Talk:Burdock (Dragon Ball)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was No consensus. Duja► 10:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Burdock (Dragon Ball) → Bardock — Article recently renamed (outside of WP:RM), but new name does not follow WP:NAME. According to that policy, we should Use the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things. "Burdock" as a name is only used in the VIZ manga translation, once, for a character that appears in two panels. There are only 1440 Google hits on "Burdock Dragonball". "Bardock", the original name of this article, is the name used consistently in the anime (as translated by FUNimation), is used in the title of the TV movie (also by FUNimation), and used in nearly every US tie-in product. "Bardock Dragoball" receives 200,000 Google hits. I believe this name was chosen due to a mis-reading of WP:MOS-JP, which anyway is only a guideline while WP:NAME is official policy. This change would also allow us to use just "Bardock" as the article name, without the parenthetical disambiguation which makes linking more cumbersome. JRP 06:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Reasons for using Bardock:

• Bardock is the most common variation of the name. (1400 Google hits for Burdock vs 200,000) (See also Wikipedia:Search engine test)
• Bardock is in the name of a title of a movie in the US: Bardock: Father of Goku. Using "Burdock" as the character name would make that article quite odd.
• "Bardock" requires no disambiguation on Wikipedia, while "Burdock" does. This makes linking more difficult and less natural.
• "Bardock" is the name used in both the "cut" and "uncut" FUNimation-translated anime series, including in the title of the movie. In contrast, Burdock is used only once in the VIZ-translated manga.
• In the US, the "Bardock" name precedes Burdock by several years.
• Both names are reasonable romanizations of the Japanese. While "Burdock" may express the pun better, that's a subjective test. We have more objective criteria, though WP:NAME, to use.
• Akira Toriyama chose "Barduck" for the name, not either of these two options, so neither is more "correct" as far as the creator of the work is concerned. Most Toriyama-English names (such as Gokuh, etc.) aren't used in the US, but it at least doesn't provide any weight against this option, either.

Point of clarification: Toriyama never wrote the name out in English. The name was only ever written as バーダック. The only other reference we have is a short interview where he said the pun was on gobô (the Japanese word for burdock). "Barduck" is used on Japanese "Super Barcode Wars" cards. --DesireCampbell 06:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• WP:NAME is the official policy on naming. Simply put, "Burdock" fails test 1.6: Use common names of persons and things. Regardless of your views on the above, we need to follow this policy. —the preceding comment is by Gene Nygaard (talk • contribs) Gene Nygaard: Please sign your posts!.

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Add  * '''Support'''  or  * '''Oppose'''  on a new line followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.

• Strongly Oppose: This has already been decided since no one argued about it anymore. WP:MANGA goes strictly by romanizations (likely Hepburn), name puns, and manga texts and no more; not anime filler specials, not toys/collectibles, not ads or American merchandise, and most definitely NOT any fan related sites. Power level (Dragon Ball) 15:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Actually, I think it's very clear that Wikipedia uses the common names for things. And "fan related" sites hardly relates to the official licensees of the property, in this case FUNimation. Please read WP:NAME, or another official policy, and show me the passage that says "strictly by Hepburn romanizations". JRP 16:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Maybe you don't remember, but do you know why Cui (Dragon Ball) was moved to Kiwi (Dragon Ball)? That moved was made by KojiDude because of User:Zarbon's persistant obsession with the character. KojiDude had a very good point -->[[1]]... Wikipedia uses ENGLISH MANGA NAMES! An example would be Tienshinhan--->Tenshinhan, Krillin--->Kuririn, Frieza--->Freeza, etc. Do you get the point? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Power level (Dragon Ball) (talk • contribs)
    • Who do you think started that policy? Go see who moved Muten-Roshi and Kuririn back in 2004. Look at the debates we had back then. But, in the last two years, I've done a lot more editing on Wikipedia, outside of just the Dragon Ball articles and outside of fandom. And, you know, I've really come to appreciate the simpler policies. Though I appreciate the irony that I'm now effectively arguing with precedent that I helped to start. :) JRP 17:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
    • We use Shinigami (Bleach) rather than VIZ's "Soul Reaper" and zanpakutō rather than "Soul Slayer". I'm sure that there are many more examples. Dekimasu 05:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
      • Hey guys, let's be civil about this eh? And can we hold discussion in that 'discussion' section right below us? Rules be damned. We should try and collaborate here to figure out what would be the best thing to name the page and the character. Which one is better? Should we use one for the article title and another for the body of the page? I don't know, let's talk about it. --DesireCampbell 18:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Support use common English name when one exists. Also, the fact that there has been a past debate doe not mean that this debate can't take place. Consensus can change. Jay32183 00:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Abstain Since the two official translations of the anime (Funimation dub and Funimation subtitles) use different spellings I cannot make a claim about what "common English" is. Jay32183 04:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
• Support Bardock will be the most recognized name per Jay's arguments. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 21:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
• Support, no comment. -- RattleMan 21:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose - see below - DesireCampbell 22:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
• Support, it is admitted that Bardock far more commonly used. That's all that really matters. Gene Nygaard 05:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. MOS-JP notes, "For transliterations from katakana, use the English spelling if available (i.e., Thunderbird (サンダーバード Sandābādo) instead of Sandābādo)". "Bardock" may be common, but it is not printworthy. Redirects are cheap and "Bardock" can redirect here. Dekimasu 05:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  Comment That only applies if there's no English loan word to use in its place. Don't selectively quote guidelines to try and make your point seem valid. WP:NAME dicates that Bardock be used. Being a policy, it supercedes every other guideline that you cite. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 06:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  I wasn't selectively quoting guidelines to make a point... I was reading the guidelines to select a point. I have no personal investment in this page or interest in Dragon Ball. There is no English "loan word" to use in its place. "Bardock" is not an English word, and "Sandābādo" is not an English word. This name, however, is an English word. And I'll quote again, from WP:NAME: "When there is no long-established history of usage of the term, more consideration should be given to the correctness of translation, rather than frequency of usage." Dekimasu 03:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

