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Bulbapedia:Senior Administrators

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Bulbapedia:Junior Administrators

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'''Junior Administrators''' on Bulbapedia are users which have been granted limited administrative powers on the wiki, as a testing ground before moving them up to higher ranks. With few exceptions, users will begin at the Junior Administrator rank, and on demonstrating considerable prowess, may be promoted. Unsatisfactory Junior Administrators will be demoted, while ones that do not exhibit any particular strong qualities may remain at this level.

On gaining this level, a user will have access to the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, where changes to the wiki's overarching style, as well as other things, are discussed.

==List of Junior Administrators==
This is a list of all users with Junior Administrator powers on Bulbapedia. This list does not include users higher on the Bulbapedia administrative hierarchy, who all have the powers of the Junior Administrator level in addition to their own.

If in need of a Junior Administrator's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Junior Administrator for quickest results; all active Junior Administrators check messages regularly.
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==Authority==
Junior Administrators are allowed to edit and create pages that are otherwise protected from editing and creation to those other than Administrators. In addition to this, Junior Administrators can see the history of pages that have been deleted, as well as show and hide individual revisions of a page.

A Junior Administrator should be a user's first stop for a simple question about Bulbapedia's rules and style, with unanswerable questions continuing to move up the hierarchy.

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Bulbapedia:Administrators

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'''Administrators''' of Bulbapedia are users who have been granted certain permissions by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. An administrator's responsibilities number greatly, being able to protect pages both from creation and editing, delete pages from view, block and unblock users, check a user's IP address, and put Bulbapedia into staff-only lockdown, among others.

The lowest of the "true" ranks of Bulbapedia staff, Administrators are held to strict scrutiny by the Editorial Board, and may be granted their powers through moving up from the {{bp|Junior Administrator}} rank.

==List of Administrators==
This is a list of all users with Administrator powers on Bulbapedia. This list does not include users higher on the Bulbapedia administrative hierarchy, who all have the powers of the administrator level in addition to their own.

If in need of an Administrator's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Administrator for quickest results; all active Administrators check messages regularly. For immediate results, find a currently online admin on the [[Special:RecentChanges|list of recent changes]]—administrators have italicized usernames.
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If an active Administrator cannot be found, consider speaking with a {{bp|Senior Administrator}}, {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, or a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

==Authority==
Administrators have the authority to lock and unlock pages from editing by ordinary users as well as from users who have not yet been around long enough to be {{bp|Autoconfirmed}}.

Additionally, Administrators have the power to delete and undelete pages and files on Bulbapedia and the Archives, as well as upload files via URL. Administrators may block and unblock other users in accordance with {{bp|Blocking policy|policy}}.

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Bulbapedia:Leadership Board

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The '''Leadership Board''' is the authority on official policy and style used on Bulbapedia.

While Bulbapedia is indeed a community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia, every community needs leaders, and the senior staff at Bulbagarden feel that an official voice should exist to have a final say in issues and disputes, as well as in the appearance of Bulbapedia's content, allowing Bulbapedia to remain consistent and aesthetically pleasing.

The Leadership Board shall consist of the Bulbapedia Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, as well as a select number of members chosen by the Editor-in-Chief. Former members of the Editorial Board generally retain some staff privileges upon resignation; former Editors-in-Chief may be invited back in an advisory position.

If you need to contact an Leadership Board member, choose the administrator who you deem most suitable to answer your question. As most of the Board govern specific areas, this should not be too hard. However, do not forget that there are other {{bp|staff member}}s who are more than happy to field questions as well.

==Members==
The current membership of the Leadership Board is listed below:

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===Former members===
These are former members of the Leadership Board. Recent former members may retain full staff powers, although some former editors now have reduced privileges as a security measure or due to prolonged inactivity.

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==Individual positions==
Other than the {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief, each member of the Editorial Board holds a specific job, placing them in charge of certain areas of Bulbapedia.

Presently, each Editorial Board member heads a section of the site: one staff member each presiding over video games, anime, manga, and the Trading Card Game. There is also a staff member responsible for daily administration and coordination of Bulbagarden Archives. These board members are the spokespeople for their respective sections and are in charge of their section's policy and style decisions.

==Authority==
The Leadership Board, being the ultimate in Bulbapedia authority, has the ability to set official, binding policy. Statements from the Leadership Board as a whole and from members thereof are to be read as the law of Bulbapedia, unless contradicted by a higher power (in the case of individual members, by the Editor-in-Chief, and in the case of the Board itself, by Archaic).

Leadership Board members are allowed unlimited use of the userspace, where they may put test templates and other things relevant to Bulbapedia and the Pokémon series.

They also retain the following rights:
* Locking and unlocking of the Bulbapedia database for maintenance
* The ability to change all user rights on '''all''' Bulbagarden wikis
* The ability to rename users on individual wikis and in the central database

==Activities==
The Leadership Board conducts discussions on matters of style, policy, and position of Bulbapedia in the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration] forum on the Bulbagarden Forums, while some discussions may also be held in the main [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Discussion] forum, shared with Bulbagarden Archives and Bulbanews.

From time to time, the Leadership Board may call for volunteers from among Bulbapedia's editors to become {{bp|Junior Administrators}}, allowing them greater editing power on the wiki, such as the ability to edit protected pages.

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prevtitle=Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit? |
nextcode=HZ017 |
nexttitle=Special Training Time! |
series=Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
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title_en=Quaxly, We Can Do It |
title_ja=クワッスとなら、できるよ |
title_ja_trans=As Long as I'm With Kuwassu, I Can Do It |
broadcast_jp=August 4, 2023 |
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en_op=[[Becoming Me]] |
ja_op=[[Heart-Pounding Diary|ドキメキダイアリー]] |
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footnotes=* {{BMGf|297804|Preview thread on BMGf}} ''Closed''
* {{BMGf|298210|Original review thread on BMGf}}
* {{BMGf|300218|Dub review thread on BMGf}}
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'''Quaxly, We Can Do It''' (Japanese: '''クワッスとなら、できるよ''' ''As Long as I'm With {{tt|Kuwassu|Quaxly}}, I Can Do It'') is the 16th episode of ''[[Pokémon Horizons: The Series]]'', and the 1,248th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on August 4, 2023, and the United Kingdom on January 15, 2024.
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==Plot==
[[File:Dot choosing Quaxly.png|thumb|250px|left|Dot choosing Quaxly as her first Pokémon]]
As [[Liko]], [[Roy]], [[Dot]], and [[Friede]] decide to begin their counterattack against the thief who took Liko's pendant, Dot thanks {{TP|Dot|Quaxly}} for being with her. Friede pulls out a {{i|Poké Ball}} and offers it to Dot, much to Liko and Roy's surprise, as they thought that she already owned Quaxly. Dot admits that she wasn't interested in being a {{pkmn|Trainer}}, but has made up her mind to be its partner. She throws the Poké Ball, though so poorly that Quaxly has to jump at it to get {{pkmn2|caught}}.

With the culprit behind Liko's pendant still on the run, the [[Rising Volt Tacklers]] decide to split up in order to find them before they manage to get away. Wondering how the culprit might make their escape, a billboard advertising a leaving cruise prompts them to head to the docks to intercept the ship, though they are too late to get onboard. Friede manages to reach the ferry with his {{TP|Friede|Charizard}}, being greeted by a [[Trainer (HZ016)|mysterious man]] who sends out a {{p|Bisharp}}. Friede believes he's found the culprit and sends [[Captain Pikachu]] out to battle Bisharp. Meanwhile, the other members, barring [[Ludlow]], tell the children to stay put. As they head out to search, Liko explains about her pendant to Dot and how it's brought them all together. Suddenly, {{p|Arboliva}}'s Ancient Poké Ball starts shining, making them realize that her pendant must be nearby. They split to pinpoint the location, with Quaxly soon leading dot aboard a docked cargo ship.

Back on the ferry, Friede and Captain Pikachu realize that the man they're battling is not the person they were looking for, based on his battle style. Pikachu quickly defeats Bisharp with {{m|Thunder Punch}} and Friede tries to question him, only to realize that the man had no idea who he's working for or what he's doing. [[Murdock]] calls Friede, telling him that he's unable to contact Dot due to the same signal jam from [[HZ013|before]]. Meanwhile, as Dot explores the ship, a {{p|Beheeyem}} appears and puts its hands out to hypnotize her, but Quaxly appears and uses {{m|Pound}} to stop it. She tries to call the others, but discovers her signal is jammed, making her realize their culprit is on the ship. A {{p|Magneton}} appears as [[Spinel]] talks to her from the miniature speakers attached to his Pokémon.

Backed up into a corner, Dot has Quaxly use {{m|Water Gun}} in the air, which alerts Liko and Roy to her location. As the cargo ship is about to leave, Roy jumps on, and Liko, though almost falling behind, jumps for Roy's hand at the last second. Spinel has Magneton to use {{m|Electro Ball}} on Quaxly and expresses his disappointment in Dot, having believed her to be a capable Trainer. Before he can have his Pokémon finish the pair off, {{TP|Liko|Sprigatito}} slams into Magneton with {{m|Quick Attack}}, Liko and Roy making it to Dot's position to give her a hand. Based on his words, Liko realizes that Spinel is a member of the [[Explorers]] and the one who took her pendant. Spinel, though impressed with Liko, threatens to erase her memories again, but Roy steps in and has {{TP|Roy|Fuecoco}} use {{m|Ember}} to drive Beheeyem away. After some encouragement from Roy and Dot, Liko confidently stands up to Spinel, standing together with her two friends and all three of their partners against Beheeyem and Magneton. Meanwhile, [[Mollie]] contacts Friede about the cargo ship leaving with sightings of the kids nearby. Standing by to receive word of the ship's heading, Friede can only hope that Liko is okay.

Back on the cargo ship, Spinel orders Beheeyem and Magneton to use a {{m|Psychic}}-Electro Ball combo attack, which hits Quaxly. Formulating an idea of how to deal with an attack like this, Liko orders Sprigatito to use {{m|Leafage}}, causing Spinel's Pokémon to become blinded for a moment and their combined attack to fail. Liko follows up by having Dot join her in going for Beheeyem, using Quick Attack and Water Gun to overwhelm the {{pkmn|category|Cerebral Pokémon}}. Spinel orders Magneton to ascend, avoiding an Ember from Fuecoco. Roy counters by bringing out his {{TP|Roy|Wattrel}} and has it use {{m|Peck}}. In the process, Wattrel steps on Fuecoco's head, angering it as it launches another Ember. As Wattrel prepares to attack, it notices the fireball from behind and dodges it, resulting in Magneton getting hit by the attack instead. Wattrel, upset by the unintentional friendly fire, begins fighting with Fuecoco, forcing Roy to leave to break them up.

[[File:Liko and Arboliva.png|thumb|250px|Arboliva emerging from its Poké Ball]]
Believing that they have won, Dot orders Spinel to hand the pendant over immediately. The Explorers Admin becomes uncharacteristically angry seeing Beheeyem and Magneton having [[Fainting|fainted]]. He surprises the children with the presence his {{p|Umbreon}} and has it use {{m|Snarl}}, which easily overpowers Quaxly's attempted counterattack. Spinel apologizes to Umbreon for having to send it out to fight weaklings, while the trio note that it's on stronger than the previous two Pokémon. Regardless, thinking of all the times her pendant has saved her, Liko resolves to do the same for it. Just then, the pendant responds to Liko's determination, shooting up a huge beam of light that gives off Spinel's location behind some containers. Blinded by the light, Spinel walks out of his van with the case in tow, but the light intensifies so much that he ends up dropping it, with the pendant falling out. Sprigatito snatches the pendant and brings it back to an overjoyed Liko. Spinel orders Umbreon to get it back, but with a sudden burst of light, Arboliva suddenly emerges from its Ancient Poké Ball and glares angrily at Spinel. While Spinel expresses signs of curiosity and mental instability, Umbreon tugs on his sleeve, begging him to back off, which he eventually does. Liko, Roy, and Dot jump into Arboliva's arms as it jumps overboard. As they float to safety, they're approached by Friede. On the ship, Spinel understands that Liko is the key to the pendant's secrets.

On the [[Brave Olivine]], which has finally begun heading for [[Galar]], Dot arrives to meet Liko on the wing deck. Urged by Quaxly, she thanks for helping her. Quaxly urges her further, and she starts bringing up Nidothing's name. Liko figures that she wants to tell her how she's a big fan of Nidothing, but Dot loudly says she's wrong. Through much difficulty, Dot confesses that she is Nidothing, resulting in a reaction of utter disbelief and shock from Liko and Sprigatito.

Meanwhile, Spinel gives his report to [[Hamber]], while being teased by [[Sango]] for his failure despite having supposedly prepared for everything. [[Onyx]] believes he was foiled by tunnel vision. [[Agate]] asks him what he thinks the pendant's power is, but he gives no answer, resulting in Sango continuing to tease him, Agate simply stating that he had nothing to stay, while Onyx stares at him with suspicion. Hamber concludes the meeting, causing the holograms of the other Explorers members to fade away. As Spinel steps out back onto the cargo ship's deck, he admits that he can't submit unverified information, musing that his encounter with Liko has made him even more curious about her and the pendant.

==Major events==


* [[Dot]] {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} {{TP|Dot|Quaxly}}.
* [[Roy's Wattrel]] is revealed to know {{m|Peck}}.
* [[Liko]] retrieves her pendant from [[Spinel]].
* Liko's pendant activates and briefly summons {{p|Arboliva}} from its Ancient [[Poké Ball]].
* The [[Rising Volt Tacklers]] begin heading to [[Galar]].
* Dot reveals herself as Nidothing to Liko.
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===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Wiglett}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
* [[Liko]]
* [[Roy]]
* [[Friede]]
* [[Mollie]]
* [[Orla]]
* [[Ludlow]]
* [[Murdock]]
* [[Dot]]
* [[Amethio]] (flashback)
* [[Hamber]] (hologram)
* [[Spinel]]
* [[Sango]] (hologram)
* [[Onyx]] (hologram)
* [[Agate]] (hologram)
* {{OBP|Trainer|HZ016|Bisharp's Trainer}}
* {{pkmn|Trainer}}s

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Sprigatito}} ({{OP|Liko|Sprigatito}})
* {{p|Fuecoco}} ({{OP|Roy|Fuecoco}})
* {{p|Wattrel}} ({{OP|Roy|Wattrel}})
* {{p|Charizard}} ({{OP|Friede|Charizard}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Friede]]'s; [[Captain Pikachu]])
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Friede]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Mollie|Chansey}}; flashback)
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Mollie]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Murdock]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Quaxly}} ({{OP|Dot|Quaxly}}; new)
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Dot]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Ceruledge}} ({{OP|Amethio|Ceruledge}}; flashback)
* {{p|Corviknight}} ([[Amethio]]'s; flashback)
* {{p|Magneton}} ([[Spinel]]'s)
* {{p|Umbreon}} ([[Spinel]]'s)
* {{p|Beheeyem}} ([[Spinel]]'s)
* {{p|Rayquaza}} ([[Lucius]]'s; {{Shiny}}; flashback)
* {{p|Arboliva}} ([[Lucius]]'s; {{pkmn2|giant}})
* {{p|Bisharp}} ({{OBP|Trainer|HZ016}}'s)
* {{p|Smeargle}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Pincurchin}} (Trainers'; ×4)
* {{p|Crabrawler}} (Trainers'; ×3)
* {{p|Wiglett}} (Trainers'; ×3; debut)
* {{p|Voltorb}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Pikipek}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Luxio}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Cyclizar}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Solosis}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Masquerain}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Lechonk}} (Trainers'; ×3)
* {{p|Chimecho}} (Trainers'; ×2)
* {{p|Spewpa}} (Trainers'; ×3)
* {{p|Ralts}} (Trainers'; ×5)
* {{p|Rotom}} (Trainers'; ×2; [[Rotom Phone]])
* {{p|Terapagos}} ({{an|Terapagos|anime}}; {{form|Terapagos|Normal Form}}; flashback)

==Trivia==
* [[Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar]]: ''"What is involved in {{p|Umbreon}}'s evolution?"''
** Choices: Sun, moon, meteorite
** Answer: Moon
* The first [[eyecatch]] of this episode features [[Spinel]] and his Umbreon, while the second features [[Dot]] and her {{TP|Dot|Quaxly}}.
* The ending theme visuals are updated to feature Dot performing the handshake with the rest of the [[Rising Volt Tacklers]].
* As of this episode, at least one [[Generation II]] Pokémon has appeared in 1,000 episodes of the anime.

===Errors===
* When [[Liko]] is trying to run towards the ship, her left shoe is colored white instead of dark blue.
* When Liko and [[Dot]] are talking, Liko's socks are colored dark blue instead of turquoise.

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HZ016 error 1.png|Liko's left shoe error
HZ016 error 2.png|Liko's socks error
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===Dub edits===
* The dub version of the eyecatch has Umbreon redrawn with fixed proportions.

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Bulbapedia:Staff

2024-01-09T00:39:33Z

Pokemaster97: /* List of staff */

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Bulbapedia's '''staff''' consists of seven levels of power, ranging from {{bp|Junior Administrators}} to the {{bp|Bulbagarden Executive Staff|Executive Staff}}. Being part of the staff of Bulbapedia gives users a special ranking on the [[Bulbagarden forums]], which allows them access to the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration] forum, where the inner workings of Bulbapedia's activities are discussed.

What Bulbapedia looks for in its staff is a willingness to contribute meaningfully above all. Expert knowledge of Bulbapedia's templates and style is one of the most major points of consideration for users to move up to the Junior Administrator level, while users are strongly encouraged to be more than just contributors. What makes Bulbapedia, and Bulbagarden as a whole, a community, is that we don't just have facts and figures put up by robots, but by individuals creative enough to come up with new and unique ways to state even the most boring of our subjects.

==List of staff==
The following are Bulbapedia's staff members in order of rank, which therein they are organized alphabetically. Other than exact rank, no user listed above another (unless otherwise noted) is of a higher rank than a user below them.
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Bulbapedia:Editor-in-Chief

2024-01-09T00:37:29Z

Pokemaster97:

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The '''Editor-in-Chief''' of Bulbapedia is the head editor of Bulbapedia, in charge of coordinating the activities of the {{bp|Editorial Board}} as well as directing the editors of Bulbapedia in general. Generally, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the appearance of the wiki, and is one of Bulbagarden's chief executives, answering directly to {{u|Archaic}}.

The Editor-in-Chief will serve in this position for as long as they feel as though they can capably run the site. When they decide to move on, the Editor-in-Chief will choose a successor from among the Editorial Board and train their successor in the responsibility and full power of Editor-in-Chief. At this point, the old Editor-in-Chief will remain indefinitely as an Executive Policymaker on the wiki, serving as an advisory to the Editorial Board. If Archaic does not feel the Editor-in-Chief is properly doing their job, he may relieve the Editor-in-Chief of their duty and is the only person that can do as such. Any Editor-in-Chief involuntarily removed from duty will ''not'' become an Executive Policymaker.

The present Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Maverick Nate}}.

==List of Editors-in-Chief==
This is a full list of Bulbapedia's Editors-in-Chief since its establishment in 2004.

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| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | 7 '''[[User:Pokemaster97|{{color|000|Pokemaster97}}]]''' 2021-2024
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{{color|000|Maverick Nate}}]]''' 2024-present
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Bulbapedia:Editor-in-Chief

2024-01-09T00:37:06Z

Pokemaster97: /* List of Editors-in-Chief */

{{AdminLevels}}{{shortcut|2|EiC|BP:EiC}}
The '''Editor-in-Chief''' of Bulbapedia is the head editor of Bulbapedia, in charge of coordinating the activities of the {{bp|Editorial Board}} as well as directing the editors of Bulbapedia in general. Generally, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the appearance of the wiki, and is one of Bulbagarden's chief executives, answering directly to {{u|Archaic}}.

The Editor-in-Chief will serve in this position for as long as they feel as though they can capably run the site. When they decide to move on, the Editor-in-Chief will choose a successor from among the Editorial Board and train their successor in the responsibility and full power of Editor-in-Chief. At this point, the old Editor-in-Chief will remain indefinitely as an Executive Policymaker on the wiki, serving as an advisory to the Editorial Board. If Archaic does not feel the Editor-in-Chief is properly doing their job, he may relieve the Editor-in-Chief of their duty and is the only person that can do as such. Any Editor-in-Chief involuntarily removed from duty will ''not'' become an Executive Policymaker.

The present Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Pokemaster97}}.

==List of Editors-in-Chief==
This is a full list of Bulbapedia's Editors-in-Chief since its establishment in 2004.

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| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | 3 '''[[User:TTEchidna|{{color|000|TTEchidna}}]]''' 2008-2010
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | 4 '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|{{color|000|MAGNEDETH}}]]''' 2010-2012
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| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | 5 '''[[User:Werdnae|{{color|000|Werdnae}}]]''' 2012-2014
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | 6 '''[[User:Kogoro|{{color|000|Kogoro}}]]''' 2014-2021
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | 7 '''[[User:Pokemaster97|{{color|000|Pokemaster97}}]]''' 2021-2024
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{Bulba color light}};" | 8 '''[[User:Maverick Nate|
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Bulbapedia:Leadership Board

2024-01-09T00:33:07Z

Pokemaster97: /* Members */

Bulbapedia:Messages from the Editor

2024-01-09T00:06:48Z

Pokemaster97:

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The following is an archive of the previous '''Messages from the Editor''', in reverse chronological order.
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==2024==
===January 9===
Happy January and Happy New Year!

With the beginning of the new year, the season of reflection and change is once again among us. Even though it’s been nearly 20 years since Bulbapedia’s beginnings in 2005, the core values and community orientated collaboration has remained constant. It can be said amongst editors and staff that they came for the info, but stayed for the camaraderie. It takes careful nurturing, and an often obscene amount of dedicated time to preserve a place like Bulbapedia and to serve as the head of this dynamic project.

After careful thought and consideration, it is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be stepping down from the role of Editor-in-Chief, effective this week. It has been nothing but an honor and privilege to have served as EIC of a website that is as impressive and amazing as Bulbapedia. When i joined back in 2010, I never would have envisioned myself to be still contributing from this position all these years later. A huge, big, ginormous thank you to all of the hard working and dedicated staff, former leaders, and users who supported me and made this job so incredibly rewarding.

Taking over in my place is none other than {{u|Maverick Nate}}. Nate has a level of time, commitment, and natural leadership ability that does not come around often. He is an excellent and experienced community leader who has been a pleasure to work with over the years and truly has what it takes to take Bulbapedia to even greater heights.

