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Card images

I added images to the following, and I wanted to make sure you took them off the list:

Thanks ^Moldy _Orange 15:57, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Done. --Shiningpikablu252 16:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I slipped Morty's Misdreavus in there before the last update and Weezing now has an image. ^Moldy _Orange 03:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Card Translations

Hiya, I want to make an article on the promotional Heatran card released in Japan, but I can't find a translation of it anywhere, not even PokéGym. Any idea who'd be able to accurately translate it for me? Cheers much, Cipher 18:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Honestly, I don't. I would recommend Nuva-kal, who did Vending Machine cards translations for us, but there's no guarantee if and when Nuva-kal will show up again...--Shiningpikablu252 20:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I tried to e-mail Nuva-kal when we needed that second attack on Bugsy's Butterfree translated, but he never responded. I would like him to come back though, because I have scans of some "T" Promotional cards and "P" Promotional cards that I would like pages for. ^Moldy _Orange 21:26, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Intense Fight name

Another issue we have is the Intense Fight name conflict you told me about earlier today - apparently, Sunain discussed the name change with Zhen Lin and Tsskiller - are they even affiliated with the TCG section? Regardless, read the argument here. I think I'm gonna need your and TTE's help with this, 'cos I can't see where she's coming from, yet she's adamant she's right. Cipher 18:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

The kanji can be translated multiple ways. For all we know, what Sunain is defending could be just as correct as what Pokébeach is using. My take on the translations:

"Intense Fight" and "Fierce Fighting" could be taken as synonymous.
Likewise for "Destroyed Sky" and "Broken Space".

Besides, Pokébeach can't be blatantly wrong every time, like they were with "Moon Hunting" and "Night Dashing".

Conclusion: Sunain shouldn't be b*tching about a translation that cannot be considered outright wrong, no matter how much the source has f*cked up translations in the past. --Shiningpikablu252 20:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware, Bangiras translated the IFDS name, so I personally have absolutely no reason to doubt that. The only real issue there's been has been "Night Dashing" <--> "Dawn Dash", which was obviously completely wrong. I think that's what Sunain is basing her argument on, which really is nothing at all.

Another note in regards to IFDS - I understand that WPM isn't happy with Bulbapedia using the information on its page from PokéBeach without citing it as a resource/reference, so perhaps it'd be an idea to somehow credit the site, such as a link to its IFDS page at the bottom of the article? Cipher 20:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

IFDS page and two news stories cited. If that's not enough for WPM, then someone should get a full list of what should and report to me. --Shiningpikablu252 20:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting that out - I appreciate it a lot. As far as the IFDS page and expansions infobox go, it doesn't matter that it's an inconvenience, just as long as there aren't any more silly edit wars. Cipher 21:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Deleting talk pages

Don't do it. Also, I have been hearing complaints that you have been too harsh in punishing users; while it is true that we don't have hard-and-fast rules about how to deal with problems, look to the other administrators (on Bulbapedia, not anywhere else) for an idea of what is considered normal here. - 振霖_T 01:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Two Things (or maybe considered more)

Isn't the Psychic Arbok in Great Encounters normal, that's why I had it describing it at the top. And I have encountered the Lucario Gift Set, Mew Gift Set, Latias & Latios Gift Set, and the Deoxys vs Rayquaza Gift Set. which say that they are reprints of some cards; Do you know which ones? ^Moldy _Orange 04:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

James

You don't know your punctuation, do you? If you are talking about a belonging of someone and their name ends with an S, you do not put apostrophe S, you just have their name and an apostrophe. Your way is not correct. - Arbok and Weezing 05:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

It's been discussed over and over before. "James's" is just as appropriate as "James'", especially if it's singular like is used for James's Pokémon ("James'" could refer to something belonging to more than one James). Besides, the overall style of the encyclopedia calls for it to be "James's"--several templates require the names to be that way. We are NOT about to create a huge exception in those templates just to satisfy those who incorrectly believe "James's" is 100% incorrect. --Shiningpikablu252 05:57, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

