MarioWiki:Main Page talk archive 9

New DPL Possibilities
DynamicPageList has a whole new set of parameters to use, and one, createdby, is useful for user pages. The code produces an unordered list of articles created by the user. Instead of editing your user page every time you create an article, this will auto-update it for you. By changing the namespace, you can make it do templates, categories, or more than once by doing this:  namespace=Template|Category|Image createdby=Username 

Note that either format I used is acceptable, but using the | as the or sign is only available the second way. The Personal Image Check used this tens of times. I'll add some other uses as I think of them. For those who know the syntax, see here. 19:41, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Personal Images
Just wanted to tell all of the users who had to delete lots of images, good job. The only reason we have to erase them is to save file size for article images. delete if this happens to be spam...

The Checklist is screwy, though. For some pics that others made to be PIs for other users, instead it shows up on the ones who uploaded them.

...Does anyone read the second note I put on the page? 22:49, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Next Chapter of Personal Care
Okay guys, now that we've taken care of Personal Images pretty well, its time to focus on another aspect of wiki cleanliness – User sub-pages. According to this policy only your signature, a work in progress, archives of user talk, and testing. Now that we all understand that, we can move on.

Some of you are creating pages in violation with this policy, such as Wayoshi's Ascii page, Arend's RP pages, and Dry Bone's Image page. These pages are in violation according to this section. Now, its time to search, find, and destroy all of these pages.

Let's get to it people, – MarioWiki Maintenance

"...find, and destroy..." sounds scary... Comic pages are allowed as well, and some templates (Steve even has one) also. There are more, too, those are just examples.

I guess sub-pages used for templates are okay, but not so sure about comic pages. I  am   Confused  22:28, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

I meant Comic Archives. Steve and/or Wayoshi would have put an end to them long ago if not.

Any archive that would otherwise take too much space up on the main user (talk) page should be a sub-page, so those stay. As for the other two pages suggested up there, give me a moment while I take care of those. 22:59, 26 April 2007 (EDT)


 * And as for comics, if it isn't linked so a page, it's unused and, if I find it, I'll delete it. If you want to keep them, archive them. Remember, I will only delete images that are on the To Be Deleted list or the Unused Files list. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 23:28, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
 * I've looked through the discussion for the previous archive and read through Personal Image Check. That said, I have an idea. IF we wish to keep comic archives, let's create a new personal image tag for comics. This way, we have a separate limit for the precious funnies and can keep them in check. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 23:47, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Update on Wiki Statistics
Now, here is an update on what we still need to do.

 1. Image uploading – no offense, but lately we've had bad image descriptions and wrongful labeling. For the labeling issue, go here. To fix up crappy image descriptions, use. The least you all can do is to use it while uploading. You just need to enter what what the image details and what game the image is from. Use a format like.  2. Personal Images – some of you have over 10 personal images, and note that the personal image policy says you can only have four (five including signature image). Some of you just upload and stick them onto your user pages without even labeling them as personal images. I found a shocking number of unlabeled personal image while going through all images. Some of you didn't know about it before and that's okay. But now that you do know after reading this, you should take responsibility and dispose of your extra personal images. Tell other new users and friends who aren't aware of the rule too. Now, this section is mostly taken care of thanks to Wayoshi.  3. Stubby pages – some of you have been creating one sentence pages, mainly around SPM. Others like the Fay article use to simply look like the writer gave no effort in creating the page and copy & pasted it. My point is, if you don't know anything about an article (other than what game it appears in), don't create it at all. This drives away the attention on the red links and drives serious writers away. I mean no one wants to work on crappy pages, do they?  4. Vandalism – you all need to be informed in this department. You guys shouldn't block anyone on first warning. People make mistakes, it happens. Some people could be caught up in recent sockpuppet vandalism problem. Before anybody blocks or suspects another user of being a sockpuppet, give the user a chance. At first offense, use. If you have reason to suspect the user is deliberately continuing trollish actions, us. If the user continues with the maliceful behavior despite knowing the consequences, use. If the user disregards the Lastwarn template, then it is appropriate to block him/her. After doing so, place on the user's talk page including information about how long he has been blocked. Remember to keep block times sensible. Don't block a user for an infinite amount of time just because he/she was creating bad articles or spamming. The only time it is really okay to block a user for an infinite amount of time is if that user is a troll. IP blocks are only used for drastic measures as well. Use common sense.  5. Sub-pages – some you have sub-pages. Sub-pages are only fine in a few instances. You can't just create random sub-pages about nothing. According to this policy only your signature, a work in progress, archives of user talk, and testing. Now that we all understand that, we can move on. Now, its time to search, find, and destroy all of these pages. Please, if you see an unlinked page or a page that violates the rules, contact a sysop.

Pick up the pace ladies. – Ditzy
 * We have quite a few users/IPs that have been blocked indefinitely. Look through Special:Ipblocklist to find them. If any of you feel that a block was unjustified, list what the account/IP is here and why you think they should be unblocked. -- 00:08, 27 April 2007 (EDT)


 * I think I'm goanna do the images organizing (the first one, up there). I'm good at organizing them since around 2 months ago. ♫ Gotta delete some trash-rash and put the templates on the images! ♫

Yoshi626, why does it say that you blocked Fg 6 times in about half an hour?----

I think that the "Yoshi 626 is an idiot" users we're used by Fg. Not sure, thought. Gofer
 * So FG finally lost his mind? -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 07:33, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

I went through the list and found one user that I consider unfairly blocked. was not blocked for vandalizing any page, but for lying. I don't know where in his contribs he has ever said that he was Jay Resop in the first place, but from what I can see left a message on his user talk and asked him if he was Jay Resop. Maybe he said that on his user page and a sysop deleted it after he got blocked. Either way, he hasn't done anything bad, just lied and told everyone he was Jay Resop. Does he really deserve to be blocked? I  am   Confused  18:04, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

No, but he did say he was Jay Resop on a talk archive of someone (forget who). He might have said it on his userpage, too. But I do not think he should be blocked and will unblock him.