I won’t be going too far. For now, I will be remaining on staff as Deputy Editor in Chief, hopefully a role let me both support Bulbapedia and allow me to enjoy a bit more life-balance.
Once again, congratulations Maverick Nate and Happy New Year!

:Pokemaster97
:Departing Editor-in-Chief

==2023==
===July 28===
Happy July!

It's hard to believe we are already halfway through 2023! As we chug through this {{m|whirlwind}} of a year, I am pleased to share some recent administrative updates. As many of you may know, last month, Bulbapedia held a staff drive to recruit new members to our team. While we received many impressive applications, there were a few that particularly stood out. Please help me congratulate {{u|4iamking}}, {{u|Anzasquiddles}}, {{u|Boblers}}, {{u|Landfish7}}, {{u|Nikuriku}}, and {{u|Storm Aurora}} who will be joining the team as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s.

Additionally, a few of our current staff members are being promoted in recognition of their hard work. Please help me congratulate {{u|bthrussellUK}}, {{u|Eridanus}}, {{u|Nescientist}}, and {{u|TehPerson}} who will be joining the ranks of full Administrator.

We are excited to see your hard work continue!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

===April 19===
Happy April!

As we approach the end of April, there are a few exciting announcements to share regarding recent happenings in the Bulbapedia community. First, we'd like to share some staffing changes to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Since I became Editor in Chief, {{u|Kogoro}} has been in a dual role as Chief of Staff and Deputy Editor in Chief in an Acting basis until we were able to select and put a permanent individual in place. As Bulbapedia continues to grow, it's becoming more apparent that leading Bulbapedia is often a lot on just 2 people (the EIC and their Deputy). In the past, Bulbapedia has had two (2) deputies in place in order to balance some of that workload and we felt that it was a structure worth trying again. These two individuals I felt have gone above and beyond in their demonstration of leadership ability amongst their peers, project management skills, years of experience, and an over all enthusiasm and attitude that is an embodiment of what Bulbapedia's overall mission is. Without further ado, please help me congratulate {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|Maverick Nate}} who will be promoted to Deputy Editors in Chief!

With this, there is now a vacancy on the Editorial Board for the Head of Games position. The user filling this role has also demonstrated invaluable leadership and guidance around several of projects and game-related tasks and I'm excited to see what they will do with this new position. Congratulations to {{u|Tiddlywinks}} who will now join the Board as Head of Games!

Kogoro will be retaining her role as Chief of Staff fulltime as well so she won't be too far away. Please help me in congratulating everyone!

In other news, as we move deeper into [[Generation IX]], the {{bp|Staff}} would like to know how you all felt about our coverage during the initial Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release period. [https://bulbagarden.net/forms/index.php/415759?lang=en Please fill out our survey, and give your feedback on Bulbapedia's Scarlet & Violet coverage and your general user experience here]!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

===February 14===
Happy February!

And Happy 18th anniversary to Bulbapedia! It’s incredible to believe back in 2005, during Bulbapedia’s beginnings, we were preparing to close out [[Generation III]] and awaiting the North American release of {{game|Emerald}}. Today, we're 49,000 articles strong and fully immersed in [[Generation IX]] with Pokémon {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}. As we celebrate another year around the sun, it would be egregious of us to not stop and take a moment to celebrate you, our users who work hard and contribute to Bulbapedia’s coverage day in and day out.

While our coverage of Scarlet and Violet is ongoing, it would be impossible to have covered as much as we have without your contributions. So for every dex entry entered, every map uploaded, every biology section written, every item sprite added and every edit in between, we say - thank you. Your time and efforts are appreciated and we would be nowhere near the community we are today without you.

==2022==
===November 17===
Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokémon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
* Please respect the directions of the Staff team; some of our rules and processes might not be obvious at first glance, but the team is there to help you perfect your contributions
* Please follow the code of conduct and the manual of style at all times!
* Please report any performance issues or bad ad activity to staff

In other news, in an effort to do some fall cleaning in preparation for Scarlet & Violet’s release, the staff will be tackling our backlog of pages needing attention. If you have any candidates you had comments or thoughts about, please do not hesitate to share on the relevant talk page or with a member of staff so we can ensure your input is kept in mind.

Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out via our Discord or forums. Good treasure hunting, Trainers!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

===January 29===
Happy January!

It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2022 is already almost over! As January comes to a close and {{g|Legends: Arceus}} officially released worldwide, here are a few updates you should know about.

As many know, Bulbapedia experimented by remaining open during the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl release in order to test site stability and to maximize user participation. Due to the success observed last time, Bulbapedia will once again be remaining open to editing for Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well. Because this game is not a remake and may attract more traffic, staff will be monitoring site performance over the next several days and will determine if we need to reevaluate.

As a general reminder during this exciting time, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of Staff if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In other news, since we’re celebrating a new year and a new game, we thought there’d be no better time to bring on some new staff! Bulbapedia will be participating in Bulbagarden's Official 2022 Staff Drive. This time around, we’re looking for some passionate and savvy folks to join the team as {{bp|Junior Administrators}}. We’ll be accepting applications until mid-February! If you have any questions or concerns about the application or selection process, please send a direct message to {{u|Pokemaster97}} or {{u|evkl}} on the Bulbagarden Forums or the Bulbagarden Discord server.

Until next time. Happy Editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==2021==
===November 19===
Happy November!

As [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] officially hit store shelves, we have some Bulbapedia updates to share.

This year, Bulbapedia will not be locking down for the new game release. It looks like these games won't introduce mechanical differences that will require big changes to pages as we've seen in times past. As a result, we are experimenting with the wiki remaining open and allowing folks to jump in head first with adding new information. If you're new to editing, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of {{bp|Staff}} if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In line with encouraging a wider range of users to contribute during the game release period, we have also decided to trial a new software for the [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives] that allows all users to upload images; non-autoconfirmed users will have images placed in a moderation queue. Staff members will review and approve images if they are appropriate. As this feature is still undergoing testing, please report any feedback or issues you may experience with a member of Staff so it may be passed along to our technical team to address.

We're just as excited as you for new games - have fun being back in [[Sinnoh]], and happy editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

===June 21===
Happy June!

As we continue to smooth out the final kinks with our recent upgrade to MediaWiki 1.35, we are happy to share that a few of the reported issues from the initial release have been resolved. The issue involving broken functions related to user emails have been resolved.

Additionally, a known issue of Encyclopedia Pokemonis desktop links being broken for logged out users, affecting the ability for our wiki to externally link to other language affiliates has been resolved.

Currently, Bulbapedia tech is prioritizing addressing the following issues affecting user site navigation and experience:
* A known issue of CentralAuth functionality affecting users and their ability to globally log into/link accounts
* A known issue of the newly formatted RecentChanges design being completely broken. The old version has been set as default and users are encouraged to disable the new design in their preferences until we can fix it.

A full list of known issues related to the MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade, as well as features and updates on our progress of addressing them, can be found on our {{bp|Technical Update Changelog|changelog}}. The changelog talk page may be used to report many new issues that have not been recorded so our tech can work to address them as soon as possible.

More updates to come!

===April 21===
The day is finally here, Bulbapedia is open again at last! Over the past several weeks, Bulbapedia tech has been hard at work behind the scenes upgrading and bringing the wiki to modern standards and cutting back on a lot of the technical debt that has accumulated over the years. Because this was the first time in quite some time we performed work of this nature, this ended up being a much lengthier process than expected. There's been a whole host of bugs that have been addressed too. Below is a small list of some of the new features that you will now encounter as you browse through the site. Note that you may also need to reset your cookies for the site due to several changes in the back-end as well.

*New features you may notice
**'''Two factor authentication (2FA)''' for logging in has been enabled to keep your account secure.
**'''Toolbars''' - The edit box now has an updated toolbar. To reenable the old version, you will have to go under "Gadgets" under "Preferences" and select the legacy bar.
**'''An overall smoother site experience'''

**'''Extension:Math''' - Yes, we can finally display equations properly!
**'''Default edit rate enhanced''' - Those of you that like to watch BulbaBot do its work may notice that they start to move a little faster now, you will too if you can edit that fast!
**'''Recent changes and Watchlist changes''' - These are now powered with JavaScript and introduce some lovely new features that improve their usability, including filters and even live updates.
**'''Enhanced diff pages''' - Allows for some more action options when viewing page diffs.
**'''Password issues''' - You will be notified and be suggested that your password be changed if it is in the list of 100,000 commonly used passwords that are considered bad passwords. Also, your username cannot be included in your password (e.g., if your username is "Spriteit" your password can not be "SpriteitsPassword").
**Additional features that we will announce once more testing is complete.

If you notice any bugs (aka surprise features) please don't hesitate to let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible. That being said, we are aware that some users are experiencing log in issues following the update. If you are experiencing any log in issues/lockouts, please Direct Message @BulbaTech over on the Bulbagarden Discord with the following information:
*Your Bulbapedia username
*A link to your userpage (if you've had one created before)
*Your email address

We are also aware that features involving email such as confirming your email address is also currently unavailable. Tech is working diligently to resolve these issues.
Again, we apologize for the long maintenance period, and we thank you for your patience as we performed this much needed background work. We are extremely grateful for the hard work and many hours put in by our tech specialist, who often works thanklessly to ensure the Bulbapedia experience is as excellent as can be. We appreciate all you do!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

===April 2===
Annddddd we’re back! As some of you may have witnessed over the past 48 hours or so, [[Team Rainbow Rocket]] interrupted and temporarily gained access to Bulbapedia during our attempt at performing our scheduled site update.

Fear not however, Bulbapedia staff has regained control of the site once again. However, there were more damage to the servers done than expected and we’ll have to keep editing locked for a *bit* longer as we repair and shore up our defenses to prevent an incident like this from occurring again. Stay tuned for a full status update later this week once this work is complete.

Thank you again for your patience and we can’t wait to be open for business again soon!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

===March 3===
Howdy everyone. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pokemaster97 and I am the current Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia.

With the 25th Anniversary of Pokémon and Sinnoh remakes (and a prequel!) confirmed, now is a more exciting time than ever for the Bulba community. Just as [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] put a new spin on familiar stomping grounds, a few familiar faces on Bulbapedia will be shifting into new roles. Bulbagarden Chief of Staff and former Editor-in-Chief {{u|Kogoro}} has graciously decided to remain on board as Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Kogoro brings over a decade of experience and expertise and I am eternally grateful she has decided to stick around in this role.

As we move further along into 2021 and with a pending wiki update on the horizon, user experience has been a continued focus for Bulbapedia staff. In order to increase attention to these efforts, the Editorial Board will be expanding with the addition of two Special Assistant roles. These members will function as members at large on the board and will work on tasks such as:

* Staff drives/staff development
* Reviewing and updating policies (ongoing policy overhaul)
* Creating guides and user resources
* Assisting the Social Media team with running Bulbapedia’s social accounts/content creation

Please help me congratulate {{u|Spriteit}} and {{u|SnorlaxMonster}} who will be joining the Editorial Board in this role! I look forward to how Bulbapedia will continue to grow with your additions.

I end off by thanking everyone for their continued contributions and support to Bulbapedia. We wouldn’t be half of what we are without you.

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

===February 14===
Hello everyone,

Today marks the 16th anniversary of Bulbapedia's public opening. Perhaps a bit of an unbelievable undertaking back in 2005, when {{game|Emerald}} was set to come to North America in less than three months and mark the conclusion of [[Generation III]]. Today, we're deep into [[Generation VIII]] with {{g|Sword and Shield}} and their [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass|expansions]].

Bulbapedia would not be here today, 16 years later, if it wasn't for the support, edits, and countless hours given by the thousands of editors over these many many years. I would like to personally extend our immense gratitude to all editors who have helped to make Bulbapedia what it is today, and we can't wait to see what Bulbapedia will be like in another 16 years.

2021 marks the [[Pokémon 25th Anniversary]], starting on February 27. As information continues to be revealed about the festivities and releases that we will get to see this year, we can't wait to see how much Bulbapedia will grow with this exciting new year of Pokémon.

It is also with an extremely heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be retiring as Bulbapedia's {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}}, effective on February 17th. Bulbapedia has been a fairly significant part of my free time since I joined back in May of 2008, a wide-eyed girl with a very basic understanding of wiki editing. I joined Bulbapedia's staff in December of that same year through the old {{bp|nominations for administratorship}} program, the final person brought on board in the program.

In May 2009 I joined the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, and I became Editor-in-Chief on February 17, 2014. It's been an absolutely amazing seven years as Editor-in-Chief, and it's been an absolute honour and privilege to get to serve in the role for almost half of Bulbapedia's existence to date. I cannot thank everyone I have worked with in this over 12 year journey enough, but thank you so very much for all of the amazing years.

Taking over as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief will be my deputy, {{u|Pokemaster97}}. He is extremely driven, has been a wonderful deputy to work closely with for almost three years, and has excelled at being a community leader. Please be sure to give him a great welcome to the role, and I look forward to Bulbapedia's future under his leadership.

Happy 2021, Happy 16 Years, and Happy Pokémon 25th!

:Kogoro
:Departing Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==2020==
===October 8===
Hope you're all having a great start to October!

Effective today, {{u|Maverick Nate}} is stepping down from his {{bp|Editorial Board}} position as Bulbapedia's Head of TCG. Bulbapedia's TCG section has grown astoundingly under Nate leading the section for the last 9 years, and his over decade of time on the Editorial Board. We all wish him the best with his future endeavors, and this well-deserved retirement.

With Nate's departure, this leaves a significant vacancy in Bulbapedia's Editorial Board. We are happy to announce that {{u|glik}} will be taking over as Bulbapedia's new Head of TCG, also effective today. Welcome to the Editorial Board, glik, we know you will do well!

Happy editing, everyone!

===September 10===
Happy September everyone!

As we continue our work with updating, reviewing, and clarifying our policies, we also wanted to take time to make some staffing shuffles to support the growth of the site. First up, with the upcoming re-launch of Bulbanews, {{u|G50}} is shifting her focus back to her main role as Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief. For the past 6 months, {{u|G50}} has served as our Acting Head of Anime and has helped take point on many of the anime-related policy changes that were seen over the past couple of months and has been an immense help to me personally. Relatedly, I am happy to share that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has agreed to step into the Head of Anime role. Please help me welcome him to the Editorial Board!

In addition to the above shuffle, I am also happy to recognize a handful of staff members who have been working extremely hard and have frequently gone above and beyond in their day-to-day work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Daniel Carrero}} who are all receiving promotions as well. We can’t wait to see what you all will do in your new positions!

===July 22===
Happy July!

As you may have noticed already over the past few weeks, the Bulbapedia staff has been hard at work reviewing, updating, and clarifying several of our official policies that drive many of the procedures that occur on the wiki. At this point in time, the {{bp|Code of Conduct}} and {{bp|Blocking policy}} have been updated and we have created a new {{bp|Speculation policy}} that we hope will clarify our official stances on many issues that occur during editing and will hopefully make for a much smoother editing experience for everyone.

During this time, staff will also be reviewing our category of [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Bulbapedia_proposed_policies proposed policies] and mainspacing ones that we feel will be beneficial as official policies. If you have any ideas or proposals you would like Bulbapedia staff to consider, please create the page in the Userspace and mark it ready for review by adding <nowiki>{{Policy|policy|proposed}}</nowiki> to the top of the page. Additionally, you may use the talk pages of existing policies to propose ideas or suggestions for policy changes for staff member review. Alternatively, you can reach out to an Editorial Board member directly.

Happy editing!

===April 2===
Happy April! In an effort to become a bit more transparent with the community on what the Staff is up to, we are getting back to more regular Message from the Editor updates.

'''Pages needing attention:''' The Editorial Board has been diligently going through the backlog candidates for moves, merges, splits, and mainspacing to try to get some long overdue decisions rolled out. If you had a particular page that you wanted to bring to the staff’s attention for quicker review, please contact any staff member and we’ll do our best to expedite the discussion. We thank you for your patience as we work through these items.

'''Username Change Requests:''' Due to technical issues with the function we use to rename users, we will not be fulfilling user rename requests until further notice. We hope to have this feature back for use as soon as possible!

'''Editor’s Hub:''' Over the past several weeks, the Editorial Board has been working hard to find ways to make editing and working on the wiki more of a collaborative process for users. Stay tuned for pending additions to the current Editor’s Hub that will enhance the experience for users, old and new, alike. As always, any staff member is more than happy to listen to any suggestion for things or improvements you’d like to see brought to Bulbapedia.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

===February 21===
Howdy everyone and happy February! As we enter into a new decade of Pokémon and Bulbapedia, we figured it was time to share a few changes that have happened since our last update with you all!

It is with heavy hearts that we’re announcing the retirement of {{u|Jo The Marten}} as Bulbapedia’s Head of Games. Bulbapedia’s games section grew exponentially under Jo’s leadership for the past several years; we wish her the best in her well-deserved retirement. Jo’s departure leaves a vacancy on the Editorial Board that will be filled in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for that.

On a lighter note, a number of very deserving users who have gone above and beyond with their contributions have been hired as staff. Please help congratulate {{u|Celadonkey}}, {{u|Daniel Carrero}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Wowy}} who have joined us as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s. These users have been dedicated to Bulbapedia for several years and we cannot wait to see how they grow in their new roles!

We have a few promotions within the staff as well! Congratulations to {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|CycloneGU}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|神奇超龍}}, {{u|Blazingfist}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and {{u|glik}} who are moving up in the ranks as well! We know these folks will flourish in their new positions as well.

On a last note, in an effort to simplify staff structure and overall user experience, the Editorial Board has decided to unify the staff of Bulbapedia and the Bulbagarden Archives. This process will be happening over the next several weeks. We hope this change will increase overall cohesion and collaboration between the two projects.

Lastly, we would also like to thank every user who has contributed to the wiki in any way. Bulbapedia would not be the place it is without all of you.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==2018==
===May 28===
Hello everyone, it's with heavy hearts that we announce {{u|Zesty Cactus}} has officially retired as Bulbapedia's Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She served above and beyond expectations for the last four years in the position, and will continue assisting Bulbapedia staff in an advisory capacity. We would like to thank her for all of her efforts as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

The Deputy Editor-in-Chief position will not be left vacant, however. We are happy to announce that our Head of Anime, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, will be taking over where Zesty Cactus left off. Pokemaster97 will also be handing over the Head of Anime status to {{u|abcboy}}, and we would like to welcome him to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}!

We have a few other promotions that we are very happy to announce as well. Moving up to the {{bp|Administrator}} level is {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, advancing to the {{bp|Senior Administrator}} level is {{u|glik}}, and {{u|Darkeiya}} will be joining the Editorial Board as Bulbapedia's Head of Art. We would also like to welcome {{u|MisterE13}} back to active duty as a {{bp|Junior Administrator}}.

===February 17===
Another year already? Time sure keeps on flying when there's so much Pokémon fun to be had! It's definitely been a great 13th year for Bulbapedia!

In 2017, Bulbapedia grew by an astounding 5000+ articles, surpassing my expectations significantly! This last year has definitely been a major one for the growth and continued development of Bulbapedia.

With {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime, {{TCG|Guardians Rising|five}} {{TCG|Burning Shadows|new}} {{TCG|Shining Legends|English}} {{TCG|Crimson Invasion|TCG}} {{TCG|Ultra Prism|sets}}, and countless other releases in all parts of the globe this last year, there's certainly been much for Pokémon fans to enjoy and much for Bulbapedia to cover!

Of course, none of this would be possible without the people who help to drive the continued development and updating of Bulbapedia. The Pokémon fandom is amazingly strong, and it definitely shows with just how much Pokémon information this community-driven encyclopedia has been able to document over these last 13 years.

While we're saying goodbye to Bulbapedia's 13th year, I know that we can welcome in the 14th year with the awesomeness that only the Pokémon fandom can provide. Let's make 2018 an awesome one!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

===January 4===
The day that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! We are happy to announce that we believe our technical issues have been resolved, and Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing! We greatly appreciate all of the patience we received during the edit lock, and we would like to apologize for the technical issues that forced the lock to remain in place as long as it did

The staff of Bulbapedia would like to wish everyone a happy 2018, and a great time with [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon]], and everything new that this most recent pair of games will bring to the world of Pokémon.

Happy editing, everyone!

==2017==
===February 17===
Once again, another year has concluded for Bulbapedia. It's certainly been a very busy one, with [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] and the summer of [[Pokémon GO]] both behind us. It was an amazing 12th year for this project.

In 2016, Bulbapedia grew by over 2800 articles, and we hope to see significant growth as well in 2017. The Video Games section showed some of the most impressive growth in 2016. With the release of Pokémon GO, followed by [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] ushering in the beginning of [[Generation VII]], this section not only met the expectations we had for it at the beginning of the year, they blew past it immeasurably. We hope that the recent introduction of [[Johto]] Pokémon in Pokémon GO will only be the tip of the iceberg for the Video Games section in 2017!

The Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have also shown wonderful growth through 2016, and await even more growth in these three sections in 2017. The [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime will be making its official premiere this year, and we can expect to see a lot of new manga and TCG content as well.

Bulbapedia is here today, because of all the contributors who have helped out by making edits through these 12 years. I mention this every year, because it's the absolute truth of a project like this. Without the members of the fandom who contribute to this project, no matter how big or small their contributions may be, Bulbapedia wouldn't be what it is today and very well may not even exist at all.

I'd also like to go onto a personal note for a moment, as today marks the conclusion of my third year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. It's been an amazing experience, and would just like to thank everyone reading this for making these last three years something I'll never forget. I hope we can keep this going even longer.

With that all said, let's make another awesome year, let's keep Bulbapedia the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet. 2017 is another year for us to make our own, let's do this!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==2016==
===December 1===
Hello everyone, we hope you've been having as much of a blast with [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] as we have! With the games now having been out in all regions for at least a week, we're happy to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing. We understand that Bulbapedia being locked is a stressful time for all parties, so we greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during this recent edit lock. We also wish to extend an extra special thank you to everyone who submitted information via the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, and other platforms.

===March 21===
It is with heavy hearts that we're announcing the retirement of {{u|Kenji-girl}} as Bulbapedia's Head of Anime. Kenji-girl served as our Head of Anime since December 2011, and worked countless hours to shape our anime section to what it is today. While we will miss Kenji-girl's presence on the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, we are very glad that Kenji-girl will be remaining on staff as a {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, and she will still be working closely with the Editorial Board to continue improving Bulbapedia.