If you're talking about his Pokemon, it's James' Cacea. If you're talking about more than one James, it would be there are 10 James running around. Learn to punctuate. - Arbok and Weezing 06:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Please read this and the manual of style. I will not have flagrant disregard for style going around Bulbapedia on my watch. --Shiningpikablu252 06:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandal

We had an edit war at 1:00 AM (PST) today by Servercrash--CoolPikachu! 06:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind it's been fixed--CoolPikachu! 06:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Autoblocks don't point to a sockpuppet, and neither do the e-mails. Odds are Arbok and Weezing and Servercrash are unrelated. --Shiningpikablu252 06:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

So one was a spammer and the other an outraged person who's has bad punctuation--CoolPikachu! 06:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I Need Something To Do!

Hey shiningpikablu252 I have just fixed the awful picture on Purugly's page by replacing it with the offical artwork. Now I've done that could you give me some suggestions on what I can do now to improve bulbapedia? User:Agent008 User talk:Agent008

You don't happen to know how to translate Kanji, do you? ^Moldy _Orange 14:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Nope I can't translate any language.But I can clean up talk pages and tidy articles. Should I try that instead. User:Agent008

By "translate Kanji" do you mean converting it to Romaji? ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:40, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Can you then put Romaji into english? ^Moldy _Orange 15:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

If you can give me an example, I can see what I can do. ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

It might be a little small but: File:Samiyamantyke137.jpg This is Samiya's Mantyke from "PCG-P" Promotional cards. If you can find out what the attacks mean, we can find out what most should say underneath. ^Moldy _Orange 15:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

The second attack is Splash. I'll see if I can deduce the first. ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 17:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

It took me a while, but the first move is Water Sport. ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 17:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Card question

What do we do if a card from "PCG-P" Promotional cards and 7th Movie Half Deck have the same attacks and stats, but have different artwork, do we put them on the same page? ^Moldy _Orange 15:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Put it at the Half Deck name. Use an article such as Mew (Expedition 19) for an example. --Shiningpikablu252 18:27, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

New vandal

Fatferaligatrfan

Please block him. He's replacing and redirecting pages with racist comments. --☆ケンジガール 22:19, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Um.

I can't help but wonder why you copied the contents of your userpage to Livinlarge18's talk page. --Martonimos_{((Argh|Blargh))} 02:18, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

It was an accident. I meant to put in my automated link template message, and it went awry. I've fixed it so that what was intended to go up has gone up. --Shiningpikablu252 02:20, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, just making sure. Sorry to bother you. --Martonimos_{((Argh|Blargh))} 02:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, I don't think we've "met" yet, I used to contribute a lot up until about a year ago, and now I'm back... I posted a small question for PAK Man since he's an admin I've been in touch with back then, but he refered me to you and said you'll be of more help... Anyway, I'm copy-pasting the whole thing here:

hi PAK, what's up? Remember me? I wasn't around much this year but now I'm back, and glad to be back... I see a lot's changed here so I'm easing into things... One tiny thing I wanted to ask you as an admin was about "in other languages" sections on articles. I remember a little over a year ago I had an argument with another user (I think it was Maxim) about whether or not we should keep translitations of character names and such in articles. One of the admins (Pie, I think) sided with me eventually, so we kept them. In the meantime, all these names were removed. That part I can understand... But what bothers me a little is that even on pages for Types, many foreign names were removed. I traced back the changes to this user: Siegfried. From what I got from the talk pages, the reason he\she stated was that the games aren't translated to those languages. Thing is, the anime is translated, and in this particular case of Types, it's not even translitations - it's an actual translation, a different word in a different language. Maybe we should reach a decision on the subject once and for all? Thoughts? (Sorry it was so long, lol :))

Thanks in advance. --ElectAbuzzzz 16:03, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Pic positions

Mermaid Misty (List of anime clothing article) and Pokémon Live need their pictures sized and positioned--Kuki Talk 20:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, about the Arbok edit war...

