User talk:Shokora/Archive 10

Yo
What's up? Haven't seen you around for quite a while. 18:48, 22 June 2016 (EDT)


 * G'day there, thanks I've been very well and in good health. It's been a while yes. I've finished school last year in Australia, now I'm staying with family in Europe for a year before I start university I feel like I've matured a lot, but I'll always be a kid with a computer whenever I find myself in this place again. YoshiKong 19:16, 22 June 2016 (EDT)


 * Good to know. I kind of felt the same way tbh, I took a leave from the community myself from late 2014/early 2015 until a few months ago when I got bored and decided to come back and edit. Did you trade your Cold Chisel fandom back for this? ;P 19:21, 22 June 2016 (EDT)


 * My Cold Chisel fandom isn't up for trades. YoshiKong 19:24, 22 June 2016 (EDT)


 * I thought as much. A few things have happened around here; was repromoted recently, there were fewer proposals this year so far but had good content nevertheless, and a few extra boards to hold cluttered threads were added on the forums. On a much more sad note,  passed away in a traffic accident on Easter; the community is still mourning her loss and the upcoming summer 'Shroom issue will be dedicated to her.

Those were the main events in 2016 so far, not sure about last year. 19:31, 22 June 2016 (EDT)

Welcome back
Hey YoshiKong welcome back to the Super Mario Wiki, I am a new user and my name is Fawful's Minion. 18:51, 22 June 2016 (EDT)


 * Hey good to see you. YoshiKong 19:16, 22 June 2016 (EDT)

re:Boards password reset
wb. Check your emails. --Glowsquid (talk) 21:17, 22 June 2016 (EDT)

You're back?
Ayy I remember you, but you might not remember me if I don't tell you the name I used to go by. Does the name Gonzales ring any bells? Also, welcome back. Were your dreams your ticket out? 22:04, 22 June 2016 (EDT)

Welcome back
Oh hey! It's good to see you back here! Good luck with your upcoming university, I'm not that far from it myself, but still kinda scared from what I'm going to encounter. best one imo -- 10:29, 28 June 2016 (EDT)


 * Thanks! Good to see you. 18:12, 29 June 2016 (EDT)

Delete?
File:MarioWiki Transparency Standard.png was found in Special:UnusedFiles. Was it used in User:M&SG/proposal that is now deleted? If so, tag with. -- 17:52, 1 July 2016 (EDT)

Admin Position
Wow! You regained your admin status on MarioWiki! Congrats! -- 21:32, 3 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Yup, welcome back. What are your plans? 21:41, 3 July 2016 (EDT)


 * Thanks guys! I'll be here to complete some project plans, as well as be involved in staff discussions again. 05:46, 4 July 2016 (EDT)

RE: Response
Thanks. -- 12:37, 5 July 2016 (EDT)

'Shroom Images
I was browsing Special:UnusedFiles. I noticed it was quite smaller. The last I have seen it, it was slightly below 500 images going unused. Now it is down to almost 300 images. I wondered why. I noticed several 'Shroom images missing from the cache. I have been wanting to see that for some time now (here) but wasn't sure of the best way to make it happen. I knew those images weren't deleted but out of curiosity, I wanted to see what changed to make it happen. I remember seeing File:BackgroundWaluigi.png in that special page. How did you make the image reference itself? I don't see the mark-up anywhere! Must be an admin access only thing. Thanks for clearing those images out! -- 13:49, 5 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Actually, now I see how you did it! was edited. I see the mark-up change. Using a CSS style with the DIV tag to hide the enclosed mark-up and used a MediaWiki magic word. Brilliant! Better than my original idea! I do have a suggestion though. Even though the image is hidden from view, bandwidth will still be consumed. Just do |1x1px . That should reduce background bandwidth consumption if someone were to access the file links that are in Category:Shroom images.
 * Sorry for the multiple edits in a row for your talk page. This got me thinking and I reply before I have the idea to say. Anyways, this sort of change might be a good idea for . Should that template be edited too? -- 14:19, 5 July 2016 (EDT)
 * I have worked with a little bit of MediaWiki scripting but that code that you claim wasn't yours is indeed clever and I never would have thought of that. I even had an idea to make code for a bit more versatile (see its talk page) but  (before her death) shot it down so we compromised and the current code you see is based on our agreement we reached. Anyways, to demonstrate the MediaWiki Magic Word,  (output of  on this page minus bolding, check the mark-up for yourself). Put that on a file page (such as File:BackgroundWaluigi.png) and you get File:BackgroundWaluigi.png as output (no link or italicizing), but for that file page. MediaWiki templating allows us to shortcut some tediousness. So combine those together and you got yourself an elegant solution to prevent 'Shroom images showing up in Special:UnusedFiles. Just change   to |1x1px  and you are all set. If you are unsure, I can show you on . I can modify that, since it seems like you want to update that template as well so any of those images tagged with that stop showing up in Special:UnusedFiles as well. -- 18:43, 5 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Fantastic! You understood what the code was doing and you implemented the changes I recommended. PNG Monster, three things:
 * Oops! Forgot you asked about that! I do have all the original files. I'll figure out something to get you that program.
 * I was thinking of redoing the interface to allow for better user-friendlyness because the place where I downloaded it had the source code included.
 * had a better idea about having this website host optimized PNGs (see my talk page).
 * Shadow vs. shadowless, I have no preference. I do have an unanswered question on Gallery talk:Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. I find it redundant to have both. It's just a matter of finding which one the majority likes better. -- 14:48, 6 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Lossless means lossless. The perceived color change is likely meta data that the web browser doesn't read but a regular image editor/viewer does. This color change doesn't usually happen with certain file types, such as or  images. -- 15:10, 6 July 2016 (EDT)
 * You sure you can't download the link provided by the PNG Monster page? I was able to with relative ease. Try using CCleaner to clear your browser cache. There's even an extension for it called CCEnhancer that tells CCleaner to check even more places to delete junk files. -- 19:23, 8 July 2016 (EDT)

