WiKirby talk:Current events (old)

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Deletion

What is this going to be used for (if aything at all?) Will it be used kind of like the ZW.org Latest Announcements page, or be scrapped? -Austin 02:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

*stares in horror* Austin...you did a bad thing... Creating talk pages for nonexistent pages!!!! But anyways, this link is on all new wikis. They just haven't made the sidebar all nice, yet. Be patient, bro :PNeo 05:38, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm thinking of at least one purpose, It could be a suggestion box sorta. I'm about to link to this talk page in the MainPage video rotation templates saying to suggest more Kirby related videos here. Axiomist 21:03, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

What will happen to the project page? Will it get scrapped? —Austin ^{(NIWA Operative)} 19:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

No where near scrapped -Joey 03:44, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

References category/article?

I can't remember many right now, but I seem to recall there being lots of references to other games in the Kirby series. Like, more than usual, if that makes sense. Perhaps it deserves its own article or category (as a list of references/cameo appearances, that is). (Like lots of treasures, Mario and friends appearing in Dedede battle, Sword Kirby looking a whole lot like Link.) ~ FireFly 14:02, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely, it's one of those pages I really want, but haven't gotten around to. I'd title it Cameos in Kirby Series or something. and a companion article called Cameos of the Kirby Series for instances of Kirby cameos in other games. But feel free to use your own discretion for the titles or any aspects really. One thing we will do is link to NIWA member wikis for more information on the subject of the cameo.

Axiomist (talk) 14:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Sounds great, I like those titles. When it comes to NIWA member wikis, it would be nice if it's possible to implement wikilink prefixes for the others, like wikipedia does with meta/different languages/etc., though I've no idea how one does that. (Or perhaps that's already thought of?) FireFly 14:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

It's supposed to be implemented, as well as the link to our affiliated StrategyWiki.org. I'll admit I'm the last person for interwiki link advice since it's so rarely used :p I do think you can view the interwiki table. Sorry I'm so unhelpful on those. I've yet to use one correctly.

Axiomist (talk) 14:52, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

1.5 kilobytes contribution

Does that mean to articles that you create, or any article in general? Also, does it mean each, or throughout every article? Turtwig A (talk | contribs) 10:22, 19 September 2010 (CDT)

I was hoping the new articles would be at least 1.5kb or more. We had over 50 days when I decided that. It's not altogether that difficult to reach when you add images, infobox, nav templates, and text. But with the KEY release getting closer I was thinking to lower it. idk. Doesn't look like anyone's mentioned that they are entering.Axiomist (talk) 11:03, 19 September 2010 (CDT)

So, is it 1.5kb per each new page, or in total? And what if I have an article with ~20kb contributed, and a couple of others with less than 1.5kb?--Static 11:08, 24 September 2010 (CDT)

Well initially I had in mind for each new page to be that size at a minimum. Just so shell articles wouldn't be so overwhelming. If anyone has a recommended standard, I'm listening. I gotta run offline for a bit, but will be back to check on this.Axiomist (talk) 13:40, 24 September 2010 (CDT)

How about 5 contribs. with a total of at least 7.5 kb. Each article should have a minimum contribution of 1 kb. So, pretty much, the articles contribute to the same amount as before, only with more flexibility. 1.5 kb is small enough though, so if you don't want to change it, it looks fine. My 2 cents. --Static 13:54, 24 September 2010 (CDT)

Contest Entries

My first created page for the contest is the enemy Gim.--Master256 09:12, 26 September 2010 (CDT)

I have just made my second contest entry page, Starman.--Master256 14:41, 26 September 2010 (CDT)

Third entry is complete. Plasma Wisp.--Master256 12:04, 29 September 2010 (CDT)

Galactic_Nova_Nucleus. Entry Four!--Master256 16:40, 2 October 2010 (CDT)

I just realized, is there something I have to do to enter besides putting links to my articles here? Because the talk page wan't very clear on that.--Master256 16:44, 2 October 2010 (CDT)

Here is my fifth and final entry... Birdon!!! If any of my entries are ineligible, please tell me so that I can fix or replace them. Master256 20:24, 7 October 2010 (CDT)

I have just added a few sentences to the Birdon article, is it large enough now? Master256 10:53, 8 October 2010 (CDT)

Thank you, Master256. I hope you'll continue to contribute, and as the current only known entrant, I can predict the results, but hopefully others will come around. Axiomist (talk) 20:42, 7 October 2010 (CDT)

@Master256: Your Birdon article appears to be only 1.31 kb long, while 1.5 kb is the requirement according to the contest rules. (Haven't looked at the rest much.)
@Axiomist: I might actually enter, unless staff members are prohibited from participating; the rules don't say anything about that, as far as I can tell.--Vellidragon 09:59, 8 October 2010 (CDT)

How is length measured? Because I pasted the code into a txt file, and came up with 1.29. It's still not enough, but is there something I missed? Do the templates count as the full length of their code, or just the line calling the template? Master256 10:47, 8 October 2010 (CDT)

One character in the article usually counts as one byte, as far as I can tell. Not sure about templates, but they don't seem to take up much more than their number of characters either. If you want to see how long an article is, click "History" at the top or just look at the Recent Changes. ("+[number]" on the Recent Changes page means that the page is [number] bytes longer than the previous revision, while "-" means that it's shorter. Your Birdon article, for instance, says "+1,310" there at the point you created it. New pages always have a positive value, of course.) ADDENDUM: It's 1,471 bytes long atm, according to its History.--Vellidragon 10:55, 8 October 2010 (CDT)

At 1,471 bytes, you need an additional 65 characters to reach 1.5kb, which is 1,536 bytes. Templates are measured by the size of the code that calls them, as opposed to the code they call. I can't enter, since I've had no time to add article content, and I'll be away next week. Best of luck to those of you who do. Moydow 11:37, 8 October 2010 (CDT)

New kirby game for DS

As seen in Joystiq under this article:http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/29/kirby-pokemon-typing-on-the-way-to-regular-old-ds/

And at position 3:00 in the DS video of this page:http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/29/footage-of-nintendos-3ds-ds-and-wii-lineupss/

I think that it will be a puzzle game where you get ten Kirbies to the end of a stage or something like that. In any case, it sure is newsworthy.-- Static 14:10, 29 September 2010 (CDT)