Talk:Boo Guy: Difference between revisions
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:The same thing can be said with [[Anuboo]] and [[Fuzzipede]], but if we remove their connection with Boos, then we should do the same thing with [[Snufit]]s. {{User:VOIDTHIS/sig}} 20:10, 20 June 2018 (CEST) | :The same thing can be said with [[Anuboo]] and [[Fuzzipede]], but if we remove their connection with Boos, then we should do the same thing with [[Snufit]]s. {{User:VOIDTHIS/sig}} 20:10, 20 June 2018 (CEST) | ||
::Snufits aren't Boos in any way, barring the original spherical shape, and there were ''plenty'' of spherical enemies in SM64. Boo was actually more oblong in that game anyways. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:43, 20 June 2018 (EDT) | ::Snufits aren't Boos in any way, barring the original spherical shape, and there were ''plenty'' of spherical enemies in SM64. Boo was actually more oblong in that game anyways. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:43, 20 June 2018 (EDT) | ||
:: Honestly, I think they've brought up pretty good points. I think we could come up with wording that didn't violate the spirit of terminology, or even end up saying [[MW:IAR|screw it]] and putting in something that does violate it on the basis that a disclaimer really is potentially quite important. | |||
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:I have also always thought that the boo not being a boo enemy options present NPOV and worldview issues. I would pretty strongly support just eliminating that parameter since I can't come up with a good way to resolve the issues in a template etc. In the text of an article we can say "It is widely considered boos, but is seen as a different enemy in other parts of the world," or "It has been considered a a boo type enemy for many years, but using that term too much has sometimes proven fatal," but stuff like that doesn't really fit in an infobox, template or article. I guess in articles like that we could just not use the parameter in the infobox, template and the like and describe it in the text only... but even with ghosts that are more black and white in game terms I'm not sure that having it as an infobox or template parameter presents any value at all. Anyone wanting to know it should look at a hell of a lot more than just the infobox. [[User:Kevin Gorman|Kevin Gorman]] ([[User talk:Kevin Gorman|talk]]) | |||