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:I aired this out before it was posted, but '''1) is the clearest, most consistent, and most intuitive point'''. As Meester pointed out, there are many examples of character names changing in ways that are extremely notable. In cases where this would happen today, it would be mandatory to change the name no matter what to maintain SEO. While we do use fan terms for advanced techniques, these pale in comparison to official names for characters, which are plastered all over the world; while, say, umeki is a Japan-exclusive term from a very specific piece of Brawl material, compared to [[tech]]. There is an etymological difference here that is extremely notable - tech was a term made in absence of umeki, which never asserted itself. I think only changing when a Smash release occurs is arbitrary, lacks future-proofing, and if it were solely for the sake of representing material as it exists in Smash, you can solve that with a redirect. Smash itself can become outdated or inaccurate in representing characters - see how Ganondorf represents an outright unreleased version of the character, Bowser is based on a child's interpretation of the NES version, and Roy has a completely different personality to his home games. There has to be a consistent line here when you're handling a page meant to discuss the character as it exists in its own media. Otherwise, what are they for, really? To me, I see them as gateways into outside franchises, and handy for the modern "homage to gaming history" direction the series has been taking. - [[File:PlagueSigImage.png|20px]][[User:Plague von Karma|<span style="color: #4952eb;">'''Plague'''</span>]][[User talk:Plague von Karma|<span style="color: #4952eb;">''' von Karma'''</span>]][[File:PlagueSigImage.png|20px]] 00:16, August 29, 2023 (EDT) | :I aired this out before it was posted, but '''1) is the clearest, most consistent, and most intuitive point'''. As Meester pointed out, there are many examples of character names changing in ways that are extremely notable. In cases where this would happen today, it would be mandatory to change the name no matter what to maintain SEO. While we do use fan terms for advanced techniques, these pale in comparison to official names for characters, which are plastered all over the world; while, say, umeki is a Japan-exclusive term from a very specific piece of Brawl material, compared to [[tech]]. There is an etymological difference here that is extremely notable - tech was a term made in absence of umeki, which never asserted itself. I think only changing when a Smash release occurs is arbitrary, lacks future-proofing, and if it were solely for the sake of representing material as it exists in Smash, you can solve that with a redirect. Smash itself can become outdated or inaccurate in representing characters - see how Ganondorf represents an outright unreleased version of the character, Bowser is based on a child's interpretation of the NES version, and Roy has a completely different personality to his home games. There has to be a consistent line here when you're handling a page meant to discuss the character as it exists in its own media. Otherwise, what are they for, really? To me, I see them as gateways into outside franchises, and handy for the modern "homage to gaming history" direction the series has been taking. - [[File:PlagueSigImage.png|20px]][[User:Plague von Karma|<span style="color: #4952eb;">'''Plague'''</span>]][[User talk:Plague von Karma|<span style="color: #4952eb;">''' von Karma'''</span>]][[File:PlagueSigImage.png|20px]] 00:16, August 29, 2023 (EDT) | ||