  Actually, it doesn't. WP:NAME is great, but it's meant only as a general guideline, and other guidelines should be used when they are geared more towards a specific topic. As such, we should focus on established practices (if any at all). These would be WP:MOS-JA and WP:Anime. Both say we should use standard English spelling for loan words, and official romanji spellings for names. The character's name is a pun on a loan word, and I believe that the most common spelling for that plant is burdock, not "bardock". "Burdock" is also Funimation's offical romanization of the name, as seen on the Japanese subtitles on all current DVD releases. Beyond that, WP:Ignore all rules says any guideline or policy can, an should, be ignored if such a rule prevents the article from becoming "better". --DesireCampbell 06:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  Like in other moves, you simply don't know what you're talking about. What part of "This page is an official policy on the English Wikipedia." escapes your notice? Also, don't try that ignore all rules defense, because titling an article a single letter different does not in any way hamper improving the article. You can easily mention a single pun on an original name with a differently named article. Finally, Funimation wouldn't title a movie "Bardock" then use Burdock as his name. Use some common sense. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 06:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  "What part of "This page is an official policy on the English Wikipedia." escapes your notice?"

  Obviously not this part: "It is important to note that these are conventions, not rules carved in stone." Oh, and "Japanese See: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)".

  "Also, don't try that ignore all rules defense, because titling an article a single letter different does not in any way hamper improving the article."

  That's your opinion. The word choice "improv[e]" is intentionally ambiguous. It's meant to promote debate over what is an "improvement". You think that naming the page "Bardock" would be an improvement, I think "Burdock" would be an improvement. We should debate this.

  "Finally, Funimation wouldn't title a movie "Bardock" then use Burdock as his name. Use some common sense."

  Firstly, Funimation isn't really one for making a lot of sense, but they are good for one thing (if nothing else): brilliant Japanese subtitles. All dual language releases include a English subtitle track translated from the original script by Steven J. Simmons. These translations serve as Funimation's official romanji spellings for the series. The dub uses certain names, the subtitle track uses others. Is it that you doubt the subtitle track says "Burdock"? [2] [3]

  If you would like to debate the issue (which I would prefer) there's a "discussion" section just below this. --DesireCampbell 07:12, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

• Strongly Oppose As per reasons stated by Desire Campbell. Daishokaioshin 07:45, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  Comment Even if everyone on Wikipedia wanted the name "Bardock", those that agree with DesireCampbell would win this survey because of those two movie amazing movie scans, as well as the manga panel on Burdock's article page. So, there you have it. Anyone else wanna argue about the name change? ----Power level(Dragon Ball) 15:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

