Talk:Guardian deities

Moving the page

Should we move the page to Tapu or Tapus, since that is still an official name for them and more people seem to be using it than guardian deities, as well as making the name of the page defiantly exclude any other Pokemon which are worshipped as protectors that may appear in the future? PartHunter (talk) 02:34, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Guardian deities is their official name, as seen on the official website. --HoennMaster 03:10, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

If other Pokemon are called guardian deities in the future, they would almost certainly deserve to be mentioned alongside the tapu. Besides which, so far, the "tapu" are almost always called guardian deities, so that should be the most appropriate name. We don't need to invent a worry about future "guardian deities" to justify moving them. If it's expanded later, we can decide if we want to make a page dedicated to the tapu then. Tiddlywinks (talk) 03:55, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

To revisit this discussion: the term used in dialogue in-game seems to be more often than not "tapu." In light of how the actual game depicts them, what's the new consensus? What does everyone think we should do? Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 17:21, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm against moving this unless Tiddlywinks' prediction comes true. They are still called "guardian deities" even in-game. In fact I tdon't think I've even seen them referred to generically as "Tapu". I don't even give a Schif (Talk • Contribs) 17:23, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

The Tapunium Z's description calls them the tapu, not the guardian deities. That's the main source that I think we should consider. Additionally, I think "guardian deity" is more Alola-specific terminology, whereas tapu is a term more applicable to the Pokémon world as a whole; they seem to be revered as guardian deities in Alola, but I doubt that holds in the rest of the Pokémon world (although that is a bit speculative). --SnorlaxMonster 17:40, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

To Schiffy: Look here, Acerola uses tapu. I agree this page should be moved. Tapu is the most used terminology both in-game and the fandom. This group of Pokémon is called guardian deities, land spirits (see map description for Ruins of Conflict/Life/Abundance/Hope), and spirit guardians (in the anime). All of these are official and they can be referenced in the article, but for the title we should go with the one that's used the most rather than favoring one that's used here and there. --Mikuri 11:02, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Legendary Pokémon

Should we add them and Ultra Beast to Legendary pages while still having these pagse for operate information?--Jacob Kogan (talk) 21:32, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

We're currently discussing that on Talk:Legendary Pokémon. Feel free to participate there, but let's try to keep the discussion conslidated ^.^ Nutter Butter (talk) 21:34, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

GTS treats the Tapus as Legendaries.

"Do you want to include people who are seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokemon?"

Select "Don't include"

Tapu Bulu request disappears from selection. TehPerson (talk) 09:20, 14 January 2017 (UTC)