User talk:GuntherBB

Disruptive edits
Hi, sorry for the disruptive editing, but I disagree with the fact that I see that despite being a hybrid, the Nintendo Switch is actually a home console. What should I do before I can make a major change on the video game system articles and templates?
 * I'm not an admin or patroller myself, but the best thing to do would be to talk out the edit with whoever reverted it, preferably on the talk pages of the articles that were edited. Mari0fan100 (talk) 02:19, July 22, 2022 (EDT)

Minor edits
When making small edits like fixing links, make sure you mark them as "minor" by clicking the "This is a minor edit" checkbox above the "Save changes" button. 22:51, July 22, 2022 (EDT)

Ice
Hi, regarding the "Ice" obstacle article you created, where did you get its name from? Just curious. 22:56, July 22, 2022 (EDT)
 * Hi, I made that name up, so I put on top of that article.

(Friendly) reminder
If you wish to see Red Blargg merged with Blargg, please bring up the subject on either talk page first. Considering their different appearances and different names (in English and Japanese), some users may be apprehensive to the idea of merging them (not to mention that Spike Bass and Porcupuffer remain split despite having identical behaviors throughout the New Super Mario Bros. games anyways). Thanks! 00:52, July 31, 2022 (EDT)
 * Okay. I'll make a proposal.

Super Mario Land 2 names
I disagree with these rename templates because the way those "names" are used in the sources are more as generic terms rather than proper names. If that is the case, sticking with the other language name is still preferable. 19:10, August 3, 2022 (EDT)

See this proposal. 01:15, August 4, 2022 (EDT)

Proposal Formatting
Just a heads up that in your proposal here, it is supposed to end at August 26, 2022, 23:59 GMT, not 19:51 GMT. See Rule 3 of the proposal rules for more information. Mari0fan100 (talk) 17:54, August 22, 2022 (EDT)

Again, make sure you follow the correct proposal procedure. Deadlines should always be before midnight, and remember to tag the proposal with and link it in Proposals/Lists, otherwise users won't see it easily. 05:53, December 17, 2022 (EST)

Please remember to list your TPPs on Proposals/Lists. 09:42, July 29, 2023 (EDT)

Organization of the Yoshi franchise
Hello, it appears that you have been reorganizing Yoshi franchise information into very specific subheaders which has been excessive. When dealing with subseries such as Yoshi, headers should simply label the entire franchise, such as how Banana is handled regarding the Donkey Kong series; this also applies to Wario as well. In addition, if individual appearances are similar such as Smiley Flower, they should be considered into a single Yoshi's Island series section rather than cover each individual entry in a header. 16:39, August 23, 2022 (EDT)

New Super Mario Bros. 2 parallel world
Where exactly are you getting at with this? Unless there is some kind of official statement with this, please stop putting that back. Regardless, New Super Mario Bros. is the kind of series where that sort of thing does not matter one bit. 19:11, August 24, 2022 (EDT)

I would suggest taking a good look at Canonicity. 06:34, August 25, 2022 (EDT)

Your uploads
You don't have to reupload an image to change its filename, just move it like you would any other page. However, I'd also point out that the proposal you're citing for the moves didn't actually pass. -- 22:30, September 10, 2022 (EDT)

After you move a file, you need to edit the articles that link to it and change the old file name to the new file name. There are still articles that link to the old file names (they're listed on Special:WhatLinksHere, which you click on under "tools" on the left navigation bar while on the old file name's page). After all the links for a file have been updated, mark the old file name for deletion with. I'm not sure why you're moving these anyway if there was no passed proposal that decided this. 01:24, September 12, 2022 (EDT)

Warning
As repeatedly pointed out on your recent TPP, you simply copy-pasted another user's earlier proposal for the Birdo page, merely swapping out mentions of "Birdo" with "Yoshi". Not only does this severely muddle up the point being made as several of the arguments original brought up are blatantly not applicable to the case being discussed, this, is to be truthful, plagiarism. You took another contributor's work, making no attempt to ask for permission or credit the original text, and passed it off as your own. This may be in the narrow and niche context of intra-wiki discussions, but that doesn't make it right.