  • I assume this is the scan from the manga that has the name spelled out, but your link is broken. If it were that easy though, I'd point out that a DVD cover is much more obvious, common, and recognizable than anything you could point out, in one panel, of one translation, of the manga. (And what's up with your sig, is this an odd attempt at making Stacy's Mom the most linked to page on Wikipedia? Careful, that almost looks like vandalism to me.) JRP 04:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed broken manga link. By the way, that DVD cover title is spelled wrong (somewhat) if you compare it to DesireCampbell's "Burdock" proof -->[4] [5] Forget about the Stacy's Mom link, that was just, wierd... ^{Power level (Dragon Ball)} 16:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

To clear up the apparent confusion; "Bardock" is the name given to the character in the English dub - "Burdock" is the name use in the Japanese translated subtitles which, according to WP:Anime we should be using.--DesireCampbell 01:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

• Strong oppose - if you want to make the disambig page be the main page, I would perhaps consider it, but moving a fancrufty Dragon Ball character over a scientific plant is a very bad idea. Part Deux 19:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
  • The move request is about moving this to Bardock, an alternate English spelling of the character's name with no other uses. Burdock will not be overwritten. Jay32183 19:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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To clear up a bit of confusion: The WP:MOS-JP and WP:Anime guidelines state we should use official romanizations if they aren't terrible. "Bardock" is a perfectly fine romanization for バーダック - it's just not the most correct one. And any guideline or policy can (and should) be ignored if such rules would happen the article from becoming "better". In my opinion, "better" means more accurate. And (factually, not my opinion,) "Burdock" is more accurate. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend using an incorrect name used only by a third-party distributor. --DesireCampbell 06:46, 6 December 2006 (UTC) '-edit-' That said, I can understand the arguments presented above, and agree that they are all valid arguments, but I still feel that the most important aspect should be accuracy of information. --DesireCampbell 06:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I know what you mean, I was the one that argued for "Kuririn" back in 2004 and have since had a change of heart after being on Wikipedia for a while. But, let's look at the guidelines you cited. In the "Article Name" section of WP:Anime, the recommendation is Name your pages in English and place the native transliteration on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly recognized by readers than the English form. See: WP:NAME. That's all I can find in there about naming and that says nothing about official romazations there. (And anyway, "Bardock" is also an official romazation, not a bastardization like "Hercule". Let's not touch that argument.) In WP:MOS-JP, there's a section on "Romanisation", but it only stipulates the romanization scheme to use when writing Japanese words. BUT, it also recommends that you follow Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) which covers this case nicely: If a native spelling uses different letters than the most common English spelling (eg, Wien vs. Vienna), only use the native spelling as an article title if it is more commonly used in English than the anglicized form.. Again, the recommendation is the "common" name and not the "correct" one. Can you point out the specific guidelines that you are citing? JRP 06:58, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

From WP:Anime#Sections:

"Characters should be called what the series officially states their romaji names as."

That is, what the distribution company (or if possible the original production company) officially states the original name to be. That would mean "Kaio" instead of "King Kai". The point here is to use official romanizations (even if they are little known, or possibly incorrect).

"If that does not exist, use what they are named in the most recent or popular English translation, if it exists, isn't egregiously bad, and is the generally-used name (a google test is appropriate here)."

If there is no official romanization, then use the distribution company's name, if it isn't terrible (that is, it can be bad, but not completely off) and is used by English speaking fans.

"Otherwise, use a literal transliteration."

If there's no official romanization from the production company and there's no English distribution company (or if they decide not to name the character, maybe?) then we should use a standard Hepburn romanization.

The point here is to use English first but keeping romanizations of the original names above dub names. If there are no romanji names to be had, then we should use official dub names (unless they're absolutely terrible). And if we have no English to base the name on at all, treat it exactly like any other Japanese term on Wikipedia.

"Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) which covers this case nicely: If a native spelling uses different letters than the most common English spelling (eg, Wien vs. Vienna), only use the native spelling as an article title if it is more commonly used in English than the anglicized form."

This case is a bit different. It's always written in Japanese (except for that card) so the native spelling isn't in Latin letters. If anything, the "native spelling" would be Bādakku, and "Burdock" would be vastly more common.

And, again, I'm not trying to use guidelines to back up one position or the other. There are plenty of reasons to use "Bardock" and there are plenty of reasons to use "Burdock" - I just think that the most compelling of which is "Burdock" is the most correct romanization.