As the anime section is one of Bulbapedia most active sections, we're happy to announce that a successor to the position has already been chosen. Taking over as our Head of Anime is someone who has been on staff for almost four years now, and has been working on anime-related concerns not only on Bulbapedia, but also the Bulbagarden Forums. Bulbapedia's new Head of Anime is none other than {{u|Pokemaster97}}, congratulations!

===March 1===
Now that February and the leap day is done, it is time to leap into a new project! We're really excited to announce this month's content improvement drive: {{bp|Manga March}}! As the name suggests, for this month, we'll be focusing on improving coverage on all [[Pokémon manga]], from the popular [[Pokémon Adventures]] series to the most obscure one-shot magazine chapters, and everywhere else in between. Every week, a new area of focus will be added — one series that's been licensed in English and one series that's currently still Japanese-only, starting with [[Pokémon Adventures]] and [[Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King]]. The Manga March page has been updated with many examples of articles from those series that need improvement or expansion to help you get inspired! Of course, these are just examples, there is always lots of room for new contributions related to manga, even if they aren't listed! Please visit the {{bp|Manga March}} page for more information, and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the [[Bulbapedia talk:Manga March|Manga March improvement drive's talk page]], or you may contact {{u|Zesty Cactus}} or any other staff member listed on {{bp|Project Manga}}. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Project Manga in the past, present and future, and we hope you will all enjoy helping to make Bulbapedia one of the best resources for Pokémon manga information!

===February 17===
Yet another year has come and gone for us here at Bulbapedia. While I know I said it last year, this year has flown by so quickly as well. [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] is in full swing, and this amazing franchise hits the milestone only ten days from now. Bulbapedia has been around to help Pokémon fans for 11 of those amazing 20 years, and it really is all thanks to the many contributors who have given their help to this astounding project over the last 11 years.

Bulbapedia has grown by around 1600 articles in 2015, and we hope to see even more growth through 2016. Our Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have all shown considerable growth in 2015, and we can expect just as considerable growth through 2016 for these three sections. The [[S19|19th season]] will begin this weekend for the English dub of the Pokémon anime, as we also continue to see regular localized releases of manga volumes & TCG sets.

On the other hand, the video games section has seen somewhat smaller growth this year, dominantly due to the lack of new core titles. However, with the mysteries revolving around the recently revealed {{p|Magearna}}, the upcoming Virtual Console release of the [[Generation I]] games for 3DS, the Wii U release of [[Pokkén Tournament]], the recently released [[Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~]], and the highly-anticipated [[Pokémon GO]], we can certainly hope to expect to see a lot of development in the video games section in 2016.

Bulbapedia wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for all the individuals who have helped out over the years. From those who have made several thousand edits, to those who have fixed even a single typo. And, yes, even the viewers who yell at us any time a mistake happens to find its way on an article.

Let's all band together once again, Pokémon fandom. Let's continue to build up the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet, and make 2016 a year to be remembered!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

===January 18===
We're just over half way through the first month of 2016, and less than a month away from Bulbapedia's 11th anniversary. 2015 brought Bulbapedia several improvements, and significant progress on multiple projects, which we will discuss in more detail in February. Right now, there are still several projects that need completion, and that is why we're once again announcing new staff hires and promotions!

First up, we would like to extend congratulations to {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|glik}}, who are advancing from Junior Administators to full Administrators. You have excelled as Junior Administrators, and we expect nothing less in your new positions.

We're also happy to welcome four new Junior Administrators, {{u|Chosen}}, {{ut|CycloneGU|CycloneGU}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and the returning {{u|Carmenstar97}}. We hope to see you all show us the awesomeness we know you're capable of.

==2015==
===September 6===
Effective immediately, new requirements regarding the use of four templates that are extremely important to the continued improvement of Bulbapedia have been mandated:

:''When using the templates {{template|Split}}, {{template|Merge}}, {{template|Move}}, and {{template|DiscussDelete}} to nominate articles for administrative action, a section outlining the rationale for the nomination '''must''' be added to the article's talk page. Nominations lacking an outlined rationale will no longer be considered.''

An outlined rationale helps to expedite administrative action, and helps to prevent confusion and misunderstandings that can result in mistakes. Keep in mind, the staff aren't mind readers, and not every nomination reason is obvious.

===April 13===
It has been a fair while since we last announced staff hires and promotions, and the wait is finally over! We have several extremely dedicated users who spend countless hours diligently working to make Bulbapedia even better than it was the day before, and we'd like to give some of these users a sign of our appreciation for their work.

We would like to extend our congratulations to {{u|Berrenta}} and {{u|Blazingfist}} on your advancement from Junior Administrator to Administrator, and {{u|Force Fire}} on advancing from Administrator to Senior Administrator! You have all shown greatness in your old positions, and we know you will keep it up with your new titles!

We are also happy to announce and welcome {{u|Glik}} and {{u|Abcboy}} to the staff as new Junior Administrators! You both have shown that you have the right stuff, and we definitely know what you two are capable of great things! We hope to see you both shine brightly in your new positions!

===April 6===
We would like to thank everyone who submitted reports for the {{bp|Mobile March}} improvement drive. We are currently compiling the list of templates requiring updates, as well as looking into what code(s) may be the cause of any mobile viewing issues. Template updates will be worked on and applied soon, once the issues have been diagnosed.

While the improvement drive has come to a close, additional reports can still be submitted directly to staff. We do ask that people continue to follow the report format outlined on the {{bp|Mobile March}} page.

===March 8===
For a fair while now, we have been working hard on the implementation of a mobile-friendly skin for Bulbapedia. However, this comes with significant growing pains as Bulbapedia articles and templates have been built near-exclusively for viewing on desktop and laptop computers for the vast majority of the past ten years and mobile devices aren't always compatible with such content.

This is where we need '''your''' help; for the remaining days of March, and the first week of April, Bulbapedia is running another improvement drive, '''{{bp|Mobile March}}'''! So we can optimize mobile browsing as quickly as possible, we want to know what articles you regularly view via mobile devices, and if there are any templates on them that don't seem to look quite right on mobile view.

Specifically, what we need:

#Title of the article (or article type).
#Note which mobile device, operating system version, and browser you're using.
#Description of which templates are causing viewing problems.
#Screenshot(s) of the templates, so we can view and diagnose the problems.

All month long, we wish to put top priority on compiling a list of templates needing priority mobile optimization. We will be accepting submissions of the previously listed information on {{BMGf|173711|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Mobile March|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

===February 17===
Wow, has it already been a whole year? It has flown by so quickly, though we have certainly made a lot of progress in this short time. With Bulbapedia reaching its 10 year anniversary just three days ago, it has definitely been an eventful few days around here!

On a global scale; Bulbapedia has grown by over 1600 articles in this past year! Additionally, the Editorial Board has been working diligently on a number of different behind the scenes tasks. The conversion of the Projects into a more uniform and organized feature has been steadily moving along, with a few minor Projects still awaiting conversion to the new format. The board has also been working through the candidates for moving, merging, splitting, and mainspacing, and significant progress has been made on this extremely massive task.

For the games section; the most important release in the past year can only be {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}. Along with all of the Hoenn-related updates, many Generation VI models have been uploaded and added to their respective species pages. Bulbapedia has also seen the releases of {{g|Battle Trozei}}, {{g|Art Academy}}, [[Pokémon: Battle Nine]], and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]], with articles for all of these titles created. I would like to personally thank everyone who has helped out on any game-related article in the past year, and hope that you will all continue to help out in the next year!

For the anime section; we have seen 47 episodes air in Japan, 48 episodes air in North America, and the release of [[M17|''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'']] in both Japanese and English. This has resulted in over 70 character/Pokémon articles being created and over 80 character/Pokémon articles improved on Bulbapedia. With the finale of Season 17 and the premiere of Season 18 behind us, the next year is definitely going to be eventful for the Pokémon anime! I would also like to personally thank everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's anime section, I hope you will help out just as much in the next year!

For the manga section; we have seen 8 volumes and 2 mini-volumes release in Japan, and 13 volumes and 7 mini-volumes release in English. Together this has covered over 216 chapters being added and/or improved on Bulbapedia, which is nothing short of awesome! With plenty of manga volumes and chapters set to be released in 2015, the manga section will continue to grow and improve in the next year. To everyone who has helped our manga section grow during the last year; your efforts are greatly appreciated, and I hope to see everyone working just as hard in the next year!

For the TCG section; we have seen four major expansions and one sub-expansion release in Japan, four major expansions release in English, and several different promotions. That covers an almost unbelievable grand total of 1473 cards, including reprints! The TCG section certainly won't be slowing down any time soon, and I am sure that we'll be seeing a plethora of new expansions and cards during 2015. To everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's TCG section during the last year; your efforts are absolutely appreciated, and I hope to see everyone work toward just as much forward progress in the next year!

With all of that said, I want everyone to know that I greatly appreciate all of the assistance and devotion that has been given by the fandom in my first year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. No matter how someone assists Bulbapedia, from the smallest tidbit of information to the largest new page and page overhaul, the help is appreciated not only by Bulbapedia's staff, but by every Pokémon fan that views this amazing encyclopedia. So once again, from the bottom of my heart, '''thank you to everyone who contributed to Bulbapedia in the last year, and let's make 2015 shine even brighter!'''

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==2014==
===December 2===
With the release of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} behind us, we would like to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open to public editing! We thank everyone for their patience during the restricted editing period, and an extra thank you goes out to everyone who submitted information via the Bulbawiki General Forum on the Bulbagarden Forums.

===October 18===
Due to the recent hacking of the [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version]], and the resulting information leaks, editing of Bulbapedia is currently restricted. At this time, edit requests, questions/concerns, and suggestions should be posted in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/ Bulbawiki General Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your patience.

===September 23===
It's once again time for a very big change for the betterment of the Bulbapedia experience! {{bp|Projects}} are undergoing a major overhaul in order to make them more user-friendly. Some of the major changes include:
* '''Updated design:''' To better separate sections, Projects will now feature a design similar to the Bulbapedia Main Page.
* '''Monthly goals:''' Each month, Projects will designate goals to be accomplished.
* '''Retirement of the {{bp|Project Leader}} position:''' With the removal of the Project Leader position, Projects will now be run by the {{bp|staff}}. Contact lists have been added to make staff contact easier.
* '''Removal of member lists:''' Member lists were causing significant problems with the projects, so they have been replaced with categories that can be added through use of {{template|User Project Member}}.

We hope to have all Projects converted to the new format before the beginning of October. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Projects, please contact Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Kogoro}}, or Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

Last, but certainly not least, we would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to all users who have served as Project Leaders since the position's founding in January 2009. Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work towards building the Projects up, and helping to make them successful.

===September 20===
'''Update:''' Technical issues should be fixed. If there are any additional issues, please let us know.

The Bulbawiki Network is currently experiencing some technical issues, preventing some users from editing and/or uploading files. The problems are being looked into, and we hope to have them fixed as soon as possible. If these problems are affecting an edit or upload you are trying to do, please feel free to use the {{bmgf|156958|edit request thread}} and we will try to get the edit/upload completed.

We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing, and thank you for your patience during this time. We will post an update when everything is running smoothly again.

===May 2===
Bulbapedia's core mission is to thoroughly document and immortalize Pokémon information for all fans, current and future. This is a massive undertaking, and couldn't be accomplished without continued help from you, our dedicated community. We thank you all for your hard work and dedication, and we ask for the community's help once again in this month's improvement drive, '''Merchandise May'''!

All month long, we wish to put top priority on cleaning up and improving our coverage on official Pokémon merchandise. We will be accepting submissions of pictures and/or information on {{bmgf|165204|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Merchandise May|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

===February 26===
We have entered a new chapter in the ongoing history of Bulbapedia, and with each new chapter comes a new deputy. As with all previous deputies, the person chosen to hold this position has shown astounding dedication to the betterment of Bulbapedia. She has been a member of staff for almost four years, with two of them as a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She had made significant advancements for our manga section as both the Head of Manga and leader of {{bp|Project Manga}}. Bulbapedia's new Deputy Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

This also means that there is a new Head of Manga. The Head of Manga takes the responsibility of overseeing all manga-related matters and is the highest authority on these matters, behind the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board as a whole. The person chosen to undertake the responsibilities of this position has shown himself to be dedicated and highly experienced in the Pokémon manga. Welcome to the Editorial Board, {{u|Ataro}}, and congratulations.

A number of additional very deserving users are receiving promotions. Congratulations {{u|ArcToraphim}}, {{u|Masatoshi}}, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Crystal Talian}}, {{u|G50}}, and {{u|Funktastic~!}}. A number of new {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s will also be joining the staff in the coming days, keep an eye out for them.

===February 17===
Five and a half years ago, I joined Bulbapedia. I didn't know wikicode, and I didn't have any new info to contribute. I kept myself busy watching better users in the recent changes, and making minor corrections. As I watched other users editing, I picked up some basic wikicode and got an understanding of the policies and rules. A year later, I started dabbling in templates, and never looked back. And I've enjoyed it all. But I no longer have the time to lead Bulbapedia, and it's time for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief.

Thanks to Archaic and the vice-webmasters, for creating the site and keeping the technical aspects running. To TTEchidna, for leading the site while I was learning the ropes, and inspiring me to create templates. To MAGNEDETH, for keeping the site going during some rough times, and for trusting me with the reins to the site. To Kogoro, my deputy, for helping me with the work and letting me bounce ideas. To the Editorial Board, for keeping the sections of the site progressing, and to all staff, for showing leadership and dedicating time and effort to improving the site. But most of all, thanks to every user, for making Bulbapedia, and this community, what it is. Without all of you, Bulbapedia could not be what it is today.

Taking my place will be {{u|Kogoro}}. She has a lot of experience as an Editorial Board member, and has shown initiative for improving user experience. I hope you all welcome her to the role, and I look forward to seeing Bulbapedia develop under her leadership.

Werdnae 
Former Editor-in-Chief.

==2013==
===October 27===
[[Pokémon X and Y]] have now been available worldwide for a few weeks now, and because of that updates to the articles have been slow to say the least. In the past, with the games releasing in Japan before releasing anywhere else, it was much easier to compile information so by the time the games were released in English, all the information was already up on the site. We'd like to ask all of our readers to please be patient with us while we work to update the site. To our editors, please make sure all information you add is from an official source, and make sure to maintain a positive attitude. There is a lot going on, and not starting conflicts gives staff more time to update the information they find and less time having to keep the peace. If you update a page, please make sure the information you add goes into its appropriate section. We would like to advise users to focus on the main articles and not trivia sections at this time. While trivia can be fun and interesting, most of our articles are severely lacking in core information, so that should come first.

The start of a new Generation not only means the start of two new games, but also the start of new chapters in the anime, TCG, and manga series'. The [[Pokémon the Series: XY|XY series of the Pokémon anime]] follows the adventures of [[Ash Ketchum]] as he travels across [[Kalos]] with {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}}. The [[Trading Card Game]] has started releasing cards featuring Pokémon from the Kalos region as well as receiving a new [[Energy]] for the {{type|Fairy}}. A new chapter in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] series featuring two new protagonists, {{adv|X}} and {{adv|Y}}, is currently in the works. We'll need help keeping the new X and Y episodes up to date, and {{u|Maverick Nate}} is working hard to keep our TCG sections up to date with cards featuring the new Pokémon introduced in the Kalos region. Make sure to check {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} for any news regarding X and Y across the franchise!

===August 14===
For a while users and staff have commented that the biology sections on species articles are bloated and excessively sectioned, as well as being misnamed and error prone. As a result, the staff have now settled on a replacement system, which can be seen on {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s page. The subsections will be removed and rewritten into a single section. This section will include a full description, including gender and form differences and will be written with singular, gender-neutral pronouns, like in-game [[Pokédex]] entries, regardless of gender ratio. The habitat icon from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed and LeafGreen}} will be removed, as it now applies to fewer than half of the Pokémon. Moves will only be mentioned if they are [[signature move]]s or former signature moves, alongside other skills unique to the species which are part of the lore, for example {{p|Celebi}}'s time traveling.

Due to the many incidences of users adding information they made up, all information in this section must be referenced, except for information which originates from a source elsewhere on the page, for example from Pokédex entries. References to other pages on Bulbapedia are preferred, and should be worded such that it is obvious what the origin is, with a link to the relevant page. References to external material must lead to an official source, and should use footnotes.

As the release of [[Pokémon X and Y]] approach, please be aware that information on pages can change without warning, as new information is revealed. As always, fansites are not acceptable sources. All information added must come from an official source. Follow the [https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW BulbaNewsNow] twitter feed, embedded both above and on the {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} main page, for new information, with more detailed articles following on Bulbanews.

==2012==
===December 20===
With every changing of the guard, a new deputy must be chosen. The person who is the new deputy Editor-in-Chief has a lot of experience on Bulbapedia. She has been staff for four years, and in that time she quickly rose to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She has proven herself a reliable and dedicated staff member. Most recently, she has been taking care of our images as [[a:Main Page|Archives]] Director. The new deputy Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia is none other than {{u|Kogoro}}.

In addition, the vacant Head of Games position on the Editorial Board is filled. The Head of Games is responsible for overseeing game-related matters, and is the highest authority on them besides the Editor-in-Chief, deputy and Editorial Board as a whole. This position goes to someone who has impressed with the quality of some of her earliest edits, and never looked back. She has shown to be an adept editor over a range of different sections and impressed with her handling of some issues. Congratulations {{u|Jo The Marten}} and welcome to the Editorial Board.

A few other dedicated users receive promotions. Congratulations to {{u|Adyniz}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|神奇超龍}} and {{u|G50}}.

With the formalities over, on behalf of the staff of Bulbagarden we would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

===December 9===
On December 9th, 2007 at 22:04 (10:04 pm), I joined Bulbapedia. Two minutes later, I made my first edit. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User:MAGNEDETH&diff=prev&oldid=249878 It was terrible]. How did such a hopeless new user end up as the leader of the site? By following in the shoes of my superiors, getting support from my fellow users, and a whole lot of editing. I managed to work my way up but I never thought I would reach the highest level. Sure, I had aspirations to become an administrator, maybe even a bureaucrat, but that's the highest I was going to attain, right?

In December 2010, TTEchidna was relieved of his duty, and I took his place as {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia. Before he left, he put in place a rule that all EiC's would stay in position for a maximum of two years. When I had heard of this, I scoffed at the premise that I would have to unwillingly relinquish my position because he couldn't go two years without getting worn out. I said a few times that I would decide if I were going to go more than two and veto that rule if I wanted to. I am officially removing that rule.

It has been two years. I have not gone crazy and I feel as though there's still plenty left to do. However, I also feel like I can't devote the amount of time to the site I would like to. That is why I have decided to voluntarily release my position as Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. While most people leave the staff because they feel their interest in Pokémon has waned, my interest in Pokémon was never even close to that of my fellow users and staffers, but that didn't stop me because I wasn't really in it for Pokémon. Yea, I like playing the games, but I grew to enjoy editing, and being around the staff that I grew to call my friends. To me, Pokémon was the subject and keeping tabs on it was the job. As with any job I've had, I did it to the best of my abilities, and life went on. These reasons are why that, despite my position departure, I will not be leaving the site entirely. I will accept the move to {{bp|Executive Policymaker}} and Vice-Webmaster and continue to work on various projects. The main difference will just be a little less time spent on the site, and a little more time spent focusing on my real life activities.

In my place will be my Deputy, {{u|Werdnae}}. There were days where I felt I paled in comparison to the jobs Werdnae was able to accomplish. When I took over and appointed Trom as my Deputy, he warned me that it was highly unlikely he would last long enough to be the next EiC, and he was right. Initially I was worried I wouldn't be able to find someone with that specific something I was looking for to take my place, but the answer was right in front of me. When Werdnae joined, he brought maturity and efficiency to the table. I noticed how quickly and efficiently he worked his way up the ladder and knew he was destined for success. When I joined, I had neither, so that alone lets you know the kind of guy Werdnae is.

It's at this point that I should list those who I am thankful for, but the thing is, I can't fit everyone in here. The entire Bulbagarden staff, both past and present, I have considered my friends. I'm also not leaving, and in the short term, my activity probably won't change much. That being said, thank you to everyone, but we ain't done yet. However, there is one person I have a special message for:
Werdnae, good luck.

Sincerely, 
{{u|MAGNEDETH}} 
Former Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia

===October 7===
After a long wait, the English versions of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2]] have finally hit the shelves and of course, our handheld consoles. We are very excited about these games as much as you are, and the wiki is currently being updated as time progresses so we can offer you quality information about these games. Here, we follow the main characters, {{ga|Nate}} and {{ga|Rosa}}, as they form a bond with their Pokémon and take on new adventures, as well as ourselves, with new attractions such as the [[Pokéstar Studios]] and the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and meet with characters we've seen in the previous games (ALL previous games). You're in for a treat here.

Speaking of quality, we are also trying to enhance the response and quality from the servers and we'd like to apologize for any inconveniences this might bring. More fans mean more servers needed, so we're balancing both ends. We can assure you that once the servers are upgraded, your experience in Bulbapedia and all related wikis will be a lot smoother.

With that said, what are you waiting for? Be ready to put on Nate or Rosa's [[Running Shoes]] and take on the Unova League!

===June 25===
They are here! [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black 2 and White 2]] are out now in Japan and we are adding info at a steady pace. Thing is, B2W2 has brought forth a number of changes to the usual Pokémon formula, so this isn't as simple as games past. Yes, the site will be locked for a short time, but once we get all the basics up and ready, it will be open to the public once again.

We also had the English release of [[Pokémon Conquest]] not long ago which gives us not one, but two games to add onto the site. We have a lot of work to do ahead, but it's all a part of the job on a wiki. Conquest is an entirely new type of game to the Pokémon franchise and with the rave reviews it's getting, it might not be the only one of its kind.

We would also like to once again congratulate [[The Speed Gamers]] on their recent Pokémon capture charity drive. Bulbagarden is proud to have been able to stream the whole thing live right here on the front page of Bulbapedia. TSG exceeded their $50,000 goal and managed an awesome $59,111.00! It just goes to show that Pokémon fans are the best kind of fans.

