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<div>== Crash ==<br />
don't Crash, Mike, Paint, and Sleep have helpers? [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[Crash|wig]] [[Wheel|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 22:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:None of the limited use abilities ([[Crash]], [[Mike]], [[Paint]] and [[Cook]]) have helpers. Sleep doesn't have a helper either for the obvious reasons that you couldn't summon it while sleeping and your helper could do nothing but sleep xP --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 23:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::That makes sense. Thanks for answering my question. [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[Crash|wig]] [[Wheel|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 23:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:I was about to categorize this, then I realized I have no idea what to categorize it as, Enemies, Characters, create Category:Helpers...{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 05:35, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Kirby Wii ==<br />
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Shouldn't something about helpers being set to appear Kirby Wii/Kirby's Epic Yarn (I don't know if they're different) be added? [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[Magic|wig]] [[Wheel|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 17:36, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:It might be premature, and chances are we'd forget later. So I'd wait until we actually play it. But if you add it, source what we know, and keep notes on your page or something, I won't object. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 04:47, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Phew! ==<br />
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Finally got done uploading and placing all the sprites from KSS and KSSU. It took me a couple hours, but it was worth it! Enjoy! [[User:Tailzfoxy96|Tailzfoxy96]] 07:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, thank you :3 I had actually ripped some of the KSS ones myself, but never got around to uploading them, and these are much more complete either way. Nice job :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I should mention that as far as I know, Multiple Upload doesn't work in MediaWiki 1.16. Which we will be upgrading to soon. Possibly Sunday. I recommend taking advantage of it before then as much as possible. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 06:37, 7 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Terminology ==<br />
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So before there's any more moving around of pages related to the terms, are these actually officially called "Allies" and "Friends"? Friend should only go here and not be a disambiguation if that exact term is actually used to refer to Helpers specifically, otherwise it's ambiguous and would refer to other things just as much as Helpers.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:50, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:In ''Star Allies'', they are called Friends. Allies is another term to refer to them in SA as well, but it isn't as used. As it stands, I do think Friend ought to only redirect here. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 07:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Ahh, that makes sense - thank you! I haven't been keeping up with recent games. I recommend citing references for alternative names when possible and agree it should redirect here if it's a proper term for Helpers, with the disambiguation at the top since other things are called "friends" and "allies".<br/>By the way, "(disambiguation)" pages are fine if there's a specific article that fits the term best and it links to the disambiguation. "Friend (disambiguation)" would have been okay here, that's why I restored it at first, but I realised it doesn't need a separate page because there's only two other uses of the term.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:55, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I suppose such pages are standard practice on Wikipedia, though I've yet to see a single disambiguation page on this site which actually had (disambiguation) in the title. I personally saw such things as messy, but if there's a need in future, I won't get in the way. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::"(disambiguation)" is added if the title without parentheses is already in use. This generally happens when there's one specific usage that's more accurate or more likely to be what someone was looking for than other meanings of the term, but there's still enough others to need a disambiguation page (e.g. "Mario" the Nintendo character vs. other people named Mario). The reason it's common on Wikipedia and not here is because our coverage is so narrow.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:40, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Splitting Pages ==<br />
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As of what I think, I think that the ''Helpers'' from KSS, and the ''Friends'' from KSA should be seperated into two different pages. (Helpers and Friends). I do know that they are VERY similar, but I think it can confuse some people, as in KSA they are called different names, and it works with 4P, but the Helpers only work with 2P. And since many of the friends in KSA are different from KSS, I think they should be split. As a person who is very knowledgable on Kirby, and has edited on many wikis, In my opinion, They should be split.[[User:IsaacBoi321|IsaacBoi321]] ([[User talk:IsaacBoi321|talk]]) 02:11, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I dunno, I feel like if they were split, it would cause the two pages to be a little too similar in terms of overlap. I don't think the difference in number of players should be reason enough for a split. They have a lot more in common than different. In particular, the fact that you can call them both by sacrificing a Copy Ability, and use the [[Normal Beam]] on both to dispel them. The way they both function in terms of CPU behavior is also extremely similar. I guess I just don't see the argument for them being totally separate pages. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:13, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Ok, I understand this, and I agree. But could we at least change the page name to ''Friends'' instead of ''Helpers'', considering KSA sold more than KSS, and also because it is the most recent use and name for them. --[[User:IsaacBoi321|IsaacBoi321]] ([[User talk:IsaacBoi321|talk]]) 02:18, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::Sometimes it is pertinent to update the main title of a page to account for the newest terminology. However, despite selling more, ''Kirby Super Star'' is still a much more foundational part of the series than ''Kirby Star Allies'', so it's still more likely that people coming here will know the term "helper" over "friend". If future games feature friends and call them such, we can revisit this idea. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:20, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::Alright, that makes sense. I appreciate you arguing with me in such a nice and polite way, unlike the admins at BULBAPEDIA (yes, I do edit there) Kirby is one of my favourite series of all time, and using my knowledge I will edit this wiki the most I can! I am looking forward to eventually becoming an moderator, or even admin. {{unsigned|IsaacBoi321|21:43, February 13, 2023}}<br />
::::So, it's worth noting that, officially, the two are considered the same "mechanic"; see in the [https://www.kirby.jp/ability/special/helper_friend.html Kirby Portal website], so I'm against a split. However, we do use more recent names in the wiki, so I don't agree with the argument that "Helper" should be used because ''Super Star'' can be considered a more important game that ''Star Allies''; if anything, both are important on their own ways to the series. If that argument stood, we would need to rename pages like [[Mekkai]] to their ''Super Star'' name "Mecheye", or apply a similar logic to pages like [[Jukebox]]. Point is, since HAL apparently considers both names to be valid and the same thing, we should use the most recent name, "Friend". The only argument in favor I can see is that "Helper" was used in two games of the series, although in a way that's cheating since one is a remake. Anyway, I think it makes more sense per our policy to use the most recent name here, the other will still be a redirect anyway. {{User:Gigi/sig}} 02:45, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::Perhaps I'm just being an old fogey (or a Sakuraite :P), but ultimately I would not have a problem with this page being named Friend. I will abide by the Editor-in-Chief's wishes. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:58, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::(edit bumped) The Japanese version of ''Star Allies'' calls them "Friend Helpers" as I recall anyway, so that can be taken into account as meaning they're considered the same thing with a new name rather than a separate thing. If we move this page to "Friend", we should probably also move Normal Beam to "Unfriend". [[User:StarPunch|StarPunch]] ([[User talk:StarPunch|talk]]) 03:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::::I'm apparently watching this page, so just chiming in that they should probably not be split and moving it to Friend would make the most sense (unless there's any more recent use of another name). They seem like they're intended to be essentially the same concept and the difference isn't that big.<br/>Moving Normal Beam to Unfriend I would disagree with, as it sounds like Unfriend is simply a move while the Normal Beam is an object. The beam itself is not "an Unfriend" so the title wouldn't make sense for it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 05:16, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::::I agree with moving to Friend due to being the newest name, and I think that moving Normal Beam to Unfriend would also work for the same reason since Normal Beam is described as an ability (and [[:File:KSA Unfriend.jpg|the blue circle summoned by it appears in KSA as well]]). {{User:Pinkyoshifan/sig}} 14:43, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::::::I know that all of us can't agree on a decision, but most people agree that Helper be moved to Friend, and Normal Beam be mpved to Unfriend. I would love to make this change, if the admins allow me to do it. But we first need to make a decision. I agree with [[User:Gigi]] and everyone else who thinks that they should be moved to "Friend" and "Unfriend". Since most people think like this, then I think we should stop arguing, because My idea is clearly more popular. Or, we could have a vote, and see which has the most votes. --[[User:IsaacBoi321|IsaacBoi321]] ([[User talk:IsaacBoi321|talk]]) 15:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::Re: Normal Beam, you're right, the "Normal Beam" is the ability. I thought it was the name of the wand it creates, since it looks like the Beam wand, but that is called "Ability Item". I agree then that it can be moved, it's also not had a consistent name anyway (went from Suppin Beam to Normal Beam to Unfriend).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:33, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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(Had to jump back down here) Typically we do go with the idea that most people agree with, and on that note I agree with having the pages moved to Friend and Unfriend for above reasons, but I wouldn't consider this discussion a heated argument. Let's not make it one with aggravation or by picking favorites, 'kay? We're all friends here, just sharing what we think is best. -- {{User:Jellytost♡/sig}} 16:09, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Also we typically wait a couple days, just to make sure no one else will disagree. If we were to just gather, say, 3 opinions in one side in just a couple hours, that doesn't exactly mean that is the most popular one; maybe in 5 days 5 others would come with a different argument and convince those other 3. And since this page isn't critical or anything, it's best for us to just wait to see if anyone else has anything new to add or differing opinions, instead of doing big changes in a hurry. {{User:Gigi/sig}} 16:27, 14 February 2023 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Helper&diff=401488Talk:Helper2023-02-14T05:16:35Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Splitting Pages */</p>
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<div>== Crash ==<br />
don't Crash, Mike, Paint, and Sleep have helpers? [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[Crash|wig]] [[Wheel|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 22:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:None of the limited use abilities ([[Crash]], [[Mike]], [[Paint]] and [[Cook]]) have helpers. Sleep doesn't have a helper either for the obvious reasons that you couldn't summon it while sleeping and your helper could do nothing but sleep xP --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 23:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::That makes sense. Thanks for answering my question. [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[Crash|wig]] [[Wheel|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 23:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:I was about to categorize this, then I realized I have no idea what to categorize it as, Enemies, Characters, create Category:Helpers...{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 05:35, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Kirby Wii ==<br />
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Shouldn't something about helpers being set to appear Kirby Wii/Kirby's Epic Yarn (I don't know if they're different) be added? [[User:Turtwig A|Turt]][[Magic|wig]] [[Wheel|A]] ([[User talk:Turtwig A|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Turtwig A|contribs]]) 17:36, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:It might be premature, and chances are we'd forget later. So I'd wait until we actually play it. But if you add it, source what we know, and keep notes on your page or something, I won't object. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 04:47, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Phew! ==<br />
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Finally got done uploading and placing all the sprites from KSS and KSSU. It took me a couple hours, but it was worth it! Enjoy! [[User:Tailzfoxy96|Tailzfoxy96]] 07:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, thank you :3 I had actually ripped some of the KSS ones myself, but never got around to uploading them, and these are much more complete either way. Nice job :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I should mention that as far as I know, Multiple Upload doesn't work in MediaWiki 1.16. Which we will be upgrading to soon. Possibly Sunday. I recommend taking advantage of it before then as much as possible. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 06:37, 7 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Terminology ==<br />
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So before there's any more moving around of pages related to the terms, are these actually officially called "Allies" and "Friends"? Friend should only go here and not be a disambiguation if that exact term is actually used to refer to Helpers specifically, otherwise it's ambiguous and would refer to other things just as much as Helpers.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:50, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:In ''Star Allies'', they are called Friends. Allies is another term to refer to them in SA as well, but it isn't as used. As it stands, I do think Friend ought to only redirect here. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 07:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Ahh, that makes sense - thank you! I haven't been keeping up with recent games. I recommend citing references for alternative names when possible and agree it should redirect here if it's a proper term for Helpers, with the disambiguation at the top since other things are called "friends" and "allies".<br/>By the way, "(disambiguation)" pages are fine if there's a specific article that fits the term best and it links to the disambiguation. "Friend (disambiguation)" would have been okay here, that's why I restored it at first, but I realised it doesn't need a separate page because there's only two other uses of the term.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:55, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I suppose such pages are standard practice on Wikipedia, though I've yet to see a single disambiguation page on this site which actually had (disambiguation) in the title. I personally saw such things as messy, but if there's a need in future, I won't get in the way. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::"(disambiguation)" is added if the title without parentheses is already in use. This generally happens when there's one specific usage that's more accurate or more likely to be what someone was looking for than other meanings of the term, but there's still enough others to need a disambiguation page (e.g. "Mario" the Nintendo character vs. other people named Mario). The reason it's common on Wikipedia and not here is because our coverage is so narrow.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:40, 6 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Splitting Pages ==<br />
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As of what I think, I think that the ''Helpers'' from KSS, and the ''Friends'' from KSA should be seperated into two different pages. (Helpers and Friends). I do know that they are VERY similar, but I think it can confuse some people, as in KSA they are called different names, and it works with 4P, but the Helpers only work with 2P. And since many of the friends in KSA are different from KSS, I think they should be split. As a person who is very knowledgable on Kirby, and has edited on many wikis, In my opinion, They should be split.[[User:IsaacBoi321|IsaacBoi321]] ([[User talk:IsaacBoi321|talk]]) 02:11, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I dunno, I feel like if they were split, it would cause the two pages to be a little too similar in terms of overlap. I don't think the difference in number of players should be reason enough for a split. They have a lot more in common than different. In particular, the fact that you can call them both by sacrificing a Copy Ability, and use the [[Normal Beam]] on both to dispel them. The way they both function in terms of CPU behavior is also extremely similar. I guess I just don't see the argument for them being totally separate pages. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:13, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Ok, I understand this, and I agree. But could we at least change the page name to ''Friends'' instead of ''Helpers'', considering KSA sold more than KSS, and also because it is the most recent use and name for them. --[[User:IsaacBoi321|IsaacBoi321]] ([[User talk:IsaacBoi321|talk]]) 02:18, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::Sometimes it is pertinent to update the main title of a page to account for the newest terminology. However, despite selling more, ''Kirby Super Star'' is still a much more foundational part of the series than ''Kirby Star Allies'', so it's still more likely that people coming here will know the term "helper" over "friend". If future games feature friends and call them such, we can revisit this idea. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:20, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::Alright, that makes sense. I appreciate you arguing with me in such a nice and polite way, unlike the admins at BULBAPEDIA (yes, I do edit there) Kirby is one of my favourite series of all time, and using my knowledge I will edit this wiki the most I can! I am looking forward to eventually becoming an moderator, or even admin. {{unsigned|IsaacBoi321|21:43, February 13, 2023}}<br />
::::So, it's worth noting that, officially, the two are considered the same "mechanic"; see in the [https://www.kirby.jp/ability/special/helper_friend.html Kirby Portal website], so I'm against a split. However, we do use more recent names in the wiki, so I don't agree with the argument that "Helper" should be used because ''Super Star'' can be considered a more important game that ''Star Allies''; if anything, both are important on their own ways to the series. If that argument stood, we would need to rename pages like [[Mekkai]] to their ''Super Star'' name "Mecheye", or apply a similar logic to pages like [[Jukebox]]. Point is, since HAL apparently considers both names to be valid and the same thing, we should use the most recent name, "Friend". The only argument in favor I can see is that "Helper" was used in two games of the series, although in a way that's cheating since one is a remake. Anyway, I think it makes more sense per our policy to use the most recent name here, the other will still be a redirect anyway. {{User:Gigi/sig}} 02:45, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::Perhaps I'm just being an old fogey (or a Sakuraite :P), but ultimately I would not have a problem with this page being named Friend. I will abide by the Editor-in-Chief's wishes. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:58, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::(edit bumped) The Japanese version of ''Star Allies'' calls them "Friend Helpers" as I recall anyway, so that can be taken into account as meaning they're considered the same thing with a new name rather than a separate thing. If we move this page to "Friend", we should probably also move Normal Beam to "Unfriend". [[User:StarPunch|StarPunch]] ([[User talk:StarPunch|talk]]) 03:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::::I'm apparently watching this page, so just chiming in that they should probably not be split and moving it to Friend would make the most sense (unless there's any more recent use of another name). They seem like they're intended to be essentially the same concept and the difference isn't that big.<br/>Moving Normal Beam to Unfriend I would disagree with, as it sounds like Unfriend is simply a move while the Normal Beam is an object. The beam itself is not "an Unfriend" so the title wouldn't make sense for it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 05:16, 14 February 2023 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Samwell&diff=394913User talk:Samwell2023-01-11T18:02:35Z<p>Vellidragon: /* "Please do not edit their talk page because they won't notice it." */</p>
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== "Game Apperances" or "Game apperances" ==<br />
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Hi Samwell, while I was editing some character pages, I noticed this inconsistency. Which one should we use? Same for "Physical (A/a)ppearance. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 13:20, 7 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Hello. Generally speaking, you should only capitalize the first letter for section titles. Same rules apply as for regular sentences. As such, use "Game appearances". --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 13:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks a lot! {{User:Superbound/sig}} 13:26, 7 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Several questions ==<br />
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Hi, I would like to ask you a few questions (I actually have more, but I'll ask them latter):<br />
#I saw that there's special licensing for Dedede Directory posts (<nowiki> {{artwork|Dedede Directory}}</nowiki> if I'm not mistaken). As I'm currently working on a [[User:Superbound/Sandbox/List of Channel PPP miscellaneous posts|draft]], can Channel PPP posts get it to?<br />
#If subject the article is talking about has a different name in diffrent languages (Staff-Stick, Kirby Star Allies-Kirby Star Arise) should the names become redirect? Or are there some rules of language redirects?<br />
#Why most of the notice templates are yellow?<br />
#On [[:Template:FA/doc]] I saw that President Haltmann is going to appear on August 23 instead of King Dedede. Did I miss some changes in queue system?<br />
That's all for now. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 18:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Greetings. Let me answer your questions as succinctly as I can:<br />
:#Technically speaking, the Dedede Directory posts do not have their own special copyright template, as their button adds the Artwork template, and is just here as a special mention. We could do the same thing for Channel PPP posts, but I would ask YFJ about that, since he looked over that particular reform.<br />
:#Generally speaking, we do not use different language redirects on WiKirby. Special exceptions are made only when the different-language name is commonly used in the English fanbase.<br />
:#Just a traditional carry-over from the old days of the site. That, and the yellow stands out.<br />
:#I was not under the impression that King Dedede was meant to come next. I assumed I could place any featured article up next in the queue. If this is not true, please show me where the extended queue is.<br />
:Let me know if you have any follow-up questions. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:24, 28 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
::#Ok<br />
::#Ok<br />
::#Ok (I mainly asked this question because I'm more used to color variety for templates on Super Mario Wiki and SmashWiki)<br />
::#Queue is decided by order of featurement, but you can ask YFJ for more details. While no official list exists, I track it on my userpage.<br />
::{{User:Superbound/sig}} 19:11, 28 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Files sourcing ==<br />
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Hi, can you tell me the sources of following files?:<br />
*'''File:Haltmann.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Boss.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:President Haltmann 2 0.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 1.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Portrait.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 3.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 4.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 2.jpg'''<br />
(I plan on adding {{[[:Template:Aboutfile|aboutfile]]}} on more images, so I will probably ask these kind of question in future too) {{User:Superbound/sig}} 12:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:For a lot of those older screenshots, I went around and collected them from various YouTube longplays, and I would be hard-pressed to remember which specific videos I used. Instead of focusing on finding the sources, I would try to get them replaced with cleaner versions instead. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 12:37, 29 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Yeah, I understand. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 12:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Happy Birthday, Samwell! ==<br />
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{{User:Superbound/sig}} 09:01, 20 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, m80. I was actually trying to remember if we had this image on the site or not. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 14:07, 20 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding Samus ==<br />
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Hello Samwell, if you haven't seen [[Special:PermaLink/180529|my edit summary]], the reason I added Samus link was that other characters (specifically [[Donbe & Hikari]] and [[Chao]]), which had similar role in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' already have pages. Unless you think that these pages are also not notable, I see no reason not to keep that link. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 09:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:To me, it's more a matter of whether or not the subject matter is the domain of a more suitable wiki in NIWA. Donbe & Hikari and Chao don't really have much of a place on other NIWA wikis (aside from perhaps N Wiki but I'm pretty sure they are not there). For that reason, it makes more sense to me to link to MetroidWiki's article on Samus than to try and make one ourselves. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 15:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:That said, I should also preface that there are still some lingering traditions from the older days of the wiki that muddy things a little. For instance, we have a fair amount of content that specifically pertains to the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' games, mainly since back when WiKirby was founded, there was a much stronger correlation between the ''Smash'' games and the ''Kirby'' games than there is today. There were also a few half-hearted attempts to make pages for Mario, Luigi, and others that I deleted due to them being extremely short stubs. I suppose ultimately the point I want to get across is this. We are primarily a ''Kirby'' wiki, but if you really want to make a page about another series character or subject that has some distant connection, through a cameo or other relation, then you should put in the effort to make the article and make it worth reading before you start adding links to it here. Also, be sure to have a look at [[WiKirby:Non-Kirby content|this policy page]] for details on how to cover it. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 15:45, 28 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
::I see, I get your point here. To make sure that I understanded you correctly - is it okay if I start a draft for these characters pages in my sandbox? And for now, would it be also okay if I create (temporary) redirects to '''Cameo characters#Kirby's Dream Land 3'''? {{User:Superbound/sig}} 12:56, 29 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::In the specific case of Samus, I'm not sure it would make tons of sense to redirect users to the cameo list for Kirby's Dream Land 3 in the context that part of the article was using. However, feel free to start drafting articles in your sandbox. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 13:10, 29 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
::::Oki, I'm going to start it soon enough. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 13:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Reverting Edits ==<br />
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Hello Sam.<br />
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I noticed that [https://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Magolor&diff=248889&oldid=248875 two] [https://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Kirby%27s_Blowout_Blast&diff=prev&oldid=248890 reverts] done by you were full reverts. These include undoing everything the user did in the previous revision(s). This is useful in stopping vandalism and to fix mistakes that users have put in, however, pure reverting, like you did in both revisions, can actually add in mistakes that the user could've actually removed or fixed, suck as the grammar mistake in the latter. I didn't know there was a no-life system in ''Kirby's Blowout Blast'', but I think the wording I put in was otherwise better. Regardless, the next time you revert an edit, look at the change and think, ''should I just undo it or should I rewrite it back to avoid adding back the mistake?''<br />
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BTW it's your birthday in 11 days? I will wish you a happy birthday then.<br />
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[[User:Altendo|Al]][[User talk:Altendo|ten]][[Special:Contributions/Altendo|do]] 07:49, 9 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Greetings, Altendo.<br />
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:I apologize in advance if you feel that the reverts done to your edits had overreached a bit. Please be assured that it was not my intention to fully revert every change you'd made, and that I don't usually make that mistake. However, I would have liked much better if you'd come to me sooner about this, and with a less patronizing tone. The reverts in questions, after all, happened on the 22nd of July (over 2 weeks ago), and only in the case of the Magolor page was a minor formatting mistake added back in in the process; one that, as I'm sure you know, was easily removed again. In the case of Kirby's Blowout Blast, I stand by my original statement that the original wording was better, and that revert was fully intentional.<br />
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:One of the most important tenets of wiki editing, and collaborative projects in general, is to assume good faith until it's obvious there is none. I'd like you to keep this in mind going forward, because it really does feel like this message you've sent me is an attack, rather than an honest concern (especially given how long you sat on the issue, and how minor the actual reverts were). I'm not out to get you, even if I revert your edits, or offer you criticism on your talk page. We're all in this together to make WiKirby the best it can be.<br />
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:Cheers. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 13:41, 9 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::I'm sorry if you felt like what I sent you was an attack. I was only notifying you of mistakes that you put back in after I removed them. Just look out for that next time. Thanks! [[User:Altendo|Al]][[User talk:Altendo|ten]][[Special:Contributions/Altendo|do]] 14:29, 9 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==Problem With Uploading Files==<br />
Hi,<br />
I have started uploading the [[Kirby Squeak Squad]] [[Nature Notch]] PNG images. Recently, I have tried to upload the [[Nature Notch - Stage 5|stage 5]], [[Mrs. Moley|boss]], map, and [[Nature Notch - Stage EX|secret stage]] but I keep getting the same error message from them: "File extension ".jpg" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (image/png)." I have done the exact same method to produce PNG images for the other stages, but for some reason these ones do not work. I checked the file types of the images and all of them are PNGs. Do you possibly know what this is? --[[User:BasicPerson|BasicPerson]] ([[User talk:BasicPerson|talk]]) 14:40, 9 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:So, what's going on is that you are trying to replace a JPG image with a PNG image, which the wiki does not like. What you will need to do in this case is upload your new file on its own and then mark the old one for deletion after you've replaced the links on the pages themselves. You can do this by typing <nowiki>{{delete|replaced}}</nowiki> on top of the file page summary. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 14:41, 9 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== e-mail for password reset ==<br />
Did you send the e-mail to *REDACTED*? [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5|2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5]] 01:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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I have looked into it, the account in question has already been used before, and i'm NOT that vandal who used that name, is it ok if i change the username instead? [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5|2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5]] 01:43, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:In that case, you should just request a new account entirely, since the one you are currently using has no history or contributions. Also, please take care not to publicly post emails in talk pages. I'm sure this case isn't too big a deal, but it's not something you should generally do. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:19, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Ok thank you so much buddy, I know there's a thing against having multiple accounts that's why I had asked if that was ok for a new account request. It does actually explain that the password was coming up as wrong. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:DD0:1480:459:F172:A27A:BC60|2600:1700:DD0:1480:459:F172:A27A:BC60]] 12:25, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== A thankyou note from 2600:1700:DD0:1480:459:F172:A27A:BC60 ==<br />
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Hi Samwell, I wanted to thank you for your help from the other day, my first choice of username actually was just random chance as I call it. I have learned in life that there are no coincidental circumstances due to me having medications to help a little mental disability that I'd rather keep private for now, and so I call them random chances in life instead (an IRL style of RNG) so... Thank you so much for the help, I'll try to be the best I can be for my job as a user for the site. As I always say for my channel on YouTube as a closure, live long and prosper buddy! {{unsigned|Dehumanizer1998}}<br />
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== How to make a sandbox? ==<br />
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Hi samwell! I am sorta new here, and i am just here asking, how do you make a personal sandbox page? Thanks a lot, —[[User:SpeedOfKirb38000|SpeedOfKirb38000]] ([[User talk:SpeedOfKirb38000|talk]]) 13:55, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Hello! I'm not Samwell, but all you need to do to create a sandbox is by following this link: [[User:SpeedOfKirb38000/Sandbox]]. Then you can put whatever you like in there as long as it follows our rules, though it would be good if you could try editing some more mainspace articiles if you know how to do that. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 14:14, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Thats exactly what im trying to do! Im testing adding a glitch i found in [[Kirby and The Amazing Mirror]] and im testing a area for it, thanks for the help! [[User:SpeedOfKirb38000|SpeedOfKirb38000]] ([[User talk:SpeedOfKirb38000|talk]]) 14:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Alrighty! Oh and, I was wondering. Do you use Discord? We have a server where you can reach us staff members more quickly and communicate with other Kirby fans. Would you be interested in that? -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 14:27, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry, i dont, i tryed to use it once but my wifi just lagged out so i cant get is [[User:SpeedOfKirb38000|SpeedOfKirb38000]] ([[User talk:SpeedOfKirb38000|talk]]) 15:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::That's okay! Thanks for being interested in the wiki still. Feel free to message me, Samwell, or another staff member on our talk pages if you need anything. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 15:31, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== An issue with a FP nomination I made ==<br />
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Hi, Sam. I've made [[WiKirby:Featured Picture Nomination/Occasional#Easter|an occasional picture nomination]] but it seems to have flown under the radar. There's also an issue [[User:MetaDragon]] brought up, and that is that it's not marked as Good, which is something that I forgot is a requirement. That considered, I thought what restricts me from marking it Good right away, because I see no issues with the image. At the standard featured picture thumb-size of 300px it looks high-quality enough to feature it. In comparison, [[:File:E27 Scene 27.png|this one]] was and ended up being featured. Admitedly, you abstained and I voted for it, and it's lower in quality than the one I'm trying to feature for Easter. So if you don't object, I'd like to mark it as good and invite you to vote on it regardless of decision. {{User:Vipz/sig}} 10:41, 14 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I hadn't marked it as Good because it was not the proper resolution. I've gone ahead and uploaded a new version that fits the guidelines, so now it should be good for featuring. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==❤ Happy Second, Sam! ❤==<br />
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Thank you so much for everything so far. I'm so happy to have met you. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 04:23, 7 July 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks in turn for sticking around for two years to warm this old fool's heart. ❤ --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 04:24, 7 July 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Hiding an IP ==<br />
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Hello, I'm not sure the best place to ask this nor who would be best to ask, but I wanted to know if it would be possible to hide an IP on an edit that I made recently. I was making an edit and left it for the next day, which resulted in me being logged out for being inactive for so long and causing the edit to go through as an IP. Under normal circumstances I'd just brush it off and not care, but since the edit contains a link that points to another account of mine I'd prefer if people couldn't see the IP and associate it with me. [[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 23:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I could manually hide the edit in question, though that will probably require me to resubmit the edit myself. Which edit is this? --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:35, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::I thought hiding the IP on that specific edit would be possible, I think I've seen it happen on ssbwiki before (namely for vulgar/personal attack names). Regardless of how it happens, it is the most recent edit on [[Glitches in Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]. [[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 00:40, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I've gone ahead and hidden the username on that edit. I actually have never had to do that before, so it was a bit of a learning experience for me. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:43, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Thanks! I've ticked the "stay logged in" box now so hopefully this is the only time I need to ask this. I imagine you'll rarely have to use that feature since you all require usernames to be requested and troublesome ones will get handled then. Hope you have a nice day. [[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 00:49, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::Aye, glad to be of help. I will also mention that, since you've had your account for a while, you really only need to make one more edit before you don't need to go through moderation anymore. It could be as simple as fixing a spelling or grammar error. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:52, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Hi its me again ==<br />
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Hi so i didn't get a conformation email and its not in my spam folder is there anywhere else I can find it? I hope you see this!-Kirbyiscool120<br />
:Okay, so I can see your account on hold in the system, as well as the associated email. What I'd like you to do is come onto Discord and send me a private message so we can manually confirm that the email listed there is the one you want associated with the account. Once you've logged onto Discord and joined our server, go ahead and send me a private message and I'll get back to you when I can. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:47, 16 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
ok thanks {{unsigned|136.228.217.68}}<br />