--DesireCampbell 09:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

So, why should we choose one name over the other? We should choose a correct, common, official, English name. But there are some problems with that:

• The correct name is "Burdock". I can show you step-by-step why that's the correct name. But, that name is perhaps less common than others.
• The most common name is probably "Bardock". The problem then is that it's not the most correct name
• The 'official name' idea is best rule to go by usually - but in this case there are so many different English versions that it would be unfair to choose one over the other. Not counting the out-of-print adaptations, there are at least five different English versions. There's the Funimation uncut dub, the Blue Water dub, that other UK dub (where Piccolo is "Big Green"), a Mailasian English dub, and the Viz translation. But even then, we can find more rather recent English versions too: Viz has had two or three other versions of Dragon Ball released (with varying degrees of censorship), Funimation's got an official Japanese-translated subtitle track, the original censored Ocean dub, the old Pioneer movie releases, and then there's the video games... and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Beyond that, there's problems with all the adaptations: The Funi dubs are rather inconsistent with script accuracy and names (both of characters and techniques), and have had censorship issues in the past (though that's not much of a problem now). Viz has had multiple releases of the manga, and has made rather odd translation choices, as well as using completely wrong names, and visual censorship. Though, the Japanese-translated subtitles on the Funi dual-audio releases are very consistent (as they should be, all being done by the same translator).
• "Burdock" again would be the choice for using 'English names', I think, as it actually is an English word.

So, I really don't know which name should be used. There's problems all around. Any thoughts? --DesireCampbell 19:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, since we are mostly going by English manga names (Tenshinhan, Kuririn, Freeza, Lunch, Kiwi, etc.) I don't see why the article has to be titled Bardock. Remember that we're going by the names that the creator himself, Akira Toriyama, gave to these characters. So even if Toriyama didn't create Burdock directly (but did modify his appearance a bit and stretched his name meaning) he still named him Burdock in the manga, and VIZ verifies this. Now I don't know katakana or hiragana and whatnot like you DesireCampbell, but now I really do understand one thing; and that is that Dragon Ball is all comprised of name puns. That is what I understand about this. About the manga names for Vegerot, Madjinn Boo, etc., that's a whole 'nother story which we should take care of later. --Power level (Dragon Ball) 03:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Be careful what you wish for. If you really want to follow the manga names, then you need to use "Hercule" for Mr. Satan. Or, at the very least, "Majin Boo" for Majin Buu. The thing about translating from Japanese is that Toriyama didn't write "Burdock" or anything else. He wrote in a Janguage that doesn't use Roman characters and whose transliteration into Roman characters can be done in many different ways-- either strictly phonetically (Bādakku -- pronounced about baa-dak-coo), as close-as-possible-while-still-sounding-English (Bardock), or scrambled a bit so the original pun is more clear (Burdock). Which is more valid the more-closely-phonetic or the more-closely-meaninged? The answer is that there is no straight-forward answer. JRP 05:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

We shouldn't use the manga's translation just because it's the manga's translation. Viz did a great job translating everything else, it's just the names they seems to be bending over backwards to fuck up. Oh, and I want to make it very clear to Power Level and anyone else: I don't know Japanese. I know of it. I can pick out a few spoken words, and can plod my way through pronouncing some katakana - but I'd never want to give the impression that any of this information is coming directly from me. The whole 'explanation' of the name comes from me pestering people who do know Japanese; "what does this character mean?" "how is it pronounced?" "what would this mean?" etc. Anyway, names in Dragon Ball aren't easy things. Some names seem easily transliterated (like Kuririn) but we see odd spellings in the manga (like "Kullin"), other names (like Jheese) are simply Engrish and it's hard to determine what the English spelling should be.

I think the best thing to do is use the Funimation Japanese-track subtitles. They're translated by a highly trained, highly experienced, highly respected individuals (Steve Simmons for Z, GT, the Z movies and Z and GT TV specials; and Clyde Mandelin for DB and its movies) and are official romanizations (as the guidelines say to use). If any official romanization is contested, we can discuss it further (like we're doing here).