===March 31===
Howdy folks, this is MAGNEDETH, the Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. Normally when we send these messages from the editor, we send them as a group. No one person is "the editor" on a wiki, so we feel that when we, the staff, sends a message, it is from all of the staff. However, I have an important message today that handles a major change above even the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

As our wiki changes, so does our staff. They come and go as time goes by, and every staff member's work is appreciated. But it isn't very often we have such a big change at the top of the board. My Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}, has decided to move on from Bulbapedia and focus on other projects. Don't worry folks, he isn't going too far. As we announced about one month ago, Trom can now be located as the Editor-in-Chief of [http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page Bulbanews].

Trom leaves Bulbapedia with a lengthy list of things he has accomplished, and without him, Bulbapedia would not be shaped the way it is today. The amount of effort and dedication Trom has put forth into Bulbapedia in the past is insurmountable. I wanted Trom to stick around, and I wanted to hand-off Bulbapedia to him when my time here is done, and it disappoints me a little that I won't be able to do that, and it disappoints me even more to know I won't see Trom's name grace the Recent Changes like it once did. But I have said many times that while the staff here has a job to do, I don't want Bulbapedia to interfere with anyone's personal life, and I know Trom has opportunities outside of the site he would like to pursue, and holding the Deputy spot, as well as being the EiC of Bulbanews would stretch him too thin. I'm just glad that my former deputy and friend, Trom, will still be there helping Bulbagarden; he'll just be next door is all.

However, with Trom gone, it leaves a rather noticeable opening on the Bulbapedia staff ranking. That's where {{u|Werdnae}} comes in. I knew replacing Trom would be difficult, but Trom and Werdnae have been working together to the point where a lot of Trom's knowledge has been passed onto Werdnae. That doesn't mean Werdnae isn't full of his own ideas though, he wouldn't have made it on the staff in the first place if he wasn't an excellent editor. I look forward to working with Werdnae leading the site and continuing to maintain our position as the #1 Pokémon website.

That all being said, the staff have been gathering new ideas to improve the site, and get ready for the release of [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black and White 2]], so expect some changes here and there as time goes on. And be sure to check Bulbanews for when information on Black and White 2 gets released (which has proven to be few and far between), you can be sure that Trom will have all info accounted for.

This has been a special message brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief, 
— {{u|MAGNEDETH}}

===February 26===
'''BEHOLD'''!!! The mighty {{p|Kyurem}} is upon us!

After an unbelievable hype, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black and White sequels]] (yes, there are two of them) have [[n:Pokémon Black and White 2 revealed on Pokémon Smash!|finally been revealed]]. Please be ''extra'' cautious while adding new information to the articles and avoid baseless speculation as well. All information must come from official [[Nintendo]] sources, not from fan sites.

With that being said, do not forget to say hello to our newest [[n:Keldeo to be revealed in upcoming CoroCoro|family]] [[n:Meloetta quietly revealed in M15 poster|members]], {{p|Keldeo}} and {{p|Meloetta}}.

On the other hand, thank you for participating in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ Christmas contests]. We hope that you all had a good time. As far as the prizes are concerned, our webmaster {{u|Archaic}} is trying his level best to ship them as soon as possible. So, bear with us and have some patience.

Last but not least, please welcome our new Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator|trom}}! We would like to wish him all the very best for a bright future. To our former Editor-in-Chief {{u|RexRacer}}, thank you for serving [[Bulbanews]] for almost three years and making it a wonderful place for all of us. Good luck, sir!

==2011==
===December 16===
Thank you to everyone who filled out an application form for the recent staff drive. We had over 130 Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Archives users wanting to be part of the team that keeps the wikis running. That's a huge amount. Obviously we can't hire everybody, but please give a warm welcome to new Bulbapedia Junior Administrators {{u|Ataro}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Turtwig A}}, and {{u|Toon Ganondorf}}. Over on Bulbanews, {{u|Water Max}} and {{u|BaileyPlaysPokemon}} have been selected as new writers, with columnist announcements delayed until the new year.

There's also been a few promotions within the existing wiki staff. {{u|Kogoro}} will now be formally heading Bulbagarden Archives, and {{u|Kenji-girl}}, {{u|Maverick Nate}}, {{u|Werdnae}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} join the re-energized Editorial Board.

Congratulations to those above, and others, on their new roles. And congratulations to you, the humble Bulbapedia editor as well. It is thanks to your hard work that we end the year with over 20,000 articles. That's an increase of over 2,000 pages since this time last year. But the work isn't done yet! In case you hadn't noticed, we're having another Christmas contest this year — the {{bp|Festive Frontier}}, where you can win prizes simply for editing. Check it out if you haven't yet, and the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ other Bulbagarden contests], too. There's something for everyone (although we feel somewhat compelled to emphasize [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/twelve-days-christmas-2011-staff-appreciation-awards-nominatons-day-2-a-123665/ Day 2] of the Twelve Days of Christmas contest...).

Happy holidays!

===November 4===
Hey everyone. In case you missed it, look! New Main Page layout! Shiny.

If you want to have your work featured in this box up the top here, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. The content changes every day, so if you want your writing to be the first thing everyone sees when they visit Bulbapedia, pick a topic and put together a few fun facts our readers may be interested in. This is a great way to get involved with the Bulbapedia community.

If you really want to get into the community, why not apply for a staff role? Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Archives are [[n:Bulbawikis_start_staff_recruitment_drive|currently hiring]]. If you've been around for a while, have a handle on the rules and a clear head, then check out the job descriptions on Bulbanews and fill out an application form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

===November 1===
If you're reading this, congratulations: you survived Halloween. Hopefully you also remembered to pick up your promotional [[Global Link]] [[List_of_Pokémon_Global_Link_promotions#Banette|Banette]] as well.

You may have also noticed something different about the Bulbapedia Main Page. If not, take a look around. Our new layout has gone live after a few months of testing. This is the first Main Page update since we went "roundy" about three years ago, so we hope you enjoy.

If there are any problems with the Main Page, let us know about them [[Talk:Main Page|here]]. Obviously with many different screen resolutions available it won't look the same for everyone but it shouldn't look awful for anyone.

Before you go back to the rest of the wiki, have a look at the center box on the top row. In this box we are hoping to feature work submitted by Bulbapedia editors and readers. If you're interested in collecting some relevant and interesting information from around the site and (most importantly) getting it displayed in a prominent location, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. He looks forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

===October 22===
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.

Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.

Secondly, we have amended our {{bp|userspace policy}} to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.

There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!

===September 9===
Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives are all open and once again running as per normal... except with hopefully fewer technical disruptions.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. We've also recently installed the latest MediaWiki version (full release details [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 here]). Most of the changes to the system will be back-end stuff, but you may see a few changes to your own editing interface. The update should hopefully contribute to a faster-running site.

Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

===August 28===
'''BULBAPEDIA IS OPEN!''' But the Bulbagarden Archives are still closed unfortunately.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

===August 18===
'''BULBAPEDIA AND ALL RELATED WIKIS WILL BE LOCKED FROM EDITING AS OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 UTC.'''

'''**UPDATE: August 23** - Site closure will be extended for an unknown amount of time. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. Check back here for updates!'''

Now the real questions are why, and for how long. Well, lets answer them:

'''Why will the wikis be closed?''' - We are closing the site to '''to overhaul our server backend'''. As many of you are well aware, our site has been running...well pretty badly. Errors abound! We have been upgrading our servers steadily for the past year or two, but the thing is, more of you keep visiting us! This is totally acceptable, but the site is growing so fast we can't keep up! So we are closing the site to restructure the system, and that will hopefully alleviate the issue.

'''How long will the wikis be closed?''' - <s>The tentative duration is currently '''{{tt|3 days|Tuesday, August 23, 2011 UTC}}''', but anything can happen. We may reopen in two days, we may take four, but three is the goal.</s> '''The site will still be available to view and browse''', but we can't promise it will be running all that smooth until the job is done, so sadly, errors may still happen.

After these updates, we hope to take advantage of the new servers and do some updates around the site. Re-organizing some pages and sections, new and updated templates, that sort of stuff. We thank you guys for all your support (even though you destroyed our servers), and we hope that with our updated system we can continue offering all the information you need, and the stuff you don't! While we are closed, you can still browse [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/ the forums] (which will be operational) or hang out in our IRC channel at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

===May 25===
As the [[Black and White]] hype continues and so does the high server load, we have a couple of announcements for our valuable users. To begin with [[Bulbagarden Archives]], a new rule has been implemented - that personal images are no longer allowed on the Archives. All the previously uploaded personal images will be deleted after May 31, so kindly save any of your personal images before they are all deleted. There are plenty of image hosting sites which can be used for personal images instead.

As far as [[Bulbapedia]] is concerned, a new userspace restriction has been put in place - that articles about anime Pokémon must not be created in the userspace. Articles for notable Pokémon should be created in the mainspace once the relevant episode airs. Articles created before the change will not be deleted until their notability is decided.

Last but not the least, the [[Bulbagarden forums]] are currently being upgraded to vBulletin 4.1.3. Until the upgrade is complete, any suggestions, comments or issues can also be voiced on the [http://www.bulbagarden.net/vb41test/ test forums] or on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

Remember the preview button, not to add trivia and one userspace edit per day. Thanks to all of our users for dedicating their precious time and contributing. Have fun!

===April 16===
Bulbapedia is finally open for editing. However the servers are still under very heavy load, which you may notice results in longer load times and occasional errors. To help limit the load, userspace editing is strictly limited to one edit per day, using the UTC clock at the top of every page. We would also like to remind you that the articles are the main purpose of Bulbapedia, so please edit them as well. Due to the inherent unimportance of trivia sections, we formally request editing and discussion of trivia sections be left alone for the time being.

Secondly, several users have been receiving edit requests via e-mail. If you receive one, you should ask yourself 1) why the sender can't make the edit themselves, and 2) why the edit request has been made off-site. The answer to both is that the sender has been permanently blocked from editing, and is requesting that poor edits be made. In fulfilling these edit requests, you are helping a user to circumvent their block. Instead, report it to a staff member and ignore or block any further e-mails you receive. Do not reply to the e-mail, this will allow the sender to contact you directly if they are not already.

{{bp|Staff}} would like to remind users to be careful with their e-mail address. We can only block e-mails that are sent through the wiki. The [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''', remains in need of activity. Remember the preview button, and happy editing.

===March 4===
'''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions|BLACK AND WHITE ARE HERE!!]]''' As everyone clamors to grab a copy, we want to be here to bring you all the information we can. That being said, we also want your experience with the site to be as smooth as possible, so we have disabled editing to all non-staff users. While annoying to many (sorry), it should help the site run more efficiently. During this lock, our {{bp|Staff}} will still continue to update information though, so don't worry, the site will continue to update even through the lockdown.

Speaking of staff, as Black and White bring us into a new era, we aim to bring you the best service we can, but the only way we can do that is with a staff of dedicated individuals to run the show. On that note, it's time to give them an overhaul. A number of your favorite staff members have been promoted, including three very special promotions.
Congratulations to {{u|CoolPikachu!}} and {{u|Jello}} whom are now members of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}! CoolPikachu! has been moving his way up the ranks for the past couple years and has arrived on the board thanks to his hard work and dedication. However, there's no discrediting Jello as she has likewise worked extra hard, on not just one site, but two. Jello took over the [[Bulbagarden Archives]] earlier this year and has been directing it with great focus.

That leaves us with the third promotion. Upon taking the Editor-in-Chief position, I am to choose my deputy, and I have chosen our resident dark lord, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}. Trom has done an amazing amount of work over his time here at Bulbapedia running our contests, {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}}s, and a number of other projects as well. {{u|Kogoro}}, the former deputy Editor-in-Chief will move into a new role as the site's Technical Director.

To close, again, sorry about the lockdown, but it's a precaution to help you folks use our site better. For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums] OR our all new '''[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC]''' located at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''' (imagine that). Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun with Black and White!

===January 11===
It is a new year, and with this new year brings many new things to Bulbapedia! I sure hope everyone can keep up!

I'll start with me. Hi, I am the new {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}. Getting used to the new position is tough but I am up for the task. There are changes on the way, but for the most part, the same easy-to-use and informative Bulbapedia will be here for you. However, some changes on the horizon will be aimed to make both surfing and editing the site easier. Give it time, they are on the horizon.

Next up we have the release of two main series games. There will be a lot of new information to add to the site and we can really use ''your'' help to handle it. New Pokémon, moves, locations, items, you name it! It should be noted that a lockdown may happen, but we don't want to do that. Rest assured, if it does happen, it's simply done to relieve server stress. We don't like preventing our users from editing, but we also don't like when no one can see the site because it's masked behind a big '''504''' error.

And lastly, but by no means least, the [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives], an extremely important part of our site that is often overlooked. All of our images stem from our Archives, so don't forget about it! There are plenty of images this site needs and '''you''' can help upload them. But be aware, the Archives are closely moderated due to its important activity, so make sure to read the rules before helping out.

For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]. Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun.

==2010==
===December 1===
A warm welcome to the new Editor-in-Chief, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}, and a hearty farewell to the guy making this edit, {{u|TTEchidna}}.

While TTE will not be leaving Bulbapedia as a whole, his active responsibility, which has been increasingly sparse over the past few months, will be ended. This comes after a particularly high-stress time; going through graduate classes and attempting to keep 649 Pokémon species straight really can wear you down to the point of insanity, especially when coupled with a part-time job at a world-famous store where customer interaction is ''constant''.

And so, an era ends. From this point on, all Bulbapedia Editors-in-Chief will serve in their position for two years, and then pass on this position to another user of their choosing, with the approval of {{u|Archaic}}. A longer message can be found in the Bulbawiki general forum on the Bulbagarden forums, where well-wishing and criticism can be given. '''''Please do not leave messages on TTE's talk page.'''''

And so, folks, I wish you all well. Me? I'm going on vacation in two weeks.

===November 5===
Over the past few weeks, the site has been slowly filling up with information related to the new Pokémon games, {{v2|Black and White|s}}. Bulbapedia now has articles about each of the {{cat|Generation V Pokémon|156 new Pokémon}}, all the new moves and abilities, and the recent [[Pokémon the Series: Black & White|new anime series]]. But we're still not done! As you continue to update the site with information, remember that you shouldn't be taking information from other fan sites. This is partly so our translations stay consistent, but also because we need to make sure that the information we are putting up is 100% correct. If you have Black or White, we'd love your help.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who's helped so far, especially to the fifteen temporary junior administrators who gave us a hand while the site was locked down. Some of them have been kept on as permanent staff (more fool them!).

A reminder also that {{g|Ranger: Guardian Signs}} goes on sale today in Europe and the United Kingdom. If you live in those areas, don't forget to get your games and take part in the latest in the popular ''Pokémon Ranger'' series.

===September 18===
The games are out, and a flood of information is upon us! Due to the wealth of details, the site has been locked from editing by all non-staff members and at this point will stay locked so we can get a lot of major updates handled without the majority of people getting in the way (ie: edit conflicts), so we are going to work on getting all the Pokémon pages, locations, moves, abilities, movesets, items, and other major additions to gameplay. We know it sounds like it will take a long time, and well, it might, but we are hoping to be done with the lockdown in under a week.

We don't like locking our users out of a community driven site, but it's so we can get everyone as much info as fast as we can while maintaining our usual quality standards. We don't want to be rushed here and it will save us the hassle of an inevitably short sighted new user who will ignore the rules and go posting information they got off of GameFAQs forums or another unofficial source. So check back often as new info is added to the site ''every '''second'''!''

===September 9===
Pokémon learnsets are beginning to have their templates upgraded: above all else, do not attempt to jump in to help if you do not know what to do. Questions can be addressed to any of Bulbapedia's staff, most especially TTEchidna, who can show you how to make the templates work.

Black and White are likely to leak within the next week or so, so keep on your toes. Bulbapedia may go on a brief lockdown, allowing only staff to edit, shortly after release so as to prevent speculation and unsourced facts, however, after this time, normal editing privileges will return.

===September 1===
Black and White approach quickly. As they do, we are updating templates that will have relevance to them. These templates need input, and will often be posted in a thread on the Bulbawiki forum.

We are seeking the opinion of Bulbapedia's editors for what to do in regards to Generation V's release. Should the wiki be locked down or should it not be? Please vote {{bmgf|78738|in this thread}} to make sure your voice is heard.

For fans of other Nintendo series, {{met|Metroid: Other M}}, the most recent Metroid game, has been released in the US and internationally. For news concerning this and other Metroid series titles, visit our NIWA associates at {{met|Main Page|Metroid Wiki}}!

===August 13===
Bulbapedia prides itself on its community. The site would not be where it is today without the input it has received from all of you. Thanks, guys.

Some names have stood out among the masses, though. These users have all been awarded a {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}} (or variant thereof) in recognition of the time and commitment they've put in. A special award this time is for the Crystal Bulbasaur - an award given to a user who has given his or her all over a one-year period. For 2009, we would like to give this to '''every single user''' that helped out with the updates regarding the English release of {{game|Platinum}} and the Japanese release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. As we mentioned above, it is the dedication by the community that allows the wiki to succeed.

The Editorial Board endeavors to hand these out on a regular basis, but (as you've probably realized) we sometimes get forgetful. You can help us in this regard by [[Special:Emailuser/The dark lord trombonator|sending an email]] to the Community Development Officer if you have any suggestions for the next round of awards. They'll be in a couple of months.

Also here in a month or so will be the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]. To prepare for this, we have a few ongoing tasks which you can help out with. However, if you're following the Black and White news updates, please be careful with new information, and take care not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts.

Thanks for your help, everyone, but we aren't done yet. Let's keep improving our wiki and prepare for the next generation.

===August 5===
As the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]] draws nearer and the new features of [[Generation V]] are slowly revealed, Bulbapedia faces many large-scale updates, which all of us are working hard to execute. As always, we rely greatly on our community, and there are many ways for you, the users, to help.

One major change that we've done is moving all route articles to a new naming system to include the region name. Route 1, for example, has been moved to [[Kanto Route 1]], while the former title has been turned into a disambiguation page. This means that thousands of pages need to be edited to relink to the new names. <nowiki>{{rtn|2}}, for example, needs to be turned into {{rtn|2|Kanto}}, and so on.</nowiki> In town infoboxes, new parameters have been added, as can be seen in [[New Bark Town]]. We hope to finish this job within a few weeks - which will only be doable with your help.

We would also like to remind everyone to be careful with new information, and be careful not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts. This is especially true for information acquired solely from other English websites not affiliated with Bulbagarden.

We wish the community a Happy New Generation. Let's get to work and make sure Bulbapedia is ready for it.

===June 29===
While server issues still remain, Bulbapedia has been restored to its normal, rounded self, with the {{template|roundy}} being found to have caused only minimal problems, mostly with regard to a slowdown in loading pages for those browsing the site due to the switch statements present. Roundy remains in service, now without the switch statements, while eight new templates take over for rounding individual corners and sides of Bulbapedia's tables.

The server issues that remain appear to be related to [[Bulbagarden]]'s load balancer, which, under normal circumstances, keeps the five servers that the website operates from in sync and serving Bulbagarden's community as one united entity. This glitch, which appeared as we were fixing the roundy-related issues, will possibly be flushed out of the system when the Bulbawiki network upgrades to MediaWiki version 1.16.0 on its exit from beta. Until then, please be patient, and tread lightly on your edits, which can make for disaster if too many are made in quick succession, ''especially'' to templates. If Bulbagarden goes down for any time, expect it to be back up within five minutes, thanks to a new feature which will auto-restart the website after a crash.

Meanwhile, discussion of the new Pokémon introduced with Generation V can be made on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden Forums]. Articles on the recently-revealed species will be up in due time, when more data can be gleaned from future screenshots and videos, as ones we currently have access to are limited in this.

===June 15===
With the continuous server issues, Bulbapedia regrets to inform you that the rounded corners that have become so standard will all be removed until further notice. While those without Firefox have not been able to see them, the two-month-old {{template|roundy}} template, which brought rounded corners to those who are not Firefox users, has been suspected of being the centerpoint of the problem.

Please do not remove the template from pages on which it is used; hopefully it is ''not'' the problem and rounded corners, as well as editing, will return soon.

Also, congratulations to our fellows at ZeldaWiki.org for getting the remake that Zelda fans so desired.

===June 1===
As we move closer and closer to Generation V, the Bulbapedia community continues to expand. Welcome to all our new users (please read the {{bp|welcome|rules and guidelines}} to help you contribute) and welcome to our new staff members: {{u|Tina}}, {{u|Umeko}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} as Bulbapedia {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s and {{u|Jello}} and {{u|PsychicRider}} as Bulbagarden Archives Junior Administrators. These guys should be your first stop for simple questions about the wiki.

With more and more information about the fifth generation of Pokémon coming out by the week, we need to make sure the information we're putting out is correct. This means waiting for announcements from [[Pokémon Sunday]], [[CoroCoro]] and other official sources before information goes onto the mainspace. As speculation often builds up before these publications come out, pages may be protected by staff. We ask that you do not try to circumvent these measures; they are put in place to ensure Bulbapedia has accurate, high quality information.

Additionally, we need to remind you all that the {{bp|talk pages}} of the wiki are not meant for discussion of the subject of the article, but its content. Note the difference: chatting about what you think might happen, or your opinion about a new Pokémon is not permitted and should be taken to the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]; discussing ways we can improve the article or pointing out flaws is what these pages should be used for.

And even though we've got new games on the horizon, don't forget about the older games. There are still lots of articles that need information and cleanup to meet Bulbapedia's standards. It's easier if we all chip in - don't be afraid to lend a hand!

===April 22===
As we celebrate the third anniversary of the English release of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, as well as of Generation IV itself, Bulbapedia continues to move forward.

Bulbagarden Networks has established a group on Facebook in order to better connect with the community at large, found [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulbagarden-Networks/106182602199?ref=ts here], while the recently-established [[NIWA]] also has a new Facebook group, located [http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIWA/109310969105216 here]. Join up and hit "like", especially if you liek Mudkipz.

The upcoming summer promises to be chock-full of information on {{game|Black and White|s}} as we grow ever closer to their autumn release, and Bulbapedia will be changing some things around. A rearrangement of the staff structure, in the works for some time now, will see a more gradual slope for users to join the community and become full-fledged members of it. Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Bulbagarden Archives are all taking applications for the newly-created Junior Administrator group which will be established in the coming days, so check out the forum thread {{bmgf|60126|here}} for details on how to apply.

===March 26===
Yet another release of Pokémon games has come and gone, though unlike many others, this release was a much hyped one, both by the staff of Bulbapedia as well as by Nintendo itself.

