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And...what is the importance of do so many edits?  [[Image:May.png|30px]][[User:Haruka uzumaki|<span style="color:#FF594F">Haruka</span>]] [[User talk:Haruka uzumaki|<span style="color:#FF594F">uzumaki</span>]] [[Image:Ani038MS.gif|32px]]  21:54, 5 October 2007

:Cause these guys have contributed a lot. And that's good for Bulbapedia, so they deserve atleast one mention *nod nod* [[User:TinaTheKirlia|<span style="color:#E75480;">Tina</span>]][[User talk:TinaTheKirlia|<span style="color:#E75480;">The</span>]][[Kirlia (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#E75480;">Kirlia</span>]] ♥ [[Image:281MS.gif]] 22:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

What the heck?! I made way over 1000 edits in September! Look at my [[Special:Contributions/Shiny Noctowl|contributions page]]! --[[User:Shiny Noctowl|<span style="color: blue">Shiny Noctowl</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Shiny Noctowl|<span style="color: red">Talk</span>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Shiny Noctowl|<span style="color: brown">Contribs</span>]]</sup>[[Image:Ani164MS.gif]] 12:11, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey, sorry, I dídnt want to offend someone!--[[Image:May.png|30px]][[User:Haruka uzumaki|<span style="color:#FF594F">Haruka</span>]] [[User talk:Haruka uzumaki|<span style="color:#FF594F">uzumaki</span>]] [[Image:Ani038MS.gif|32px]]  13:13, October 6 2007

: Maybe only edits in the (Main)-namespace count... [[User:MewX|MewX]] 12:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
::Absolutely the case. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">TTE</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#0000FF">chidna</span>]]''' 20:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

== Don't you think it's odd.. ==

..that a vandal is listed for November 07? [[User:Tina|Tina]]<sup> [[Special:Contributions/Tina|δ]][[User talk:Tina|♫]]</sup> 23:34, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

:Yeah, that is wierd-ass.  Maybe somebody out to tell Zhen about that.  -[[Image:Spr 3e 186.gif|30px]][[User:Politoed666|<span style="color:#30D5C8">ニョロトノ</span>]][[User talk:Politoed666|<span style="color:#FF69B4">''666''</span>]][[Image:Spr 3e 186.gif|30px]]

::(And it's the sockpuppet that posed as the section creator.)

::Zhen Lin might fix that.  After all, Zhen Lin edited a statistic page when {{u|Bob}}, a vandal, made his way into [[Bulbapedia:Top Contributors]] in an update on January 8, 2006.  On the other hand, we can still see this vandal sockpuppet's edits in their contributions, while Bob's are invisible...--[[User:Shiningpikablu252|Shiningpikablu252]] 23:41, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

aww man, and i thought i would make it this time...[[Image:491.png|45px 45px]][[User:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#C0C0C0;">'''K'''</span>]][[User talk:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#50C878;">'''P'''</span>]][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|<span style="color:#FFA6C9;">'''F'''</span>]][[Image:Cal.png|30px 30px]] 12:09, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Hmm... ==

We've got no one with above 1000 EPM in the past two months. C'mon guys, edit something outside of your userspace! '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]][[Image:Ani155MS.gif|Fire echy]]''' 09:12, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:-points out- Dude, you haven't exactly beaten BulbaBot...{{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="<nowiki>Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum</span>]]</sc><sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]</sup>{{{1|09:17 11 Mar 2008}}}'''
::Ah, but I did. Then it took the title back. So I'm aiming to re-beat it. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]][[Image:Ani155MS.gif|Fire echy]]''' 09:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:You also have to do something about the...total contribs...{{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="<nowiki>Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum</span>]]</sc><sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]</sup>{{{1|09:40 11 Mar 2008}}}'''
::Cool! I got the highest this month! --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 11:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:::Last month. {{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="<nowiki>Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum</span>]]</sc><sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]</sup>{{{1|11:12 11 Mar 2008}}}'''
::::Yea, that's what I meant. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 11:14, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:::::BTW, I never remembered you getting over 2000 in a month...which month was it? {{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="<nowiki>Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum</span>]]</sc><sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]</sup>{{{1|11:16 11 Mar 2008}}}'''
::::::I never said I did. I don't have that tag on my page. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 19:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Should [[:User:BulbaBot|BulbaBot]] really count as a user?? Origamiguy 19:24, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:Well though he isn't a user, he's a bot; we still count him. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 20:24, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:my goal of the month was to get in the top 10 (being i just missed it last month with 11th) looks like i did it! and then some.. '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">MAG</span>]][[User:MAGNEDETH#Interesting Stuff|<span style="color: #696969;">NE</span>]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">DETH</span>]]''' 21:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Umm in Feb, i made 134 edits, why am i not on there!? [[Image:491.png|45px 45px]][[User:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#C0C0C0;">'''K'''</span>]][[User talk:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#50C878;">'''P'''</span>]][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|<span style="color:#FFA6C9;">'''F'''</span>]][[Image:Cal.png|30px 30px]] 18:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

