User talk:Doomhiker/Archive 1

Edits
Hey, when you writing out information make sure to follow our writing guidelines, specifically capitalising proper nouns like Donkey Kong. Also, in regards to Hammer Bro., you missed out the ending reference, hence why the information disappeared. In case something similar happens again and you can't figure why, ask another experienced user to help rather than removing the content that's disappeared. Thanks.


 * To add, please remember to add a space before every new sentence. 22:02, 29 June 2018 (EDT)

Image categories
When categorising images,  must be replaced with a category link, like , not. Square brackets link to pages (e.g.  generates Papercraft), not curly brackets (e.g.  ), which transcludes the page instead. 10:13, 19 August 2018 (EDT)

Spelling
Hi, we use American spelling standards on this wiki; as such, words like "colour" should be written as "color." Thank you, and continue editing. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:16, 23 August 2018 (EDT)

RE:help
Upload the flipped image here, download it, and upload it to the wiki. Contact me on my talk page or an admin if you still have any questions or problems. 17:01, 9 September 2018 (EDT)
 * Also, sign your posts with . Thanks!  17:05, 9 September 2018 (EDT)
 * Or you could use an image editing program, like simple Paint. 17:09, 9 September 2018 (EDT)

Ooky Spooky Artichookie
Sending this out early just to make sure the message goes out: If possible, please somehow make your section Halloweeny! Luigi's Mansion, Boos, whatever you can muster to give Critic Corner some spooky vibes :boo: 00:25, 29 September 2018 (EDT)

Re: Minor Questions
Hey there! So for images not on the wiki, still format them within your section as if they were the way you want it(i.e. File.Doomhiker.png). Don't upload them to the wiki, but when you send in your section to your team director, provide the images via URL from an image-hosting site (such as Imgur) and label them if you have more than one. When the 'Shroom releases, I upload all of the images and then it looks as you intend it. I hope that answers your question. Feel free to message me if you need help with anything else. 23:56, 1 October 2018 (EDT)

Image extensions
Hello! Thank you for your recent uploads and contributions. Just wanted to let you know that, per policy, the extension at the end of the filename should be lowercase rather than uppercase (for example, .png or .jpg instead of .PNG or .JPG). Thanks! -- 18:36, 8 November 2018 (EST)

Power Moon redirects
Hi, please remember to create an all-lowercase version for every redirect that has at least one uncapitalized word. For example, as of this message, searching for "past the moving wall" leads to no page, even if you created the "Past the Moving Wall" redirect. However, redirects that have all words capitalized do not require an uncapitalized version. Good job so far and keep it going! -- 14:38, 11 November 2018 (EST)

RE: Big Bertha
There is one rude thing I wrote on Doc's talk page, the one with the crying, and the random captions on the Big Bertha page. I would like you to show me more rude comments that I made; to see if you just assumed that I did that multiple times and that you didn't actually look at my contribution page, because, well, I did! It's also not like these two mini-insults are pushing the boundaries or anything. And also seeing you writing this just a few lines under Link's post where he said that the random captions made his eyes bleed takes all of your objectiveness on that point of view away. 17:50, 23 November 2018 (EST)

New pages
Thanks for helping with article creation lately. For future reference:
 * The name of the article, when first mentioned, is simply bolded as, not
 * For articles on games, TV shows, films, publications etc. italics are added, so it's bolded as
 * Goes without saying, but every title for games, game series, films etc. must be italicised as well, including non-Mario franchises like  (as I noticed your most recent article was missing them).

The Manual of Style lists everything you need to know about creating articles. 08:43, 24 November 2018 (EST)

Dashing through the deadline
02:48, 9 December 2018 (EST)

RE: Advice
Thank you. I am sorry for messing up with that before, to be honest, I am not the best with wiki formatting. I had messed that up before, but I think I understand now, so thank you for the help.


 * Don't worry, we all make mistakes! 20:47, 3 January 2019 (EST)

RE: Vandal Talk Pages
Ok. Thanks for telling me. Mari0fan100 (talk) 14:00, 13 January 2019 (EST)
 * However, I noticed that Blurry Horizon's talk page got deleted because it was a vandal talk page, but it contained more than the block template. Before it got deleted, DKPetey99 posted a Warning Template and a Last Warning on that talk page. Should that talk page have been deleted, or should it have been kept? Mari0fan100 (talk) 15:07, 13 January 2019 (EST)
 * Per Template:Block, Talk pages of permanently banned users are viable for deletion and do not need the template. However, exceptions can be made for talk pages deemed useful for possible future references. The reason that Blurry Horizon's talk page got deleted was because it was only warnings while Sonicperson's talk page has an italics reminder, and the reason Sonicperson got blocked was because he kept creating sockpuppet accounts, so his talk page was deemed useful for possible future references if other sockpuppets using his ip address are created, to prevent potentially unbanned sockpuppets used to evade a ban. 15:27, 13 January 2019 (EST)

Informal Reminder
Your oppose of my first proposal may have been valid, but in case you didn't know, YoshiStar28 wasn't blocked because of vandalism. He was blocked for being a sockpuppet of an existing, but blocked, account. Plus, not all people who get blocked on the holidays are vandals. Mari0fan100 (talk) 22:08, 18 January 2019 (EST)
 * True, but if you look at YoshiStar28's contributions before he/she was banned, their edits were constructive and in good faith. The edits weren't even close to vandalism, spamming, or flaming. Mari0fan100 (talk) 14:08, 20 January 2019 (EST)

Re: Aboutfile-reminder clarification
No problem! I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't an argument, and that both of you knew what was the best way to go forward. So yeah, for a bit of future clarification, you issue someone the template if they repeatedly leave in empty aboutfiles or parameters (so, for example, the may leave a line in like |5= and not put anything after it, that's not OK), but it's fine if they remove it completely. Their use is encouraged, but it's not compulsory. So don't worry, we all make mistakes sometimes, just keep this in mind for future reference. :) BBQ Turtle (talk) 15:52, 24 January 2019 (EST)

Thanks!
Hey, thanks for rewriting and removing the flowery sections of the Super Mario Sluggers article! Now it can stay featured... or at least I think so! There's more opposes than supports for the unfeature article nomination, and I have you to thank for it. Mari0fan100 (talk) 21:24, 27 January 2019 (EST)

RE: Game & Watch games that got deleted
Thanks! -- 11:17, 28 January 2019 (EST)

Ghosts template
Back in the day, there were templates for birds, fire creatures, ice creatures, etc., that were deleted for being overly-large categories-in-template-form. That's exactly what the "ghosts" template is. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:19, 28 January 2019 (EST)

Bullet Bill
Those dots were quite obviously just the result of a bad rip, or saving a .gif in MS Paint. They do not have that in-game. I'm rather annoyed at you for that. Be more careful next time. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:36, 8 February 2019 (EST)
 * You would do much better to look at this extremely recently-ripped sprite sheet, with palette-encoding details and everything. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:46, 8 February 2019 (EST)

RE:Mama Luigi
For starters, I'm pretty sure Bowser says something about retreating after Baby Yoshi eats the key out of his hands. (This is before he talks about Yoshi "going on a crash diet".) 12:46, 10 February 2019 (EST)
 * Ok, I'll be sure to add in any other quotes we're missing. 13:03, 10 February 2019 (EST)


 * Well, okay! But could you at least start my user talk page with a warm welcome, so then I can send you messages rather than using other people's talk pages? Dove (talk) 10:03, 16 February 2019 (EST)


 * I just needed to correct their spelling on the user comments. It is embarrassing when they get it wrong! Dove (talk) 10:29, 16 February 2019 (EST)


 * Hi, I'm not trying to advertise. How can I get people to come to my wiki then? Dove (talk) 08:08, 17 February 2019 (EST)


 * I am shocked! You don't use the welcome template anymore. I thought we are a friendly community? Dove (talk) 08:10, 17 February 2019 (EST)


 * I am leaving Super Mario Wiki. Goodbye! Dove (talk) 08:37, 17 February 2019 (EST)

RE: Mama Luigi quote
I'm not sure what you mean by "no comma". "You bash it Luigi" is grammatically incorrect without the comma; how he says it (pause or no pause) is irrelevant. 07:46, 24 February 2019 (EST)


 * I'm confused as to why you're determining whether it's "grammatically correct" simply from the way he speaks. As I said, it doesn't matter if he pauses or not. When written out as a quote, it should be grammatically correct. A comma isn't supposed to signify a pause in between. 19:03, 24 February 2019 (EST)

Donkey Kong Racing Gallery
Hello, I am just curious on why my edit was revoked? I am from another wiki (Lost Media Wiki) and we usually have the images at a specific text height and I guess I haven't really seen it this way before. I would just like so clarification on why it's like that. I am not mad, just wanting to know. Thank you. Ryanskip 12:56, 25 February 2019 (EST)

"Vandalism"
Your last two reversions I think were mislabeled. I don't find these as vandalism; the first looks more like a joke or editing mistake, and the second looks like someone trying to add a relevant (though mistaken) link. Don't be too quick to label something as vandalism if it's something small like this, it's likely someone trying to help or learn how a wiki works. 17:25, 2 March 2019 (EST)

Re:SML2 items and obstacles
Unfortunately not. The filesystem structure that I'm familiar with wasn't really a thing for Nintendo until GameCube for console and DS for handheld. LinkTheLefty (talk) 17:50, 3 March 2019 (EST)
 * As a matter of fact, most are simply generic platform/background tiles. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2019 (EST)
 * I don't think so, I think they might just have an x and a y coordinate as to where their graphic goes in the tile bank. Some of the ones with actual functions would have different code, but not likely lengthy file names. At most, probably a serial number. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:46, 3 March 2019 (EST)

PrPro=03
I appreciate the help, but leave these sorts of matters to admins, please. 20:28, 3 March 2019 (EST)

Encyclopedia error uploads
It's probably a good idea to get admin approval first. I know at least one other image upload from the English Encyclopedia was deleted due to the citation ban, and I'm not even sure yet if my list is wanted in mainspace. LinkTheLefty (talk) 11:36, 4 March 2019 (EST)

Battlestation
Which page in the Prima guide is the Dreadnought Galaxy called that? 12:04, 4 March 2019 (EST)

Re:SMBE list
Getting back on you on this. I am also working on it to see how it should be set up. -- 12:48, 4 March 2019 (EST)

DK Wiki
your password is dkdoomed. i recommend you change asap Results May Vary (talk) 17:47, 7 March 2019 (EST)

RE: Warnings
Sorry, Sometimes I think the user is new, and I like being nice to them. Mari0fan100 (talk) 15:07, 9 March 2019 (EST)
 * Never mind, wasn't adding false information. It was only speculative, so a reminder was fine. Mari0fan100 (talk) 15:17, 10 March 2019 (EDT)

Poochy riding Yoshi
That doesn't count as "newbie-bashing," what that is is noting the knee-jerk reaction to the words "riding" and "Yoshi" rendering it as "riding Yoshi" just because that's more what people are used to saying than "Yoshi riding." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:54, March 14, 2019 (EDT)
 * It's not for vandalism specifically, it's for humorous writing that gets removed. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:58, March 14, 2019 (EDT)

zwiki
i made a small time alternative here since Hylian pi closed his wiki from editing. i dont plan to edit much: it's just so somethings there if i need it: http://zelda.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Results May Vary (talk) 21:15, March 14, 2019 (EDT)

Warning
Hi. You just dropped me a warning for improperly categorising an image. I was sure I did it right this time, so what did I get wrong? Thanks. User:Pallukun (sorry about not adding my username, I'm still new to talking on wikis)

RE: Recipes
Sorry, I haven't played TTYD either. 19:49, March 22, 2019 (EDT)
 * As far as I know, the edit is correct. No recipe I made with actual ingredients in correct combinations have failed, though I've never tried to cook a Mystery. 19:53, March 22, 2019 (EDT)

Re:SMBE approval
Huh, I thought I checked Mario jc's talk page and saw no word on it, so I assumed it was still in deliberation or possibly declined. I would have acted on it before if I had seen it earlier. LinkTheLefty (talk) 10:10, March 23, 2019 (EDT)

Re:Nipper Dandelions
Might as well wait for Squidders. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:03, March 23, 2019 (EDT)

RE: Nipper Dandelion
A proposal would probably be a good idea, yeah. Might be good to let the discussion continue a while longer first, though. Niiue (talk) 00:03, March 24, 2019 (EDT)
 * Also, might as well put a lot of thought into that proposal as well, laying out every possible advantage and disadvantage, so that maybe you have a good shot at getting out a decent vote. 00:06, March 24, 2019 (EDT)

Re:Quick solution
It looks clunky to directly refer to the wiki outside of applicable pages where it would be expected like the List of rumors and urban legends about Mario or Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia. LinkTheLefty (talk) 14:44, March 25, 2019 (EDT)
 * Maybe, but that approach is more something to be brought up on the Watage Pakkun talk page. The difference with Nipper Dandelion and Fire Nipper Plant is that the former must take some context to translate (I've said it before, but no one's going to look at the name Watage Pakkun as-is and assume it's a type of Nipper Plant or necessarily know that it's actually a dandelion), whereas the latter is a very straightforward translation (Faia, Fire, Puchi Pakkun, Nipper Plant). That and the fact that it's just not mentioned at all in the English dub (even though, oddly enough, it and several others are subtitled in plain English) makes me think that it was most likely a different person who came to the conclusion of Fire Nipper Plant. LinkTheLefty (talk) 15:01, March 25, 2019 (EDT)

Rerere:Nipper Dandelion
For the same reason we normally do it for other name changes - it was not official at the time. LinkTheLefty (talk) 20:12, March 27, 2019 (EDT)

Re: Signature
Fixed.

Succolourus
I don't know where to find the original. Here's where I found the translation, but since I'm not good at formatting references, I left it out. You can add it yourself or move it to the German name if you want to. User:Pallukun 21:03, 29th May 2019 (GMT) https://www.flickr.com/photos/miloscat/albums/72157642078272083/with/13024448694/
 * I've looked around, and there don't seem to be any images of the comic in German. Should the page be deleted or tagged with 'unoffical translation'? 23:16, 29th May 2019 (GMT)

Nipper Plant
You realize that's a hue-altered crop of the SMB3 image, right? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:29, March 30, 2019 (EDT)

Re:References
It's useful in the Super Mario World cases because the in-game source is in conflict with the guide, and it helps readers to know the origin. It is allowed if it is somewhat obfuscated. LinkTheLefty (talk) 16:00, April 5, 2019 (EDT)
 * Indeed, I recall when Arrow Lift was moved (before it was decided it should be split some time) to "Arrow Wheel" because someone apparently didn't know it's stated blatantly in a SM64 mission title, so they thought it was "unsourced." If there are alternate parsings or just a lot of different names, in-game citations make sense so people don't start assuming they have no source. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:27, April 5, 2019 (EDT)

Pink DKJr vs Gooigi
They are not even remotely comparable. "Gooigi" has an actual plot-given reason for existing, and has unique properties in many respects. "Junior (II)" is a pointless non-character whose more comparable to the recolors in the Smash, tennis, or golf games. This is especially important since we got rid of the colored Yoshi pages, which were the only thing even remotely justifying its existence. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:50, April 5, 2019 (EDT)

"we only use older names when they are used in-game"
You actually had it right the first time. I can point to numerous examples showing that to be a false statement. LinkTheLefty (talk) 16:22, April 6, 2019 (EDT)