Due to this hype, however, Bulbagarden's traffic has increased tenfold overnight. Even with a third server installed shortly before the North American release of the remakes, and a fourth on its way already, Bulbagarden has a hard time outputting all of the connections requested of it by users who visit it. This is the reason for the 503 errors: the servers work as hard as they possibly can, yet still, it becomes impossible to give the information out to as many people as are visiting, like a spokesperson handing out fliers who is surrounded by an eager crowd could be overwhelmed.

Due to this, editing by non-staff on Bulbapedia has, for the moment, been disabled. This is not a malicious act to keep editing in the hands of those in charge and to shut out ideas, as some might think, but as a precaution to prevent ''more'' 503 errors, or worse, a complete shutdown of the site. Being a wiki, Bulbapedia requires a ''lot'' of resources, with edits to it making for a majority of the stress Bulbagarden's servers receive daily. Under normal load, this stress is negligible, and hundreds of users can be on the site at once, editing any one of our more than 16,000 mainspace pages. Under the increased load, however, even with only some 20 users having the ability to edit, 503's still appear from time to time.

It is unknown when the load from the influx of new members of the Bulbagarden community will begin to ease, though as of this writing it has only been seen to ''increase'', even with the third server's power. As such, it is impossible to predict when the ability for normal users to edit will return. Patience, however, is a virtue, and will be justly rewarded with many new things to do and updates to make when editing returns.

In the meantime, the administration of Bulbapedia can still be contacted on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums], specifically in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section], or users may send members of the administration an email, and edits to mainspace pages or templates can be requested of them. Userspace editing, on the return of normal editing, will remain in a restricted state for some time after, with only '''''one''' edit per day'' allowed. Your HeartGold and SoulSilver teams, Friend Codes, and so on should be condensed into this edit. Users who make more than this single edit in a day will have their userpages locked down for as many days as they made edits over this limit, and repeat offenders may have their pages locked for longer.

Meanwhile, enjoy HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as the remnants of the Team Rocket takeover, which will remain as a selectable skin on the Bulbawiki system as well as on the forums.

===February 14===
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Bulbapedia's being open to public editing. This milestone, ever great, allows us to take a look back at the history of the wiki, as well as the website in general. Occurring only a week after the revelation of the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon, this can remind us that we have come far from where the wiki began, those years ago. In 2005, we were still eagerly awaiting the [[third version]] of [[Hoenn]], {{game|Emerald}}, to be released outside of Japan, and knew that the end of [[Generation III]] was quickly nearing.

Here, now, we have gotten the {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|remakes of Generation II}} many hoped for since {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. The style of the wiki has changed drastically, with the plain charts of the old days now replaced by colorful templates that maintain a particular theme across a page.

Today, to celebrate this accomplishment, we are unveiling a new, custom, Bulbagarden-themed skin for Bulbapedia, created by our own {{u|Jioruji Derako}}. This is only the first in a series of skins, which are to be created to better integrate the wiki trio with the Bulbagarden forums, as well as with other parts of the site.

Only one month remains until HeartGold and SoulSilver are released in the US, when we will finally be certain of the names of the newly-introduced characters. Likewise, Generation V's brand-new information, still on its way, must be verified before it goes into the mainspace, so as to maintain our high level of quality.

===February 7===
Well, it's that time again. As have Generations {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} before it, our beloved [[Generation IV]] is coming quickly to a close. The revelations have begun, and [[Junichi Masuda]] himself has announced the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon.

That is not to say that we should be fast to act! We must maintain our quality on Bulbapedia, even in the face of unconfirmed information. The Bulbapedia administration, including me, hang tight to the right channels for new Pokémon revelations, and rest assured, there is no need to worry or create an article for any new Pokémon ''yet''.

This mysterious new Pokémon, whatever it is, will have its article created in due time. Do not rush. Do not worry. It will not be forgotten. Details must be verified before we create an article, when the Pokémon's full details are revealed in two weeks.

Details on Generation V are sparse right now, however, within ten months' time, all will be known. We have no need to get the information out as fast as possible here; our primary motivation should be well-written articles that inform, rather than poorly-written articles whose only purpose is to give the creator bragging rights (really, creating the [[Sdex|Sinnoh Pokédex listing]] was no big deal). Writing an article that needs minimal maintenance in the coming days, months, and even years is much better than writing one that needs much maintenance to even be ''decent''.

In closing, do not panic. Give us time to collect information, and do a little hunting yourself. Meanwhile, go back and enjoy Johto. Only five weeks remain until you can...

==2009==
===November 30===
This particular issue is actually rather important, so we're hoping that bringing it to everyone's attention will make an impact.

'''When uploading images, please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) characters only!'''

We've had this message up at the top of the archives for ages now, but people still aren't paying attention to it. This is not just an issue of filename aesthetics, as some people seem to be treating it as. Putting filenames up there with characters outside of these, including punctuation, Japanese characters, or just weird characters (such as those from glitch Pokémon for instance) cause problems with our web server. I'll save you the specifics, but it results in a cascade which can cause the server to lock up in a manner which requires us to perform a manual reset.

It's a very simple request, and coming into December, I think we can all agree that we'd like to see as little downtime as possible from people simply not reading, or ignoring, the rules. Any users who can't do during this holiday period will be receiving a ban from editing and uploading on the Bulbawiki network until the New Year. There will be no warnings, no second chances.

===November 16===
Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.

Active contributors to articles under the {{bp|Project Games}} scope are invited to apply for the position of {{bp|Project Leader}}. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected [[side games]]. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the {{bt|Project Games|talk page}} for details.

[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently {{u|Argy}}) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see {{bmgf|48029|this forum thread}}.

If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!

===November 5===
As most of you probably noticed, Bulbapedia has been closed to editing for about 24 hours for maintenance. During this time the staff has worked hard to move two manga sections to their English names. ''Pokémon Special'' has been moved to ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'', and ''Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure'' has been moved to ''[[Magical Pokémon Journey]]''. All relating articles and templates have been moved as well, and the characters of {{Adv|Blue}} and {{Adv|Green}} have been switched, so please be sure to check the {{bp|list of link templates}} and follow the new names from now on.

It is possible that some instances of the old names were missed. If you come across one, please change it to fit our new standards. We would like to thank everybody who participated in this mass move. We will continue working hard to make Bulbapedia the best, most accurate Pokémon encyclopedia on the internet - ''by'' the fans, ''for'' the fans.

===November 2===
Starting this Thursday night (the 5th) and possibly until sometime in the weekend, Bulbapedia will be closed to editing, due to maintenance work. During this time the staff will be taking care of a large-scale move that might be stressing to our servers, and for that reason regular users will not be able to submit any edits.

There is no reason to be concerned about this. This move is done purely for the purpose of having a better, more accurate Bulbapedia. Editing privileges will be returned to the users by the end of the weekend.

Please do ''not'' start asking the staff about the nature of the move planned. This will be revealed during the weekend.

===October 14===
As some of you may have seen recently, there is an {{bmgf|46076|iPhone Pokédex application}} that was recently released, which uses Bulbapedia to supply its content. Due to licensing issues and other concerns, this is a no-no on the app creator's part; Bulbapedia is a non-commercial entity, while said app is decidedly commercial.

As the app's creators have not addressed these concerns despite Bulbagarden's efforts, Bulbapedia has begun to address these concerns for them. For those of you who view the site regularly, this has no effect on you; for those who edit regularly, you may notice that all of the Pokémon species articles have been temporarily protected from edits while we change variables. Don't worry; the wiki is not being vandalized, and all the changes being made are purely non-aesthetic ones.

Bulbagarden and Bulbapedia take content copyrights very seriously; rest assured that we will never allow others to make profit from ''your'' hard work and contributions here.

===October 10===
Bulbagarden is proud to announce the opening of its new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=375 Battle Center]! The Battle Center is a place to solicit and accept wireless battles for the [[Generation IV]] games that are Wi-Fi compatible. Both competitive and casual battlers are welcome, so you'll always fit in. Better yet, you can use the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=370 Trade Center] to find the Pokémon you need to achieve victory, and then use your new acquisitions to win in the Battle Center!

As a component of this, you can access our new IRC battling chat via your own IRC client (we're on irc.systemnet.info) or through our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php forums JavaChat]. Just type in /join #bulbabattle - it's very easy, and will provide another way for you to find battlers.

As we mentioned during the unveiling of the Trade Center a month and a half ago, the Forums support both Pokémon and non-Pokémon discussion across a wide variety of topics. If you're interested in more in-depth discussion than Bulbapedia allows, we recommend that you [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/register.php register here] and enjoy more of the services that Bulbagarden has to offer!

Bulbagarden is always adding exciting new features and offering a better, more engaging experience for Pokémon fans. As always, we thank thank you, the community, for your continued support as we continue to grow. We really couldn't do it without you.

===September 20===
{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} have arrived in Japan, and, as always, there are new tasks pertaining to the games that Bulbapedia members can work on. See "Ongoing Work" for more details.

Instead of discussing the new games on Bulbapedia talk pages, make sure to keep questions and comments about the games to the new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=368 HGSS Discussion Forum] on BMGf.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

===September 4===
September is here, and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} are less than a week away. While we know many of you are excited about the remakes, we would like to remind everyone that only information that has been confirmed by an official source is allowed on the articles.

In celebration of the new games, we have created a new party template to replace the one currently in use. We hope to finish changing all the old templates to new ones before the release of HGSS, and any help would be highly appreciated. To see an example of how the new template is used, see [[Roark]]. A list of pages in need of update can be found {{red link|Category:Pages not updated to the new party template|here}}.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

===August 28===
A quick update on Bulbagarden's newest feature:

We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Trade Center on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

Also, we'd like to remind everyone that our forums are there for all discussions Pokémon-related, and have boards to discuss many other areas of interest as well, such as current events, entertainment, and much more.

If you haven't already joined, click the link above to visit our forums and create an account. It's as easy as making one on Bulbapedia! We're looking forward to seeing you both in the Trade Center and around our forums!

===August 19===
We now welcome the seventh wiki in the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] network, [[Pokéteca]], to the table, as our Spanish language counterparts. Though they have more than a thousand pages already, like all wikis, completion and addition are the best things, and so we must all collaborate to our best.

Those on Bulbapedia who speak another language: do not forget that you can help our fellow wikis out, most especially if you speak {{de|Hauptseite|German}}, {{es|Portada|Spanish}}, {{fr|Accueil|French}}, {{ja|メインページ|Japanese}}, {{pl|Strona główna|Polish}}, or {{pt|Página principal|Portuguese}}. Encyclopaediae Pokémonis strives to be as international as the Pokémon franchise itself, a worldwide phenomenon, and expansion of our knowledge of this world is always encouraged.

Do not forget, however, that Bulbapedia itself also needs your help. We may have more than 15,000 articles right now, but many of those can be vastly expanded, and synopses of the more than 600 episodes of the anime are nowhere near complete. So go for it!

===July 26===
Account creation on Bulbapedia has been unlocked! For any users who have been wanting to register for the last month (vandals excluded, of course), now is the time to do it! And as for information that has been included in past Messages from the Editor but that is still relevant...

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

===July 16===
Account creation is currently disabled on Bulbapedia! Please refrain from e-mailing {{u|Archaic}} and the other staff members about it. Although no date has been set for the resurrection of account creation, rest assured it will not be too long.

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

===July 10===
Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

===July 1===
Starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

Please vote and nominate away!

===June 15===
{{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} are games that we've all been waiting almost five years for, and we're incredibly excited by their approach.

Despite this, please keep in mind that '''''NO SPRITES ARE YET OFFICIAL'''''. All sprites found on the HGSS site are until release ''beta sprites'' that may change, much as the sprite for [[Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} did between the beta phase and final release of {{game|Platinum}}.

Please keep this in mind. New HGSS sprites should be uploaded to the filename Spr 4h {{tt|###|National Dex number}}.png, but ''should not replace the sprites at the National Dex number at the current time''. Platinum sprites are overall better quality than the sprites we can get from HGSS at the current point -- wait for the games to come out, and we should be able to rip the best quality sprites from the games themselves within days, as we did with Platinum.

Again, excitement may be high, but do not make the quality of images take a dive just because {{p|Lugia}} can. Reservations start in July, pointing to a release sooner than any of us expect.

===May 22===
As many of you have probably noticed, we have been getting a lot of what can be tentatively considered as vandalism the past few days. Namely, lots and lots and ''lots'' of sockpuppets created using proxies, likely of the same misguided user. We're currently considering and discussing implementing some sort of system to monitor new users automatically, although how exactly this would work isn't yet figured out. If any of you have any ideas, we'd be happy to listen.

A note to {{bp|administrators}}: Watch the Recent Changes like a hawk. Checkuser any new user you see, and block sockpuppets on sight. I know many of you have already been doing this, but we need to be vigilant. Thanks.

===May 15===
Just as Bulbapedia upgraded in the time leading up to {{game|Platinum}} during 2008, we must make certain that we keep ourselves up to date for anything new that occurs in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. We will be continuing to renew the various infoboxes around the wiki, at times breaking them in order to get them to work better, much as the Pokémon games did with the start of [[Generation III]].

At the same time, although we are all excited about the remakes, a warning must remain in place: do not add details if you are unsure of their veracity, and as always make sure not to speculate in articles. When in doubt, bring it up on the talk page, but keep in mind that talk pages are not for wild speculation (save that for the forums). No matter what you think will come of the remakes, '''nothing''' is certain until their release (not even their release date).

And a small note to our newer users: please, lurk first and preview edits to see what wikicode does. Find out how the wiki works by watching other edits. Even our editor-in-chief started that way, so there's no telling how far you'll go by watching what works and what doesn't. Unlike other languages, wikicode is quite easy to learn, and other users will be more than happy to help you out with our style if you ask.

===May 8===
This is a temporary message to all editors of Bulbapedia; a more comprehensive one will soon replace it.

With the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions]] confirmed, we would like to let you know that the administration of Bulbapedia is going through the updating process in a careful and comprehensive way. For the time being, '''''please refrain from updating pages relating to the remakes with information until given the O.K,''''' as we are only human and would like to be able to check all pages and make sure that speculation is not present.

Please keep this in mind for the coming days. Thank you.

===May 4===
The month of May certainly seems as if it will be an upturn in events relating to Pokémon, with rumors of what's in store already flying around.

We must insist on this from all Bulbapedia users:

'''''DO NOT INSERT SPECULATION INTO ARTICLES. FACTS ONLY.'''''

Whatever the exciting announcement that is to come next Sunday, whether it is the fabled GSDS, PBR2, Stadium 3, or anything, ''keep the speculation out''.

Additionally, questions and comments regarding the subject of the article (as opposed to the article's text) should go on Bulbagarden's forums, accessible from the sidebar on all pages as "Bulbawiki forum".

===April 20===
In order to keep Bulbapedians up to date, this message has been changed.

The "war" with Wikia is over, meaning everyone can quit spamming their recent changes and vandalizing their pages. You know, the stuff we expressly told you '''''not''''' to do.

Bulbapedia's templates continue to be updated. Next up on the line should be the remaining infobox templates, beginning with those dealing with locations in the Pokémon world. If you have an idea on how to update these templates, please create it as a subpage in your userspace, and bring it to the attention of one of our many {{bp|administrators}}.

===March 29===
As work on {{bp|Project Overgrow}} continues, so does Bulbapedia itself. Despite this, some of you may have noticed that we have been having some issues with the server as of late, with Bulbapedia being inaccessible from time to time. This is due to a glitch in the system which we have been investigating to its fullest in order to eliminate as quickly as possible.

Through our continued prosperity, however, we have garnered the attention of a less-than-favorable faction. Wikia's "[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki The Pokémon Encyclopedia]" has recently been found to have [http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Platinum taken the content] of various [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Bulbapedia articles]], changed one or two words (while at the same time remaining formatted overall in the same way), and posted it as their own. While this is not the fault of their administrators at all, the fact that, when this is pointed out to them, the administrators do nothing about the copied content or attempt to hide our comments about it is a very disturbing fact.

The Pokémon Encyclopedia, as a Wikia wiki, is licensed under the standard [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License], while Bulbapedia's content is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License], incompatible with Wikia's license. Bulbapedia's license requires strictly that the content is attributed to Bulbapedia and its users, and additionally, the "noncommercial" aspect of the license requires that no money is made off of the content. [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:About Wikia's own About page clarifies that it is a commercial entity], while Bulbapedia's ads are in place to keep the massive server we have running.

Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden's administrators heavily '''''discourage''''' vandalism of The Pokémon Encyclopedia, despite their refusal to comply to our request to remove the copied content. However, we do encourage dialog with those in charge. So please, ask them, why are you taking content that we worked on?

===February 28===
Although Bulbapedia has been as prosperous as ever as of late, one issue has repeatedly occurred that, although not the end of the world, needs to stop. I would like to remind everyone
that having multiple accounts, commonly referred to as "sockpuppets," are ''not allowed'' if not authorized by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Lately, a number of users have been caught abusing multiple accounts by random IP checks. Although these users will not be harshly reprimanded, let me stress again that this is ''not allowed''. Even if you don't edit from your "other" account, it's still against the rules and shouldn't be occurring.

If you currently have an unauthorized additional account, please report it to an {{bp|administrators|administrator}} so they can disable it. Failure to do so and subsequent discovery of the account may lead to a minimal block or verbal warning. Thank you all for abiding by this and only keeping one account. If you would like to rename your account or have any questions about sockpuppets, contact a staff member.

===February 14===
Happy anniversary to Bulbapedia! We've been going strong for four years now, with over 14,000 articles since our public opening.

It is here where I announce Phase III of {{bp|Project Overgrow}}: the upgrading and cleanup of Bulbapedia itself! With the English release of {{game|Platinum}} imminent, and the revelation of the 493rd (and currently final) Pokémon in the [[National Dex]], {{p|Arceus}}, having happened, we need to make certain that we have all of the best information we can.

Older episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]], as well as several current ones, are in need of synopses, which can be added by anyone. A style guide as well as an example episode synopsis will be upcoming. These should not be too brief, while at the same time, should not be a script of the episode.

Our coverage of the various [[Pokémon manga]] as well as many other things is also in need of improvement. Pick a {{bp|stub}}, find its subject matter, and expand the article. You may find new areas of Pokémon canon you otherwise would have no knowledge of.

As you may have noted as well, many of Bulbapedia's templates, as well as the style in general, have been upgraded to feature rounded corners (though these do not appear in some browsers). The ability to change back to the old skin will become available soon in your preferences, however, it is not currently.

And so, in closing, Bulbapedia's contributors must ignore the easy-to-know details of the front-and-center parts of the Pokémon world, and focus on the more ignored facets. We aim to make Bulbapedia the largest bastion of knowledge about Pokémon that the web has to offer, and we can only do it with your help.

===February 9===
The third phase of {{bp|Project Overgrow}} will be beginning soon. Are you ready? Be prepared as this one is the one that pertains most to you, the users of Bulbapedia.

Bulbapedia's image policy has been updated, of course. For episode articles, the header image ''must'' be a png file, and should be uploaded at the episode's {{bp|epicode}} rather than elsewhere. This discourages stealing images from other sites and encourages better quality for images. It also keeps edit warring to a minimum, as we've had many problems with that in the past. So keep this in mind and help us as we prepare for the start of phase III!

===January 14===
{{bp|Project Overgrow}}'s second phase has begun, and that is none other than a revamp of the forums! Not only have they been upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, but several things have been reorganized, including an expanded space for Bulbapedia discussion!

[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=353 A new forum] has been opened specifically for social discussion regarding the Pedia, so enjoy it now rather than using talk pages for this. Also, keep in mind that on the forums, a [bp] tag exists for direct, quick links to Bulbapedia pages, and works much in the same way as other standard forum tags.

Also, effective immediately, there will no longer be a strictly-enforced userspace edit limit of four per day, or any other number. Use this wisely, and don't go absolutely crazy with the amount of edits daily– use the preview button instead. Abusers will, as always, be punished, but the enforcement of any limit will be much less strict, with administrators and others free to decide on their own ''smartly'' what constitutes far more edits than necessary.

The Bulbagarden forums have a blog system which can be easily used to detail your daily life, as well, negating the absolute need for a constantly-edited userpage.

===January 3===
Happy new year to all, and welcome to 2009!

Being a new year, Bulbapedia asks its users to begin by turning over a new leaf, and reading over the {{bp|code of conduct}} that we have introduced. This will help all of Bulbapedia's users to get along better with each other, and at the same time, make sure that we in administrative positions also stay nice.

In addition, Bulbagarden's {{bp|Project Overgrow}} has begun, which will be a major part of activities around the entirety of the website for approximately the next four months. The first part of Project Overgrow is a swath of {{bmgf|33402|new hires}}--if you're interested in joining the Bulbagarden staff, check out that post!

==2008==
===December 24===
Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year from all of us at Bulbagarden!

[[Image:BMGFXMASCARD2008.png|center|thumb]]

===December 11===
I hope you're all enjoying the new layout celebrating our sixth anniversary.

I would like to take a moment to remind our users that uploading media to our archives for a banned user is the same thing as ban evading. Not only would the user who told you to upload the media would be punished further, the user who did the uploading would also receive a ban.

So use your head; don't help someone break the rules.

===December 10===
Yet again, a new color scheme is added to the Main Page, which has received a redesign. This color scheme is not the permanent one, however, but a recolored one in celebration of [[Bulbagarden]]'s sixth anniversary.

Bulbapedia's fourth anniversary is also upcoming this month, though we officially opened our doors on February 14 of 2005, the Bulbawiki project officially began on December 21, 2004.

As the English release date of {{game|Platinum}} has been leaked, we will attempt to accelerate our plans to revamp several old templates to include new data and perhaps have a new look, much like the updated evolution, sprite, and stat templates.

Please be warned, however, that the English names given by the Circuit City ad are not confirmed as official, and thus pages will not yet be moving.

===November 29===
We hope everyone enjoyed the color scheme we had on November 21st to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} in Japan. We also hope everyone enjoyed their {{wp|Thanksgiving}} (where celebrated).

Editing wise, we have been updating numerous old templates including, but not limited to, party templates (which can be seen on [[Brock#Pokémon Red, Blue and Green|Brock]]'s page), evolution templates (which can be seen on [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)#Evolution|Bulbasaur's]] page), and we are currently looking for a new [[Template:Welcome|Welcome]] template, but, we need the help of our users. Visit [[Template talk:Welcome|this page]] to view the candidates and vote.

===October 29===
In addition to the still fairly new policies on [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]], Bulbapedia has developed a tentative policy on [[Bulbapedia:Talk abuse|talk page abuse]]. Be sure to check out the guidelines illustrated in these pages, as it could save everyone a lot of trouble.

