User talk:Time Turner/Archive 9

Hello to you all, I'm Time Turner, and before you leave a comment, I'd appreciate it if you could read the rules below.


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 * 2) I prefer proper spelling and grammar, but feel free to use whatever you're comfortable with.
 * 3) I will reply to you on your talk page.
 * 4) Whenever starting a new conversation, put it under a new header.

RE:Oxford Comma
I've been taught that the Oxford Comma is to be used when separating subjects in a list, otherwise the final two subjects will appear to be one or connected. For example: "eggs and bread" isn't a singular object. Therefore, a comma is used to separate them: Much better. Likewise, "Electrodrome, Twisted Mansion, Mount Wario and Bowser's Castle" makes it sounds like a singular race between the later two locations. I don't see this type of comma as "optional" or even "confusing". It's fairly common grammar that I learned back in first grade and I don't get why people seem to see it as unnecessary. 16:24, 19 January 2017 (EST)
 * "My grocery list today consists of buying milk, eggs and bread."
 * "My grocery list today consists of buying milk, eggs, and bread."
 * "especially on a website that mostly cares about the basics of English grammar"
 * This is basic grammar as far as I can tell. Yes, I get that common sense plays a part in noticing whether two of the subjects on a list are different, but that it isn't the point. And in some cases, it can be difficult. A comma is meant to either separate words on a list or mark a conjointment of certain sentences, like right here, in the previous sentence, or in the following one (hey look, another list!). I, honestly, never heard of lists not using the Oxford Comma until I joined this wiki, where it seems people neglect using it regularly...
 * I'm not trying to sound harsh, and none of this is really directed at you. I'm merely just trying to get my point across. I really, truly do not get why people intentionally neglect to do something as simple as punctuate properly. 16:47, 19 January 2017 (EST)
 * I see nothing in the link you provided that I didn't already know. For example, "To my parents, Ayn Rand, and God." is a list and "They went to Oregon with Betty, a maid and a cook." is not. I get how this could be confusing, but in this edit's case, it is a list and should be punctuated as such. I'm sorry this led to an unwanted and confusing argument, but I believe I made the right call. Let's just drop this, please, before this gets even more out of hand... 17:05, 19 January 2017 (EST)

Replacement Mistake
File:MGAT Donkey Kong Birdie.png doesn't replace File:GeneBirdie.jpg. -- 01:31, 22 January 2017 (EST)
 * But they both appear in the game so they both deserve to be mentioned for Birdie (and similar articles for golf scoring, such as Par, Bogey, and Eagle). Since I mentioned those other articles, there are also JPEGs of the Mario Golf: Advance Tour sections. Please replace those as well if you can. -- 17:11, 22 January 2017 (EST)
 * Although I agree that a sampling is sufficient, the impressions other people are giving me in general, we cover everything image-wise. Anyways, the only thing I am requesting is getting the JPEGs already uploaded replaced with proper dimensioned PNG screenshots. Hopefully the other screenshots come later. -- 17:16, 22 January 2017 (EST)

If you can link to the forum post within of File:GeneBirdie.jpg, that would be nice. Saw the history edit on Birdie. -- 22:05, 1 February 2017 (EST)

In-game hypothesis
Hi. I'd like to know what you think about assertions made by in-game characters. Specifically, if a characters says thing like "perhaps it was xs influence that led y into z" (like ), would that count as useful information on ys article? -- 22:09, 3 February 2017 (EST)

Rat Trap information

 * Looks like you forgot to add the rest of it. It cuts off abruptly at the end of the article. – Owencrazyboy9 (talk) 16:53, 22 February 2017 (EST)

