User talk:GBAToad

Hi, you've reached my talk page. If I don’t respond to a message immediately, it probably means I’m busy editing the awesome wiki you are currently looking at (LONG LIVE MARIOWIKI AND ITS USERS). I don’t have a proper e-mail account yet, so you can’t really reach me on the forums if your message is really important (sorry D:).

If you don't mind, I'd prefer that you did not use vulgar language, but feel free to sign with your own signature (I love how creative some of them are.) :D

Welcome!
Thanks to YoshiKong for coding the collapsible box!

Re: Thanks!
You're welcome! Would you mind to caption the character arts as well after I put them on the article?


 * You are, well done.


 * There are also some more art and screenshots to upload, but I need to go now so I'll get them later. Nice to meet you.

01:48, 25 April 2013 (EDT)

Mario Kills Tanooki
How about a page for all Mario-controversies? Or for controversies of PETA where Mario appeard in? 'Cause Mario appeared in PETA's campaign against KFC en McDonald's too. Yes man (talk) 11:26, 25 April 2013 (EDT)

RE: Luigi's Mansion
I'm not really familiar with the game, so I wouldn't really know what to look for. I suggest that you ask Yami. She's got a device which can capture quality screenshots straight from her 3DS.

07:40, 27 April 2013 (EDT)

Re: You. Are. Awesome.
Awww, thanks so much for your kind words. I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed the articles - especially the second one, since I was a bit worried that readers' eyes would glaze over once the science lecture kicked in. It's very awesome that you want to learn more about genetics, and this is a great time to be interested in the field: what I talked about was barely scratching the surface of the amazing things that happen in our genomes, and our knowledge of genetics is moving forward in leaps and bounds thanks to modern technology. It's fascinating stuff, and I hope you'll have as much geeky fun learning about it as I have over the years. Thanks again, talk to you later! - 21:20, 27 April 2013 (EDT)
 * Yeah, when I heard about Pokémon X and Y, I immediately thought about chromosomes too: I also hope that that particular allusion plays into the games somehow. My favourite part of genetics was learning how to solve complex puzzles using APOG (the Awesome Power Of Genetics), sorta like what I did for the Koopalings, but way trickier (it was second year university, after all), with multiple genes and with the end goal being to actually map out where those genes are found on the chromosomes. Experiment-wise, the most interesting thing I got to do was make bacteria glow in my Grade 12 biology and biotechnology classes; if you're interested, I actually wrote a Mario fanfiction that is basically a walkthrough of exactly how to do the lab (my biology teacher asked us to do creative lab reports, and that is what I came up with). - 00:53, 29 April 2013 (EDT)

Controversies
When are you going to make that page about Mario controversies? Yes man (talk) 04:44, 29 April 2013 (EDT)

Re:Proposal
Hi, very sorry for the late reply. We don't have a page for that, so by all means, go ahead and create a Proposal about it. As for where to put it, here would be good.

20:55, 29 April 2013 (EDT)

Re: Coding help
Sure man. How does this look:

You can customize the colors if you want, and if you need any further help with anything let me know.

09:09, 2 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: Congrats
Thanks!

11:05, 4 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: Conjectural Name
Bomb Sled, eh? If the name is brief and descriptive, then it's a suitable conjectural name.

01:36, 5 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: Wario
It would be appropriate, yes. -- 21:05, 5 May 2013 (EDT)

Yes
I'll help once I get these names changed appropriately. -- 09:24, 7 May 2013 (EDT)
 * Right, there's some on the starting sprites for the characters in Mario Party 7, you do some. -- 09:35, 7 May 2013 (EDT)

Redirect deletions
Hey there, great job with moving the filenames, but may I just point out one very minor issue. When tagging redirects for deletion, be sure to tag it above, not below the redirect coding. This way, the redirect would be broken so the page is easier to reach. Thanks for reading, and keep contributing.

09:45, 8 May 2013 (EDT)

File renames
Hello, thanks for the help for getting rid of repulsive filenames I regrettably made. However, I should have handled renaming some of the MKAGP2 names, since some of them are disorganized if you play the game (for example, the Baby Mario and Baby Luigi arts you did; they're out of order in actuality so I had to take the task of renaming some of them into the order encountered in the course). 20:09, 9 May 2013 (EDT)
 * I don't mind at all if you do any at all! Bu if there's any art you're unsure what it's supposed to be, and I uploaded it, it's best to inform me about it. I don't like renaming files myself; it's too much of a big hassle to change all the links around. 18:36, 10 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: Proposal
It should be archived as soon as it meets the deadline, so users won't vote cast invalid votes after the deadline has passed.