Specifically, I think that "Burdock" is the best, most correct, name - but understand that switching to the official romanization would probably serve the article better. I don't have the 'Father of Goku' DVD. Can someone here confirm what Daimao translates the character's name as? If it's "Bardock", then that coupled with the wider use of "Bardock" seals the deal (so to speak) for me. But, if its "Burdock" on the DVD then that coupled with my explanation of the name pun hardens my resolve for keeping "Burdock". --DesireCampbell 13:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

As I stated earlier, why keep Bardock if the manga had it spelled Burdock? Why keep Tien Shinhan or Tienshinhan if the manga has it as Tenshinhan, etc.? Since it has long been known that the manga had the highest source of canon in these things, I vote for manga names, regardless of the character's popularity. This also accounted for Cui (Dragon Ball) to be moved to Kiwi (Dragon Ball), Krillin to be move to Kuririn, as well as others that I've already mentioned. If we're really going to go by FUNimation's dubbed names, I highly suggest that we don't because of it's lack of canon when compared to the manga. This also accounts for the Blue Water dubs or YTVs edited English dub for their lack of canon to the manga. See what I mean? Let's just stick to using English (or Engrish as some would call it) manga names only. Okay? --Power level (Dragon Ball) 16:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Among English speakers, people are more familiar with the Funimation dub than anything else. The Manga is the only officially licenced merchandise that Funimation does not control. So the English video games and toys all use the same spellings as the Funimation dub. We shouldn't give undue weight to the manga just because it came first. Jay32183 18:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Really? Tell me this: are more people familiar with Krillin or Kuririn? Tien Shinhan or Tenshinhan? Or better yet, Cyui (Cui what have you) or Kiwi? Take a good look at those articles and I believe you'll see my point. Better yet, what names does Wikipedia usually give for a characters' name title? Is it from the Manga or Anime? The answer is: MANGA!!! --Power level (Dragon Ball) 19:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

So your argument is don't move this because the others need to be moved too? That doesn't make any sense at all. If all of the articles need to be moved then they should be moved. There is no guideline that says to use manga names, there is a guideline that says to use common English names. Funimation dub is more common that Viz manga translation. The reason the names are where they are is because of fanboys refusing to accept the Funimation dub, probably due to the over censorship. When the uncut version was made the names were not changed. Something you may wish to consider. Jay32183 20:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Let's clear a few things up.

• The guidelines state that we should be using official romanizations if at all possible. That would mean to use Kuririn instead of Krillin, Tenshinhan instead of Tien. Because there are many "official romanizations" discussion is sometimes needed to decide on the best corse of action. Usually we would choose the most common name, but such a guieline can be ignored if another name would make the article "better" (which is another point for discussion).
• This is not the place for a discussion of canon - but suffice it to say that Viz is not canon. They distribute and translate the manga, nothing else. Their censored manga is not to be held as the pinnacle of English Dragon Ball.

I'm still undecided on what the article name should be. There are good reasons to use either name, so I'm placing my complete trust in Daimao's translations.

--DesireCampbell 20:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Wrong. The guidelines state we should be using the name by which best known in English. That is clearly Bardock. Gene Nygaard 20:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Simply using the most common name is not the best policy. We don't name the Katakana article "Chicken scratch". Further, how is "Bardock" 'clearly' more common? Because it's used in the the English anime dub? 'Burdock' is used in the manga, and the Japanese audio track subtitles. Furthermore, there are other guidelines and standards in place that deal with anime and manga article directly. WP:Anime#Sections tells us to use "official romanji" if possible. That would be "Burdock". Of course, I've said as much already.--DesireCampbell 20:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey 'yall. I'm back. The official romanization for baadakku on Funimation's DVDs as translated by Steven J Simmons is "Burdock". I hold here that there are more reasons to use "Burdock" than "Bardock", and I shall vote as such. --DesireCampbell 22:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Desire Campbell, for making all these people and their FUNimation worshipping turn right around and bite them in the ass. FUNimation calls him "Burdock"! Isn't that great all you people like Jaywhatever that say we should use FUNimation because it's the end-all-be-all of Dragon Ball names and is absolutely perfect in every way??? Yeah, I think it's great too. :D Looks like we're using Burdock, as we were always going to do in the first place.

Daishokaioshin 07:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

While I appreciate your enthusiasm DaiKaioshin, it's important to remember to not be a dick. I am, admittedly, a rather emotional person and have to remind my self of that every day - so I mean no offense by reminding you, and I think everyone should keep that in mind as well. The important thing to remember is that noone here is anyone's enemy. We're all grown ups, we're all capable of civil discussion. We should assume good faith and try to discuss the topic, not win against the others. --DesireCampbell 08:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

You're right and I apologize. I guess I just found it ironic that most of the supporters were citing FUNimation as their source for Bardock being "right" and now they're going to be faced with the fact that the actual translation used by their source is not what they thought it was. I was trying to be humorous by pointing this out, but I can see that my comment was worded in such a way as to appear rude, when it was not my intent. So. Sorry to those I may have offended.