PLEASE CHANGE IT!! I COUNTED!!!![[Image:491.png|45px 45px]][[User:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#C0C0C0;">'''K'''</span>]][[User talk:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#50C878;">'''P'''</span>]][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|<span style="color:#FFA6C9;">'''F'''</span>]][[Image:Cal.png|30px 30px]] 18:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
:Dude, calm down. You probably just counted ''all'' your edits, while this is only about '''main-space''' edits. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 21:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

aaw man, talk pages dont count? sheesh...[[Image:491.png|45px 45px]][[User:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#C0C0C0;">'''K'''</span>]][[User talk:Kpokefan|<span style="color:#50C878;">'''P'''</span>]][[User:Kpokefan/Missions|<span style="color:#FFA6C9;">'''F'''</span>]][[Image:Cal.png|30px 30px]] 21:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
:Yea, they don't count. That'll be kinda cheating if they did... --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 21:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
::do minor edits and redirects count? i guess a more straight to the point question would be, what counts? '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">MAG</span>]][[User:MAGNEDETH#Interesting Stuff|<span style="color: #696969;">NE</span>]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">DETH</span>]]''' 22:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
:::No, minor and redirects don't count. On your contrib. page, their should be a button that says ''all''. Next to that button is an arrow. Click on the arrow and select main to see the edits that DO count. --'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 00:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Minor edits count, but redirects and talk pages don't. --[[User:PAK Man|PAK Man]] <sup>[[User talk:PAK Man|Talk]]</sup> 00:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
:::::Really, minor edits count? I always thought they didn't...--'''[[User:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#FF7F00">Theryguy</span>]][[User talk:Theryguy512|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">5</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Contribution Page|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">1</span>]][[User:Theryguy512/Similarities|<span style="color:#5C8CFA">2</span>]]''' 00:44, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Me too. After all, I marked 99% of my mainspace edits minor. {{ani|493}}'''<sc>[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="<nowiki>Optimus35, to be exact...>.>;;;</nowiki>">Optimatum</span>]]</sc><sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|♊]]</sup>{{{1|05:38 13 Mar 2008}}}'''
:::::well, it at least explains why the 200 or so redirects i made didnt boost me higher. oh well, it isnt a race. (or is it?) '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">MAG</span>]][[User:MAGNEDETH#Interesting Stuff|<span style="color: #696969;">NE</span>]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">DETH</span>]]''' 21:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
::::::Selecting "Main" doesn't really show the ones that "do count"...redirects are shown. <span style="background:#000000">[[User:Porygon-Z|<span style="color:#00BFFF">'''Por'''</span>]][[User:Porygon-Z/Trade|<span style="color:#FF1493">'''ygo'''</span>]][[User:Porygon-Z/Dracofang Gym|<span style="color:#00BFFF">'''n-Z'''</span>]]</span> 23:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Do you see it? ==

Do you see it? It's so easy to get onto this list. That means that we're not contributing enough. What are you looking at me for? I can't edit! I'm in the middle of nowhere! Posted by the '''[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="Optimus35"><sc>Optimatum</sc></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|Links]]</sup>''12:42 4 May 2008'''''

