which in varying games can be the cause for [[Raccoon Mario]] or [[Tanooki Mario]]. On the same note, the "Wings" here is also functionally equivalent to the [[Cape Feather]], given their floating is the same and Wing Mario and [[Cape Mario]] function almost identically anyway (only real difference being Wing lacks the swipe and pound attacks, which Mario has equivalents to by default in ''64''). Some of what's on Cape Feather's page already doesn't have anything to do with Capes (namely ''Mario Kart'') and are simple called "Feather" in those games anyway, so this and those could all go together similar to how we cover generic [[Mushroom]] items.
'''Proposer''': {{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}}<br>
'''Deadline''': September 21, 2024, 23:59 (GMT)
===Split "Wings" into its own article===
#{{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Per
#{{User|DryBonesBandit}} I'd rather split this into its own article because its likely not the same as the Cape Feather due to a different name, different appearance, different form given, and a single appearance.
#{{User|Arend}} Wait... you mean to say this ''hasn't'' had its own article yet?? I could've sworn it had one at some point.
#{{User|Hewer}} About time this split happened (though I still think the idea of merging it with specifically the unrelated Mario Kart feather is nonsense, I mostly stand by my ramblings regarding that from [[Talk:Cape Feather#Split "Cape Feather" and "Feather" similar to how we handle Super Mushroom and Mushroom|last time]]).
#{{User|ThePowerPlayer}} Per all. Merging "Wings" with the Feathers from ''Mario Kart'' doesn't make sense, though, since every appearance of a feather on the Cape Feather article shares an identical design barring a single crude illustration from ''Nintendo Power'', and there's no need to break that consistency for an item which is far less ubiquitous and varied in appearance than, say, a Mushroom.
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all.
#{{User|Blinker}} Per all.
#{{User|Mario}} I wish this was called the "Wing Feather" rather than just "wings" (since the power-up is called this too), but since it is called a particular name and it's a redesign due to Mario's power-up caps being phased out in favor of character transformations ([[Metal Cap]] and [[Vanish Cap]] were replaced by the [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] for Wario and Luigi respectively) it's reasonable to split this in conjunction with those power-up changes in the remake.
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Splitting this apart into its own article makes the most sense to us. Merging these to another article feels like it's just ''begging'' for a similar proposal to shuffle the information along to another article down the road, so we might as well just split it now. ;P
#{{User|Pizza Master}} Per all.
#{{User|TheFlameChomp}} Per all.
===Merge "Wings" to [[Cape Feather]]===
#{{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Per
===Split "Wings" to {{fake link|Feather}} and include the other non-Cape "Feathers" from the Cape Feather page===
#{{User|Doc von Schmeltwick}} - Per
<s>#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Secondary choice</s>
===Oppose===
#{{User|YoYo}} when you collect the feather, they give Mario the wing cap. The feather item in itself is different, yes, but it is fundamentally the same powerup. See it less like the Tanooki Leaf and the Statue Leaf, and more like the wing vs wingless Spiny Shell in Mario Kart. Same item, different look.
