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Hi, despite just making an account, I'm actually [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/68.4.176.97&offset=&limit=500&target=68.4.176.97 a longtime editor] here. [[User_talk:Omega_Tyrant#Question|I made an (admittedly faulty) question where the response was that cameos shouldn't count]], and [[User_talk:The_Jacketed_Terrapin#Should_rereleases_count_as_appearances?|asked another user if rereleases should count as "latest appearances"]], I decided to make a proposal based off of their responses, especially after the second one said. "I'll say that I would be in complete support of just axing the "Most recent non-Smash appearance" segment altogether, but I am certain the majority of users here would absolutely oppose the idea of that". I actually think this is a pretty decent idea based off of the [https://www.ssbwiki.com/Special:Contributions/157.242.208.253 edits I have made in the past few days]. There seems to be a surprisingly large amount of situations on whether to count something as a new appearance is questionable, in addition to the segment needing to be constantly updated, and I actually don't see a "latest appearance" section on Wikipedia. To give some examples: | Hi, despite just making an account, I'm actually [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/68.4.176.97&offset=&limit=500&target=68.4.176.97 a longtime editor] here. [[User_talk:Omega_Tyrant#Question|I made an (admittedly faulty) question where the response was that cameos shouldn't count]], and [[User_talk:The_Jacketed_Terrapin#Should_rereleases_count_as_appearances?|asked another user if rereleases should count as "latest appearances"]], I decided to make a proposal based off of their responses, especially after the second one said. "I'll say that I would be in complete support of just axing the "Most recent non-Smash appearance" segment altogether, but I am certain the majority of users here would absolutely oppose the idea of that". I actually think this is a pretty decent idea based off of the [https://www.ssbwiki.com/Special:Contributions/157.242.208.253 edits I have made in the past few days]. There seems to be a surprisingly large amount of situations on whether to count something as a new appearance is questionable, in addition to the segment needing to be constantly updated, and I actually don't see a "latest appearance" section on Wikipedia. To give some examples: | ||
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I '''oppose''' removing that section, for the points laid out above, and it's a fun little valuable thing to list. Like someone could that see that in go "Oh, this character is in this game that recently released, nice." [[User:Awesomelink234|<span style="font-size:10pt;background:#00FF20;border:outset #083 2px;padding:1px 3px;color:#050DF7">Awesomelink234, the Super Cool 🦊Furry🦊 Gamer</span>]] ([[User talk:Awesomelink234|talk]]) 23:16, December 11, 2022 (EST) | I '''oppose''' removing that section, for the points laid out above, and it's a fun little valuable thing to list. Like someone could that see that in go "Oh, this character is in this game that recently released, nice." [[User:Awesomelink234|<span style="font-size:10pt;background:#00FF20;border:outset #083 2px;padding:1px 3px;color:#050DF7">Awesomelink234, the Super Cool 🦊Furry🦊 Gamer</span>]] ([[User talk:Awesomelink234|talk]]) 23:16, December 11, 2022 (EST) | ||
:Which points specifically? That it serves a useful purpose? I agree that it does have its uses, but I don't feel like its valuable enough for the hassle of constant maintaining. As Aidanzapunk said, "updating everything constantly is nevertheless a hassle, and, at present, there are the aforementioned inconsistencies". [[User:Unnamed anon|Unnamed anon]] ([[User talk:Unnamed anon|talk]]) 03:12, December 12, 2022 (EST) | :Which points specifically? That it serves a useful purpose? I agree that it does have its uses, but I don't feel like its valuable enough for the hassle of constant maintaining. As Aidanzapunk said, "updating everything constantly is nevertheless a hassle, and, at present, there are the aforementioned inconsistencies". [[User:Unnamed anon|Unnamed anon]] ([[User talk:Unnamed anon|talk]]) 03:12, December 12, 2022 (EST) | ||