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==Is this necessary?==
==Is this necessary?==
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Is this template necessary? Other templates that are considered "[[:Category:Notice templates|Notice templates]]" are usually placed to bring attention to problems such as maintenance issues, as said [[MarioWiki:Notice templates|here]]. However, this one is only used to let readers know that if these glitches happened to them, it could permanently affect their game's save files, while I think it would be better to just add a line that says "This glitch can corrupt save files." into the paragraph about the glitch. The template is used on only a few pages (one third of them being talk pages), and [[List of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest glitches#Castle Crush Glitch|this one]], the two [[List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story glitches|here]] and some of the ones [[List of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam glitches|here]] describe the problems the glitch can cause to the game, in addition to using this template, which makes the template feel unnecessary if it already describes what can happen. --{{User:TheFlameChomp/sig}} 16:15, 5 May 2017 (EDT)
Is this template necessary? Other templates that are considered "[[:Category:Notice templates|Notice templates]]" are usually placed to bring attention to problems such as maintenance issues, as said [[MarioWiki:Notice templates|here]]. However, this one is only used to let readers know that if these glitches happened to them, it could permanently affect their game's save files, while I think it would be better to just add a line that says "This glitch can corrupt save files." into the paragraph about the glitch. The template is used on only a few pages (one third of them being talk pages), and [[List of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest glitches#Castle Crush Glitch|this one]], the two [[List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story glitches|here]] and some of the ones [[List of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam glitches|here]] describe the problems the glitch can cause to the game, in addition to using this template, which makes the template feel unnecessary if it already describes what can happen. --{{User:TheFlameChomp/sig}} 16:15, 5 May 2017 (EDT)
:I think it is necessary. Save data corruption could be serious for the average player looking to experiment with glitches. I think it is important to draw attention to it as much as possible. --{{User:Supermariofan67/sig}} 17:13, 5 May 2017 (EDT)
::I'm going to agree with Supermariofan here, these are people's consoles we're talking about. A small throwaway sentence that can be easily overlooked at the top of the relevant section is not enough. {{User|Yoshi876}}
:::Yeah, you're both right. I did think about that, I just wasn't sure if there was a better way for it to stand out than with a template. I think my main problem was that it is considered a "Notice template" even though it doesn't really bring attention to any Wiki problems, but there isn't any other category it could fall under, and it would be better to just keep it. --{{User:TheFlameChomp/sig}} 22:29, 5 May 2017 (EDT)

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