I'm afraid you're a little late in taking action. We already worked out an agreement, and I simply forgot to un-revert that one. All the information is in the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor article. So, um, could you please redirect that Arbok page to Pokémon League entrance exam instructor#Arbok? I'm Missingno. Master, and I approve this message. 14:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Public Sandbox

Hey pal just to let you know that I'm not treating the public sandbox as my own and that if I overwrite something;then feel free to revert it cause I'm too lazy to do it myself. User:Agent008

New User Form Letter

Yea you sent me a new user form letter, and I have a comment on one of the things said...

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 capital B. The spelling "Pokéball" arises frequently, but is incorrect.

I always figured it was called a "poké ball" because the "poké" part stands for "pocket" in "pocket monsters" making them "pocket balls" which is why they are able to shrink so small to put on someone's belt or in a "pocket size" Felinoel 21:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello? felinoel 19:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

You never asked a question, you just had a comment. ^Moldy _Orange 21:16, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I guess thats correct, my apologies then felinoel 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Some Japanese card concerns

I have aquired some disturbing information in my research on Japanese promotions! After comparing pictures and attacks, I think that this Ponyta card from the Unnumbered Promotional cards equals this Ponyta. I also believe the the Pryce's Lapras Information promo equals the one from Pokémon VS. I wouldn't normally be reluctant to make the necessary redirects, but the two Information promos before these two were their own seperate cards. Can you look into this? ^Moldy _Orange 01:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Dunsparce and Bellossom's Info Pack promos weren't reprints from as far as I could tell. I'd recommend that, first, you try to prove that those other Info Pack promos are indeed reprints and then, if it is proven that they are reprints, to make the redirects and the Pryce's Lapras article. --Shiningpikablu252 01:15, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Both of the cards images and attacks are the same as the other counterparts, is that enough proof, or should I try to find more? ^Moldy _Orange 01:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Do you have images that you can show me? --Shiningpikablu252 01:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

File:ExpeditionPonyta126.jpg File:Infopackponyta.jpg

Do you have the same for Pryce's Lapras? --Shiningpikablu252 01:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

File:Infolapras.jpg File:Prycelaprasvs.jpg

OK. That's good enough for me. The Ponyta redirect is already created. As for the Pryce's Lapras, that redirect can come to be once the VS version's article is created. --Shiningpikablu252 01:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll create it after I am done with the last 5 redirects of the "PCG-P" Promotional cards. ^Moldy _Orange 01:38, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Can we redirect the Oran Berry in ADV to Oran Berry? ^Moldy _Orange 19:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Double-check first, then redirect. It could (though not necessariy will) have alternate artwork. --Shiningpikablu252 19:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

New problem. This Minun and this Minun are almost exactly the same. Everything, the picture, the attacks and energy costs are exactly the same EXCEPT... the first attack (Minus Energy) on the English Card has 10 as the damage while the promotional card doesn't have any damage for that attack. Do you think they should be the same page with the reprint mistake in trivia, or because of that addition, they should be their own articles? ^Moldy _Orange 20:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

You have an image of the Japanese promo I could check against? --Shiningpikablu252 20:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I only have a picture of the 5 Japanese mcdonalds images. ^Moldy _Orange 21:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
<image removed due to site stamp to prevent link breaking>

I'd go ahead and make the the same page with the reprint difference in trivia. From what I could tell from studying Plusle, it's the English print on Minun that's probably mistaken.

As for that image, either re-upload it without a site stamp (you can do it with the same name as the original image) or slap a deletion tag on it. We don't want to get Bulbagarden in trouble with the original owner of the image. --Shiningpikablu252 01:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I knew there was a site stamp on it, that was a reason why I didn't necessarily want to put it up. I'll put a deletion tag on it so that it will go onto the evergrowing list on the archives. ^Moldy _Orange 01:16, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Do you know what DP-P #97 is? 97+ aren't on the page but I can't find 97 anywhere! 98-102 are all Pikachu given away at Pokémon Centers in Japan. ^Moldy _Orange 02:04, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