Lastly, Bulbapedia would like to offer a belated congratulations to {{u|TTEchidna}} on his promotion to Editor-in-Chief, while at the same time expressing our gratitude for the time and energy {{u|Zhen Lin}} devoted to Bulbapedia during his time as Editor-in-Chief.

===October 21===
Bulbapedia now has official policies for [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]]. Be sure to read both, as they make clear the official stance of the {{bp|administrators}} and {{bp|Editorial board}} regarding those important topics. If everyone reads those, there will be fewer conflicts around here and a lesser server load.

===October 1===
Due to the amount of edits done solely to revert images used on Bulbapedic articles over and over, a policy has now been created to attempt to prevent this from occurring again. From now on, any Users who are caught reverting each other because of an image will be subsequently blocked for an amount of days equal to the amount of reverts by both opposing parties made solely to change the image. Furthermore, the image will be replaced with the previous image. Hopefully, this will teach the opposing parties to discuss their concerns on the talk page, instead of causing ugly, pointless, revert wars that clutter the database. If no change is seen in the behavior of Users, this policy will be revised in order to reflect a harsher punishment.

Also, keep in mind that the current limit on Userspace edits is three; this not only covers your main Userspace page, but any subpages you may have, and any other User’s page. However, editing others' pages is almost always not allowed, so try to keep ''your'' edits to ''your'' own page.

===September 12===
While Bulbapedia may be celebrating the release of {{game|Platinum}}, users should keep in mind several things when editing:
*If you do not have the game, do not assume based on appearances. Have faith in fellow contributors, however, as they may in fact have the game.
*The Platinum sprites of ''all'' Pokémon have already been ripped from the game and saved as pngs, in the 80×80 standard size. Taking screenshots and cropping them is frowned upon, as their quality may be low.
*The updating of [[List of moves|moves]] to Platinum standard is still not finished. Why not contribute to that?
*Some menusprite images may look a bit "off". This is due to your computer reading the image data from cache, while we very recently updated all menusprite images to {{wp|png}} format. In addition, some animated menusprites may link to an image that does not yet exist. Do not panic; this is part of the Platinum updates.
*The move tutor moves on Pokémon pages may display incorrectly. This is due to an upgrade we are doing to them so as to make them compatible with Platinum and XD move tutors, and will be done shortly.

Despite this, continue to enjoy Bulbapedia as we expand our information about the fifteenth [[main series]] Pokémon game.

===July 27===
As some of you have noticed, the much awaited return of the <code>User:</code> namespace has finally occurred.

Now, before you all get down to the epic celebration of this, we as a community must focus on the project at hand. Bulbapedia still needs work to prepare itself for the release of {{game|Platinum}}, and as well needs to continue in its commitment to providing the best and most up-to-date Pokémon information. We cannot do this without you, the users. We must insist, therefore, that you do abide by the policies of the userspace, such as not editing it too much, keeping games off and subpages to a minimum, and finally, adequately contributing to the main namespace. These past four months have been absolutely bounteous with growth, and all of us would hate to see the quality of Bulbapedia suffer again as it did in the weeks and months leading up to the ban on the <code>User:</code> namespace.

This unblocking of the namespace is a temporary measure to gauge how users treat it. If it is unsatisfactory, the block will be reinstated as we continue to develop a system to prevent abuse.

===June 30===
Congratulations to all of us--Bulbapedia has reached its 10,000th article!

===June 27===
We certainly have been having a lot of these recently.

Additionally, Zhen Lin will be out of town for the week. All questions and such can be directed to {{u|TTEchidna}} or any of the other [[Special:Listusers/sysop|administrators]].

===June 15===
With immediate effect, [[Bulbapedia:administrators|administrators]] are authorised and advised to remove any content that is inappropriate use of User or User talk pages. Users restoring content so deleted may be warned once before being [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] for abuse of Bulbapedia. The determination of "inappropriate" is presently left to individual administrators, but we will codify guidelines in the near future. Appeals to the [[Bulbapedia:editorial board|editorial board]] over the interpretation of "inappropriate" are possible.

===June 12===
Guys, seriously. Stop using your user talk pages for meaningless MySpace junk.

===June 9===
After two years, we have finally managed to link the accounts on all three of our wikis: [[Bulbapedia]], [[Bulbanews]], and [[Bulbagarden Archives]].

There may still be some issues with the linkage of accounts, such as having to still log in separately, but overall, the linkage should be in place. If your account has not been merged correctly, see [[Special:Mergeaccount]] or {{ut|Zhen Lin|talk to}} {{u|Zhen Lin}}.

And yes, the userspace is still disabled from editing. We're sorry, but the server already has a lot of load and editing userpages every five minutes would destroy it and cause Bulbagarden to be down a lot longer than the two days it was at the end of May.

===March 24===
Due to an overwhelmingly large amount of edits going on in the <code>User:</code> namespace, we have disabled edits to all pages within it for the time being. We are monitoring how much the lack of ability to edit personal pages will affect the server, and when the results come in, we will make a decision on what to do.

If you feel the need to create a userpage or edit it now, you will have to wait. '''''Do not''''' create a page in the main namespace to move to the <code>User:</code> namespace under any circumstances. The results will likely be conclusive after about a week, and you will be informed with another message from the editor about the return of functionality.

Additionally, a policy on signatures is being discussed on the Bulbapedia forum on BMGf, so please, take a look at it even if you are not a member.

===February 14===
It's now three years since we opened Bulbapedia to the public and we are very proud to announce that Bulbapedia now has over '''8,000 articles'''. That's nearly double the number we had this time last year! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this incredible milestone.

We are also announcing today the appointment of [[User:TTEchidna|TTEchidna]] as '''[[Bulbapedia:Editorial board|Deputy Editor-in-Chief]]''', in recognition of his continuing and vigilant watch over Bulbapedia.

==2007==
===December 25===
On this day, we celebrate the enlargement of the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] group by welcoming the Brazillian Portuguese {{redlink|:pt:Página principal|LANDpedia}} – ''bem vindo'' from all of us here at Bulbapedia!

As Bulbapedia enters its fourth year, we also celebrate Bulbapedia's '''100 millionth''' page view, recorded just last week on the 18th. To everyone, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

===September 28===
Let us all say ''bienvenue'' to ''[[:fr:Accueil|Poképédia]]'', which joins ''[[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]]'' as its French member. This is but one of the many happy events of September 2007, which includes the creation of the 6,000th, then 6,500th article on [[Bulbapedia]], as well as the [[Special:Statistics|70,000,000th page view]] since we first began this project way back in December 2004.

The only event which clouds this otherwise incredible month is the controversy surrounding the implementation of [[Bulbapedia:Advertising poll|advertising]] on Bulbapedia. We hope that our readers and contributors will bear with us and will not find the advertisements overly off-putting or intrusive - please do report any inappropriate ads you see to [[User:Archaic|Archaic]].

===April 6===
Please welcome the Polish ''[[:pl:Strona główna|Wikinezka]]'', who have today joined the ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'' group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias. We wish them the best of luck, and hope that the spirit of international cooperation will continue to grow in the international Pokémon fan community.

==2006==
===December 30===
At 4:52PM (UTC) today, the '''4,000'''th Bulbapedia article was created. Over the course of this year alone, an amazing 1,364 articles were [[Bulbapedia:Growth statistics|created at a rate of 3.758 articles per day]] - and it's been just only over two years since this project was started in December 21, 2004, and the two-year anniversary of its opening to the public is still ahead of us.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has participated in this collaborative project!

===June 26===
We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, [[:ja:メインページ|Pokémon Wiki]] (ポケモンWiki) has joined our German affiliate [[:de:Hauptseite|PokéWiki]] and us in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages.

The first person to conceive of a Pokémon website that visitors could edit and update was [[User:Meowth346|Meowth346]] of Pokémon Forever. Inspired by [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], one implemenation of that idea was founded on December 22, 2004: Bulbapedia. After a period of secret development, we opened it to the public on February 14, 2005.

Two months later, German Pokémon fan [[User:nYoo|nYoo]] launched an inquiry into the possibility of opening a German Pokémon encyclopedia in the spirit of Bulbapedia. Though nothing came of that discussion, another inquiry was made in early August, and that resulted in PokéWiki.

Naturally, the two open-content Pokémon encyclopedias agreed to affiliate. Expecting more affiliates in other languages, ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', Latin for ''Encylopedias of Pokémon'', was proposed shortly thereafter, but it would be a long time before the group expanded.

Pokémon Wiki was founded early April 2006, and was first brought to our attention mid-June. Ten days and many e-mail messages later, Pokémon Wiki joined Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.

===February 14===
In the one year since we opened Bulbapedia to the public, there has been amazing growth - we have gone from 114 articles to 2,642 - that's 6.9 articles per day!

Admittedly, I initially had my doubts about whether such a radical idea would even work in the context of Pokémon - but here we are. On behalf of Bulbagarden, I would like to thank all who have contributed and supported this project.

The editorial board would like to [[Bulbapedia:Awards 2005|thank a few of you]], in particular. Congratulations and thank you to all award recipients, and to all of you as well for supporting Bulbapedia!

===January 9===
The Bulbapedia editorial board wishes all our readers, contributors and staff a belated happy new year. Please welcome our new Research Editor, [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]], who will offering us fresh insight on a variety of topics. His personal aspiration is "for Bulbapedia to turn into a plethora of informative resources viewed by readers as ''enlightening''."

We have also added (Modern) Hebrew to our collection of [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. If you would like your language there, please make your request at Category talk:Babel tags - with the text to be used in them, if you wish to supply your own.

Finally, we would like to remind you that Bulbapedia is approaching the 1-year anniversary of its opening to the public.

==2005==
===September 19===
Bulbapedians can now indicate their linguistic capabilities on their user pages with [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. Currently, languages available are '''English''', '''Japanese''', '''German''', '''French''', and '''Spanish'''. If you would like to see your language on the list, please make a request to [[User talk:Argy|Argy]], [[User talk:Evkl|evkl]], or [[User talk:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]].

===June 21===
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8269 The Future of Bulbapedia]:
: Bulbapedia and the Bulbawiki networks as a whole have come a long way since their inception and release to the public. Starting out at barely over a hundred articles at public release, the current article count on Bulbapedia (As of today, June 21, 2005) stands at over 23 times that number. The Bulbawiki networks now include a news site, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives, a repository for all pictures and other non-text data files with relevancy to Bulbagarden.net and its side projects.

===June 1===
Please take a moment to visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?p=127299#post127299 Where from here?] post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Discussion] forum on [[BMGf]].

===April 29===
[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] has opened to the public with exclusive information on [[AG126]]. The Bulbapedia editorial staff invite you to make use of this new resource for your daily Poké-News fix. Enjoy!

===April 23===
* Bulbagarden Archives has been opened to the public.

===April 16===
* Recently, a large number of pages were vandalized. Although a mass reversion/deletion has been done, there may be traces remaining. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us correct that.
* Congratulations to [[User:Zeta|Zeta]] and [[User:Woopert|Woopert]], who have been granted [[Special:Listadmins|sysopship]] for their past work on Bulbapedia and assistance in dealing with the attack.

===April 9===
* Henceforth any and all articles directly pertaining to [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] and [[Serebii.net]] are placed under strict protection. All edits '''must''' be approved by [[User:evkl|evkl]] or [[User:Damian Silverblade|Damian Silverblade]].

===March 28===
* Although a number of articles have been created for [[:Category:People|People]] who have not had an impact on the Pokémon canon, i.e. fans, please do not take this a signal to create encyclopedic articles on yourself. The subjects of the aforementioned articles should also take note of the difference between a personal page, such as [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|User:Jimbo Wales]] and an encyclopedic article, such as [[wp:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], and strive to maintain NPOV in the latter.

===March 24===
* A thread has been established for requesting [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7327 Bots and Templates.]
* A new policy on what defines [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7324 mass editing] has been established; ignoring it is grounds for being temporarily [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Please read the definition of "minor" and "major" edits for future reference.
* Making mass changes as described in the above "mass editing" thread can be first discussed by making a post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Forum]; rules for those posts can be found [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7328 here].

===March 19===
* As a guideline, do ''not'' create any [[:Category:Moves|move]] articles without filling in most if not all of the [[Template talk:MoveInfobox|Infobox]], as well as the Template talk:MoveProperties. Make a positive effort to do so. You may wish to refer to [http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/lists/foreign/moves/] to find out the Japanese name and the move number.
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* Avoid coding in HTML unless absolutely necessary. Wikicode is documented at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents]; please note that some things are Wikipedia-specific.
— [[User:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]]

===March 6===
* We now have all of the pages in the [[:Category:Pokémon]] listing. You can feel free to expand any of the pages to include general information on that specific Pokémon. Specific, useful Pokédex-like pages will be established shortly. We're working on it--and we greatly appreciate the help of all those who made the Poké-pages possible.
* BMG had a minor virus problem earlier in the day; please run any antivirus software you may have to see if you were infected unknowingly.
* Character pages can still use more information. The Community Portal will shortly have a number of features which point to things that address community-based projects and pages that need attention.
* That Bulbapedia button is on the way, I should have it uploaded within a few days.

===February 27===
* '''''PLEASE''''' temporarily refrain from making any Pokémon or Move pages for the next couple of days. Our templates are being enhanced, and we don't want to have to fix any more than we have to as it is.
* If you didn't already notice, Episode Guides are starting to go up. If you personally have any to contribute, it's always welcome. Remember to use the numbering guidelines put forth in the [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style|Manual of Style]].
* We'll be coming out with a Bulbapedia button very, so if you want to link to us from any site, it'll become possible.

===February 22===
* '''Please''' remember to link to games with their full name, i.e. ''<nowiki> [[Pokémon Red|Red version]] </nowiki>'' instead of just linking ''<nowiki> [[Red]] </nowiki> ''
* Remember to use the Macro tag for Pokémon Meta and use Pokémon Infobox where applicable. Thanks to everyone who's been working on Macro conversion.
* While the link to it has disappeared from our revamped front page, remember the [[Bulbapedia:Wantedpages|List of wanted pages]] is still there.
* The [[Items]] list needs filled out.
* Remember to add the appropriate stub tags to any article, via the <nowiki> {{ }} </nowiki> stub macro formatting.

===February 18===
* Only the first instance of a term in an article's actual text (excluding sidebars, lists, etc) should be linked to that term's matching article.
* Keep up the good work! It seems like every day, there's less and less conflict and more and more cooperation.
* So long as you include the Pokémon Infobox with a Pokémon article (see the [[Template_talk:PokémonInfobox#Usage|talk page]] for usage notes), you may go ahead and fill in all ____ (Pokémon) articles, but don't make them too expansive. Any more information than what we currently have in {{p|Geodude}} or {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s entry would be overly much. Please use the <nowiki>{{p|(name of Pokémon)}}</nowiki> macro to link to Pokémon pages, as we may choose to change the article titles for Pokémon species pages in the future.
* Elements pages should still look like the [[Grass (type)|Grass-type]] page.
* There are still many articles that need worked on! Consult the [[Special:wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] to see what people most want filled in.
* Make sure pages are appropriately linked to others.

===February 14===
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Pokemaster97:

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Happy January and Happy New Year!

With the beginning of the new year, the season of reflection and change is once again among us. Even though it’s been nearly 20 years since Bulbapedia’s beginnings in 2005, the core values and community orientated collaboration has remained constant. It can be said amongst editors and staff that they came for the info, but stayed for the camaraderie. It takes careful nurturing, and an often obscene amount of dedicated time to preserve a place like Bulbapedia and to serve as the head of this dynamic project.

After careful thought and consideration, it is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be stepping down from the role of Editor-in-Chief, effective this week. It has been nothing but an honor and privilege to have served as EIC of a website that is as impressive and amazing as Bulbapedia. When i joined back in 2010, I never would have envisioned myself to be still contributing from this position all these years later. A huge, big, ginormous thank you to all of the hard working and dedicated staff, former leaders, and users who supported me and made this job so incredibly rewarding.

Taking over in my place is none other than {{u|Maverick Nate}}. Nate has a level of time, commitment, and natural leadership ability that does not come around often. He is an excellent and experienced community leader who has been a pleasure to work with over the years and truly has what it takes to take Bulbapedia to even greater heights.

I won’t be going too far. For now, I will be remaining on staff as Deputy Editor in Chief, hopefully a role let me both support Bulbapedia and allow me to enjoy a bit more life-balance.
Once again, congratulations Maverick Nate and Happy New Year!

:Pokemaster97
:Departing Editor-in-Chief

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What Bulbapedia looks for in its staff is a willingness to contribute meaningfully above all. Expert knowledge of Bulbapedia's templates and style is one of the most major points of consideration for users to move up to the Junior Administrator level, while users are strongly encouraged to be more than just contributors. What makes Bulbapedia, and Bulbagarden as a whole, a community, is that we don't just have facts and figures put up by robots, but by individuals creative enough to come up with new and unique ways to state even the most boring of our subjects.

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'''Administrators''' of Bulbapedia are users who have been granted certain permissions by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. An administrator's responsibilities number greatly, being able to protect pages both from creation and editing, delete pages from view, block and unblock users, check a user's IP address, and put Bulbapedia into staff-only lockdown, among others.

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== Congrats! ==
Wassup! It's been many years, but if you remember me, we used to work together here on Bulbapedia! I just stopped by to say congratulations on becoming the new lead of Project Anime! It's a really big accomplishment! --:--[[User:SuperAipom7|SuperAipom7]] ''([[User talk:SuperAipom7|Ask me anything!]])'' 02:54, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
:I do remember you, thank you for taking the time to leave a few kind words! Hopefully this message means I'll be seeing your name on the RC more often again. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 17:46, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

== Sorry to be a drag... ==

But at the risk of being told of for edit warring, http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Anime_move_errors&curid=31434&diff=2447240&oldid=2447228, this guy needs some help getting started. I'd explain it to him my self but I have to go to bed; thought I'd leave it with the governor [[User:05308|Diamond]] [[Lanturn (Pokémon)|Lanturn]] [[User talk:05308|CodeName: 05308]] 21:53, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
:It seems that some of my colleagues have addressed it already. Do let me know if things persist though. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 05:23, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

==Hello!==

Congrats Pokemaster! Can I be your friend? I want a welcoming, cause I was in Inkipedia as [[ink:User:GogglesKunInkling|GogglesKunInkling]] --[[User:GogglesTheTotodile|ワニノコゴーグル by GogglesKunInkling from Inkipedia]] ([[User talk:GogglesTheTotodile|talk]]) 16:10, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
:Sorry about reverting your edits, Googles; I thought you were this vandal that kept doing something similar here, a lot. [[User:Unowninator|Unowninator]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 17:09, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
::Talk about a typo [[User:GogglesTheTotodile|ワニノコゴーグル by GogglesKunInkling from Inkipedia]] ([[User talk:GogglesTheTotodile|talk]]) 21:23, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
:::Hello and welcome to Bulbapedia. Please make sure messages you leave me on my talk page are related to wiki-business only as that's what the talk pages are intended for. If you ever have any questions, feel free to direct them to me or a relevant {{bp|Staff|staff member}}. Enjoy your stay! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 03:11, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

== Top 20 Pokethon Countdown ==

Hey there! There is a page I would like to add about the anime. This was a marathon that Kids WB did back in 1999, in which kids voted on their favorite Pokemon, tallied the results, then hosted a marathon in which Meowth and Professor Oak counted down the top 20, and showed an episode showcasing each one. Here were the results, along with the episode the showed for each one.

