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Though they are referred to as rhombi here, I would opine that Cacturne's shape pattern consists of squares. Also, its name is surely based on 'nocturne' rather than 'nocturnal'? [[User:Punkrockrevel|Punkrockrevel]] 05:46, 12 August 2008 (UTC) | Though they are referred to as rhombi here, I would opine that Cacturne's shape pattern consists of squares. Also, its name is surely based on 'nocturne' rather than 'nocturnal'? [[User:Punkrockrevel|Punkrockrevel]] 05:46, 12 August 2008 (UTC) | ||
:Wouldn't be easier just to say "diamond-pattern"? How many general readers even know what a rhombus is? ~[[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="#003366" face="comic sans ms">'''$aturn'''</font>]][[User:SaturnYoshi|<font color="#008000" face="comic sans ms">'''¥oshi'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:SaturnYoshi|<font color="#800000">THE VOICES</font>]]</sup> 14:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
::Well, I think it's common vocabulary and shouldn't be removed in order to dumb it down, I just think they are not rhombi in this instance. [[User:Punkrockrevel|Punkrockrevel]] 08:52, 19 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::On a similar note, the current gender-difference explanation is very confusing, and still alludes (falsely, in my opinion) to the rhombus-shape. However, I cannot think of a perfect way to fix it. [[User:Punkrockrevel|Punkrockrevel]] 06:02, 8 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Learnset == | |||
Uh... there's no gen. III learnset listed for Cacturne. Something should be done. | |||
I'd do it if I knew the learnset, but I don't. | |||
[[User:Mad1man|Mad1man]] 04:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
:One exists now. The page previously had Cactune in it instead of Cacturne. I fixed the link, but I guess I forgot to fix the link... Anyway, it was fixed by someone. [[User:M190049|'''''~m190049''''']] 23:57, 22 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Why isn't lantern/jacko-lantern on the list as a possible corruption/misspelling? == | |||
Why isn't lantern/jacko-lantern on the list as a possible corruption/misspelling? Cacnea's origin already mentions possible basis on jacko-lanterns and it is known that pumpkins and jacko-lanterns are sometimes used for the head of scarecrows. http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/fb/20/7b/fb207baeea8e38c20226879bcc7526ba.jpg [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 00:13, 13 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 00:13, 13 December 2014
Though they are referred to as rhombi here, I would opine that Cacturne's shape pattern consists of squares. Also, its name is surely based on 'nocturne' rather than 'nocturnal'? Punkrockrevel 05:46, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
- Wouldn't be easier just to say "diamond-pattern"? How many general readers even know what a rhombus is? ~$aturn¥oshi THE VOICES 14:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I think it's common vocabulary and shouldn't be removed in order to dumb it down, I just think they are not rhombi in this instance. Punkrockrevel 08:52, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
- On a similar note, the current gender-difference explanation is very confusing, and still alludes (falsely, in my opinion) to the rhombus-shape. However, I cannot think of a perfect way to fix it. Punkrockrevel 06:02, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
Learnset
Uh... there's no gen. III learnset listed for Cacturne. Something should be done. I'd do it if I knew the learnset, but I don't. Mad1man 04:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
- One exists now. The page previously had Cactune in it instead of Cacturne. I fixed the link, but I guess I forgot to fix the link... Anyway, it was fixed by someone. ~m190049 23:57, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Why isn't lantern/jacko-lantern on the list as a possible corruption/misspelling?
Why isn't lantern/jacko-lantern on the list as a possible corruption/misspelling? Cacnea's origin already mentions possible basis on jacko-lanterns and it is known that pumpkins and jacko-lanterns are sometimes used for the head of scarecrows. 
Yamitora1 (talk) 00:13, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
