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== The meaning and origin of the name 'Balatro' should be included. ==
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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 [[User:Kaukênteo|Kaukênteo]] ([[User talk:Kaukênteo|talk]]) 12:46, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
:WP is not a dictionary, it is only sufficient to point out that LocalThunk chose a word related to jesters for the game. [[User:Masem|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem|t]]) 12:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
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[[:Balatro (video game)]] → {{no redirect|Balatro}} – There is a possibility this is [[WP:PT1|primary topic]] versus the term [[Jester#Balatrones|''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]] [[User_talk:Asukite|<span style="color:Purple;font-size:medium;font-family:Bradley Hand ITC"> ASUKITE</span>]] 16:54, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
:<small>Note: [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Middle Ages|WikiProject Middle Ages]], [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comedy|WikiProject Comedy]], and [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video games]] have been notified of this discussion. [[User_talk:Asukite|<span style="color:Purple;font-size:medium;font-family:Bradley Hand ITC"> ASUKITE</span>]] 16:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)</small>
*'''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. - [[User:Cukie Gherkin|Cukie Gherkin]] ([[User talk:Cukie Gherkin|talk]]) 17:15, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''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. [[User:Masem|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem|t]]) 17:38, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''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. [[User:Zxcvbnm|ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ]] ([[User talk:Zxcvbnm|ᴛ]]) 18:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per above (with a hatnote for the other article). This is definitely the primary topic. [[User:Minikiwigeek2|Minikiwigeek2]] ([[User talk:Minikiwigeek2|talk]]) 20:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per above. Definitely primary topic and widely known [[User:Lankyant|Lankyant]] ([[User talk:Lankyant|talk]]) 00:18, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
*'''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. [[User:Gbrading|<span style="color: green">gbrading</span>]] <small><i>([[User talk:Gbrading|ταlκ]])</i></small> 15:50, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
* '''Support''' as [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=balatro 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.
:[[User:Anerdw|Anerdw]] ([[User talk:Anerdw|talk]]) 19:27, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
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== Official Timeline of the production released ==
Local Thunk released the full timeline of the production of Balatro.I think it is a useful source, especially for the "Production" section.
https://localthunk.com/blog/balatro-timeline-3aarh ''[[User:Yoshiman6464|<span style="font-family: courier; color:#0047ab">Yoshiman6464</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Yoshiman6464|♫🥚]]</sup>'' 22:53, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
:See the refideas, and there has been lots of third party RSes that have commented on the timeline. I plan to try to add it in over weekend. [[User:Masem|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem|t]]) 23:07, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
::Have you added this yet? [[User:I Forgot Tbh|I Forgot Tbh]] ([[User talk:I Forgot Tbh|talk]]) 04:44, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
== "Local" is Lua, not Löve. ==
The current version of the article contains the following excerpt:
"Balatro was programmed in [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] with the [[Löve (game framework)|Löve]] game framework. LocalThunk's pseudonym derives from Löve's way of declaring variables, "Local", and a common variable name in his partner's projects, "Thunk"."
This lists a source to an interview by the GQ magazine, which contains the following excerpt:
'''"Where does the pseudonym come from?'''
A few years ago my partner was learning this statistical language called R, and she was asking me about variable names. She said, ‘Hey, how do you name your variables?’ I have a computer science degree and I started oversharing. She interrupted me and was like, ‘I like to call my variables ''Thunk''.’ And I thought that was just the funniest thing. The language I wrote the game in is called Löve, and the way you declare a variable in Löve is with the word ‘Local’. So, LocalThunk. It’s in my code in some places as well."
Here, LocalThunk is seen deliberately oversimplifying a concept; "Löve" is not a programing language, its a framework for Lua. The "local" syntax is part of Lua, and is therefore also used in Löve, and it is responsible for declaring that a variable is local as opposed to a default global variable. LocalThunk did not explain this in the aforementioned interview because none of it mattered as for the reason behind the pseudonym, but I do believe this misconception should not also be mentioned in this article. My attempt to rectify this error was reverted, so rather than beginning an edit war, i figured it was more prudent to post it here and have the concept debated. I'm new to all this wiki thing. [[User:ThaNook|ThaNook]] ([[User talk:ThaNook|talk]]) 01:13, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
:This is all original research, from the stance of where LocalThunk pulled the name. It may be 100% true that its really from Lua, but the sources don't represent it like that, so we should not be inserting our expertise to make this a different claim. [[User:Masem|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem|t]]) 01:24, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
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== Headers ==
@[[User:Masem|Masem]] The rest of your removals are fair but it looks quite messy to me without headers, maybe we could replace Tarot and Spectral cards and Planet cards with just one Consumable cards header? [[User:Actualcreature|actualcreature]] ([[User talk:actualcreature#top|talk]]) 13:55, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
:When you only have one paragraph for each header, that's likely a good sign you don't need the headers (see [[MOS:OVERSECTION]]). We're already getting into too much detail on the gameplay section [[User:Masem|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem|t]]) 14:15, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
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