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The word "Version'''s'''" does not appear in the box art. We are the ones using it. I'm not saying we should definitely drop the use of "Version" for convenience sake, but if we stick to using it, then we should at least use it correctly, as in ''Pokémon Diamond Version'' and ''Pearl Version'' rather than Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. The naming convention we currently use is specially dumb in the case of ''Pokémon Black Version 2'' and ''White Version 2'', which we call "Versions 2" just to have a shorter title, and in doing so we're not only being inaccurate, but also inconsistent because [[Template:Core series|our]] [[Template:Sup/5|templates]] call them Black 2 and White 2 or B2W2 rather than Black and White 2 or BW2.--[[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>]] 14:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC) | The word "Version'''s'''" does not appear in the box art. We are the ones using it. I'm not saying we should definitely drop the use of "Version" for convenience sake, but if we stick to using it, then we should at least use it correctly, as in ''Pokémon Diamond Version'' and ''Pearl Version'' rather than Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. The naming convention we currently use is specially dumb in the case of ''Pokémon Black Version 2'' and ''White Version 2'', which we call "Versions 2" just to have a shorter title, and in doing so we're not only being inaccurate, but also inconsistent because [[Template:Core series|our]] [[Template:Sup/5|templates]] call them Black 2 and White 2 or B2W2 rather than Black and White 2 or BW2.--[[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>]] 14:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC) | ||
:I rather suspect the [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|B2W2]] page title is like that not so much to be "shorter" but just to accomodate {{template|game}} and its cousins. More to the point, I suppose, since all the previous titles (and {{template|game}}) are set up like that, "Black and White Versions 2" is almost the choice that ''had'' to be made, unless ''all'' of those templates and titles were going to be changed (as is being discussed here). (...I'm not making any comment on the correctness of that choice; I'm just saying I don't think that title was chosen "just" for shortness. Of course, I wasn't at all around when that decision was made, though.) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 15:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC) | :I rather suspect the [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|B2W2]] page title is like that not so much to be "shorter" but just to accomodate {{template|game}} and its cousins. More to the point, I suppose, since all the previous titles (and {{template|game}}) are set up like that, "Black and White Versions 2" is almost the choice that ''had'' to be made, unless ''all'' of those templates and titles were going to be changed (as is being discussed here). (...I'm not making any comment on the correctness of that choice; I'm just saying I don't think that title was chosen "just" for shortness. Of course, I wasn't at all around when that decision was made, though.) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 15:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC) | ||
::I know we're not Wikipedia but they have a clear policy regarding article titles: use whatever is most widely recognized by people in general as long as it's accurate. This is why their articles on the core Pokémon games don't have the "Version" label in them, though it is mentioned in the lead (like we do already). People rarely refer to the game titles by using the label. {{ut|CycloneGU#MissingNo.|Additionally, we need stop obsessing over {{tt|this fussy idea|And this is me being nice.}} that the first word in the first sentence of the lead must be the article's title}} since it has never been {{bp|Manual of Style#Opening line|a rule on Bulbapedia}} or {{wp|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section#First sentence|on Wikipedia}} (for obvious reasons of course: it makes no sense whatsoever). [[User:SatoMew2|SatoMew2]] ([[User talk:SatoMew2|talk]]) 15:45, 13 October 2015 (UTC) | |||
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