:Considering I've made some 475 minor edits in 2 days, I'd say I'm doing my job. :) [[User:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Glinn</span>]] [[User_talk:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Mgraw</span>]] 12:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::-sweatdrop- Oh well, Good night, bucko. Posted by the '''[[User:Optimus35|<span class="explain" title="Optimus35"><sc>Optimatum</sc></span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Ph34r4ever|Talk]]|[[User:Optimus35/sig/Pikachu|Links]]</sup>''13:01 4 May 2008'''''
:::The minimum this month was 142.  That's still quite a lot. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] <sup>|[[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|Talk Page]]|</sup> 14:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::::i cant beleive i had that many, i dont even remember doing much besides those damn move tables. -- '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">MAG</span>]][[User:MAGNEDETH#Interesting Stuff|<span style="color:#696969;">NE</span>]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|<span style="color:#000033;">DETH</span>]]''' 16:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::I can't believe I got on it either. Last month I was actually doing alot of stuff, but not alot this month. <span style="background:#000000">[[User:Porygon-Z|<span style="color:#00BFFF">'''Por'''</span>]][[User:Porygon-Z/Trade|<span style="color:#FF1493">'''ygo'''</span>]][[User_talk:Porygon-Z|<span style="color:#00BFFF">'''n-Z'''</span>]]</span> 16:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Well on PokéWiki we have months in which you get on [[:de:PokéWiki:Top-Editierende des Monats|our list]] with around 20 edits... o.O [<span style="color: #666;">Greets,</span><span class="plainlinks">[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User:MewX http://ablage.ptec-media.de/uploads/mewxsig.png]</span> (<small>[[User talk:MewX|TALK]]</small>)] 12:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

== August ==

When willthe august one be up? I really want to see it and I'm hopingI'm on it but i probably not.--[[User:David aipom|Davidaipom]] 08:21, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
:Well, now that's up, I'm wondering where the September one is, however, {{u|Zhen Lin}} is probably too stressed out. Just speculation. [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#0000CC"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 21:07, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
:Poli said he was gonna do it. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 21:19, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

::Ugh.  Yeah, I know I said I would <nowiki>*was hoping you guys would forget*</nowiki>.  Alright, I'll take care of it right now.  --[[User:Politoed666|<span style="color:#30D5C8">ニョロトノ</span>]][[User talk:Politoed666|<span style="color:#FF69B4">''666''</span>]] 21:31, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

:::Actually, I just looked at it and other user info, and I have ''no idea'' how to go about this.  See, for the {{bp|Top contributors}}, the administration has a "special way" of counting edits, but I have no idea how Zhen managed this.  Anybody know?  --[[User:Politoed666|<span style="color:#30D5C8">ニョロトノ</span>]][[User talk:Politoed666|<span style="color:#FF69B4">''666''</span>]] 21:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
::::When's Zhen Lin usually on? [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#0000CC"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 21:48, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::When he stepped down as editor-in-chief, it seemed to me that he indicated he wasn't ever going to be on anymore. We can probably contact him on the forums though. --[[User:Martonimos|((<font color="#008000">Marton</font>]] [[User talk:Martonimos|<font color="#50C878">imos</font>))]] 21:57, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
::::::But didn't he give that position to TTE? That would mean TTE would be able to do it. [[User:Gligar|<font color="green">'''Gli'''</font>]][[User talk:Gligar|<font color="blue">'''gar'''</font>]] 20:37, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::::This actually requires a bit of math, unlike the other one, which is an autolist. '''[[User:TTEchidna|<span style="color:#FF0000">''TTE''</span>]][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 20:37, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Frankly, it's not so much that TTE's able to do it and I'm not.  I have the same range of access as he does to all the wiki functions (to my knowledge), but I just can't figure out how to do it.  --[[User:Politoed666|<span style="color:#30D5C8">ニョロトノ</span>]][[User talk:Politoed666|<span style="color:#FF69B4">''666''</span>]] 20:39, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::A possible way is to Copy and Paste to Word. Replace diff with another word, and see how many replacements occurred...that's how I figured mine...I got 429... [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 03:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I wasn't being specific. If using Microsoft, Ctrl+F, then go to Replace. That's what I mean. [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 03:12, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

