Editing Talk:Stubborn rocks

i like the brick wall :D {{unsigned|Fernando Urista}}

me too ==:3 

&mdash; [[File:Griffco Crystalline Crushblat.png]] [[User:CrazyCow|CrazyCow]]

== Name? ==

[https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_3 The TCRF page for Pikmin 3] lists unused lock-on names for various objects, and one of them is "Stubborn Rocks", referring to this wall (according to [https://pikmintkb.com/wiki/Pikmin_3_identifiers this]). Considering the other unused names there ("Bomb Rock", "Electrode", "Sleeping Beauty") tend to be consistent with other sources, could this page be moved to "Stubborn Rocks"? [[User:2 B|2 B]] ([[User talk:2 B|talk]]) 07:29, July 10, 2024 (EDT)
:I don't think "Stubborn Rocks" is a very good name for this obstacle, because it doesn't describe it very well. Since the name is unused, we don't have to use it on the wiki, so I think we should continue to use "Brick wall". We could note this unused name on the article though. &mdash; [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 19:54, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
::I'm not really sure what about "Stubborn Rocks" doesn't describe the obstacle well. If anything "Brick wall" doesn't really describe the obstacle well since the wall isn't made out of bricks, it's made out of rocks that vaguely resemble bricks that doesn't go down like traditional walls. [[User:Twins1105|Twins1105]] ([[User talk:Twins1105|talk]]) 20:05, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
::Unused internal names generally take priority over purely fan-made ones. For instance, [[Unused content in Pikmin_3#|<code>kakureimo</code>]] is referred to as such because it's technically the most official, even if "yellow slug" might be more convenient. Likewise, the names of songs in Pikmin 2 are also based on their internal names (unless they're arbitrary like the ones that say "new"), even if the fan-made ones are more convenient. &mdash; [[File:Griffco Crystalline Crushblat.png]] [[User:CrazyCow|CrazyCow]] 20:32, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
:::the unused enemy is, well, unused. The difference here is that the stubborn rocks are an obstacle which is easily seen in normal gameplay. It's unfair to expect a reader to know this common obstacle's unused name, as its impossible to see legitimately.  Which is why we prefer unofficial, simple descriptive names in these cases. [[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] ([[User talk:PopitTart|talk]]) 20:38, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
::::An example of using an unofficial name instead of an unused name is ''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} [[hazard generator]]s. These have unused names, but using those names would make things difficult on the wiki; for example, "gaseous spring" doesn't describe the poison pipes in ''Pikmin 2'', "electrode" is the same as a ''Pikmin 3'' object that functions very differently, and the terms "geyser" and "air geyser" are used to describe the hazardous water geyser and the helpful geyser that propels the leader upwards respectively, which would be difficult to document considering the helpful geysers in previous games use water. Since we don't have to use these names, it's easier to use unofficial names. &mdash; [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 21:41, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
:::::If I may add, "stubborn" isn't necessarily vague or complicated. Sure, it's something of a personification, but the rocks ''could'' be described that way. I agree with Twins1105 in the sense that giving it the "wall" name at all wouldn't adequately describe it because it has very little to do with the official users of that title. As I'm sure you all know they're destroyed or subverted by the direct actions of Pikmin while these require them to push a ball that doesn't always even collide with them (in the Formidable Oak it breaks a Crystal Wall instead), so I think referring to them as "wall" might not be appropriate. But then there's the fact that the internal name could make it harder for casual players to find the article. Maybe the page could say that it is colloquially known as something that it may be more commonly described as? (Note: I wrote this before seeing Soprano's addition to the page.) [[User:Deeb1324354657|Deeb1324354657]] ([[User talk:Deeb1324354657|talk]]) 21:43, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
::::::You do bring up a great point Soprano, I find both sides of this equally compelling. [[User:Deeb1324354657|Deeb1324354657]] ([[User talk:Deeb1324354657|talk]]) 21:44, July 11, 2024 (EDT)
:::::::Personally, putting aside that I my other reason for supporting the usage of the "Stubborn Rocks" name (that being that it's an official name), I will say that when I first saw that name in the TCRF page, I somewhat quickly realized what it referred to. "Stubborn rocks, must be rocks blocking some way, but where? Oh right, those rocks in the Distant Tundra." Meanwhile, when I saw the name "Brick Wall", I started trying to think of a wall/gate type obstacle that was made of bricks, and couldn't think of any. So the idea that "Brick Wall" is a more helpful name is very subjective. [[User:2 B|2 B]] ([[User talk:2 B|talk]]) 05:53, July 12, 2024 (EDT)