20. Snorlax - Wake Up Snorlax 
19. Primeape - Primeape Goes Bananas 
18. Growlithe - The Case of the K9 Caper 
17. Cubone - The School of Hard Knocks 
16. Ponyta - The Flame Pokemon-athon 
15. Butterfree - Bye Bye Butterfree 
14. Psyduck - The Ninja Poke-showdown 
13. Charmeleon - The Problem With Paras 
12. Vulpix - Pokemon Fashion Flash 
11. Meowth - Who Gets to Keep Togepi? (sadly this marathon aired a few weeks before Go West Young Meowth) 
10. Raichu - Electric Shock Showdown 
9. Eevee - The Battling Eevee Brothers 
8. Blastoise - Island of the Giant Pokemon (again, I think this was JUST before Beach Blank-Out Blastoise aired) 
7. Ditto - Ditto's Mysterious Mansion 
6. Jigglypuff - The Song of Jigglypuff 
5. Bulbasaur - Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village 
4. Squirtle - Here Comes the Squirtle Squad 
3. Charmander - Charmander, the Stray Pokemon 
2. Charizard - Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon 
1. Pikachu - Pikachu's Goodbye

[[User:Mattrd08|Mattrd08]] ([[User talk:Mattrd08|talk]]) 03:57, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
:Hey there, if you draft up an article for it in your userspace, I'll be happy to look over it and mainspace it if everything looks good. Let me know if you have any other questions. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 17:02, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

== Would this be notable for mainspacing? ==

I apologize for the crappy intro, but writing paragraphs has been one of my weaknesses. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User:Unowninator/Ability_move_variations]. [[User:Unowninator|Unowninator]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 17:14, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
:After some discussion with other staff members, we've unfortunately reached the conclusion that your page does not meet Bulbapedia's notability standards. We feel that that content would be better suited as trivia on the respective pages for the said moves and abilities. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 05:39, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
::Sadly, I'm not allowed to edit trivia for a while due to repeated screw-ups. Well, thanks for telling me this anyway; now I can stop waiting. [[User:Unowninator|Unowninator]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 05:43, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

== Charizard and Blastoise ==

Are the pages [[User:05308/Tierno's Blastoise]] and [[User:05308/Trevor's Charizard]] ready to get their own pages?--[[User:Reinhartmax|Reinhartmax]] ([[User talk:Reinhartmax|talk]]) 17:16, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
:Trevor's Charizard can be mainspaced. Unfortunately, I still feel that Tierno's Blastoise does not meet the notability requirements. ''"If a rival's signature Pokémon does nothing more than battle or has no major impact on the plot, then it is not notable for an article and instead should have a section on its Trainer's page."'' While Charizard didn't do much outside of battling either, it at least participated in the league, which I would consider plot impact. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 04:18, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
::Some lower staff member moved Tierno's Blastoise anyway. Is deletion eminent? --[[User:BlisseyandtheAquaJets|BlisseyandtheAquaJets]] ([[User talk:BlisseyandtheAquaJets|talk]]) 03:59, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
:::Only just saw this was going on; makes me feel important. If I'm honest, I would have thought it'd be the other way around, with Blasoise being notable and Charizard missing out. Both of them had roles outside of battle in the Summer camp: Pokévision and Orienterring episodes as well as being captured by Team Rocket before the Team battle (All of which I neglected to put on their respective pages) Blastoise alo had shenanigans as a Wartortle in ''Good Friends, Good Trainning'' and its recent battle in the Kalos leauge. It is my case that Blastoise should be mainspaced. [[User:05308|Diamond]] [[Lanturn (Pokémon)|Lanturn]] [[User talk:05308|CodeName: 05308]] 07:07, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

== Request ==

Can I request that you look into FinnishPokeFan's latest edits because he/she seems to be constantly changing my edits by rewording things when they were fine the way they were. I don't have a problem if he/she adds things that need to be added or fixes mistakes, but he/she seems to be doing this constantly lately and I'm sure that this is because he/she is targeting me. He/she seems to have a problem with me for a while now and apparently these rewordings are fine, despite the fact that they don't need to have reworded. Because quite frankly, I'm sick of being targeted like this. [[User:Playerking95|Playerking95]] ([[User talk:Playerking95|talk]]) 14:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
:As an example, he/she changed the description of Manectric using the move Electric Terrain in the anime and some of the edits added nothing new to it, but according to Tiddlywinks, it's completely fine to reword things, even though some of the edits were completely and utterly unnecessary. [[User:Playerking95|Playerking95]] ([[User talk:Playerking95|talk]]) 14:19, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
::Hey there. First, I want to start off by saying that when you first registered for Bulbapedia, you accepted that ''"all contributions to Bulbapedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors."''. I understand that having your edits altered or undone constantly can be frustrating, but the anime-related articles are often high traffic pages on the wiki, so it comes with the territory. Since both you and FinnishPokeFan are both frequent contributors to the anime section and the pages you edit often overlap, it's difficult for me to conclude that ''you'' specifically are being targeted rather than simply the subject of your edits. I've noticed that you and FinnishPokeFan disagree on quite a few topics, but I notice that majority of the time, you do not communicate with each other beyond edit summaries. If you disagree with actions that users make the best action would be reach out on their talkpage (or any talk page) and try to find understanding. If they refuse to engage with you after that, ''then'' we could try to look into taking further intervention. Reverting edits that you felt were unnecessary simply as a means of revenge isn't the best way to go about the situation either. The bottom line is, nothing policy breaking has occurred as of now, there's not much that can be done. Not everyone on Bulbapedia is going to get along and that's not a realistic expectation, but user feuds cannot get to the point where it becomes detrimental to the progress of the site. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 01:06, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

== Main Space ==

Hi, I did this page [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User:Hikaru_Wazana/Ash%27s_Rivals#XY_series], I would like to know if there any way she could receive approval for the main space.--[[User:Hikaru Wazana|Hikaru Wazana]] 14:09- 20 August 2016
:I'm going to try to make a few adjustments to it and review it from there. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 03:19, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

== Anime Pokémon pages ==

Sorry to bring this to you but there is a massive back log of Anime Pokémon pages that I am certain are notable enough for mainspacing; [[User:Pattyman/Florges (anime)]], [[User:Pattyman/Meyer's Blaziken]], [[User:05308/Professor Sycamore's Garchomp]], [[User:05308/Diantha's Gardevoir]], [[User:05308/Chespie]], [[User:05308/Z2]] and also maybe [[User:05308/Lugia (anime)]]. Though some aren't quite up-to-date, I find nobody bothers to do much to a page that isn't mainspaced, besides, there are many mainspace pages that are not quite as up-to-date as they need to be (I mean anime Pokémon pages specifically).

I was also wondering wheather the anime counterparts of both Professor Sycamore and Lysandre should be given there own page? [[User:05308|Diamond]] [[Lanturn (Pokémon)|Lanturn]] [[User talk:05308|CodeName: 05308]] 17:50, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

== Clemont's Magnemite ==

I already brought this up with Force Fire but have not been given an answer yet and was told to bring it up with someone else. So I was wondering where you stood on Clemont's Magnemite. Notability rules say that Pokémon that are owned by Clemont are notable if they appeared in more than one episode and Magnemite has finally done that. So can the page [[User:Rahl/Clemont's Magnemite]] be moved to the mainspace?--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 19:50, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
:While Clemont's Magnemite does ''technically'' meet the notability requirements, the Editorial Board feels that Clemont's Magnemite in particular is not notable. It only had very brief appearances and we feel that there's not enough information about it to warrant a page for it at this time. If we were to mainspace it, it would most likely remain a stub and it's not very worth it. We are currently in the process of adjusting/updating the anime notability requirements so it will be more clear on what to do in situations like this one. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 23:45, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

== Opinion ==

What you think this?
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talk:Dawn%27s_Buneary#Gender_should_be_changed_to_.22unknown.22 --[[User:Hikaru Wazana|Hikaru Wazana]] ([[User talk:Hikaru Wazana|talk]]) 14:58, 30 October 2016 (UTC)]]
:While it's extremely likely that Dawn's Buneary is indeed a female, it's Bulbapedia policy to abide by what the Japanese version of the anime refers to it as. Unfortunately, it's never been explicitly stated or confirmed that it is a female Pokémon on the original version, so that's how it should be referred to as in the article. There have been some situations in the past where Pokémon have been referred to as one gender in the original version and another in the dub, so doing things this ways ensures that the Japanese version will always take precedence. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 16:46, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

== Side Story epicodes ==

The side story epicodes jump from SS032 to SS034. This has yet to be fixed. Legend040[[User:Legend040|Legend040]] ([[User talk:Legend040|talk]]) 07:39, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
:There's currently a plan to overhaul the epicode system for the side story episodes along with others. This will be a rather large scale moving process, which is why it has been delayed so long. It will be addressed in the future though. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 15:06, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

== Citations ==

Hey! :) Since you're part of the staff, I'd like to get your input on [[User_talk:Crystal_Talian#Citations_template|this]]. Thanks! :) [[User:MannedTooth| MannedTooth ]] ([[User_Talk:MannedTooth|Talk]]) 23:18, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

== Reducing clutter on [[Season]] ==

Hi there! I recently noticed that our [[Season]] page has a lot of unnecessary clutter — season boundaries only differed between broadcast and home video prior to the second Advanced Generation season, yet for some reason we list them separately even for more recent seasons. Since you're Head of Anime, I hope you're the right person for me to approach to suggest an alternative that I've created in my userspace: [[User:Pumpkinking0192/Season suggestion]] (and its [[User:Pumpkinking0192/Seasonlist2|accompanying template]]). I think this looks a lot better visually, and by my count it saves at least 600 bytes as well. I hope you agree. Thanks for your consideration. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 18:14, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
:Hey! I'm currently away on a trip without much internet access until around next Saturday, but I will be sure to look into all of this when I return. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 18:40, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

== Question about the Forum ==

I was wondering. I tried to log in to the forum using my Bulbapedia account, but I was unable to. Should I really not be able to log in to the forum using my Bulbapedia account (which would be weird since I can use the same account in the Archives), or am I having a problem? [[User:Ratcicle Fan|Ratcicle Fan]] ([[User talk:Ratcicle Fan|talk]]) 17:56, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
:Hey there. So our Forums are run on a different software than the ones our wikis are, so your log in credentials aren't going to be automatically linked. You'll have to register a new account on the Forums under the same username if you'd like to have matching account names. Hope this helps! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 04:10, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

== Scyther, Excadrill, and Panpour ==

Hello. I was wondering if the pages {{red link|User:Rahl/Bugsy's Scyther}}, {{red link|User:Rahl/Clay's Excadrill}}, and {{red link|User:Rahl/Cress's Panpour}} are ready to be mainspaced. Thank you.--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 23:18, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
:I'll be looking into these and making decisions on them as soon as possible. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 00:49, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
::Thank you. Please let me know when you figure it out.--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 19:18, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
:::It's been a while and I was wondering where your stance was on these pages.--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 11:29, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
::::Sorry for the delay, I got busy with school and took a leave of absence for a while. Consider these three pages approved for mainspacing. You may feel free to mainspace them yourself. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:33, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
:::::I've tried moving Panpour and Scyther but there is an issue because those pages already exist as redirects and I don't have the ability to delete them. Is it possible for you to move those two? Thank you.--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 23:21, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
::::::I passed that note to higher staff than myself and the pages have since been moved. I'm editing to change the above links so they don't appear as wanted pages. Let us know if you need any other help! [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 00:00, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Thank you both for your help!--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 00:13, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

== User Page Editing ==

Can you tell me how to make borders around my text and how I can make them certain colors? Thank you.--BoltBlades12 19:17, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

== Two articles ==

Are the userspace articles, [[User:Pattyman/Wooper (anime)]] and [[User:Pattyman/Deserted Island (BW087)]], ready to go to the mainspace? [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 00:10, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
:Hey, the two pages have been approved and moved accordingly. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:12, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

== Byron's Bastiodon ==

Is the page [[User:Rahl/Byron's Bastiodon]] ready to be mainspaced?--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 19:51, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
:After some discussion, we feel that Byron's Bastiodon does not currently meet the guidelines stated under our Anime Notability Policy. ''Gym Leaders may have an article about their signature Pokémon, but only if it did more than just battle in the episode(s) it appeared in and had some impact on the plot.'' . I understand some borderline ones were approved recently, but that's because their Manga or Game section was fairly expansive, but that's not the case here. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:12, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
::Thank you for the consideration. I'll just keep it around in the event that it does more. To save us both some time do any of these meet the requirments? If they do I'll make a page for them. Chuck's Poliwrath, Flannery's Magcargo, Gardenia's Roserade, Crasher Wake's Floatzel, Burgh's Leavanny, Elesa's Zebstrika--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 20:48, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
:::No problem! Out of that list, the only one I really could see being possibly notable is Burgh's Leavanny, since it played a role in the eventual capture of Sewaddle. The others seemed like they really only battled and didn't do much else, so a vast majority of the info would be a rehashing of episode synopses. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 23:03, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

== List of voice actors page ==

Should Pokemon Generations voice actors have their role mentioned on the page List of Japanese voice actors? Because there are quite a few voice actors who don't have their role mentioned on that page. Also would it be relevant for Takehito Koyasu and Yosuke Akimoto to have their own page? Because I'm planning to make a page for each of them and I believe that at least Koyasu would be relevant as he had voiced Butch in the Japanese dub of the anime but in Akimoto's case I'm not too sure if his role as Dr Fuji in Mewtwo Strikes Back, Birth of Mewtwo(Radio Drama) and Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin would be notable enough.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 07:15, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
:Yeah, Pokémon Generations VAs should have their roles mentioned on the List of Japanese Voice Actors page. As for the two voice actors you mentioned, Takehito Koyasu definitely meets the Project VA notability requirements. Dr. Fuji would probably fall under the recurring category so I'd be okay with Yosuke Akimoto having a page as well. If you draft up the two pages in your userspace I'll be happy to review/mainspace them right away. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:07, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
:: Hi, thanks for granting me permission for making the page.
:: The draft will be made for the two by tomorrow night from where I am.
:::Also I've been wondering on the archives page, how to contribute and get autoconfirmed? Because I'm not sure what to actually do to contribute as I'm under the impression that to contribute requires one to upload but since I'm not autoconfirmed I cannot upload. So is there a way to contribute without uploading? Thanks ahead.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 23:49, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
::::One of the most simple tasks that you can do on the Archives without being Auto-confirmed is probably cross checking the [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=move&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_tag_log=1 Bulbapedia move log] and editing the links of the image file description pages to point to the right page back on Bulbapedia. Here's a couple of examples: [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=File%3AGoodra_and_Wooper.png&type=revision&diff=541273&oldid=505276 Example 1], [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=File%3AShimako.png&type=revision&diff=541318&oldid=504392 Example 2]. There is also a [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Archives:To-do_list to-do list] but it is admittedly rather outdated, but there may be a few things on there that would give you some ideas. I hope this helps! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 00:36, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
::::::There are quite a few uncategorized files (https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special:UncategorizedFiles) and some of the wanted categories (https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special:WantedCategories) shouldn't be in there since they're just typos. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 00:37, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
:::::::Thank you very much for the information! Much appreciated that you have taken the time to give me tips and pointers regarding how to help out on the Archives page. I'll send an update here when my pages draft will be ready[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 03:39, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
::::::::Finished the draft for the page Koyasu, so feel free to have a look. The Akimoto page is still currently being worked on. Also is there a way where all 'incomplete' stub messages can be viewed? Because I feel in the future I will be using them quite a lot.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 10:35, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
:::::::::The Koyasu page has been mainspaced. As for the incomplete stub messages are you referring to the actual categories themselves? [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Stubs These]? Or are you referring to [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Notice_templates notice templates]? As for the list you posted below, I'll give a reply once I've looked over the list a little more closely. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 23:17, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
::::::::::Thanks for main spacing the page. It feels great to be able to contribute to Bulbapedia. Also yes, I was referring to the notice templates so thanks for linking me to them. Another thing I would like to ask if the page is meant to appear on the category page of 'Japanese voice actors' out of curiosity? Also take your time with regards to looking over the list I made in the other discussion, just saying so you don't feel too pressured to look at it straight away.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 02:48, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

== Takehito Koyasu Page ==

Hi, I've finished the draft for the page Koyasu, so could you please have a look over it to see if it is worthy to be mainspaced along with checking is anything is missing?. The Akimoto page is still currently being worked on. The Yosuke Akimoto page is still being worked on but will be ready soon to be looked over as a draft.
I would like to ask if there is a way where all 'incomplete' stub messages can be viewed? Because I feel in the future I will be using them quite a lot.
Also I would like to ask if the following voice actors would be relevant for their own article:
* Yuichi Nakamura: only did N in the anime but he was a prominent recurring character who even travelled with the group for a bit so I believe he would be relevant
* Takahiro Sakurai: May not be as notable but played a recurring role as Sandshrew in the anime and Watt from the AG series who appeared more than once
* Wataru Takagi: Played Fergus from M01 and Vladimir in AG series who appears more than once in AG series
* Atsuko Tanaka: Played Pike Queen Lucy and Lenora(who appeared in more than one episode, one being a gym battle and the other in another episode in person)
* Rie Tanaka: Played Solidad and Mars who both had frequent appearances in their respective series(AG and DP)
* Nobuo Tobita: Brycen who's appearances were both large in the episodes he appeared in
* Kosuke Toriumi: Played Saizo who was prominent in the two episodes of appearance despite being COTD
* Tetsuya Kakihara: Reggie who appeared numerous times throughout the DP series
* Mikako Komatsu: Mairin who appears many times throughout the XY anime
* Koji Yusa: May not be too prominent in terms of number of appearances but did play Drake(Orange League) who appeared twice during his battle against Ash
* Fumiko Orikasa: Diantha the Kalos Champion who appears a lot in the XY anime[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 15:08, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

== Update on VA pages ==
Hi, I've finished the Yosuke Akimoto page on the userspace and when a time is convenient to you I would like you to review it to see if it's alright to be mainspaced. Thanks.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 05:02, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

== Lillie's Pokémon template ==
Can you mainspace the [[User:Lockheedpryde/Template:Lillie's Pokémon]] template, as she now has [[Snowy|two]] [[Nebby|Pokémon]] with pages? [[User:Reinhartmax|Reinhartmax]] ([[User talk:Reinhartmax|talk]]) 18:49, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
:Yeah, I'll mainspace it shortly. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 04:39, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

== VA list ==
Hi, thanks to your help and advice I managed to get autoconfirmed so I came to say thanks for helping me.
I don't mean to pressure you when I say this but when a time is convenient would you be able to have a check over the VA list I made in a previous post? Sorry if it sounds unreasonable but it's just so I can plan ahead and know which VAs will be relevant for pages or not. [[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 13:06, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
:Hello, while I am glad you are eager to contribute, please note that Bulbapedia isn't my full time job and that I work during the weekdays, I will make my best effort to respond to inquiries as soon as possible. From the list all are notable except '''Kōsuke Toriumi''' and '''Koji Yusa'''. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 04:39, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
::Ah, that makes sense. Sorry if it taken too much of your time but also thanks for taking the time to look over the page and for your efforts to respond so promptly. Greatly appreciated.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 07:55, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

==Quick questions==
Hi, I have a few questions I would like to ask regarding a few things,
* Do voice actors have to have a biography? Because I noticed that some such as Aoi Yuki have a biography.
* I saw that many voice actor pages have stubs on them. Is that because technically their roles are always expanding or is there some other reason?
* Would Kensho Ono be worthy of his own page? He played Alain who had a major role in the XY series and the Mega Evolution specials?
* Do edits to then userspaced pages count towards mainspace edits when they become mainspaced? And is there a way to count number of edits? Because I'm striving to become one of the top contributors of the month and just asking out of curiosity.
* Following the previous question, would it be advised against to edit a large number of articles in a small amount of time such as over the course of one day? Just need to know so I don't cause server problems.
* About the usertag "This user has beaten Bulbabot", can it only be used by those who beat Bulbabots number of contributions in one month?
Thanks ahead[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 11:52, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
:I'll try to break down everything you asked below:
*Let me run this by the rest of the Editorial Board since it doesn't seem like there's ever been any established guidelines on that front.
*Many VA articles have been marked stubs because traditionally stub pages are considered pages that are very short, which is the case a lot of the time for VA articles. However, this blanket application of marking them as stubs are probably something we should be getting away from moving forward. In the future, we'll probably go through and unmark the articles that are considered "complete".
*Yes, he would qualify for a page.
*Yes, when articles are moved to the mainspace those edits will be automatically adjusted and counted towards your mainspace edits. You can check your number of edits by going to the "preferences" tab at the upper right and then clicking "view global account info" under the user profile tab. However, this edit number will be your edits in total, userspace edits and all, I don't believe there is a way to view a breakdown of the types of edits (userspace, mainspace, etc) without very high technical administrative privileges.
*No, we don't advise against it if they're all productive edits. The only concern would be editing a number of high-traffic templates at one time as that could crash the server, but most of those are protected from normal users anyway.
*The Bulbabot usertag is for overall edits I believe, but I'll double check that for you. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:59, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
::Thank you! Information has been very helpful and advice is much appreciated.[[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 01:59, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

==Rotom Pokédex, Gyarados, and Helioptile==
Hey, I made the pages [[User:Satsjoe/Rotom Pokédex (anime)]], [[User:Satsjoe/Lysandre's Gyarados]], and [[User:Satsjoe/Alexa's Helioptile]] a while back, and I was wondering if they are ready to be mainspaced. [[User:Satsjoe|Satsjoe]] ([[User talk:Satsjoe|talk]]) 13:36, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
:I've mainspaced Rotom Pokédex, apologies for the delay on that one. However, the other two pages don't seem to be that notable, so I won't be approving those at this time. Lysandre's Gyarados did nothing but battle and repeats what was said in the episode synopsis pages already. Alexa's Helioptile didn't do too much overall and the article seems more like a list of its appearances than anything. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:05, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
::I understand. Thanks for mainspacing the Rotom Pokédex page. [[User:Satsjoe|Satsjoe]] ([[User talk:Satsjoe|talk]]) 22:38, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
:::Of course! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:42, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
::::Hi, it's me again. I meant to include this in my first post, but I totally forgot about it, sorry. So, I've also created [[User:Satsjoe/Template:Ashcl|this link template]] in my userspace and I was wondering if it could be used in the mainspace. If it's not suitable for mainspace, could you delete the page? Thanks. [[User:Satsjoe|Satsjoe]] ([[User talk:Satsjoe|talk]]) 21:39, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
:::::It's been approved and mainspaced. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 23:48, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

== I've a trivia question. ==

Hi, I wanted to thank you for removing my trivia ban. But I also don't want to repeat history, so I thought I should ask: are any of [[User:Unowninator#My personal trivia|these]] good trivia? And is there anything I should know? (I can't really remember why I got banned in the first place.) [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 22:02, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
:I'll look into these more closely and reply back soon. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:05, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
::I bolded the ones that I think would be notable:
*All of the Iron-Masked Marauder Pokemon, including Celebi have a quadruple weakness.
*Spoink's badge bounces a bit in the Badge Arcade, whereas nothing else moves in its machine.
*Hyperspace Fury is the only non Z-move move that breaks Protect which can hit all types.
*Rio'''Lucario'''lu
*Darkrai is the only Technical Pokkén character without a Mega evolution or a weakness against Ghost attacks.
**It is also the only non-Ghost type that can go through walls without an item in Mystery Dungeon.
'''*By giving Stunfisk an Air Balloon, it becomes the only Dual-typed Pokémon immune to both of its STABs.'''
*Onix is the only [[Gigantic Pokémon]] that can still evolve.
*The playable Pokemon in every [[Special episode]] is either pure Grass or pure Normal (not counting Igglybuff's eventual type change)
'''*Torracat is the only starter Pokemon to have a stat drop when it evolves.'''
'''* In {{g|Yellow}}, the game corner slots use {{TRT}}'s Pokemon.'''
* Sandshrew and Sandslash are the only Pokemon not to share any weaknesses with their Alolan forms.
As for anything you should know, stay away from trivia (or any statements for that matter) that could be viewed as an opinion. Also avoid overly obvious trivia that may already be stated or easily seen from reading the article itself. I hope this helps some. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:42, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
:Huh, less facts than I expected to get approved, so I'm very glad I asked first. And no opinions, obvious facts, or anything mentioned eh? Good advice, thanks. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 22:54, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
::Hey, I hope I'm not being a bother, but what about this one for Entrainment?
Despite the move involving Dancing in the description, Entrainment is unaffected by {{a|Dancer}}
::I promise not to ask you for every single thing; I'm just playing it safe for now. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 01:59, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
:::I'm going to say no. It's a bit clear that it's not the same type of "dance move" that the Dancer ability refers to. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 21:45, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

== Bulba Handbook ==

Do you know where Bulba Handbook gets their information? I know for sure that not all of it's from Bulbapedia, because some stuff on Bulba Handbook isn't on Bulbapedia. If you don't know, who should I ask? [[User:Sumwun|sumwun]] ([[User talk:Sumwun|talk]]) 19:17, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
:Sorry for the late response on this. As I was not the one who directly worked on the Handbook, I can't say where all of that information was originally found. What I can say is that the standards for the verification of sources are far higher on Bulbapedia than they were on the Handbook, which was a far smaller scale project. For more information, I can point you to the user Soki, who's more active on the Forums. I hope this helps in some way. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:07, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

