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#'''Development name''' – Any name used during the development of a video game or other Nintendo-licensed media source. This type of name usually comes from unused data, developer interviews or development documents. | #'''Development name''' – Any name used during the development of a video game or other Nintendo-licensed media source. This type of name usually comes from unused data, developer interviews or development documents. | ||
#'''English translation of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''' – The wiki initially banned citations of the English ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]s'' due to concerns about circular sourcing. As names first used in the English ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' started appearing in other sources, this was later amended to having it being acceptable to cite if there is no other known English name for the subject. If an English name from any of the other tiers listed above exists, it takes priority over the SMBE name. | #'''English translation of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''' – The wiki initially banned citations of the English ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]s'' due to concerns about circular sourcing. As names first used in the English ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' started appearing in other sources, this was later amended to having it being acceptable to cite if there is no other known English name for the subject. If an English name from any of the other tiers listed above exists, it takes priority over the SMBE name. | ||
#'''Name derived from | #'''Name derived from an internal filename''' – A name from an internal game file or image on a website run by Nintendo such as [[Play Nintendo]] or game promotion websites. As filenames are not directly shown to users of websites, the names of image files do not need to follow proper naming conventions. This can lead to names which [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/57#Decide if obscure media filenames from Nintendo's websites qualify as sources for subject names|contain typos or other oddities]]. Should an alternate name for a subject originate from a filename, it should be mentioned using the [[:Template:Internal names|internal names template]] or as trivia. | ||
Please note that ''regardless of the source'', the '''official North American name''' takes priority, followed by the '''first international English name''' if no North American name is available, and finally the '''first international non-English name''' if no English name is known. For example, if a subject is given a name in-game in the Japanese version only, and not in the English localization of the game, but an English strategy guide names it, that English name is used, rather than the Japanese. | Please note that ''regardless of the source'', the '''official North American name''' takes priority, followed by the '''first international English name''' if no North American name is available, and finally the '''first international non-English name''' if no English name is known. For example, if a subject is given a name in-game in the Japanese version only, and not in the English localization of the game, but an English strategy guide names it, that English name is used, rather than the Japanese. | ||