Daishokaioshin 08:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

My argument was not "use Funimation". It was "use the Funimation dub" because it is more widely known and used. I don't feel to strongly one way or the other, but I want you to understand my argument. I don't feel that Funimation is automatically right, but that's where common English use would lie, and as this is English Wikipedia we should use common English wherever appropriate. Jay32183 19:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, we see your point. It's not that it's not a valid point, it's just not that standard practice for articles about anime and manga. Is Bardock more common than Burdock? Probably. Almost assuredly. But there are guidelines and standards in place for a reason; using official romanji names is a compromise between "hard core" fans and casual fans. One group would look for, and expect, the original names; the reasoning being, this is an article about a Japanese literary character and the original Japanese name would be the most accurate. While more casual fans might only know the "dub name". As a compromise, we tend to use the official romanizations of the character names. This keeps the names accurate (maybe not as accurate as straight romanji, but acceptable to hardcore fans) and recognizable to casual fans (perhaps not as recognizable as a dub name, but they'll be able to find it on their DVDs).

And I'll be the first to advocate WP:Ignore all rules if doing so would make the article better. But I think 'Burdock' would serve the world better in this case. --DesireCampbell 20:45, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it is standard practice. It is very standard practice. Dragon Ball is the odd man out in that regard. Every guideline points to WP:NAME, which insists on common usage as the ultimate point at which an article should be named. Naming a character one letter different only causes confusion for readers and does nothing to improve the article. Bardock, as has been repeatedly shown, is the most widely recognized. It is what FUNimation uses in their offical dubs. Subtitles are not an issue, because this is the English Wikipedia and we go on the assumption people aren't watching subtitled Japanese episodes. Bardock is how his name is dubbed. The movie article uses that name. Policy dictates we use the most common name so long as it isn't horribly inaccurate. One letter is and never will be horribly inaccurate. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 21:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:NAME also says that "When there is no long-established history of usage of the term, more consideration should be given to the correctness of translation, rather than frequency of usage." Of course, it doesn't say how long "long" is. Dekimasu 04:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Somehow, I don't think you're going to argue down the use of Hercule throughout an entire translated series as short term. You can argue down the Ocean Group dub, but you can't do the same with FUNimation. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 22:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Previous listing on WP:RM

See this listing closed on 20 November this year which resulted in a move Bardock (Dragon Ball) → Bardock. There appears to have been no discussion. No vote as yet from me. Andrewa 19:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

That move was then, this is now. I recently just realized the name pun and all and saw no reason as to why it shouldn't be Burdock, so I'm sticking with DesireCambell's decisions. --Power level (Dragon Ball) 20:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Andrewa 02:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

What that means is that the subsequent move was improper, and whoever is closing this requested move should consider the article name resulting from the previous move as the base for determining the default name if there is no concensus here. In other words, without consensus for "Burdock (Dragon Ball)", this should end up at Bardock. Gene Nygaard 21:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I moved the page from Bardock (Dragon Ball) to Bardock on 20 November based on a listing in "Uncontroversial proposals", because that move just dropped an unnecessary disambiguation, there being no other "Bardock" in Wikipedia. That set up the choice to be between Bardock and Burdock (Dragon Ball).

A week and a half later, this article popped up again in "Uncontroversial proposals", and I moved it again, this time to Burdock (Dragon Ball). There were at least 3 editors in agreement, and none yet opposing, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and moved it, commenting that if someone came along and objected we could talk about it then. I guess one could call that an improper move, but I hadn't seen that it was not uncontroversial, so I felt like I was following procedure.

I have no opinion about this proposed move, and I'm not going to close it. I'd rather some other admin take care of it, since it involves review of an admin action of mine which has been challenged. I'll be equally happy if my move is reversed, or not, according to the judgement of whoever closes this listing. -GTBacchus^(talk) 06:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

My comment starting this section was intended as part of the Discussion section, to be archived there when the survey is closed. I've put it back there, please leave it there unless you have some good reason for moving it. Andrewa 02:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops. Sorry, didn't know. --DesireCampbell 04:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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