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Now that Big Macintosh has had his name spelled inconsistently even within the toys, I figured it'd be useful to have a list of how many times which spellings have been used by who (like what Forum:Cadence or Cadance? was for Princess Cadance). 64.118.115.104 00:11, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

ListEdit

Most recent update: started list 64.118.115.104 00:11, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

• BIG MACINTOSH:
  • "Macintosh" capitalization:
    • WeLoveFine.com's description of their "Big Mac Brony" men's T-shirt
    • WeLoveFine.com's description of their "Big Mac Brony" canvas bag
    • WeLoveFine.com's description of their "Big Mac Brony" pullover hoodie
    • Tweet by Hasbro's My Little Pony Twitter account
    • WeLoveFine.com's description of their "Big Mac Brony Hoodie" zip up hoodie
    • Zap2it summary of Hearts and Hooves Day
    • FYI Television summary of Hearts and Hooves Day
    • Description of Hearts and Hooves Day clip posted by The Hub's YouTube channel
    • Description of image posted by Hasbro's My Little Pony Facebook page
    • iTunes summary of Hearts and Hooves Day
    • Wired post about Hearts and Hooves Day
    • WeLoveFine.com's tags of their "Sweet Apple Cider" art print
    • WeLoveFine.com's tags of their "Sweet Apple Cider" women's T-shirt
    • WeLoveFine.com's tags of their "Sweet Apple Cider" men's T-shirt
    • Facebook post by Peter New
    • WeLoveFine.com's tags of their "Strength" art print
  • "MacIntosh" capitalization:
    • Two pages of the French magazine story La récolte d'Applejack
    • deviantART comment by Sabrina Alberghetti (who went by memory)
    • deviantART comment by Sabrina Alberghetti (who went by memory)
  • Unspecified capitalization:
    • Tags of post by Mighty Fine's Tumblr blog
    • Closed captioning of Family Appreciation Day
    • WeLoveFine.com's tags of their "Zap Apple Harvest" men's T-shirt
    • 12-language European mystery packs
    • Closed captioning of The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
    • Italian mystery packs
• BIG MCINTOSH:
  • "McIntosh" capitalization:
    • Q&A session with layout artist "FlashinthePan" (who guessed without checking)
    • Description of deviantART image by Lauren Faust
    • Email from RED Management
    • deviantART comment by Lauren Faust
    • Part of an Italian activity
    • Packaging of Miniature Collection Apple Family Set
  • "Mcintosh" capitalization:
    • German character bio on German Nickelodeon website
    • German character bio on Swiss Nickelodeon website
    • German character bio on German Nick Jr. website

(The sources seem to spell his nickname as "Big Mac" no matter how they spell his full name, so I didn't bother including the nickname in the list.) 64.118.115.104 00:11, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

DiscussionEdit

Currently, I'd recommend sticking with "Big Macintosh" since it seems to be the majority (the list isn't complete; it's at least missing one or two Hub summaries of Hearts and Hooves Day) in multiple ways: out of all the sources, out of all the non-WeLoveFine sources, out of all the Hasbro sources, and (since the mystery pack ponies' names are printed on their boxes, on their bags, and on their collector cards) out of just the toy line sources. 64.118.115.104 00:11, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Since most of the fanbase knows that the correct spelling is 'Big Macintosh' (correct me if I'm wrong).  Kent101299 ^Rarity  02:10, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

Cadance 's name was spelled as "Cadence" in her Mistery Pack Collector Card, while it was spelled as "Cadance" in her main toy set, as well as in the majority of the reliable sources. And her name is spelled as "Cadance" again in those new miniatures. Lauren Faust always spells Big Mac's name as "McIntosh". And his name was "Macintosh" in the Mistery Pack Collector Card, but it's "McIntosh" in the new miniatures. I think Faust knows best about the characters' names, and apparently the formerly-mispelled names are fixed in those new miniatures, so we should go with "McIntosh", in my opinion. Oh! And the name of the guy who discovered that apple variety was John McIntosh, thus the correct name of the apple is "McIntosh Red" (colloquially, "the Mac"). Flippy Bear 18:24, June 3, 2012 (UTC)

Overall, the spelling of "Big Macintosh" is the one most officially used by companies and Hasbro. For now, leave it as Big Macintosh. If in the future more toys are made and spelled as "McIntosh", then an admin will change it to fit the requirements. Lord of Shadows ^{Words mean nothing!} 19:34, June 3, 2012 (UTC)