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#There already ''is'' an exception to "SmashWiki is not official": "'''In the absence of either an official name or a highly recognized fan term, such as most characters' normal moves, it is preferable to leave a name section blank than to "invent" a name for an unnamed move such as [[Mario]]'s [[down smash]]. Non-official sources for such things such as [[Prima Games]] guides or other fansites are unacceptable, and should be removed on sight.'''" Couple this with the fact that we flat out don't give a move's page a name until what the name actually is is confirmed (seen with Final Smashes for characters like [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=NES_Zapper_Posse&diff=620007&oldid=619243 Duck Hunt], [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Dark_Pit_Staff&diff=619994&oldid=616299 Dark Pit], and, most recently, [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=House_of_Boom&diff=1480467&oldid=1479681 Steve]), and it makes it painstakingly clear that we already don't take fanmade names for things like this. | #There already ''is'' an exception to "SmashWiki is not official": "'''In the absence of either an official name or a highly recognized fan term, such as most characters' normal moves, it is preferable to leave a name section blank than to "invent" a name for an unnamed move such as [[Mario]]'s [[down smash]]. Non-official sources for such things such as [[Prima Games]] guides or other fansites are unacceptable, and should be removed on sight.'''" Couple this with the fact that we flat out don't give a move's page a name until what the name actually is is confirmed (seen with Final Smashes for characters like [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=NES_Zapper_Posse&diff=620007&oldid=619243 Duck Hunt], [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Dark_Pit_Staff&diff=619994&oldid=616299 Dark Pit], and, most recently, [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=House_of_Boom&diff=1480467&oldid=1479681 Steve]), and it makes it painstakingly clear that we already don't take fanmade names for things like this. | ||
It's time this got settled once and for all. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: black;">'''Aidan'''</span>]], [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: orange">'''the Spooky Rurouni'''</span>]] 13:44, October 29, 2020 (EDT) | It's time this got settled once and for all. [[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: black;">'''Aidan'''</span>]], [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: orange">'''the Spooky Rurouni'''</span>]] 13:44, October 29, 2020 (EDT) | ||
:It would definitely be useful to clarify that there are situations in which using official names is the better cause of action. One example of this which we have ALWAYS been consistent on is menu section names, and yet I'm still having to clean up people referring to Move List items as "skill previews" (which is particularly unusual because that term is only really applied to smash by other Wiki users, and not the community as a whole). | |||
:[[Forum:General_proposals#How_to_name_Lucario_and_Charizard.27s_Smash_4_final_smash_articles|I actually attempted to start a discussion for sorting out the Mega Evolution articles on general proposals]], but there was virtually no response to that... ''[[User:Alex the weeb|<span style="color: blue;">'''Alex'''</span>]] the [[User talk:Alex the weeb|<span style="color: red;">'''Weeb'''</span>]]'' 14:18, October 29, 2020 (EDT) | |||