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== Is this how you get a name change, by posting on a bureaucrat's talk page? ==<br />
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I decided to change my username from "Kirby Air Ride" to "Yoshi's Island" but I felt like I'm too new of an user to request name changes yet so this will be denied and I also am not sure how to request one.<br />
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[[User:Kirby Air Ride|Kirby Air Ride]] ([[User talk:Kirby Air Ride|talk]]) 21:45, 22 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Well, you happened to come to the right place and to the right person. It's not that big a deal for me to change your name. That said, I should ask if you are sure before we proceed. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 22:14, 22 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Yes, I am sure. Thank you. [[User:Kirby Air Ride|Kirby Air Ride]] ([[User talk:Kirby Air Ride|talk]]) 22:35, 22 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Why my edits have been this way ==<br />
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On the [[Kirby's Dream Buffet]] page, it said "A physical version released in South Korea on September 15th, 2022, but like with Kirby Fighters 2, it is not a cartridge but simply a download code inside a box." and i thought that it's inaccurate to say a physical edition exists if it's not a cartridge.<br />
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Other edits I figured the info isn't notable enough (such as the first game to have blue and green Kirby as selectable colors) and for the [[Color]]s page in the Kirby 64 section, I thought there's no need to say "This can also be done for the other playable characters in the group" when you cxould just completely reword it.<br />
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Also, would it be ok to have images in your signature?<br />
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[[User:Yoshi&#39;s Island|Yoshi&#39;s Island]] ([[User talk:Yoshi&#39;s Island|talk]]) 19:00, 29 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I'm not Samwell, but I can answer for him. For the first part, it's not inaccurate to call that a physical version since it still comes in a physical box; that's why it's phrased that way. For the second part, I personally agree that the new wording is better. For your last question, you can include images in your signature as long as they're small and unintrusive. 20 pixels tall should be your maximum. [[User:StarPunch|StarPunch]] ([[User talk:StarPunch|talk]]) 23:38, 29 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
::We've actually had a [[WiKirby:Proposals/Failed_Archive#Images in custom sigs (May 24, 2020- June 28, 2020)|failed proposal]] on images in custom signatures, but that was over two years ago. This could be reconsidered, of course. {{User:Vipz/sig}} 08:55, 30 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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these are for you, one for every day of the week, because there'll never be a day you don't deserve to be loved:<br><br />
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤<br />
<br>-- {{User:Jellytost♡/sig}} 21:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Stay strong over there, dearest Jelly. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 01:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Question from MarioKirbyGamer ==<br />
Can you vote yourself for things (e.g. editor-in-chief)? [[User:MarioKirbyGamer]]<br />
:Hello. To answer, only Administrators+ may be considered for the Editor-in-Chief position. Generally speaking, advancement in rank on WiKirby requires the approval of existing staff members, and asking for "promotion" is generally discouraged. Also, when you ask a new question on talk pages, please create a new section at the bottom of the page and sign it using four tildes ('''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'''). --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:17, 2 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
::thanks[[User:MarioKirbyGamer|MarioKirbyGamer]] ([[User talk:MarioKirbyGamer|talk]]) 20:06, 2 December 2022 (UTC)MarioKirbyGamer<br />
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== Another question from MarioKirbyGamer ==<br />
For the wiki on [[cart]] , wouldn't [[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]] be part of it, because in some levels kirby rides a cart, and needs to jump over obstacles, just curious about if there was a reason for that. [[User:MarioKirbyGamer|MarioKirbyGamer]] ([[User talk:MarioKirbyGamer|talk]]) 20:17, 2 December 2022 (UTC)MarioKirbyGamer<br />
:The Cart page is specifically about the object as it appears in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', not mine carts in general. Information about the mine cart rides in ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'' can be found in the appropriate stage pages. In future, it might be better to ask questions about specific articles in their talk pages, rather than coming to my page specifically. My talk page is more for asking general questions about the wiki, not specific articles. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 20:22, 2 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:ok [[User:MarioKirbyGamer|MarioKirbyGamer]] ([[User talk:MarioKirbyGamer|talk]]) 20:24, 2 December 2022 (UTC)MarioKirbyGamer<br />
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=="Please do not edit their talk page because they won't notice it."==<br />
I actually still receive email notifications for edits to my talk page and respond there (I got an email when that notice was added, lol). Inactive notice is fine but I still want people to feel free to ask questions about old site things etc. that I might know, so maybe something could be done with the second part of the notice - Rephrase? Remove? Made changeable via template parameter?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Eh, fair enough. I'll change the notice to something a little less presumptuous. Kinda figured you'd get pinged when I put it on there anyhow. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:04, 3 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Btw Fernandez0907 has been stalking and harassing me and others across multiple websites for literal months. They don't listen to requests to stop and have had action taken against them in other places. I don't know if it's enough to justify it but I would honestly just recommend perma-banning them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:02, 11 January 2023 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Samwell&diff=393542User talk:Samwell2023-01-03T00:00:16Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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== "Game Apperances" or "Game apperances" ==<br />
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Hi Samwell, while I was editing some character pages, I noticed this inconsistency. Which one should we use? Same for "Physical (A/a)ppearance. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 13:20, 7 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Hello. Generally speaking, you should only capitalize the first letter for section titles. Same rules apply as for regular sentences. As such, use "Game appearances". --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 13:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks a lot! {{User:Superbound/sig}} 13:26, 7 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Several questions ==<br />
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Hi, I would like to ask you a few questions (I actually have more, but I'll ask them latter):<br />
#I saw that there's special licensing for Dedede Directory posts (<nowiki> {{artwork|Dedede Directory}}</nowiki> if I'm not mistaken). As I'm currently working on a [[User:Superbound/Sandbox/List of Channel PPP miscellaneous posts|draft]], can Channel PPP posts get it to?<br />
#If subject the article is talking about has a different name in diffrent languages (Staff-Stick, Kirby Star Allies-Kirby Star Arise) should the names become redirect? Or are there some rules of language redirects?<br />
#Why most of the notice templates are yellow?<br />
#On [[:Template:FA/doc]] I saw that President Haltmann is going to appear on August 23 instead of King Dedede. Did I miss some changes in queue system?<br />
That's all for now. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 18:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Greetings. Let me answer your questions as succinctly as I can:<br />
:#Technically speaking, the Dedede Directory posts do not have their own special copyright template, as their button adds the Artwork template, and is just here as a special mention. We could do the same thing for Channel PPP posts, but I would ask YFJ about that, since he looked over that particular reform.<br />
:#Generally speaking, we do not use different language redirects on WiKirby. Special exceptions are made only when the different-language name is commonly used in the English fanbase.<br />
:#Just a traditional carry-over from the old days of the site. That, and the yellow stands out.<br />
:#I was not under the impression that King Dedede was meant to come next. I assumed I could place any featured article up next in the queue. If this is not true, please show me where the extended queue is.<br />
:Let me know if you have any follow-up questions. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:24, 28 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
::#Ok<br />
::#Ok<br />
::#Ok (I mainly asked this question because I'm more used to color variety for templates on Super Mario Wiki and SmashWiki)<br />
::#Queue is decided by order of featurement, but you can ask YFJ for more details. While no official list exists, I track it on my userpage.<br />
::{{User:Superbound/sig}} 19:11, 28 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Files sourcing ==<br />
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Hi, can you tell me the sources of following files?:<br />
*'''File:Haltmann.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Boss.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:President Haltmann 2 0.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 1.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Portrait.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 3.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 4.jpg'''<br />
*'''File:Haltmann Fight 2.jpg'''<br />
(I plan on adding {{[[:Template:Aboutfile|aboutfile]]}} on more images, so I will probably ask these kind of question in future too) {{User:Superbound/sig}} 12:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:For a lot of those older screenshots, I went around and collected them from various YouTube longplays, and I would be hard-pressed to remember which specific videos I used. Instead of focusing on finding the sources, I would try to get them replaced with cleaner versions instead. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 12:37, 29 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Yeah, I understand. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 12:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Happy Birthday, Samwell! ==<br />
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[[File:HappyBirthdaySqueakSquad.png|300px]]<br />
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{{User:Superbound/sig}} 09:01, 20 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, m80. I was actually trying to remember if we had this image on the site or not. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 14:07, 20 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding Samus ==<br />
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Hello Samwell, if you haven't seen [[Special:PermaLink/180529|my edit summary]], the reason I added Samus link was that other characters (specifically [[Donbe & Hikari]] and [[Chao]]), which had similar role in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' already have pages. Unless you think that these pages are also not notable, I see no reason not to keep that link. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 09:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:To me, it's more a matter of whether or not the subject matter is the domain of a more suitable wiki in NIWA. Donbe & Hikari and Chao don't really have much of a place on other NIWA wikis (aside from perhaps N Wiki but I'm pretty sure they are not there). For that reason, it makes more sense to me to link to MetroidWiki's article on Samus than to try and make one ourselves. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 15:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:That said, I should also preface that there are still some lingering traditions from the older days of the wiki that muddy things a little. For instance, we have a fair amount of content that specifically pertains to the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' games, mainly since back when WiKirby was founded, there was a much stronger correlation between the ''Smash'' games and the ''Kirby'' games than there is today. There were also a few half-hearted attempts to make pages for Mario, Luigi, and others that I deleted due to them being extremely short stubs. I suppose ultimately the point I want to get across is this. We are primarily a ''Kirby'' wiki, but if you really want to make a page about another series character or subject that has some distant connection, through a cameo or other relation, then you should put in the effort to make the article and make it worth reading before you start adding links to it here. Also, be sure to have a look at [[WiKirby:Non-Kirby content|this policy page]] for details on how to cover it. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 15:45, 28 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
::I see, I get your point here. To make sure that I understanded you correctly - is it okay if I start a draft for these characters pages in my sandbox? And for now, would it be also okay if I create (temporary) redirects to '''Cameo characters#Kirby's Dream Land 3'''? {{User:Superbound/sig}} 12:56, 29 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::In the specific case of Samus, I'm not sure it would make tons of sense to redirect users to the cameo list for Kirby's Dream Land 3 in the context that part of the article was using. However, feel free to start drafting articles in your sandbox. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 13:10, 29 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
::::Oki, I'm going to start it soon enough. {{User:Superbound/sig}} 13:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Reverting Edits ==<br />
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Hello Sam.<br />
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I noticed that [https://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Magolor&diff=248889&oldid=248875 two] [https://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Kirby%27s_Blowout_Blast&diff=prev&oldid=248890 reverts] done by you were full reverts. These include undoing everything the user did in the previous revision(s). This is useful in stopping vandalism and to fix mistakes that users have put in, however, pure reverting, like you did in both revisions, can actually add in mistakes that the user could've actually removed or fixed, suck as the grammar mistake in the latter. I didn't know there was a no-life system in ''Kirby's Blowout Blast'', but I think the wording I put in was otherwise better. Regardless, the next time you revert an edit, look at the change and think, ''should I just undo it or should I rewrite it back to avoid adding back the mistake?''<br />
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BTW it's your birthday in 11 days? I will wish you a happy birthday then.<br />
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[[User:Altendo|Al]][[User talk:Altendo|ten]][[Special:Contributions/Altendo|do]] 07:49, 9 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Greetings, Altendo.<br />
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:I apologize in advance if you feel that the reverts done to your edits had overreached a bit. Please be assured that it was not my intention to fully revert every change you'd made, and that I don't usually make that mistake. However, I would have liked much better if you'd come to me sooner about this, and with a less patronizing tone. The reverts in questions, after all, happened on the 22nd of July (over 2 weeks ago), and only in the case of the Magolor page was a minor formatting mistake added back in in the process; one that, as I'm sure you know, was easily removed again. In the case of Kirby's Blowout Blast, I stand by my original statement that the original wording was better, and that revert was fully intentional.<br />
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:One of the most important tenets of wiki editing, and collaborative projects in general, is to assume good faith until it's obvious there is none. I'd like you to keep this in mind going forward, because it really does feel like this message you've sent me is an attack, rather than an honest concern (especially given how long you sat on the issue, and how minor the actual reverts were). I'm not out to get you, even if I revert your edits, or offer you criticism on your talk page. We're all in this together to make WiKirby the best it can be.<br />
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:Cheers. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 13:41, 9 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::I'm sorry if you felt like what I sent you was an attack. I was only notifying you of mistakes that you put back in after I removed them. Just look out for that next time. Thanks! [[User:Altendo|Al]][[User talk:Altendo|ten]][[Special:Contributions/Altendo|do]] 14:29, 9 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==Problem With Uploading Files==<br />
Hi,<br />
I have started uploading the [[Kirby Squeak Squad]] [[Nature Notch]] PNG images. Recently, I have tried to upload the [[Nature Notch - Stage 5|stage 5]], [[Mrs. Moley|boss]], map, and [[Nature Notch - Stage EX|secret stage]] but I keep getting the same error message from them: "File extension ".jpg" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (image/png)." I have done the exact same method to produce PNG images for the other stages, but for some reason these ones do not work. I checked the file types of the images and all of them are PNGs. Do you possibly know what this is? --[[User:BasicPerson|BasicPerson]] ([[User talk:BasicPerson|talk]]) 14:40, 9 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:So, what's going on is that you are trying to replace a JPG image with a PNG image, which the wiki does not like. What you will need to do in this case is upload your new file on its own and then mark the old one for deletion after you've replaced the links on the pages themselves. You can do this by typing <nowiki>{{delete|replaced}}</nowiki> on top of the file page summary. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 14:41, 9 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== e-mail for password reset ==<br />
Did you send the e-mail to *REDACTED*? [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5|2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5]] 01:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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I have looked into it, the account in question has already been used before, and i'm NOT that vandal who used that name, is it ok if i change the username instead? [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5|2600:1700:DD0:1480:7D81:CF:E202:EDA5]] 01:43, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:In that case, you should just request a new account entirely, since the one you are currently using has no history or contributions. Also, please take care not to publicly post emails in talk pages. I'm sure this case isn't too big a deal, but it's not something you should generally do. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:19, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Ok thank you so much buddy, I know there's a thing against having multiple accounts that's why I had asked if that was ok for a new account request. It does actually explain that the password was coming up as wrong. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:DD0:1480:459:F172:A27A:BC60|2600:1700:DD0:1480:459:F172:A27A:BC60]] 12:25, 20 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== A thankyou note from 2600:1700:DD0:1480:459:F172:A27A:BC60 ==<br />
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Hi Samwell, I wanted to thank you for your help from the other day, my first choice of username actually was just random chance as I call it. I have learned in life that there are no coincidental circumstances due to me having medications to help a little mental disability that I'd rather keep private for now, and so I call them random chances in life instead (an IRL style of RNG) so... Thank you so much for the help, I'll try to be the best I can be for my job as a user for the site. As I always say for my channel on YouTube as a closure, live long and prosper buddy! {{unsigned|Dehumanizer1998}}<br />
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== How to make a sandbox? ==<br />
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Hi samwell! I am sorta new here, and i am just here asking, how do you make a personal sandbox page? Thanks a lot, —[[User:SpeedOfKirb38000|SpeedOfKirb38000]] ([[User talk:SpeedOfKirb38000|talk]]) 13:55, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Hello! I'm not Samwell, but all you need to do to create a sandbox is by following this link: [[User:SpeedOfKirb38000/Sandbox]]. Then you can put whatever you like in there as long as it follows our rules, though it would be good if you could try editing some more mainspace articiles if you know how to do that. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 14:14, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Thats exactly what im trying to do! Im testing adding a glitch i found in [[Kirby and The Amazing Mirror]] and im testing a area for it, thanks for the help! [[User:SpeedOfKirb38000|SpeedOfKirb38000]] ([[User talk:SpeedOfKirb38000|talk]]) 14:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Alrighty! Oh and, I was wondering. Do you use Discord? We have a server where you can reach us staff members more quickly and communicate with other Kirby fans. Would you be interested in that? -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 14:27, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry, i dont, i tryed to use it once but my wifi just lagged out so i cant get is [[User:SpeedOfKirb38000|SpeedOfKirb38000]] ([[User talk:SpeedOfKirb38000|talk]]) 15:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::That's okay! Thanks for being interested in the wiki still. Feel free to message me, Samwell, or another staff member on our talk pages if you need anything. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 15:31, 31 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== An issue with a FP nomination I made ==<br />
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Hi, Sam. I've made [[WiKirby:Featured Picture Nomination/Occasional#Easter|an occasional picture nomination]] but it seems to have flown under the radar. There's also an issue [[User:MetaDragon]] brought up, and that is that it's not marked as Good, which is something that I forgot is a requirement. That considered, I thought what restricts me from marking it Good right away, because I see no issues with the image. At the standard featured picture thumb-size of 300px it looks high-quality enough to feature it. In comparison, [[:File:E27 Scene 27.png|this one]] was and ended up being featured. Admitedly, you abstained and I voted for it, and it's lower in quality than the one I'm trying to feature for Easter. So if you don't object, I'd like to mark it as good and invite you to vote on it regardless of decision. {{User:Vipz/sig}} 10:41, 14 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I hadn't marked it as Good because it was not the proper resolution. I've gone ahead and uploaded a new version that fits the guidelines, so now it should be good for featuring. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==❤ Happy Second, Sam! ❤==<br />
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Thank you so much for everything so far. I'm so happy to have met you. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 04:23, 7 July 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks in turn for sticking around for two years to warm this old fool's heart. ❤ --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 04:24, 7 July 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Hiding an IP ==<br />
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Hello, I'm not sure the best place to ask this nor who would be best to ask, but I wanted to know if it would be possible to hide an IP on an edit that I made recently. I was making an edit and left it for the next day, which resulted in me being logged out for being inactive for so long and causing the edit to go through as an IP. Under normal circumstances I'd just brush it off and not care, but since the edit contains a link that points to another account of mine I'd prefer if people couldn't see the IP and associate it with me. [[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 23:53, 4 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I could manually hide the edit in question, though that will probably require me to resubmit the edit myself. Which edit is this? --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:35, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::I thought hiding the IP on that specific edit would be possible, I think I've seen it happen on ssbwiki before (namely for vulgar/personal attack names). Regardless of how it happens, it is the most recent edit on [[Glitches in Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]. [[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 00:40, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I've gone ahead and hidden the username on that edit. I actually have never had to do that before, so it was a bit of a learning experience for me. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:43, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Thanks! I've ticked the "stay logged in" box now so hopefully this is the only time I need to ask this. I imagine you'll rarely have to use that feature since you all require usernames to be requested and troublesome ones will get handled then. Hope you have a nice day. [[User:CanvasK|CanvasK]] ([[User talk:CanvasK|talk]]) 00:49, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::Aye, glad to be of help. I will also mention that, since you've had your account for a while, you really only need to make one more edit before you don't need to go through moderation anymore. It could be as simple as fixing a spelling or grammar error. :P --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 00:52, 5 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Hi its me again ==<br />
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Hi so i didn't get a conformation email and its not in my spam folder is there anywhere else I can find it? I hope you see this!-Kirbyiscool120<br />
:Okay, so I can see your account on hold in the system, as well as the associated email. What I'd like you to do is come onto Discord and send me a private message so we can manually confirm that the email listed there is the one you want associated with the account. Once you've logged onto Discord and joined our server, go ahead and send me a private message and I'll get back to you when I can. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:47, 16 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
ok thanks {{unsigned|136.228.217.68}}<br />
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== Is this how you get a name change, by posting on a bureaucrat's talk page? ==<br />
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I decided to change my username from "Kirby Air Ride" to "Yoshi's Island" but I felt like I'm too new of an user to request name changes yet so this will be denied and I also am not sure how to request one.<br />
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[[User:Kirby Air Ride|Kirby Air Ride]] ([[User talk:Kirby Air Ride|talk]]) 21:45, 22 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Well, you happened to come to the right place and to the right person. It's not that big a deal for me to change your name. That said, I should ask if you are sure before we proceed. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 22:14, 22 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Yes, I am sure. Thank you. [[User:Kirby Air Ride|Kirby Air Ride]] ([[User talk:Kirby Air Ride|talk]]) 22:35, 22 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Why my edits have been this way ==<br />
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On the [[Kirby's Dream Buffet]] page, it said "A physical version released in South Korea on September 15th, 2022, but like with Kirby Fighters 2, it is not a cartridge but simply a download code inside a box." and i thought that it's inaccurate to say a physical edition exists if it's not a cartridge.<br />
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Other edits I figured the info isn't notable enough (such as the first game to have blue and green Kirby as selectable colors) and for the [[Color]]s page in the Kirby 64 section, I thought there's no need to say "This can also be done for the other playable characters in the group" when you cxould just completely reword it.<br />
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Also, would it be ok to have images in your signature?<br />
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[[User:Yoshi&#39;s Island|Yoshi&#39;s Island]] ([[User talk:Yoshi&#39;s Island|talk]]) 19:00, 29 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I'm not Samwell, but I can answer for him. For the first part, it's not inaccurate to call that a physical version since it still comes in a physical box; that's why it's phrased that way. For the second part, I personally agree that the new wording is better. For your last question, you can include images in your signature as long as they're small and unintrusive. 20 pixels tall should be your maximum. [[User:StarPunch|StarPunch]] ([[User talk:StarPunch|talk]]) 23:38, 29 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
::We've actually had a [[WiKirby:Proposals/Failed_Archive#Images in custom sigs (May 24, 2020- June 28, 2020)|failed proposal]] on images in custom signatures, but that was over two years ago. This could be reconsidered, of course. {{User:Vipz/sig}} 08:55, 30 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==<3==<br />
these are for you, one for every day of the week, because there'll never be a day you don't deserve to be loved:<br><br />
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤<br />
<br>-- {{User:Jellytost♡/sig}} 21:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Stay strong over there, dearest Jelly. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 01:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Question from MarioKirbyGamer ==<br />
Can you vote yourself for things (e.g. editor-in-chief)? [[User:MarioKirbyGamer]]<br />
:Hello. To answer, only Administrators+ may be considered for the Editor-in-Chief position. Generally speaking, advancement in rank on WiKirby requires the approval of existing staff members, and asking for "promotion" is generally discouraged. Also, when you ask a new question on talk pages, please create a new section at the bottom of the page and sign it using four tildes ('''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'''). --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:17, 2 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
::thanks[[User:MarioKirbyGamer|MarioKirbyGamer]] ([[User talk:MarioKirbyGamer|talk]]) 20:06, 2 December 2022 (UTC)MarioKirbyGamer<br />
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== Another question from MarioKirbyGamer ==<br />
For the wiki on [[cart]] , wouldn't [[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]] be part of it, because in some levels kirby rides a cart, and needs to jump over obstacles, just curious about if there was a reason for that. [[User:MarioKirbyGamer|MarioKirbyGamer]] ([[User talk:MarioKirbyGamer|talk]]) 20:17, 2 December 2022 (UTC)MarioKirbyGamer<br />
:The Cart page is specifically about the object as it appears in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', not mine carts in general. Information about the mine cart rides in ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'' can be found in the appropriate stage pages. In future, it might be better to ask questions about specific articles in their talk pages, rather than coming to my page specifically. My talk page is more for asking general questions about the wiki, not specific articles. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 20:22, 2 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:ok [[User:MarioKirbyGamer|MarioKirbyGamer]] ([[User talk:MarioKirbyGamer|talk]]) 20:24, 2 December 2022 (UTC)MarioKirbyGamer<br />
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=="Please do not edit their talk page because they won't notice it."==<br />
I actually still receive email notifications for edits to my talk page and respond there (I got an email when that notice was added, lol). Inactive notice is fine but I still want people to feel free to ask questions about old site things etc. that I might know, so maybe something could be done with the second part of the notice - Rephrase? Remove? Made changeable via template parameter?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=303094User talk:Vellidragon2022-01-21T05:28:27Z<p>Vellidragon: /* About Skype */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==?==<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ '''WiKirby:User Accounts''' does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per '''Help:Personal Images''' and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's '''inter-wiki policy''' I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:KRtDL Kirby Dash Artwork.png|File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of '''File:Magolors_soul.png''', '''File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg''', '''File:Landia.jpg''' and '''File:Magolor_Boss.jpg'''; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the '''File:Magolors_soul.png''' may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as '''Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror''', '''Red Reds''' and '''Mario Air Ride'''. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our '''style guide''' in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ('''File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG''' and '''File:Cook Kirby.PNG'''). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
::The skin has been installed in place of Monobook. You can activate it by going to your preferences. Let us know what you think. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Have you looked at the skin yet? I'd like to know what you think of it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Oh, I don't think I got an email about the message from May. It looks really cool! The "Go" and "Search" buttons should turn the cursor into a finger though like on the classic skin. They're not giving any visual feedback that they're clickable right now.---[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ah. I could do some poking to see if that can be fixed. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:47, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Two months late, but the cursor thing has been fixed. :) [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 00:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Inactive notice ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I don't know if you will receive this message, but I feel obligated to send it out anyway. Given that your last action on the wiki was on the 4th of June, I suspect you are well and truly done with WiKirby. As such, it is my intention to move you formally into the inactive staff category. Keep in mind that at any time, even after this change is enacted, you will be allowed to return to your rank(s) as they are defined at the time of this writing if you wish it so. If I receive no word back from you on this page, you will be moved to former staff on January 1st, 2020.<br />
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I suspect that, based on how things have gone, this will be my last message to you. I don't know why you chose to leave, but I hope you are doing well. I have WiKirby well in hand at this point, and it is my intention to continue to watch over it, and help guide it on its continued growth and success. Based on the current level of activity, we should be well on our way to filling in the remaining gaps in the wiki's knowledge base by the end of next year, and a 4000 article milestone should not be unreasonable to meet by then as well. To be honest with you, I had always wanted to become something akin to the Editor-in-Chief here, but I had hoped it would have been with your assent, rather than your absence.<br />
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At any rate, I have spoken for long enough. To reiterate, I will move you to inactive staff on January 1st, 2020 unless you want to return to WiKirby, or you wish me to move you sooner. I will keep watch for a response until then. Best wishes. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:43, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:Hi, I never left, I just assume everything is fine if I'm not getting notifications from my talk page. That said, I got no email from this message and I don't know what's up with that. Is there anything else I haven't addressed?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Then I assume you're aware of every major thing that's happened on the wiki since we last spoke? Tacopill initially gave me the impression that we called for a new Editor-in-Chief election because he couldn't reach you. That said, I'm not surprised you didn't get an email notification for the last set of messages on your talk page, since the mechanism responsible for sending those has been broken for a while. Hopefully that is something we will have fixed next year.<br />
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::That said, even if you have been here this whole time, you haven't been active at all, and the rest of us had truly believed you were gone. As such, it still may be appropriate for you to move to former staff until such a time that you want to be involved with the wiki again. As I said, I have the wiki well-in-hand at this point, so it's not necessary for you to continue keeping watch if you don't want to. Let me know what you would like in that regard. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:51, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:::I believe the purpose of the activity status is to let people know who they can contact if they need staff assistance, and I'm still available for that. I don't know where the impression comes from that I can't be reached because I generally check everything that I get an email about, I just rely on people to bring things to my attention. If no one's involving me in anything, there's not much for me to do since the site has patrollers/mods/tech people who are able to take care of essential tasks without me and contributor who know more than I about recent games. Is there something people want me to do? I'm always on standby, but I'd need to know what people want of me to become involved.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:10, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Alright then. If you still believe you will be available, then I can return you to active status. It would put us all at ease if you dropped on by the wiki every now and then to comment on things though, just so we know you are still interested in the community. I don't know if you are still opposed to using Discord, but that is also available for you to join. We have over 100 people there, and a lot of wiki discussion happens there too. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 01:12, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding old file sources ==<br />
Greetings, Vellidragon. I'm contacting you because right now we are reformatting all the file pages, and we are unsure if the sprites and screenshots uploaded by you, Moydow, and other prominent pre-2015 members were self-captures or taken from another source. We want to make sure that as many of our files as possible are properly sourced, so if you could impart us with some knowledge on these old files, that would be most helpful. Thanks in advance. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:All my sprite and screenshot uploads are self-captured, if not stated otherwise (I don't actually think there are any that state otherwise, but it's been ages, so just in case).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:07, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding the old WiKirby favicon ==<br />
Greetings. Just out of curiosity, do you happen to know who made the original WiKirby favicon ([[:File:Old WiKirby Favicon.png|this guy here]])? Mainly asking for historical purposes and to get it off the files lacking sources list. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:53, 18 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Hi, I don't know, sorry! The favicon was already in place when I found out about WiKirby, along with the original skin (the blue one). Maybe whoever made that skin would know?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:32, 19 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Alright. Thanks for getting back to me. I'll probably go ask tacopill next, then. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 04:39, 19 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==About Skype==<br />
Hello, Velli! We've been trying to find the creator of the old WiKirby logo so we have a source for the image, but we can't find much of anything. The only thing we can think of at this point is if this was mentioned in the old Skype chat logs you guys were in in the past, and from what we can tell, you're one of the only people around who still might have access to that--if the place even still exists, of course. Would you mind taking a look in there sometime if possible?<br>Oh and, if you don't have time to search around, I would be willing to do so if you gave me access to the place. -- {{User:MetaDragon/sig}} 05:11, 21 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Hi, I don't know if I would be able to access the Skype room, but I'm pretty certain that chat history on Skype is only visible from the point that someone joins a room, so I wouldn't be able to see anything from before my time either way. Like I said, the icon was already in place when I found the site, so it wouldn't be in my logs. Sorry! :( --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 05:28, 21 January 2022 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=284731User talk:Vellidragon2021-12-19T00:32:45Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Regarding the old WiKirby favicon */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ '''WiKirby:User Accounts''' does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per '''Help:Personal Images''' and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's '''inter-wiki policy''' I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of '''File:Magolors_soul.png''', '''File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg''', '''File:Landia.jpg''' and '''File:Magolor_Boss.jpg'''; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the '''File:Magolors_soul.png''' may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as '''Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror''', '''Red Reds''' and '''Mario Air Ride'''. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our '''style guide''' in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ('''File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG''' and '''File:Cook Kirby.PNG'''). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
