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Talk:List of Nintendo event Pokémon in 2008 (view source)
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To avoid an edit war with Tc26, I'm deciding to bring this up on the talk page for discussion on the merit of whether this bit of trivia deserves to stay in the article. | To avoid an edit war with Tc26, I'm deciding to bring this up on the talk page for discussion on the merit of whether this bit of trivia deserves to stay in the article. | ||
Now it seems to me that not only is this not even a coincidence, but the mere fact that it deals with death should make it not trivial at all. Someone died and we're making that trivia? Does that | Now it seems to me that not only is this not even a coincidence, but the mere fact that it deals with death should make it not trivial at all. Someone died and we're making that trivia? Does that not sound disrespectful to anyone? That alone should be basis enough to keep this off the page, but for those thinking that it has other reasons to stand: there are none. | ||
The games and anime are rarely interconnected, so it's not like Maddie was on tour promoting this Meowth. Even if she was, how is that trivial? We might as well put on Mahatma Gandhi's wiki page "Gandhi was murdered by an Indian that believed he had betrayed the Indian people in favor of the Muslims. This is trivia because Gandhi is Indian. How ironic, huh?" | The games and anime are rarely interconnected, so it's not like Maddie was on tour promoting this Meowth. Even if she was, how is that trivial? We might as well put on Mahatma Gandhi's wiki page "Gandhi was murdered by an Indian that believed he had betrayed the Indian people in favor of the Muslims. This is trivia because Gandhi is Indian. How ironic, huh?" | ||
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No. That's not how it works. And as long as we're adding trivia like this, let's add "Satoshi Tajiri was on a plane when the Saikyou Dragonite was offered up for trade. A coincidence, because Dragonite can fly!" [[User:Redstar|Redstar]] 03:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | No. That's not how it works. And as long as we're adding trivia like this, let's add "Satoshi Tajiri was on a plane when the Saikyou Dragonite was offered up for trade. A coincidence, because Dragonite can fly!" [[User:Redstar|Redstar]] 03:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
:I agree, that's not good trivia. If they came out with a variation of this Meowth in English afterward, though, ''then'' I could see it being trivia that it was brought to the US's Ranch to memorialize her. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#DAA520">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#C0C0C0">chidna</span>]]''' 03:31, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | :I agree, that's not good trivia. If they came out with a variation of this Meowth in English afterward, though, ''then'' I could see it being trivia that it was brought to the US's Ranch to memorialize her. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#DAA520">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#C0C0C0">chidna</span>]]''' 03:31, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
::Thanks for your thoughts. I'll be changing the page to reflect them, since you are an admim. [[User:Redstar|Redstar]] 03:34, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | |||