User talk:Porplemontage/Archive 13: Difference between revisions

::Thanks! Can it be fixed by "clearing the cache" i.e. removing the page and restoring it? I've also noticed that there are overlapping divs on the top-right corner of certain pages like [[:Category:Pages to be deleted]]. -- {{User:A gossip-loving Toad/sig}}  02:36, 9 July 2016 (EDT)

This seems to assume that everyone uses the screenshot button on the emulator. As far as I know, some of the commercial screenshot-taking utilities have a magnifier tool. Users of such tools might get a borderless ''Paper Mario'' screenshot directly, and it might have never occurred to them that the black border is part of the hardware output, and that the screenshot is actually cropped. Some newbies also mistake the black borders as part of the emulator window. Is the #4 parameter going to document what is different from the <em>hardware</em> output? If so, having some explanation on [[SMW:UPLOAD]] might prevent possible misunderstanding.

I think there is a problem with a few pages possibly related to files. It takes a long time for [[Gallery:New Super Mario Bros. 2]] and page 3 of [[:Category:Images to be reuploaded with higher quality]] to load. I don't think the problem is limited to those pages. Not sure what is going on but I think there is a technical problem only you can solve. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 21:03, 11 August 2016 (EDT)

::Bummer. I mean if there was a robust and easy-to-manipulate system behind the category instead of hard coding in PHP, then there would be something very useful in other aspects beyond [[mw:Help:Magic words|Magic Words]] and templating. Ever delve into [[Wikipedia:GameMaker: Studio|GameMaker]]? A system similar to that. That program does have a scripting language for very specific actions, but what I a referring to is taking the most common objects and scripting syntax and use purely GUI to manipulate them to create a sequence of actions. Piece it together like a LEGO building set rather than type that all out. For example, check for conditions:

::::::Can you address my comments [[mb:posts/1901848|here]]? --{{User:Porplemontage/sig}} 14:33, 25 January 2017 (EST)

I wasn't here during MarioWiki's beginning. Since I first started being active on MarioWiki, I have had some qualms about covering series that don't focus on Mario largely, such as [[Donkey Kong Country (series)]] and [[Super Smash Bros. (series)]] because we have Donkey Kong Wiki and [[smashwiki:Main Page|SmashWiki]]. As far as my understanding goes, you made the decision to cover those series right from the very beginning, probably when no dedicated wiki existed for those series. Times have changed. Now there are dedicated wikis. I think it is too much content to keep track of on one wiki if we keep covering what we don't have to anymore. When people go to MarioWiki, they aren't really thinking about Donkey Kong all that much, unless it is a crossover or the rivalry he has with Mario, such as the [[Mario Kart (series)]] or ''[[Donkey Kong (game)]]'' for example. Our representation of Donkey Kong games could be worse than the dedicated wiki. Don't get me wrong, we should still cover games like ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)]]'' and ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, but in a more restricted way. For ''Donkey Kong Country'' games, any nods to the [[Mario (franchise)]], cover that like we do games in [[List of Mario references in video games]] (like [[Cranky's Video Game Heroes]] should be merged with that article). For ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, cover Mario related content only (characters, items, stages, trophies, and anything else like that, so no more [[Ness]] or [[Lip's Stick]] coverage for example). Ultimately, I think that [[MarioWiki:Coverage]] needs to be revised. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 17:20, 20 March 2017 (EDT)

I'm having some trouble getting [[mw:Pywikibot|Pywikibot]] to work on MarioWiki. I keep getting an <code>HTTP 301</code>. I think it might be related to MarioWiki now using HTTPS instead of HTTP but not sure. All I am trying to do is get images from [[:Category:Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Images]] moved to [[:Category:Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Images]] because the ampersand is the correct title. If you can give me some suggestions what I am doing wrong or you can get your own bot to move the images into the correct category and delete the wrong category, that would be great. It was an error that never got corrected all those years ago, judging by the edit histories. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 23:06, 3 April 2017 (EDT)

:::Still getting this issue. Is it [https://www.porplemontage.com your servers] or is it [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot|Pywikibot]]? --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 20:19, 28 April 2017 (EDT)

