Welcome
Welcome to Bulbapedia, Sailor Earth!
As a new user, you may wish to learn a few things that will be useful in your editing:
- For a basic overview of wiki code, see this page.
- The manual of style is very important. Make sure to read it. It outlines all official policies of Bulbapedia.
- Keep an eye on the Messages from the Editor on the main page, to stay informed on current events on Bulbapedia.
- The word Pokémon is spelled with a capital P and an accented é. The P, of course, is accessed easily by holding Shift and pressing the P key, while the é can be accessed using Alt + 130 or Alt + 0233 on a Windows computer, and Option + e, then e again on a Mac. Otherwise, you can click it in the character palette below the editbox.
- The word Poké Ball is spelled as two words. The "Poké" part is identical to the four beginning letters in "Pokémon"; "Ball" is spelled with a captial B (which is, again, accessed by holding Shift and pressing the B key). The spelling "Pokéball" arises frequently, but is incorrect.
- The word "you" and all forms of it should not be used on encyclopedic pages unless it is a quote from Pokémon or other media. Bulbapedia is an encyclopedia, not a walkthrough.
- On talk pages, please sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
- The use of link templates is official policy. For an explanation on their use, see the page on shortlinks.
- If you happen to spot a vandal in the recent changes that has not been dealt with, please see this page for how to deal with it.
- A list of pages that are linked to, but have not been created, can be found at this page. A list of short articles that may require more information can be found here, while a list of articles that need improvement can be found here.
- For a future capture, release, trade, or evolution of a Pokémon belonging to a main character of the anime, please do not create or move the page to reflect your suspicions, even if they are shared by many others. Policy here is to wait until the episode in which the event happens takes place is aired, unless there is substantial evidence for the suspicion (such as Brock's Happiny being held in his arms).
- Image uploading is done on Bulbagarden Archives, a separate wiki accessible through the toolbox in the sidebar. You will have to register separately for it, as well. This is done so that both Bulbapedia and Bulbanews have access to the images uploaded.
- If you want to make a page about a character you made up, please create it at User:Sailor Earth/(name), not merely (name). Bulbapedia's main namespace is reserved for actual, official Pokémon, items, characters, and locations. Also, please try to make sure that subpages are not categorized by templates used within.
- Having said this, please make sure that you do contribute adequately to the main namespace. Bulbapedia is not MySpace or Facebook.
- A list of the admins that you can contact in case of a problem, can be found here.
Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --FabuVinny |Talk Page| 16:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Please
Read over the manual of style and improve your grammar. What you added to Brock's page may have been pretty right (since he's a Rock-type Gym Leader), but my GOD your grammar. Improve it, Bulbapedia needs to look professional. TTEchidna 02:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Familiarize yourself with basic wiki code, as well as the shortlinks. For example, you don't need to write out [[Version|Versions]] to get Versions; just write [[Version]]s and it'll come out as Versions. Also, you should never write a link like [[Giratina]], as Giratina's a redirect. Use {{p|Giratina}} to easily link to Giratina's page. --Martonimos((Talk)) 20:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Talk pages
Don't remove talk page comments. They belong there once they are posted. MoldyOrange 19:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Ph34r4ever
He's not a vandal. He's a regular user on Bulbapedia. He's been here way longer than you have. He just likes to use that name for some reason. He hasn't done anything wrong so stop bothering all the admins about him. --☆ケンジガール 19:29, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- I know for a fact that that is not the same user who vandalized bulbapedia, the name is similar, and although it says Ph34r3v3r, it is just another name for his account....C is for Cookie 19:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- Amusing, huh? That's why I wanted to delete Bulbapedia:The Great Bulbapedia Turkey Shoot. Posted by the Θρtιmαtum♏Talk|Links02:39 17 May 2008
sigs
セーラー地球 21:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC) セーラー地球 21:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Userboxes
You can't make them on a talk page. The whole point of the userpage ban is to prevent what your doing right now. Repeated saved edits. Before you save, USE THE PREVIEW BUTTON PLEASE. --☆ケンジガール 22:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- I've went ahead and moved your userboxes to User:Sailor Earth/Userboxes. You can do what you like with them there once the userspace ban ends. --Shiningpikablu252 22:30, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- So... disregard what I told you about making your userpage on your user talk page. Kenji-girl's right; it's exactly the same problem, and like I said, if we get the user talk space locked the way the user space is, we'll be in real trouble. I'm sorry I screwed you up like that. --Martonimos((Talk)) 23:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey
I noticed you thought I was Ph34r. Well, here's a tip on spotting vandals: If you see something like PIkachu (Pokémon) has been moved to Suck ma b---! then you've got a troll. A vandal is someone like User:JohnnyRebel...Posted by the Θρtιmαtum♏Talk|Links02:51 17 May 2008
Gold Silver remakes page...
I deleted your opinion thingy on Jasmine. Why? Becuase it's speculation. USE THE FORUM. Glinn Mgraw 10:00, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
An apology
I'm really sorry about what Kuki is doing to your userbox page. If he keeps this up, I'll tell an admin. PL12 14:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Look, I am truly sorry. I didn't realize u were new. I thought u knew about the Userspace ban and were just trying to get around it. I have learned my lesson. And Pachi Is the userspace ban mentioned in the Welcome template?--KukiTalk 14:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Age Template
Instead of creating a new template just for 15-year-olds, please use {{User Age|15}} for that purpose. --Shiningpikablu252 16:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)