::The skin has been installed in place of Monobook. You can activate it by going to your preferences. Let us know what you think. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Have you looked at the skin yet? I'd like to know what you think of it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Oh, I don't think I got an email about the message from May. It looks really cool! The "Go" and "Search" buttons should turn the cursor into a finger though like on the classic skin. They're not giving any visual feedback that they're clickable right now.---[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ah. I could do some poking to see if that can be fixed. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:47, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Two months late, but the cursor thing has been fixed. :) [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 00:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Inactive notice ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I don't know if you will receive this message, but I feel obligated to send it out anyway. Given that your last action on the wiki was on the 4th of June, I suspect you are well and truly done with WiKirby. As such, it is my intention to move you formally into the inactive staff category. Keep in mind that at any time, even after this change is enacted, you will be allowed to return to your rank(s) as they are defined at the time of this writing if you wish it so. If I receive no word back from you on this page, you will be moved to former staff on January 1st, 2020.<br />
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I suspect that, based on how things have gone, this will be my last message to you. I don't know why you chose to leave, but I hope you are doing well. I have WiKirby well in hand at this point, and it is my intention to continue to watch over it, and help guide it on its continued growth and success. Based on the current level of activity, we should be well on our way to filling in the remaining gaps in the wiki's knowledge base by the end of next year, and a 4000 article milestone should not be unreasonable to meet by then as well. To be honest with you, I had always wanted to become something akin to the Editor-in-Chief here, but I had hoped it would have been with your assent, rather than your absence.<br />
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At any rate, I have spoken for long enough. To reiterate, I will move you to inactive staff on January 1st, 2020 unless you want to return to WiKirby, or you wish me to move you sooner. I will keep watch for a response until then. Best wishes. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:43, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:Hi, I never left, I just assume everything is fine if I'm not getting notifications from my talk page. That said, I got no email from this message and I don't know what's up with that. Is there anything else I haven't addressed?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Then I assume you're aware of every major thing that's happened on the wiki since we last spoke? Tacopill initially gave me the impression that we called for a new Editor-in-Chief election because he couldn't reach you. That said, I'm not surprised you didn't get an email notification for the last set of messages on your talk page, since the mechanism responsible for sending those has been broken for a while. Hopefully that is something we will have fixed next year.<br />
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::That said, even if you have been here this whole time, you haven't been active at all, and the rest of us had truly believed you were gone. As such, it still may be appropriate for you to move to former staff until such a time that you want to be involved with the wiki again. As I said, I have the wiki well-in-hand at this point, so it's not necessary for you to continue keeping watch if you don't want to. Let me know what you would like in that regard. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:51, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:::I believe the purpose of the activity status is to let people know who they can contact if they need staff assistance, and I'm still available for that. I don't know where the impression comes from that I can't be reached because I generally check everything that I get an email about, I just rely on people to bring things to my attention. If no one's involving me in anything, there's not much for me to do since the site has patrollers/mods/tech people who are able to take care of essential tasks without me and contributor who know more than I about recent games. Is there something people want me to do? I'm always on standby, but I'd need to know what people want of me to become involved.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:10, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Alright then. If you still believe you will be available, then I can return you to active status. It would put us all at ease if you dropped on by the wiki every now and then to comment on things though, just so we know you are still interested in the community. I don't know if you are still opposed to using Discord, but that is also available for you to join. We have over 100 people there, and a lot of wiki discussion happens there too. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 01:12, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding old file sources ==<br />
Greetings, Vellidragon. I'm contacting you because right now we are reformatting all the file pages, and we are unsure if the sprites and screenshots uploaded by you, Moydow, and other prominent pre-2015 members were self-captures or taken from another source. We want to make sure that as many of our files as possible are properly sourced, so if you could impart us with some knowledge on these old files, that would be most helpful. Thanks in advance. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:All my sprite and screenshot uploads are self-captured, if not stated otherwise (I don't actually think there are any that state otherwise, but it's been ages, so just in case).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:07, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding the old WiKirby favicon ==<br />
Greetings. Just out of curiosity, do you happen to know who made the original WiKirby favicon ([[:File:Old WiKirby Favicon.png|this guy here]])? Mainly asking for historical purposes and to get it off the files lacking sources list. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:53, 18 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Hi, I don't know, sorry! The favicon was already in place when I found out about WiKirby, along with the original skin (the blue one). Maybe whoever made that skin would know?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:32, 19 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=File_talk:KMA_Stactus_artwork_2.png&diff=274700File talk:KMA Stactus artwork 2.png2021-12-07T23:39:27Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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<div>==Feet==<br />
Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the feet? As far as I'm aware, the enemy has no feet in the game, so the fact that there is art of it with feet seems rather odd to me.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I looked around a bit, and from what I can tell, this feet-sporting version comes from a press kit, and is not used as the final version of the artwork. The original version of this file without feet likely comes from the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, but someone will have to go recapture that, since the original version we had came from FANDOM, which never sources its files, so we can't be sure. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Sounds like it could be an earlier design. The version without feet should probably be the main image for the enemy, and this press kit art can be placed elsewhere with context of where it came from. The small image seems sourced from the same one I uploaded way back when I made the original Kakusan article, but it looks like both that uploaded image and article are gone (they were probably lost in one of the many database losses the site was suffering back then). Given that I had it, the scan probably came from Rainbow Resort (we never took images from the wikia as a rule).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:46, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::I second that the thing in-game has no feet. I saw an upload of the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, and the feet-less version ''is'' there, as Samwell suggested, on page 109. The upload is [https://imgur.com/a/OwoS4 here], and the page itself [https://i.imgur.com/07jdRLN.jpeg here]. I know that that scan isn't in the best quality if we want to grab a scan of the book as the source, but that at least confirms us that a feet-less version of the artwork officially exist, and that said version is the definitive one, because if the one with feets were the definitive one, HAL would have used that version in that book instead. Maybe Kirby Wiki did grab that image from a scan of that book directly.<br />
:::I haven't encountered a press kit of that game, so if it exist, it isn't so available to the public. [http://www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/pictures/ Kirby's Rainbow Resort page about images of games] lacks a ''Mass Attack'' section, so I doubt that they have a version of that artwork there. Though maybe they did once, but was deleted, so I will check with the Wayback Machine later, in any case. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 00:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::That's weird. I really don't remember where I cropped it from, I can only tell by looking that it must be from the same scan as the original upload here, just edited a bit differently. [https://lanschilandia.com/chickenbagpipes/KMAArtKakusancrush.png My file] is from January 2012, so it's definitely not from the anniversary art book... It was probably a manual scan, but I can't find a source image anywhere on my harddrive.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:38, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::Well, if it was a manual scan, it would not have been the European manual, since that one does not have artwork of Stactus in it. I checked the archived websites for both Japan and North America as well, and didn't see it there either. It could be in either the Japanese or NA Manuals, but I can't find either of those on the internets. I suppose we could just use the piece of artwork you have and mark it as needing a source, which we can find later. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:47, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::So, [[Kirby Mass Attack#External links|our page]] of ''Mass Attack'' have a link to the European version of the manual, and I have physically the American version of it. I checked both, and in neither is a artwork of the Stactus, basically it is impossible to know that the Stactus even exist by just seeing the manual (quick note: the pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 18 and 19 of both manuals are a bit different, while the pages 6 to 17 are essentially identical, though the European version has more space, it probably is thanks to it being in PDF).<br> The point is that neither version of that artwork can be gathered from the English manuals, as it isn't there. I haven't checked the Japanese version because I can't find a scan of it online, so for starters, do you, Vellidragon, remember even checking the Japanese manual ever? If you never did, then the manuals are out.<br />
::::::Samwell said that the original no-feet version comes from Kirby Wiki (FANDOM) which is [https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/File:KMA_Green.png this one], and they also have the [https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/File:KMA_Stactus_artwork_transparent.png yes-feet version] by the way. In the comments of the feet-censored one, the uploader says that it is a "Screen captures off official site". So, let's check every official webpage of the game then :P<br> And other thing, the Kirby Wiki feetn't one was uploaded ''before'' Vellidragon's version, and the Kirby Wiki feet one was also uploaded before ours, but it is also ''smaller'' than ours. So [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] should have had a very obscure source to upload a version bigger than the one there. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 03:17, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Not sure, but I do remember that I cropped it from something that was more than just the Kakusan itself (and I most definitely didn't get it from the wikia). I'm currently thinking it was probably cut out from a screenshot of the game's official (Japanese?) website, which would be in line with the source given for the wikia image. Unfortunately, it was made in Flash and I don't know how to access it to confirm, if it's possible at all.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:03, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Just when talking yesterday about this on [[WiKirby:Discord|Discord]], [[User:SaviroZenu|SaviroZenu]] found a scan of the Japanese manual, which Samwell linked in our ''Mass Attack'' page, and that manual is the same as the others, so that artwork isn't there. About the website, our ''Mass Attack'' page has a link to [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/tadj/index.html this one], and that Japanese website does not have that artwork either. So is there ''another'' official Japanese website aside from that one? -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 21:26, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::How are you viewing the website?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:49, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::EDIT: The image comes from the '''Flash''' version of the website, which can no longer be opened in a browser under normal circumstances. I was able to download the main.swf from the archived site and run it offline in the Flash Player debugger. The website had a feature where pictures of enemies sometimes appear and you could click them to see a larger version of the art and some info. [https://lanschilandia.com/chickenbagpipes/KMAKakusan.png Here is the infobox pop-up for the Kakusan,] which I'm very sure is the source of the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:39, 7 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=File_talk:KMA_Stactus_artwork_2.png&diff=274696File talk:KMA Stactus artwork 2.png2021-12-07T22:49:29Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Feet */</p>
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<div>==Feet==<br />
Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the feet? As far as I'm aware, the enemy has no feet in the game, so the fact that there is art of it with feet seems rather odd to me.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I looked around a bit, and from what I can tell, this feet-sporting version comes from a press kit, and is not used as the final version of the artwork. The original version of this file without feet likely comes from the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, but someone will have to go recapture that, since the original version we had came from FANDOM, which never sources its files, so we can't be sure. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Sounds like it could be an earlier design. The version without feet should probably be the main image for the enemy, and this press kit art can be placed elsewhere with context of where it came from. The small image seems sourced from the same one I uploaded way back when I made the original Kakusan article, but it looks like both that uploaded image and article are gone (they were probably lost in one of the many database losses the site was suffering back then). Given that I had it, the scan probably came from Rainbow Resort (we never took images from the wikia as a rule).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:46, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::I second that the thing in-game has no feet. I saw an upload of the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, and the feet-less version ''is'' there, as Samwell suggested, on page 109. The upload is [https://imgur.com/a/OwoS4 here], and the page itself [https://i.imgur.com/07jdRLN.jpeg here]. I know that that scan isn't in the best quality if we want to grab a scan of the book as the source, but that at least confirms us that a feet-less version of the artwork officially exist, and that said version is the definitive one, because if the one with feets were the definitive one, HAL would have used that version in that book instead. Maybe Kirby Wiki did grab that image from a scan of that book directly.<br />
:::I haven't encountered a press kit of that game, so if it exist, it isn't so available to the public. [http://www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/pictures/ Kirby's Rainbow Resort page about images of games] lacks a ''Mass Attack'' section, so I doubt that they have a version of that artwork there. Though maybe they did once, but was deleted, so I will check with the Wayback Machine later, in any case. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 00:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::That's weird. I really don't remember where I cropped it from, I can only tell by looking that it must be from the same scan as the original upload here, just edited a bit differently. [https://lanschilandia.com/chickenbagpipes/KMAArtKakusancrush.png My file] is from January 2012, so it's definitely not from the anniversary art book... It was probably a manual scan, but I can't find a source image anywhere on my harddrive.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:38, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::Well, if it was a manual scan, it would not have been the European manual, since that one does not have artwork of Stactus in it. I checked the archived websites for both Japan and North America as well, and didn't see it there either. It could be in either the Japanese or NA Manuals, but I can't find either of those on the internets. I suppose we could just use the piece of artwork you have and mark it as needing a source, which we can find later. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:47, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::So, [[Kirby Mass Attack#External links|our page]] of ''Mass Attack'' have a link to the European version of the manual, and I have physically the American version of it. I checked both, and in neither is a artwork of the Stactus, basically it is impossible to know that the Stactus even exist by just seeing the manual (quick note: the pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 18 and 19 of both manuals are a bit different, while the pages 6 to 17 are essentially identical, though the European version has more space, it probably is thanks to it being in PDF).<br> The point is that neither version of that artwork can be gathered from the English manuals, as it isn't there. I haven't checked the Japanese version because I can't find a scan of it online, so for starters, do you, Vellidragon, remember even checking the Japanese manual ever? If you never did, then the manuals are out.<br />
::::::Samwell said that the original no-feet version comes from Kirby Wiki (FANDOM) which is [https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/File:KMA_Green.png this one], and they also have the [https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/File:KMA_Stactus_artwork_transparent.png yes-feet version] by the way. In the comments of the feet-censored one, the uploader says that it is a "Screen captures off official site". So, let's check every official webpage of the game then :P<br> And other thing, the Kirby Wiki feetn't one was uploaded ''before'' Vellidragon's version, and the Kirby Wiki feet one was also uploaded before ours, but it is also ''smaller'' than ours. So [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] should have had a very obscure source to upload a version bigger than the one there. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 03:17, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Not sure, but I do remember that I cropped it from something that was more than just the Kakusan itself (and I most definitely didn't get it from the wikia). I'm currently thinking it was probably cut out from a screenshot of the game's official (Japanese?) website, which would be in line with the source given for the wikia image. Unfortunately, it was made in Flash and I don't know how to access it to confirm, if it's possible at all.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:03, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Just when talking yesterday about this on [[WiKirby:Discord|Discord]], [[User:SaviroZenu|SaviroZenu]] found a scan of the Japanese manual, which Samwell linked in our ''Mass Attack'' page, and that manual is the same as the others, so that artwork isn't there. About the website, our ''Mass Attack'' page has a link to [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/tadj/index.html this one], and that Japanese website does not have that artwork either. So is there ''another'' official Japanese website aside from that one? -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 21:26, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::How are you viewing the website?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:49, 7 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=File_talk:KMA_Stactus_artwork_2.png&diff=274649File talk:KMA Stactus artwork 2.png2021-12-07T21:03:33Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Feet */</p>
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<div>==Feet==<br />
Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the feet? As far as I'm aware, the enemy has no feet in the game, so the fact that there is art of it with feet seems rather odd to me.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I looked around a bit, and from what I can tell, this feet-sporting version comes from a press kit, and is not used as the final version of the artwork. The original version of this file without feet likely comes from the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, but someone will have to go recapture that, since the original version we had came from FANDOM, which never sources its files, so we can't be sure. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Sounds like it could be an earlier design. The version without feet should probably be the main image for the enemy, and this press kit art can be placed elsewhere with context of where it came from. The small image seems sourced from the same one I uploaded way back when I made the original Kakusan article, but it looks like both that uploaded image and article are gone (they were probably lost in one of the many database losses the site was suffering back then). Given that I had it, the scan probably came from Rainbow Resort (we never took images from the wikia as a rule).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:46, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::I second that the thing in-game has no feet. I saw an upload of the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, and the feet-less version ''is'' there, as Samwell suggested, on page 109. The upload is [https://imgur.com/a/OwoS4 here], and the page itself [https://i.imgur.com/07jdRLN.jpeg here]. I know that that scan isn't in the best quality if we want to grab a scan of the book as the source, but that at least confirms us that a feet-less version of the artwork officially exist, and that said version is the definitive one, because if the one with feets were the definitive one, HAL would have used that version in that book instead. Maybe Kirby Wiki did grab that image from a scan of that book directly.<br />
:::I haven't encountered a press kit of that game, so if it exist, it isn't so available to the public. [http://www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/pictures/ Kirby's Rainbow Resort page about images of games] lacks a ''Mass Attack'' section, so I doubt that they have a version of that artwork there. Though maybe they did once, but was deleted, so I will check with the Wayback Machine later, in any case. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 00:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::That's weird. I really don't remember where I cropped it from, I can only tell by looking that it must be from the same scan as the original upload here, just edited a bit differently. [https://lanschilandia.com/chickenbagpipes/KMAArtKakusancrush.png My file] is from January 2012, so it's definitely not from the anniversary art book... It was probably a manual scan, but I can't find a source image anywhere on my harddrive.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:38, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::Well, if it was a manual scan, it would not have been the European manual, since that one does not have artwork of Stactus in it. I checked the archived websites for both Japan and North America as well, and didn't see it there either. It could be in either the Japanese or NA Manuals, but I can't find either of those on the internets. I suppose we could just use the piece of artwork you have and mark it as needing a source, which we can find later. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 02:47, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::So, [[Kirby Mass Attack#External links|our page]] of ''Mass Attack'' have a link to the European version of the manual, and I have physically the American version of it. I checked both, and in neither is a artwork of the Stactus, basically it is impossible to know that the Stactus even exist by just seeing the manual (quick note: the pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 18 and 19 of both manuals are a bit different, while the pages 6 to 17 are essentially identical, though the European version has more space, it probably is thanks to it being in PDF).<br> The point is that neither version of that artwork can be gathered from the English manuals, as it isn't there. I haven't checked the Japanese version because I can't find a scan of it online, so for starters, do you, Vellidragon, remember even checking the Japanese manual ever? If you never did, then the manuals are out.<br />
::::::Samwell said that the original no-feet version comes from Kirby Wiki (FANDOM) which is [https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/File:KMA_Green.png this one], and they also have the [https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/File:KMA_Stactus_artwork_transparent.png yes-feet version] by the way. In the comments of the feet-censored one, the uploader says that it is a "Screen captures off official site". So, let's check every official webpage of the game then :P<br> And other thing, the Kirby Wiki feetn't one was uploaded ''before'' Vellidragon's version, and the Kirby Wiki feet one was also uploaded before ours, but it is also ''smaller'' than ours. So [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] should have had a very obscure source to upload a version bigger than the one there. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 03:17, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Not sure, but I do remember that I cropped it from something that was more than just the Kakusan itself (and I most definitely didn't get it from the wikia). I'm currently thinking it was probably cut out from a screenshot of the game's official (Japanese?) website, which would be in line with the source given for the wikia image. Unfortunately, it was made in Flash and I don't know how to access it to confirm, if it's possible at all.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:03, 7 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=File_talk:KMA_Stactus_artwork_2.png&diff=274280File talk:KMA Stactus artwork 2.png2021-12-07T02:38:12Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Feet */</p>
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<div>==Feet==<br />
Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the feet? As far as I'm aware, the enemy has no feet in the game, so the fact that there is art of it with feet seems rather odd to me.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I looked around a bit, and from what I can tell, this feet-sporting version comes from a press kit, and is not used as the final version of the artwork. The original version of this file without feet likely comes from the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, but someone will have to go recapture that, since the original version we had came from FANDOM, which never sources its files, so we can't be sure. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Sounds like it could be an earlier design. The version without feet should probably be the main image for the enemy, and this press kit art can be placed elsewhere with context of where it came from. The small image seems sourced from the same one I uploaded way back when I made the original Kakusan article, but it looks like both that uploaded image and article are gone (they were probably lost in one of the many database losses the site was suffering back then). Given that I had it, the scan probably came from Rainbow Resort (we never took images from the wikia as a rule).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:46, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::I second that the thing in-game has no feet. I saw an upload of the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, and the feet-less version ''is'' there, as Samwell suggested, on page 109. The upload is [https://imgur.com/a/OwoS4 here], and the page itself [https://i.imgur.com/07jdRLN.jpeg here]. I know that that scan isn't in the best quality if we want to grab a scan of the book as the source, but that at least confirms us that a feet-less version of the artwork officially exist, and that said version is the definitive one, because if the one with feets were the definitive one, HAL would have used that version in that book instead. Maybe Kirby Wiki did grab that image from a scan of that book directly.<br />
:::I haven't encountered a press kit of that game, so if it exist, it isn't so available to the public. [http://www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/pictures/ Kirby's Rainbow Resort page about images of games] lacks a ''Mass Attack'' section, so I doubt that they have a version of that artwork there. Though maybe they did once, but was deleted, so I will check with the Wayback Machine later, in any case. -[[User:Kirbeat|Kirbeat]] ([[User talk:Kirbeat|talk]]) 00:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::That's weird. I really don't remember where I cropped it from, I can only tell by looking that it must be from the same scan as the original upload here, just edited a bit differently. [https://lanschilandia.com/chickenbagpipes/KMAArtKakusancrush.png My file] is from January 2012, so it's definitely not from the anniversary art book... It was probably a manual scan, but I can't find a source image anywhere on my harddrive.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:38, 7 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=File_talk:KMA_Stactus_artwork_2.png&diff=274273File talk:KMA Stactus artwork 2.png2021-12-06T23:46:43Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Feet */</p>
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<div>==Feet==<br />
Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the feet? As far as I'm aware, the enemy has no feet in the game, so the fact that there is art of it with feet seems rather odd to me.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I looked around a bit, and from what I can tell, this feet-sporting version comes from a press kit, and is not used as the final version of the artwork. The original version of this file without feet likely comes from the Japanese 20th anniversary artbook, but someone will have to go recapture that, since the original version we had came from FANDOM, which never sources its files, so we can't be sure. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 23:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Sounds like it could be an earlier design. The version without feet should probably be the main image for the enemy, and this press kit art can be placed elsewhere with context of where it came from. The small image seems sourced from the same one I uploaded way back when I made the original Kakusan article, but it looks like both that uploaded image and article are gone (they were probably lost in one of the many database losses the site was suffering back then). Given that I had it, the scan probably came from Rainbow Resort (we never took images from the wikia as a rule).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:46, 6 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=File_talk:KMA_Stactus_artwork_2.png&diff=274271File talk:KMA Stactus artwork 2.png2021-12-06T22:19:46Z<p>Vellidragon: Created page with "==Feet== Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the f..."</p>
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Why does the "larger" upload have feet, when the smaller image does not? Are these two separate versions of the artwork, or was the smaller one edited to remove the feet? As far as I'm aware, the enemy has no feet in the game, so the fact that there is art of it with feet seems rather odd to me.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=274270User talk:Vellidragon2021-12-06T22:07:07Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Regarding old file sources */</p>
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==?==<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ '''WiKirby:User Accounts''' does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per '''Help:Personal Images''' and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's '''inter-wiki policy''' I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of '''File:Magolors_soul.png''', '''File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg''', '''File:Landia.jpg''' and '''File:Magolor_Boss.jpg'''; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the '''File:Magolors_soul.png''' may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as '''Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror''', '''Red Reds''' and '''Mario Air Ride'''. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our '''style guide''' in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ('''File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG''' and '''File:Cook Kirby.PNG'''). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
::The skin has been installed in place of Monobook. You can activate it by going to your preferences. Let us know what you think. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Have you looked at the skin yet? I'd like to know what you think of it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Oh, I don't think I got an email about the message from May. It looks really cool! The "Go" and "Search" buttons should turn the cursor into a finger though like on the classic skin. They're not giving any visual feedback that they're clickable right now.---[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ah. I could do some poking to see if that can be fixed. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:47, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Two months late, but the cursor thing has been fixed. :) [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 00:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Inactive notice ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I don't know if you will receive this message, but I feel obligated to send it out anyway. Given that your last action on the wiki was on the 4th of June, I suspect you are well and truly done with WiKirby. As such, it is my intention to move you formally into the inactive staff category. Keep in mind that at any time, even after this change is enacted, you will be allowed to return to your rank(s) as they are defined at the time of this writing if you wish it so. If I receive no word back from you on this page, you will be moved to former staff on January 1st, 2020.<br />
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I suspect that, based on how things have gone, this will be my last message to you. I don't know why you chose to leave, but I hope you are doing well. I have WiKirby well in hand at this point, and it is my intention to continue to watch over it, and help guide it on its continued growth and success. Based on the current level of activity, we should be well on our way to filling in the remaining gaps in the wiki's knowledge base by the end of next year, and a 4000 article milestone should not be unreasonable to meet by then as well. To be honest with you, I had always wanted to become something akin to the Editor-in-Chief here, but I had hoped it would have been with your assent, rather than your absence.<br />
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At any rate, I have spoken for long enough. To reiterate, I will move you to inactive staff on January 1st, 2020 unless you want to return to WiKirby, or you wish me to move you sooner. I will keep watch for a response until then. Best wishes. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:43, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:Hi, I never left, I just assume everything is fine if I'm not getting notifications from my talk page. That said, I got no email from this message and I don't know what's up with that. Is there anything else I haven't addressed?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Then I assume you're aware of every major thing that's happened on the wiki since we last spoke? Tacopill initially gave me the impression that we called for a new Editor-in-Chief election because he couldn't reach you. That said, I'm not surprised you didn't get an email notification for the last set of messages on your talk page, since the mechanism responsible for sending those has been broken for a while. Hopefully that is something we will have fixed next year.<br />
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::That said, even if you have been here this whole time, you haven't been active at all, and the rest of us had truly believed you were gone. As such, it still may be appropriate for you to move to former staff until such a time that you want to be involved with the wiki again. As I said, I have the wiki well-in-hand at this point, so it's not necessary for you to continue keeping watch if you don't want to. Let me know what you would like in that regard. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:51, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:::I believe the purpose of the activity status is to let people know who they can contact if they need staff assistance, and I'm still available for that. I don't know where the impression comes from that I can't be reached because I generally check everything that I get an email about, I just rely on people to bring things to my attention. If no one's involving me in anything, there's not much for me to do since the site has patrollers/mods/tech people who are able to take care of essential tasks without me and contributor who know more than I about recent games. Is there something people want me to do? I'm always on standby, but I'd need to know what people want of me to become involved.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:10, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Alright then. If you still believe you will be available, then I can return you to active status. It would put us all at ease if you dropped on by the wiki every now and then to comment on things though, just so we know you are still interested in the community. I don't know if you are still opposed to using Discord, but that is also available for you to join. We have over 100 people there, and a lot of wiki discussion happens there too. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 01:12, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding old file sources ==<br />
Greetings, Vellidragon. I'm contacting you because right now we are reformatting all the file pages, and we are unsure if the sprites and screenshots uploaded by you, Moydow, and other prominent pre-2015 members were self-captures or taken from another source. We want to make sure that as many of our files as possible are properly sourced, so if you could impart us with some knowledge on these old files, that would be most helpful. Thanks in advance. --[[User:Samwell|Samwell]] ([[User talk:Samwell|talk]]) 18:50, 6 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
:All my sprite and screenshot uploads are self-captured, if not stated otherwise (I don't actually think there are any that state otherwise, but it's been ages, so just in case).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:07, 6 December 2021 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Template:SeasonalHeader&diff=116246Template:SeasonalHeader2020-04-11T00:36:40Z<p>Vellidragon: Easter. Haven't done this in a while, hope this is how it works.</p>
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[[Category:Main Page Templates]]</noinclude></div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:RealMe&diff=109926Template talk:RealMe2020-01-29T15:52:46Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Removed? */</p>
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<div>== Delete ==<br />
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I find this template to be useful to absolutely no-one. All it does is display a username over "the player" when someone is logged in. Should we delete it? [[User:Toadette the Achiever|Toadette the Achiever]] ([[User talk:Toadette the Achiever|talk]]) 01:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
:We've had this question before. While it is true that the template has no real practical function, it is a quirk that we enjoy having. I won't blame you if you don't end up using it, but this is a template that is used extensively throughout the wiki, so deleting it would mean a lot of clean-up. Might as well leave it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:31, 20 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Yeah I still want this to be removed. It's unnecessary [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 20:53, 19 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Not sure what to do with you guys. If you honestly think the wiki would be better without it, we could ask Velli and maybe put it to a vote. I will still be electing to keep it though. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:56, 19 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Now that wiki might've gotten a few more editors around to start with, I think it'd be a considerable time for some kind of voting. Not too many votes to pick the ultimate decision based on, but in any way you're getting feedback with no pressure to hassly ''have'' it changed, and this isn't a core gimmick of the wiki. —[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 18:34, 11 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::I discussed this with Velli, and it is her wish that we keep this convention. It is a holdover from an early effort by Axiomist and others to personalize the wiki, so the template itself serves as a memorial to their early efforts. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:24, 11 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Removed?==<br />
