Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-24203813-20160210170825/@comment-24203813-20160210181510

Legofan9o5 wrote:

To get the Bloon Zombie argument out of the way: they are still based on the same character, characters are a major part in merging decision and would supersede gameplay changes.

Football Zombie though... that's a tricky one, and my vote may change according to the community decission on the relation strength.

If to split, the argument that they share too much semblance with each other still holds up. As mentioned in the Cacti vote thread, a consensus I suggested was to give weight to both gameplay and characteristic changes to dictate merges/splits. The Football Zombies should then be merged, despite gameplay changes, as the character is still the same. Unfortunately, this statement is incorrect.

Why I am wrong in this case? Because the character is not based off the original. Instead, it is based on the spin-off, which is inspired by the original, and therefore has no direct relation. They even change its name to match the spin-off over the original. Does this indirect relation still have enough strength to make the merge valid?

I honestly do not know, it's the pre-most middle ground, gray area for " it's the same character" argument. Does it's design alone still constitute merging? Does the fact that it's not the actual Football Zombie make it a split?

So I have to put another proposal for this issue: Name should supersede design similarity. Why? Well what would the title of the Football Zombie be after the merge? "Football/All-Star Zombie", followed by "look here for All-star Zombie (PvZ:GW)"? That in itself is clustered and confusing to new users.

Putting a single name would only show half the page's content, which as a wiki, an internet site for spreading information on certain topics, is the worst possible thing one can do. As for the name of the page, it would still be called Football Zombie, as that's the original name. Like I stated, back when PvZ Adventures came out, we merged Magnet-shroom and it's counterpart from that game, despite them having different names. The page was still called Magnet-shroom.