This I can't help you with. Sorry. --Shiningpikablu252 02:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I am confused as hell on the Space Fissure's Deoxys cards! From what I could gather, the three 7th Movie Half Deck cards are their own seperate cards, but the Space Fissure's Deoxys in the "PCG-P" Promotional cards is one card that changes into the three different movie cards depending on the angle it is looked at. I have no idea how to make the pages! Please help! ^Moldy _Orange 15:43, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Could you drop an out-of-form translation on the sandbox? I'd like to see just how the supposed "PCG-P" card works before giving advice on this matter. --Shiningpikablu252 15:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, if there really is a card that can mimic all three forms, then that card should have its own article. Standalone forms should also get their own, with a trivia piece stating that it's one of the forms that can appear on the card that can mimic all three forms. (Keep in mind that the Speed form didn't exist at the time the half deck or Destiny Deoxys was made.) --Shiningpikablu252 16:30, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Was there ever an illustrator by the name of Sayuri Midori? The translation I have for the P Promo Pichu Bros says that was the artist, but I've never heard of the person and I can't find the scan anywhere. Should I put this name anyway? ^Moldy _Orange 02:04, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Show me an image if you can locate it, and then I'll consider it. In the meantime, could you point me to that translation? --Shiningpikablu252 02:10, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

[1]

I'd consider this legit. Go ahead. --Shiningpikablu252 02:48, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Dragon Trio

Please add the "Similar Movesets" section to the Dragon Trio article.~Pokemaniac102 15:24, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

11th Movie Commemoration Set

revealed: [2] but I don't know which cards are which and such. ^Moldy _Orange 15:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Probably makes it official that Palkia has been taken out of the movie~Pokemaniac102 15:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Not Really, 10th Movie Commemoration Set only had Darkrai in it. ^Moldy _Orange 15:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh yea, well I just hope Palkia's IN the movie, somehow, like even if it's in flashback (unlikely)~Pokemaniac102 15:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Catchtime Template

Could you please add the code in Template talk:Catchtime to Template:Catchtime. It would be extremely helpful to the Routes project and the template is protected. Admachina 15:32, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

DP089

Someone made DP089 and it is horrific, it hasn't even had a title released yet! ^Moldy _Orange 19:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

nevermind, youa lready took care of it... ^Moldy _Orange 19:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I've also went ahead and protected the links. We've already had a stretch where two articles were created with wrong episode titles. I'd hate to have to deal with a stretch of three such articles not too long afterward! --Shiningpikablu252 19:36, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Gym Heroes & Gym Challenge

Okay, I'm trying to make sure that the information for Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge and the Japanese expansions Gym 1 and Gym 2 is correct. I'm having trouble finding a decent source of information on Gym 1 and Gym 2 to verify that everything is correct, and the fact that the cards were shuffled around a little for the English expansions complicates things a little, so here are my questions:

Lt. Surge's Secret Plan (Gym Challenge 107) isn't listed as being in Gym 1 or Gym 2, so where did it come from?
"Spy Tactics" is listed as being in Gym 1, but it isn't listed as being in Gym Heroes or Gym Challenge, so what happened to it? Also, if it wasn't given an English release, shouldn't the Japanese card get its own article?
In the English expansions, there are three cards called "Blaine's Growlithe", Blaine's Growlithe (Gym Heroes 35), Blaine's Growlithe (Gym Heroes 62), and Blaine's Growlithe (Gym Challenge 62), but in the Japanese expansions there are only two, both in Gym 2, so where did the third "Blaine's Growlithe" come from?
In the English expansions, there are two cards called "Sabrina's Gengar", Sabrina's Gengar (Gym Heroes 14) and Sabrina's Gengar (Gym Challenge 29), but in the Japanese expansions there is only one, in Gym 2, so where did the second "Sabrina's Gengar" come from?

I'm sorry for bothering you with all of these questions, but I can't make sense out of them, but I think you might be able to. Drapion 16:46, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Lt. Surge's Secret Plan and Spy Tactics: I suspect they're are one in the same, translated very differently between Japanese and English.

Third Blaine's Growlithe: I suspect it may have been a promotional card added to an English set.