<s>#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per YoYo.</s>
===Comments===
{{@|YoYo}} - The obvious difference there is those are both shells and have the same names, just one design has wings. In this case, one is a hat and one isn't, and both have different names anyway. This "feather gives him the hat" actually is more like the Leaf giving him the Tanooki Suit, as a lightweight drifting object giving a pre-established article of clothing. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 22:03, September 7, 2024 (EDT)
Why not just move this to the [[Wings]] page? Write it so that "Wings" is the name for items that give, well, wings to anyone who touches them. A two-in-one deal article. [[User:SmokedChili|SmokedChili]] ([[User talk:SmokedChili|talk]]) 14:30, September 12, 2024 (EDT)
:Because this is a feather, not an actual Wing. Same reason we don't move it to ''Special''{{'}}s Wing. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 15:20, September 12, 2024 (EDT)
::Hence "two in one deal", an pragmatic approach where one article can be used for both subjects sharing the same (both English and Japanese) name; the introduction giving a general, mutually inclusive explanation for what Wings are and do, and the game sections covering details appropiately which Wings it is. [[User:SmokedChili|SmokedChili]] ([[User talk:SmokedChili|talk]]) 13:54, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
:::Seems like a precedent that could be abused if it snowballs. I don't want it to result in situations like [https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Snapper this]. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 14:03, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
::::I see no problem with that example. Looks like a perfectly viable alternative to creating multiple pages with identifiers for subjects sharing the English name. [[User:SmokedChili|SmokedChili]] ([[User talk:SmokedChili|talk]]) 18:07, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
:::::Well, I mean, a name seems like an odd way to group subjects when one is a spinning box turtle and the other is a whip-wielding anthropomorphic barn owl with no further similarities. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:14, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
Just in case anyone wanted it, I have now created a visualization of what the split page for "Wings" will look like if split into its own article via my [[User:Pizza Master/sandbox|sandbox page]].--{{User:Pizza Master/sig}} 16:57, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
:Thank you for your contribution. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:02, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
I do think it's worth noting that "wings" isn't mistranslated. It's referring to the general powerup in the same way we have "Metal Power", "Floating Power", and "Invisibility Power". The manual doesn't seem to ever directly state the name of the item, only show a picture of the item next to the powerup (moreso, the item's name are in all-caps; Wings aren't, as if Mario getting "Wings" means he has wings on his hat, not that the item itself is "wings"). That's my interpretation anyway. Anyhow the evidence here isn't as great as I want it to be, but I feel this is a case of us needing to roll with the cards being dealt. At last resort, do we have internal files referring to this item? {{User:Mario/sig}} 17:24, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
:In regards to the translation bit, the manual has "when Mario gets a Power Flower" and "when Mario gets Wings" in corresponding sections, which would lead one to believe it is referring to the item. I don't have the model/texture data for this game, unfortunately. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:33, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
::Power Flower is stylized in all-caps, so it's more like "when Mario gets a POWER FLOWER" and "when Mario gets Wings". They all-caps other particular names like PAINTING, ? SWITCH, ? BLOCK, WALL KICK, GROUND-POUND, COURSE, BACKWARD SOMERSAULT and TRIPLE JUMP. Not everything gets that treatment but it is curious why Wings doesn't have this. {{User:Mario/sig}} 17:45, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
:::I mean, I am physically holding and looking at the game's manual right now, and there's no allcaps in either section, so I'm not sure what you're talking about there. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:55, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
::::I must be looking at another manual. This booklet[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_SuperMario64DS_EN.pdf] was cited in the article, but url (nintendo-europe) indicates the PAL version of it? It's like that manual I've seen online for Mario Party DS (from Nintendo Europe) having a different "synopsis"[https://archive.org/details/mario-party-ds-manual/page/n3/mode/2up] vs the American one I physically have (which is written on the [[Mario Party DS]] article). {{User:Mario/sig}} 18:24, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
:::::I do have the American one. Not sure if there are any potential "edition" differences between ones of the same region, either. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:37, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
"Crazy people, living under a rock, don't know Wings... [https://youtu.be/0rpsrZb3FcQ?t=78 I LOVE Wings!]" {{User:ThePowerPlayer/sig}} 21:05, September 13, 2024 (EDT)
I believe that should "Wings" get its own article, the 'Wings' section of the Wing Cap article along with [[File:WingMarioSM64DS.png|x35px]] <-- this artwork should be removed from the Wing Cap article.--{{User:Pizza Master/sig}} 20:19, September 16, 2024 (EDT)
:Why? As established, the actual item is a feather, the "wings" is a mistranslation. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:35, September 16, 2024 (EDT)
[[File:Wingfeather.png|frame|"Wings" refers to this]]
I just meant removing the section that talks about the feather and the aforementioned above artwork of Wing Mario from the Wing Cap page gallery since those would be in the Wings (SM64DS) article separate from the Wing Cap article.--{{User:Pizza Master/sig}} 21:08, September 16, 2024 (EDT)
:Well that probably should just be on Wing Mario anyways. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 21:13, September 16, 2024 (EDT)
::Really depends on what "Wing Cap" is referring to. The gallery seems to make it seem like it's referring to any instance of a hat with wings rather than a collectable powerup. IDK having a gallery of Wing Mario in Wing Cap is like having Metal Mario's gallery also be in [[Metal Cap]]. Not ideal IMO. {{User:Mario/sig}} 20:54, September 20, 2024 (EDT)

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