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: I guess I should give an example. He's a short one: ''A similar move in SSBM (called the Wall-grapple) existed for Link, Young Link and Samus''. My proposed change would be to change the "existed" to "exists." And to make similar tense changes for all such references to Melee and SSB. <font face="centaur">– [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 19:37, 18 November 2008 (UTC) | : I guess I should give an example. He's a short one: ''A similar move in SSBM (called the Wall-grapple) existed for Link, Young Link and Samus''. My proposed change would be to change the "existed" to "exists." And to make similar tense changes for all such references to Melee and SSB. <font face="centaur">– [[User:MaskedMarth|MaskedMarth]] <sup>([[User talk:MaskedMarth|t]] [[Special:Contributions/MaskedMarth|c]])</sup></font> 19:37, 18 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
I completely agree, but it's a daunting task to try and change it all. Too much of the site is written like so... | |||
'''Subject''' is used for such-and-such in SSBM. | |||
In the original Smash, ... | |||
In Brawl... | |||
...as though it were written about Melee, they remebered the original and then Brawl was tacked on later. Other ones written about Brawl initially refer to the other two as if they are no longer played. This is definitely a problem that needs fixing. [[User:Miles.oppenheimer|<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] ([[User talk:Miles.oppenheimer|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Miles.oppenheimer|contribs]])</span> 21:29, 18 November 2008 (UTC) | |||