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Why is this being reverted to "the player" now? I thought we were keeping it?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:48, 26 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:During the policy referendum, we agreed to stop using the template. It was only causing confusion for new editors. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:37, 26 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
::That's a shame. This sort of customisation was a big part of Ax's vision for the site. What is the pronoun version being replaced by? I believe the original dilemma that led to the templates being made was someone being passionate about not wanting to use the singular "they".--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:58, 29 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::As far as I can tell, the pronoun template was never in use to begin with. I don't know if it is still on the wiki at all. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:00, 29 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
::::It's [[Template:My]] and is still used a few times.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:52, 29 January 2020 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:RealMe&diff=109823Template talk:RealMe2020-01-29T02:58:01Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Removed? */</p>
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<div>== Delete ==<br />
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I find this template to be useful to absolutely no-one. All it does is display a username over "the player" when someone is logged in. Should we delete it? [[User:Toadette the Achiever|Toadette the Achiever]] ([[User talk:Toadette the Achiever|talk]]) 01:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
:We've had this question before. While it is true that the template has no real practical function, it is a quirk that we enjoy having. I won't blame you if you don't end up using it, but this is a template that is used extensively throughout the wiki, so deleting it would mean a lot of clean-up. Might as well leave it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:31, 20 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Yeah I still want this to be removed. It's unnecessary [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 20:53, 19 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Not sure what to do with you guys. If you honestly think the wiki would be better without it, we could ask Velli and maybe put it to a vote. I will still be electing to keep it though. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:56, 19 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Now that wiki might've gotten a few more editors around to start with, I think it'd be a considerable time for some kind of voting. Not too many votes to pick the ultimate decision based on, but in any way you're getting feedback with no pressure to hassly ''have'' it changed, and this isn't a core gimmick of the wiki. —[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 18:34, 11 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::I discussed this with Velli, and it is her wish that we keep this convention. It is a holdover from an early effort by Axiomist and others to personalize the wiki, so the template itself serves as a memorial to their early efforts. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:24, 11 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Removed?==<br />
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Why is this being reverted to "the player" now? I thought we were keeping it?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:48, 26 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
:During the policy referendum, we agreed to stop using the template. It was only causing confusion for new editors. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:37, 26 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
::That's a shame. This sort of customisation was a big part of Ax's vision for the site. What is the pronoun version being replaced by? I believe the original dilemma that led to the templates being made was someone being passionate about not wanting to use the singular "they".--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:58, 29 January 2020 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:RealMe&diff=109405Template talk:RealMe2020-01-26T01:48:18Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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<div>== Delete ==<br />
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I find this template to be useful to absolutely no-one. All it does is display a username over "the player" when someone is logged in. Should we delete it? [[User:Toadette the Achiever|Toadette the Achiever]] ([[User talk:Toadette the Achiever|talk]]) 01:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
:We've had this question before. While it is true that the template has no real practical function, it is a quirk that we enjoy having. I won't blame you if you don't end up using it, but this is a template that is used extensively throughout the wiki, so deleting it would mean a lot of clean-up. Might as well leave it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:31, 20 January 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Yeah I still want this to be removed. It's unnecessary [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 20:53, 19 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Not sure what to do with you guys. If you honestly think the wiki would be better without it, we could ask Velli and maybe put it to a vote. I will still be electing to keep it though. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:56, 19 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Now that wiki might've gotten a few more editors around to start with, I think it'd be a considerable time for some kind of voting. Not too many votes to pick the ultimate decision based on, but in any way you're getting feedback with no pressure to hassly ''have'' it changed, and this isn't a core gimmick of the wiki. —[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 18:34, 11 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::I discussed this with Velli, and it is her wish that we keep this convention. It is a holdover from an early effort by Axiomist and others to personalize the wiki, so the template itself serves as a memorial to their early efforts. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:24, 11 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Removed?==<br />
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Why is this being reverted to "the player" now? I thought we were keeping it?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:48, 26 January 2020 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Dream_Land&diff=109402Talk:Dream Land2020-01-26T01:44:16Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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<div>This is definitely going to be merged. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 17:13, 23 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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==New main image==<br />
So, I desperately want to change the main infobox image for this page to something not based around the anime, but I have been struggling to think of a good general image from the games to use for Dream Land, since, aside from ''Kirby Star Allies'', there's no definitive map of the place, and it's also difficult at times to tell what is and is not part of Dream Land in the games. Anyone got any ideas? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 13:38, 15 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Found an image. This section can be considered resolved. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 11:48, 23 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
::I like it, seems indicative enough of the general feel of the place, as far as there's any consistency in how things look in Kirby games.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:31, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Japanese name in lead==<br />
We don't normally have these in the article's lead since we have a dedicated section for names in other languages. Why was it added here?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:44, 26 January 2020 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Dream_Land&diff=105474Talk:Dream Land2019-12-02T00:31:45Z<p>Vellidragon: /* New main image */</p>
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<div>This is definitely going to be merged. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 17:13, 23 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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==New main image==<br />
So, I desperately want to change the main infobox image for this page to something not based around the anime, but I have been struggling to think of a good general image from the games to use for Dream Land, since, aside from ''Kirby Star Allies'', there's no definitive map of the place, and it's also difficult at times to tell what is and is not part of Dream Land in the games. Anyone got any ideas? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 13:38, 15 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Found an image. This section can be considered resolved. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 11:48, 23 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
::I like it, seems indicative enough of the general feel of the place, as far as there's any consistency in how things look in Kirby games.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:31, 2 December 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=WiKirby_talk:Image_resolution_referendum&diff=105473WiKirby talk:Image resolution referendum2019-12-02T00:23:35Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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<div>The following talk page should be used for voting on the Image resolution referendum and discussing it. Please remain civil at all times!<br />
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==Votes==<br />
#Option 1, Option 3, Option 2, Option 4 [[User:Iliekchez|iliekchez]] ([[User talk:Iliekchez|talk]]) 06:50, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 3, Option 2, Option 1, Option 4 --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 07:05, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 1, Option 3, Option 4 {{User:Pinkyoshifan/sig}} 01:05, 17 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 4, Option 3, Option 1 [[User:Scrooge200|Scrooge200]] ([[User talk:Scrooge200|talk]]) 20:53, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 3, Option 1, Option 4 -{{User:YoshiFlutterJump/sig}} 22:01, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 3, Option 4, Option 2, Option 1 -[[User:Alex95|Alex95]] ([[User talk:Alex95|talk]]) 22:52, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 3, Option 2, Option 1, Option 4 [[User:Osbuns|osbuns]] ([[User talk:Osbuns|talk]]) 22:59, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 3, Option 2, Option 4, Option 1 [[User:Gigi|Gigi]] ([[User talk:Gigi|talk]]) 23:04, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 3, Option 4, Option 1 [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 01:20, 11 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 3, Option 1, Option 4 [[User:JRJ007|JRJ007]] ([[User talk:JRJ007|talk]]) 02:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 4, Option 1, Option 3 [[User:TheSilverKnight]] ([[User talk:TheSilverKnight|talk]]) 07:57, 12 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 3, Option 2, Option 1, Option 4 [[User:Triwizchamp05|Triwizchamp05]] ([[User talk:Triwizchamp05|talk]]) 18:25, 13 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 1 [[User:Kirby201|Kirby201]] ([[User talk:Kirby201|talk]]) 12:48, 14 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2 —[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 09:20, 24 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 2, Option 3, Option 1, Option 4 {{User:Cowguy/sig}} 15:24, 30 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 4, Option 3, Option 2, Option 1 [[User:Waddledee10|Waddledee10]] 10:51 30 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
#Option 3, Option 4, Option 2, Option 1. [[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:23, 2 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Discussion==<br />
Just to clarify, since nobody has done this yet. You '''are''' allowed to pick less than all four options for your list. I.e. if you really only want one option, you can just list that option and it will be the only one that gets points. You are also allowed to change your vote at any time before the poll ends, so if you didn't know you could do that and want to change your vote accordingly, go right ahead. Just make sure you change the date of signing so people know you adjusted your vote. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 00:58, 14 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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In favor of Option 2 to screenshots of low native resolution (many older pixel-art based games), case-by-case basis. Also if upscaling reveals more intended details. Other than that, if we were to vote on screenshot qualities, obscure by itself or hard-to-get-by material always for lossless capture or best available condition, native or easily-revertable to native resolution modifications. —[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 09:40, 24 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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I'm generally not in favour of misrepresenting the games by way of digital image enhancement. Emulators commonly apply filters to make the graphics more pleasant to the eye on a high-resolution computer screen, which is not a display device that the games were created for. I'm particularly opposed to the practice for games that use pixel graphics. I would be okay with simple-resizing those if they absolutely need to be bigger, keeping the pixels intact.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:23, 2 December 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=105472User talk:Vellidragon2019-12-02T00:10:00Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Inactive notice */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ '''WiKirby:User Accounts''' does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per '''Help:Personal Images''' and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's '''inter-wiki policy''' I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of '''File:Magolors_soul.png''', '''File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg''', '''File:Landia.jpg''' and '''File:Magolor_Boss.jpg'''; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the '''File:Magolors_soul.png''' may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as '''Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror''', '''Red Reds''' and '''Mario Air Ride'''. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our '''style guide''' in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ('''File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG''' and '''File:Cook Kirby.PNG'''). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
::The skin has been installed in place of Monobook. You can activate it by going to your preferences. Let us know what you think. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Have you looked at the skin yet? I'd like to know what you think of it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Oh, I don't think I got an email about the message from May. It looks really cool! The "Go" and "Search" buttons should turn the cursor into a finger though like on the classic skin. They're not giving any visual feedback that they're clickable right now.---[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ah. I could do some poking to see if that can be fixed. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:47, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Two months late, but the cursor thing has been fixed. :) [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 00:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Inactive notice ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I don't know if you will receive this message, but I feel obligated to send it out anyway. Given that your last action on the wiki was on the 4th of June, I suspect you are well and truly done with WiKirby. As such, it is my intention to move you formally into the inactive staff category. Keep in mind that at any time, even after this change is enacted, you will be allowed to return to your rank(s) as they are defined at the time of this writing if you wish it so. If I receive no word back from you on this page, you will be moved to former staff on January 1st, 2020.<br />
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I suspect that, based on how things have gone, this will be my last message to you. I don't know why you chose to leave, but I hope you are doing well. I have WiKirby well in hand at this point, and it is my intention to continue to watch over it, and help guide it on its continued growth and success. Based on the current level of activity, we should be well on our way to filling in the remaining gaps in the wiki's knowledge base by the end of next year, and a 4000 article milestone should not be unreasonable to meet by then as well. To be honest with you, I had always wanted to become something akin to the Editor-in-Chief here, but I had hoped it would have been with your assent, rather than your absence.<br />
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At any rate, I have spoken for long enough. To reiterate, I will move you to inactive staff on January 1st, 2020 unless you want to return to WiKirby, or you wish me to move you sooner. I will keep watch for a response until then. Best wishes. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:43, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:Hi, I never left, I just assume everything is fine if I'm not getting notifications from my talk page. That said, I got no email from this message and I don't know what's up with that. Is there anything else I haven't addressed?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Then I assume you're aware of every major thing that's happened on the wiki since we last spoke? Tacopill initially gave me the impression that we called for a new Editor-in-Chief election because he couldn't reach you. That said, I'm not surprised you didn't get an email notification for the last set of messages on your talk page, since the mechanism responsible for sending those has been broken for a while. Hopefully that is something we will have fixed next year.<br />
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::That said, even if you have been here this whole time, you haven't been active at all, and the rest of us had truly believed you were gone. As such, it still may be appropriate for you to move to former staff until such a time that you want to be involved with the wiki again. As I said, I have the wiki well-in-hand at this point, so it's not necessary for you to continue keeping watch if you don't want to. Let me know what you would like in that regard. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:51, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:::I believe the purpose of the activity status is to let people know who they can contact if they need staff assistance, and I'm still available for that. I don't know where the impression comes from that I can't be reached because I generally check everything that I get an email about, I just rely on people to bring things to my attention. If no one's involving me in anything, there's not much for me to do since the site has patrollers/mods/tech people who are able to take care of essential tasks without me and contributor who know more than I about recent games. Is there something people want me to do? I'm always on standby, but I'd need to know what people want of me to become involved.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:10, 2 December 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=105468User talk:Vellidragon2019-12-01T19:37:23Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Inactive notice */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ '''WiKirby:User Accounts''' does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per '''Help:Personal Images''' and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's '''inter-wiki policy''' I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of '''File:Magolors_soul.png''', '''File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg''', '''File:Landia.jpg''' and '''File:Magolor_Boss.jpg'''; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the '''File:Magolors_soul.png''' may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as '''Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror''', '''Red Reds''' and '''Mario Air Ride'''. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our '''style guide''' in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ('''File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG''' and '''File:Cook Kirby.PNG'''). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
::The skin has been installed in place of Monobook. You can activate it by going to your preferences. Let us know what you think. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Have you looked at the skin yet? I'd like to know what you think of it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Oh, I don't think I got an email about the message from May. It looks really cool! The "Go" and "Search" buttons should turn the cursor into a finger though like on the classic skin. They're not giving any visual feedback that they're clickable right now.---[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ah. I could do some poking to see if that can be fixed. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:47, 4 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::::Two months late, but the cursor thing has been fixed. :) [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 00:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Inactive notice ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I don't know if you will receive this message, but I feel obligated to send it out anyway. Given that your last action on the wiki was on the 4th of June, I suspect you are well and truly done with WiKirby. As such, it is my intention to move you formally into the inactive staff category. Keep in mind that at any time, even after this change is enacted, you will be allowed to return to your rank(s) as they are defined at the time of this writing if you wish it so. If I receive no word back from you on this page, you will be moved to former staff on January 1st, 2020.<br />
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I suspect that, based on how things have gone, this will be my last message to you. I don't know why you chose to leave, but I hope you are doing well. I have WiKirby well in hand at this point, and it is my intention to continue to watch over it, and help guide it on its continued growth and success. Based on the current level of activity, we should be well on our way to filling in the remaining gaps in the wiki's knowledge base by the end of next year, and a 4000 article milestone should not be unreasonable to meet by then as well. To be honest with you, I had always wanted to become something akin to the Editor-in-Chief here, but I had hoped it would have been with your assent, rather than your absence.<br />
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At any rate, I have spoken for long enough. To reiterate, I will move you to inactive staff on January 1st, 2020 unless you want to return to WiKirby, or you wish me to move you sooner. I will keep watch for a response until then. Best wishes. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:43, 1 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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:Hi, I never left, I just assume everything is fine if I'm not getting notifications from my talk page. That said, I got no email from this message and I don't know what's up with that. Is there anything else I haven't addressed?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=78295User talk:Vellidragon2019-06-04T18:26:01Z<p>Vellidragon: /* New MonoBook Skin */</p>
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ [[WiKirby:User Accounts]] does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per [[Help:Personal Images]] and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's [[WiKirby:Inter-Wiki_Policy|inter-wiki policy]] I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]], [[:File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg]], [[:File:Landia.jpg]] and [[:File:Magolor_Boss.jpg]]; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]] may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
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:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as [[Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror]], [[Red Reds]] and [[Mario Air Ride]]. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our [[WiKirby:Quality Standards|style guide]] in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ([[:File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG]] and [[:File:Cook Kirby.PNG]]). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
::The skin has been installed in place of Monobook. You can activate it by going to your preferences. Let us know what you think. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)<br />
:::Have you looked at the skin yet? I'd like to know what you think of it. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
::::Oh, I don't think I got an email about the message from May. It looks really cool! The "Go" and "Search" buttons should turn the cursor into a finger though like on the classic skin. They're not giving any visual feedback that they're clickable right now.---[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=76794User talk:Vellidragon2019-05-07T23:53:23Z<p>Vellidragon: /* New MonoBook Skin */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
<br />
Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ [[WiKirby:User Accounts]] does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per [[Help:Personal Images]] and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's [[WiKirby:Inter-Wiki_Policy|inter-wiki policy]] I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]], [[:File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg]], [[:File:Landia.jpg]] and [[:File:Magolor_Boss.jpg]]; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]] may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as [[Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror]], [[Red Reds]] and [[Mario Air Ride]]. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our [[WiKirby:Quality Standards|style guide]] in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ([[:File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG]] and [[:File:Cook Kirby.PNG]]). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
:<br />
:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Patroller ==<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== New MonoBook Skin ==<br />
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There's a new monobook skin on the wiki that I designed you're interested in checking it. Personally I'd prefer it as the default skin (WiKirby Classic being a secondary via Special:Preferences). Do you like the skin? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, what do you mean? Where can I view the skin? Thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=70880MediaWiki:Common.css2019-03-09T02:49:21Z<p>Vellidragon: Hoping this works.</p>
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<div>/* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */<br />
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.wkfelt { background-color:#FFDEAD; background-image:url(/w/images/3/3f/WKfelt.png); }<br />
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.stars { background-color:#90EE90; background-image:url(/w/images/0/0e/BGStars.png); }<br />
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.wkyellow { background-color:#FAF191; background-image:url(/w/images/9/9d/BackYellow.png); }<br />
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.wkblue { background-color:#DFEAFE; background-image:url(/w/images/e/eb/BackBlue.png); }<br />
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.wkred { background-color:#E47575; background-image:url(/w/images/4/42/BackRed.png); }<br />
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.wkcork { background-color:#FAF191; background-image:url(/w/images/5/5a/BackCork.png); }<br />
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.wksky { background-color:#DFEAFE; background-image:url(/w/images/b/ba/BackSky.png); }<br />
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/* Coloured usernames for staff in the recent changes.<br />
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Vellidragon */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:Vellidragon"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:Vellidragon"], ul.special li a[title="User:Vellidragon"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:Vellidragon"], table.TablePager a[title="User:Vellidragon"], #content ul li a[title="User:Vellidragon"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:Vellidragon"], /*<br />
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FalcoLau */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:FalcoLau"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:FalcoLau"], ul.special li a[title="User:FalcoLau"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:FalcoLau"], table.TablePager a[title="User:FalcoLau"], #content ul li a[title="User:FalcoLau"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:FalcoLau"], /*<br />
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Fubaka */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:Fubaka"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:Fubaka"], ul.special li a[title="User:Fubaka"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:Fubaka"], table.TablePager a[title="User:Fubaka"], #content ul li a[title="User:Fubaka"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:Fubaka"], /*<br />
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T.c.w7468 */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], ul.special li a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], table.TablePager a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], #content ul li a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:T.c.w7468"], /*<br />
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Adam */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:Adam"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:Adam"], ul.special li a[title="User:Adam"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:Adam"], table.TablePager a[title="User:Adam"], #content ul li a[title="User:Adam"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:Adam"] { <br />
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color: #D76EA6; <br />
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} /* Patrollers<br />
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Raltseye */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:Raltseye"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:Raltseye"], ul.special li a[title="User:Raltseye"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:Raltseye"], table.TablePager a[title="User:Raltseye"], #content ul li a[title="User:Raltseye"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:Raltseye"], /*<br />
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Results May Vary */<br />
table.diff a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"], ul#pagehistory li a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"], ul.special li a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"], table.mw-enhanced-rc a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"], table.TablePager a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"], #content ul li a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"], div.gallerytext a[title="User:Results_May_Vary"] { <br />
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color: #B500F1; <br />
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}<br />
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/* Pink wikitable styling */<br />
table.wikitable {<br />
background: #fff;<br />
margin: 1em 0;<br />
border: 1pt solid #000;<br />
border-collapse: collapse;<br />
color: black<br />
}<br />
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table.wikitable > * > tr > td, table.wikitable > * > tr > th {<br />
border: 1pt solid #A92C3C;<br />
padding: 0.2em 0.4em;<br />
}<br />
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table.wikitable > * > tr > th {<br />
background: #F59C98;<br />
}<br />
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table.wikitable > * > tr:nth-child(odd) > td {<br />
background: #FACCC7;<br />
}<br />
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table.wikitable > * > tr:nth-child(even) > td {<br />
background:#FFD8D2;<br />
}</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Results_May_Vary&diff=70838User talk:Results May Vary2019-03-09T02:40:43Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Patroller */</p>
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<div>{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=Results May Vary}}<br />
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-- [[User:Kirbot|Kirbot]] ([[User talk:Kirbot|talk]]) 12:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Help me!==<br />
Hello! Why can't I create my user page? I have even confirmed my account via my email address. [[User:2Cute4U|2Cute4U]] ([[User talk:2Cute4U|talk]]) 17:30, 13 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:You'll have to wait one day and make at least 5 edits to existing pages in order to be able to create a page, including your userpage. That's what the [[Kirby Wiki|main page]] says if you look at the second block that also says "Welcome to WiKirby". --[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 17:37, 13 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Heya! You've been recommended for Patroller and I can tell you've been fairly active on the wiki. Would you be interested? No big responsibilities, just an easier way to rollback vandal edits and the ability to mark changes as patrolled so other staff know they don't need to check them anymore. Let me know what you think!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:51, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:I'd be interested, thanks. I check on the wiki somewhat frequently, and I played couple of Kirby games already. Thanks [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 03:54, 4 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Okay, welcome to the team! Sorry it took a while, I've been very busy during the week. Can't set your name colour right now, there seems to be a permission issue with the CSS. :s --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:40, 9 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== RE:Haiiii ==<br />
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Thanks. My upcoming project here is to create level articles on ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'', though not quite right this instant. [[User:Toadette the Achiever|Toadette the Achiever]] ([[User talk:Toadette the Achiever|talk]]) 00:24, 6 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:We do have a page for each level in the game already, though they are quite barebones at the moment. That said, it would be nice if we got articles on each stage in the game. I can assist with this task once you feel you are ready to begin. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 00:28, 6 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
::"Stages" was what I meant. (Man, are the ''Mario'' and ''Kirby'' nomenclatures inconsistent.) Yeah, thought I might create the enemy articles before I start the articles on stages. [[User:Toadette the Achiever|Toadette the Achiever]] ([[User talk:Toadette the Achiever|talk]]) 23:33, 6 March 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=WiKirby:Administrators&diff=70830WiKirby:Administrators2019-03-09T02:39:41Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Current Staff */ Adding Resutls May Vary, sorting by alphabet. I hope this is all still current.</p>
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'''Administrators''' are highly trusted editors of WiKirby. Alongside [[WiKirby:Patrol|patrollers]], they are the ones considered to be on the staff of the wiki, and as such, are only the most valuable editors. An administrator can be recogni{{z}}ed by their '''{{color|#D76EA6|pink}}''' user name, as well as a star (like the one seen to the left) in the upper right corner of their user page.<br />
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==Abilities of an administrator==<br />
*Protect/unprotect pages: They can lock a page from editing if it is the subject of controversy and edit wars, or if it repeatedly vandalized. Note that administrators do not protect user pages. Please do not ask for this unless your user page is repeatedly vandalized.<br />
*Delete/undelete pages: They have the ability to delete unnecessary or spammy pages. Pages are usually not deleted unless they have no relevance.<br />
*Move files: They are the only ones with the ability to move files. This is to prevent someone from changing a file's name and creating a great deal of red links.<br />
*Block/unblock users: If a user is deemed to be a vandal or is repeatedly creating conflicts and problems, an administrator can block the user to prevent him or her from editing. Most blocks are temporary and depend on the length of the offense.<br />
*Hide revisions of a page which are inappropriate: Sometimes, vandals insert swears into articles or create other problems that are inappropriate for viewing. Administrators have the ability to hide these revisions in the history of the page.<br />
*Change user rights: They have the ability to grant rights to other users and remove them. User rights changes are usually voted on, and asking for a promotion will only lower your chances of receiving one.<br />
*Edit software pages: They have the ability to edit the pages with the Mediawiki prefix. These pages are sensitive, as they contain software information. Thus, only the most trusted users are given this privilege.<br />
*Rollback vandalism or problem edits: Administrators can quickly revert all revisions of a page by a certain user to the last edit made by the previous user. This is usually only used in cases of vandalism.<br />
*Patrol edits: Wikis have a system of checking edits known as patrolling. Administrators have the ability (and responsibility) to patrol all edits to make sure that they are of passing quality. Administrators also have their own edits automatically marked as patrolled.<br />
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==Current Staff==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid pink; width:75%"<br />
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| [[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] <br />
| Bureaucrat and Administrator<br />
| Active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Results_May_Vary|Results May Vary]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Active<br />
|- <br />
| [[User:Tech Support|Tech Support]]<br />
| In-Training<br />
| Will be here soon<br />
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===Former Staff===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid pink; width:75%"<br />
! '''Name'''<br />
! '''Position'''<br />
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| [[User:Adam|Adam]]<br />
| Bureaucrat and Administrator<br />
| Inactive (formerly behind the scenes tech work)<br />
|- <br />
|[[User:Austin|Austin]]<br />
| Head Patroller<br />
| Inactive<br />
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| [[user:Axiomist|Axiomist]]<br />
| Bureaucrat and Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
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| [[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]]<br />
| Ambassador of Mario Wiki<br />
| Inactive<br />
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| [[User:Cipriano 119|Cipriano 119]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
|[[User:Remino52|Remino52]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[user:Edofenrir|Edofenrir]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Steve|Steve]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|}</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Results_May_Vary&diff=69800User talk:Results May Vary2019-03-04T03:51:35Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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-- [[User:Kirbot|Kirbot]] ([[User talk:Kirbot|talk]]) 12:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Help me!==<br />
Hello! Why can't I create my user page? I have even confirmed my account via my email address. [[User:2Cute4U|2Cute4U]] ([[User talk:2Cute4U|talk]]) 17:30, 13 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:You'll have to wait one day and make at least 5 edits to existing pages in order to be able to create a page, including your userpage. That's what the [[Kirby Wiki|main page]] says if you look at the second block that also says "Welcome to WiKirby". --[[User:Viperision|Viperision]] ([[User talk:Viperision|talk]]) 17:37, 13 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Heya! You've been recommended for Patroller and I can tell you've been fairly active on the wiki. Would you be interested? No big responsibilities, just an easier way to rollback vandal edits and the ability to mark changes as patrolled so other staff know they don't need to check them anymore. Let me know what you think!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:51, 4 March 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=69799User talk:Vellidragon2019-03-04T03:46:35Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Message reminder */</p>
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ [[WiKirby:User Accounts]] does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per [[Help:Personal Images]] and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's [[WiKirby:Inter-Wiki_Policy|inter-wiki policy]] I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]], [[:File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg]], [[:File:Landia.jpg]] and [[:File:Magolor_Boss.jpg]]; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]] may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as [[Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror]], [[Red Reds]] and [[Mario Air Ride]]. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our [[WiKirby:Quality Standards|style guide]] in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ([[:File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG]] and [[:File:Cook Kirby.PNG]]). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I see. Thanks for the reply.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 17:24, 21 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Message reminder ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. I sent you an e-mail a couple days ago, and am wondering if you received it. Cheers. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:03, 3 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Hey! Yeah, I got the email. I've been out of the loop on WiKirby lately and occupied with many, many other things. I was just about to get to it, though. Thanks for keeping an eye on everything!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=60728User talk:Vellidragon2018-11-13T02:46:00Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Independent translation portal request */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ [[WiKirby:User Accounts]] does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per [[Help:Personal Images]] and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's [[WiKirby:Inter-Wiki_Policy|inter-wiki policy]] I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]], [[:File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg]], [[:File:Landia.jpg]] and [[:File:Magolor_Boss.jpg]]; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]] may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== HAI VELLIIII!!! ==<br />
