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Featured articleSega Genesis is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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July 5, 2005Peer reviewReviewed
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Change name to Sega Mega Drive?

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The Sega Mega Drive is a Japanese console and its Japanese name (and everywhere else in the world apart from North America) is the Sega Mega Drive, so surely the article should be named Sega Mega Drive and not Sega Genesis? 146.198.56.22 (talk) 14:36, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I kind of agree to this but in the sense that the original name is Mega Drive and that the only place that calls it Genesis is in North America. Jamie64326 (talk) 21:17, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please read the FAQ at the top of the page. Sergecross73 msg me 21:19, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of true article neutrality

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I wish this page was less US-centric (in other words "the US is the center of the universe").

It should have the reasoning of "It was named the 'Sega Mega Drive' in Japan (where it was invented), and also registered under that name in Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Brazil and more countries (at least 10), so by default (10 to 1), it's Mega Drive primarily, Genesis secondarily, no matter how many people bought it".

The problem is majority rule. With every debate/edit, the majority, Americans, keep hammering away at it, until it's Genesis focused.

Even the logo art has the Genesis logo 1.5 times the size of the Mega Drive logo.

Hardly the neutral goals Wikipedia is known for. Tallaussiebloke (talk) 07:50, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know, I think it's ridiculous for the page to be called Sega Genesis. Unlike the NES, where it was called by that name in multiple regions outside Japan, The Mega Drive was only called the Genesis in North America. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 11:31, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please read the FAQ at the top of the page. Sergecross73 msg me 11:59, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did, and it's absolute ridiculous why more people went for Sega Genesis, when it's only called that in one continent. If it was called Sega Genesis in Europe and Australia, I could see an argument being made, but it wasn't. Most of the world had the console as the Sega Mega Drive. Thomasfan1000 (talk) 18:37, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, we know. Let us know if something changes. Sergecross73 msg me 19:00, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Majority voting should not decide disputes like this - when there is a clear reason for the page to use the name it is known by in nearly the entire world. The majority of Wikipedia editors are Americans, but the majority of people using Wikipedia are not, and the particular personal preferences of the editors should not decide this issue.
There is no objective or rational reason to use the name "Genesis" over "Mega Drive".
Wikipedia is great in so many ways, but it is problematically US-centric; fixing articles like this one is of crucial importance in addressing this problem and making Wikipedia the global resources it ought to be. Khardankov (talk) 10:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I too was surprised by the title when I first saw this article many years ago. But reading through the FAQ convinced me that it's probably the sanest choice. I don't see anything in your comment here that responds to the reasons set out in the FAQ - the mater isn't simply settled by "majority voting". If you haven't read through the FAQ, I recommend it: Talk:Sega_Genesis/FAQ Popcornfud (talk) 12:06, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
None of what you just said accurately describes why this article is titled the way it is. I recommend a closer read of the FAQ. Sergecross73 msg me 13:45, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2025

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Rename article to “Sega Mega Drive”. It was known as the Genesis only in America. Everywhere else, including its native Japan, it was known as mega drive. American population of the planet totalling 4.22%, leaving a good 95.78% which is not American and thus did not know it as Genesis 86.11.254.16 (talk) 17:17, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Read the FAQ. jolielover♥talk 17:21, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It shouldn't be named "Sega" anything. Dreamcast, Game Gear and Master System do not have "Sega" in the article name. Sega Saturn and this article do, because the title would be ambiguous without the "Sega". This shows that "Sega" is effectively being used as a disambiguator, and this article should be moved to "Mega Drive" per WP:NATDIS.
195.224.161.99 (talk) 08:01, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't accurate. Some consoles commonly feature the manufacturer's name as part of it (Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo 3DS), while others don't (Wii). It goes both ways. Sega Genesis also has WP:NATDIS status and there's no "consistency" argument when we've got Sega Saturn and Dreamcast...so there's nothing here. Sergecross73 msg me 13:50, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The reason why we have Sega Saturn is because there is another article called Saturn (referring to the planet).
93.115.194.226 (talk) 19:09, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you link me to the discussion that came to this conclusion? Sergecross73 msg me 19:20, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Contributing to its success was..."

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"Was" should be "were", since multiple (plural) factors are listed. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:2895:24CF:DAEC:6BF1 (talk) 17:06, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thanks. Popcornfud (talk) 17:09, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]