MPA Image Replacements
I was just browsing some old maintenance pages and stumbled across this. Can you replace the non-redlinked images some time please? -- 02:27, 24 February 2017 (EST)
 * Good work! Keep going until you finish all of 's logged images for MPA! -- 21:54, 24 February 2017 (EST)
 * File:MPAjunk.jpg, unless that can just be deleted too and there is no use for it. File:Magic Lamp.PNG, we can be sure now the quality is at its best. File:MPA_Luigi.jpg, I'm not expecting to get that replaced any time soon. My main concern is screenshots/sprites/3Drenders because we can get those fixed at any time. Again, nice work. -- 22:07, 24 February 2017 (EST)

MPAhammer Image
I feel like the MPAhammer image you just replaced should, I don't know, show the actual hammer. Otherwise, the The Hammer article isn't showing what it's talking about too well. 18:39, 2 March 2017 (EST)

Questions from the Prima guide
Hello! I'm back to ask you some more questions about things from DKCTF.


 * A while ago, I asked you what is the official name for the penguins that bounce on elastic things. You said I wasn't very clear with my request. Well, now that I created a detailed page for them, and called them Bouncy Tuckses, I would like to request you one more time to look up the guide and see how they are referred to. They are very very common in a level called Jelly Jamboree, but I can't recall whether they're necessary to find secrets.
 * In a level called Shoal Atoll, your mission is to find five multicolored keys, one after the other. They are found in differently colored chests which can only be opened with keys that have the same color. They are basically the main quest of the level and I strongly believe they are mentioned in the guide. Do these keys, as well as their chests, have special names, other than generic "red key" - "red chest", "green key" - "green chest" etc.? I've left a number of images of the keys here to help you orient.

Also, can you please hand me the page numbers for the sources? Speaking of which, can you provide one for the source here?

Honestly, sometimes I wonder if I actually nag you periodically with tons of questions. Why can't I make a whole list of questions and ask you everything I need to know directly? I'm very messy so please excuse me. I feel like I am bothersome and repetitive... so let me ask you something that is not linked to DKCTF!

I think I saw somewhere that you also own the Wario Land Shake It PRIMA guide, am I correct? If yes, I would like a name for those devices in Bad Manor which turn you small. Pretty please!

Thank you so very much, and again sorry if I am persistent - just let me know if there's trouble. Also, I should stop stretching my messages all over with so many paragraphs. -- 08:09, 5 April 2017 (EDT)
 * I discovered here that those devices in WLSI are called "Mini Barrels". Is this correct?

Donkey Kong Country GBA Save
Do you have a complete save ( GameShark save or   raw save) for said game in header for use in emulators? Many images in Category:Donkey Kong Country (GBA) Images need replacing. You submitted many scrapbook images in 2015 and I think that is only available for a complete game so that is why I ask. If not 101% completion, I'll take any completion level. -- 01:38, 14 April 2017 (EDT)
 * Those are SNES saves! Looking for GBA saves. Seems to be a bug with importing: . The save on the site seems to be for Space Channel 5 for GBA testing it with VBA-M, old version and new version. Maybe the save works on a real GameShark and copy of DKC 1-3. -- 23:07, 30 April 2017 (EDT)

Hey!
I haven't seen you in around a month. How's life been going? 21:55, 30 April 2017 (EDT)

re:Angelica
oh, great. Will be useful when I try to watch the movie proper one of those times. --Glowsquid (talk) 09:19, 3 May 2017 (EDT)

Proposal Concerns
Over on MarioWiki talk:Proposals/Archive, you voted against the proposal. Please consider retracting your vote. I made a tweak to the main proposal based on comments. -- 15:36, 15 May 2017 (EDT)

Re:Banzai Bill
I've started working on expanding sections, until New Super Mario Bros. U, where I've pretty much detailed all of their level appearances and how they appear in the level. I know it's not done yet, but is that more ideal than it was before? 21:29, 16 May 2017 (EDT)
 * No really, thank for the criticism. It's pretty much what I need to know in order to become a better writer at this. 22:42, 16 May 2017 (EDT)

