MarioWiki talk:FAQ/Archive 2

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Images
Hi, I recently uploaded an image for my userpage, but it didn't turn out right, so I tried to fix it, & I reuploaded it but didn't turn out right either. I wanted these images deleted (since they had very bad quality), but I probably can't do that. Would you please help me on this situation?
 * Just tag them with and a sysop will come and delete them. Yoshario''' [[Image:Yoshi_wearing_mario's hat.jpg|30px]]

I am new to this wiki so could someone tell me what i can do! Mario Freak out P.S Super Sluggers rules!

Me too could someone tell me some of the things that I can do on this website. User:Gamer2.1

How to upload my pictures From my file?

Sorry for trouble asking, but how do i upload images like make your icon and do those "this user..." please repond quickly!

I uploaded an image, now how do I get it into a certain page? User:Rocket88

So, you know this is a maret sockpuppet.

Ummm...
Am I allowed to delete welcomes on my talk page?
 * "Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful". So, yeah. Go for it.

Does My username and password work on other wikis like Wikizilla?
 * No, you have to sign up to every Wiki individually. You could always use the same name when joining other websites, but it's a good idea to use different passwords (therefore, if someone discovers the password to one of your accounts, they can't automatically get into all of them). - 15:46, 11 June 2009 (EDT)

I don't want the FAQ's section about becoming admin to be deleted. I was wondering that if anyone calls me, I'll answer! - Chris Helper

User name
When I submit my username Mario freak my whole page comes up why is that?

Ah ha! when you put {{ around a page name, it shows the page, not a link. Instead, put brackets [[ around a page title, and it will show a link. Also, If you want to show your talk in addition to your username, put an | instead of a colon, but use the }'s. Lotsa symbols, but i hope you understand.
 * A.K.A. sign with Mario freak, or ~ (which will give you the first sig and a timestamp). Users also have the option of creating personalized signatures. Look at Signature for more information. -  17:20, 1 July 2009 (EDT)

Help
Could someone tell me how to make personalized names/nicknames. The help page isn't very helpful.

Also can some one tell me how to find people without having to searching all over this website for them. If it's possible

The Dot
How do you do one of those large dots not a period and they are sometimes found on Templates


 * Try using the shortcut Alt + 0149 (use the numpad for the numbers). If that doesn't work, just copy the character: •. 10:43, 28 July 2009 (EDT)
 * I go straight to the source and edit the templates to see the raw hexidecimal codes for those sort of symbols. - 01:19, 29 July 2009 (EDT)

Polls
How do I add a poll? I went to the polls page, and it says it's not being used anymore, so where do I put my poll? -- 09:19, 28 July 2009 (EDT)
 * There's no "official" poll selection anymore. The user who makes the polls is, so if you have an idea, I think you can suggest it to him (this doesn't necessarily mean it will be used, though). 10:37, 28 July 2009 (EDT)

Featured Images
How do I nominate an image for featured images? on the Featured images page, it doesn't say anything about nominating an image.
 * It does. See here. -- Yoshario''' [[Image:Yoshi_wearing_mario's hat.jpg|30px]]

i cant figure out where to put an image to nominate it for featured images.Rooster17780

Petey Piranha Image
I wanted an Image of Petey Piranha from sluggers but it's to big! how do I size it down? go to my page to see what I mean! also I am having trouble posting my signature.
 * Use an image template to resize your picture. An example template code (a thumbnail) looks like this:


 * [[Image:NAME|thumb|left|150px|CAPTION]]


 * That will make the image 150 pixels wide, aligned on the left of the page (if you want it to be on the right, type in "right" where "left" is on this example), and with a caption. You can change the number of "px" to make the images different sizes (I generally find my ideal sizes using trial and error). As for your signature, you should be able to type in " " and get this: "". To use the " ~ " shortcut, you'll have to go to "my preferences" (at the top right corner of the window, second link from the left), and type in " User:GalacticPetey/sig " in the "Signature" box (fifth line down on the User Profile Preferences page). If you need more signature information, look at Help:Signature and Signature; if you want more insight into images, just look around the Wiki and emulate what's been done on those images. -  01:12, 6 August 2009 (EDT)

Infobox
How do you make a infobox? also ever since I added a Petey Piranha image to my sig I can't get the link to my page.


