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==Trivia wording==
==Trivia wording==
I think the way one of the trivia points is worded implies something incorrect. "By far, most three-stage evolution families were introduced in Generation I, with 27 such families having their roots there." To me, this suggests that ''most'' of the three-stage families that exist were introduced in Gen I, but depending on the definition of "most," this isn't true. I would think most means over half, and 27 is nowhere near half of 81 (which is what I counted for three-stage Pokemon--even if I was a little off, it's still not half). I don't know if this is really making sense, but I think it's wrong to say that "most" were introduced in Gen I when it's only around a third. I figured we should change it to say that Gen I introduced more that any other Generation, but that was reverted. In all fairness, Tiddlywinks may have had a point in reverting me, but I didn't see what it was. I really need some sleep though so I'll come back in the morning{{tt|.|And maybe after some rest I'll realize that I'm just babbling some nonsense :P}} '''[[User:Slimey01|<span style="color:#40A060">slimey</span>]][[User talk:Slimey01|<span style="color:#E88686">01</span>]]''' 04:26, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
I think the way one of the trivia points is worded implies something incorrect. "By far, most three-stage evolution families were introduced in Generation I, with 27 such families having their roots there." To me, this suggests that ''most'' of the three-stage families that exist were introduced in Gen I, but depending on the definition of "most," this isn't true. I would think most means over half, and 27 is nowhere near half of 81 (which is what I counted for three-stage Pokemon--even if I was a little off, it's still not half). I don't know if this is really making sense, but I think it's wrong to say that "most" were introduced in Gen I when it's only around a third. I figured we should change it to say that Gen I introduced more that any other Generation, but that was reverted. In all fairness, Tiddlywinks may have had a point in reverting me, but I didn't see what it was. I really need some sleep though so I'll come back in the morning{{tt|.|And maybe after some rest I'll realize that I'm just babbling some nonsense :P}} '''[[User:Slimey01|<span style="color:#40A060">slimey</span>]][[User talk:Slimey01|<span style="color:#E88686">01</span>]]''' 04:26, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
:You're right about 27 of 81 not being "most," but Tiddlywinks' edit summary also correctly points out that your rewording implied that all of those lines were fully three stages at the time they were introduced, which is also wrong. At the risk of sounding overly jargon-y, I think the  correction that best preserves the current wording would be simply to change ''most'' to ''a plurality of''. I'll go ahead and make that change now. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 04:58, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
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