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:::::One of the advantages that infinitive names have over gerund names is that it makes it easier to link to the articles. Currently, it's easy to link to the Crush article in multiple different grammatical forms, such as "it will <nowiki>[[crush]]</nowiki> the Pikmin", "the Pikmin will be <nowiki>[[crush]]ed</nowiki>", and "a <nowiki>[[crush]]ing</nowiki> attack". If the article was renamed, to avoid linking to redirects, we'd need to write these phrases as "it will <nowiki>[[Crushing|crush]]</nowiki> the Pikmin", "the Pikmin will be <nowiki>[[Crushing|crushed]]</nowiki>", and "a <nowiki>[[crushing]]</nowiki> attack". Another reason to use infinitive names is that it matches up with the games more; games present control actions as a command, like in button prompts to "Pluck" or "Charge", and actions are listed in this form in ''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} Gameplay Guide and in the various [[Controls#Controller diagram|controller diagrams]]. Wikipedia does use the gerund form in its articles about actions, such as {{w|Throwing}} and {{w|Digging}}, but we don't necessarily need to do the same thing; Pikipedia is a video game wiki and we have articles documenting the actions the player can do, and I think it makes more sense for the article titles to be the name of the action rather than the process of doing the action. — [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 21:43, August 11, 2024 (EDT) | :::::One of the advantages that infinitive names have over gerund names is that it makes it easier to link to the articles. Currently, it's easy to link to the Crush article in multiple different grammatical forms, such as "it will <nowiki>[[crush]]</nowiki> the Pikmin", "the Pikmin will be <nowiki>[[crush]]ed</nowiki>", and "a <nowiki>[[crush]]ing</nowiki> attack". If the article was renamed, to avoid linking to redirects, we'd need to write these phrases as "it will <nowiki>[[Crushing|crush]]</nowiki> the Pikmin", "the Pikmin will be <nowiki>[[Crushing|crushed]]</nowiki>", and "a <nowiki>[[crushing]]</nowiki> attack". Another reason to use infinitive names is that it matches up with the games more; games present control actions as a command, like in button prompts to "Pluck" or "Charge", and actions are listed in this form in ''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} Gameplay Guide and in the various [[Controls#Controller diagram|controller diagrams]]. Wikipedia does use the gerund form in its articles about actions, such as {{w|Throwing}} and {{w|Digging}}, but we don't necessarily need to do the same thing; Pikipedia is a video game wiki and we have articles documenting the actions the player can do, and I think it makes more sense for the article titles to be the name of the action rather than the process of doing the action. — [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 21:43, August 11, 2024 (EDT) | ||