Mariopedia:Naming: Difference between revisions

*Mariopedia is an English language wiki, so the name of an article should correspond to the '''most commonly used English name''' of the subject, which, given our user and visitor demographics, means the '''North American name'''. For example, the North American title of "''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''" takes precedence over the PAL region's "''Mario Strikers Charged Football''" title.

*If a subject isn't released in North America, but is released in another English-speaking region (i.e. Europe or Australia), the name they provide should be used for the article. If there is a conflict of which source to use, the region where the game was released first will have priority (i.e. the '''first international English name''' will be used).

*If a subject's name has changed over time, the more commonly used modern name should be used as the title, rather than the historic name. For example, [[Princess Peach]]'s original English name was "Princess Toadstool", however, she is usually called "Princess Peach" in recent games, so the article's title is "Princess Peach".

**However in cases where the subject's name constantly changes from game to game, the name it is commonly identified as should be used as the title. For example [[Koopa Paratroopa]] is frequently referred to as "Paratroopa" (and in some cases, other names too) however, "Koopa Paratroopa" is the most well-known name so the article's title is "Koopa Paratroopa".

*If there is no official name in any language, then a conjectural title is developed if the subject is notable enough for an article. For example, the unnamed mayor of [[Fahr Outpost]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' has been given the conjectural yet straightforward name "[[Fahr Outpost mayor]]", as he plays a role in the game's story, unlike most NPCs, which are not granted conjecturally named articles.

**Note that this does not apply to ''Mario Kart'' console abbreviation article identifiers. See the [[#Shared titles|shared titles]] section for more details.

 

 

#'''Name provided in-game or in the enclosed instruction manual''' – Ideally, the subject is named in the game itself, but whatever instruction material is enclosed with the game is also considered a primary naming source. If there is inconsistency between the manual and the game itself regarding a name, the game's version takes precedence.

#'''Name from a pre-''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' Prima Games Strategy Guide or any other third-party guide''' – A name from an officially-licensed Prima Games Strategy Guide (when they were published concurrently with ''Nintendo Power'') is also an acceptable alternative, though in case of contradictions, the Nintendo Power name takes priority. This also applies to other official third-party guides by companies such as Bradygames. For Japanese names, guides published by [[Shogakukan]] (Nintendo's official guidebook licensee) take priority over other publications.

#'''Name used in officially licensed media''' – A name from any officially Nintendo-licensed non-video game media source. This includes cartoons, movies, magazines, comics and web content. Like games, North American media names get priority, followed by the first international English name and finally, the first non-English source.

#'''Development name''' – Any name used during the development of a video game or other Nintendo-licensed media source. This type of name usually comes from unused data, developer interviews or development documents.

 

Please note that ''regardless of the source'', the '''official North American name''' takes priority, followed by the '''first international English name''' if no North American name is available, and finally the '''first international non-English name''' if no English name is known. For example, if a subject is given a name in-game in the Japanese version only, and not in the English localization of the game, but an English strategy guide names it, that English name is used, rather than the Japanese.

===''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''===

While citing the non-English ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]s'' is acceptable, citing the English version is not. The English version of the book uses old, likely outdated, and created names directly pulled from and/or specifically meant for the wiki. In most cases, we already have a different name sourced, so using the old name while referencing the book would just lead to us referencing ourselves.

 

==Conjectural names==

It is possible to come across a subject which shares the same title as another subject, in which case identifiers must be used to show which one of the same-named subjects is covered in each page. If there is one subject that is clearly more popular than the others, the popular subject will keep the original title while the others use identifiers. For example, the game gets the ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' name, whereas the building's article is [[Luigi's Mansion (location)]]. If the subjects are equally likely to be linked to or searched for, both articles are given identifiers while the plain subject title is made into a disambiguation page (marked with {{tem|disambig}}). For example, [[Super Mario]] is a disambiguation page linking to all the other uses of the title, such as [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' (series)]] and [[Super Mario (form)]]. If there are five or more pages sharing the same name, a disambiguation page must be used, although it may be given a "(disambiguation)" qualifier if one of the articles has the plain title. For example, the article [[Bowser's Castle]] is about Bowser's home, whereas [[Bowser's Castle (disambiguation)]] also links to other uses of the name, such as the [[Bowser's Castle (board)|game board]] and [[Bowser Castle (baseball stadium)|baseball stadium]]. Game series articles always get a series identifier regardless of whether or not the title is shared, such as [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' (series)]]. When disambiguation pages are used, the articles should only link to them in {{tem|about}} when necessary, but if a disambiguation page is not used, the articles can merely link to the other same-named page.

 

 

===Determining the identifier===