 * Look at some of the articles around the Wiki if you want to see how infoboxes work. Or do you mean Userbox towers? As for your sig trouble, I suggest removing the image; accoring to Signature, images must be no more than 35px tall, and animated images, like yours, are discouraged (they create long loading times and are distracting to readers). If you really want to keep the images, you MUST shrink them to 35px, and though I do not know why the link stopped working, I found that if you change the text coding to , the link works again. -  20:22, 7 August 2009 (EDT)

Problems
This FAQ should mention something about patrollers, this is a totally new rank not on any other wiki. It should also talk about the no-sig policy because that's an important part of the wiki.
 * Perhaps it should, I'll go and add it for you. 22:59, 11 August 2009 (EDT)

Where did it go
I am Zero! Does anybody know what happened to the Brawl tourney? Zero signing out.
 * Xpike completely fizzled out on me, so I had to cancel it. Very sorry. :( 23:21, 11 August 2009 (EDT)

Icon Dilemma
I have no idea of how to put a icon next to my user name when ever I type it (Or, Diffrent Fonts). Can someone help? User:LuigiMania
 * You mean create a signature? Go to Help:Signature or Signatures for more information.

Info boxes
Can someone please tell me how to make an info box?
 * You can copy/paste the source code of template:character-infobox onto your userpage and edit it. -- Yoshario''' [[Image:Yoshi_wearing_mario's hat.jpg|30px]]

DPL & Other Coding
DPL seems to be a very interesting type of coding, and it also looks to be a good thing to know for wikis. The problem is, I'd like to learn a substantial amount of it, and I don't know where to learn it. Can anybody provide me with links (if not, any coding books or tutorials)? Should I know any other coding before learning DPL? Also, what is "wiki-syntax"? 16:52, 16 August 2009 (EDT)

BK color
How do I change the background color of my userpage?

Personal Image
I want to upload an image and make it personal. How do I do it?

Do any Sysops need to edit something? I'll do it!
 * You can upload the image and add the personal image tag: Yoshario''' [[Image:Yoshi_wearing_mario's hat.jpg|30px]]

Status box
How do you make a status box?

Talk to Other Users
How do you talk to other users on the Wiki?
 * Leave a message on their talk page. (e.g. If you wanted to talk to a user named "Example", you would edit the page "user talk:Example" to leave a message). Other ways of talking include the Forum and our IRC channel. Yoshario''' [[Image:Yoshi_wearing_mario's hat.jpg|30px]]

Templates
How do you make a template?
 * Create a page titled "Template:Name" (i.e. Template:SPP for a template about Super Princess Peach) and fill it with coding. But be warned: it takes a while to get good enough at the coding to do it right (I generally copy coding from existing templates and tweak to fit the new template's needs), and people often make templates for things that don't really need one - categories are just as good for most navigational purposes. We're actually trying to cut back on navigation templates and revamp the entire system, so now's not a great time to go making more without a really good reason. - 00:15, 7 October 2009 (EDT)

kamek's new super mario bros. wii artwork
the new super mario bros. wii article needs kamek's new artwork so can someone tell me where i can find his nsmbwii artwork or can somebody get it and add it to the article.

Kamek doesn't have NSMBW artwork. Nintendo never made one.