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its me! andy! from skype? XDD who knew you were head of this site?<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as [[Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror]], [[Red Reds]] and [[Mario Air Ride]]. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our [[WiKirby:Quality Standards|style guide]] in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ([[:File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG]] and [[:File:Cook Kirby.PNG]]). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I'm really rather worried about the legal implications of linking back to them with regards to our ads possibly being pulled, so I've taken the link back down for now. I've sent them a message through the contact form on their site.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:46, 13 November 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=60727MediaWiki:Sidebar2018-11-13T02:34:57Z<p>Vellidragon: Undo revision 60721 by Vellidragon (talk)</p>
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** http://www.metroidwiki.org|Metroid Wiki<br />
** http://niwanetwork.org/wiki/|N Wiki<br />
** http://nookipedia.com|Nookipedia<br />
** http://www.pikminwiki.com|Pikipedia<br />
** http://www.pikminfanon.com|Pikmin Fanon<br />
** http://www.ssbwiki.com|SmashWiki<br />
** http://starfywiki.org|Starfy Wiki<br />
** http://www.strategywiki.org|StrategyWiki<br />
** http://www.mariowiki.com|Super Mario Wiki<br />
** https://warswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page|Wars Wiki<br />
** http://wikibound.info|WikiBound<br />
** http://www.zeldawiki.org|Zelda Wiki<br />
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* Community<br />
** http://www.unseen64.net/beta-and-cancelled-videogames|Unseen64<br />
** https://www.kirbyinformer.com/|Kirby Informer<br />
** http://www.wikimon.net|Wikimon<br />
** https://discord.gg/4y9BPyj|Discord</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=WiKirby:Affiliates&diff=60726WiKirby:Affiliates2018-11-13T02:34:34Z<p>Vellidragon: Undo revision 60722 by Vellidragon (talk) I've talked about this affiliation with others, and for copyright reasons, this may not be a good idea. I'm contacting them now.</p>
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|caption=Ride with us!<br />
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[[WiKirby]] likes having friends! If your site wants to offer its members a link to us, feel free to add in your banner here; you should also let an active [[WiKirby:Administrators|staff member]] know about the affiliation so we can update our sidebar accordingly. We intend to offer as much as possible to our viewer base, all while promoting this site as well.<br />
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==Banner==<br />
Banners posted here will be the typical 88 x 31 size to keep consistent with the most commonly used size. WiKirby will also use an 88 x 31 pixel banner on the Affiliated sites.<br />
*[[File:WKBanner.png]]<br />
**or<br />
*[[File:Wikirby-affiliate.png]]<br />
<br />
==Wiki Affiliates==<br />
===NIWA===<br />
*[[File:niwa.png|88px]]-[http://www.niwanetwork.org/ NIWA - '''Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance'''] Where great '''Nintendo''' themed wikis meet.<br />
NIWA members below are arranged alphabetically:<br />
*[[File:BPBanner.png]]-'''[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbapedia]''', a community-driven '''Pokémon''' encyclopedia that covers all elements of the Pokémon franchise, including the games, anime, other merchandise and the fandom!<br />
*[[File:DKWikiBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.donkeykongwiki.com Donkey Kong Wiki]''', the ever growing wiki on all things '''Donkey Kong'''!<br />
*'''[http://dragon-quest.org Dragon Quest Wiki]''', the place to go for '''Dragon Quest''' information.<br />
*[[File:FEW-banner.png]]-'''[http://www.fireemblemwiki.org/Main_Page Fire Emblem Wiki]''', the star wiki on all the '''Fire Emblem''' games, including the Japanese only games!<br />
* [[File:FZW Banner.png]] '''[http://mutecity.org/wiki/ F-Zero Wiki]''', your number-one guide to '''F-Zero''', the world of 2200km/h+!<br />
*[[File:Affiliate129x55.png|88px]]-'''[http://goldensunwiki.net/ Golden Sun Universe]''', the comprehensive database for Nintendo's '''Golden Sun''' series!<br />
*[[File:BannerIcaruspedia.png]]-'''[http://kidicaruswiki.org Icaruspedia]''', a treasure chamber of information on '''Kid Icarus'''!<br />
*[[File:LW Banner.png]]-'''[http://starfoxwiki.info Lylat Wiki]''', the up and coming wiki for all your '''Star Fox''' information!<br />
*[[File:MeWBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.metroidwiki.org/ Metroid Wiki]''', your online source for '''Metroid''' information!<br />
*'''[http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/ N Wiki]''', the '''Nintendo''' wiki spanning everything from games and employees to events and company relations.<br />
*'''[http://nookipedia.com/wiki/Main_Page Nookipedia]''', the number one '''Animal Crossing''' resource.<br />
*[[File:PWBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.pikminwiki.com/ Pikipedia]''', the '''Pikmin''' encyclopedia that moved from Wikia, with a thriving community and good user base.<br />
*[[File:PFBanner.png|88px]]-'''[http://fanon.pikminwiki.com/ Pikmin Fanon]''', the '''Pikmin Fanon''' wiki that anyone can edit.<br />
*[[File:SmashWiki-WiKirby Banner.png]]-'''[http://www.ssbwiki.com/ SmashWiki]''', the complete repository of information on the '''Super Smash Bros.''' franchise.<br />
*[[File:StarfyWiki_Banner.png]]- '''[http://starfywiki.org/ Starfy Wiki]''', the number one '''Starfy''' resource!<br />
*[[File:StrategyWikilogo.png]]-'''[http://strategywiki.org/ StrategyWiki]''', the wiki to go to when tasks seem unconquerable!<br />
*[[File:SMWBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.mariowiki.com Super Mario Wiki]''', a collaborative knowledge-base for everything about '''Mario'''. Facts, games, characters—you name it!<br />
*[[File:Warswiki.png]]-'''[http://www.warswiki.warscentral.com/ Wars Wiki]''', the online encyclopedia for all of the '''Wars''' games!<br />
*[[File:WB Banner short.png]]- '''[http://wikibound.info/ WikiBound]''', the '''EarthBound/Mother''' wiki!<br />
*[[File:ZWaffiliate-button.png]]-'''[http://www.zeldawiki.org/Main_Page Zelda Wiki]''', The '''Zelda''' encyclopedia whose fame has transcended the internet for referrals in even printed media!<br />
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===Other Wikis===<br />
*[[File:Wikimon link button.gif]]- '''[http://wikimon.net Wikimon]''', one of the biggest Digimon Wikis on the net.<br />
<br />
==Other Affiliates==<br />
These can be sites or forums; series specific related ones will get their own section after at least 5 (five) are up.<br />
*[[File:Unseen64.png]] [http://www.unseen64.net/beta-and-cancelled-videogames/ '''Unseen64''']- WiKirby's affiliate in analysis, interpretation, documentation, and discussion of known beta content respective to the entire Nintendo series.<br />
*[[File:KIRBYINFORMER.png]] [https://www.kirbyinformer.com/ '''Kirby Informer'''] - Your source for Kirby news, fan works and more!<br />
<br />
===Special Cases===<br />
These sites are held to strict legal terms and any link exchanges among them are not meant to be considered an endorsement or affiliation. Additional terms and conditions may apply to WiKirby. Only WiKirby staff is allowed to add these; and only after approving of any conditions to this site.<br />
*[[File:Prima.png]]- '''[http://www.primagames.com/ Prima Games]'''- Nintendo's official Strategy Guide publisher. Prima offer official game strategy in print, digital, video, online, and handheld applications.</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=WiKirby:Affiliates&diff=60722WiKirby:Affiliates2018-11-13T01:44:35Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Other Affiliates */ Adding Popstar Press. I couldn't find a mini-banner for them.</p>
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<div>{{ImCap<br />
|image=File:AirRidingKirbys.png<br />
|size=300px<br />
|align=right<br />
|caption=Ride with us!<br />
|captionalign=center<br />
}}<br />
[[WiKirby]] likes having friends! If your site wants to offer its members a link to us, feel free to add in your banner here; you should also let an active [[WiKirby:Administrators|staff member]] know about the affiliation so we can update our sidebar accordingly. We intend to offer as much as possible to our viewer base, all while promoting this site as well.<br />
<br />
==Banner==<br />
Banners posted here will be the typical 88 x 31 size to keep consistent with the most commonly used size. WiKirby will also use an 88 x 31 pixel banner on the Affiliated sites.<br />
*[[File:WKBanner.png]]<br />
**or<br />
*[[File:Wikirby-affiliate.png]]<br />
<br />
==Wiki Affiliates==<br />
===NIWA===<br />
*[[File:niwa.png|88px]]-[http://www.niwanetwork.org/ NIWA - '''Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance'''] Where great '''Nintendo''' themed wikis meet.<br />
NIWA members below are arranged alphabetically:<br />
*[[File:BPBanner.png]]-'''[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbapedia]''', a community-driven '''Pokémon''' encyclopedia that covers all elements of the Pokémon franchise, including the games, anime, other merchandise and the fandom!<br />
*[[File:DKWikiBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.donkeykongwiki.com Donkey Kong Wiki]''', the ever growing wiki on all things '''Donkey Kong'''!<br />
*'''[http://dragon-quest.org Dragon Quest Wiki]''', the place to go for '''Dragon Quest''' information.<br />
*[[File:FEW-banner.png]]-'''[http://www.fireemblemwiki.org/Main_Page Fire Emblem Wiki]''', the star wiki on all the '''Fire Emblem''' games, including the Japanese only games!<br />
* [[File:FZW Banner.png]] '''[http://mutecity.org/wiki/ F-Zero Wiki]''', your number-one guide to '''F-Zero''', the world of 2200km/h+!<br />
*[[File:Affiliate129x55.png|88px]]-'''[http://goldensunwiki.net/ Golden Sun Universe]''', the comprehensive database for Nintendo's '''Golden Sun''' series!<br />
*[[File:BannerIcaruspedia.png]]-'''[http://kidicaruswiki.org Icaruspedia]''', a treasure chamber of information on '''Kid Icarus'''!<br />
*[[File:LW Banner.png]]-'''[http://starfoxwiki.info Lylat Wiki]''', the up and coming wiki for all your '''Star Fox''' information!<br />
*[[File:MeWBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.metroidwiki.org/ Metroid Wiki]''', your online source for '''Metroid''' information!<br />
*'''[http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/ N Wiki]''', the '''Nintendo''' wiki spanning everything from games and employees to events and company relations.<br />
*'''[http://nookipedia.com/wiki/Main_Page Nookipedia]''', the number one '''Animal Crossing''' resource.<br />
*[[File:PWBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.pikminwiki.com/ Pikipedia]''', the '''Pikmin''' encyclopedia that moved from Wikia, with a thriving community and good user base.<br />
*[[File:PFBanner.png|88px]]-'''[http://fanon.pikminwiki.com/ Pikmin Fanon]''', the '''Pikmin Fanon''' wiki that anyone can edit.<br />
*[[File:SmashWiki-WiKirby Banner.png]]-'''[http://www.ssbwiki.com/ SmashWiki]''', the complete repository of information on the '''Super Smash Bros.''' franchise.<br />
*[[File:StarfyWiki_Banner.png]]- '''[http://starfywiki.org/ Starfy Wiki]''', the number one '''Starfy''' resource!<br />
*[[File:StrategyWikilogo.png]]-'''[http://strategywiki.org/ StrategyWiki]''', the wiki to go to when tasks seem unconquerable!<br />
*[[File:SMWBanner.png]]-'''[http://www.mariowiki.com Super Mario Wiki]''', a collaborative knowledge-base for everything about '''Mario'''. Facts, games, characters—you name it!<br />
*[[File:Warswiki.png]]-'''[http://www.warswiki.warscentral.com/ Wars Wiki]''', the online encyclopedia for all of the '''Wars''' games!<br />
*[[File:WB Banner short.png]]- '''[http://wikibound.info/ WikiBound]''', the '''EarthBound/Mother''' wiki!<br />
*[[File:ZWaffiliate-button.png]]-'''[http://www.zeldawiki.org/Main_Page Zelda Wiki]''', The '''Zelda''' encyclopedia whose fame has transcended the internet for referrals in even printed media!<br />
<br />
===Other Wikis===<br />
*[[File:Wikimon link button.gif]]- '''[http://wikimon.net Wikimon]''', one of the biggest Digimon Wikis on the net.<br />
<br />
==Other Affiliates==<br />
These can be sites or forums; series specific related ones will get their own section after at least 5 (five) are up.<br />
*[[File:Unseen64.png]] [http://www.unseen64.net/beta-and-cancelled-videogames/ '''Unseen64''']- WiKirby's affiliate in analysis, interpretation, documentation, and discussion of known beta content respective to the entire Nintendo series.<br />
*[[File:KIRBYINFORMER.png]] [https://www.kirbyinformer.com/ '''Kirby Informer'''] - Your source for Kirby news, fan works and more!<br />
*[https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/ '''Popstar Press Translations'''] - Kirby fan translations.<br />
<br />
===Special Cases===<br />
These sites are held to strict legal terms and any link exchanges among them are not meant to be considered an endorsement or affiliation. Additional terms and conditions may apply to WiKirby. Only WiKirby staff is allowed to add these; and only after approving of any conditions to this site.<br />
*[[File:Prima.png]]- '''[http://www.primagames.com/ Prima Games]'''- Nintendo's official Strategy Guide publisher. Prima offer official game strategy in print, digital, video, online, and handheld applications.</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=60721MediaWiki:Sidebar2018-11-13T01:41:26Z<p>Vellidragon: Adding Popstar Press.</p>
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** https://discord.gg/4y9BPyj|Discord</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=60720User talk:Vellidragon2018-11-13T01:37:12Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Independent translation portal request */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ [[WiKirby:User Accounts]] does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per [[Help:Personal Images]] and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's [[WiKirby:Inter-Wiki_Policy|inter-wiki policy]] I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]], [[:File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg]], [[:File:Landia.jpg]] and [[:File:Magolor_Boss.jpg]]; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]] may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
{{unsigned|King Ghidorah10000}}<br />
:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== HAI VELLIIII!!! ==<br />
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its me! andy! from skype? XDD who knew you were head of this site?<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as [[Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror]], [[Red Reds]] and [[Mario Air Ride]]. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our [[WiKirby:Quality Standards|style guide]] in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ([[:File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG]] and [[:File:Cook Kirby.PNG]]). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
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Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
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Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Sidebar ==<br />
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Hi, is it ok if you remove the NIWA wikis from [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]? It looks too long if you use the Monobook skin, and i have to scroll to the search bar. [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:08, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Independent translation portal request ==<br />
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This is Falco. Some fan translators are opening an independent WordPress called Popstar Press. It's basically a portal for publishing various fan translations of the Kirby series.<br />
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They want to add some affiliated blogs in their external links, and ask if they can put Wikirby as one. It can help boost our data.<br />
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Links:<br />
*https://popstarpress.wordpress.com/<br />
*http://popstarpress.tumblr.com/<br />
*https://twitter.com/Popstar_Press<br />
--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 03:19, 9 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, sorry, I never got an email about this. Affiliates are always good! I see they're linking to us already so I should probably put a link to them in the affiliates section, although I have some concerns due to the questionable legality of what they're doing.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:37, 13 November 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=60701MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-11-11T20:52:42Z<p>Vellidragon: /* NIWA */</p>
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<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
margin-bottom:0;<br />
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:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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== Collapse? ==<br />
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The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
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The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
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NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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== DK Wiki ==<br />
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"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::It has been [http://www.dkwiki.com/Forum:Merge_with_Super_Mario_Wiki discussed on DKwiki itself] and on Discord. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 20:27, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I saw the proposal, but it's had no activity since May without any resolution being posted. If this is happening, let's wait for it to go through NIWA. Like I said, it's officially still a NIWA member as of posting this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:22, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you look at the rc, the people who discussed it there are merging the articles as we speak. Besides, Fubaka asked on NIWA's discord and they confirmed this. I understand that they have not yet been officially excluded but why not be one step ahead? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 10:51, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Because that generally means leaking it before the parties involved are ready to announce it to the public. Even if it's definitely happening, we should have probably waited for it to be formally announced first. :/--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Would someone like to remove the NIWA section of the sidebar? it takes up too much space and makes the sidebar look clunky. Thank you [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:02, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:In the default skin I don't really have a problem with it but in the Monobook skin it does, like you said, take up too much space. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 23:07, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I don't think it's fair to stop linking to other NIWA members due to issues with a skin the site wasn't primarily designed for. I wonder if it's possible to make them more compact for that skin only, though... Maybe someone with more experience can look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:25, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Keep in mind that we would still be linking to them on the main page. SmashWiki, by comparison does not link to other NIWA wikis on its sidebar, and only does so on its main page. Same Goes for the Super Mario Wiki and ZeldaWiki. By that account, I think it is fair enough. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:30, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Those links are a lot less prominent, though. It doesn't feel justified to deprive them of traffic from WiKirby and potentially harm our NIWA ties because of Monobook.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 14:54, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you like, I could bring up this thread of discussion with the NIWA community at large and see what they think. They can then decide what ought to be best practice across all of the wikis. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:59, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Okay. I got some quotes from some heads at NIWA. This is a screencap taken from the main NIWA Discord server:<br />
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:As far as I can tell, they will be just fine with us removing the sidebar links. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:15, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I am going to go ahead and remove the NIWA sidebar links now. I think it has been established that NIWA will not miss them. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:52, 29 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Personally, I still don't like this at all. It feels like loosening ties with one the big things that made WiKirby possible over something totally minor that doesn't affect anyone using the proper WiKirby skin (which looks bare and empty now). Is there really no way to have a theme-specific sidebar? (And can someone add the rest of the NIWA wikis to [[WiKirby:Affiliates|the affiliates page,]] please?)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:30, 29 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I promise you the people over at NIWA are totally fine with this. If you want to check in with them yourself, I would once again highly recommend signing up for Discord and joining the various servers. I can assist you if necessary. Also, I can update the affiliates page, but it might have to wait until after tacopill and I have finished updating the wiki software. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If I may chime in, I think that the NIWA links will not be missed since they're not really used that much I imagine. Besides if one were to reverse your argument, one could argue that the NIWA links more enforces the idea that this is merely a NIWA project and not an independant wiki. Thereby fending off editors who might not know that this is a public wiki for all and not just NIWA peeps. I'm not saying that's how it is but I do believe no harm what so ever will be done by removing them. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 12:13, 30 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:So, we had a look at our options, and determined that it will not be possible under the current setup to make the NIWA sidebar links exclusive to our custom skin. As such, I think we ought to remove them, since it has been made clear that NIWA will not mind, and they do indeed cause a lot of clutter for monobook users. Do we have your permission to do this, Velli? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 07:07, 8 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I've looked into it a bit more and it seems we can move the search and toolbox anywhere we want by putting in the words "SEARCH" and "TOOLBOX" as sidebar points. I've just moved them above the NIWA wikis and just under the navigation. Unfortunately, this displays them as empty headings in the *default* skin. Is it possible to edit that one so it dosen't display them in the sidebar?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:52, 11 November 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar&diff=60700MediaWiki:Sidebar2018-11-11T20:49:25Z<p>Vellidragon: Testing something...</p>
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*March 4th, 2018 - The ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' demo has been released for all other regions!<br />
*March 1st, 2018 - A demo version of ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' has been released for the Nintendo eShop in Europe! <br />
*January 11th, 2018 - The official release date for ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' is set at March 16th, 2018 for all regions. In addition, two never-before-seen [[Copy Ability|Copy Abilities]] are confirmed for the title; [[Artist]] and [[Spider]]!<br />
*November 26th, 2017 - WiKirby has surpassed 2000 articles. Here's to another 2000!<br />
*September 20th, 2017 - It's that time of year again! The Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance (NIWA) is hosting the '''Cross-Wiki Weekend''' from the 22nd to the 24th of September. Jump onto other NIWA wikis and help out for a chance to win a $20 Nintendo eShop gift card! [http://www.niwanetwork.org/cross-wiki-weekend-2017.php Check out all the details by clicking here.] Best of luck!<br />
*September 13th, 2017 - A Nintendo Direct reveals the title of the upcoming [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] title as ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''. Additionally, the hinted-at [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] title is revealed as ''[[Kirby: Battle Royale]]''. Coverage forthcoming!<br />
*August 20th, 2017 - HIIIII! Say hello to [https://www.kirbyinformer.com/ Kirby Informer], our newest affiliate and sure to be a rising star in the ''Kirby'' galaxy. Check them out for news, guide content, fan works and more!<br />
*July 4th, 2017 - ''[[Kirby's Blowout Blast]]'' releases in Japan for Nintendo 3DS eShop. It will release internationally on the 6th.<br />
*<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:black; {{gradient|start=#FFFF00|end=#D8D800}} border: 8px groove #0078F8; {{Round}}">[[File:Arms Institute Logo.png|left|45px|link=https://armswiki.org/wiki/Home]]'''''June 22nd, 2017''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': Strap your spring-loaded gloves on, '''<span class="plainlinks">[https://armswiki.org/wiki/Home <span style="color:black">ARMS Institute</span>]</span>''' has been inducted into NIWA! Extend your reach to their database for all your ''ARMS'' needs!<br clear=all></div><br />
* June 13th, 2017 - A new ''Kirby'' game has been announced for the [[Nintendo Switch]], currently titled ''[[Kirby for Nintendo Switch]]''. Check out our coverage!<br />
* June 11th, 2017 - WiKirby now has an official Discord, [https://discord.gg/4y9BPyj Shiver Star]. Join us to talk about the site and all things ''Kirby''! [[Energy Drink]]s and snacks are free.<br />
*April 27th, 2017 - Today marks the 25th anniversary of the release of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'' in Japan!<br />
*April 12th, 2017 - ''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]'' is released for [[Nintendo 3DS]] (digital only)! Additionally, another expanded Sub-Game, ''[[Kirby's Blowout Blast]]'' is set to release on 3DS this summer. Finally, an undisclosed multiplayer Kirby game is set to release at the end of the year for 3DS.<br />
*September 21st, 2016 - With Nintendo's birthday coming up, the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance (NIWA) will be hosting a '''Cross-Wiki Weekend Event''' from the 23rd to the 25th. Help out fellow member wikis for a chance to win a $20 Nintendo e-Shop Gift Card! [http://www.niwanetwork.org/cross-wiki-weekend.php More info can be found on the NIWA Network website.] Good luck to all who join us in the celebrations!<br />
*June 10th, 2016 - ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' releases in all regions, along with the ''Kirby'' series [[amiibo]]!<br />
*March 8th, 2016 - A new ''Kirby'' game, ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', has recently been announced for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. Check out our coverage!<br />
*October 31st, 2012 - After a prolonged downtime, our fellow NIWA member '''[http://starfoxwiki.info Lylat Wiki]''' is finally back online to help protect the Lylat System - with a slightly different URL, ending on '''.info''' instead of .org . Don't forget to update your bookmarks if you frequent it. Happy Halloween!<br />
*September 16th, 2012 - '''''[[Kirby's Dream Collection]]''''', a package celebrating the 20th anniversary of the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], has been released in North America! Coinciding with its release, Nintendo of America is hosting a contest to win a free copy of the game; more information can be found on [https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/app_356482727761112 this Facebook page by Nintendo]. In addition, owners of the game get a chance to win ''Kirby''-themed round playing cards from Club Nintendo; [http://kirby.nintendo.com/clubnintendo/ check them out here.] WiKirby wishes good luck to all entrants!<br />
*September 14th, 2012 - Fellow NIWA member [[fzerowiki:F-Zero Wiki|F-Zero Wiki's]] very own forums have crossed the finishing line and are open to the public - '''[http://mutecity.org/forums/ Mute City Forums]'''! If you like F-Zero, start your engines and cruise on over!<br />
*June 23rd, 2012 - To celebrate 20 years of Kirby, '''''Kirby's Dream Collection''''' has been announced for the [[Wii]]! The package will feature ports of six classic ''[[Kirby (series)|Kirby]]'' games as well as bonus material and {{-}} according to [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/216233118145855488 a tweet by Nintendo of America] {{-}} will hit North America on the 16th of September. Be sure to check out [[Kirby's Dream Collection|our coverage on it]]!<br />
*<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:black; {{gradient|start=#C8F828|end=#20BB20}} border: 8px groove #0078F8; {{Round}}">[[File:DQLogo.png|left|45px|link=http://dragon-quest.org]]'''''March 30th, 2012''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': Not with a Fizzle, but with a Bang, '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://dragon-quest.org <span style="color:black">Dragon Quest Wiki</span>]</span>''' has been inducted into NIWA! If you're on a quest for valuable ''Dragon Quest'' information, zoom there right away.<br clear=all></div><br />
*<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:black; {{gradient|start=#6F87D9|end=#E2F4FF}} border: 3px solid #12B1C4; {{Round}}">[[File:IcarusLogo.png|left|50px|link=http://kidicaruswiki.org]]'''''March 23rd, 2012''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': Coinciding with ''[[icaruspedia:Kid Icarus: Uprising|<span style="color:#000066">Kid Icarus: Uprising</span>]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release in Europe and North America, '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://kidicaruswiki.org <span style="color:black">Icaruspedia</span>]</span>''', a treasure chamber of ''Kid Icarus'' information, has joined NIWA! Don't forget to grab your Wings of Pegasus and fly over, but watch for falling Rokmen. <br clear=all></div><br />
*March 18th, 2012 - One year ago today, our friend [[User:Axiomist|Joshua LeJeune]] passed away. First an administrator at Zelda Wiki, then founding member of NIWA and owner of WiKirby, his passion and dedication remains imprinted in these projects to this day. WiKirby owes its very existence to him, and is forever [[WiKirby:About#Dedication|dedicated]] to his memory. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.zeldainformer.com/2011/03/rest-in-peace-joshua-paul-lejeune-aka-axiomist.html Our thoughts]</span> are with Josh's family at this difficult time.<br />
*<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:#81ADF1;background-color:#183048;border: 3px solid #A50000; {{Round}}">[[File:FZLogo.png|left|50px|link=http://mutecity.org/wiki/]]'''''March 16th, 2012''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': As of today, '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://mutecity.org/wiki/ <span style="color:#81ADF1;">F-Zero Wiki</span>]</span>''' is officially on the road as NIWA's newest member! Be sure to speed on over and tank up some ''F-Zero'' information.<br clear=all></div><br />
*January 1st, 2012 - Happy New Year everyone! As you may have already noticed, our URL has been changed from wikirby.info to wikirby'''.com'''; unfortunately it hasn't been possible to renew the old domain name which was owned by Josh, so we changed to .com to make sure nobody will have problems accessing WiKirby. Most links on search engines have already been updated, so please be sure to update any bookmarks you may have saved. Rest assured that WiKirby will stay online; we aren't going anywhere! Here's to another fun and fruitful year together!<br />
*October 24th, 2011 - '''''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''''', Kirby's newest adventure and the first original game with traditional ''Kirby'' gameplay since ''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]'', has been released in North America! Coinciding with this, the main page has received a little redesigning, which is not necessarily final; do let us hear your opinions on [[Talk:Kirby Wiki|the talk page]]. It's been a tough and uncertain time for WiKirby since the loss of its founder and main admin, but it doesn't look like it's going down any time soon. A big thank you to all who still support WiKirby even in these times, and be sure to help with our coverage of the pink puffball's latest endeavour as well!<br />
*March 20th, 2011 - The NIWA staff were informed that Joshua "Axiomist" LeJeune, founder and owner of WiKirby, has passed away. Please leave a message to the family [http://web1.lovinghonors.com/cgi-bin/CompanyInternal?stdout+115+johnsonfuneralhome.net+2815+4+9103:Lcgi_html/LeaveMessage/ here], as well as a moment to read his [http://www.zeldainformer.com/2011/03/rest-in-peace-joshua-paul-lejeune-aka-axiomist.html farewell letter].<br />
*March 1st, 2011 - News and a video of the Kirby AR card has surfaced, see it in action in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] article!<br />
*February 22nd, 2011 - Also newish, Nintendo of Europe's official site for ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' is now working! [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/wii/kirbys_epic_yarn_18260.html NOE Official Epic Yarn page] is more similar to the Nintendo of Japan site than the Nintendo of America one. Enjoy!<br />
*February 22nd, 2011 - A writer for 1Up.com is counting down for the 3DS release in a novel way. Jeremy Parish is giving the [[DS]] a '''D'''eparting '''S'''alute by reminding gamers of some of the best DS games. ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'' made this list at number 10! [http://www.1up.com/news/departing-salute-10-kirby-canvas Read it here.]<br />
*February 17th, 2011 - [https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-category-details/a/18501.do Club Nintendo] sent a [[Kirby]] patch with a {{colour}}ing error in Kirby's eyes. To make up for this, not only did they mail a corrected version, but also included an otherwise unreleased [[Parachute]] form patch! All of the patches can be seen in the [[Merchandise#Miscellaneous Items|Merchandise]] article.<br />
*January 28th, 2011 - During Nintendo's investor meeting in Japan, the company revealed '''a new ''Kirby'' game''' in the works. ([http://kotaku.com/5745914/the-new-wii-kirby-loses-the-yarn-but-keeps-the-epic Source]). Check out [[Wii Kirby|our article on ''Wii Kirby'']] for more information!<br />
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*January 15th, 2011- IGN has awarded ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' with the '''Best Visuals 2010''' accolade! [http://bestof.ign.com/2010/overall/best-visuals.html For the full story, visit IGN].<br />
*January 9th, 2011- '''[http://kirbykirbykirby.com/patchifyer.html The Official Kirby site]''' has a new Patchifyer tool! You can use it to turn your photos into Patchwork!<br />
*January 9th, 2011- '''Happy Birthday to [http://zelda-temple.net/zelda-temple-site-news/happy-fourth-birthday-zelda-temple Zelda Temple]''', Zelda Temple is an associated site to WiKirby through Zelda Wiki, NIWA, and Fire Emblem Wiki. When WiKirby was born (almost a year ago now on January 24th) Zelda Temple's webmaster Yusei helped answer several tech questions. So we do wish them a Happy Birthday and many more!<br />
*January 7th, 2011- '''NintendoWorld 2011''' has begun. The 3DS release date was announced for 2-26-11, and we'll be watching for any Kirby specific news.<br />
*January 1st, 2011- Happy New Years! WiKirby will be working with a new [http://www.youtube.com/HelloSean1596 '''Let's Play'''er], so expect updates on this! Animal Crossing Wiki is now [http://nookipedia.com/wiki/Main_Page Nookipedia], check out their great new site design as well!<br />
*December 30th, 2010- [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/wii/kirbys_epic_yarn_18260.html Nintendo.co.uk] lists February 25, 2011 as the Kirby's Epic Yarn PAL (Europe and Australia) release date<br />
*December 30th, 2010- [https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-category-details/a/18501.do Club Nintendo] is offering [[Kirby's Epic Yarn]] patches for 350 coins per pair. 2 sets are available. [[Kirby]] and [[Prince Fluff]], & Kirby in [[Off-Roader]] and [[Saucer]] forms. Simply register your Nintendo games and equipment at Nintendo.com to earn coins and "buy" prizes.<br />
*December 27th, 2010- On December 22, we experienced a server glitch which not only disabled the wiki, but also lost content created from November 25th to December 22. If anything you've edited during that time is missing, we do apologize and hope that you will resubmit your edits. We attempted several database restores but have not succeeded in regaining those contributions. WiKirby is now unlocked!<br />
*November 26th, 2010- '''Happy Thanksgiving''' to everyone! Eat like a Kirby!<br />
*November 25th, 2010- We apologize for the ongoing errors. We've outgrown our initial hosting plan and are in the process of upgrading now! When we're back, we'll be back better than before! <br />
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*November 16th, 2010- WiKirby discovered that Nintendo finally has the [[Kirby's Epic Yarn]] manual available online as a downloadable pdf page. You can view it here at [http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_Kirby_Epic_Yarn.pdf Nintendo.com].<br />
*November 16th, 2010- '''[http://www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:The_%27Shroom/Single Issue XLIV]''' of Super Mario Wiki's Shroom is available! As always it comes packed with amusing "news" and serious NIWA monthly news updates.<br />
<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:black;{{gradient|start=yellow|end=gold}}; {{Round}}">[[File:DKLogo.png|left|45px|link=http://www.donkeykongwiki.com/Main_Page]]'''''November 12, 2010''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': Good news to all Donkey Kong fans out there: '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.donkeykongwiki.com/Main_Page <span style="color: black;">Donkey Kong Wiki</span>]</span>''' has migrated from Wikia to independence and is now an official NIWA member! Swing in, no bananas required!</div><br />
<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:black; background:-webkit-gradient(linear, center top, center bottom, from(#8B008B), color-stop(25%,#EE82EE ), color-stop(50%, #FF00FF), color-stop(75%, #FF8C00), to(#FFD700)) ;background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #8B008B 0.5%, #EE82EE, #FF00FF 25%, #FF8C00 50%, #FFD700 75%, #FFA500); border: 4px outset #de8e40; {{Round}}">[[File:WBLogo.png|left|45px|link=http://grifkuba.org/MotherEarthBoundWiki/index.php?title=WikiBound]]'''''November 5, 2010''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': Good news to all Mother/Earthbound fans out there: '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://grifkuba.org/MotherEarthBoundWiki/index.php?title=WikiBound <span style="color: black;">WikiBound</span>]</span>''' is now an official NIWA member! Make sure you check them out, edit, and spread the PK Love!</div><br />
<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color:#153E7E; background-color: #CCCCCC; border: 4px solid #747170; {{Round}};">[[File:SmashBrosSymbol.png|left|38px|link=http://www.ssbwiki.com]]'''''October 15, 2010''''' - '''New NIWA Member''': NIWA's newest member has been announced! WiKirby welcomes '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.ssbwiki.com <span style="color: #153E7E;">Smash Wiki</span>]</span>''', the number one source for ''Super Smash Bros.'' information to NIWA! We look forward to working with them for all of the Super Smash Bros coverage, bettering both wikis!</div><br />
*October 29th, 2010- '''Club Nintendo''' is offering 10 bonus coins for registering ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' by November 16th. See [https://club.nintendo.com/ Club Nintendo] for other bonuses and prizes!<br />
*October 23, 2010- '''Iwata Asks''': Late report, but an Iwata Asks interview concerning Kirby's Epic Yarn can be found [http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/kirbysepicyarn/vol1_page1.jsp here].<br />
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*October 21, 2010- '''Downtime''': Apologies for the recent downtime, unfortunately there was an issue with the database server. All is now OK, and WiKirby has been restored from a recent backup. Thanks to our rigorous backup schedule, only a minimal amount of edits were lost, approximately 8 hours worth in total (i.e. those changes made directly before we went offline). We're assured by our hosting provider that measures are in place to avoid future problems of this nature.<br />
*October 18, 2010- [[:maw:MarioWiki:The 'Shroom/Single|Issue XLII]] of Super Mario Wiki's '''The 'Shroom''' is available! <br />
*October 17, 2010- '''''Kirby's Epic Yarn''''' was released in the US! We'll report on reviews and sales data as soon as possible.<br />
<div style="background-color: rgb(208, 213, 241); border: 2px solid rgb(3, 125, 220); width: {{{2|auto}}}; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0 .5em; {{roundytl}};{{roundytr}}">'''''October 15, 2010''''' - [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Strategy Wiki], our partner site for Kirby strategy guides is now a full member of NIWA! StrategyWiki has a large library of even Kirby guides, and {{RealMe}} can create wanted guides as well!<br />
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*October 14, 2010- '''''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''''' released in Japan, and the US official site has been updated recently. Visit the [http://www.kirbykirbykirby.com/#/patch_land/ Official Site] to see the name of several areas, friends, foes, transformations, and trailers for the upcoming Wii title!<br />
*October 10, 2010- '''Affiliation news'''- A YouTube "Let's Play" video uploader and WiKirby have affiliated! [http://www.youtube.com/Livinlag Nico] will be adding videos and commentary for ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''. We'll add his videos to the Main Page video rotation and we recommend subscribing to Nico's channel!<br />
<div style="background-color: #cfc; border: 2px outset #0b0; width: {{{2|auto}}}; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0 .5em; {{roundytl}};{{roundybr}}">'''''October 8, 2010''''' - We have 2 new NIWA members this week! Our new friends at [http://fanon.pikminwiki.com/Main_Page PikminCanon-NOT] and [http://www.pikminwiki.com/Main_Page Pikipedia] not only are joining us, but have moved from Wikia to do so! Check out all of the great styling they created on their wiki! Both are separate domains on Pikminwiki.com.<br />
