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== Edit Request ==

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:<nowiki>|heartgolddex=The moonlight that it stores in the wings on its back apparently gives it the ability to float in midair.</nowiki>
♥ <span style="border: 2px dotted #FFBBDD;">[[User:Umeko|<span style="color:#FF99CC;">梅子</span>]][[User talk:Umeko|<span style="color:#FF99CC;"><sup>❀</sup></span>]][[Special:Contributions/Umeko|<span style="color:#FF99CC;"><sub>✿</sub></span>]]</span> 02:41, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

'''Another''': in the manga section, there's a link to a wikipedia page that don't exist. The page that you want is actually "Slapstick" --[[User:EzekielMaple|EzekielMaple]] 18:13, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

== XY hold item ==

Clefairy is supposed to have Moon Stone, can anyone confirm this? [[User:Trainer Yusuf|Trainer Yusuf]] ([[User talk:Trainer Yusuf|talk]]) 15:55, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

== Actual evidence of Clefairy-was-original-mascot claim? ==

Specifically these bits:

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    Clefairy was originally going to be the official mascot of Pokémon, but Pikachu was used instead due to the popularity of the anime and Pikachu's familiarity with fans.

    In the original pilot episode of the anime, Clefairy was intended to be Ash's starting Pokémon. Due to a last minute change, the role went to Pikachu. This would have made the anime closer to the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, which would later be referenced in Lights, Camerupt, Action!, where its main character, Red, along with his Clefairy starred in a film that Ash and Gary were watching when they were younger.''
The first claim cites Beckett, which is an unofficial publication with a history of getting stuff wrong, and the second claim lacks any citation at all. The notion that Clefairy was originally intended to be the mascot has been parroted around the fandom for years and years now, but I have yet to see any convincing evidence that it's actually the case. The only tangible thing implying it seems to be Clefairy's central role in the aforementioned Pocket Monsters manga, in which Pikachu *still* serves a central role alongside it. There's also the fact that the Beckett claim doesn't make any sense from a timeline perspective; Pikachu would've been established as the mascot well before the anime began production. The second claim just seems like baseless conjecture derived from the first one.

Given the second claim lacks any source whatsoever, I feel confident in removing it. I would argue the first claim warrants removal as well -- but I welcome someone reinstating it if a better source is found. This misinformation has been circulated for long enough, and unfortunately will likely never go away at this point. [[User:Chartreux|Chartreux]] ([[User talk:Chartreux|talk]]) 07:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)Chartreux
:I see, and agree. Unsourced claims from this wikis early days is all too common.--[[User:MissDelibirda|MissDelibirda]] ([[User talk:MissDelibirda|talk]]) 08:51, 8 June 2022 (UTC)