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===Wigger Wednesday=== | ===Wigger Wednesday=== | ||
[[File:Wigger Wednesday.jpg|thumb|The infamous Wigger Wednesday tweet]] | [[File:Wigger Wednesday.jpg|thumb|The infamous Wigger Wednesday tweet]] | ||
On April 22, 2015, Nintendo of America's {{wp|Twitter}} account posted a photo of a plush [[Waluigi]] riding a [[Wiggler]] with the caption "''Reply "WAAAA" for #WaluigiWednesday. Reply "🌼" for #WiggerWednesday.''", having misspelled "Wiggler" as the slur word "{{wp|wigger}}", a term used to describe a white person perceived as emulating mannerisms of African-American culture. The typo was met with widespread | On April 22, 2015, Nintendo of America's {{wp|Twitter}} account posted a photo of a plush [[Waluigi]] riding a [[Wiggler]] with the caption "''Reply "WAAAA" for #WaluigiWednesday. Reply "🌼" for #WiggerWednesday.''", having misspelled "Wiggler" as the slur word "{{wp|wigger}}", a term used to describe a white person perceived as emulating mannerisms of African-American culture. The typo was met with widespread bemusement and derision from Nintendo's social media followers, with many screenshotting the original tweet.<ref name="dailydot">Imrad Khan (April 23, 2015). [https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/nintendo-twitter-wigger-wednesday/ Nintendo forgets to spell-check its tweet, promotes #WiggerWednesday]. ''The Daily Dot''. Retrieved March 14 2018</ref> The account would later delete the tweet and post a message stating "''When tweeting about one of our characters, we missed a letter. Oops! Sorry about that!''"<ref>Nintendo of America Twitter account (April 22, 2015). [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/591046983307100160 "When tweeting about one of our characters, we missed a letter. Oops! Sorry about that!"], ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 14 2018</ref> Although the tweet was deleted, #WiggerWednesday became a minor trend on Twitter.<ref name="dailydot"/> | ||
===''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' English translation plagiarism=== | ===''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' English translation plagiarism=== | ||