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<div style="padding-left:8px; color: rgb(81, 102, 187); background-color: #f5ac78; border: 5px solid #f08030; -moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; khtml-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;">[[File:WarsWikiSprite.png|left|link=http://warswiki.warscentral.com]]'''''October 4, 2010''''' - Fellow [[NIWA]] member '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Main_Page <span style="color: rgb(54, 58, 218);">Wars Wiki</span>]</span>''' has declared a victory for spelling deviations by region! Citizens of the United States and the European Union can rest assured, with peace at hand, one never has to see the other's spelling in the article body. Be sure to '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=415.msg7283#msg7283 <span style="color: rgb(54, 58, 218);">check out</span>]</span>''' their great, new personalized feature!</div><br />
<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color: #003399; background-color: rgb(0, 192, 0); border: 3px solid #006633; -moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; khtml-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;">[[File:Beastfossil.png|left|link=http://starfoxwiki.org]]'''''October 2, 2010''''' - '''New NIWA Member:''' <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.niwanetwork.org NIWA]</span> has just announced their newest member, <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.starfoxwiki.org Lylat Wiki]</span>, your wiki for everything Star Fox related! Make sure you drop in and help out!</div><br />
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*September 29, 2010- '''New Kirby DS game revealed today!''' During Nintendo's software lineup video for upcoming DS titles an all new ''[[Kirby DS]]'' game can be seen. Details are scarce, but see our analysis on the game!<br />
*September 25, 2010- '''Nintendo''' has sent a promotional email for ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' recommending a visit to [http://www.kirbykirbykirby.com/ The Official Site]. As of this posting, the "Full Site" is coming soon. See the [[:File:KEY Email Promo.png|email here!]]<br />
*September 23, 2010- '''V260 of Nintendo Power''' magazine features more ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' news and a special column from [[Kirby (series)|Kirby's]] and [[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros.'s]] creator, [[Masahiro Sakurai]]. Masahiro discusses [[Kirby's Adventure]] on the [[NES]] and upcoming [[3DS]].<br />
*September 16, 2010- '''Tokyo Game Show''' wrapped up, Although Nintendo skipped the show, a new trailer, several new screenshots and cute artwork patches for ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' have been released! <br />
*September 12, 2010- '''Mario Wiki''' has released a new issue of their resident periodical, '''The 'Shroom'''. The issue includes fun games, puzzles, Mario news, and NIWA news, read [http://www.mariowiki.com/Main_Page Issue XLI here!]<br />
*September 10, 2010- '''New Affiliate:''' WiKirby has a new affiliate in the form of the [http://fireemblemwiki.zelda-temple.net Fire Emblem Wiki], a brand new wiki for all things Fire Emblem! Be sure to pay a visit!<br />
*September 6, 2010- WiKirby now has its first featured picture up and on the main page! Be sure to check it out, and vote for the next one!<br />
<div style="padding-left:8px; padding-right:5px; color: #93D435; background-color: rgb(59, 37, 65); border: 1px solid #64486A; -moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; khtml-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;">'''''September 1st, 2010''''' - '''NIWA News''': ''Metroid: Other M'' for Wii has been released in the US, with other regions getting a release today or tomorrow! Fans of the Metroid series should be sure to head over to our friends at <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.metroidwiki.org Metroid Wiki]</span> to catch all the exciting info fresh off the press!</div><br />
*August 31, 2010- We began our contest for [[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]!<br />
*August 7, 2010-'''Wars Wiki update'''- fellow NIWA member covering the Advance Wars, Battalion Wars, Game Boy Wars, and Famicom Wars series has a great new [http://www.warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Main Page]! Check it out and inform everyone everywhere of how great the NIWA wikis look!<br />
*July 16, 2010-'''Affiliate News''' Unseen64 and Animal Crossing Forums have affiliated with WiKirby! Unseen64 has long ago placed WiKirby links to all Kirby beta content articles. Be sure to check them out at [http://www.unseen64.net/beta-and-cancelled-videogames/ Unseen64.net] Animal Crossing Forums is a new site with much promise, get to know them at [http://www.animalcrossingforums.net/index.php Animal Crossing Forums]!<br />
*July 13, 2010-'''Super Mario Wiki''' has released [http://www.mariowiki.com/MarioWiki:The_%27Shroom/Single Issue XL of the 'Shroom], their in-house wiki news report with occasional NIWA news, and always with a slate of fun content.<br />
*June 15, 2010- '''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''' was announced at E3 and an all new trailer for the upcoming [[Wii]] title displayed never-seen-before graphical styles. The video featured bursts of gameplay footage in the style of an animated tapestry, with even [[Kirby]] himself being a versatile piece of yarn.<br />
*July 19, 2010-'''NIWA friend, [http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsession=-p8h6ufdY9Ja-zu7w4f2CQfjauJxGPIX8sm5YsBTy0j51vp8WfvActzekGpFnB3uQ0KKSPf21OB9q9pveyV0_A8CdTW-brMIvOFFc19yRQst9Tz8IaICSFrqz_FUJBIFrSB1GuEXyIDFbTA1d_DxPGWm9WBKiCDj1rMyUpeNBlW12_nU4FVJWQxDvebFr02PaoXyzs46_TuEPN0gIpuFoJS97lZMF51gdAf9JlYLfD7nZ-QAN-yCr9fXE6V77Gxkt0HM5aXR1aoshHzE566Ewg Chuggaconroy]''' has been banned by Youtube based on weak claims of DMCA violations! YouTube does not investigate DMCA claims and several top directors were suspended on account of gross exploitation of YouTube policy.<imagemap><br />
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*June 4, 2010- '''Wars Wiki''' is now allied with NIWA! Enlist! And share your Nintendo Wars, Advance Wars, & Battalion Wars intel [http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Main_Page here!]<br />
*May 29, 2010- '''Metroid Wiki.org''' has become a full member of NIWA! NIWA and WiKirby welcome the next member on June 4th. In the mean time, zoom in on [http://www.metroidwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page Metroid Wiki] to scope them out!<br />
*May 21, 2010- WiKirby has become a full member of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance (NIWA!) See their main page [http://niwanetwork.org here] and you'll notice that the first new member has been revealed to be WiKirby! We would like to extend a great big "thank you" to everyone who helped us out on the way up!<br />
*May 17,2010- [[Kirby Super Star]] has joined Nintendo's Virtual Console [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/online/virtualconsole/games/detail/AHxOBpZgtl4mUyWRihYqd32vvyQQ_p8r More details here]. This SNES title is downloadable for 800 Wii Points. Enjoy it, get some screenshots and article information and we'll see you in the [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes page]]!<br />
*May 16, 2010- WiKirby's affiliate, the NIWA, has released its new hub website! The new site features enhanced navigation, more links, and a showcase of the member wikis. Check it out at [http://niwanetwork.org their home page]!<br />
*May 9, 2010- WiKirby would like to wish you all a happy Mother's Day! As a gift, we got you a little something special: A confirmation of the Kirby Wii game! Apparently, it has been confirmed in the official Nintendo sales report/game listings, which can be viewed [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100507e.pdf here.] Check for Hoshi no Kirby to find it with a release date TBA. Story was found [http://nintendoland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4616 here.] Have a good one, Kirby fans!<br />
*May 1, 2010- [http://nintendoland.com/index.php NintendoLand] and WiKirby are now [[ WiKirby:Affiliates|Affiliates]]. Visit their site for Kirby game and general Nintendo discussions<br />
*April 24, 2010- WiKirby wishes '''Zelda Wiki.org''' a happy 5th birthday!<br />
*February 22, 2010- 100 articles reached.<br />
*February 11, 2010- WiKirby skin completed and implemented.<br />
*January 30, 2010- URLs fixed and logo added to WiKirby.<br />
*January 28, 2010- '''WiKirby''' opened for edits as a soft launch to get core articles, policy, and help pages created before submitting the url to Google. With experienced Wiki editors from other wikis, the bugs in the system should be found and routed out before then.<br />
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[[Category:WiKirby]]</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=Template:News&diff=59986Template:News2018-10-29T20:56:38Z<p>Vellidragon: I don't think we need that many news items on the main page.</p>
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<div>*September 18th, 2018 - Heads up, Dream Landers! This year's [[WiKirby:Cross-Wiki Weekend|Cross-Wiki Weekend]] will be happening this weekend, from the 21st to the 23rd of September! Head to the [[WiKirby:Cross-Wiki Weekend]] page to learn how to take part!<br />
*September 13th, 2018 - In the Nintendo Direct, a remake of ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' is announced for [[Nintendo 3DS]], titled ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''! Coverage to come soon!<br />
*July 27th, 2018 - ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' is updated to version 3.0.0, adding three new [[Dream Friend]]s to the game, making adjustments to [[Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!]], adding three new [[Celebration Picture]]s, and other changes.<br />
*July 5th, 2018 - The second set of [[Dream Friend]]s - [[Daroach]], [[Dark Meta Knight]], and [[Adeleine]] & [[Ribbon]] - will be released in a free update for ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' on July 27th, 2018!<br />
*June 12th, 2018 - At E3, Nintendo reveals ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' to be released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] on December 7th, 2018. [[Kirby]], [[King Dedede]], and [[Meta Knight]] will return as playable fighters, along with more than 60 others!<br />
*April 27th, 2018 - On the turn of Kirby's 26th anniversary, the Japanese 25th anniversary site and Twitter feed have re-branded themselves to remove the '25' motif. The links to these pages have also changed into the following: [http://www.kirby.jp/ Kirby Portal] & [https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP Kirby Twitter].<br />
*March 28th, 2018 - The first set of [[Dream Friend]]s - [[Gooey]], [[Marx]] and [[Animal Friend|Rick & Kine & Coo]] - release as free DLC for ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''. Make 'em dance!<br />
*March 16th, 2018 - Get ready to toss your hearts around; ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' releases in all regions today! Full coverage will come in over the weekend and beyond!<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Main Page Templates]]</noinclude></div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=59973MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-10-29T19:30:10Z<p>Vellidragon: /* NIWA */</p>
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<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
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:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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== Collapse? ==<br />
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The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
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The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
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NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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== DK Wiki ==<br />
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"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::It has been [http://www.dkwiki.com/Forum:Merge_with_Super_Mario_Wiki discussed on DKwiki itself] and on Discord. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 20:27, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I saw the proposal, but it's had no activity since May without any resolution being posted. If this is happening, let's wait for it to go through NIWA. Like I said, it's officially still a NIWA member as of posting this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:22, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you look at the rc, the people who discussed it there are merging the articles as we speak. Besides, Fubaka asked on NIWA's discord and they confirmed this. I understand that they have not yet been officially excluded but why not be one step ahead? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 10:51, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Because that generally means leaking it before the parties involved are ready to announce it to the public. Even if it's definitely happening, we should have probably waited for it to be formally announced first. :/--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== NIWA ==<br />
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Would someone like to remove the NIWA section of the sidebar? it takes up too much space and makes the sidebar look clunky. Thank you [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:02, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:In the default skin I don't really have a problem with it but in the Monobook skin it does, like you said, take up too much space. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 23:07, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I don't think it's fair to stop linking to other NIWA members due to issues with a skin the site wasn't primarily designed for. I wonder if it's possible to make them more compact for that skin only, though... Maybe someone with more experience can look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:25, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Keep in mind that we would still be linking to them on the main page. SmashWiki, by comparison does not link to other NIWA wikis on its sidebar, and only does so on its main page. Same Goes for the Super Mario Wiki and ZeldaWiki. By that account, I think it is fair enough. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:30, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Those links are a lot less prominent, though. It doesn't feel justified to deprive them of traffic from WiKirby and potentially harm our NIWA ties because of Monobook.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 14:54, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you like, I could bring up this thread of discussion with the NIWA community at large and see what they think. They can then decide what ought to be best practice across all of the wikis. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:59, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Okay. I got some quotes from some heads at NIWA. This is a screencap taken from the main NIWA Discord server:<br />
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:As far as I can tell, they will be just fine with us removing the sidebar links. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:15, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I am going to go ahead and remove the NIWA sidebar links now. I think it has been established that NIWA will not miss them. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:52, 29 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Personally, I still don't like this at all. It feels like loosening ties with one the big things that made WiKirby possible over something totally minor that doesn't affect anyone using the proper WiKirby skin (which looks bare and empty now). Is there really no way to have a theme-specific sidebar? (And can someone add the rest of the NIWA wikis to [[WiKirby:Affiliates|the affiliates page,]] please?)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:30, 29 October 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=59807MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-10-28T14:54:59Z<p>Vellidragon: /* NIWA */</p>
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<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
margin-bottom:0;<br />
}<br />
</pre><br />
:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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== Collapse? ==<br />
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The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
<br />
The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
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NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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== DK Wiki ==<br />
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"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::It has been [http://www.dkwiki.com/Forum:Merge_with_Super_Mario_Wiki discussed on DKwiki itself] and on Discord. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 20:27, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I saw the proposal, but it's had no activity since May without any resolution being posted. If this is happening, let's wait for it to go through NIWA. Like I said, it's officially still a NIWA member as of posting this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:22, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you look at the rc, the people who discussed it there are merging the articles as we speak. Besides, Fubaka asked on NIWA's discord and they confirmed this. I understand that they have not yet been officially excluded but why not be one step ahead? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 10:51, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Because that generally means leaking it before the parties involved are ready to announce it to the public. Even if it's definitely happening, we should have probably waited for it to be formally announced first. :/--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== NIWA ==<br />
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Would someone like to remove the NIWA section of the sidebar? it takes up too much space and makes the sidebar look clunky. Thank you [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:02, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:In the default skin I don't really have a problem with it but in the Monobook skin it does, like you said, take up too much space. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 23:07, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I don't think it's fair to stop linking to other NIWA members due to issues with a skin the site wasn't primarily designed for. I wonder if it's possible to make them more compact for that skin only, though... Maybe someone with more experience can look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:25, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Keep in mind that we would still be linking to them on the main page. SmashWiki, by comparison does not link to other NIWA wikis on its sidebar, and only does so on its main page. Same Goes for the Super Mario Wiki and ZeldaWiki. By that account, I think it is fair enough. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:30, 28 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Those links are a lot less prominent, though. It doesn't feel justified to deprive them of traffic from WiKirby and potentially harm our NIWA ties because of Monobook.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 14:54, 28 October 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=59534MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-10-28T03:25:59Z<p>Vellidragon: /* NIWA */</p>
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<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
margin-bottom:0;<br />
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:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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== Collapse? ==<br />
<br />
The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
<br />
The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
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NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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== DK Wiki ==<br />
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"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::It has been [http://www.dkwiki.com/Forum:Merge_with_Super_Mario_Wiki discussed on DKwiki itself] and on Discord. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 20:27, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I saw the proposal, but it's had no activity since May without any resolution being posted. If this is happening, let's wait for it to go through NIWA. Like I said, it's officially still a NIWA member as of posting this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:22, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you look at the rc, the people who discussed it there are merging the articles as we speak. Besides, Fubaka asked on NIWA's discord and they confirmed this. I understand that they have not yet been officially excluded but why not be one step ahead? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 10:51, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Because that generally means leaking it before the parties involved are ready to announce it to the public. Even if it's definitely happening, we should have probably waited for it to be formally announced first. :/--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== NIWA ==<br />
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Would someone like to remove the NIWA section of the sidebar? it takes up too much space and makes the sidebar look clunky. Thank you [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 23:02, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:In the default skin I don't really have a problem with it but in the Monobook skin it does, like you said, take up too much space. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 23:07, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I don't think it's fair to stop linking to other NIWA members due to issues with a skin the site wasn't primarily designed for. I wonder if it's possible to make them more compact for that skin only, though... Maybe someone with more experience can look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:25, 28 October 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:FalcoLau&diff=53846User talk:FalcoLau2018-08-19T03:06:53Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Admin */</p>
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<div>{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=FalcoLau}}<br />
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-- [[User:Kirbot|Kirbot]] ([[User talk:Kirbot|talk]]) 06:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Regarding Japanese names for Star Allies enemies==<br />
You say you got the names from a guide book. Would it be possible for you to link to it so I can see where you are getting the names from? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:43, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
[[File:FloatyTheCellcoreGuidebook.jpg]]--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 04:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I see it's a physical book. Can you link me to a place where one could obtain this book? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:56, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::[https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091066143 Nintendo Japan version] and [https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4047333239 Famitsu version (the one I got)]--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 05:07, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Aye. Thanks. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 05:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Hey! [[User:Fubaka]] has recommended you for Patroller. I'm hardly active anymore, but I can see you've been making lots of contributions to the wiki. Would you be up for it? Patrollers are wiki staff with the ability to mark edits as "patrolled", i.e. approve them, which helps lessen the burden on other people by letting them know they don't have to check those edits anymore. They also get the ability to quickly "roll back" changes (helpful against vandals!). Let me know if you're interested!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:14, 1 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I would be glad to talk the role.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 05:26, 1 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Alright! Welcome to the fold. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:51, 1 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Admin==<br />
Hallo again! :) Fubaka seems to be planning a hiatus - would you be willing to take over their role as an active admin? Basically, you would gain the ability to delete pages and ban accounts (for dealing with vandals and spam bots). Let me know what you think!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:00, 19 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yes, I would be glad to help. --[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 02:41, 19 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright! All done, I think. Congratulations! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 19 August 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&diff=53845MediaWiki:Common.css2018-08-19T03:06:13Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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<div>/* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */<br />
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.wksky { background-color:#DFEAFE; background-image:url(/w/images/b/ba/BackSky.png); }<br />
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FalcoLau */<br />
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Fubaka */<br />
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Adam */<br />
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}</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=WiKirby:Administrators&diff=53844WiKirby:Administrators2018-08-19T03:04:30Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Current Staff */ FalcoLau promoted to admin, Fubaka going inactive.</p>
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<div>{{HelpNav}}<br />
[[File:Warp star.png|60px|left]]<br />
'''Administrators''' are highly trusted editors of WiKirby. Alongside [[WiKirby:Patrol|patrollers]], they are the ones considered to be on the staff of the wiki, and as such, are only the most valuable editors. An administrator can be recogni{{z}}ed by their '''{{color|#D76EA6|pink}}''' user name, as well as a star (like the one seen to the left) in the upper right corner of their user page.<br />
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==Abilities of an administrator==<br />
*Protect/unprotect pages: They can lock a page from editing if it is the subject of controversy and edit wars, or if it repeatedly vandalized. Note that administrators do not protect user pages. Please do not ask for this unless your user page is repeatedly vandalized.<br />
*Delete/undelete pages: They have the ability to delete unnecessary or spammy pages. Pages are usually not deleted unless they have no relevance.<br />
*Move files: They are the only ones with the ability to move files. This is to prevent someone from changing a file's name and creating a great deal of red links.<br />
*Block/unblock users: If a user is deemed to be a vandal or is repeatedly creating conflicts and problems, an administrator can block the user to prevent him or her from editing. Most blocks are temporary and depend on the length of the offense.<br />
*Hide revisions of a page which are inappropriate: Sometimes, vandals insert swears into articles or create other problems that are inappropriate for viewing. Administrators have the ability to hide these revisions in the history of the page.<br />
*Change user rights: They have the ability to grant rights to other users and remove them. User rights changes are usually voted on, and asking for a promotion will only lower your chances of receiving one.<br />
*Edit software pages: They have the ability to edit the pages with the Mediawiki prefix. These pages are sensitive, as they contain software information. Thus, only the most trusted users are given this privilege.<br />
*Rollback vandalism or problem edits: Administrators can quickly revert all revisions of a page by a certain user to the last edit made by the previous user. This is usually only used in cases of vandalism.<br />
*Patrol edits: Wikis have a system of checking edits known as patrolling. Administrators have the ability (and responsibility) to patrol all edits to make sure that they are of passing quality. Administrators also have their own edits automatically marked as patrolled.<br />
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==Current Staff==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid pink; width:75%"<br />
! '''Name'''<br />
! '''Position'''<br />
! '''Status'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] <br />
| Bureaucrat and Administrator<br />
| Active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Not very active<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Active<br />
|}<br />
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===Former Staff===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid pink; width:75%"<br />
! '''Name'''<br />
! '''Position'''<br />
! '''Status'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Adam|Adam]]<br />
| Bureaucrat and Administrator<br />
| Inactive (formerly behind the scenes tech work)<br />
|- <br />
|[[User:Austin|Austin]]<br />
| Head Patroller<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[user:Axiomist|Axiomist]]<br />
| Bureaucrat and Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]]<br />
| Ambassador of Mario Wiki<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Cipriano 119|Cipriano 119]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
|[[User:Remino52|Remino52]]<br />
| Patroller<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[user:Edofenrir|Edofenrir]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|-<br />
| [[User:Steve|Steve]]<br />
| Administrator<br />
| Inactive<br />
|}</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:FalcoLau&diff=53838User talk:FalcoLau2018-08-19T02:00:01Z<p>Vellidragon: </p>
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<div>{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=FalcoLau}}<br />
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-- [[User:Kirbot|Kirbot]] ([[User talk:Kirbot|talk]]) 06:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Regarding Japanese names for Star Allies enemies==<br />
You say you got the names from a guide book. Would it be possible for you to link to it so I can see where you are getting the names from? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 03:43, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
[[File:FloatyTheCellcoreGuidebook.jpg]]--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 04:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I see it's a physical book. Can you link me to a place where one could obtain this book? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 04:56, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::[https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4091066143 Nintendo Japan version] and [https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4047333239 Famitsu version (the one I got)]--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 05:07, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Aye. Thanks. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 05:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Hey! [[User:Fubaka]] has recommended you for Patroller. I'm hardly active anymore, but I can see you've been making lots of contributions to the wiki. Would you be up for it? Patrollers are wiki staff with the ability to mark edits as "patrolled", i.e. approve them, which helps lessen the burden on other people by letting them know they don't have to check those edits anymore. They also get the ability to quickly "roll back" changes (helpful against vandals!). Let me know if you're interested!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:14, 1 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I would be glad to talk the role.--[[User:FalcoLau|FalcoLau]] ([[User talk:FalcoLau|talk]]) 05:26, 1 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Alright! Welcome to the fold. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:51, 1 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
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==Admin==<br />
Hallo again! :) Fubaka seems to be planning a hiatus - would you be willing to take over their role as an active admin? Basically, you would gain the ability to delete pages and ban accounts (for dealing with vandals and spam bots). Let me know what you think!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:00, 19 August 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vellidragon&diff=53666User talk:Vellidragon2018-08-16T03:41:23Z<p>Vellidragon: /* Checking in again */</p>
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<div>{{Welcome|Vellidragon|}}<br />
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==Greetings==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. Nice to see you here. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 21:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I must say, I'm loving your work here. You're obviously knowledgeable to wikis,and have pointed out the copy/paste job from Wikipedia. Moreover your writing, page layout, suggestions to template changes, and image additions are excellent. These are all very staffly qualities, and I'm wondering if you are on one of the NIWA wiki's staff? [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 19:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Patroller==<br />
Congratulations. For your good work you have been promoted to the Patroller rank. Welcome to the team. =3 - [[User:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:purple;"><br />
Edofenrir</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Edofenrir|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:darkgreen;"><br />
talk</span>]])</sup> 20:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summaries ==<br />
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Hey, dude, I've been noticing some of you edit summaries, and I wanted to let you know that you occasionally come off a bit harsh. Try to be constructive and friendly so the editors don't feel intimidated, alright? :) Other than that, you're doing a GREAT job patrolling! Keep it up!{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Congrats==<br />
Congrats on your promotion :3 perhaps you know me from the MW :) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 15:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Thank you :3 I'm honoured. I'll make sure to use my powers well :3 And yeah, I know you, but doesn't everyone though? ;3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 22:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::HMm... Now that I think of it... Are you in the NIWA Forum? Because if you are you should be listed as WiKirby Staff. --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 14:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I didn't know there ''was'' a main NIWA forum until now x_x I just looked it up and signed up there, though, as I figured I probably should. (Username is the same as here (and nearly everywhere else).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I thought you had known but chose not to join it. I'll pass the message along if you aren't ranked up now. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 03:44, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
::I added you ;) --[[User:Tucayo|Tucayo]] 19:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::OK, thank you :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Reporting a bug==<br />
I was going to but a new version of a image of [[Chip]], so I went to upload, then the templates were VERY squashed, and the text were so small, I had to see the keyboard just to get it right. Any solutions? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 5:57 PM, 15 August 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hm, it's messed up for me as well. This appears to be a technical issue with the Wiki code, so there's not much I can do about it. I reported the bug at the staff board, though, so someone with the capabilities of fiddling with the code will hopefully fix it in the near-ish future.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:43, 15 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page work ==<br />
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Hello, I just added a Wanted Pages template to the Main Page, and was wanting you to have a look and see if any further adjustments are needed for your screen resolution. After I changed my res to the lowest setting I noticed a gap still exist at the bottom of the right margin, which could hold another small template. My normal res shows the right margin slightly longer than the left. My next move will be to try to change the Videos box to make it a little more consistent between the resolution settings. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 08:44, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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:Hm, looks fine to me. I see no real problems with it currently. There's [http://www.duckattack.de/gap.png a rather tall gap below the Wanted Pages box and to the left of the video one for me, though]; not sure if that's the gap you're talking about. As for the rest of the page, it looks fine to me atm, although the right golden wing image of the News box is below the "WiKirby News Box" text instead of to the right of it because it doesn't fit into the box otherwise; not quite sure what could be done about that, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:12, 18 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== New topic ==<br />
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Just passing along an alert to a new topic in the staff discussion that I hope you and everyone else will take interest in. I'm hoping to implement it this weekend.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 22:25, 24 August 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Check User ==<br />
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[[Special:CheckUser]] is the new tool you have access to. I've only used it twice or so when EmmaWatson spammed, and when Turboo asked to block a second account (which didn't show up). So I'm not so familiar with it to write up the UserRights page on it, but if all of those new accounts adding images and nothing else have matching IPs we might as well block them, if it turns out we blocked a legitimate user, they still have the NIWA forums to inform us on and the reversal is simple enough for them.{{User:Axiomist/sig}} 15:00, 4 October 2010 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday ==<br />
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Happy Birthday, according to the skype alert! Anyhow, I think my work week is returning to normal, which means I can finally get things done here. Thanks for holding down the fort with the recent deletions and all! {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 21:19, 14 November 2010 (CST)<br />
:Thank you :D The Skype alert is correct :p And that's good to hear. I do what I can to take care of stuff here, though that's not much with all the ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' edits lately that I can't really patrol without actually having the game or any deeper knowledge about it :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:03, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
::No sweat, I bought the game, but haven't had a chance to even rip it out of the plastic. But feel free to ignore them, I'll play it soon and work on it all. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 19:47, 15 November 2010 (CST)<br />
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== Period Spacing ==<br />
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Meh, that's just how I've always done it. (<-2 spaces, :O) I never really knew it was thought of as inefficient until I looked it up a minute ago. (<-again, :O) But still, it's not really a big deal... you don't have to overreact over such a small thing.:P '''Edit:''' I suppose it would be serious if done it bulk. {{:User:Austin/sig}} 20:20, 16 February 2011 (CST)<br />
:The problem here wasn't so much the edit itself as the edit reason, actually, telling other people to also put two spaces after a period (especially with that statement coming from the head patroller); had to clear this up before more people started doing it :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:05, 18 February 2011 (CST)<br />
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==Maybe A New Kirby?==<br />
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Well, since there's only Ireland, US, Ireland, and Germany. I might want a Ukraine one. Though I ain't Ukrainnian, I have Ukrainnian blood. Maybe do Ukraine Kirby? --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]] 4:49 PM, February 22, 2011 (EST)<br />
:Sure, I'll make one later today; the flag only has two colours, so it shouldn't take long :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 22 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Last one, Polish Kirby. Simple. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Eh, perhaps tomorrow :P I don't want to edit that page so often, so I'll put it on there when I have a couple other country Kirbies done (well, they are already done, actually, but not their userbox colour schemes :p).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:08, 23 February 2011 (CST)<br />
::Done and even stranger looking than the rest. Apparently, the Polish flag's white is actually a light grey from the way the colours are officially defined.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:42, 24 February 2011 (CST)<br />
Well, gee. My families blood baseline is nearly all Italian. Wow. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:French one? And plus, they're slow because they eat snails. BADABING. [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
::Please stop requesting these if you're not actually going to use them. These take quite a bit of work and time, and I'd rather be spending that on things that are needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:11, 4 March 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Axiomist ==<br />
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hiya vellidragon..<br />
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i'm sure you heard about the passing of Axiomist..which has hit me very hard emotionally, since i was very close to him. i always tried to prove myself to him yknow, so i could become an admin, and he always said it was a possibility, since it he needed more admins, which made me happy. i wanted to gain respect generally from a community, but now i just want to make sure i'm helping his wiki be the best it can be.<br />
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since he's gone now..i dont have anyone to talk to from the wiki regularly, someone else to prove to. He asked me to design the WiKirby mascot, I dont know if you know about it, but if you think I'm making it up, I'm not.<br />
