Talk:Guyana

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Faraway Island

I wouldn't connect Faraway Island to the anime-only statement that Mew's remnants were found in Guyana. Anime =/= Games. There's no proof that Faraway Island is in Guyana or anywhere near. --Maxim 08:33, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

It's copied from the Faraway Island article. XVuvuzela2010X 15:53, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
And its not anime only. Both Faraway Island and the Cinnabar Journals are from the games, and they state that Mew was found in Guyana. XVuvuzela2010X 15:59, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay, then let's reverse it. What's the proof that the place from the anime is Guyana? --Maxim 16:09, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
It isnt mentioned (I think), though I don't feel it needs to be explicitly stated, seeing as it is blatantly obvious. XVuvuzela2010X 16:21, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Real-World Counterpart

According to Google Maps, there appear to be a couple of small, forested islands off of the coast of Guyana. Could it be reasoned that one of these could be a RL counterpart to Faraway Island? Morgil27 (talk) 02:43, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Deletion

This article says that Guyana is never mentioned in Mewtwo Strikes Back (nor in the short), in which case this article shouldn't imply it was. (Our M01 and Mewtwo articles do just say "Guyana", though, but I tend to believe they're just assuming, and this article is more accurate.) So, assuming Guyana isn't actually mentioned, what remains is just the Pokémon Mansion journals, which I believe is hardly enough for an article (but good for the mention here). Then, I'd say we should delete this article, and remove references to Guyana from the above mentioned articles and the template (and de-link it in the few other places we mention it). Nescientist (talk) 16:21, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

No references

Could it be Faraway Island's Anime counterpart? But as the real world location,Guyana is not an island but a coastal country instead. Even we don't get any references about it in Mewtwo Strikes Back. Ash Roy (talk) 03:41, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Deletion (again)

Can we get rid of this article? The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin never actually mentions Guyana, so most of the content in this article shouldn't really be here. The references to Guyana in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen (I'm not sure about Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, since I've not played them) are the only ones that we have in any canon, as far as I'm aware. There's simply not enough information for a full article. Dannyboy601 (talk) 01:25, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

This wiki has stubs for several locations that appear in the canon, many of which have less information than this article, so I don't think quantity of information is at issue here. There are also references to Guyana as Mew's location in the Super Smash Bros. series, which (based on my understanding) includes information about Pokémon that is considered canon. To me, these factors make this article worth keeping. –Butterfreeism (talk) 00:50, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
And even if it was non-canon, that doesn’t make it not notable. The Star Trek fandom spun off the non-canonical realm of the franchise into a 55,000 page wiki. Sure it might not be in Memory Alpha’s focus, but they made Beta only so it wouldn’t complicate the main stuff, that’s how notable it is. And I’m sure there are locations whose articles are sized as much as Guyana’s is here--KnightGalarie (talk) 02:03, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
I think it would make sense to delete this page. The only reference to it is in the Pokémon Mansion journals. Everything else is just speculation. --SnorlaxMonster 10:57, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
I personally support keeping the page. Even very minor locations have received articles on Bulbapedia. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 13:05, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
I also agree that the article should be kept. Again, there are many locations that have less information than Guyana and they have articles.-TheDeviss327(Hi I'm new!) 16:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
This article should definitely be kept, for the reasons stated above. Waffledogefern (talk) 02:54, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Sometimes something is notable without having much to it. (There's a real world location in the Pokemon franchise established before GO, Challenge the World, and various other works flipped around and totally say there are Pokemon in the real world!? That's crazy!) And equally sometimes, an article can consist of nearly nothing and still have a purpose. Even if the anime section gets a fair trim due to those works not specifically saying South America (splitting the full stuff to a conjectural "Mew's Habitat" or something), I think this article would be about as long as Retreat Cost. And Retreat Cost is important enough to have an article even though it's extremely short. I say this is a firm keep, no matter how silly an article of about 12 sentences is. (12 sentences is longer than Retreat Cost's 9 sentences, so while my silly cap is on I'm not being facetious here and I do actually think Guyana should keep its article.) Salmancer (talk) 04:59, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

(resetting indent) I think this page has value, even if it could be pared down potentially. Landfish7 05:08, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Alright, silly cap off. I expect the road taken is to rename this "South America", allowing the article to retain more content while still being accurately named. (I would consider South America and Guyana to be functionally equivalent in regards to what goes on this page, so more of it stands than if someone were to say references to South America don't count.) However, I think there are two possible additional steps that could be taken. One is to spend space on this page clarifying the retconiness going on, Transformers wiki style. (I'm telling you, Conceptual History sections are awesome.) That's at least two paragraphs. The other would be to increase this page's scope to "South America in the Pokémon World". At this point, the division between fiction and reality has fully been punctured, why not go all the way and populate this page with information regarding Pokémon found only in South America in Pokémon GO? Now it's a full size page with an anime section and an other media section that can afford to be short. Salmancer (talk) 08:14, 19 February 2024 (UTC)