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Our friends here are consistently referred to as "small birds" in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'' (pages 69 142, 249). Because this text is a direct translation of a Japanese book and it is equally as justifiable to translate [[ | Our friends here are consistently referred to as "small birds" in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'' (pages 69 142, 249). Because this text is a direct translation of a Japanese book and it is equally as justifiable to translate [[Little bird#Names in other languages|their Japanese name]] as "little bird", I thought this could have just been a preference of the book's translators. However, I recently noticed that these birds are explicitly named in ''Super Mario Odyssey'', in the mission "[[List of Power Moons in Bowser's Kingdom#Small Bird in Bowser's Castle|Small Bird in Bowser's Castle]]". | ||
In all other missions that involve striking a bird for a Power Moon, the general term "bird" is used, but this sometimes includes avifauna that are clearly not the same thing as the little birds - namely hawks, seagulls, doves, pigeons, penguins and the small UFOs. They have different body shapes, and are not recognized as "small birds" in ''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey''. So I think "bird" is the overarching term for all of these animal characters. But "''small'' bird"? That's specific to the subject of this article, and I believe it is the current, preferred English name. | In all other missions that involve striking a bird for a Power Moon, the general term "bird" is used, but this sometimes includes avifauna that are clearly not the same thing as the little birds - namely hawks, seagulls, doves, pigeons, penguins and the small UFOs. They have different body shapes, and are not recognized as "small birds" in ''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey''. So I think "bird" is the overarching term for all of these animal characters. But "''small'' bird"? That's specific to the subject of this article, and I believe it is the current, preferred English name. | ||
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::::I mean, I would be fine with dropping this proposal if you feel this is the wider discussion we should have first. I can see the benefit of having dedicated articles for each small bird. I am sorry if it seemed like I was trying to Trojan horse this proposal - the way the page was already written and the way its [[Gallery:Little bird|gallery]] page was laid out left me under the impression that this article was already written with other small birds in mind. My intent was just to change the name to what I believe the preferred name is in ''Super Mario Odyssey''. — [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 09:21, April 10, 2024 (EDT) | ::::I mean, I would be fine with dropping this proposal if you feel this is the wider discussion we should have first. I can see the benefit of having dedicated articles for each small bird. I am sorry if it seemed like I was trying to Trojan horse this proposal - the way the page was already written and the way its [[Gallery:Little bird|gallery]] page was laid out left me under the impression that this article was already written with other small birds in mind. My intent was just to change the name to what I believe the preferred name is in ''Super Mario Odyssey''. — [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 09:21, April 10, 2024 (EDT) | ||