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all I want is to make my big bro proud, so if you have skype or msn..please take the time to add me and get to know me..thanks..<br />
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--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 12:58, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Hallo. Yes, I know about it, and it hit me just as hard. I know exactly what you mean; I always felt pretty much the same, even though I'm already an admin. I know about the mascot thing, though I don't know what Ax's plans for that were, unfortunately; I'm not sure about a lot of his plans for the wiki, actually, though I for one will be doing my best to keep moving forward with it, hopefully with the continuing support of the rest of the remaining staff and the community. As for Skype and talking, there is a public WiKirby chat on Skype (also see [[WiKirby:Skype]], though that page is terribly outdated) that I could invite you to, though I would need to know your username on there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:24, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::hey, yeah, my skype name is robburrowlover, and thankyou so much for acknowledging my grieving, I think Ax couldve told me a few plans, but i'm not sure, he and I discussed the appearence of the mascot and stuff. Its all we talked about..oh the good old days..--[[User:HeathyChan|HeathyChan]] 13:46, 23 March 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Comrade! ==<br />
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Are signatures allowed on this wiki, camarada? [[User:Nibbles|Nibbles]] 03:23, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
:[[Help:Custom Signatures|They are :3]] Just abstain from using images in a sig though, as they're generally found to be distracting.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:13, 5 April 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Long Time, No See==<br />
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So...yesh. I'm back and I CAN'T wait for the Kirby Wii to come out. :D<br />
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So, I wonder if you can make a Brazilian-American Kirby? I'm really Brazilian American, and I know it could take some time, but it would be worth it since I am gonna really put it on my homepage. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Welcome back! I can wait, as I likely will hardly get to play it, like with ''Epic Yarn'', and all it means is that even more things have to be covered when we're not even nearly done covering the games that already exist ;_; *kicks a stub in frustration*<br/>As for that Kirby, I have no idea how that would look. Just a country Kirby with half of the Brazilian and half of the U.S. flag? Please specify.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:19, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Yes, Half of Brazil on one side, US on the other side. Doesn't matter which side is which. --[[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:Ok, here it is: [http://www.duckattack.de/BR-USKirby.png clicky!] Just fused the already existing U.S. one with the Brazil one, but with a nicer transition. Looks kinda odd, but meh :\ U.S. flag is on the left so the stars are visible. Wasn't sure if you wanted it on WiKirby as well or just on your homepage. If you need it here, feel free to upload it. Please let me know when you've uploaded this anywhere though so I can delete it from my own webspace.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:02, 18 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Can you put it in like a template like you do with the other Kirbies? [[User:KirJoey|Joey]]<br />
:You can easily do that yourself by copying the code of an existing userbox and changing it accordingly; that's why the userboxes aren't hardcoded in the first place. You probably know better than I what colours you want, etc.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 19 July 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Help Me! ==<br />
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Hey, uh... how are you supposed to "rank up" or whatever? I mean, I've been contributing a LOT lately, and it's not really doing anything. :-{ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:07, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It doesn't happen automatically and it has nothing to do with your amount of contributions. Users may be promoted (i.e. made part of the staff) by a bureaucrat (i.e. me) if the staff (i.e. me :\ Everyone else left or isn't particularly active) considers them worthy of a promotion; making very good edits and showing understanding of the site's standards and the general internal workings of a wiki are a requirement for that. There is no "ranking up" system; I guess the wording on the help page for this is rather confusing, which I apologise for; I believe our help pages were initially taken from a different wiki and not all of them are flawless. Anyway, I'm not yet seeing the "understanding of the site's standards" very much in your edits, but I'll be watching your contributions and if they improve, you may eventually be promoted :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:19, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: The guidelines in the help are partially outdated, as far as I'm aware, so you may want to look at how things are usually done and figure out standards from that; in particular, check out some articles I made and the featured ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' page to get an idea of style and such. I'm really sorry our help pages aren't as helpful as they should be and will be working on them when I get around to do so :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:23, 4 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Contractions ==<br />
Hey. Sorry if it seems like I'm taling too much, but sorry for my abundance of contractions. It's just in my blood (I guess) to use contractions while writing. Is there any way for me to delete said contractions without deleting EVERYTHING ELSE that I've edited?! --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:53, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No need to be sorry as long as you try not to use them in articles anymore :3 As for getting rid of them, unless you inserted them in a seperate edit, the only way (as far as I'm aware) to revert them without undoing other things is to do so manually for each contraction (in a new edit, as opposed to using "undo" on the old one). Ctrl+F may help you find them more easily, though (when I was "uncontracting" some contractions yesterday, I searched for ' (apostrophe) and cycled through the results; this of course finds the bold & italics code and the genitive 's as well, though, both of which should of course remain intact).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:01, 5 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Who Knew? ==<br />
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Wow. I had no idea the universe would hate me for providing a resource for Kirby artwork on a Kirby Wiki. Apparently I had done everything wrong-the images I uploaded were the wrong file type, they weren't transparent, and everyone on the wiki already knew about the site (although little to no anime artwork was uploaded). I've always disliked Wikipedia, Mario Wiki and others because of how the wiki "government" controls every page, complains about every user when "This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," and undoes most edits. I have no doubt you will respond to me with hate, remove my comment from your discussion page, and possibly even ban me. Once I AM killed-I mean, you remove me from the wiki, I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule of "patrolling" to put the artwork in photoshop and remove the horrible white background that ruins the entire image. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 13:47, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Uploading images in the right format and with transparency right away, especially seeing how it's a wiki-wide standard, shouldn't really be asking too much. I don't quite understand your problem here; apparently, you are asking me to let everyone do what they want without following rules or standards? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what an unorganised mess that would result in. Insulting me for enforcing standards in order to prevent Wikirby from becoming a mess really wasn't necessary. WiKirby, like other wikis, is indeed a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but that doesn't mean that you ''should'' edit it if you're not planning to cooperate and actually enhance the site by following existing standards (not to mention you are agreeing that other people may change your contributions by submitting them, as is quite clearly explained at the bottom, so don't complain about your edits being undone. If you want to do whatever you like without running the risk of adjustments being made, maybe a wiki is not the place to go (and if you are going to insult people and throw false accusations around every time you receive critique, it definitely is not the place to go)). Thank you for your concerns about my schedule, but be informed that it mostly consists of having a life rather than "patrolling", so I would still be grateful if you did not unnecessarily take away my time. I am afraid I'm not going to ban you, but I will have to warn you to stop your aggressive behaviour.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:38, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== ^ Sorry 'bout that ==<br />
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I have a rare medical condition (which I'll keep unnamed for privacy purposes) that can result in low blood pressure and crankiness, among other things. That said, I probably should stay away from talk pages (esp. the admin's) when I need to raise my blood pressure. Sorry.--[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 17:30, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's alright :3 Sorry if I seemed harsh above, I had no knowledge of your condition and was just doing my job in telling you to stop. But yeah, you should probably stay away from user talks at those times :\--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
Yes, I did upload the artwork in PNG and transparent, check out the page [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|here]]. :3 I'm also uploading the artwork for Whispy, Ice Dragon, Rick, and some of the villagers today. --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 09:35, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, I saw that you've been uploading transparent ones. These are looking great :3 Almost makes me feel like writing some anime sections/articles, but I have yet to actually watch most of the English dub episodes :p Added [[Masher|Masher's]] artwork to its page, though :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:23, 9 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
==>:(==<br />
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Returns to Dream Land is it's official name!!!{{unsigned|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!}}<br />
:As I have pointed out, there is a discussion about that on the talk page. Feel free to provide an ''official''(!!) source there that refers to the game by that name (the Nintendo site still linked in the article itself calls it "Kirby™ Wii", for your information) there and an agreement on moving or not moving may be reached; no trustable source has been provided at this point and the current situation is not in favour of a move. '''''Please stop moving the article or otherwise pasting it somewhere else unless this has been agreed on'''''. If you don't voluntarily stop, I may have to temporarily block you from editing. (Also, please sign your comments.)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:45, 10 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::see the Kirby wiki on wikia and Wikipedia.[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 14:27, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Neither of these are official Nintendo sources, and see the Kirby Wii talk page once more. Apparently, a recent Nintendo Power survey uses a different name, so don't bother arguing for this one anymore.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:49, 14 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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How do I change my name?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 11:12, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:You can't, only bureaucrats (i.e. I) can. I was just asking for permission to do so (in order to remove the colon). If you want it changed to something else entirely, just let me know and I can do that as well, though (this remains true in the future as well, if you ever need it changed for some reason).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:32, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Then can U chnge it 2 Dedede Superstar DX!!!?[[User:Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!|Dedede: SuperStar DX!!!]] 12:03, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Sure, there you go :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:13, 17 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Curiosity about upload error==<br />
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While I was uploading the images for the Kirby Super Star Ultra table, it wouldn't allow me to name a a sprite of bandana waddle dee "File: BandanaSSU.png". I got this:<br />
'''You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:<br />
The title "File:BandanaSSU.png" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*[Aa4][Ss5][Ss5].*<br />
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For my own curiosity, why was this title banned? --[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 08:20, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:The word was banned because it's a swear word. I whitelisted a large number of innocent words including it, but didn't think of the possibility that anyone may want to put "SSU" after an "a". I'm going to try and whitelist it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:24, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br/>EDIT: Done, should work as it should in the future. :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:30, 19 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Add to help ==<br />
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Sorry about embedding an illegal video, won't happen again. Out of curiosity and for my own personal gain as an editor, I looked over all possibly relevant sections of Wikirby's help and found nothing against illegal videos or linking to them. While I agree this should be a defined rule, we should add it to <nowiki>"help"</nowiki> so other users don't make the same mistake. I did find a Help:Youtube on Mario Wiki, which could be used as a reference for this but Wikirby will obviously have different standards. -[[User:TripleD|Triple D is awesome]] 12:23, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's odd, I could have sworn we had stated this somewhere, but I can't find anything clear either :\ [[WiKirby:User Accounts]] does state linking to questionable content as a potential banning reason, though, which I presume anything illegal would fall under; should perhaps make that more obvious. The thing to realise here is that it's not WiKirby-specific, though, it's downright illegal (to my knowledge), so it should not be necessary to explicitly mention it here, as WiKirby is not exempt from the law; then again, it certainly won't ''hurt'' to mention it, necessary or not, so I'll look into that some time.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:37, 25 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
::An update on this! I was in fact not mistaken when I thought that we mentioned this in the help. This sentence is in the Quality Standards:<br/>''Do not put up links to online Manga translations, fansubs of Japanese retail videos, TV show episodes, or game ROM downloads.''<br/>That should cover it nicely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:09, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Uploading Assistance ==<br />
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I know it's kinda stupid for me to ask this, (mind you, I'm still a beginning editor) but how am I able to link a video to an article? (Sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about) --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 18:49, 26 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:If you mean how to embed a YouTube video, use [[:Template:Youtube]]; instructions are in the template documentation. Remember not to embed anything of questionable legality, though, like free anime episodes.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 09:27, 27 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry, Sorry, And Sorry Again ==<br />
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I'm very sorry about [[User talk:Catulaster|that]] :( I didn't know deleting those would make me seem like I'm ignorant, or whatever. But, I have one thing to ask: When you redirect an article, the redirect takes you to a page with a normal link on it (i.e. [[Top Ride]]). However, other pages (i.e. [[Turn]]) take you immediately to another page. My question: how do you do that? --[[User:Catulaster|CatuLaster]] 11:14, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
:It's ok. And you make automatic redirects by not putting anything else than the redirect itself on the page; the Top Ride thing had wikicode for italics around the link, breaking it. The redirect page must only consist of "<nowiki>#REDIRECT[[target]]</nowiki>", no wikicode or anything.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:58, 28 August 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Sorry about that ==<br />
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I'm sorry I deleted your your admin message. I deleted it because I understood what you were saying, and I ''promise'' it will never happen again. I hope you understand what I am saying. --[[user:Meta_knight_12|Meta_knight_12]] 20:20, 08 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:That's alright :3 There's no need to apologise, I'm just doing my job when I'm writing warnings or reminders. On an unrelated note, as I'm talking to you anyway, the Waddle Doo and Dee images on your user page appear to be fan art; if they are, please mark them as personal images as per [[Help:Personal Images]] and ensure you have usage permission by the creator if you want to keep them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:36, 14 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Nintendo 64 ==<br />
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Thanks for your help {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:You're welcome, but there's no need to thank me :3 Helping out with articles is (part of) my "job", really ;P --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:30, 20 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Rename ==<br />
Is there a place where you can get renamed? {{User:Mario Bros.!/sig}}<br />
:No, but there's a person who can rename you :P I don't believe we have official rules on renaming, but I'll rename anyone who asks. Just let me know what to change your name to if you need it changed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 12:19, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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Maybe just "Mario"? MB.!<br />
:Okay, done :3 --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:53, 24 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Image Request ==<br />
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Vellidragon, could you supply me with an image for each ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' course? I mainly ask this because I'm editing from a cell phone, so I can't... proceed downloading images. Sorry, and thanks if you can. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 15:45, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Sorry, I wouldn't know where/how to get them without stealing them, and I have never even played ''Kirby Air Ride'' :\ I'd love to help out, but I don't think I have a way to do so. I can check if a Nintendo site has images of them, but I likely won't know which course is which.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:13, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
::The UK website has screenshots of the game, but they're not captioned, so I don't know what courses they depict :< --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:31, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright. It's OK. I'll try to download those images some other way. Sorry to bother you. :-/ --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:48, 28 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
(indent reset) UK website [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/gc/kirby_air_ride.html] - under images tab left to right: <br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Celestial Valley<br />
#Sky Sands<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights 2-p split screen<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Beanstalk Park<br />
#Fantasy Meadows 4-p split screen<br />
#Fantasy Meadows<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
#Checker Knights<br />
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The first video is on Beanstalk Park, the second is on Magma Flows.<br />
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There are no images on the website for: Frozen Hillside (the only snow course), Magma Flows (the only lava course), Machine Passage (the only techno/machine-based course), and Nebula Belt (the only one set in outer space), and all top ride courses and City Trial, but those can be found on IGN / Gamespot. Hope this helps - talk to me if the info's not clear enough. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 06:50, 30 September 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Names In Other Languages, Or Not? ==<br />
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Should every article, related to something that ''actually'' has another translation, have a Names In Other Languages section? I just wanted to know, for future reference, or whatever. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 16:56, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:No idea what you mean. Everything with names in other languages should have names in other languages listed, if you mean that. Makes no sense to me not to list them if they exist (and they almost always do, at the very least in Japanese).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:46, 18 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Jerkweed? ==<br />
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The page title has been blacklisted, but Jerkweed is a common and important thingamajig in Mass Attack. Any chance you could please fiddle with that? [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:35, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:Thank you very much for informing me. It is, in fact, the word "weed" that is blacklisted, so everything containing that will also be blocked by default. I just added "Jerkweed" to the whitelist, though, so that should work now; let me know if it still doesn't and I'll look into it more.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:40, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
::All is good. Thanks. ^_^ [[User:Sparky|Sparky]] 15:53, 23 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hello Vellidragon. I'm one of the caretakers of Wikia's Kirby wiki, but that's not important. I just wanted you to know that the transparent pngs on the [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]] article are taken from there.<br />
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Gamefreak (one of the older admins) loaded up high-res jpegs and and asked me to clean them up, and I spent several hours doing so via filters and background removal tools personally (using Corel Paint Shop Pro X3). Several of those pictures I uploaded myself separately and they are not found anywhere else on the internet - the transparent Lor Starcutter pic or the group character picture straight from the PAL / Japan box art front for example - I had to decompile Nintendo's original Flash files using a specific decompiler tool (Trillix) and recompose them. These processes modify the images in a specific way - removal of artifacts modify individual pixels depending on specific filter settings, and pixel-perfect recomposition of the images from separate Flash "sprite" data using Trillix means sometimes the final image attains a faint grey edge, and the images are extracted at Nintendo's original resolution. I checked the images for duplicity by sampling pixels and they have 100% matching, so there's no doubt about the primary image source.<br />
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With all due respect, I'm not asking for the images to removed unless that's how things are run - since none of us own those images and Nintendo holds the copyright, but according to Wikirby's [[WiKirby:Inter-Wiki_Policy|inter-wiki policy]] I think [[User:Yarnkirby|Yarnkirby]] should have attributed the source of the image to the wiki at least when he/she uploaded them. I'm aware of the possibility that some third-party site might have taken the images as-is from Wikia, and Yarnkirby might have taken the pictures from there, so I really don't know.<br />
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On the flipside, if you happen to discover any pictures or any content for that matter on Wikia taken straight from Wikirby, please do tell me and I'll confirm the source with the editor and remove it if it's ripped straight from another wiki or Kirbypedia / KRR.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
[[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 14:27, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:I had been wondering where those images came from, actually. Let it be known that this wasn't approved by me, nor was I aware of it. I thank you for informing me and will leave the uploader a message as soon as I can. You stated you're not requesting their deletion, but I can still delete them if you change your mind; I'm not particularly attached to them and they're all just in a random gallery at the moment, so this wouldn't be too problematic. I would like to avoid hostilities, so please do tell me if anyone over there wants them gone and I'll make it happen. What I will do in any case, as soon as I have the time, is properly attribute them. Thanks again for informing me of this, and do let me know if anyone steals images from your wiki again.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 14:40, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::Ah, no problem, and, whether they're deleted or not is really up to the decisions of Wikirby's admin team =) I just wanted to be clear that having them removed is not the intention of the message. For the record, I don't know where Gamefreak got the original jpgs from, and they don't look like scanned media. They might be for press-related institutions / publishing bodies or from e-book subscriptions or other restricted sources to which I have no access to.<br />
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::Best regards, [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 15:36, 25 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::Alright, I've notified the uploader and started attributing the images. If nobody is requesting their deletion, I currently don't see a reason to delete them, though it would certainly be nicer to display what is actually our own work here (we don't currently have an "admin team", btw, I'm really the only one :p). What I'm wondering about, though, is whether [[:File:PuffballRtDL.png]] was also stolen, as it wasn't uploaded by Yarnkirby and we do have at least one other transparent image in the gallery evidently not from the Wikia (namely [[:File:Kirby KRtDL.png]]). The PuffballRtDL image does resemble yours, but it appears to be a different file size (unless the displayed size on either wiki is off), so I'm not sure.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:34, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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::::Those two you mentioned are good; there aren't any duplicates on Wikia of current / previous uploads that I'm aware of. It's curious that KirbyKRtDL.png shares the same 3k by 3k resolution but I think it's purely coincidence. The one on Wikia is full-color depth and has less effective resolution than the version on Wikirby, which I think might be a png conversion from a 256-color gif file with dithering. They're definitely not the same files. [[User:Changtau2005|Changtau2005]] 20:02, 26 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
:::::Alright, thank you very much :3 I won't have to issue any more reminders then. Thanks again for checking these!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:21, 28 October 2011 (CDT)<br />
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== Plagiarism ==<br />
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Aside from the trivia, I think the Galacta Knight is okay, and the True Arena article looks okay, too. The story section from Kirby's Return to Dream Land was taken from the Wikia's Magolor article. I took out the boss list, since it was probably copied, but for that content there isn't really any other organization method. <br />
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It looks like Keeby got the images from the Kirby Wikia, also, except for Keeby2.png. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:42, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
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:...But you knew that already. XP I missed your edit to the Return to Dream Land talk page. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:45, 3 November 2011 (CDT)<br />
::Ah, thanks for reminding me of the images. Didn't have much time lately, but I'll delete them now. I'll delete the Keeby one as well as it's fan art and, last time I checked, not marked as personal or used anywhere. (On an unrelated note, are you the same Sky as the Nookipedia lead editor? We have this ambassador user group which I believe is for non-WiKirby NIWA staff, though it hasn't been used much. I could add you to that if that's the case, it would autopatrol your edits and some other little things apparently ([[Special:ListGroupRights]]).)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:58, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Ok, I deleted what I could confirm was taken from wikia; unfortunately, I cannot find wikia equivalents of [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]], [[:File:Magolor_Boss2.jpg]], [[:File:Landia.jpg]] and [[:File:Magolor_Boss.jpg]]; while I have no doubt they were stolen from somewhere, I can't rightfully delete them without confirmation that they were. Did those images use to be on the wikia but have since been deleted? They're all very low-quality, so that wouldn't be unlikely.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:16, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Looking now, I don't see duplicates for those images either (one of them I thought was a duplicate was actually just very similar). There is a recent deletion log entry for a Magolor Soul image, so that one could be one of the images here. (And I am the Sky from Nookipedia.) <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:30, 7 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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::Sorry to interrupt, but no, the four images you listed, Vellidragon, were not stolen from the wikia site. However, I think the [[:File:Magolors_soul.png]] may have been on the site, but it's long gone now. Hope this clears things up. {{User|Gamefreak75}}<br />
:::Thank you very much; I had been meaning to contact you on this, but I guess that's not necessary anymore :3 I suppose if they're not from the wikia, they can remain on here for now unless they turn out to be stolen from some other place. They will eventually have to be replaced anyway, as they're very low quality, so it's just a temporary thing in any case. Thanks again for looking into this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:59, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== I Blame Gordo... ==<br />
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[[Gordo|...for the "Appearance" sections]]. =P<br />
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Anyway, I found the article formatting guide, and they way it's set up, a lot of articles (like the enemies) don't have any headings for the main content, which makes them look unappealing (in my opinion). For example, the [[Batty]] article has enough information to fill a decent-sized article section, but all of it is put into what I would consider an introduction section.<br><br />
Is there any other format to use for those types of articles that would give them some more organization? <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 12:58, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, some articles still have appearance sections; this is mainly as I keep planning to rewrite stuff completely and remove those while I'm at it, but I'm rarely finding the time for that. I went by what most articles (well, newer ones; the Gordo article, among some others, is still from the wiki's beginning stages, as far as I'm aware) already looked like when I wrote the formatting guide to properly be able to enforce some consistency in the future as well, and I don't believe short-ish articles need any more organisation (and I like how they look, myself, though 1024x768 resolution may make them look better). They're organised just as well as the longer ones, except the latter are divided into games, which can't be done when there's only one game to deal with, and interspersing the paragraphs with section headings just for the sake of having section headings isn't going to improve them. Ax said long ago when the topic was brought up that headings should only be used when there's a need to divide information, and I honestly don't see a need for such a division in articles with 2-3 paragraphs and only a single game appearance; besides, enforcing such a format on single-game articles makes no sense without also using the same format in the game sub-sections of multiple-game articles, which will just become cluttered then. Making articles using the current formatting standards actually earned me my staff position to begin with, so I figure that's the way Ax wanted them to look and I currently have no plans to change that (not only in honour of his memory but also because I see no necessity).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 13:22, 13 November 2011 (CST)<br />
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== About Top Ride ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon. I was wondering what I should write for the Top Ride course (Light, Metal, Grass, etc.) articles. I'm pretty sure that if I put the basic information and all that general stuff, the articles'll be ''way'' to short. If you could just assist me a little, that'd be greatish. --[[User:Catulaster|Catulaster]] 10:05, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:Gladly would, but as I believe I have stated before, I have never played ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' and know practically nothing about it, so I won't be able to help with ''Air Ride'' coverage, sorry :\ I neither have the money nor the time (anymore) to actually buy and play all these games, so there'll always be a couple whose coverage I won't be able to help on (or properly monitor). I mostly just trust the contributors to do so instead, but with almost no actual contributors, that's rather problematic :/ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 10:15, 10 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Image Transparencies ==<br />
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Hello, I just uploaded (and reverted my upload) of a KRtDL Ice Kirby file because I see a white background, so I opened it up in GIMP and removed the white into transparency, then uploaded, and the problem was still there, despite the fact that if I load it in GIMP, it shows as transparent? I'm kind of inexperienced in these matters, so may you offer some help? Thanks :) [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:17, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:You likely didn't do a clean refresh in your browser and it was loading the older, cached version of the image. I don't know what browser you are using, but in Firefox, holding Ctrl and hitting F5 will perform a clean refresh. I can confirm your transparent image was working fine and looking good, so feel free to revert back to that :3 It was just a browser cache-related issue.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:22, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Oh, you're right, thanks! I reverted the picture back to the transparent-background picture I uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience.[[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]] 21:24, 28 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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Is there a particular procedure for making .jpg images .png, so a transparency can be added? <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:43, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:(By that, I mean reuploading a .png, not actually making one, sorry, that was ambiguous)<font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 15:44, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::Hope I understood this right... If you mean uploading a new version of an image that's a different format than the currently uploaded one, I don't believe that works. If your new version is a different format, just upload it as a new file rather than a new version of the existing one and manually adjust the filename where the image is used (or if it's used in many articles, let me know and I can text replace them). I can delete the non-PNG ones when they are no longer needed; there's even a premade "superseded" deletion message for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:54, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
:::I can't seem to find this template... do you happen to know where it is? :\ <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 16:16, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
::::Not sure what you mean there. There is no template, sorry if I confused you. With deletion message, I meant a message I can set to show up as the deletion reason in the recent changes when I delete things, sorry. There's no need to mark the images for deletion, they will show up in unused images when they're not used anymore and I will eventually delete them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:30, 29 December 2011 (CST)<br />
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== Skype ==<br />
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I just barely installed and signed up for Skype, my username is "t.c.w7468". <font style="background: #fffffff" face="none" color="teal">[[User:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#000080;">'''T.c.w'''</span>]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#800000;">'''74'''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|<span style="font-family:Sylfaen; color:#008000;">'''68'''</span>]]</font> 18:45, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Nice :3 Contact request has been sent (tacopill also sent you one). Will add you to WiKirby chats once it's been accepted.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 20:38, 16 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Affiliates?== <br />
Hello Vellidragon, it is I The Forgotten Beast, one of the staff members on Starfy Wiki and DK wiki, and I was hoping our wikis could become affiliated with WiKirby if that's alright? -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 16:13, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:Erm, aren't we already affiliated? WiKirby is also a NIWA member...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:54, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
::I ask because when I mentioned the affiliates thing to a Smashwiki admin, he had no interest in a direct affiliation or an affiliation list and that the NIWA template on the main page was enough, so I was just asking to make sure. -[[User:The Forgotten Beast|The Forgotten Beast]] 17:08, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
:::But aren't NIWA wikis automatically affiliated? o.O Or am I completely misunderstanding something here? SmashWiki in particular is interlinking with almost every NIWA wiki, so it seems strange to me that they would deny affiliation. Thanks for adding some missing wikis to the affiliates page, though; the reason they were missing there was not because there's no affiliation, but because nobody has updated that page in a long time. The links on the sidebar are closer to the actual affiliates than the affiliates page...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 19:06, 22 January 2012 (CST)<br />
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== name change ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me. Could you change my name to SSBBKirby?<br />
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{{User:SSBBNess/sig}}<br />
:Not a problem & done :3 You'll have to adjust your signature manually, though.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 17:00, 14 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Apologies ==<br />
Sorry about the copying of the image from Kirby Wiki. I am new, and I didn't know. I have two questions, though: <br />
a. Is Kirby Wiki a public domain?<br />
b. If so, am I allowed to use text from it?<br />
Thanks! -[[User: Tylosaurus|Tylosaurus]] 16:10, 19 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:Hallo. No need to apologise :3 Not sure what licence the wikia uses, but I'm fairly certain it's not public domain. Taking text from a different wiki is in any case frowned upon and shouldn't be done. We've had problems before with people plagiarising text from the Kirby Wikia in particular. I recommend that you just write everything you submit yourself (unless you're citing something, in which case you should of course use the original, unaltered text for the citation).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 15:31, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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== Irrelevant Question ==<br />
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Weren't you the "YouTube Pooper" Oiramapap? If so, thanks for the entertainment. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 18:27, 19 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:Indeed I was; previously known as igiulamam. Gosh, those were the days :p The account is blocked nowadays, though, but you're welcome in any case :3 Even if I won't be able to make any more of that kind of stuff. And out of curiosity, how did you find out? :o--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 20 February 2012 (CST)<br />
::I happen to be quite good at finding users across sites, although it's so simple and doesn't require much resources. For example, during my last days on "UnMario" Wiki by former MW sysop Paper Jorge, I had a confrontation with someone who happens to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Bambifan101 some insane and still active Wikipedia troll] I have just found out about recently. Nonetheless, you posting on your own older YouTube account gave it away. Before that, I was a bit late to enjoy your last videos, and I noted some similarities between oimarapap and your MW forum account when you were still active. You happened to be a familiar face, so I found it out. [[User:The Guy|The Guy]] 13:45, 25 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Me Image==<br />