Hi!
I saw your message on the Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D talk page, where you express that you aren't sure if the names of various enemies from the game are official. Don't worry, I took care of that. All enemies you listed there are now cited from the DKCR Prima guide, which I own. Therefore, you can contribute with additional information you found in the DKCR3D Prima guide at peace. What other enemies have you found to have different names in the latter Prima guide? Any info on Vine Chomp, Shroom Chomp, Spore Chomp etc.? (These are supposedly fan-made - taken from DK Vine - as there is no sign of these names in the guide.) --
 * Ah, yes, this just confirms that the DKCR3D Prima guide is just a revised version of the DKCR guide. I mean, it contains the same description for the Chomps. Anyway, thank you for answering! I was afraid you got fed up with my questions, since you haven't yet responded to my previous one, and I did not have the audacity to beg you to answer. But I take it's all cool? With that being said, I shall keep myself a wee bit more organised and come with questions at the right time, as I promised last time. I don't want to stress anybody! --
 * No need to worry, pal! It's not like you have a duty to carry out for me. You have helped me a lot and, again, I must excuse myself for being so persistent. By the way, you can go check on the new articles I wrote! Those about DKCTF, you know... --

Hello
Just wanted to tell you that I like your name. Sorry, my name is Celaire and I just signed up here yesterday. You're probably wondering who left you the above message. :)

re: toads and stuff
My bad, my dude. So much has changed since I started editing, disappearing for a couple years and coming back is a hard change lol.

Sand storm
Probably the manuals. I didn't think to look them up.

22:19, 4 July 2017 (EDT)


 * Cool. And not to worry, I'll move everything to where it belongs later today.


 * 22:25, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

Wario World question
Do you know if those bird-like objects that whip up windstorms in Pecan Sands have a name? We don't have an article on them yet, but the Wario Palace article is currently calling them "Sandstorms", which, from what I can tell, is a conjectural name. 00:38, 5 July 2017 (EDT)

RE: Tense
Yeah, I noticed there were a couple of "will"s in the same article; I just felt like keeping it consistent in the meantime, as I plan to fix it later. Thanks, anyway. 22:32, 5 July 2017 (EDT)

Do you have any other Prima Guides (digital or physical)?
Could you skip through them to see if any of them have any them have any screenshots that look prerelease (from non-final version/s)? Or maybe let me borrow your Prima account (my email is david5525879@gmail.com) :P. Its because the digital 3D World guide has some prerelease screenshots on one of the preview pages, but I didn't want to buy it just to look at the other pages (and the publicly-available URLs for the images don't seem to follow a patter). --Hiccup (talk) 09:34, 8 July 2017 (EDT)
 * I was more thinking of screenshots. Does the eGuide have any differences to the physical one? I've got the screenshots I know to be prerelease from the eGuide preview, so I may not need any more, if the eGuide is the same as the physical guide. I will remove the link to the physical guide once you are done with it. --Hiccup (talk) 05:48, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

RE: Page Categories
Alright, never heard or seen anything about that before, but I'll keep it in mind from now on. I'll go and fix all of my pages then, because I think I kept the same order of categories- it shouldn't take long. BBQ Turtle (talk) 16:59, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

