Forum:What to do with pages about cloned and similar special moves
This is motivated by the recent discussion about Electroshock/Upperdash Arm, Dancing Blade/Double-Edge Dance and Fox/Falco's Blasters. I feel there should be some kind or policy, or at least a discussion about what similar/cloned special moves should be separated, and what ones should be covered in a single shared page.
Essentially, what warrants a split and what warrants a merge? Is a shared name enough to have a single page despite major differences (Pk Fire/Thunder, Blaster...)? Is a different name enough to separate very similar moves (Dr. Tornado/Luigi Cyclone, Dancing Blade/Double-Edge Dance)? What about partially cloned moves with different names (Electroshock/Upperdash Arm, Palutena/Silver Bow...)?
I feel consistency should be a key point in every area of the wiki, so ideally the outcome of this discussion should be applied to every relevant case.
Discuss. -Menshay (talk) 09:27, 13 April 2016 (EDT)
I'm going to propose something and I want to hear what you guys think about it. It's not perfect, but I think it may work.
Clone moves should be partitioned into different pages if the differing moves fit 2 of the 3 following criteria:
- Different English name. Self-explanatory, as this is an English Smashwiki. Moves owned by the same character with new changes in different installments are excepted.
- Differing animation essence. Does the move's visual differentiation go beyond colors/models and significantly departures from the original moves' animations?
- Differing property essence. Does it go beyond damage/knockback/height/distance/range differences, and if not, are they significantly differentiated enough in essence? Are there are new properties such as spiking potential, attack effects, multi-hits, etc?
MuteSpittah (talk) 12:14, 13 April 2016 (EDT)