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I want 1 like Kind DDD artwork from KSSU except(Color variations:) A.beak=orange B.red parts of robe=purple C.Hammer=Rainbow color D.Feet=Blue E.Skin and Mittens=Red [[User:Dedede Superstar DX!!!|Dedede Superstar DX!!!]] 15:52, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
:I'm not keeping you from making such an image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:44, 22 February 2012 (CST)<br />
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==Please get in touch==<br />
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Hi, sorry I've been absent so long! Could you [http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=21 send me a PM or email] please? I'd just like to catch up with you and discuss some stuff :) --[[User:Adam|Adam]] 03:17, 17 March 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== Zeldawiki userbox ==<br />
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Could you make a Zelda Wiki userbox, by any chance? I use the wiki there, and want people to know that. sincerely, [[Medipink]] 9:03 April 27, 2012<br />
:Sorry I haven't been very active here lately. I'll try to make one as soon as I find the time; every NIWA member should eventually have such a userbox, but I haven't gotten around to making any more than what's currently there. In the meantime, anyone may feel free to make their own boxes where needed by copying & editing the existing ones.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:12, 4 May 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== @Kirby's Dream Land ==<br />
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:So why do we consider the point value as when he puffs air? [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 14:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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::Did you read my edit summary? It's the point value that's awarded when ANY projectile destroys an enemy; there is NO difference between puffing air or spitting a star at them. I just checked the game again to confirm this, and can also confirm that the same amount of points is also rewarded if Kirby simply bumps into the enemy (presumably, using a bomb or microphone also awards this amount). Therefore, it is reasonable to treat this (more commonly awarded) amount of points as the base value and consider the points awarded for inhaling the enemy the exception, as inhaling an enemy is the only case in which the player receives a different amount of points.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:25, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:::Ok I said that wrong. The difference I'm trying to understand is swallowing to exhaling a projectile, not puffing air to exhaling a projectile. Oh I see we are doing the more commonly used one in the point value. [[User:LightningBlue|<font style="color:Blue;font-family:arial black">LightningBlue:</font>]] [[User talk:LightningBlue|<font style="color:black; font-family:arial black">Back in Blue</font>]] 16:56, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::::Inhaling an enemy simply cuts the points in half, as is explained in the introduction of the Enemies section: ''Alternatively, many can also be inhaled to be swallowed or used as ammunition; however, '''doing so only awards Kirby half the amount of points'''.''--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:50, 15 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== The Server has Reset ==<br />
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When I upload a giant PNG screenshot, I am unable to do so because eventually, the page directs to "The Connection has Reset" or something like that. The file size is around 1 MB (which is big for a picture), which doesn't exceed the file size limit by far. However, when I upload the same picture in JPG format, it's fine. What's going on? [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 14:58, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
:I wish I knew. Perhaps it's a server thingy, but I have no way of finding out as the only person with server access practically never responds to me. If all else fails, try using pngcrush on the image and see if you can reduce the size any further.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 16:41, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
::Okay, thanks for the help. [[User:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Script; color:MediumBlue;">Aphelocoma</span>]][[User talk:Aphelocoma Mario|<span style="font-family:Impact; color:Red;">マリオ </span>]] 16:48, 30 June 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== U Blocked Me Like That, So I Can't Edit My User Page/User Talk Page?! ==<br />
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:I didn't block you at all. I'm still waiting for you to tell me which one of your accounts you would like to keep. Also, please mark your personal images accordingly and mark all but three for deletion in compliance with the policy; if you don't, I'll delete all that are not marked properly, or delete them at random if more than three are attributed to you. And please don't put images on talk pages, especially not other people's. Your personal images can go on your user page, but that's where they should remain.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 08:56, 28 July 2012 (CDT)<br />
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== HAI VELLIIII!!! ==<br />
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its me! andy! from skype? XDD who knew you were head of this site?<br />
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== [[MediaWiki talk:Mainpage]] ==<br />
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I would like what it says to be done to avoid a redirect. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 14:28, 1 February 2013 (CST)<br />
:I don't believe I have the power to tinker with what's being asked here. These seem like server & skin things, which I can't access. (Sorry for the delayed message, I haven't been here in months and don't really have time to do anything now either, was just quickly checking something and noticed I had a message. I haven't abandoned this site, I just have many, many other things on my hands. If anything urgent needs to be done, try to contact me in some other way or let tacopill know somewhere, I won't be checking this regularly for some time to come...)--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 18:46, 12 February 2013 (CST)<br />
::okay then. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">[[User:Mario|Mario]] [[User talk:Mario|(T]][[Special:EditCount/Mario|&middot;E&middot;]][[Special:Contributions/Mario|C)]]</span> 11:19, 19 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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==Ado/Adeleine Verdict==<br />
A couple months back, there was an encyclopedia of Kirby's history for his 20th anniversary released only in Japan. One of sections cracks the code of Ado's gender and relationship to Adeleine. Rough translation: "Ado and Adeleine are '''girls''' who came to Pop Star to study art. They are almost identical to each other in appearance and fighting style. Although there is much debate whether they are the same person, '''it is probable that they are one and the same, Ado is her nickname and Adeleine is her birth name'''." [[User:Technickal]]<br />
:Nice find! I suppose we can refer to Ado as female now with the relevant portion as a reference (it would be great if the original Japanese could be cited, not just a translation, so it can be verified that it wasn't distorted through mistranslation). As for identity, if even the encyclopaedia doesn't 100% confirm that they are the same ("probable"), I think we should keep them seperate, but definitely point this out (again with this source; original Japanese would be even more important to have here).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:22, 21 June 2013 (CDT)<br />
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== Main Page update? ==<br />
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Hey, Vellidragon! I'm new-ish around here---I created my account almost 2 years ago but only decided to become active last week---and I've been doing things (mostly of the organizational variety) to tidy up a bit over the past few days. One thing that's been bugging me, however, is the main page. It's...pretty outdated! There's a message celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the wiki...over 2 years ago, and the new/upcoming games box makes no mention of Triple Deluxe! I realise that WiKirby's not the most...active wiki, to say the least, but maybe if the main page were up to date, it would become at least a little more active. (...Maybe?)<br />
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I'd do something about it myself, but I obviously don't have the proper permissions. You appear to be the only semi-active admin around these parts, so I guess it's up to you! So, uh...in summary, it'd be great if you would wipe some of that metaphorical dust of the main page. Thanks! :) --[[User:EzloSpirit|<span style="font-family:courier; color:#5ca028;">EzloSpirit</span>]] <sup><span style="font-family:courier;">([[User talk:EzloSpirit|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/EzloSpirit|contribs]])</span><sup> 06:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You are so right! Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. There are so many outdated things here especially since tech people keep screwing up the server and having to restore from age-old backups and I'm lacking the time (and by now motivation thanks to the repeated sever screw-ups) to work on them. :( I don't have much hope left for the site after all the times the server went down and/or the account database got nuked, usually with little to no explanation from the tech people responsible. I lost tons of contributions here myself. Things like that and being occupied with more important things just killed my enthusiasm for the site, which I'm sorry for, but I don't see it coming back right now.<br />
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:So, I currently have no idea when or if I will feel up to the task of cleaning things up. :( I'm not sure if anyone would care by now either way, the continuous tech-side failures probably drove people away. Sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:55, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:EDIT: We actually did have an announcement about Triple Deluxe on the main page and some coverage, but it all was lost thanks to the aforementioned screw-ups on server side.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit request ==<br />
Hi Velli. Can the [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice|site notice]] be removed now? I feel that it is an issue that has passed, and every affected website is back up. If not, can you make a minor edit and uncapitalize why in "For more information on Why", please? Thanks in advance. --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] ([[User talk:Chickasaurus|talk]]) 22:26, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Okay, it's gone. A tech person put it up and apparently never took it down...--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:33, 20 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== I have a question. ==<br />
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I'm not sure why, but I had to re-create my account. Would you please tell my why? I'm the same Mario from a year or so ago, by the way. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 18:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Because tech people keep losing or messing up the database and then never put an explanation on the site despite telling me they would. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:39, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Also, may you remove the brackets from [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]]? They mess up the link. [[User:Mario|Mario]] ([[User talk:Mario|talk]]) 19:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:::Moydow fixed it; I had never seen that page before and had no idea what it even did! Nice catch, thanks.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:05, 25 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== There's a vandal here! :( ==<br />
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I noticed that the page [[Ado]] got vandalized by [[Special:Contributions/I_AM_KIRBYS_NUMBER_1_FAN_YAY_YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYAYYAY|this user]] so I registered to revert that back to the previous version. It turns out that user has also vandalized other pages and has created ones for non-existing things such as [[Kirby & the Bathroom Mirror]], [[Red Reds]] and [[Mario Air Ride]]. Can you block them and delete those nonsense pages they've made please? I'm currently trying to revert the mess they've made on the other pages.<br />
--[[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks so much for helping out with this! :3 They're blocked and I deleted their pages. I checked their contributions and they all seem to have been reverted. Thanks again! --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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How do I get renamed? --[[User:MetaKnight4ever|MetaKnight4ever]] ([[User talk:MetaKnight4ever|talk]]) 22:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I can rename you! Just let me know what you'd like the new name to be.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Vandal ==<br />
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Um, a [[Special:Contributions/Kirby_is_oseme|user]] has been vandalizing a few pages. I've already undone the vandalism, but I guess I should still let you know. '''[[User:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#8A2BE2;">HyperDiacriticalDee</span>]] &middot; [[User talk:HyperDiacriticalDee|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print; color:#7B68EE;">Talk</span>]]''' 06:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know and helping with this! Signing up just to vandalise is an instant block in my book, so that's been taken care of. Feel free to let me know at any time if something needs admin attention; I don't regularly check this site anymore due to other things getting in the way, but I get an email notification for every message left on my talk page.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:33, 4 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== New NIWA Member ==<br />
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Inkipedia has been inducted into NIWA. Please update the main page and sidebar accordingly~ --[[User:Starphoria|Starphoria]] ([[User talk:Starphoria|talk]]) 06:35, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Redirect Vandal ==<br />
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A user going by a number of names, including [[User:Willy on Wheels|Willy on Wheels]] and [[User:Wíkirby is communism|Wíkirby is communism]] has been vandalizing pages by redirecting them with alternate titles. If you could step in and take care of the situation while we continue to undo the acts this user is doing...~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:50, 13 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, I banned "Wikirby is communism" (the other was already banned) and deleted the nonsensical titles. Let me know if there's anything else left to be done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== [[User:Zombienom|Zombienom]] and Nonsensical Pages ==<br />
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This user, who signed up on the 2nd of January, has created a great number of pages that frankly do not belong on WiKirby. This user also seems to be taking on the guise of a 7 year old kid, but uses profane language in certain areas. This might be another returning vandal.~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Whoops, I'm not sure how I missed this! I do apologise. Looks pretty awful from here. I'll clean up the mess when the server stops being so slow, I honestly can barely do anything on the site right now. The user seems to have left already, so I'm not sure if I'll need to block them anymore. They're probably a young child.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam notice ==<br />
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Hello, you told me that a notice here would be more likely to be seen than Skype, so I would like to call to attention [[Special:Contributions/Judvt|this spammer]] and his pages, which are obvious spam. I'll blank the spam pages with delete tags for now. <span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 15:13, 18 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, was that the one you left a message on Skype for? I didn't get to it when I saw it there (and I'm rarely on skype) and then I forgot about it, thank you for leaving a message here. The server is super slow right now, but all should have been taken care of.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 07:16, 20 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== The Kirby Club is dead ==<br />
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It closed down late last month on the whims of its founder, who became tired of operating it. The link now leads to no website.<br />
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If I may suggest, there is a relatively new community, which recently added a forum, and can be considered a successor to The Kirby Club. It's called Meta Naito. Here is its URL: http://metanaito.net/ ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 6:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Kirby Game! ==<br />
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A new Kirby game was announced yesterday! ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. We've gotta update the main page to reflect this news! ~ -- [[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for letting me know - it's been literally years since I personally updated these things, so I hope it's all looking as it should (apart from the lack of a countdown, which presumably stopped working in some past MediaWiki upgrade - I'll be bringing that up to the tech folks). By the way, [[Template:Lineup]] and [[Template:News]] (which are displayed on the main page) are not protected, so anyone can add information like this to them.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:54, 8 March 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== CAPTCHA ==<br />
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Hello, there is a problem with the CAPTCHA system preventing any edits to be made...<span style="font-family:Sylfaen">[[User:T.c.w7468|{{color|#008|'''T.c.w'''}}]][[User talk:T.c.w7468|{{color|#800|'''74'''}}]][[Special:Contributions/T.c.w7468|{{color|#080|'''68'''}}]]</span> 09:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of access or expertise required to do anything about it. :/ I brought it up in the hangouts chat for the server group so hopefully a tech person will look into it.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:41, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Tech says it was fixed with a quest captcha - let me or a server person know if there are still problems. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== New Here ==<br />
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Hey there! I'm Kirbylover100 but you can call me LooneyBandicootGirl or rorosilky5, any username will do...<br />
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As the title says...I'm kinda new to WiKirby and I was wondering...can you at least tell me what to do here in this wiki? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 10:09, 18 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Hallo Kirbylover! Welcome to the site. :) I haven't been able to actively keep up with the wiki in a while (except for stepping in with admin powers where requested), but generally, we can always use help in making our coverage of the ''Kirby'' franchise more complete by filling in missing information or creating articles about subjects we should cover but don't yet. Check out our [[Help:Contents|Help & Policy section]] if you need help with editing, or try things out in the [[WiKirby:Sandbox|Sandbox]].<br/><br/>If you're not sure which areas need help, [[:Category:Stubs|here is our category for incomplete articles]] (so-called "stubs"), and [[Special:WantedPages|here is our list of red links]] (articles that are being linked to but haven't been started yet). When editing, please keep our [[WiKirby:Quality Standards|style guide]] in mind - it is designed to make articles look more consistent and clean.<br/><br/>'''Happy editing!'''<br/>--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:04, 21 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Uhm...help? ==<br />
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I'm having trouble uploading the Cook Kirby file, you know...the Brawl screenshot of it. You might wanna edit it a bit... Oh, and the file is Cook_Kirby.PNG. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 16:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Looks fine to me. What was the problem? There seem to be two of the same image file, though ([[:File:Cook Kirby Brawl.PNG]] and [[:File:Cook Kirby.PNG]]). Since both of them are unused right now, which one would you rather like to remain on the wiki (so I can delete the other)? They are identical.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm...the file Cook_Kirby_Brawl.PNG will have to stay since it's a screenshot from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 09:24, 26 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, I deleted the other one. Thanks! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::No problem. I added the picture in the Final Smash page, how does it look? --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::::Looks fine to me. Pictures in articles generally should have a caption, though. Something like <code>Kirby's Final Smash in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.</code> or whatever looks good underneath the image.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
::::::Gotcha. I added the caption, now it stands out perfectly. Expect me to edit more pages! --[[User:Kirbylover100|Kirbylover100]] ([[User talk:Kirbylover100|talk]]) 07:05, 4 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
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== Anniversary ==<br />
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Hello. I notice that the main page's anniversary is off....let's say...7 year. Anyway, i would like to change it, but i do not have the permission. I have a little experience with this on mario wiki(i am marioboy00001) and i am requesting to have access to change it. Thanks!<br />
--[[User:Kirboy00001|Kirboy00001]] ([[User talk:Kirboy00001|talk]]) 16:21, 31 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh yeah. I haven't been doing much here for the past years, I was thinking someone else with access would change it eventually, haha. I should probably change it myself and put a welcome message of sorts, though today's date may not be best for that.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I went and changed the main page message to something that won't become outdated. How's it look? :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:17, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Main page april fools ==<br />
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Why did you change the main page image to Bulbaonion? April Fools or mistake? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:WiKirby wanted to feel famous for a day.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Another vandal ==<br />
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A user named Comic Sans Globox signed in yesterday, and did some damage to the character infobox and certain pages, by replacing images with the cover to the original Rayman game. I have undone the damage, but I suspect more will be done by this user unless stopped. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 4:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Handful of spam accounts being made ==<br />
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We've recently had four spam accounts made using auto-generated names, with auto-generated userpages. These should be snipped at the bud as soon as possible. They are GastonSynder25, AlphonseRowley, TracieCranswick, and WilhelminaCook. Their userpages are identical outside of word changes in various places. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 19:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I've taken care of these - thank you very much! :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:08, 18 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Even more spam ==<br />
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A whole lot of spam has gone down yesterday (May 26th). A number of pages have been created full of phone numbers and email addresses. All of it needs to be dealt with asap. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 14:32, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yikes, thanks for letting me know. Hope that's taken care of. :\ --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:10, 27 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== A Discord for WiKirby? ==<br />
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I've been editing around here for a while, so I should probably know if a Discord or other IRC-type service exists for WiKirby. Does such a thing exist? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:06, 30 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry to be a bother, but I would like an answer to this question. If such a thing does not exist, could we establish one? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 09:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, I actually never received an email about this - sorry about that. There is/was a Skype group for WiKirby, but I think that's it. I don't use Discord, but others do, so something can probably be set up. I passed it on to [[User:tacopill]], who has more experience with such things; he is tacopill#1781 on Discord and you should get in contact with him.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Alright, will do. Based on your response, I will assume that you've told him about this request. I will tell him that you sent me. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Template:Names ==<br />
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I was told by Tacopill that you might have something to think about [[Template talk:Names]]. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] ([[User talk:Raltseye|talk]]) 11:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam Account and 2000 page upcoming ==<br />
We've got a spam account. Normally Moydow would deal with this, but he's out of town. Can you do it? Account: '''User:NellieWilkins'''<br />
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Also, thought I'd let you know. We are getting dangerously close to 2000 articles on WiKirby! What should we do to celebrate? ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 5:05, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, taken care of (I de-linkified the link above so it's not a red link).<br />
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:Hmm, I don't know, really. I don't remember if we did anything for 1000 articles. Personally not a big fan of page number milestones since there tend to be a lot of incomplete/unpolished pages, but I can see the significance. Maybe ask around on the discord thingy, and let me know if anyone has an idea.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::On that note, have you considered getting a Discord account? I think we'd all like to have you in there so we can chat in real time. I understand if you don't want to, but I would still recommend it. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Hrm, I'd rather not have to check on anything more than Google Hangouts. I used to be in some Skype chats and I often found them distracting and time-consuming. Sorry. I get emailed about talk page messages, though, so anyone's free to contact me here. --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 19:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Sorry to bug you again so soon, but we have another spam account: '''User:Lilliana7259''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:14, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::And another one: '''User:BernieceJulius9''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:02, 21 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::All gone, feel free to bug me any time. :p --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 00:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::One more. :P '''User:AlfredGentile82''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 1:13, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 02:47, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Thanks a bunch. That was an uncanny number of spam accounts for a single day. I'll start a new section if another appears. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Spam Account==<br />
We've got another spammer to deal with: '''User:IsmaelBackhouse''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 17:46, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks, done. :) --[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:38, 28 December 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Summore spammers, this time in their talk pages: '''User talk:Frtte111''' & '''User talk:Wqw5202'''. ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 2:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks, done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 06:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Two more: '''User:ElmoMiljanovic0''' & '''User talk:Uusd234''' ~ --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:04, 4 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::Done.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 22:44, 8 January 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Update ==<br />
<br />
Hello. Could you update the table at the bottom of the edit table where there are NIWA links? No new wikis since F-Zero Wiki has been added. Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 08:14, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Wow, I never knew those links were there! Had to check to even know what you meant. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be looking into it later.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Done! Let me know if anything is still needed.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 01:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, well actually [[Special:Interwiki]] needs updating as well. ZeldaWiki has moved to a new domain, and Bulbapedia, Donkey Kong Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Fire Emblem Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Inkipedia, Lylat Wiki, Metroid Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, Starfy Wiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, and Wikibound now uses https --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 07:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::Wars Wiki has also moved to a new domain, could you update the interwiki table? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 09:57, 17 February 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Remove the Main Page's title? ==<br />
[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] and I are thinking of removing the title 'Kirby Wiki' at the top of the main page, as many other wikis do that as standard practice. Would this be fine by you? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 20:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I think it's titled that way to help us show up in searches for a "Kirby Wiki", since the site name doesn't include it. I don't know how much it benefits us, but it probably doesn't hurt to keep it there.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm, at the same time, when I do a search for 'Kirby Wiki' on Google, the page title isn't what's highlighted when we get to WiKirby. Instead, it highlights "a '''Kirby Wiki''' encyclopedia that anyone can edit". That wouldn't go away if we hid the title. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I'm not finding anything for or against the idea, so I don't think page titles are taken into consideration for SEOs. (semi-releated: [https://searchengineland.com/nine-best-practices-for-optimized-title-tags-111979]). <br />
:::It is important to have a <code><title></title></code> tag, which is handled by the software. But that is "WiKirby" for the main page and not "Kirby Wiki". <br />
:::The main page might be hard coded to ignore it entirely. For comparison, see [[Wing]]'s title as <code><title>Wing - WiKirby</title></code> and this pages title as <code><title>User talk:Vellidragon - WiKirby</title></code>.<br />
:::So, in summary: If you think it isn't helping, then I see no harm in removing it. <br />
:::Hope I helped, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 04:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Hate to bug you about this again, but have you come to a decision on whether we should remove the title or not? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 22:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Just checking in ==<br />
Greetings, Velli. Did you get my most recent e-mail? I'll be waiting for a response there. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 18:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I got the email - haven't gotten around to responding yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:29, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Alright, thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 23:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Useless images ==<br />
<br />
Hi,can you delete:<br />
Rael.png<br />
Steem.png<br />
Embrose.png<br />
ACF.png<br />
GenoKirby.png<br />
The Sean1596 Banner.png<br />
Few.png<br />
CDToSBox.jpg<br />
LineupCDToS.png<br />
Screen shot.png<br />
Thanks![[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Hey, you can link to files directly with <nowiki>[[:File:Name.png]]</nowiki>. I've deleted most of them, I'm not sure what happened with The Sean1596 and if we'll need that image again and "GenoKirby.png" doesn't seem to exist. I'm keeping CDToSBox.jpg for now since it was part of an archived April Fools page which still has it in the code (but commented out along with the infobox so the page doesn't get categorised). May need to put the infobox back without a template eventually if people want to see it, but it's not very important. Thanks!--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 17:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Look in the "unused files" for Genokirby.png.[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 12:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Ahh, it's a jpg file, not a png. Hmm, this is a weird one - it says it's not used, but it's actually used on [[User:Genokirby4]].--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 20:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
Mhm. Also,can you delete test.ogg?[[User:Ghist|Ghist]] ([[User talk:Ghist|talk]]) 14:48, 6 June 2018 (UTC)<br />
==Checking in again==<br />
Hi, Velli. I sent you another email a few days ago. Did you receive it? --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 02:35, 16 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, haven't gotten to it yet, sorry.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 03:41, 16 August 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=53053MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-08-07T15:07:56Z<p>Vellidragon: /* DK Wiki */</p>
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<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
<br />
::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
margin-bottom:0;<br />
}<br />
</pre><br />
:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
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== Collapse? ==<br />
<br />
The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
<br />
The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
<br />
NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
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== DK Wiki ==<br />
<br />
"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::It has been [http://www.dkwiki.com/Forum:Merge_with_Super_Mario_Wiki discussed on DKwiki itself] and on Discord. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 20:27, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I saw the proposal, but it's had no activity since May without any resolution being posted. If this is happening, let's wait for it to go through NIWA. Like I said, it's officially still a NIWA member as of posting this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:22, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::::If you look at the rc, the people who discussed it there are merging the articles as we speak. Besides, Fubaka asked on NIWA's discord and they confirmed this. I understand that they have not yet been officially excluded but why not be one step ahead? --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 10:51, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Because that generally means leaking it before the parties involved are ready to announce it to the public. Even if it's definitely happening, we should have probably waited for it to be formally announced first. :/--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=53002MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-08-06T21:22:16Z<p>Vellidragon: /* DK Wiki */</p>
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<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
<br />
::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
margin-bottom:0;<br />
}<br />
</pre><br />
:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
<br />
== Collapse? ==<br />
<br />
The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
<br />
The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
<br />
NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
<br />
== DK Wiki ==<br />
<br />
"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::It has been [http://www.dkwiki.com/Forum:Merge_with_Super_Mario_Wiki discussed on DKwiki itself] and on Discord. --[[User:Raltseye|<span style="color:#FF6464">R</span><span style="color:#11BB11">alts</span><span style="color:#6464FF">eye</span>]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 20:27, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I saw the proposal, but it's had no activity since May without any resolution being posted. If this is happening, let's wait for it to go through NIWA. Like I said, it's officially still a NIWA member as of posting this.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 21:22, 6 August 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragonhttps://wikirby.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar&diff=52937MediaWiki talk:Sidebar2018-08-06T16:24:50Z<p>Vellidragon: /* DK Wiki */</p>
<hr />
<div>We'll need to fix something here, the sidebar went berserk when we tried to add another box, similar to ZW's MM box; but for NIWA. [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] 06:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Will it be possible that we use MW's sidebar coding for here?? Check Template:Smw, or MediaWiki:Sidebar2--{{user|Tucayo}}<br />
<br />
::I'll look for a CSS fix today. {{:User:Neo/sig}}<br />
:::Try this in the main.css:<br />
<pre>.portlet {<br />
margin-bottom:0;<br />
}<br />
</pre><br />
:::That will squish them together, but I don't know if it will work entirely. The best thing you can do is give it a try :/{{:User:Neo/sig}} 20:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::Tucayo, that doesn't go IN the sidebar page XD<br />
::::It has to be placed into the skin CSS.{{:User:Neo/sig}} 23:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Oh :D Amazing... {{user|Tucayo}}<br />
<br />
== Collapse? ==<br />
<br />
The NIWA list is bound to get longer and longer, I still need to update some of the recent members. But anyway, does anyone think we may need to shrink that list into either a scrolling box or a collapsed field? Or something else. {{User:Axiomist/sig}} 20:08, 19 November 2010 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Animal Crossing Forums ==<br />
<br />
The link to Animal Crossing Forums in the sidebar is broken, but I don't know if there's something to change it to or not. I didn't take it out since it's one of Wikirby's affiliates, so I was wondering if someone knew where it's supposed to link to. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 21:18, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:I wish I knew where it's supposed to go or what it even is/was; I never went there when it was working, as I logically didn't expect at the time that WiKirby's affiliation issues would ever concern me. Ax handled the affiliates, and evidently did so in private, so I have not the slightest idea what the deal with any of the non-NIWA affiliates is and I don't know who does, if anyone.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 21:42, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
::Okay, I feel pretty stupid now. I looked it up in the wayback machine, and it's Jake's (from Nookipedia) old forums; I probably should have known that. XP<br />
::Those forums were closed earlier in the year when The Bulletin Board was opened, so it doesn't exist anymore. <span style="text-shadow:0px 0px 3px rgba(70,130,180,.8)">'''''[[User:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">-Sky</font>]] <small>[[User talk:Sky|<font color="#4682B4">(talk)</font>]]</small>'''''</span> 22:06, 9 November 2011 (CST)<br />
:::Alright. So, should the link be removed or changed to link to the Bulletin Board? Not 100% on the relation between the old forums and that (and thus the affiliation status).--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] 11:03, 10 November 2011 (CST)<br />
<br />
== Please Update for Nintendo Wiki ==<br />
<br />
NIWA has decided to standardize the name as NintendoWiki, with no space. Please update the template to reflect this. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] 17:23, 10 February 2013 (CST)<br />
<br />
== DK Wiki ==<br />
<br />
"Removed link to DK Wiki, as it has shut down." - I'm seeing nothing about this on DK Wiki or the NIWA forum and it's still listed on the NIWA homepage as a member. Where did this information come from?--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 15:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It likely hasn't actually shut down officially yet, but it certainly was a broken link for me. Talk to [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] of Super Mario Wiki if you want to know more. He is the one who gave me this information. --[[User:Fubaka|Fubaka]] ([[User talk:Fubaka|talk]]) 16:13, 6 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
::It's not a broken link right now. It's of course possible that it's going to shut down, but let's not remove member wikis without anything official. If it's still on NIWA, it should probably still be linked here.--[[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] ([[User talk:Vellidragon|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2018 (UTC)</div>Vellidragon