Talk Pages
Does any1 know how 2 use a talk page, send messages, and use these pictures FunkyK38 gave me? If so tell me on my talk page-

Autocomfirmed and Copyright
Hi. I'm new and I want to now how I get to be autocomfirmed so I can edit my userpage. I also worried because I want to put an image but how I get the permission? I just gonna use a recolor of Mario.
 * You get autoconfirmed one week after you joined, at which point you can make and edit a Userpage. I'm not an expert on licensing, but I'm pretty sure Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 would do for an unofficial recolour (which should not be used on painspace, only as a Personal Image). - 02:52, 23 December 2009 (EST)

Hi
Hi, how can I become a patroller?
 * Work hard, learn the rules, become an active part of the community and stick around long enough for the current Administrative team to take notice of your efforts and consider you for a promotion. Don't call us: we'll call you. - 02:52, 23 December 2009 (EST)

Changing Article Titles
I know that in order to change the name of an article, you must select "Move" on the top of the screen. However, I'm unsure of what to make of this statement: "Links to the old page title will not be changed; be sure to check for double or broken redirects. You are responsible for making sure that links continue to point where they are supposed to go."

It doesn't explain at all how to do this. How can I figure out which articles use the name of the article I want to change? ~Hylian Angel

Check "what links here" in the toolbox to the left side.-- 18:19, 26 January 2010 (EST)

Thank you very much! =) ~Hylian Angel

When You Join
How can you know how long you joined Super Mario Wiki? I'm asking this because i want to know when i get autocomefermed. Pianoboy8
 * Its simple, just go here. Where it says user, type your username (Caps are quite sensitive!!), and voila! It will tell you when you joined :) -- 18:09, 8 March 2010 (EST)

How do I upload images on my own page?
I don't know how to upload images on my page SuperMarioGalaxy2, when I tried it didn't show up on my page. Please help!
 * First you need to go to Special:Upload and upload the file, next in your user page, you just type [[Image:IMAGENAME.etc]] it can also be [[Image:IMAGENAME.etc|thumb|Description]] -- 12:36, 17 May 2010 (EDT)

Who's getting rid of or changing the names of characters and places?!
Who removed the names for the stages of each world for "New Super Mario Bros." and "New Super Mario Bros. Wii"?! I liked those; they helped tell them apart besides being just called World 1 1-1 and all those other bland names! Now they're gone, and I won't be able to remember them! Does anyone on this site remember the names of the worlds and stages for "New Super Mario Bros." and "New Super Mario Bros. Wii"?! Furthermore, who changed the names of Wario enemies to japanese?! Nobody will know that's not really their real names! I must edit these articles and change them back to their neater descriptions!
 * The stage names were changed to generic ones because no reliable sources attesting the official status of the other names was provided; wherever possible, we try to avoid unofficial names on the Wiki. The names of the Wario enemies were changed to the Japanese ones as the English names previously used for them were nothing but placeholders due to the lack of a known official name at the time; they were replaced when the official Japanese names of the enemies became known. No official English name has been discovered for any of these so far. If you know of any official English names and can provide a reliable source for them, feel free to change the names; otherwise, the generic stage names & Japanese enemy names will have to stay.--vellidragon 16:21, 25 May 2010 (EDT)

"New Super Mario Bros. Wii" worlds.
Does anyone on this site know the made-up names of each stage from each world on "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" before they all got removed from Mario Wiki? I knew I should have wrote them down while they were still here; I liked them...
 * If you want to see the names again, simply click on the "History" tab at the top of the article. This will bring you to a page listing every change that has ever been made to the article in question; simply click on an earlier date to see what the article looked like when that revision was made. In your case, you probably only have to go one or two edits into the past to see the names before they were removed. I'd also like to mention a couple quick things about talk page usage, while we're here: since this NSMB Wii name subject was already being discussed in the above section, rather than creating a new header, it would be simpler if you simply edit the already existing conversation (by adding your new comment to the bottom). And finally, please sign all your comments with or ~ so the rest of us know who we're talking to. -  18:26, 25 May 2010 (EDT)

How do I answer questions?
Um...somebody's asked me something. How do I answer back on this website? Do I just edit the page or something?