Talk:Kappa

Merge

Shouldn't this page be merged with Turtle? Kreuniclus (talk) 14:40, September 6, 2013 (EDT)

Yeah, I think it should be "turtle" since "kappa" refers to a mythical creature. Turtles in Japanese are "kame", not "kappa". Mario^{Talk to-a me!} 16:50, September 6, 2013 (EDT)

Well, actually, there's a difference between kappas and turtle, but since nonJapanese versions refer to kappas as turtles, kappas are the same as turtles, and thus, should probably redirect to "turtle". Mario^{Talk to-a me!} 17:09, September 6, 2013 (EDT)

Turtle?

Closing discussion in favor of renaming to Turtle. (talk) 17:37, July 11, 2021 (EDT)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.

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It seems half of kappas/turtles are marked as kappas, while the other half - turtles. What is best fitting name for the species anyway - kappa or turtle? vmario97 (talk) 05:38, April 3, 2021 (EDT)

If the localization calls them "turtles", then that's what we should call them (while also still acknowledging that they are "kappas" in the Japanese versions). As for which name would be more fitting, that doesn't really matter all that much in the grand scheme of things considering their identity as "turtles" is really only a localization thing due to Kappas not being very well known outside of Japan (it's the very same reason as to why Tom Nook and the Nooklings got their species changed from "raccoon dog" to "raccoon"). TurtleCrossing of the Turtle Tribe 08:33, April 3, 2021 (EDT)

A somewhat glaring problem right now is that Turtle links to a disambig page rather than the species page. This can be fixed by moving the Kappa article to Turtle, so it should also be accounted for if we have to change the kappas/turtles to just turtles.

Of course, doing so will need a small header on the top to redirect to the respective fishes (Soft-Shelled Turtle and Snapping Turtle). -- PanchamBro (talk • contributions) 14:01, April 3, 2021 (EDT)

I  Support the move to turtle just like we moved tanuki to raccoon last year—we should go with what the English localization goes with. ~ AlexBot2004 (Talk) 20:32, April 4, 2021 (EDT)

 Neutral I don't know to Moving it to Turtle But I  Support a redirct. Petaldancer66😺 Petaldancer66 talk 23:54, June 17, 2021 (EDT)

 Support per above. ~ Vivian (talk) 01:32, June 21, 2021 (EDT)

 Support - The general policy is to name articles after the in-game title given to them in the most recent mainline Animal Crossing game, so this sounds good to me. (talk) 17:37, July 11, 2021 (EDT)

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