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::Except that it ''is not'' a perfectly viable word. It has only gained traction in fandom- and Internet-related circles and is ''not'' in standard English in normal life outside those circles. I have separate issues with "retroactively declared" (they aren't being changed in copies of older games, so it's not technically "retroactive"), so I believe the simple phrase ''they were changed to become Fairy-types'' is the best option to fulfill the requests that it be (a) completely accurate and (b) unarguably professional and encyclopedic in tone and diction. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 01:08, 28 June 2013 (UTC) | ::Except that it ''is not'' a perfectly viable word. It has only gained traction in fandom- and Internet-related circles and is ''not'' in standard English in normal life outside those circles. I have separate issues with "retroactively declared" (they aren't being changed in copies of older games, so it's not technically "retroactive"), so I believe the simple phrase ''they were changed to become Fairy-types'' is the best option to fulfill the requests that it be (a) completely accurate and (b) unarguably professional and encyclopedic in tone and diction. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 01:08, 28 June 2013 (UTC) | ||
::P.S. Your ''can't'' example is actually a perfect argument in my favor, since in all professional writing (encyclopedias, academic journals, newspapers), contractions are '''always''' discouraged as unprofessional. We shouldn't be using them in the mainspace, just like we shouldn't be using ''retcon''. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 01:12, 28 June 2013 (UTC) | ::P.S. Your ''can't'' example is actually a perfect argument in my favor, since in all professional writing (encyclopedias, academic journals, newspapers), contractions are '''always''' discouraged as unprofessional. We shouldn't be using them in the mainspace, just like we shouldn't be using ''retcon''. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 01:12, 28 June 2013 (UTC) | ||
:I just don't like the way the sentence is phrased right now. "…were retconned to be Fairy-type" makes it sound like their original types were completely ignored and replaced with pure fairy. I would prefer it to say "…were given Fairy as a secondary type" or something similar. [[User:Drapion|Drapion]] ([[User talk:Drapion|talk]]) 21:19, 12 August 2013 (UTC) | |||
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