Talk:Pokémon

Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2018

aright govner RedRoaringRazor (talk) 13:39, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamietw (talk) 15:06, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Broken Subtitles/Closed Captioning

In the video early in the article, I noticed that the closed captioning had an error. The error appears to be that an apostrophe symbol has been affected by Mojibake, specifically, ’. There are other, similar errors other than the one I mentioned here. Should this be fixed? Realicraft (talk) 00:17, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 September 2018

HackGod67890 (talk) 15:39, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

can i edit this there is a error there i am a ela teacher i should know

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. You need to specify what you would like changed. You also need to provide a reliable source to support your change (see WP:RS). It does not matter what you personally know. RudolfRed (talk) 16:08, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Error in Name Section

The section of the article that explains the name Pokémon incorrectly calls the name a contraction, when it is, instead, a portmanteau. Here is why: "…contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence [usually with an apostrophe], such as do and not to make don't, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept" (source).

Article Reads: "The name Pokémon is the romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā)."

Should Say: "The name Pokémon is the romanized portmanteau of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā)."

162.253.27.34 (talk) 00:34, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

The source itself says its a contraction. "Poketto Monsutaa is translated to Pocket Monsters in English, but that would have to change to the popular contraction Pokemon once the game was exported to other countries." - since the source supports it being a contraction, that's what we're going to have to go by. Anything saying otherwise would be original research.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 01:33, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 November 2018

we should probably add something about how the rarity effects the pokemon card. DatBig (talk) 00:15, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

• Declined: Specific changes have yet to be noted. Sk8erPrince (talk) 00:18, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Ranking of the Pokémon video Game

As per below link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises

should following line be changed as The original video game series is the second best-selling video game franchise (behind Nintendo's Mario franchise)[16] too The original video game series is the third best-selling video game franchise (behind Nintendo's Mario franchise and Super Mario franchise)[16]

Because this page says Mario and Super Mario are different franchises. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raky801 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Stuff that has to urgently be done on the article.

1. To change the profile picture into the original Japanese logo.
2. To consider the article a featured article.

I'm not asking politely to do this, this HAS TO BE DONE ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supercontributor (talk • contribs) 23:33, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

1. N No to the logo change. On Wikipedia, a brand's current official logo is usually preferred over a historical one; a good reason needs to be provided if a historical logo is used instead, which in this case there isn't one. The current international logo much more recognizable and iconic globally than any of the Japanese logos past and present, having been in very active use since the franchise's globalization started in 1998, which also makes it a historical logo in a roundabout manner due to its age. The logo is even used in the franchise's home country of Japan itself, albeit in a much more specific situations over there (the current backs of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, for example). Also, that is called an infobox, not a profile; this isn't social media here.
2. You can start the process of requesting for this article to become a featured article, but I don't recommend doing so yourself since you're new here.

Besides those things, there isn't any real urgency here (for the most part) on Wikipedia. And you really need to stop making so many of the same sections with the same titles on the talk pages here, otherwise you'll be seen as a spammer. –WPA (talk) 03:05, 19 January 2019 (UTC)