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Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

birdo is not trans 70.30.46.168 (talk) 20:26, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but we go by reliable sources, not your opinion. ThomasO1989 (talk) 20:28, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

but are you aware of the proof that she was never trans at all 70.30.46.168 (talk) 02:00, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is that proof backed up by reliable sources? ThomasO1989 (talk) 03:05, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Yoshi s cookie

https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/yoshis-cookie Marcnpalmer (talk) 02:54, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/yoshis-cookie Marcnpalmer (talk) 02:56, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I Have Something to do Now

The TTYD remake was a surprise. Although I had no interest in the game prior this one looks like a lot of fun!

Thank you for your edit to the list, and maintaining the articles. I've done some work on them as well. I'd like your input, though. When I came to the Paper Mario article I found the remake under its own header under "main series". I've merged it with the TTYD one for now. Do you think it should have a separate header? Panini! • 🥪 18:39, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Original Research

In the page of silent protagonists you erased my edit as original research. It's not. I even added a link about how Shulk was meant to be a non-speaking protagonist until Takahashi backpedaled on that decision 2.44.107.173 (talk) 13:01, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Linking my revert. Yes, this is original research. The passage on Xenoblade Chronicles is the only part you provided any sources on, and nothing else has any. Even so, the article isn't meant to be an indiscriminate list of all silent protagonist examples. Who cares if Pit was silent in one game and isn't in another? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 15:24, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No one cares. But what I wanted to say is that Nintendo franchises almost always use the trope (Pit talking in Uprising being an exception to an almost universal rule for Nintendo), while Final Fantasy for instance rarely does aside from the MMOs. 37.179.85.136 (talk) 21:20, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And, the example of Live A Live I had also mentioned is because Live A Live is a chapter-based game that uses silent protagonists in very creative ways: Pogo and Cube don't speak because they literally can't (Pogo's story is entirely told without dialogue, Cube is literally mute) while Oersted is silent in his chapter until the end where him starting to speak marks his downfall and turn into the villain Odio 37.179.85.136 (talk) 21:23, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Again, what you're describing to me is original research. I don't care about what happens in Live A Live. The point is that you still haven't provided any reliable sources that establish notability of Live A Live in the context of silent protagonists. Regarding Nintendo franchises, find a reliable source that covers most Nintendo characters being silent; don't try to list off every example you can think of. This isn't TVTropes. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 21:52, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Wii

I would like to know why you believe that lists with downloads to FOSS software that can be run on anyone's Wii and has publicly available source code for anyone to audit are "unreliable sources." Surveypartychef (talk) 17:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Linking the revert for reference. All your sources are wikis, blogs, and YouTube, all self-published sources. None of these are considered reliable and thus are inappropriate. ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:41, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Those links include downloads to all software mentioned. Additionally, the NetBSD sources are all from the NetBSD project's official website. What would you suggest I do to corroborate my statements in a way that you would find acceptable? I'm willing to provide "proper" citations if you can give me some examples, as the homebrew section is severely lacking in relevant content and I have been long involved in this area. Surveypartychef (talk) 17:48, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You need reliable third-party sources that cover this material. In the previous paragraph of that section, some sources are EnGadget and PC World. Other sources would probably be IGN, GameSpot, etc. Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources has a comprehensive list of what we consider reliable and not. Not only does it establish verifability, it establishes notability-- in general if many sources find it interesting to report on, then it's worth covering in the article. Another part to consider to that the article is meant for general audiences. Links to where to download software makes an assumption that people reading the article are interested in doing homebrew, which is not correct. It's not useful to someone learning the generals about Wii. ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:57, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wii U GPU GFLOPS number

Hi, before adding the number back, the number can be obtained easily by just using the number of Stream Processors provided (320) and multiplying by 550MHz (clock speed) by also the number of MADDs. 550*320*2=352.

Furthermore, the article says it has 1.5 times the shader performance of Xenos, so we can put 360GFLOPS if you want.

Cheers. JidoBarbeiro (talk) 19:03, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your source doesn't explicitly give that number, and the average reader who would check the source wouldn't be able to figure that out. This falls under WP:SYNTHESIS. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, then we use this source:

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/console-gpu-power-compared-ranking-systems-by-flop/2900-1334/ JidoBarbeiro (talk) 19:15, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That source should work. Please flesh out the reference with the {{cite web}} template instead of a bare URL and, if possible, integrate this information into the prose, under Wii U#Console, similar to PlayStation 4#Technical specifications. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:22, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, understood. Just want to mention that the PlayStation 4 article's infobox does mention the floating-point performance of the GPU there, I wanted the design to match it since a lot of other console articles do the same, but I will do as you say as well. JidoBarbeiro (talk) 19:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good, agreed with both places. The reference can be attached to the prose instead of in the infobox, like in the PS4 article. ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:34, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]