Doing what you did in a creative and professional context invariably comes with serious, almost-always career-ending consequences, That you made no attempt to address or acknowledge the matter after it was brought up by other users does not speak well of your ethics as an editor either. --Glowsquid (talk) 12:14, October 9, 2022 (EDT)

Okay. I’ll start over by using my own words.
 * And as I said in the vote, "bit early for this, son." If you know something is going to have near-unanimous opposition, it's always best to bide your time and wait for new information or general consensus to evolve rather than attempting to "settle" it there and then. In this case, there's still a lot of things split that can be treated as reason to keep a more important subject like this split. I've waited months or years for some things which paid off well. (Also, when making proposals, don't rely fully on others to do your homework and debating. Wu, LTL, and I were the only ones really making supporting arguments, and I was the only one then to actually openly support through voting.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:10, October 9, 2022 (EDT)

Deletion
For the record, deleting something doesn't actually save any space on the server. -- 18:47, October 23, 2022 (EDT)

Tropical Freeze gallery proposal
Not sure if you're looking at the comments in your proposal, but it has been requested that the proposal's exact goals should be made clearer (if you intend to make a new gallery page as you attempted, or move all images to the game's page). It would also be nice if another option was added to the proposal to further distinguish the two possibilities. As of me leaving this message, you have three days to make these changes. 06:31, December 20, 2022 (EST)

Last warning
Next time you attempt to make a big change without discussing or proposing will be followed with a block. Do not just put deletion tags on other pages and attempt to merge it all on one page without at least trying to see what others would think about the situation. 19:39, December 31, 2022 (EST)
 * Okay. I'll start over by making a proposal. How long will the block after failure to communicate last?
 * First block will be for two weeks. Also, if you do make a proposal, you really should pay very close attention to votes and comments, and interact more if needed compared to your previous proposals. 19:55, December 31, 2022 (EST)

Desktop previewing
When redoing pages into sections, make sure you see how they look on desktop. While image placement looks fine on mobile most of the time, on desktop they're all defaulted to the right and stack on top of each other, misaligning them from the sections and pushing them into the non-History sections. A good way to lay the images out properly would be to alternate aligning them left and right and using. 05:30, January 4, 2023 (EST)

Signature
Per Signatures, only up to two static images or one animated image are allowed. 23:34, April 17, 2023 (EDT)

Fanon content
Hi, I happened to notice that you seem to be interested in writing Mario fanon content based on your message to Porplemontage. While that sort of content isn't allowed in the wiki's mainspace, it is something that could be featured in The 'Shroom's Fake News section! You could write about characters, items, games, pretty much anything you'd like (within reasonable limits, of course - as long as it's appropriate, you're good), and it doesn't even have to be on a specific schedule if you don't want to commit to one. Please feel free to ask me f you have any questions about it. If you're interested, our sign up page has information on how to send an application to Meta Knight on the forums, or you can just submit something directly to me on the forums if you'd prefer. Thanks for reading and have a nice day! -- 17:04, June 5, 2023 (EDT)

Story linking
I linked this page to you already, but per Canonicity we shouldn't try to connect the storylines of certain games to each other when there is absoloutely no indication that the stories actually do follow each other. Super Mario World is an exception as the connection to Super Mario Bros. 3 is made in the instruction manual, but please stop doing this for the New Super Mario Bros. games, and even the Super Mario Galaxy games. 21:06, June 15, 2023 (EDT)

Move, merge and split templates
Per this proposal, please do not put these templates on pages without starting a discussion or proposal in the talk page first. 13:51, July 19, 2023 (EDT)
 * Okay, now I'll never be able to put them without starting a discussion or proposal in the talk page first. 14:07, July 19, 2023 (EDT)

Major article changes
Please stop making significant changes to articles on a whim without a discussion or even giving a reason for doing so. While not as major as cases you were warned for previously, even something like drastically reorganising List of games or Mario Party (series) (issues for which have been raised on their talk pages) could at least have been brought up on the talk page first. Next time, please consider whether there'd be potential concerns or disagreements with what you're changing and gather some opinions from others before making changes like this. Also, don't ask for others to not revert your edits; anyone has the right to if it's within reason. 00:08, August 19, 2023 (EDT)
 * Okay, I'll make a proposal before doing that. 12:46, August 19, 2023 (EDT)
 * It doesn't always have to be straight to a proposal, even at least a simple discussion post for something this scale would be a good starting point. A proposal can be the next step from there if necessary. 23:01, August 19, 2023 (EDT)