“Big Bang” – Still not sure exactly what this term entails…someone mentioned that it’s mentioned in a document for Night Raid, could you expound on exactly what it describes?
--> AFAIK a big bang happens when the game displays so many bullets it exceeds the capabilities of the hardware, an dbullets turn to medals... Not sure!
“Boss Warning” – Worth mentioning, or too self-explanatory/inconsequential?
--> Why not.
“Bullet Hell” – Alternate term for “Manic Shmup?” Though this one’s been kind of muddy in the past as to exactly what it refers to…
--> Pretty useless imho.
“Command Motion” – “Street Fighter” type motions for special attacks…too infrequently used in shmups to be listed here? Too general a term?
--> I've never seen tat is a shmup?? Please give some examples!
“Danmaku” – Alternate term for “Bullet Hell?”
--> alternate term for manic shooter
“Dead Space” – Spots where nothing much happens onscreen…worth a mention?
--> never heard that term
“Enclosure Attack” – An attack meant to trap the player in a small space…official-enough term, or no?
--> sounds good
“Flash Clear (Bullet Clear, Bullet Wipe, Screen Wipe)” – Were debating this near the end of the last topic…any consensus?
--> a term for this kind of thing could be useful, yes... To me, bullet clear is not the same as screen wipe, or is it? A smart bombs clears the enemies too, not only the bullets...
“Gimmick” – Heavily-debated term…too general, negative-sounding?
--> dunno what it is
”Gravity/Cave Shooters” a la Solar Jetman, maybe Asteroids…worth an item?
--> meh. i nevertheless love Gravity Force on Amiga.
"Hybrid Attack”— 2-players-at-once special attack…too infrequently used?
--> I've never seen tat is a shmup?? Please give some examples!
“Item Spawn” – Items appearing after dying, etc…worth a mention?
--> no (imho, as always)
“Kai/Quad” – Most famous in Giga Wing…exactly how much is a “Kai,” exactly? Moreover, is it worth listing?
--> yes! it was my idea i think
“Leech” – Synonym of “Milk,” or is there more to it?
--> synonym, both should be in the glossary
“Oldschool/Raiden-Style” – “Manic” has a listing, should this as well?
--> Sure!
“Stage Select/Practice/Training Mode” -- Unique listing, or possibly grouped w/ Score Attack, etc.?
--> is score attack some kind of training?
“Rush” – Moving quickly towards a target, either the player or an enemy…worth a mention?
--> why not, though the meaning is quite clear
“Russian Doll”— A la Psikyo bosses…is listed on shmup.com, worth putting here?
--> yes - because we want more russian dolls!
“Safe Spot” – Too self-explanitory/general?
--> worth listing
“Fake/True Lo-Res” – Not a shmup-exclusive term, but mentioned often enough around here…
--> good luck if you try to add this to the glossary and not get immediately flamed
“Tube Shooter” – Group under “Borderliner,” or give its own item?
--> group. Tube Panic FTW!
”Wall” -- Sometimes used as a generic term for obstacles/surroundings in a shmup that will harm you if you hit them…worth listing?
--> yes, as they're usually not "walls", they could be lava or trees or whatever, but we still call them "walls"
“The Zone” – Dunno whether a consensus will ever be reached on this one, considering its notoriously fickle nature…
--> define it through how it helps doing a good run, not what it is
Existing Items Up for Possible Elimination:
“Alternate View” -- Possibly condense into “Vertizontal?”
--> what's that??
“Crowd Control” -- Not used often enough?
--> what's that??
“Paint” -- See above.
--> what's that??
Separate the List from the Discussion/Sticky? -- Should I ask the mods to sticky a separate thread for the Glossary itself, and update that based on the discussions held in separate threads? Might make the page load faster…
--> yes!
“See Also” notations/separate “Alternate Terms” Index -- …might make navigation easier?
--> unfortunately, i don't think hyperlinks can be used in the forum. Unfortunately, Malc could add the glossary to the site but probably won't do it.
“Homebrew” to “Doujin” -- Is either term more widely-used than the other?
--> both are used, both should appear in the glossary
Separate “Superplay,” “Double Play,” “Kusoplay” from “Replay?”
--> group them, as you will group the different kinds of borderliners
Caravan (origin) -- Was this term coined by the Hudson “Caravan Shooting Collection?”
--> i think so
Core (origin) -- Coined by Gradius’s “Shoot the Core?”
--> dunno. Should core appear as a synonym of weak point?
Option (origin) -- Similarly coined by Gradius?
--> aren't these sometimes called "bits" too?
Way that stages in loops are displayed (1-1, 2-1, 3-1, etc.) -- Should there be some note someplace about this?
--> why not
“Shmupmeet/Shmeet” -- Worth mentioning?
--> shmeets are great, so yes!
“True Tate?” -- I hear this term used a lot, should I note this somehow, under Tate’s item?
--> what's that?
“People Shooter?” -- Alternate term/extra notation under “Character Shooter?”
--> who says people shooter?
“Schtick ‘em up?” -- Alternate term/extra notation under “Cute-‘em-Up?”
--> who says Schtick ‘em up?
“Cockpit?” -- Alternate term for “Hitbox?”
--> no, afaik
I've removed a few terms from your original list, this doesn't necessarily mean i don't approve them or whatever!