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:::Thank you for the feedback. I was simply following the trends for the wording for the articles to begin with. Before, the majority of non-boss common enemies were worded with plural formatting, with a minority having singular formatting. Likewise, the majority of rare/boss enemies were worded with singular formatting, with a minority being plural. I wanted to make it so that it was consistent according to this trend. As for which one makes more sense with reference to what Wikipedia does, it appears the formatting is split there as well. Large Animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear (plural), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion (singular), Insects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant (plural), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee (plural), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp (singular) We should stick to the formatting I proposed, do singular by default, or something else that is consistent and logical, but a decision should be made regardless. I would be more than happy to convert the wording back or to something else. -[[User:Ladishchap|Ladishchap]] 16:34, February 25, 2024 (EST) | :::Thank you for the feedback. I was simply following the trends for the wording for the articles to begin with. Before, the majority of non-boss common enemies were worded with plural formatting, with a minority having singular formatting. Likewise, the majority of rare/boss enemies were worded with singular formatting, with a minority being plural. I wanted to make it so that it was consistent according to this trend. As for which one makes more sense with reference to what Wikipedia does, it appears the formatting is split there as well. Large Animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear (plural), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion (singular), Insects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant (plural), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee (plural), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp (singular) We should stick to the formatting I proposed, do singular by default, or something else that is consistent and logical, but a decision should be made regardless. I would be more than happy to convert the wording back or to something else. -[[User:Ladishchap|Ladishchap]] 16:34, February 25, 2024 (EST) | ||
::::The reason why some of the articles you linked are in plural is because they are describing groups of species, not a single species. Wikipedia articles about specific species seem to always use singular wording ([[wp:White-tailed ptarmigan|example]], [[wp:Forest dormouse|example]], [[wp:Pelobates syriacus|example]]). On Pikipedia, there is currently a mix between singular and plural wording on enemy articles, with some articles using a mix of both in a way that's sometimes ungrammatical but doesn't look bad. I do think it would be a good idea to standardize this though, and of the two options, singular is the clear better one. — [[User:Soprano|'''Soprano''']]<sub>[[User talk:Soprano|''(talk)'']]</sub> 17:27, February 25, 2024 (EST) | |||