Samus heavily disrupted our community. I had to contact the real Jay Resop myself to clear up the matter. 18:15, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

Oh...but should he be blocked, then? I unblocked him, and anyway, he probably won't come back.


 * According to Mario Wiki policy, users can be blocked for causing disruptive edits and impersonating other users. Samus was a major disturbance, as he announced himself as Jay Resop on MarioWikiFAQs talk and other pages. The real Jay Resop became a member of the Mario Wiki Forum, and since Samus would not drop his guise, he was blocked. -- Son of Suns

Comic Personal Image Template
Ghost Jam stated this above, but should there be comic PI template? For comics, so they won't take up PI space?
 * I'm opposed against this. Comics are supposed to count as personal images. What I used to do at Image:Wayoshicomic.jpg is reupload to the same file name and in my comic archive use the old file links auto-generated by MediaWiki in a reupload. It all counts as 1 18:24, 27 April 2007 (EDT)


 * Or just upload the image some other place, such as photobucket, and link them to your archive page. -- [[Image:Shyghost.PNG]]Chris[[Image:Shyghost.PNG]] 07:09, 28 April 2007 (EDT)

I'll support, even though I use Picoodle.

Sub-Templates
Is it possible to make sub-templates? If so, I think we should make Template:Undead, and make Template:Ghosts a sub-template.
 * Templates are the only things that cannot be made into sub-pages. 21:31, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

OK. Thank you!
 * It is possible to make subtemplates. 07:39, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
 * Then answer me this: Why does, for example, not have a little link back to ? For example, archive user talk pages have a little link back to the parent page(s), but as far as I've seen templates do not. 11:58, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
 * OK. I Am Confused

Wikipedia
That article is Awesome!

Thanks, I made it. You guys can help out too. I don't really know much history about this site so that's all I knew. I  am   Confused  21:55, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

... I can't really help... I'm not so big on history... I gotses a C. I put the patroller part and FA part in.
 * I know about the history.
 * I've checked through some other wiki articles on Wikipedia, and they don't have user history, so no. They only have some info about who founded the site. -- 15:36, 28 April 2007 (EDT)

In that article, it could probably be mentioned about how, along with Mario, we accept Yoshi, Wario and Donkey Kong articles. And, maybe how we used to accept Conker and Banjo-Kazooie ones and maybe stick something about the Donkey Kong Wiki in there. -- Sir Grodus

YA RLY. Salad tastes bad.

I started the Un part. 16:03, 1 May 2007 (EDT)

On the Forum: Off-Topic Posts
I created the Off-Topic thread so that everyone could vent out their need to say crazy things in that one thread only. I'm seeing an alarming amount of threads in the Mario board specifically that have gone off-topic. Please go here and do whatever you want, nothing inappropriate. Don't ruin the discussion for members looking to talk about Mario.

Thanks. 15:57, 1 May 2007 (EDT)


 * Sorry. It's happened before. I'll try again. 16:02, 1 May 2007 (EDT)

Meh, the only way of stopping spamming is (IMO) banning 3Dejong. Gofer

3d seems to have stopped, and Sorry Wayoshi I won't let it happen again. Great Gonzo

3D is the one who has reformed from spamming (or so he says), and alerted me of the problem. He might leave the forum because of the spam you guys are creating. 16:14, 1 May 2007 (EDT)

D'oh, I checked, and 3D acctualy didn't spam (that much). Sorry. Gofer, who should verify before making assumption.

It's OK, Gofer. I'm doing my best not to let things get out of hand (Funny GIFS... NOT FUNNY) and stop making my posts nonsensical. I hope you guys keep your stuff bottled up in the Off-opic place, blah blahb lahb... Sorry if I annoy you.

Jokin' Around
Is it NOT OK to add fake "New Messages" signs on your page? And if so, does that apply to making any other kind of practical joke?

I was fooled, and I was very annoyed. The new messages table is nothing to fool around with. Active users rely on it to keep in contact with other users. Maybe if it was obviously fake (and not the exact same words) it would be OK. 20:31, 1 May 2007 (EDT)

It freaked me out (in the funny kind of way) I was like What the...!!! Funny joke, I was folled but it was funny. Great Gonzo

I'll make it VERY FAKE. Just you watch. >:P

Teehee. I did it. Teehee. Jsut read it. Teehee.

Well, I spotted a bug before I reacted like crazy, the link of that box like the links to websites before you quickly changed... HA! Chaught ya this-a-time-a!!

Mentioned in a book?
Don't know if anyone else has seen this. Mario is the first game hero in the book, and after his summary they refer you to mariowiki.com. Wonderful! I might have to buy it just for that. -- Steve (talk) http://www.porplemontage.com/images/firefox_27x15.png 00:01, 3 May 2007 (EDT)


 * This is big. This is really big. We are a published reference. We need to take on a higher level of standard. We need to become the leading source of Mario information. Wow....just wow. -- Son of Suns

That book almost made me feel like I have to update almost all the articles the this crazy wiki of ours!! Like... SMRPG Special Moves, yeah... that's it...

Oh....and thanks to everyone who has ever helped at the wiki! Let's keep up the excellent work! -- Son of Suns