MarioWiki:Main Page talk archive 2

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Easy Navagation
Can the items and places links be placed in the navagation list to the right? It'll be easier so we won't have to constantly go to the main page.

Name Changes
The Peach Doll needs to be changed to Dolly, and the Sunken Ship needs to be changed to Sunken Ghost Ship.

Images!!!
I am having a difficult time uploading images. They won't work. I don't know what to do. --Son of Suns 10:58, 11 June 2006 (EDT)


 * At the bottom of this page, Steve indicates that it's working. Don't know what to tell you. -- Ghost Jam 12:03, 11 June 2006 (EDT)


 * This happened after that message. I did get one image to upload, but several others failed. They were all JPEG files too. --Son of Suns 12:10, 11 June 2006 (EDT)


 * Remember, this is almost like a brand new site, with the new server and all. You just got to wait for Steve to get some of the kinks worked out. Until then, you can just think about how much faster everything will be. :P --DarkInsanity (talk)

Star Road
Um, the Star World in Super Mario World isn't a Star Road...

Star Roads are the levels ( Star Road 1, Star Road 2, ect. ) and the teleporters...

And the Star Roads in Super Mario World arn't called Star Markers...


 * According to the Super Mario World Instruction Manual, the star-shaped cloud area is called Star Road and the access points are called Star Warps (not Star Markers). Also, in game, the levels are labled after the world (like Donut Plains 1 exists in Donut Plains world). As such, the level Star Road 1 exists in the Star Road world. --Son of Suns 18:53, 5 June 2006 (EDT)


 * We're both wrong in a sense. I'm playing it right now, when your on the levels they Star World 1 ect. so since it's named after the world, the place is Star World. The instuction manual shows Mario on a Star Road. Not on one of the levels.


 * None of the Star Roads have a name or number. They're all just called Star Road.


 * And the official guide shows the same info too.


 * Yeah, I just checked the game out. I thought it was the other way around. Let me change it back. Thanks for correcting me. --Son of Suns 19:04, 5 June 2006 (EDT)


 * As some insight as why it was put down as Star Marker, I did that because people kept deleting it when it's name was Warp Star/Star Warp as being a Kirby series item. -- Ghost Jam 00:55, 11 June 2006 (EDT)

Nomadimice
Nomadimouse is actually refering to the species of wandering desert mice in Paper Mario, so the entry needs to be changed from a charecter to a species. The charecter Nomadimouse should be called Wandering Nomadimouse. Goombario calls him that so I'm sticking to it.


 * I believe you are correct so make any changes you wish. Just remember, Nomadimice are a race of Squeeks, the mouse people from Super Mario World 2 and Paper Mario 2 (just like the Dryites are a race of Toads). However, we don't even have a Squeek article yet... --Son of Suns 10:45, 4 June 2006 (EDT)


 * No, those mice in Yoshi's Island are called Little Mouser's. Though technically that would make them a sub-species of Mouser so they wouldn't need an article anyway.


 * You're right...but they were renamed in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to the name Squeek. --Son of Suns 17:51, 4 June 2006 (EDT)


 * Ah, but where I don't remember that in the game?


 * If you use Goombella's tattle on several on the mice wandering around Rogueport, she will identify them as "Squeeks". --Son of Suns 23:28, 4 June 2006 (EDT)

Other items
We need people that know the Super Mario RPG and Mario & Luigi series items.

There's an "other items general" section, and "other items special section". If more items are added for those games we can make their own sections.

Add Enemies Category
Should we add the enemies category to the main page. I know the page encompasses both species and characters but the baddies are one of the most fundamental aspects of Mario games. What do others think? --Son of Suns 00:17, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Making a friends area would be easier since there's a lot less friendly creatures than enemies.


 * In that thinking, perhaps two categories could be added: the pre-existing Enemies category and a new Allies category. --Son of Suns 00:42, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * I just created the Allies Category and filled it with the major heroes and allies of the Marioverse. --Son of Suns 17:25, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * How far can we really consider allies? Generally friendly charecters?


