User blog comment:The Ultimate Dude/Remembering Old Vocaloid Wiki/@comment-5051846-20141112182148/@comment-53539-20141113095145

@Serza, "Avatar" is a concept harder to understand (see VY1/VY2 and how many readers don't "get" them) for many, "character" only half covers the description, personification isn't necessary true in all cases... Its that "mascot" is the best choice we have, its simply the oen that covers all the bases and people seem to understand the best. :-/

Thats, to be quite frank, the only reason the word was used in major areas where needed, otherwise it wouldn't be used at all. For some reason "mascot" clicks better then any other word to describe them. And honestly, I feel uncomfortable myself because it feels more aimed towards North American fans, who are more likely to associate with the word above all others.

I just don't create a fuss over the words usage and just ignore it myself. Its like arguing over the words "big/large/huge/enormous/gigantic" or "tiny/small/little/mini/minute/diminutive", at the end of the day the argument/debate was annoying more then anything because it took away time we could have spent on other things. When adjectives and adverbs go up for debate, it can lead to pretty pointless arguments.

I remember on wikipedia hjow much time was wasted arguing over the use of "Zolo" and "Zoro" on the One Piece wikipedia pages and how pointless that was... It lasted for MONTHS and during that time, it changed from "Zolo" to "Zoro" and back again a few times. It de-railed the job we were doing so many times, that to this day I do not see word debates worth the time and effort. Its the same for arguments over British and American spelling of words... At the end of the day, word arguments make debates over which templates should be which colours and other petty arguments, look like nothing and every single word debate I've been in... wiki related.... Has just been a pointless effort that got 0 things done.

I always did like "avatar" myself, but as I said for some reason "avatar" doesn't seem to sink in as a concept, *le sigh*. :-/