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::I don't see how it could be offensive, and we should use the title that fans used, not the "least offensive" title. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 01:54, 2 April 2013 (UTC) | ::I don't see how it could be offensive, and we should use the title that fans used, not the "least offensive" title. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 01:54, 2 April 2013 (UTC) | ||
:::I believe in a single God, and this doesn't offend me, because it's more of a purely capitalization thing than a reference to God. [[User:Porygon-man|Porygon-man]] ([[User talk:Porygon-man|talk]]) 05:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | :::I believe in a single God, and this doesn't offend me, because it's more of a purely capitalization thing than a reference to God. [[User:Porygon-man|Porygon-man]] ([[User talk:Porygon-man|talk]]) 05:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | ||
::::I see what AGGRON989 is saying. I avoid using "PokéGod" because it's irreverent / somewhat blasphemous, but I don't expect everyone to agree (especially considering that many people see it only as a stylistic thing). | |||
::::But anyway, I do think the name should be changed. | |||
::::1. There was no single/consistent spelling "that the fans used" (there were several different ways it was written, but "pokegods" (no capitalization) and "Pokegods" (capital "P", lowercase "g") were both more common than "PokeGods"). Going by the fan spelling, "Pokégods" isn't any less correct than "PokéGods". | |||
::::This same sort of debate happened on the Missingno. page because there is no single agreed-upon spelling for that either (MissingNo. / Missingno. / MissingNO. / etc.) | |||
::::2. Since there are various fan spellings, I think it makes the most sense to go with the one closest to how it hypothetically would have been spelled in the canon, which would be "Pokégods". You can tell by looking at all the other canon terms that begin with "Poké-". When there is a space after "Poké" then the following word is always capitalized (e.g. Poké Flute, Poké Doll, Poké Ball, Poké Radar, Poké Kid, etc.) but when there is no space then the following letter is never capitalized (e.g. Pokémon, Pokédex, Pokégear, Pokéblock, etc.) The only exception to this that I know about is possibly the old spelling of "PokéManiac", but I don't think that's even an official spelling (my official Red and Blue player's guide spells that word as "Pokémaniac" which is consistent with the other terms...) [[User:Dannyjenn|DNJ]] ([[User talk:Dannyjenn|talk]]) 16:21, 31 May 2013 (UTC) | |||