 * I think it is up to interpretation. However, I like to think of allies as those who genuinely support heroes in their efforts to fight evil. Additionally, allies are not passive in this fight; they are actively aiding the heroes. Also, allies are concerned with the good fight, not just their own problems or need to personal profits. For example, Goombaria, Goombario's sister, is one of the nicest, friendliest characters in the world. However, she is more concerned about her doll and her family than fighting evil. On the otherhand, Goombario makes a choice to join Mario in a greater fight. Additionally, many shopkeepers may help, but their main reason for doing do is profit. Does that help? What do others think?--Son of Suns 19:41, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * I'm all for putting an 'enemies' category on the main page, as well as allies, but it'd be easier if those pages existed. I know there are the enemy/ally categories, but those look tacky. I'm looking for something like how the characters are set up; there is a page, but there is also a category. With that in mind, who feels like creating the pages? ;) --DarkInsanity (talk)


 * I can make them, but I'll only put those enemies and allies that are on the category pages. --Son of Suns 20:16, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Sounds cool. Post back here when you're done, or bored and want someone else to finish up, and I'll add the link to the main page. Also, I may have to see about getting you the position as a sysop... --DarkInsanity (talk)


 * All done with enemies. I copied all the enemies from the category page to the article, but there are more out there. Time to move onto Allies! =) --Son of Suns 21:58, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Okay, allies is done!--Son of Suns 22:32, 18 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Added the links to the home page. Good job, by the way! --DarkInsanity (talk)


 * Thank you! --Son of Suns 16:42, 19 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Oh yeah, if you want the little descriptions after the links changed, please tell me. You made the pages, so you decide. --DarkInsanity (talk)


 * Can you change the enemies description? It's the same as one of the sentences in the article. To what...I don't know. --Son of Suns 16:56, 19 May 2006 (EDT)


 * Change "without all these guys" to "without these villains". --Son of Suns 17:24, 19 May 2006 (EDT)

Community Portal
I say we create a Community Portal, which could be linked on the main page and navbar, and it would have links to help pages and community projects and such, like [HRWiki's The Stick] or [Wikipedia's portal]. S a  l  t  y T a  l  k  ! 18:33, 10 April 2006 (EDT)

I'm going with Salty.--Caff ya later, Elite Yoshi 18:42, 10 April 2006 (EDT)


 * Now that I've successfully created a welcome template at ~, we could also have a welcoming committee. That will really come in handy when we start to get active. S  a  l  t  y T a  l  k  ! 23:40, 12 April 2006 (EDT)


 * I don't really think this is a bad idea, seeing as how it's now required that you must make an account to edit/create a page. Plus, you know, it's a little more official than the home page's discussion. What could we call it that would fit in with the Mario universe, though? "The Stick" works nicely with the Homestar-wiki, and Wikipedia doesn't really have a theme. What would the SMWi's community page be called? - DarkInsanity (talk)

Italics
Should game titles be italicized? I personally don't like it, but if it's more official, we can go ahead and revert all of my hard work undoing it. S a  l  t  y T a  l  k  ! 01:14, 15 April 2006 (EDT)


 * I always thought that game titles should be italicized, just like the titles of movie and books and whatnot. Before, I had actually just made edits to pages to italicize the game titles, and maybe fix one or two spelling errors. Salty, you seem to be doing the same thing as I once did, but in reverse; you take out the italiced words and fix a couple errors, sometimes adding on a sentence or two. Besides, you know, it does look more professional. So I say we go with game title italics. - DarkInsanity (talk)

Picture Upload
The Upload file thing doesn't work. :( --Luigifan14 17:13, 10 June 2006 (EDT)
 * Try now. -- Steve (talk) 20:51, 10 June 2006 (EDT)
 * Okay thanks --Luigifan14 10:55, 13 June 2006 (EDT)

Donations
I just need to make it clear that because of how many server resources the wiki uses, I need more monthly donations to continue paying for it. I'll do my best to always keep this wiki up because of how great it could become, but I do need help. Recurring monthly donations are needed to help pay for the server. I don't want the site to be taken down one month because I didn't have enough money, so please help out if you can. -- Steve (talk) 18:54, 4 July 2006 (EDT)