 * Well I got the gist of it, and it was still funny ;P

05:20, 10 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: Err on the side of caution
Great! I'll just give it a read. The idea was discussed amongst admins in late April, so I'll just bring it up again and I'll let you know :)


 * Yep you can create it.

10:33, 12 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: DKCR3D
Feel free to split. There shouldn't be many more official release images left, though I kinda was disappointed of the lack of unique artwork. Most of it has been reused from the Wii version.


 * If I was to split it, It would have to be tomorrow. Though if you feel like it, then go ahead and do so sooner :)

08:06, 16 May 2013 (EDT)

Galleries
Most of the galleries are done, I believe, but you can search this template to find any galleries that are not organized yet. 19:08, 16 May 2013 (EDT)


 * The layout is pretty simple, but of course you can look at better-looking galleries to see how the coding works and all. 14:37, 19 May 2013 (EDT)

Re: NSLU pics
I was just about to do that, but if you wanted to, then I guess that's fine.

11:19, 17 May 2013 (EDT)

Re:Mario-related controversies
Hi! Nice to meet you :p

It's true that I tried to improve this article, because I find it interesting. You did a great job creating this article! By the way, I just created a new redirect: Controversies.

I looked up your sandbox, here are my answers:


 * Birdo's Gender. — Maybe you could find some informations here. Pretty complete and accurate.


 * Ashley — I thought about the last point: I think a sped-up version of the first solo only should be uploaded. Also, sped-up by the game, not by some software (if there's any difference)


 * Universal accuracy — I don't really know :/ Did you reword everything or is it some copy/paste? :)


 * PETA images — Some images would be fine :)


 * Mario Party 8 — ?


 * Other lawsuits — There is this one, but it's Nintendo who sues somebody this time. This one is only about the 3DS. However, this one seems good. The same one, and the same one, again.


 * Other notes — What warning?

On a side note, I think the whole article should be organized differently. For example, the subsection title should be the name of the game, rather than the theme; or the opposite; anyway, I think it's currently not very consistent. What do you think? 14:11, 18 May 2013 (EDT)


 * The last line from the Wikipedia subsection is another controvery from Mario Party: Another was Wario and Luigi saying "Oh, my God!" in the Japanese version of the game. Wario's line was replaced by "D'oh, I missed!" in the North American version and Mario Party 2.

Do you think we should also include every controversy censorship? 14:14, 18 May 2013 (EDT)


 * You're welcome! And yes, the organization is fine after all.


 * Birdo's Gender. — Yeah, it's not really a controversy and it has not been acknowledged by Nintendo. This should just go to the Birdo article.


 * Ashley — I think both the full track and the sped-up part should be here


 * Universal accuracy — Again, you did a great work! I don't have a lot of time right now, so I can't "check" if it's accurate


 * PETA images — I don't find the game too gore, but if it is we could just upload a screenshot of the title screen.


 * Mario Party 8 — Oh yeah, I'm dumb haha. I think we can upload the image (maybe we should ask some admins?)


 * Other lawsuits — Thank you! But you know, I just googled "mario lawsuit nintendo" and found some interesting results! There must be plenty of other lawsuits.


 * Other notes — Oh yeah :p I think we should just try to avoid personal views and be as objectif as possible, and then remove the warning.


 * Oh and, I made a stupid mistake: I wrote "Do you think we should also include every controversy?" instead of "Do you think we should also include every censorship?". What do you think about it?


 * Here is my user box :


 * I found a list of changes from Japan to America in the Mario games. Here it is. Some might be censorships, so we should check it out :) Here is an example. This one is more subtile, but I think the edit has been done to avoid any sexual allusion.


 * As for the Birdo-controversy, I think it's a kind of censorship because the original manual of SMB2 states "Birdo thinks he is a girl and likes to be called Birdetta. He likes to wear a bow on his head and shoot eggs from his mouth", while the American version doesn't talk about transgender.


 * 12:50, 20 May 2013 (EDT)


 * I agree with that procedure, except for a little thing: I think we should not create a Censorship subsection. The examples of censorhips would go directly on the right subsection :) By the way, it looked like Bowser was doing a [wikipedia:Bras d'honneur|bras d'honneur], so they edit its posture to avoid any offense. Maybe it's not as vulgar in Japan? As for Vivian's gender change, how is that a controversial edit? I just want to know :) 12:53, 21 May 2013 (EDT)
 * A quick way to find controversies if to search for "controversy" in the wiki. Results page. An example. 13:13, 21 May 2013 (EDT)

Once again, great job!

I will try to write as much as I can when I have free time, because until now I haven't done much on the article :/ By the way, do you think the NSMBW lawsuit belongs in this article? I think it should be merged into the New Super Mario Bros. article somewhere, because, IMHO, it's not Nintendo that is disputed, nobody got offended by Nintendo (except Burt I guess). 13:38, 23 May 2013 (EDT)

Hello
Hello GBAToad.. please read this :Courtesy.

