Editing Talk:Alternate music

==Incorrect use of the word "Alternate"==
"Alternate" does not mean the same thing as "alternative". A track is "alternate" if there are two tracks that can be played, and it plays them in turn. In other words, if the last time you played on a stage, Track A was playing, then next time you play on it, Track B will play, the time after that, Track A will play, and so on and so forth. A track is "alternative" if the track played each time you choose a stage is randomly selected from a list of tracks. The world "alternate" should be changed to "alternative". Once again, this is not because I speak UK English, it's universal English. "Alternate" being used to mean the same thing as "alternative" is nonstandard US English. I'm not saying that this wiki should be written in UK English, just that it should be written in standard US English rather than nonstandard (i.e. wrong) US English. I figured that  '''''<span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Penguin</font>]][[User talk:PenguinofDeath|<font color="gray">of</font>]][[Special:Contributions/PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Death</font>]]</span>''''' 19:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
:Really? The way I speak English (US-ly, of course) includes the meaning for alternate of being the secondary choice.  [[User:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="khaki">([[User talk:Miles.oppenheimer|<font color="khaki">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 02:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
::The word "alternate", according to thesaurus.reference.com, can mean either "substitute" or "every other". And "alternative" is actually given as a synonym for its "substitute" meaning. So I'd say keep it how it is; there's nothing wrong with it, and "alternative" is a much wordier word anyways. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px]] <small><choose><option>eXemplary Logic</option><option>The Stats Guy</option><option>The Table Designer</option></choose></small> 02:47, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
:::thesaurus.reference.com isn't telling you the whole story - alternate has only come to mean "substitute" recently due to the large number of Americans who believe it means the same thing as "alternative" simply because it's only two letters away. The creep of US English into all other English-speaking countries means that now people worldwide have come to think that they mean the same thing. Check out the Wiktionary entry for "alternate" when used as an adjective:

<big>'''Adjective'''</big><br>
'''alternate''' (''not comparable'')
#Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
#:''And bid '''alternate''' passions fall and rise''. -Alexander Pope
#(Mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
#:''the '''alternate''' members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.''
#(US) Other — as a common ''misuse when meaning'' alternative.
#(botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray.

:::Meaning number three - key word in that sentence: "misuse". Wiktionary says it's wrong, and I trust Wiktionary far more than I trust thesaurus.reference.com. It's basically just another spelling mistake, so we should correct it. '''''<span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Penguin</font>]][[User talk:PenguinofDeath|<font color="gray">of</font>]][[Special:Contributions/PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Death</font>]]</span>''''' 09:25, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
::::There is one other problem though - while I may be wrong, I think that "alternative" is actually a genre of music. Combined with the fact that it's been called "alternate" music for like forever, I think there would be mass confusion. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px]] <small><choose><option>eXemplary Logic</option><option>The Stats Guy</option><option>The Table Designer</option></choose></small> 12:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
:::::"Alternative Rock" is a genre of music, and "Alternative/Punk" was an iTunes invention for when they couldn't think of a single genre to pigeon-hole a band into. "Alternative music" shouldn't be confused with either of those given the context in which it would be used. Also, if the reason why it's called "alternate music" instead of "alternative music" is because everyone thinks that "alternative" and "alternate" mean the same thing, why would they be confused? They probably wouldn't notice the change, let alone actually care enough to be confused by it. For the sake of appearances, I think it should be changed, even if no one will actually care (other than me). '''''<span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Penguin</font>]][[User talk:PenguinofDeath|<font color="gray">of</font>]][[Special:Contributions/PenguinofDeath|<font color="silver">Death</font>]]</span>''''' 13:19, 14 August 2009 (UTC)



=="The rest of the alternate songs only get triggered when all stages have been unlocked"==
Wrong info here, in my current savefile I don't have Pókefloats unlocked and yet I can trigger the alternate music without a problem



Can you please be more specific? Also, please remember to sign your comment with four tildes ([[Special:Contributions/72.133.91.93|72.133.91.93]] 12:47, 24 August 2018 (EDT)) Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/72.133.91.93|72.133.91.93]] 12:47, 24 August 2018 (EDT)Blueflame105

:Whoops, that was an accident. just put four of ~ those at the end. [[Special:Contributions/72.133.91.93|72.133.91.93]] 12:48, 24 August 2018 (EDT)Blueflame105
::You can use '''<nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>''' to do this next time. [[User:Black Vulpine|<span style="color: black;">'''Black Vulpine'''</span>]] of the [[User talk:Black Vulpine|'''Furry Nation''']]. [[Special:Contributions/Black Vulpine|<span style="color: #CC5500">'''Furries make the internets go! :3'''</span>]] 19:52, 24 August 2018 (EDT)

== Merge ==

Why not? Stage music covers/can cover everything in this page. [[User:SugarCookie420|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><span style="color: red;">SugarCookie</span></span>]] [[User talk:SugarCookie420|<span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="color: green;">420</span></span>]] 14:57, May 5, 2019 (EDT)
:I agree. This page seems unnecessary since there’s nothing on this page that isn’t already on the [[Stage music]] page. [[User:Lou Cena|Lou Cena]] ([[User talk:Lou Cena|talk]]) 14:00, May 11, 2019 (EDT)

Bump. Again, this page is just [[Stage Music]] with less content. [[User:Lou Cena|Lou Cena]] ([[User talk:Lou Cena|talk]]) 03:25, May 30, 2019 (EDT)

Bump. Since all info is on Stage Music, do we still need this page? [[User:Lou Cena|Lou Cena]] ([[User talk:Lou Cena|talk]]) 00:35, July 1, 2019 (EDT)
:If no one else has any opinions, deletion is fine. [[User:Cookies and Creme|<span style="font-family: Georgia;color: black;">Cookies</span>]][[File:CnC Signature.png|20px]][[User talk:Cookies and Creme|<span style="font-family: Georgia; color: black;">Creme</span>]] 18:22, July 3, 2019 (EDT)
:'''Support''' This is simply a pared-down [[Stage music]]. [[User:Smore|Smore]] ([[User talk:Smore|talk]]) 09:58, July 13, 2019 (EDT)
This page should stay as a simple reference imo. {unknown user} {{unsigned|216.68.105.101|18:53, July 18, 2019‎ (EDT)}}
:'''Support''' This page is completely worthless if literally everything on it and more is on another well-condensed page. This page should probably be a redirect to a subsection though. [[Special:Contributions/72.203.118.154|72.203.118.154]] 01:44, January 12, 2020 (EST)
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