General Discussion

Someone's made an article on the Paper Mario character. (Paper Mario (character)) They've already started updating links. Considering all the back-and-forth discussion that hasn't been resolved yet, if I recall correctly, what will happen to the article?
 
it had been plagiarized from the Mario article. That's a major no-no

Also, I'd like to keep the information mostly focused on his Paper jam appearance; sum up the rest of the games this incarnation takes place in with a few words, not full paragraphs. Maybe link it to Mario's article via {{main|Mario}} template.
 
It was inevitable that we'd have to have a page on the Paper Jam character, but yeah, it should ONLY be about Paper Jam, and I've gutted the page accordingly (haven't bothered rewriting the PJ coverage, however). If someone wants to change the fundamental coverage of the Paper Mario series, they'll have to make a proposal.

It'd probably be a good idea to make a proposal about the Paper Jam coverage anyway, since Mario isn't the only duplicate page that will need creation is we agree that this is the direction we want to go. Ideally, we would have had a discussion and come up with a solution before ANY of the pages were created, but better late than never, before more are made willy-nilly.

EDIT: I messaged the user who made the page to explain the situation. I'll probably make a proposal about Paper character pages for all the PJ characters sometime today after I deal with school stuff: a proposal will be the clearest way to decide on what to do, like the film character coverage.
 
So we're merging film characters and splitting Paper characters even if the latter have way more in common with the original character? That doesn't make sense to me.
 
We basically split film characters only because "they look different" and that they're somehow "less canon", when that's contradictory to our policy of not observing any established canon. Bazooka Mario, my twin, pretty much outlined her reasoning in her proposal that I don't really need to repeat here.

Whereas, on the other hand, Paper Mario IS a distinct character in Paper Jam. He's his own entity with his own gameplay, and is referred as a separate character. In that game, he's basically on the same boat as Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. We didn't include any of his earlier appearances because that's when he was called "Mario" and not distinctively "Paper Mario" as Paper Jam would call him. Mario in the film is referred to as "Mario", and the film basically wants the audience to think that that's the same Mario character as the one in the game, hence why it should be remerged.

This is a non-sequitur. Both pages have their own varied reasons on our stance now, and there are no connections or hypocrisy between them.
 
The proposal about merge the film characters implied that the games themselves do not exactly follow the standard for character designs all the time (different art styles). The problem with the paper characters is that Mario & Luigi : Paper Jam incorporates two different games styles , and in the first four Paper Mario games, they were named Mario, Luigi, Bowser, instead of Paper Mario, Paper Luigi. They are surely named like to make dinstinction between the two Marios in Paper Jam. Should we make a page for Paper Toad (species), a page for each paper enemies, and each paper characters that appear in the Paper Mario games?
 
I actually think we should make a page for Paper Toads. Aren't they like, the core thing you do in Paper Jam? Those darned Paper Toad missions? They're like objects you need to retrieve, so I definitely would agree on making a Paper Toad article.

If the Paper enemies in Paper Jam have their own stats, attacks, appearances, item drop rates, and whatever, then I say yes on the creation of those articles as well.

Not sure about the paper characters, but I'm leaning on yes with those guys too, like Paper Bowser and Paper Peach. I don't think Paper Luigi needs his own article though, since his appearance is extremely minor.

The deal is that their appearance in Paper Jam is what is needed to make the split. Any appearances prior will not count, considering that they're basically the same character, just in a different art style.
 
If we let the Paper Mario character on the wiki, and create some of the paper characters that appear in Paper Jam, it will only be for their appearance in Mario & Luigi : Paper Jam?

With rumors circulating about a Paper Mario for Wii U, we will let down the addition of information on Mario's article and we'll put it on that of Paper Mario if the game come to be real and get released. It is because I want to know how we will be adding information to the right place with a page for Mario with information about Paper Mario games and the Paper Mario's page, but only with the information Paper Jam, will we manage to keep consistency?
 
Pretty much. Unless Paper Mario Wii U does the same thing to Paper Jam.

We'll worry about Paper Mario Wii U when it actually becomes a reality. But if it does, we'll do what we usually do and add it in Mario's article if it's not handled similarly to Paper Jam.
 
What I propose... If the Paper Mario for Wii get real, I propose that we look to how they name Mario in this game, if they name it "Mario", then it should be let in Mario's article, but if it end like Paper Jam and name it "Paper Mario" like how they do in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, then, we could put the information in Paper Mario's article, but with a little information in Mario's article to let know that Mario was name Paper Mario in Paper Mario for Wii U, if it go on this way.

If the game decide to break to fourth wall, and the game name it "Mario" but talk about his adventure in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, then we should put it in Paper Mario's article, right?