Second Sabrina's Gengar: I suspect it may have come from the Japanese theme deck. Note how one of the English cards is non-holographic, and there is a non-holographic Sabrina's Gengar in the Japanese theme deck? The theme deck page says the Gengar is not theme-deck exclusive, but it's entirely possible that there's an inaccuracy on the theme deck page. Adding weight to that possibility is how the only Sabrina's Gengar listed in the Japanese set on the set page is listed as holographic.

Note that I can't 100% guarantee the veracity of this information. --Shiningpikablu252 17:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Blaine's Growlithe came from the March 1999 issue of CoroCoro. Many cards came from CoroCoro as well. Check out the Unnumbered Promotional cards; a lot of extras are there. ^Moldy _Orange 17:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

User:Just Desserts

May I suggest you reblock this person for infinity? After all, this person is only a sockpuppet for another person. And this person poses a major threat to this website~Pokemaniac102 04:08, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet of whom? --Shiningpikablu252 04:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

How do you know if it is a Sockpuppet of Lovely? ^Moldy _Orange 04:11, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

User:Lovely, who is also User:Sightless, who was also User:Silliest Hat, Trust me, I've been here a LONG TIME, I am sure~Pokemaniac102 04:11, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll do it. ^Moldy _Orange 04:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

It's our old buddy Ph34r. TTEchidna 04:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Lock down Bulbapedia, PLEASE

This is an urgent SOS I'm putting out to admins.

We're getting a huge vandal attack. I was doing fine taking care of it myself, but now it looks like entire articles are being compromised and being turned into unrecoverable self-redirects. I don't think there's anything I can do.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/Capulet Take a look yourself.

I would recommend locking the place down and fixing everything. Toastypk 06:05, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

What exactly was Capulet doing anyway? --ニョロトノ 666 22:17, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Mass vandalizing, mainly redoing all of the Lovely and Sightless vandal edits that had been undone. The original vandal said they were fixing a Unicode problem, but I'm pretty certain that was just an excuse to try to avoid being blocked; the Sightless sockpuppet made edits to try to keep pages from being moved back. The Capulet sockpuppet also edited Template:CSS3 columns the way the Just Desserts sockpuppet did, except with a different message (the Just Desserts edits were erased due to their nature).

From what I could tell, the entire Lovely vandal farm did their deeds as a Ph34r copycat, using many of the same demands the original Ph34r made (allowing anonymous edits and not requiring e-mail confirmation, which would certainly lead to larger-scale vandal attacks). --Shiningpikablu252 22:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Question about fixing articles

I tried to roll back the pages, but it keeps saying that since the one vandal is the only author of the page, it doesn't work. I tried going into the old articles and just copying the text and pasting it into the real article's name, but Zhen told me not to do that on my talk page. What's the trick? I'll do whatever it takes to speed up the repair here. ~Toastypk - ^Loom. 17:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry. I'm investigating every move from the most recent vandal. I've even found the content of an article I thought was irrepairable and moved it back where it belongs. --Shiningpikablu252 17:18, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Well in the wake of the madness last night, TTEchinda granted me and a few others who were online at the moment, sysop powers so we could fix the damage. I'd just like to help speed everything up while I still can. But according to Zhen I was doing it wrong. What are you doing, just deleting the articles themselves and making them anew? ~Toastypk - ^Loom. 17:33, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, if there are still articles that are running their roots from vandal redirects, then you can try searching for their legitimate content through the search or by rummaging through categories. The search is how I found Wattson's Manectric, which I thought had been irrepairably damaged. Once the legitimate content has been found, it can be moved back to their proper name. Sysops have access to check boxes when trying to move stuff over articles with histories; alternately, the destination can be deleted manually and then moved from there. --Shiningpikablu252 17:37, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Well as far as I can tell now, (at least according to "Capulet"'s edit history), it looks like most, if not all, of the articles are fixed! Thanks to you and Zhen. :D ~Toastypk - ^Loom. 18:18, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Just Wondering

How could the list be a vandal target if the Userspace is blocked from editing? ^Moldy _Orange 02:31, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm thinking ahead. Once the userspace lockdown does come to a close, a vandal could perhaps see the list and target it for vandalism. --Shiningpikablu252 02:33, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Night Patrol