MiM Music and Article Creation
A short while ago, I uploaded tracks found in Mario is Missing! for SNES, here. For future article creation and for the ones you created for that game, why not embed the music tracks into the articles? -- 22:54, 11 July 2017 (EDT)
 * Well, at least you have access to the SNES music. You say MIDI? You want to know how I converted? Winamp or XMPlay, making sure to have a MIDI input plugin (for SNES, it was a special SNES music audio plugin), select output as WAV writer (works best if you use the playlist feature of the programs), and use Audacity to batch convert the WAVs to OGG (use the apply chain feature to perform the batch convert). As for linking to the audio tracks, you can do both the media page and link the individual tracks to each page (see List of Super Mario 64 media for a complete library of Super Mario 64 and Endless Stairs for an example of a good way to link to the same music track File:SM64-Looping Steps.oga). I would recommend linking to the files first before uploading. Generates redlinks to make uploading a cinch. For further help with these kind of files, see Help:Media. -- 23:46, 11 July 2017 (EDT)
 * I mean you have access to the SNES music because I provided it. As for the TTYD music tracks, I don't think those people were aware of the files or know we are seeking them. That's why I revived and used it on these pages, which is now a maintenance category. -- 00:33, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
 * List of Mario's Time Machine media, it should be linked at Mario's Time Machine. -- 15:36, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
 * I fail to see the problem. For each pair of locations, link to the same file. For example, Philadelphia and Calcutta would get File:MTM SNES Philadelphia, 1776 AD.oga. The file names are based on the source where I got the ROM extractions. -- 23:12, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
 * That doesn't make any sense. If linking, it would give information on what music plays during the level. -- 23:23, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
 * I would ask for clarification and maybe even have him review if it would be a good idea to proceed anyways, given the argument I gave about what music plays during the level. Additionally, it could bring more awareness about audio files being sought, in general, if any music file is linked to level pages, like Super Mario World for example. -- 23:28, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
 * Yeah, but only on my talk page, once. I think there was just some interpretation issues. Let's set the record straight by asking him about this whole mess. -- 00:02, 13 July 2017 (EDT)
 * Looks like Shokora approves of my reasoning and you can link to an audio file on more than one level page. -- 04:08, 13 July 2017 (EDT)

Before you just give up and have someone else do it, what kind of errors? -- 17:52, 14 July 2017 (EDT)
 * I think an unmodified loop-less conversion is best. The fadeout is recommended for tracks that loop and is hard to control for. I don't think the MIDI tracks of the PC/DOS game were designed to loop so it might have a forced option. This is untrue with console games, for the most part. Use a MIDI plug-in and WAV writer. When the sound out mode is changed to WAV writer, it outputs to a file instead of the speakers. That's how things are programmed and it makes sense from a programmer's perspective. There is an OGG writer option, but I haven't gotten it to work. -- 22:35, 14 July 2017 (EDT)
 * It helps to insert first before uploading OGGs. That way, you click the redlink and the destination file name is specified for you. Saves from the hassle of moving. Not many people know that trick apparently and go directly to Special:Upload instead. I use the redlink trick all the time. -- 23:52, 14 July 2017 (EDT)
 * You are more experienced with those games. You determine what's wrong with my specifics. -- 22:24, 15 July 2017 (EDT)

Wario picture
I don't know if there's a better quality version, as the only areas I saw this was on a merchandise box, but as of now, I don't think this quality is acceptable enough to not be tagged with it. Also, I'm not even the current uploader, I just reverted it to an earlier revision. 19:53, 12 July 2017 (EDT)
 * One thing that makes this replacement harder is not knowing where the image came from. The closest match is File:Wario and Waluigi - MKDD.png, which makes me think that the upload is derivative work. I can't find the picture in the MKDS instruction manual, but I checked MKDD instruction manual. -- 14:46, 18 July 2017 (EDT)
 * I put the link you gave me to Carrera in the file description of File:Brute.jpg for a place to start searching. -- 15:26, 18 July 2017 (EDT)

RE: Prima
Sorry, I haven't been active for a while, and I didn't even know you intended for me to reply. I see that you have a strong opinion about this, and I do too. If you think that Prima is a valid source, that's fine. I will stop repeating that it's not. But I don't think that an article should be titled after a placeholder in a third-party strategy guide. But continuing the discussion will get us nowhere, and I can't cancel the proposal anyways. So yes, I have read the message, but no, I have not changed my mind.

Chain Chomp Edit
No, that wasn't from my personal experience. That was from the games. Chain Chomps are literally like dogs, and that's their number 1 trait. What did you mean? 17:34, 15 July 2017 (EDT)

I didn't say those types of dogs were real. I said they were dog-LIKE. There's a difference between the two. 18:01, 15 July 2017 (EDT)

Postmaster
Top blog! I am to book mark it. Thanks!