WIP
I was looking at Special:RecentChanges and found some WIP you were working on. I have some similar stuff I was working on: I would like them to get out of WIP status and be used officially, maybe how you want your policy drafts to be like that some day. -- 17:01, 6 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Take Better Screenshots for Various Nintendo Hardware - Might make great supplemental material for User:YoshiKong/Help:Image
 * User:Wildgoosespeeder/QualityRequestTypes/sandbox - Expands to make Category:Quality requested bloat more manageable. It also has a talk page with an active discussion (well it used to be but I would like to get the ball rolling again).
 * User:Wildgoosespeeder/PNG/sandbox
 * User:Wildgoosespeeder/Tweak/sandbox
 * User:Wildgoosespeeder/Tweak-gamerip/sandbox
 * Thanks! Keep in mind that my GCN/Wii emulation section is not 100% ideal largely due to programming faults with the most popular emulator for those two consoles. The images I upload are not what a real console outputs. What I upload is around HD quality (between 720p and 1080p) and those consoles are only capable of 480p at the most. N64, just let the angrylion plug-in do the sizing because it is the most accurate and sizes do vary sometimes, unless something doesn't look right, then use Glide64. The other sections are perfectly fine from what I can tell. -- 18:42, 7 July 2016 (EDT)
 * The answer has been revealed by the silly goose: Sandbox. You can also ask . You can also view source code in your browser of Special:RecentChanges (output is HTML and not PHP). -- 19:21, 7 July 2016 (EDT)
 * You're welcome! -- 21:38, 7 July 2016 (EDT)

Now for Image Use Policy. I saw you create a sandbox version too of that page. I have had a discussion open for months without a reply: MarioWiki talk:Image Use Policy The sandbox page I created just yesterday, I am looking to see the changes be implemented immediately because the edit is so minor. What do you think? Should my recommended change be implemented right away? -- 15:29, 10 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Just to be clear, my draft is just header insertion and your draft looks like a complete overhaul of the MarioWiki policy page. I can understand a proposal for the overhaul, but not really so much for my draft. -- 17:17, 10 July 2016 (EDT)
 * OK. One problem. Only two admins responded. liked the idea but the now deceased  disapproved. I would like this to be heard by all admins so I can put my discussion to rest without the need for a proposal. As for your draft(s), make sure to include the section about cropping screenshots. It doesn't look like your draft(s) include that.  mandated that black borders be cropped and if such a crop occurs, it has to be documented in . -- 17:33, 10 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Just checking in because I saw you edited my page (sorry, it was a 1:1 copy before I strictly added the headers and I didn't realize I copied the category). Did a discussion about my proposed change happen yet? If so, do they agree with my changes? -- 00:13, 22 July 2016 (EDT)

re: Moving image titles

 * Hello, thanks for your recent image title moves. The new names are clearer and more specific. But in future, please remember to tag all the old redirects left behind with . The procedure is to delete redirects to images. Thanks, and keep contributing.