== Huh...? ==

Since when has this become an "add yourself by your own count" page? This should be protected, and someone needs to figure out how Zhen did it. --[[User:ElectAbuzzzz|'''<span style="color:#ED9121">electAbuzz</span>''']][[User talk:ElectAbuzzzz|'''<span style="color:#ED9121">zz</span>''']] 18:15, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
:Right....sorry...honesty thing... [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 18:17, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
::True. {{u|Jmath}} actually only made 855. I counted. Others may be wrong as well, since some are counting their userspaces... [[User:Ht14|<span style="color:#D5AA00"><sup>''ht''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Ht14|<span style="color:#C0C0C0"><small>''14''</small></span>]] 18:18, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Baby G had himself there for 800+ edits I believe. He counted ones besides mainspace, and I told him. He fixed it without argument, luckily. I counted Deth's myself since if you watched recent changes it wouldn't be too hard to tell he made it if you are a recent changes watcher. I know how Zhen did it...kinda. If he'd teach me fully, I'd do it... <span style="background:#000000">[[User:Porygon-Z|<span style="color:#00BFFF">'''Por'''</span>]][[User:Porygon-Z/Trade|<span style="color:#FF1493">'''ygo'''</span>]][[User_talk:Porygon-Z|<span style="color:#00BFFF">'''n-Z'''</span>]]</span> 18:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
::::Even checking every number, the "add it yourself" method is not ideal as it could still be missing contributors.  This page does need to be protected but I'll leave it as it is until we get Zhen's method. --[[User:Fabu-Vinny|FabuVinny]] <sup>|[[User talk:Fabu-Vinny|Talk Page]]|</sup> 20:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Zhen Lin had a PHP script on the server which counted the edits (automatically) right from the database. (He sent it to me some time ago.) Some admin with server access should run the script. I think it should be pretty simple ;) --[<span style="color: #666;">Greets, [[User:MewX|mewX]] </span> (<small>[[User talk:MewX|TALK]]</small>)] 11:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

== Someone really needs to complete this ==

It's November now and we don't have of all September finished. If you look at an above post, someone said that Zhen used a special server script that only admins can use. So, an admin really needs to use said script and complete the listings. <sup><big>[[user:chocolate|<span style="color:#6D351A;">Cho</span>]][[user talk:chocolate|<span style="color:#6D351A;">col</span>]][[special:contributions/chocolate|<span style="color:#6D351A;">ate</span>]]</big></sup> 00:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

:Try pestering {{u|TTEchidna}} into pestering {{u|MewX}} into sharing a copy of the script.  There was some sharing of resources between the latter (the head of our [[PokéWiki|German affiliate]]) and {{u|Zhen Lin}}, including the script in question.  --[[User:Shiningpikablu252|Shiningpikablu252]] 00:21, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
<nowiki>*coughs*</nowiki> [[User:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Glinn</span>]] [[User_talk:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Mgraw</span>]] 03:14, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
:SERIOUSLY GUYS!--[[User:RexRacer|'''<font color="#E7CE6B">Rex</font>]][[Quilava (Pokémon)|<font color="#42528C">Racer</font>''']] [[User talk:RexRacer|'''<font color="#FF5A00"><small>''-talk''</small></font>''']] 03:21, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
::Well, guess what. Zhen Lin is the only person who ever knew how to do this...and he hasn't been on any part of Bulbagarden for a month and a half. I e-mailed him today to try to find out how to finish this, but he hasn't answered back yet. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|<sup style="color:#00008B;">'''Maverick'''</sup>]][[User talk:Maverick Nate|<sub style="color:#6890F0;">'''Nate'''</sub>]]'' 03:29, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
:::You might want to take a peek at the last comment in the section above this one. [[User:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Glinn</span>]] [[User_talk:GlinnMgraw|<span style="color:#0000FF;">Mgraw</span>]] 03:37, 19 November 2008 (UTC)