Talk:Balatro

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— Assignment last updated by Grpera16 (talk) 21:27, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The meaning and origin of the name 'Balatro' should be included.

Here In ancient Rome, a balatro (/ˈbɑːlɑːtroʊ/ BAH-lah-troh) was a professional jester or buffoon.[4] Balatrones were paid for their jests, and the tables of the wealthy were generally open to them for the sake of the amusement they afforded.[5 Kaukênteo (talk) 12:46, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP is not a dictionary, it is only sufficient to point out that LocalThunk chose a word related to jesters for the game. Masem (t) 12:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 23 January 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:07, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Balatro (video game) → Balatro – There is a possibility this is primary topic versus the term Balatro, by pageviews (although the pageviews are an uneven comparison, the game dwarfs the pageviews for the page Jester.) Since the other item at Balatro is just a redirect for a non-english term for the better-recognized "Jester", I feel the game may occupy the primary topic, but as usual, I am not 100% certain and would like to seek input instead. We could delete Balatro and leave a hatnote at the top directing readers to Jester ASUKITE 16:54, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Middle Ages, WikiProject Comedy, and WikiProject Video games have been notified of this discussion. ASUKITE 16:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I find the rationale compelling, especially since the term is a redirect to Jester. The fact that the disambig page is 10x the view count of jester itself says a lot. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 17:15, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Generally I don't like to see popular contemporary works displace more historical /academic terms, but the Roman meaning here is sufficiently obscure thst the rename and hat note would be reasonable. Masem (t) 17:38, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support You have a point that WP:USEENGLISH is compelling here. Since "Balatro" simply means "jester" in English, unless there is a massive difference, the video game is what the word most likely refers to in English. Obviously, a hatnote should be there pointing to jester. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above (with a hatnote for the other article). This is definitely the primary topic. Minikiwigeek2 (talk) 20:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. Definitely primary topic and widely known Lankyant (talk) 00:18, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support as the Roman Balatro does not have its own page, therefore Balatro the game is a unique page and doesn't require disambiguation except with a line at the top of the game article saying "For the Roman profession, see "Balatro (Jester)", or words to that effect. gbrading (ταlκ) 15:50, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support as Google Trends data strongly suggests that this is the primary topic. There are very distinct search spikes after the game's announcement and release; usage is negligible prior to both.

Anerdw (talk) 19:27, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.