Fair enough for the most part. The only thing is that the wrong-title for the Powerfest SMB:TLL logo was still linked on a User: page that I couldn't edit. - Reboot (talk) 12:31, 9 July 2016 (EDT)
 * I have an ever-growing gripe as to how useless Special:WantedFiles has become. To reduce chances of contributing to that mess, I try to take a screenshot as close as possible to the image that needs to be replaced. If the image of terrible quality is PNG, I make sure to click Upload a new version of this file instead of going to Special:Upload. If the image is not a PNG, I just hope the image is not being linked to a page I can't edit. -- 17:17, 9 July 2016 (EDT)

PNG Monster
If you want to give a better alternative to PNG Monster a try, play around with 's ExplodePNG and my PNG Monstrous. It includes a very recent PNG optimizer that claims to be 5-10% better than the leading PNG optimizer (pngout). -- 03:54, 11 July 2016 (EDT)

Protected File
Why did you protect File:NintendoClassicNES UK.jpg to only allow sysops permission to edit? I have seen many featured items on Main Page and the files linked were never protected. This is just an odd choice to me. I have seen Autoconfirmed users permission on articles, but never full blown protection (except for help, policy, and template pages). -- 16:38, 14 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Alright then. Since the image was switched over to File:NES Classic Edition.jpg and that became protected instead of File:NintendoClassicNES UK.jpg, it needs Category:Nintendo Entertainment System Images. -- 16:54, 14 July 2016 (EDT)

Delete Archive Versions of Files
Occasionally, I see you delete archived versions of files. Seems like a good idea if the archived versions are mistakes with uploads or reversion warring (similar to edit warring, which is against the rules, don't know where though it says so). I see two versions in File:Super Mario 64 DS logo.png uploaded by you that looked like a mistake you immediately reverted. Want to delete them? -- 21:41, 16 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Since my mind is on the subject, can you remove all but the first and last versions of File:Super chick sisters.svg? -- 02:40, 17 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Actually, just wipe out 7 of those 10 versions of those images. The first version, the second to latest revision, and the latest revision stay. -- 05:00, 17 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Thanks for those deletions. Unfortunately, a mistake was made to my request. I guess I wasn't clear enough. The middle revision was one I wanted deleted. The revision I wanted to stay was one linking to a MediaWiki page. -- 15:00, 17 July 2016 (EDT)
 * OK, and to finish it off, delete the revision that has the comment Didn't look like that before. Let's try this one. (delete log should say 20160717061823!Super_chick_sisters.svg was deleted). The 3 revisions I wanted to be left alone is to serve as notes that I attempted to understand the SVG format; to make it compatible with MediaWiki, the software that MarioWiki uses. Something is telling me that the SVG to PNG conversion (behind the scenes) is glitchy. When the SVG displays on real webpages, it shows a PNG rather than the real SVG so that way browsers that have inferior or no SVG support can still view the image the way it was meant to be viewed. -- 16:57, 17 July 2016 (EDT)

You seem to be the go-to guy for deleting older revisions of files. Delete 's revisions for File:NASuperGameBoy.jpg. -- 03:53, 20 July 2016 (EDT)

RE: Young Professor Elvin Gadd
No worries. I didn't even know they were split once before. It's so easy to be completely unaware of a past proposal until someone links it to me. :P

RE: Multiple edits to a page
Sorry about that Luigi's Mansion edit thing. I was reading the article for my own pleasure when I realised there were lots of grammar errors in a section, and when I found another badly written section I just went through the whole thing. Next time I'll make sure to do it all it one edit. Thanks for the tip! Quizmelon.

(P.S. I'd like to make a signature, but can't work out how to change the text or add pictures or anything like that. Do you know how?)

Play Nintendo Artwork
On 's talk, I edited the SVGs to have the Play Nintendo image category and included them in Play Nintendo. He reverted my edits. I explained my rationale to him. What do you think? Should my original edits stand (linking and +category) or should the images be left alone (no linking and -category)? -- 19:29, 23 July 2016 (EDT)
 * I can think of a non-Play Nintendo example where we can just use two or more image categories for one image: File:MKDDMushroom.png gets used by both Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart DS. Anyways, just be sure to update that my edits were fine for the SVGs and page and should be reverted. -- 20:08, 23 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Talk page archive: Oops! Didn't realize I went over 100 different discussions! Before your return to MarioWiki, I established my own rule that I would be archiving after the 100th discussion saw resolution. I'll be sure to archive soon. -- 20:18, 23 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Sounds good for the edit I was looking to make for the image use policy page. -- 20:25, 23 July 2016 (EDT)

