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:::::::We might have to ask Kenji-Girl's opinion on this if we just can't agree, though. [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 14:33, 20 May 2015 (UTC) | :::::::We might have to ask Kenji-Girl's opinion on this if we just can't agree, though. [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 14:33, 20 May 2015 (UTC) | ||
{{indent}} The thing is, the infobox serves as an intro for the article, and so it should contain information on all things that apply to Ash's Pikachu, be it from the anime or the games. It works like this in each and every infobox. We have several articles of game characters that don't have an official artwork and we use a scan from a manga the character has appeared in instead of a generic game sprite. Nowhere it is said that an infobox should only have information from "the primary form of media". Now correct me if I'm wrong, but templates need to be approved by the Editorial Board before being mainspaced, right? If that's the case, it means Kenji-girl has seen this before and she's fine with it. While I can't speak for her, I think we shouldn't be discussing this, really. The Nature parameter wasn't added to the template to be left unused after all. If it's there, then it should be used. It's that simple. And now we're not only discussing a thing as simple as that, but we're bringing other topics into the table, such as the usefulness of the tool tip template, to drag this on forever. We're certainly not doing an infobox for each section, the one at the top of the page should cover all aspects. --[[User:Mikuri|<span style="color:#2b915e;">'''Mi'''</span>]][[User talk: Mikuri|<span style="color:#52cc91;">'''ku'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Mikuri|<span style="color:#8debbc;">'''ri'''</span>]] 15:49, 20 May 2015 (UTC) | {{indent}} The thing is, the infobox serves as an intro for the article, and so it should contain information on all things that apply to Ash's Pikachu, be it from the anime or the games. It works like this in each and every infobox. We have several articles of game characters that don't have an official artwork and we use a scan from a manga the character has appeared in instead of a generic game sprite. Nowhere it is said that an infobox should only have information from "the primary form of media". Now correct me if I'm wrong, but templates need to be approved by the Editorial Board before being mainspaced, right? If that's the case, it means Kenji-girl has seen this before and she's fine with it. While I can't speak for her, I think we shouldn't be discussing this, really. The Nature parameter wasn't added to the template to be left unused after all. If it's there, then it should be used. It's that simple. And now we're not only discussing a thing as simple as that, but we're bringing other topics into the table, such as the usefulness of the tool tip template, to drag this on forever. We're certainly not doing an infobox for each section, the one at the top of the page should cover all aspects. --[[User:Mikuri|<span style="color:#2b915e;">'''Mi'''</span>]][[User talk: Mikuri|<span style="color:#52cc91;">'''ku'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Mikuri|<span style="color:#8debbc;">'''ri'''</span>]] 15:49, 20 May 2015 (UTC) | ||
:An infobox isn't meant to show every aspect of every occurrence of a Pokémon IMO. I mean, there are two Ash's Pikachu in the games; it's silly to say "It's this, but then it changes to this". The point is more that Ash's Pikachu from the anime is the primary reason people go to that page, and that's what the infobox is about; if we are saying that it has a Brave nature, for instance, then we are interpolating and guessing based on what is presented in the games; once again, games does not equal anime, as has been stated numerous times. I go again to an example I keep bringing up with [[Brendan]]; I stated in the past it should be under just that Wikilink, but it automatically redirects to [[Brandan (game)]] even though there is noty a single Brendan in the anime. The reason is for "consistency". Maybe there's a template reason (like with moves and such), but if we're going to say that Brendan from the game is different than any Brendan that might possibly ever show up in the future in the anime (and he likely will not barring a surprise), then we can't just lump everything to do with every different instance of Ash's Pikachu in there. The anime one is the primary search term. Leave the infobox about it exclusively. Are other infoboxes needed? Ash's Pikachu can be a rare case where they might serve useful since it has other implementations, but I think keeping game info separate is a good place to start. Otherwise, '''we are literally guessing''' based on what another department puts out that has no connection to the anime. [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 16:39, 20 May 2015 (UTC) | |||