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 :Regarding this, I am in agreement to not write pages as live reports, and have voiced my disapproval before in the discord server of smasher articles having history sections that are written like sloppily-made "real-time reports", that consist of just regurgitating their result at every single significant tournament. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 14:43, February 2, 2023 (EST)
+== What to do if a character's home series name changes ==
+It's been noticed that there's a potential hole in the MoS with regards to this point:
+:''General character articles (those that focus on a character as they are outside of the Smash Bros. series) should be named according to how the character is most commonly known in their originating series.''
+The question is, what happens if that "most common" name changes? As a silly example, imagine that Nintendo starts to refer to "Mario" as specifically "Super Mario". What do we do with his general character page?
+# Change it immediately after it's apparent the name change is permanent
+# Change it only after enough time has passed that it's actually the "most common" name
+# Change it only once there's been a new Smash Bros. game since the name change
+Is there a best idea here? Are there any other possibilities that make sense? No voting (yet?), just open discussion. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[File:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Awesome 21:30, August 28, 2023 (EDT)