Is there any way to have [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot|Pywikibot]] increase scan efficiency by scanning [[Special:AllPages]]? My best command is <code><nowiki>pwb.py replace -catr:Main <find> <replace></nowiki></code> and I think it can scan a page multiple times when I only want to scan it once. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 15:28, 27 April 2017 (EDT)

I know I have three different things I am talking with you but can you do one thing for me? Remember [[User:Porplemontage/talk archive 1101-1200#RE: Images|this]]? I want you to do it for {{tem|sound-clip}} and files in [[:Category:Fair use music samples]]. Just that one for now. I'm ready for more. I want to clear that one just for now. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 23:07, 28 April 2017 (EDT)

::::::I was thinking of <nowiki>{{br|navbox=yes}}</nowiki> and modifying {{tem|br}} to use [[mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##if|Parser Functions]]. Then we can replace all instances of {{tem|BoxTop}} with <nowiki>{{br|navbox=yes}}</nowiki>. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 02:08, 29 April 2017 (EDT)

::::::::::So [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot/template.py|this]] doesn't work? <code>pwb.py template -remove:BoxTop</code> Try \r\n because it detects that string when I copypasta an article's contents into [[Wikipedia:Notepad++|Notepad++]]. If that fails, I was thinking of using the [[mw:Manual:Pywikibot/replace.py|replace script]] instead using regexp because I think regexp are capable of backspacing with \b as an escape character. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 02:34, 29 April 2017 (EDT)

Not sure if this is related but according to [[Special:Version]], you are using [[mw:Extension:OggHandler|OggHandler]], which seems to be deprecated because that page recommends [[mw:Extension:TimedMediaHandler|TimedMediaHandler]]. There also seems to be additional features, such as start time, which could be useful. Would updating affect allowed extensions for [[Special:Upload]] or do you have manual control of that regardless of extension? --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 02:18, 5 June 2017 (EDT)

Related [[mw:Help:Magic words#Parser functions|Magic Word]]:

Use <code><nowiki>{{plain link|[{{fullurl:Special:Log/move/Porplemontage|limit=74}} See here]}}</nowiki></code> for [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]. It's neater, thanks to [[mw:Help:Magic words#URL data|Magic Words]]. It produces <code>{{plain link|[{{fullurl:Special:Log/move/Porplemontage|limit=74}} See here]}}</code>. Also, [[Special:Log/move/Porplemontage]] is short-hand and works, but I don't think you can do [[Special:Log/move/Porplemontage/74]], so the Magic Word assists. I think the short-hand is limited to the type of log and user who performed the action. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 16:52, 4 June 2017 (EDT)

Hi, could you please protect [[MarioWiki:Staff noticeboard/Header]] if {{User|L151}} doesn't beat you to it? Thanks! {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 17:16, 22 July 2017 (EDT)

*<nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki> - [[mw:Help:Magic words|Magic Words]]

I noticed we have [[:Category:Flags]]. That's kind of odd to me. Would replacing the category with {{tem|template-image}} and/or {{tem|mariowiki-image}} be better, or would leaving the category alone and inserting the template(s) only be acceptable? Why template image? They are used in {{tem|release}}. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 23:56, 1 September 2017 (EDT)

:::Doesn't {{tem|photo}} work? That's what I used for the cards on the [[Platinum Playing Cards: Official Club Nintendo Collection]]. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:41, 14 September 2017 (EDT)

Would it be acceptable to remove the link to the [[Main Page]] under "navigation" in the sidebar? It seems redundant to have it there while also having the much-larger link on the image in the top-left. [[mb:posts/1966699|Shokora]] on the forum also suggested linking to the [[MarioWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]] under "tools" in its place. {{User:Time Turner/sig}} 13:52, 27 September 2017 (EDT)

*Smrpgenemy -> SMRPG enemy

*MLinfobox -> MLSS enemy

*Pitenemy -> MLPIT enemy

*Bisenemy -> MLBIS enemy

*Dtenemy -> MLDT enemy

*Pjenemy -> MLPJ enemy

*Mlssbm -> MLSSBM enemy

*Pmenemy -> PM enemy

*Pm2enemy -> PMTTYD enemy

*SPM enemy -> SPM enemy

*Pmssenemy -> PMSS enemy

*Pmcsenemy -> PMCS enemy

*Mrkbenemy -> MRKB enemy