User talk:Derian

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --- Kogoro | Talk to me - 17:33, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Your Signature

It should link to at minimum your talk page. Thanks. ^ht 14 16:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

You do know

Instead of using the {{png}} template, you could use the {{ani}} template, which is designed to be used for the animated menusprites. Like so: TTEchidna 18:57, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Help

Hi Derian if you dont mind me asking how do you type the green vertical line when creating a short link ? Frosslass 19:28, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean, this thing? | that's done by holding shift and the key above enter. But that's not green so I'm not sure what you mean. [[Derian]] 19:35, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

thanks I was really stumped it doesnt tell you how to type it in the wiki guides and well I think that they have already created pokémon based upon a will-o-wisp Gastly heheh I was just testing thanks again ! Frosslass 02:15, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

No problem! Yeah that's not really wikipedia-specific so there's no real reason to have it on here. Yeah dude I love Gastly. It's only somewhat will-o-wisp based though but yeah that's true. [[Derian]] 19:54, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for the message and just so you know aside from Nidoran male everything from Bulbasaur to Golem needs to have their headers upgraded for the new Stat header standards. I am doing this in my current updates but I thought I should let you know since I am busy with going down the list of Pokémon pages and making the new updates. -Tyler53841 18:09, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

I can try and get some of that done but I'm not sure which part you mean or how to do that. [[Derian]] 18:16, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Go click on edit on Base Stats and change it from 3 to 4 headers and right above it type in Stats and use 3 headers with it. If you wish preview it first to help but the point is to turn that into a section for Stats with the other two being sub-headers. I'll mainly deal with the ones I am working on for the moment. -Tyler53841 18:20, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Derian, you just turned my likeing of Zubat. By the way, in the Sandshrew box, you talked about Sandslash. The guy who was a mystery, User:?????

Sweet :D Yeah in the 'usability' box it was for the overall usefulness (in my opinion) of the family. Since most people rarely don't evolve their Pokémon. Golbat is my favorite Pokémon, good to see other people that like it! --Derian 20:28, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! -Any Questions ????? 21:45, 5 February 2010 (UTC)