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Necessity

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Is this category really necessary? It lumps characters from no less than 11 different games together, specifically the RPGs, so other minor non-playable characters such as the Pianta captain are not included. Also, despite the rules listed in Mariowiki:Minor NPCs, they are often disregarded and shopkeepers sometimes make the list. Furthermore, non-player characters with a respectable amount of weight on the plot, such as Pa-Patch and the Fahr Outpost Mayor, are listed as well. I wouldn't consider that "minor." I'd consider "minor" to be "literally has no importance and can be talked to." And that subjectivity is another problem: the term "minor" is too subject to opinion. My point is this category is fairly arbitrary, the content can be easily gained from the games' respective character categories, and as of now covers eleven different games, plus a remake, all in one category. This made more sense when the wiki was just starting out and there were only five RPGs out, but not any more. It could probably be deleted and we wouldn't lose anything. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:21, 26 September 2017 (EDT)

Even if we had a rigid definition for minor NPCs, I don't think that the quantifiable importance of a character is particularly relevant to us, especially to the point where we need a category for it. All of the characters in this category are "minor" for completely different reasons, so grouping them all together has always seemed odd to me. I'm in favor of completely deleting it. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 18:31, 26 September 2017 (EDT)

Delete this category

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Current time: Wednesday, December 25, 2024, 01:01 GMT

I've outlined my reasons above. There's no reason to have a category specifically for characters from 11 different games plus a remake when each of them have their own character categories, particularly for something as subjective as this.

Proposer:

Doc von Schmeltwick
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Best character who hasn't been made (yet): Gold Tanooki Cat Baby Metal Waluigette: ultimate roster filler!

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  Most underappreciated artwork ever

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  If you're actually reading this excuse for a page, this is probably you (talking to you epecially KF)

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  I wanted to keep this on a whim, lel

Some current goals:

Definitely

• Split Bin into something logical
• Merge Lava Piranha to Fire Piranha Plant
• Merge Bob-omb Buddy to Bob-omb or at least clean up the former akin to Red Boo
• Do something with the various actual Mecha-Bowsers (Kun, Safari, Sunshine, and Galaxy)
• Merge Fire Orb to Fireball
• Determine proper distinction (if any) between Fire Breath and the projectile "Bowser's fire"
• Determine proper distinction (if any) between Fireball, Fireball (obstacle), and Bowser's fire
• Merge Water Barrel to Barrel
• Merge blue and red Electro-Koopas
• Consider the green Cheep Cheeps in the Super Mario Maker to only borrow the designs of Blurp and Deep Cheep rather than being them outright (and thus reflect the games' own terminology)
• Merge Flatbed Ferry to lift
• Split Yoshi's Island between the "Yoster Island" (primarily Mario franchise) and "Yoshi Island" (primarily Yoshi franchise) versions
• Split Bowser Snow Statue from Mizzter Blizzard
• Merge volcanic debris and Helio to pyroclast

Maybe

• Split "Boss" Boo (ie SM64, MP2-4, MPL) from Big Boo (and King Boo (Super Mario Sunshine))
• Merge the Dark Moon section of Big Boo into Boolossus
• Split Mega Boo (ie SMG2) from Big Boo
• Merge the red and blue Spiny Shells
• Merge Owl (species) to Heavy Zed
• Make a page to combine generic instances of switches (including generically named instances of ! Switch) and/or buttons
• Merge Jumping Fire Piranha Plant to Jumping Piranha Plant (Encyclopedia/Portal-only distinction later titles seem to go back on)
• Merge colored Magikoopas
• Merge the identical chef-specific Paper Mario series dishes
• Determine extent of coverage for 2003 Diddy Kong Pilot and/or Banjo Pilot
• Merge Lightfish to Glimmer
• Merge Pile Driver Micro-Goomba to Mini Goomba
• Merge Winged Strollin' Stu to Swipin' Stu
• Merge the character and species articles for Yoshi, Toad, and Magikoopa/Kamek
• Merge Panser and Volcano Plant
• Split all the machine parts from Super Duel Mode
• Split Mini Goomba and Small Goomba (SM64/PMCS)
• Merge Purple Bomber to Ceiling Surprise

No proposal needed!

• Collect more SGB sprites
• Finish PM enemy idles (Lava Piranha is probably asking too much)
• Give SPP better coverage in general
• Upload proper Wario's Woods NES graphics
• Upload Mobile Golf sprites
• Upload NES sprites for platformer games to cover all used palette scenarios

So you've gotten into a debate with me

Want some tips into effectively arguing with me? For starters, if I start a debate acting on-the-fence suggesting a change, do not under any circumstances attempt to shut it down with a "no that's 100% impossible." Instead, take a more ambiguous approach like I'd started with. Basically, the more you push, the more I'll push back. I'm like Canary Mary from Banjo-Tooie in that regard. Additionally, "this is an English Wiki" is not now and never will be an argument. It may be an English wiki, but it's a predominantly Japanese franchise, so not looking at it from an international perspective is disingenuous and helps nobody.
Deadline: 23:59 October 16, 2017 (GMT)

Support

1. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk): Per proposal.