User talk:Toadwill

Welcome, Toadwill!

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Informal Reminder

Hi, when making edits like what you did at Meteor Melee, please keep the number of edits to a minimum (i.e., one major edit) and click the "Show preview" button (to the right of the "Save changes" button) to make sure your edit is actually desired, as floods of edits fill up the recent changes, and on top of that, making too many consecutive edits to one page counts as a level one offense under the wiki's warning policy. Thanks! ^(T|C) 21:19, 20 April 2017 (EDT)

Ohhhh I'm so sorry about that! Yeah I actually thought that might fill up the recent edits too much. Its just that on my phone I have two tabs, one for editing the wiki and one for getting the information. And whenever I leave the tab, it doesn't save my changes when I got back to it, so that's why I save all the time. I'm so sorry about that! I guess I will have to get all the information that i will use, then save it in one big edit. Again, sorry about that! :)

Additionally, will it's not that big of a problem on your own talk page, please sign your comments with four ~ , which will automatically make a signature such as
"Tommy 8353 (talk) 22:11, 20 April 2017 (EDT)"
22:12, 20 April 2017 (EDT)

Oh, thanks so much! Like this?
"Tommy 8353 (talk) 22:28, 20 April 2017 (EST)

Quick tip

If you want to pluralise a link by adding an "s", you can simply add it after the brackets instead of writing the name twice: [[Lakitu]]s (instead of [[Lakitu|Lakitus]]) Works the same and saves time!

But if the plural form changes the spelling of the original name, you'll need to write it in the [[Bumpty|Bumpties]] form. Mario JC 00:34, 21 April 2017 (EDT)

Ohhhh thanks a lot! That is really smart and it could save me a few bytes. Thanks!
Tommy 8353 (talk) 0:38, 21 April 2017 (EST)

RE: My Application to Write for the 'Shroom

Hey there, I'm glad you are interested in writing for us, but there's a couple of things you'll have to do. Firstly, the purpose of a demo is that it will actually be used as your introductory section should you be accepted, so I would recommend writing a little more. Secondly, all applications must be sent to Tucayo on the forums. Thanks for your interest and I wish you the best of luck.

Meta Knight (talk) 1:55, 21 April 2017 (PDT)

Oh, thanks! I was looking on the sign up page and it said that I could submit my application to any of the following users, and you were the first one. Did I misunderstand something? Anyways, I will work on my full demo and send it to Tucayo and hope to get the position. Thank you!
Tommy 8353 (talk) 21:16, 21 April 2017 (EST)

RE: OMG Thank you!

Thanks for leaving a message on my talk page. I originally put the stub thing there last month before you fixed it up. Glad you could help make this wiki more complete! – Owencrazyboy9 (talk) 21:38, 23 April 2017 (EDT)

Your welcome! I feel so important now! I literally just looked up a youtube video on a mario kart wii custom track of diamond city. I can't beilieve someone made a custom track! So I just watched the video and explained all about it! ;) Tommy 8353 (talk) 21:44, 23 April 2017 (EST)

BTW, Diamond City (course) isn't the first article you've "de-stubbed". You did a good job on Meandering Mount and Everfrost Peak earlier as well. Keep it up! 21:52, 23 April 2017 (EDT)

oh, really, AWESOME!! I guess I didn't notice because I literally saw the edit Owen made where he deleted the stub and said it wasn't a stub anymore. Yeah, the DKR courses took me a while. Espically because nobody has footage of the DS exclusive levels on the internet. LOL. The only source I used were these really blurry videos of them on youtube. It was all squinting for me! And somehow I got by with it! Im really suprised I could actually make out what was happening in the videos. Thank you! :D Tommy 8353 (talk) 21:59 23 April 2017 (EST)

Already existing images

You're uploading images that already exist on the wiki. File:Fawful Artwork - Bowser's Inside Story.png already exists as File:Fawful artwork MLBiS.png, and File:MK8 Electrodome trac.jpg already exists as File:MK8-Course-Electrodrome.jpg. Before uploading an image, please check to see if the image isn't already uploaded elsewhere.

On the topic of personal images, you should sign them with {{personal-image|Tommy8353}}, and you can only have up to four. Additionally, when uploading images, you need to categorize them, as well as give them the {{aboutfile}} template. Here's some examples:

Hello, Toadwill. Good job on your recent uploads, but when uploading files, keep in mind that you must correctly categorize the file. It's simple to learn how to do so. Just search for the correct category by starting with the following groups: Images Audio/video files Company images Film images Game images Merchandise images Publication images System images Television series images Website images Company media files Film media files Game media files Merchandise media files Publication media files System media files Television series media files Website media files When uploading, copy the full title of the category and insert it in square brackets into the summary text box below the {{aboutfile}} template, replacing the {{uncategorized}} template entirely. If you're using the upload function from the text editor, simply add the category link to the description. For example, files related to the game Super Mario World would use: [[Category:Super Mario World images]] or [[Category:Super Mario World media files]] Please consider the above information before uploading more files. Keep in mind that some files can belong to multiple categories. Do not put images into the media files category, or vice versa. If you continue uploading files without categorizing them correctly, then a warning will be issued. Thank you for reading, and keep contributing.

Hello, Toadwill. Good job on your recent uploads, but when uploading files, keep in mind that you must correctly use the {{aboutfile}} template. What you were doing looks like this, and it is an inconvenience for other users to fix up the template. It is simple to learn how to format it correctly. The pre-loaded coding is shown below. {{aboutfile |1=Subject of the image |2=Where you found the image |3=Artist |4=Describe edits, if any |5=Other versions (use file link) }} Just replace the necessary parts with that corresponding information, and remove the entire line of the variable(s) you don't use. If you do not wish to use the template at all, then it is acceptable to simply remove it before you upload the file. Please consider the above information before uploading more files. If you continue using {{aboutfile}} incorrectly, then a warning will be issued. Thank you for reading, and keep contributing.

16:51, 24 April 2017 (EDT)

okay, I understand that some images already exist. But I find it stupid that I have to categorize my pictures when I'm only going to use them for my userbox tower! I don't want to upload them. I realllllly think this wiki should allow users to import images withought uploading and explaining allllll about them when you just need hem for your userbox tower. Sorry if I was mean, thank you! Tommy 8353 (talk) 16:57, 24 April 2017 (EST)

You don't necessarily need to categorize personal images, as the {{personal-image}} template will do that for you. However, if the image already exists, you can use that image instead in your userbox instead of uploading a similar one. Uploading an image purely for your userboxes is fine, but if the image you're uploading already exists, use that one instead. 17:00, 24 April 2017 (EDT)

It's policy to tag images for personal use with {{personal-image}}. If you want to import as you say, upload to Imgur or something and use the URL it generates (not the album one but the direct link to the file, see my userpage to see what I mean) and paste the link onto your userpage. For the images you uploaded duplicates of, it would be in your best interest to use the already uploaded art instead of wasting slots for your allowed personal images. --Wildgoosespeeder (talk) ^{(Stats - Contribs)} 17:10, 24 April 2017 (EDT)

uhhhh, I don't really understand even though I looked at the page. Are personal images defined as all the images that are not somewhere on this wiki? If that's true, I think that's stupid if I can only have four......unless you mean camera taken photos completely unrelated to mario, then that makes sense. Please help me understand! Thanks! Tommy 8353 (talk) 17:12, 24 April 2017 (EST)