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::I've been waiting L.O.G. knows how long for an opportunity to post that speech, and none of my peers have found any logical fallacies with it. The Wiki doesn't always have to be official. But in the same way Wikipedia only gets its info from reliable sources, the most help we can do is to point our readers to where the games came from. Sincerely, [[User:SamtheBKBoss|Samuel]] the [[User talk:SamtheBKBoss|<span style="font-family: Lithos Pro"><span style="color: #0123A8">'''Banjo-'''</span><span style="color: #FF1901">'''Kazooie'''</span></span>]] Boss. [[File:SamtheBKBossSIGN.png|16px]] 16:29, November 16, 2020 (EST) | ::I've been waiting L.O.G. knows how long for an opportunity to post that speech, and none of my peers have found any logical fallacies with it. The Wiki doesn't always have to be official. But in the same way Wikipedia only gets its info from reliable sources, the most help we can do is to point our readers to where the games came from. Sincerely, [[User:SamtheBKBoss|Samuel]] the [[User talk:SamtheBKBoss|<span style="font-family: Lithos Pro"><span style="color: #0123A8">'''Banjo-'''</span><span style="color: #FF1901">'''Kazooie'''</span></span>]] Boss. [[File:SamtheBKBossSIGN.png|16px]] 16:29, November 16, 2020 (EST) | ||
:::Uh, and for names that are only official in other languages, the English fan term is also acceptable, as long as the complication is, again, made completely clear. Sincerely, [[User:SamtheBKBoss|Samuel]] the [[User talk:SamtheBKBoss|<span style="font-family: Lithos Pro"><span style="color: #0123A8">'''Banjo-'''</span><span style="color: #FF1901">'''Kazooie'''</span></span>]] Boss. [[File:SamtheBKBossSIGN.png|16px]] 16:34, November 16, 2020 (EST) | :::Uh, and for names that are only official in other languages, the English fan term is also acceptable, as long as the complication is, again, made completely clear. Sincerely, [[User:SamtheBKBoss|Samuel]] the [[User talk:SamtheBKBoss|<span style="font-family: Lithos Pro"><span style="color: #0123A8">'''Banjo-'''</span><span style="color: #FF1901">'''Kazooie'''</span></span>]] Boss. [[File:SamtheBKBossSIGN.png|16px]] 16:34, November 16, 2020 (EST) | ||
==Unofficial Lingo== | |||
This policy has ruled that official terms should be used unless a fan-made term has clearly overtaken it in popularity. There is no clearly defined protocol for a fan-made term that has significant traction, but not quite enough to overtake the official term. There is seemingly an unwritten rule that these terms are placed next to the official term at the start of an article in parentheses, bolded, and properly defined if there is a history behind the term. An example are the special move pages e.g. Neutral Special also has Neutral B. I propose adding an addendum that explains using unofficial lingo within the confines of the appropriate articles is acceptable, and should be placed in parentheses and bolded, defining them if necessary.[[User:The Other Jared|The Other Jared]] ([[User talk:The Other Jared|talk]]) 00:01, December 29, 2023 (EST) | |||