Talk:Mortal Kombat

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A question about the name

Why is it called Mortal Kombat instead of Mortal Combat? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LucaTurilli89 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Complete guess but probably because it either looks better or is easier to copyright. 86.163.215.37 (talk) 09:19, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Court Cases Concerning Mortal Kombat

The section seems sloppy, verified, but sloppy. Could someone perhaps reword that section and make it appear more attractive to the visiting wikipedian? Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 02:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

The Storyline What we want and we don't wnat

Okay in regards to this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mortal_Kombat&diff=311091770&oldid=311042946

I do believe that the edit done is well written as well as cited many sources. Removing some of the copyright sources, it sort of fixed that section, but I don't think so much should have been removed. We know for a fact that we should include: The storyline of the Mk1-MK7 and every part which is considered canonical (Liu Kang winning MK1-MK3, Shinnok trying to take over the world, Liu Kang's death and the formation of the deadly alliance, etc.) But what about the portions of the realms, the description of the realms, the elder gods, the one being, etc. the parts you wouldn't know unless you played MK:D's Konquest as well as the reason why the MK warriors went to Outworld (the kidnapping of Sonya). Do we include those portions, or are they not pertinent to the storyline? I'm just asking to come to a consensus what should be considered pertinent to the storyline and what could kept out. Any and all replies are asked and will be taken into account. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 15:20, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, what species is he? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.41.213.30 (talk) 06:48, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

The realms could be explained in a setting section. Including everything that happens in the MK titles would make the section terribly long and it will be better to focus only in the mayor notes from the series.Tintor2 (talk) 12:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Bias and weasel words

Specifically, from the beginning of the section 'Overview': "Whereas better fighting games ..."

Does anyone else pick up on the bias in that whole section? I realize it may be removed due to lack of citation, but still ...

--The Nails (talk) 01:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

...I never picked up on that. Kudos to you, that section does indeed need work, and that will be a starting point. However, not soon mind you. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 01:39, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Characters list

Why was the character list removed? I wrote it according to the articles of other game series, such as Street Fighter and Tony Hawk. I noted that the characters roster is being removed from some game articles, such as MK Deception, so a list in the series article would be very informative. Actually, all of the other lists could be removed. I'm aware that Wikipedia "is not a game guide", but remember that the characters of a game are so important as the story itself. That list was only telling the name of the characters and the appearances they had in the series, not different from the articles I already cited as well as movie series articles like X-Men (film series). So please, tell me why it was removed and where it is writen that no characters list can't be in articles, because "unneeded list" is not a good answer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.5.210.212 (talk) 03:10, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

To Begin, I would like the list but the games you referenced are poor articles in themselves. We can't hope for an upgrade by downgrading thee article to lower standards. As per why, it is a bit uneeded, as it is unneeded on the other articles. No one has removed it from the other articles, basically saying, in terms of characters, this article is fine. This article's main problems are grammar, prose and references. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 03:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I know what you mean, but I don't really agree that a list of characters makes an article worse. I mean, see the Spider-Man (film series). It says the name of the characters and in wich movies they appear on, and it's fine. They even built an article only for the characters in the X-Men movies! I know MK also has an article for it's characters, but that page is too damm confuse and it's hard to understand wich games the characters appear on, wich should be the most important thing. And this article is not good in terms of characters. It only mentions some of the ones who got spin offs and some secret ones, and that's all. MK has much more than that, and would be great to show that on the series own page.

I think the list is informative and I would like it back, but it seems the last word is yours. I just want MK to be a good article and I think it should have all the Sreet Fighter page has and more. You say SF is a poor article but, sincerely, these two articles are in the same quality level. For a moment I even thought SF page was better because of that list, so I built a MK one, and now it's gone. Anyway, with or without the list, tell me what can I do to make this page better. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.5.210.212 (talk) 03:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Like Subzerosmokerain said, citing WP:OTHERSTUFF is not a valid argument. Besides that table is about 7 kylobites making it WP:Undue Weight.Tintor2 (talk) 12:13, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Tintor2, why can't I even express my opinion anymore? I do think you always cutting content out (even my comments!!) is holding back the progress of the article and is preventing the world from seeing how great MK is, and that's my opinnion and you will have to accept it. I did not offended you with any word, but if you felt offended learn it was not my intention. I was talking about the quality of the page, wich is really bad. And if to you "it seemed" I was not talking about the character list, why would I write my commentary on this section? I'm just sad it was cutted out because I think it made the article better and made the series look bigger than what this article is currently, and I said that, even joking with the character Fujin. Maybe you misunderstood what I said and felt offended. I'm going to write in a more serious form from now on, as your English seems to not be good enough to understand jokes right now. You seem to be a very obedient guy that follows Wikipedia's rules like a soldier, always citing WP:THIS or WP:THAT. But come on man? Undue weight? It was a list of the characters of the most sucessfull fighting game series ever!! Dont you think it has some importance? And if that's the real problem I can make it smaller, no sweat. God bless you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.222.58.137 (talk) 03:11, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

In your comment you were again citing Tekken and Street Fighter. This is not a character list section, it's the article of a video game franchise. If somebody wants to go to see the MK characters they just can go to the MK character list which can mention the game in which a character appears in prose rather than in a big table.Tintor2 (talk) 12:08, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

But aren't the characters important part of any video game franchise? Or maybe the most important thing? And I do not understand what you said: "This is not a character list section, it's the article of a video game franchise". Man, what I'm talking about is indeed a character list section, that the article NEEDS. Maybe not the list as it seems you hate it, but a CHARACTERS section for sure must be in it. Just say who are the most important ones (not in list form but real text) and put a link to the List of MK characters article, wich this bad page doesn't even link to... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.48.235.117 (talk) 02:07, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes but a character table is completely unnecessary. And I don't hate them, it's just that they would be more useful in the MK wikia than here.Tintor2 (talk) 16:03, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Making all articles in the same format

Hey guys! I was recently reading the Shadow of the Colossus article and noticed it has a featured star, so I edited Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance following SOTC order of topics, but in reality just organizing what was already written and adding some new things that are sourced. I think it's pretty good but it would be better if someone could fix some spelling errors I didn't noticed and the links to characters pages. Now I think all MK game articles could be like that one, and I would like to edit all of them. But I came here first to ask if I can do this or if there's something wrong with what I did in MKDA. Anyway, the goal here is to make all MK pages to have the same style, and when you go from MK1 page to MKDA it would be nice if they have the same feeling. Thanks! Please reply! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.222.57.147 (talk) 03:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

All edits are welcome, but some articles (like the early games) don't have much substance for what you're recommending. If you can add more to them so that your idea works, that'd be great. No one here will stop you if the edits are productive. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 03:56, 13 March 2010 (UTC)