So you guys are looking for someone to volunteer to stay up and keep an eye on Bulbapedia?--CoolPikachu! 22:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

If going with a night owl is our only option, then we'd have to do it. We'd rather try to find someone in an area that can be up normally while other areas sleep. Of course, I doubt Bulbapedia could come up with enough money to piece together an infomerical and buy time on KUAM to try to recruit someone to keep watch...--Shiningpikablu252 00:30, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Lol--CoolPikachu! 00:32, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I know some people who live in the Philippines if that's any help--CoolPikachu! 06:25, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm Israeli... --ElectAbuzzzz 09:45, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Im british and were 5 hours ahead, so if I start watch at 8 am its 3 at night for you lot. Guardian of Earth 22:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I know--CoolPikachu! 22:48, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

About Giratina and Shaymin's page

Shouldn't Giratina and Shaymin's have multiple sprite tables similar to the ones that Deoxys has? This is because in Platinum Version, the Giratina Another Forme and Shamin Land Forme sprites are different to those in DP. DO you think you can help with that. Also, I need help giving the Giratina sprite a transparent background.--Tavis ource 18:02, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes can I add them cause both forms will be available in Platinum--CoolPikachu! 22:35, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Psssssst.

&: bad. And: good. Plz no &'s unless it's a title. TTEchidna 01:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Question about disambiguation

Now that most of the cards in the Japanese promos (i.e. PLAY, DP-P, Deoxys vs Rayquaza Gift Set, etc...) are redirects to the english version, should we still list those promos on the card pages such as Template:C? I think that we should (in order to be complete) but I want to get someone else's opinion first. ^Moldy _Orange 20:42, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd say that only those collections with no unique material should be omitted. --Shiningpikablu252 20:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, so I should only put (excluding movies and non-reprint sets): ADV, PCG, DP, J, T, P, PPP & PLAY, and Unnumbered (and maybe web, I don't know if there are any original cards there yet)... Right? ^Moldy _Orange 22:59, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Image quality for TR

I'm going to start uploading scans for all the remaining sets, starting with TR. What do you think of the image quality for this batch? Are they too blurry, or is it alright? --ニョロトノ 666 20:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd put those up. Someone can always replace it later if they find it unsatisfactory. --Shiningpikablu252 20:51, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

All right, TR is done. You're free to delete those cards from the list, as I don't have access to the User namespace, obviously. Thanks! --ニョロトノ 666 21:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Just to let you know I plan to upload as many Fossil scans as possible either tomorrow or over the weekend. Cipher 16:14, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Is it OK...?

Is it OK if I added the Summer School rentals to Ash, Brock, and Dawn's pages?--Kuki Talk 22:01, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Wait until it airs. For all we know, Dawn's rental will be something that the preview didn't show, such as a Skorupi or a Ditto. --Shiningpikablu252 22:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I sorta did it already! And I won't be on much Thursday, so it would be u already. Actually, how about I keep the column, and on Thursday, huever does it could just switch the image and link?--Kuki Talk 22:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Nope, I'd like to protect from all spoilers. Nothing is confirmed. This means no placeholders.

Since you had the audacity to revert my edits simply because you wanted placeholders, I've protected the articles. --Shiningpikablu252 22:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

No they weren't. But I'll cut u a deal. For Brock and Ash, when it airs, u revert it, and then substitute for correct if necessary, cuz I should receive credit for adding column in first place. But keep Dawn, it was confirmed!--Kuki Talk 22:35, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Grimer was confirmed @ very last scene of preview, when it hugged Dawn. Y ELSE WOOD IT SHOW THAT MUH AFECTION???--Kuki Talk 22:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Previews can be decieving. That Grimer could be one someone else rented and that action is not affection. By your reasoning, the DP034 preview confirmed Ash would be the one to have caught Buizel in the first place, yet that obviously didn't happen. --Shiningpikablu252 22:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

K--Kuki Talk 22:44, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

TCG

The right panel of the Pokemon card doesn't say anything about the levels though....it's not shown anywhere unless you write Pokemon (TCG). ht14 22:07, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Take Pidgey as an example. Look at the main infobox. You can clearly see the "Lv. 8" there. It's that way on ALL cards that have a level. It's part of the style. --Shiningpikablu252 22:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Before I Do Anything...