You completed my project in "List of microgames in WarioWare: D.I.Y." without asking or checking me at all. This is some kind of rude, so please don't do it again. I know it was a month before last edit, but I was in school and I wrote on my userpage that this is my project.

Just to tell you: some users may be very angry if you do that with them, so be careful. -- 03:08, 19 May 2013 (EDT)


 * Don't worry I'm not annoyed, but listen: If a page is incomplete(example: "List of microgames in WarioWare: D.I.Y." has got only two tables and the rest are not tables) check the user and contact him.. If it didn't got any tables at all then you can add it as you like.!

You understand I mean I had the second project for example creating worlds for NSMB. but If I didn't start it, then anyone -even if I'd got that project on my userpage- could start it.-- 03:56, 19 May 2013 (EDT)
 * Wanna be friends? here is my userbox:

Userbox help
check this and tell me if you like it:

-- 05:10, 19 May 2013 (EDT) You are welcome.. anytime you need a thing just tell me.. If you want to improve your talkpage I've got some codes to help!

RE:Uploads
Yes to Ashley's song and the Tanooki logo, but the MP8 and SMB2 image needs better quailty.

Re: Uploads
Hey, that happens all the time. Make sure that you clear the cache (ctrl F5), on the file page, full view of the image and some of the articles that it links to, then the new version should load.

Oh and thanks for the birthday wishes! Man I love 'Shroom cake, how'd you know?

Oh and yes, feel free to upload the sprites if they aren't already here.

10:01, 24 May 2013 (EDT)

re:WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Sure! Any help is appreciated. --Glowsquid (talk) 10:05, 24 May 2013 (EDT)

Hey, thanks for the transcripts. However, I noticed that the first bulletin board message says "I don't get my jolies" instead of "I don't get my kicks" in my copy of the game. I wonder if it's a regional or revision difference. --Glowsquid (talk) 18:35, 25 May 2013 (EDT)

Re:Gallery standard
So, you want to make a Writing Guideline Proposal and a new policy page for galleries (Galleries, I presume)? Sounds like a great idea! Your draft looks pretty good so far, although I'd suggest using for the examples, as the indented-blue-outlined-box thing can cause issues for older computers. Also, maybe keep the subsection stuff separate from the main examples, and dedicate one whole paragraph to how things like how some overall sections can be given subsections when appropriate, and how their order doesn't matter except for "misc" subsections going at the bottom. Another thing to add to the formatting is that  can be placed outside the tags, as they'll center everything, including the captions). Finally, since the examples cover the order, you don't need that last bullet: just make an overall "sections" header to group the examples and the subsections/misc paragraph, like how all the fiddly formatting has a section. -  19:07, 8 June 2013 (EDT)
 * For openings, I sometimes look for similar pages and do what they do. But I think the line you have now would be perfectly fine - just don't call 'em "sub-pages", because they're technically not subpages. However, if you want to expand on the "have enough images relating to them on the wiki" bit, you could say something like "Galleries are special pages given to subjects that are featured in enough images to warrant a dedicated, structured viewing area. If all the images can be included in the subject's main page without creating an excessively long gallery section, a separate page is unnecessary. This policy page outlines standards that must be followed when creating a gallery sub-page. " Either way, trying to come up with a number as the cutoff wouldn't be a good idea, as folks could try to enforce the policy to the letter, even in situations where you have lots of images but shouldn't have a gallery. (For example, if there's tonnes of screenshots, but nothing else, they can be incorporated into articles and housed in gallery sections quite easily - that's why I mentioned "structured", as it's the division into artwork/sprites/screenshots/other that really makes the galleries work.) Finally, rather than subsections, perhaps use ";" to bold the "For Subject/Game/Misc Galleries" lines: it'll make the page flow better. - 12:58, 10 June 2013 (EDT)
 * You're welcome! I'm happy to help! And don't worry: I take forever with all my policy projects, and have kept poor users waiting weeks and weeks for me to follow through at times, so I'm the last one anyone ever needs to apologize to for less-than-lightning-fast replies. Now, if I may make two final suggestions... You probably don't need the "found at the bottom of the gallery" parts of the "(Including misc. artwork ...)" tips, as that might confuse readers (and after the gallery's updated, the art won't be at the bottom anymore). Also, another quoteblock for the  point might be a good idea - one just like the point. But with or without those last suggestions, the draft looks excellent, and I look forward to supporting your proposal. - 11:30, 19 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Incorporating LGM's proposal is a great idea. And, since her proposal has a regular one-week deadline while yours will be a Writing Guideline proposal with two weeks, you don't have to worry about waiting until hers is finished to launch your proposal (once the draft is finished, of course), as in that extra week, you would still be able to alter your draft in the off-chance her proposal fails (which is shouldn't - it's a good idea and upholds current policy).　I think the passage about screenshots you drafted on LGM's talk page would be a good addition to the draft (I'm glad it mentions that not all screenshots have to be included), and the subsection organization method she suggested here is good too, although I'd substitute "Animation" for "TV Shows" as that will cover the cartoons and the anime films all in one. Also, I mentioned in a comment on her proposal that I think print media should also have a place on galleries; if you agree, perhaps a section entitled "Scans" could be included under "Screenshots" and be used for scans of comics, game manuals, and other print publications. Finally, just so you know, you don't need the intermediate "==Policy==" header on the draft: all your Lv. 3 Headers would be perfectly fin as Lv. 2 Headers. - 14:47, 21 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Looks great. During my latest read-though, I noticed two more little details you might wanna tweak: "Game Installments" might not be the best example subheader anymore (I dunno what it'd even be used for once everything gets properly organized), and around the wiki, it's general established that double quotation marks are used instead of single ones (for consistency). Those details aside, it looks ready to go! - 18:00, 22 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Well, except the quotation marks in the Subsections section, but otherwise, it's perfect. - 21:46, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
 * As in clips from something like this or this? Yeah, that'd totally fit in the animation screenshots section. It wouldn't even need a separate subsection from the shows: just let the captions explain. - 00:51, 27 June 2013 (EDT)

