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__NOWYSIWYG__ As I was looking through the links of "flying bison" to see piped with "sky bison", a thought came to me; fortunately, I had ARG to consult with during the time as well. Right now, we have the page name of flying bison with many pages piping the link with sky bison. It was referred to as a sky bison in the series by Sister Iio; in addition, the Welcome to Republic City game also calls it a sky bison. The old nick.com site appears to refer to it as a flying bison. It has been referred to by Aang though as a flying bison at least once. So, how should we call it? One way or another, we should have consistency on how we name it and describe/link it throughout the articles; there's really no need for pipe linking it depending on what way we go. 23:06, December 21, 2012 (UTC)

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__NOWYSIWYG__ As I was looking through the links of "flying bison" to see piped with "sky bison", a thought came to me; fortunately, I had ARG to consult with during the time as well. Right now, we have the page name of flying bison with many pages piping the link with sky bison. It was referred to as a sky bison in the series by Sister Iio; in addition, the Welcome to Republic City game also calls it a sky bison. The old nick.com site appears to refer to it as a flying bison. It has been referred to by Aang though as a flying bison at least once. So, how should we call it? One way or another, we should have consistency on how we name it and describe/link it throughout the articles; there's really no need for pipe linking it depending on what way we go. 23:06, December 21, 2012 (UTC) The article is named flying bison, and it was used more consistently than sky bison, so shouldn't flying bison be universal? 23:09, December 21, 2012 (UTC) I say we go with sky bison, as it seems to be the predominate version. It was called such online in the Welcome to Republic City game, as well as by Long Feng and Sokka at the end of Book 2 and in "When Extremes Meet" by Bolin. I'd say we rename the page and change the links accordingly. -- 23:11, December 21, 2012 (UTC) Flying bison is used just as consistently, if not more so. It was initially referred to as such before sky bison was used, which would mean sky bison is only a secondary term (and therefore should not be used as a title)? 23:18, December 21, 2012 (UTC) I wouldn't say flying bison is correct because it was used first. In fact, I'd lean more toward saying the opposite. If sky bison has been used more commonly more recently, I'd go with that one. -- 23:21, December 21, 2012 (UTC) I suppose so, though since they both refer to the same thing it would appear that sky bison is only used as a supplementary term. From what I can tell, flying bison was also used more commonly. 23:28, December 21, 2012 (UTC) It seems that using an older, more consistent term for something that has multiple names is done more often than using a new name. We use old terms for Air Nomads, Royal Procession, Amon, etc. The only instance I can think of at the moment when we've used a new name is the Hundred Year War, though that was mainly because the former name was bad for use as a title ("The War" is the least descriptive you can be about a war). With flying bison, there is nothing wrong with the current name, so that comparison wouldn't really apply. The title is fine as is, there's no dire need for any change. 00:08, December 22, 2012 (UTC) Both were used rather frequently beside each other, thus making it clear that both names are correct for the species. The page is named flying bison after the name given on nick.com, though since the other name is also used in canon material, there is no need to prefer one above the other as both are correct. The beauty of that is that it allows us to employ word variation. Thus, I do not see a need to chose one preferred name. 02:05, December 22, 2012 (UTC) Agreeing with Lady Lostris. Both are fine and both are used in canon sources. The double names gives us a variety that we can use to avoid repeating things (like Sokka is often said "the water tribe warrior" in the next sentence to avoid repeating "Sokka"). 02:41, December 22, 2012 (UTC) After reading this I have to say sky bison. I dunno but sky bison always stick in my head more than flying bison. G o d s r u l e - T a l k t o m e ! 18:50, December 22, 2012 (UTC) That's arguable, since flying bison has always stuck in my head, so it's all a matter of preference. Which further proves that it really doesn't matter since both are used equally as much. 06:32, December 23, 2012 (UTC) So that's the entire problem: canonically, they're both correct. There is no right and wrong, they're both equally right. Preferring one above the other would just be making a decision based on personal preference -as evidenced by the difference in likeness Gods and Chacra just displayed. So why I don't see why we should deprive ourself from one name just to avoid a pipe link. Sure, we tend to avoid them, but that's not the same as banning them all together. Sometimes they are just useful and needed, and this is one of those cases. 10:04, December 23, 2012 (UTC)