Is there a limit to the number of userpages we can have? I've got my 1 extra one and I'd like to make 1-2 more. Porygon-Z 15:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not the expert on this. Pester TTEchidna if you want to know. --Shiningpikablu252 15:48, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

You want Confirmation?

File:GiratinaDPP109.gif
or you could go here for a bigger image: [3]

Or even here for a list up to 122: [4] ^Moldy _Orange 16:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Wanted Pages

Would there be any way to get number 413 off. It isn't something that should be on there and since you were the one who made the template, I thought you should be able to fix it since I don't know how. ^Moldy _Orange 18:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Ask TTEchidna. He can answer the question better than I can. I merely based the non-categorized infobox off the categorizing infobox, exact code except for categories. --Shiningpikablu252 18:05, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

How should I comment about missing or incorrect information on a page?

This is in regard to my edit:

Manaphy Half Deck (TCG)‎; 02:20 . . (-117) . . Shiningpikablu252 (Undo revision 427786 by Steeve 13 (Talk) No spam links, please)

I had made a comment at the bottom that included my user name, and I'm guessing that is what sparked your spam links comment... Sorry about that.

Try leaving a comment on the talk page.

Additionally, the contents of that page were based on part of the content of the full Trainer Kit, so any inaccuracies in a half deck will reflect in both the half deck's page and the trainer kit's page. --Shiningpikablu252 02:51, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry, I'm the new guy. --Steeve13

Regarding the Crystal Onix comment

That's true, but Gen II was already around long before the official release for Gold and Silver. Marill was even owned by a main character at the time, and if I remember correctly Steelix was one of the many Pokémon revealed before the games release. But never mind, it's really not that important. --electAbuzzzz ^(TALK) 16:25, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Was Steelix revealed prior to March? --Shiningpikablu252 16:27, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

The only way to find out is to dig through news archives of old fansites from nearly a decade ago. It's really not that big a deal. We'll drop it for the sake of doubt. --electAbuzzzz ^(TALK) 16:29, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Taviource

Don't you think that was a bit harsh blocking him so suddenly. He didn't get the chance to respond to my warning. I don't know... --☆ケンジガール 21:21, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I had to put on the block to stop the flood. For all we know, he was not going to stop the flooding until all Pokémon that can hatch out of an egg were represented.

Since everything's been cleaned up, I've lifted the block. --Shiningpikablu252 21:25, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you...and sorry for doing that. Anyways, I didn't know I could create customized ones. I should've asked before flooding it. Thanks for cleaning up the mess. Want an egg? Sorry again.

User Subpages

Hi, I've got seven userpages that I don't need anymore (mostly they were to test out code and whatnot): please could you delete them for me?

If you can, thanks very much, it's appreciated. Cheers, Cipher 16:12, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, are we actually allowed to start the purge? I am afraid to start deleting all missions even though Zhen Lin said to. ^Moldy _Orange 16:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Let's take it on an author-request basis for now until we get clearer instructions on what to do. Even then, we should probably take it somewhat slow--too many deletions at once could possibly cause server problems like too many creations at once can. --Shiningpikablu252 18:16, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

This new server can handle more thought cant it. Thankyou for your time. Guardian of Earth |SGMS 2010 18:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Legends Awakened References

I see you guys are using my prerelease info again. Could you please provide credit? ~Water Pokemon Master

(I don't use Wikipedia, so I don't know how to add signatures and stuff. :p

Maybe you should remind Double Dash as well. He's the one who made the articles of the recent preview.

Come to think of it, why Legends Awakened to notice this? Why not Great Encounters or Majestic Dawn? --Shiningpikablu252 19:05, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

"More credits"

In my talk you told me that I was deleting the 'More Credits' code that Woopert made. I don't understand what I did wrong or how I did it wrong. Can you give me a little more details on how I did it wrong, because I don't remember even touching it. I am very concerned about this. --Juan Sanfiel 15:44, 2 August 2008 (UTC)