Your question. My reply.
I don't think it matters when you create the proposal. You should, however, note the changes I'm proposing in your draft, so that depends if my proposal passes. If it passes, you can simply change your draft to accommodate this. Again, it doesn't matter much. What I'm proposing isn't going to significantly alter the aim of your proposal. After all, I want to add just a few sections, which is probably a subsection in the screenshots. I don't know if there is artwork pertaining to non-game media, but again, that's a subsection. All you'll have to do is apply the changes you see fit.

It is a good idea just to wait and see the state in the proposal. If there are, say, fourteen supports and no opposes, it's a good idea to start adding sections.

Anyway, what I like to see in my proposal is this layout:

Video games
 

TV shows
 

Something like that. If you can think of something better, that's great! 21:45, 20 June 2013 (EDT)


 * Thanks for the help! :) I highly appreciate the suggestions and questions you made to me. I'm also glad you find this to be a great idea, and that you're going to find a way to incorporate my suggestions into this. Again, thanks for the support. 00:17, 21 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Again, thank you so much. I'm glad I sold you with my image captions. :) This idea has been sitting on my head for a while, but it's only now that I decided to bring it up. :P 14:50, 22 June 2013 (EDT)

LOL, yeah, I want to do that. Just let me know what galleries you will work on, and I'll do the others. Also, for giving me a Wario, you will get an official Wario of the day.

This will be on your permanent record on the Wario behavior, so umm, it stays in your talk page until Wario is seriously considered the most attractive man in the Marioverse. 22:27, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Oh, wait, I forgot one more thing: what about commercials showing our beloved Mario characters flying across the screen and slamming into a freeway overhang? War Super Strikers Tournmanent.png I mean, specifically, the ones that actually show the Mario characters, not people doing things related to the Mario games. Where would those go, if you accept those? 22:36, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Okay, so when is it a good idea to start adding pictures to galleries? WarioIcon-MSM.png After you make that Writing Guidelines proposal? Or as soon as possible? 22:52, 27 June 2013 (EDT)

LOL, thanks for the compliment (good users in general don't get enough compliments)! There's a good deal of commercials, though, which makes me wonder if I'm oversaturating the page. Well, I guess, because there are way more animated commercials than animated movies and shows. That's a shame, because Mario has such great potential for good shows. LOL, I guess most of the images I put up are indeed silly (that large grinning one, though...). I'll get more images there. 00:49, 28 June 2013 (EDT)
 * You're welcome! WarioUtusu.png I'm sure Luigi has appeared in a few notable commercials, but I can't think of any... one of them is the Superstar Saga one, and you can find images of it in the gallery of the game. Luigi has also appeared in the Japanese commercial for Mario Party 3 (as part of a drape thingy). I'm not sure where else, but I'll find some Luigis while I'm looking at commercials with my favorite character in them.Wariow Party 6 Title.png 12:39, 29 June 2013 (EDT)

Autopatrol
Yo GBAToad. Due to the quality and frequency of your contributions, the Mariowiki staff has agreed to promote you to Autopatrolled status. Note that this does not carry any additional powers or responsibilities, and that it mostly serves to make patrolling edits easier on our end. --Glowsquid (talk) 22:44, 4 July 2013 (EDT)