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| ==Determine whether or not to use console abbreviations in titles for ''Mario Kart'' course articles, and if so, how to use them== | | ==Completely do away with console abbreviations in titles for ''Mario Kart'' course articles== |
| Policy right now dictates that console abbreviations be used for every single title in ''Mario Kart'' course articles. While I fully understand the logic behind said policy, I don't see how this would work in the long term. | | Policy right now dictates that console abbreviations be used for every single title in ''Mario Kart'' course articles that have made at least one "classic" appearence. While I fully understand the logic behind said policy, I don't see how this would work in the long term. In fact, I would even say that it's '''counterintuitive''' to MarioWiki's goals, and here's why: |
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| ==Real World Subjects vs. Real World Terms==
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| A recurring trend on this wiki is to create articles on real-world terms, such as [[Genre]], [[Level]], and [[Pre-release and unused content]]. I know we've said something like this in [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive 27#Reality vs. Fiction|the first proposal aimed at reducing ''generic'' subjects]], but allowing these articles as precedents would lead to further unnecessary articles, such as {{fake link|Episode}}, {{fake link|Map}}, {{fake link|Cutscene}}...the list goes on. {{wp|Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary|Keep in mind that wikis are not dictionaries}}, and we don't necessarily ''need'' articles on those subjects, same as the generic subjects. Therefore, in a similar vein to the generic subjects proposal I linked to, I propose that we allow articles on real-world terms '''only if they have a function or purpose that makes them unique and discernible from the way the term is applied elsewhere'''.
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| The following are examples of real-world terms that would be '''allowed''':
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| *[[Cheat code]] – The cheat codes and their effects vary per game; ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''{{'}}s is a simple button hold that allows [[Luigi]] as a playable character, whereas ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''{{'}}s has a cheats section where the player can enter five-letter code words to drastically change the gameplay (for example, typing "COLOR" in the SNES version gives Dixie and Kiddy a palette swap).
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| *[[Game Over]] – The Game Over screens are entirely unique for each game, and Game Overs aren't just achievable by "losing". ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', for example, has a Game Over that occurs by making the mistake of reading [[Ghost T.]]'s [[Ragged Diary|diary]].
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| *[[Easter egg]] – Same as cheat code.
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| *[[Fourth wall]] – Fourth wall breaks occur very often in the ''Mario'' universe, such as how in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', [[Starlow]] references the [[Year of Luigi]] when [[Luigi]] is otherwise alone in west [[Gloomy Woods]] thanks to [[King Boo]] (''"You had, like, a whole YEAR named after you!"''), or how in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', [[Huey]] makes a remark when he sees the final memory revealing that [[Bowser]] had accidentally created his [[black paint]] [[Black Bowser|alter-ego]], ''"You're telling me we could have avoided this entire game if we just installed a "Don't Mix the Paint" sign?!"''.
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| *[[Unrevisitable area]] – Same as fourth wall.
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| The following are examples of real-world terms that would be '''forbidden''':
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| *[[Glitch]] – They are recurring, but they don't differentiate enough in concept from glitches in other franchises.
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| *[[Level]] – There's nothing different about the concept of levels in the ''Mario'' franchise. You play them, you beat them, you move on to the next level. It's the same thing.
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| *[[Genre]] – Genres in the ''Mario'' franchise are conceptually no different from genres elsewhere.
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| *[[World]] – Same as above.
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| *[[Minigame]] – Same as above.
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| Whatever happens to the targeted pages in the aftermath (i.e. merging into the [[MarioWiki:Glossary|glossary]] or converting into a list) has no bearing on this proposal.
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| If this proposal passes, I will begin drafting some text to add to the [[MarioWiki:Generic subjects|generic subjects policy]], which I will propose later on.
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| '''Proposer:''' {{user|Toadette the Achiever}}<br>
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| '''Deadline:''' TBA 2018, 23:59 GMT
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| ====Support====
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| #{{User|Toadette the Achiever}} Per proposal.
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| ====Oppose====
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| ====Comments====
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