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::This is already a standard here, it's just people still use the 2nd person. The idea is to use anything but the 2nd person - so "one"/its other forms ''are'' okay, but of course that's a bit formal and archaic for a video-game wiki, especially to use multiple times in one article. To refer to Olimar/Louie/'a captain', or 'the player', is probably better; and I tend to use the passive a lot, probably a bit too much.{{User:Greenpickle/sig}} | ::This is already a standard here, it's just people still use the 2nd person. The idea is to use anything but the 2nd person - so "one"/its other forms ''are'' okay, but of course that's a bit formal and archaic for a video-game wiki, especially to use multiple times in one article. To refer to Olimar/Louie/'a captain', or 'the player', is probably better; and I tend to use the passive a lot, probably a bit too much.{{User:Greenpickle/sig}} | ||
:OK, from now on I will work on correcting that. {{User:Snakeboss14/sig}} | |||
Revision as of 14:16, July 10, 2009
In many articles, for example in the Smoky Progg article, there is perspective bias. What I mean by this is that in this part, "The Progg resides in an egg and if you touch the egg in any way, even with Olimar, it will break out within 4-8 seconds. When the egg breaks open the Progg will go directly to the landing site, ignoring you (sometimes if you are in the way it has been known to attack you and/or your Pikmin squad before it gets to the landing site) and possibly walking through your pikmin squad if not careful. Swarming the unopened egg with a large number of Pikmin can easily defeat the Progg, but does not produce any reward." The words "you" and "your" are used. I think that these should be replaced with "one", and "one's", to make it seem less like a conversation and more like an article. I would be willing to go through the articles and edit them to sound like how I mentioned, if you all think it is a good idea. IAMAHIPO_ocolor 20:32, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
- The yous are all over the wiki. I say we change them all to "the player", just like in Mariowiki.
Snakeboss14
- This is already a standard here, it's just people still use the 2nd person. The idea is to use anything but the 2nd person - so "one"/its other forms are okay, but of course that's a bit formal and archaic for a video-game wiki, especially to use multiple times in one article. To refer to Olimar/Louie/'a captain', or 'the player', is probably better; and I tend to use the passive a lot, probably a bit too much.GP