Vandalism policy
Hello. I noticed that recently Vandalism was revamped and also had MarioWiki:Trolls merged with it. I'm wondering, did that stem from the proposal I made in the past to delete the page as it was too similar to MarioWiki:Vandalism (the idea of rewriting it was also put forward in the proposal discussion), or was the whole thing a separate admin decision? 12:38, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Alright, thanks. 16:41, 26 July 2016 (EDT)

Re:Reminder
actually I saw you swap around numbers back on I think the first archive and I misconstrued it and assumed you wanted the numbers from large to small. sorry about that 17:44, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
 * alright. tbh I think a reminder is a tad harsh but it's fine. thanks 17:52, 26 July 2016 (EDT)

Thanks!
Thanks for the compliment for my contributions of Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition here. A few members made some pretty helpful contributions for the game, but I'm the one that's been at it on-and-off for over a year now. Doesn't help that it's not exactly a popular game, which seems to be why not many people have made contributions for it, lol. --Zootalo (talk) 19:55, 26 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Precisely... and it's always good to know that such contributions aren't going unnoticed. --Zootalo (talk) 20:36, 26 July 2016 (EDT)

General Comments About Your Return to Sysop
From what I can understand, you departed from MarioWiki July 23, 2014 and didn't return until nearly two years later. I registered April 30, 2010, only doing a handful of contributions over the course of five years but didn't start becoming really active until November 18, 2015 submitting mostly replacement screenshots and other images near daily. I have only seen you through comments on older talk page discussions and I thought you were just another member gone passé or something (not sure the best way to describe your leave because I have seen once active regular members just disappear based on talk pages and looking at file histories). seems to fit this description. Anyways, it wasn't until you got sysop status a month or so ago did I learn and realize the extent of your contributions and understanding of MarioWiki. Just some noteworthy points about what I have noticed about your more recent contributions: Overall, your return has seen a positive influence on the wiki! Please stay if and when you start considering again leaving! I don't usually do these sort of comments but appreciation should be mentioned when it is deserved. -- 00:39, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
 * I see you have implementing much needed changes to MarioWiki, such as fixing images tagged with showing up in Special:UnusedFiles and your recent modification to  putting in GMT time. I also left a comment here.
 * You are very eager to cooperate with others asking for your assistance!
 * For, I noticed you are putting in the prefix File: and (maybe) using (such as your edits to Play Nintendo). I don't know for sure why those were there on some other articles I have edited. What I understand now is that they can be removed or excluded with no ill effect. Maybe before 2014, there was a weird glitch with galleries that has since been fixed in between your departure period. I know this wasn't much of a comment remarking on good changes but I felt like you might not be informed about something changed.

Mario Party (series)
Hey YoshiKong, do you think you could re-protect the Mario Party (series) page? Anons have been adding false information to it again and the first protection expired a week ago. Thanks!

Admin noticeboard
Is there a reason why the header text at the top isn't a separate template as with MarioWiki:Proposals? It may make the page less cluttered and allow users to put reports faster. 20:44, 27 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Ok, that makes sense as I didn't realize the page was semiprotected. Also would it be a good idea to add a link to the noticeboard on the front page or something? 15:17, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Actually I just saw the link in the recent changes after writing that, lol, but maybe the link or something should be added to Vandalism as well. 15:19, 28 July 2016 (EDT)

Two Images
Not sure why you reinstated this image because we have this screenshot and this sprite. Having the image you put back just seems redundant to me. -- 16:48, 29 July 2016 (EDT)
 * How so significantly different? Also it is beneficial to use images more than once if it can be done. I have an idea to meet in the middle. -- 17:54, 29 July 2016 (EDT)
 * Nope. Both are from emulators on a PC. If I remember correctly, both images are from the same level as well. Used estimated palate swapping from JPEGs on Miiverse to reflect the current release status of the game. I can't even get the PNG screenshots to work on my 3DS with that particular title. 3DS homebrew is buggy and very hit or miss over the two days finally being able to work with it by the use of the browserhax exploit. Side note, if you have a 3DS, you should try homebrewing (User:Wildgoosespeeder/sandbox). -- 18:24, 29 July 2016 (EDT)

A question…
Since Mecha-Boss Unit has been blocked infinetely for sockpuppetting as Boss Unit and many other accounts, pretending Boss Unit was an impersonator, and ban evading, can you please give me a new username that he's using? General Xerneas, his talk page, and contributions! 18:20, 29 July 2016 (EDT)