MarioWiki:Main Page talk archive 9

New DPL Possibilities
DynamicPageList has a whole new set of parameters to use, and one, createdby, is useful for user pages. The code produces an unordered list of articles created by the user. Instead of editing your user page every time you create an article, this will auto-update it for you. By changing the namespace, you can make it do templates, categories, or more than once by doing this:  namespace=Template|Category|Image createdby=Username 

Note that either format I used is acceptable, but using the | as the or sign is only available the second way. The Personal Image Check used this tens of times. I'll add some other uses as I think of them. For those who know the syntax, see here. 19:41, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Personal Images
Just wanted to tell all of the users who had to delete lots of images, good job. The only reason we have to erase them is to save file size for article images. delete if this happens to be spam...

The Checklist is screwy, though. For some pics that others made to be PIs for other users, instead it shows up on the ones who uploaded them.

...Does anyone read the second note I put on the page? 22:49, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Next Chapter of Personal Care
Okay guys, now that we've taken care of Personal Images pretty well, its time to focus on another aspect of wiki cleanliness – User sub-pages. According to this policy only your signature, a work in progress, archives of user talk, and testing. Now that we all understand that, we can move on.

Some of you are creating pages in violation with this policy, such as Wayoshi's Ascii page, Arend's RP pages, and Dry Bone's Image page. These pages are in violation according to this section. Now, its time to search, find, and destroy all of these pages.

Let's get to it people, – MarioWiki Maintenance

"...find, and destroy..." sounds scary... Comic pages are allowed as well, and some templates (Steve even has one) also. There are more, too, those are just examples.

I guess sub-pages used for templates are okay, but not so sure about comic pages. I  am   Confused  22:28, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

I meant Comic Archives. Steve and/or Wayoshi would have put an end to them long ago if not.

Any archive that would otherwise take too much space up on the main user (talk) page should be a sub-page, so those stay. As for the other two pages suggested up there, give me a moment while I take care of those. 22:59, 26 April 2007 (EDT)


 * And as for comics, if it isn't linked so a page, it's unused and, if I find it, I'll delete it. If you want to keep them, archive them. Remember, I will only delete images that are on the To Be Deleted list or the Unused Files list. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 23:28, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
 * I've looked through the discussion for the previous archive and read through Personal Image Check. That said, I have an idea. IF we wish to keep comic archives, let's create a new personal image tag for comics. This way, we have a separate limit for the precious funnies and can keep them in check. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 23:47, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Update on Wiki Statistics
Now, here is an update on what we still need to do.

 1. Image uploading – no offense, but lately we've had bad image descriptions and wrongful labeling. For the labeling issue, go here. To fix up crappy image descriptions, use. The least you all can do is to use it while uploading. You just need to enter what what the image details and what game the image is from. Use a format like.  2. Personal Images – some of you have over 10 personal images, and note that the personal image policy says you can only have four (five including signature image). Some of you just upload and stick them onto your user pages without even labeling them as personal images. I found a shocking number of unlabeled personal image while going through all images. Some of you didn't know about it before and that's okay. But now that you do know after reading this, you should take responsibility and dispose of your extra personal images. Tell other new users and friends who aren't aware of the rule too. Now, this section is mostly taken care of thanks to Wayoshi.  3. Stubby pages – some of you have been creating one sentence pages, mainly around SPM. Others like the Fay article use to simply look like the writer gave no effort in creating the page and copy & pasted it. My point is, if you don't know anything about an article (other than what game it appears in), don't create it at all. This drives away the attention on the red links and drives serious writers away. I mean no one wants to work on crappy pages, do they?  4. Vandalism – you all need to be informed in this department. You guys shouldn't block anyone on first warning. People make mistakes, it happens. Some people could be caught up in recent sockpuppet vandalism problem. Before anybody blocks or suspects another user of being a sockpuppet, give the user a chance. At first offense, use. If you have reason to suspect the user is deliberately continuing trollish actions, us. If the user continues with the maliceful behavior despite knowing the consequences, use. If the user disregards the Lastwarn template, then it is appropriate to block him/her. After doing so, place on the user's talk page including information about how long he has been blocked. Remember to keep block times sensible. Don't block a user for an infinite amount of time just because he/she was creating bad articles or spamming. The only time it is really okay to block a user for an infinite amount of time is if that user is a troll. IP blocks are only used for drastic measures as well. Use common sense.  5. Sub-pages – some you have sub-pages. Sub-pages are only fine in a few instances. You can't just create random sub-pages about nothing. According to this policy only your signature, a work in progress, archives of user talk, and testing. Now that we all understand that, we can move on. Now, its time to search, find, and destroy all of these pages. Please, if you see an unlinked page or a page that violates the rules, contact a sysop.

Pick up the pace ladies. – Ditzy
 * We have quite a few users/IPs that have been blocked indefinitely. Look through Special:Ipblocklist to find them. If any of you feel that a block was unjustified, list what the account/IP is here and why you think they should be unblocked. -- 00:08, 27 April 2007 (EDT)