== Hareta's Luxray ==

Is the page [[User:Rahl/Hareta's Luxray]] ready to be mainspaced? I know it would be better to ask an admin who is in charge of manga related articles, but I've been ignored by one and the other is on a break so I'm not sure where else to take this to see if it is ready. Thank you.--[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] ([[User talk:Rahl|talk]]) 15:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

==Voice actor pages==

Hi, if you go onto my userpage(which is more or less a to-do list) you will see under the heading "Pages made but currently in userspace" three articles on the voice actors Rie Tanaka, Takahiro Sakurai and Yuuichi Nakamura. When a time is convenient could you please mainspace those pages for me please? Thanks. [[User:Nikuriku|Nikuriku]] ([[User talk:Nikuriku|talk]]) 02:43, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

== Unapproved seiyu page ==

I noticed that {{user|Singaporean}} has created the [[Sachi Kokuryū]] page directly in the mainspace without getting staff approval first. Would you be able to either approve it or move it into their userspace, please? Thanks. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 17:39, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
:Mmmmm, I think it will be okay to stay, based off of point one of the VA notability requirements. "They voiced a main and/or recurring character in the anime for more than one episode." '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 03:55, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

== User:Raltseye/Lop/foreign/br ==

Could you undelete this page? If I marked it for deletion it was by mistake but I'm pretty sure I didn't. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 02:07, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
:Hmm, I'm not sure what happened there, I could have sworn it was tagged for deletion. The page is restored again, sorry for the mistake! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 18:51, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
::Thanks! --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 23:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

== E-Reader Redirect ==
I have seen {{Red link|e-reader}} stylized as: [[smw:File:E-Reader North America Title Screen.png]]. That's why I created the redirect. --[[User:Wildgoosespeeder|Wildgoosespeeder]] ([[User talk:Wildgoosespeeder|talk]]) 20:20, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
:I can see why you created that redirect, but Mediawiki (the software Bulbapedia is run on) is not case sensitive when using the "search" system/search bar. Therefore, "e-reader" would already automatically redirect to "e-Reader", because it's already reading the upper and lowercase "R" as the same. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:31, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
::What about URL typing or the redlink that remains that I linked to for you? --[[User:Wildgoosespeeder|Wildgoosespeeder]] ([[User talk:Wildgoosespeeder|talk]]) 20:36, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
:::I believe it's a safe assumption that a vast majority of our userbase/readers won't be searching for a specific page via URL. As for the redlink, I added the <nowiki>{{Red link}}</nowiki> template to it so it doesn't appear in the wanted pages. There's not a strong reason to keep that redirect. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:42, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
::::I got a middleground I think we can agree on. For the delete reason, link to [[e-Reader]]. This might require restoring the deletion and deleting again. --[[User:Wildgoosespeeder|Wildgoosespeeder]] ([[User talk:Wildgoosespeeder|talk]]) 21:18, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

== Deliveryman ==

Should I bother creating an article on the deliveryman as he just appeared in [[SM057]] and he also appeared in many games and the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga? [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 02:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
:Sounds like it would be ok. If you create a page in the userspace, I'd be happy to review it. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 16:58, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
::I have created the {{u|Pattyman/Deliveryman‎‎|page}} in the userspace. It is ready to be reviewed. [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 02:16, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

== DigimonGamer's Block ==

Hello, I was just wondering, why is your username removed from the block log when viewing his contributions, yet your name is still visible on the block list. Thank you[[User:Great Bear|Great Bear]] ([[User talk:Great Bear|talk]]) 01:53, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
:I could be wrong, but I think he tried to do the exact opposite (hide the vandal's username, not his own). [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 02:39, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
::Without going into detail, I do not believe there is a mistake. [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 15:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

==Mainspace articles==
Hi, I've created a few pages on my own page for possible mainspacing, [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User:BigDocFan]], was wondering if you could take a look and see if they can be mainspaced or tell me is needed for them to be mainspaced.--[[User:BigDocFan|BigDocFan]] ([[User talk:BigDocFan|talk]]) 13:42, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

== Name Change ==

Hello. I was wondering if I could have my name changed to Incentive, so it matches my name on the boards. Thank you. [[User:Veralann|'''Veralann'''''' (a.k.a. Incentive)''']] 21:54, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
:He changed his mind, in case you miss his undid edit. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 18:31, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
::sorry, I didn't know about not undoing talk page edits. And I'm a she, just saying. [[User:Veralann|'''Incentive'''''' (a.k.a. Veralann)''']] 18:36, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

== Change username request ==

Hello, I just wanted to start to contribute in Bulbapedia, so before to start an new account registration, I just tried the option of recover password, then surprisingly I already have a registered account, but I don't use this nickname anymore... so I was wondering if you please can change my username to "Toramaru", or you just suggest me to de-attach my mail of this account and start over?... I ask this, because this account have a very "ancient" registration date... for me at least xd. Thank you so much! [[User:Ewainn|Ewainn]] ([[User talk:Ewainn|talk]]) 06:40, 12 June 2018 (UTC)9
: Well, I waited enough, I tired, so I have created this new account, i know, i lost the progress of the old one... but well is fine, so forget this request, thank you... feel free to delete my old account if you want, i dont care, i'll not use it anymore, i will edit articles with this new, starting from today, bye [[User:Toramaru|Toramaru]] ([[User talk:Toramaru|talk]]) 23:37, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

== Searching for arbitration on a dispute with an admin ==

Hello,

I looking for staff arbitration of a dispute about alleged sockpuppeting. A friend of mine (Doondook De Storm) was banned, accused of being my alt, and a notice was left on my page not to make more accounts. However, I did not create his account and I'm wanting to see if another staff member could look into the issue if anybody's got the time. A quick check of the IP addresses would show that we live in totally different countries.

Thank you and best wishes. [[User:Bogavante|Bogavante]] ([[User talk:Bogavante|talk]]) 21:50, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

== Username change request ==

My username on Bulbapedia is Randomwaffle23. I despise this name, and I regret having ever been young and stupid enough to choose it for anything. On more than one occasion, I've had people assume I'm a new user who doesn't know what he's doing, even when my edits are constructive and in good faith. People figure they probably know better than someone named Randomwaffle23.

I don't want to be looked down on because of these kinds of assumptions. I don't want to be an eternal "new user". So, I'd like to have my account's username changed to '''Ardub23''', a name which has fewer connotations (and which matches my username on various other sites). Or, failing that, I'd like to be permitted to create a new account under that name.

Thank you for considering my request. — [[User:Randomwaffle23|Randomwaffle23]] ([[User talk:Randomwaffle23|talk]]) 19:33, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

== Template wikicode question ==

I am writing a sandboxed version of the {{template|alldex}} row template for use on a draft article ([[User:Force Fire/List of Pokémon that appear in multiple regional Pokédex]]) that is currently nominated for mainspacing. I want this sandboxed version to take into account whether a non-numeric input (like <code>---</code> or <code>???</code>) is fed to any of its parameters.

On the current version in templatespace, whenever a non-numeric input is fed to the <code>s=</code> parameter, as in the following example:
<pre>{{alldexh|1}}
{{alldex|1|084|j=204|oj=199|h=095|oh=092|s=---|u2dex=---|kdex=094|kr=Central|adex=---|Doduo|2|Normal|Flying}}
|}</pre>
I get the following error message:
{{alldexh|1}}
{{alldex|1|084|j=204|oj=199|h=095|oh=092|s=---|u2dex=---|kdex=094|kr=Central|adex=---|Doduo|2|Normal|Flying}}
|}
This is because of the following numeric comparison statement being executed by the template to determine whether or not to append {{sup/4|Pt}} to the Sdex number:
<pre>{{#ifexpr: {{{s|001}}} > 151|{{Sup/4|Pt}}}}</pre>
The comparison <code><nowiki>{{{s|001}}} > 151</nowiki></code> crashes whenever <code>s=</code> is non-numeric. So, I want to modify my sandboxed copy of {{template|alldex}} to not execute the numeric comparison above unless the input is purely numeric.

I want to ask if there is a wikicode command (like <code><nowiki>{{#ifnum: {{{in|def}}}|out}}</nowiki></code> or similar) that I can use in my template to check whether the input is a number (positive, negative, etc.) and execute the output only upon meeting that numeric constraint. That way, I could have my template do this without crashing or returning error messages:
<pre>{{#ifnum: {{{s|001}}}|{{#ifexpr: {{{s|001}}} > 151|{{Sup/4|Pt}}}}}}</pre>
I could also use such a construct to tell the template to supress any <code><nowiki>{{tt|*|}}</nowiki></code> tooltips for non-numeric inputs (like <code>---</code>, used to express that a Pokémon is not in that regional Pokédex), so that for the example above I get something like this:
{{alldexh|1}}
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #084
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #084
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #204{{tt|*|199 in Generation II}}
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #095{{tt|*|092 in Generation III}}
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #---
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #---
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #094{{tt|*|Central}}
| style="font-family:Monospace;" | #---
| {{MS|084|Doduo (Pokémon)}}
| {{p|Doduo}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#{{normal color}}" | [[Normal (type)|Normal]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#{{flying color}}" | [[Flying (type)|Flying]]
|}
Any help on this? Thankee! ‑‑[[User:SilSinn9801|''SilSinn'']] ([[TID]]s: '''768426[[Pokémon Sun|S]]''', '''123446[[Pokémon Ultra Moon|UM]]''') [[User talk:SilSinn9801|💬]] 22:46, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

== help ==

Hello! I wanted to help with item descriptions by adding a verbal description since the pictures are very small on mobile and sometimes don't load due to errors or bad signal.
someone was removing them and messaged me to stop and that the pictures were enough.

this was my reply: " I'm adding the descriptions because on mobile or low wifi or bad data the pictures don't load at all sometimes. If you can't get the picture a description is a good way to help someone identify an item they have. please leave them alone."
I went to correct my signature and spelling and I couldn't save. It says I was abusing somehow? abuse 3 or something. Please help! I'm not entirely sure how the talking thing works even after reading the page and I hope this gets top you okay.

[[User:AlabasterWitch|AlabasterWitch]] ([[User talk:AlabasterWitch|talk]]) 17:06, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

== Can I add personal links? ==

I briefly summed it up in a comment on Dunsparce's talk page, but I was wondering if I could add a link to a journal entry detailing in-depth why I think Dunsparce may draw partial inspiration from hornworms. [[User:Icycatelf|Icycatelf]] ([[User talk:Icycatelf|talk]]) 17:51, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

== Sword and Shield ==

As we are drawing closer to Sword and Shield being released, do you know when the site will be locked from editing and how long for, seeing that we have little to no information on Pokémon Sword and Shield regarding the Pokémon and the characters? [[User:Kangaflora|Kangaflora]] ([[User talk:Kangaflora|talk]]) 19:59, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
:Hey there. There is no approximate date for when the site is expected to be edit locked and the exact duration of the lock, but it can be expected in the near future. I ensure you that Staff will work very hard to have this lock be as brief as possible. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 03:53, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
::Could I request this to be communicated at least some time before the the lock-down? --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 12:20, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

== Thanks for stopping the vandal ==

Thanks for stopping that vandal. Could you also hide his edits? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 18:49, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
:Of course. I removed the edits from S11, but the others weren't particularly disruptive so I left them unhidden. We typically reserve hiding the edits for the particularly vulgar vandal edits. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 19:00, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
::I agree. I was mainly referring to those edits, anyway. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 19:30, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
:::Why do some edits get hidden, while others don't? I never understood that? [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 19:55, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
::::Pm97 explained it above. Only particularly vulgar and inappropriate vandal edits are hidden. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 19:57, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

== Re: Regarding talk page warnings ==

I apologize for the late response. Thank you for informing me about the full extent of the talk page policy. I didn't know we were allowed to manually create a new section at the bottom of the talk page. I assumed, based on the existence of the "+" sign, that it was something we were all required to use. My apologies. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 23:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

== Becoming an admin ==

Is there a formal process on how to become an admin for this site? I'd like to become one, if that's alright. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 08:12, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
:There's no formal process, staff are selected periodically based on their contributions to the site. ''"What Bulbapedia looks for in its staff is a willingness to contribute meaningfully above all. Expert knowledge of Bulbapedia's templates and style is one of the most major points of consideration for users to move up to the Junior Administrator level..."'' '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 03:44, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
::Okay, thanks for letting me know. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 08:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

== Pokémon Home Sprites ==
Pokémon Home has made new sprites of every Pokémon just for the app. I'm unsure if these should be added to the individual Pokémon's page or if there should be a page dedicated to the Pokémon Home sprites. Since there's no Head of Games, you seemed like the person to ask, how can I help since I can't upload pictures yet and what's the best way to add these sprites? [[User:Browserboom|Browserboom]] ([[User talk:Browserboom|talk]]) 02:55, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
:It seems that these sprites [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:HOME_artwork have already been uploaded to the Archives]. Ideally, the home sprites would be included on each individual species page as we do with sprites from other games/generations, but that would be implemented through an update of the Spritebox template, which a couple of users are working on currently. Once these steps are done is when we can go about adding them to the pages and there may be more for you to help with. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 18:31, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

== Ataro ignoring my talk page messages ==

Hey! I would like to report an admin. [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User_talk:Ataro#Iris_edit I've been trying] [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User_talk:Ataro#Iris_edit.2C_continued for months] to talk with {{U|Ataro}} about an editing style that I strongly disagree with, which led to what I believe to be an unnecessary three-day block on my end. Ataro [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAtaro&type=revision&diff=3032795&oldid=3031944 responded], and this was [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAtaro&type=revision&diff=3032886&oldid=3032814 my response]. For months, I haven't received another response from them. I am led to believe Ataro is ignoring me on purpose because [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAtaro&type=revision&diff=3068489&oldid=3068474 they] [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAtaro&type=revision&diff=3068499&oldid=3068496 have] [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAtaro&type=revision&diff=3107287&oldid=3107274 responded] to other talk page messages, but not mine. They have also been active many times since that initial response, so it would've been absolutely difficult for them not to see all the talk page notifications that were sent by my many attempts to contact them.

I find it hard to believe they were unaware of all of that. If there was supposed to be another, more appropriate way to reach them, then my apologies; I didn't know. But nevertheless, I find it absolutely disgusting that this admin would engage in such unacceptable, selective behavior. One would expect an admin to respond to any and all talk page messages as soon as possible. Unfortunately, trying to contact Ataro even before they initially responded has been an extremely tedious debacle, and by this point, I am absolutely done with their conduct. I'd like to see this being addressed. Thank you. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 08:48, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
:Hello GrammarFreak and thank you for reaching out. While I definitely understand and see your frustrations, I also want to say be careful because you don't want to toe the line of harassment by repeatedly leaving messages after Ataro explained his reasoning behind his original action. Even though Ataro is the Head of Manga and has the right to not explain himself further, he should have communicated this to you clearly or referred you to a higher member of staff if you were dissatisfied still. I'll try to touch base with him, but, for now, I'm going to ask you to discontinue messaging him about this particular issue. You can reach out to myself or Kogoro if you have any additional disagreements with a decision a member of staff has made. Thank you. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:51, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
::Thank you! Yeah, sorry about that. That's why I reached out to you; I figured I sent too much messages as it already was. Again, thank you! [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 22:02, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
:::So, how's it going on your end? Any progress? [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 08:12, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
::::While Ataro's response was a bit short, he responded to you on this particular issue in October. Because he is the Head of Manga, I support the decision he made, so I'd prefer if discussion around this ''particular'' issue would end as the decision was made already. Now for ''future'' issues, Ataro will be responsive and there shouldn't be any trouble reaching him, but I'd like to consider this particular issue resolved. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 15:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
:::::Okay, thanks. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 22:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

== Autoconfirm Request ==

I have edited some articles, but it doesn't allow me to create a new page. Any help? {{U|SatoKasu101}}. {{unsigned|SatoKasu101}}
:If you are unable to create a new page, it simply means you still have not made the number of edits necessary for this autoconfirmation to occur. Continue editing a bit more and the right should unlock. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 02:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

== Five questions ==

<ol>
<li>{{user|Kogoro}} has so many unanswered user rename requests on her talk page. I have requested as well, so will you or Kogoro ''globally'' rename users? [[Special:CentralAuth/TheICTLiker4|View my current CentralAuth status]]. Yes, I want to have my username changed to Keyacom because I'm called like that in many places around the internet, e.g. on [[Smogon|Pokémon Showdown]].
<li>Even if a user was {{bp|blocking policy|blocked}}, will they be ever accepted to become a staff member?
<li>Will Bulbapedia ever have the [[mw:Extension:Math|Math extension]] installed? Not only I want this extension, but also {{user|Raltseye}}, {{user|Team Rocket Grunt}} and {{user|SnorlaxMonster}}. I think Bulbapedia should have this extension because:
<table class="roundy" style="border: #{{bulba color dark}} 3px solid; background: #{{bulba color}}"><tr>
<th class="roundy" style="background: #{{bulba color light}}" colspan=6>“Does this wiki have the Math extension?” (only in reference to active EP wikis, as of 8 March 2020)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="background: #{{green color light}}" class="roundytop" colspan=3>YES</th>
<th style="background: #{{red color light}}" class="roundytop" colspan=3>NO</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background: #fff" class="roundybottom" colspan=3>[[PokéWiki]] [[Poképédia]] [[Pokémon Central Wiki]] [[WikiDex]]</td>
<td style="background: #fff" class="roundybottom" colspan=3>[[Bulbapedia]] [[Pokémon Wiki|ポケモンWiki]] [[神奇宝贝百科|52Poké Wiki]]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="roundyleft" style="background: #fff" colspan=2>'''4'''
<td style="background: #fff" colspan=2>>
<td class="roundyright" style="background: #fff" colspan=2>3</td></tr></table>
<li>Do edits made to the custom CSS/JS and user sandbox pages count to the userspace limit of three edits per day?
<li>I want you to rate the following pages to see if they can be in one of Bulbapedia's main content spaces.
<ul><li>[[User:TheICTLiker4/List of fishing encounters]] (If I finish this, this will be under "List of fishing encounters in Generation I").<li>[[User:TheICTLiker4/TOC right]] ({{user|Raltseye}} was just doing this so many times. I asked on his talk page if he wants to convert all <code><nowiki><div style="float: right">__TOC__</div></nowiki></code> to a template.<li>[[User:Bfdifan2006/fileexist]] (This is for checking the existence of files, instead of using the <code>#ifexist</code> parser function).<li>[[User:TheICTLiker4/Template:NewMove]] (Template to be placed on pages about new moves).</ul>
</ol>
Yeah, please answer these questions. [[User:TheICTLiker4|'''TheI''']][[Special:Contributions/TheICTLiker4|'''CTLi''']][[User talk:TheICTLiker4|'''ker4''']] 17:48, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
:1. Hello there. Unfortunately Kogoro and the webmaster himself are the only staff members who have global rights to rename users on the wiki but we are working on getting this right to additional users so we can carry out the requests that have been pending. Your patience is appreciated with this.
:2. Being blocked isn't a dealbreaker for becoming a Staff member. There have been a few staff members who were blocked at one point and later became Staff. A variety of factors are considered when evaluating if a user is ready for staff, including disciplinary history, qualities of edits, and a user's ''overall attitude''.
:3. This is something that we have been considering with our next Mediawiki update, but we are still in discussions. The webmaster is usually the one who handles the selection and implementation of add-ons, etc.
:4. We are generally a bit more lenient towards userspace edits that are intended to be mainspaced as a template or other item that constructively adds to the wiki. However, if you are working on templates/css stuff more than you are contributing to the mainspace is when it becomes problematic. I recommend staying as close to the limit as you can.
:5. I will have to look at these more closely later. {{u|Abcboy}} is the Acting Head of Games and can review the more game related items you have on the list as that's his area and should be your first point of contact. Hope I was able to answer some of your questions! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 02:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

== Help ==

In the Pokemon Home artwork page, the sprite thumbnails aren't showing, only 2 images are displayed. Is there a way to fix this problem? - {{Unsigned|Gdnam32}}
:Would you mind linking me to the exact page you are speaking of so I can take a look, I'm unsure which artwork page you are referring to at the moment. Also you can sign your talk page comments with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> so it will also include the timestamp. Just a tip for next time! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 03:34, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
This one https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:HOME_artwork '''''[[User:Gdnam32|--Gdnam32]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 23:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
:Sorry, about the signed comment above but could you take a look at the link I posted? There are a lot of missing images. [[User:Gdnam32|Gdnam32]] ([[User talk:Gdnam32|talk]]) 17:19, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
::I'm not experiencing any problems on my end with the images being displayed. Perhaps try viewing it from a different browser as it may be a browser or connection issue? '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:14, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
I switched to mobile view and it shows every picture. I'm looking it through my computer [[User:Gdnam32|Gdnam32]] ([[User talk:Gdnam32|talk]]) 01:32, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

== help with wording on [[Twerp]] ==

Hello
on the article [[Twerp]] I added that the ter mis not always used as an insult, such as how Meowth referred to Ash and the crew as tworps even when he was temporarily with the group in mid Unova.
Is there a better way to include this because without this point, it only looks like it's always an insult. I think it's important to acknowledge that the term is not always an insult but is rathe roften times an insult instead of always. thakns.
[[User:African Vulture|African Vulture]] ([[User talk:African Vulture|talk]]) 18:16, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there. I feel like the wording you used works ok enough. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:18, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Ok thanks so much. [[User:African Vulture|African Vulture]] ([[User talk:African Vulture|talk]]) 21:02, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

== Editing other user's userpages ==

Had you bothered to check {{u|Raltseye}}'s [[User talk:Raltseye#Userpage|Talkpage]], you would have seen that I had the user's permission. Now, if you wouldn't mind undoing your reversion and being more vigilant in future. [[User:48Pills|48Pills]] ([[User talk:48Pills|talk]]) 20:04, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
:Perhaps next time you'd find it useful to use an edit summary so other editors could be aware of that (that message was not explicit permission either in my interpretation). I am only human, that can be missed in the 1,000s of edits that occur on the wiki everyday, mistakes happen, no need to be rude about it. Thanks. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:18, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Apology accepted. [[User:48Pills|48Pills]] ([[User talk:48Pills|talk]]) 20:58, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

== User pages ==

I think we can both agree that user pages are exempted from the user space policy when they include lines such as '''Feel free to correct any typos'''. --[[User:Raltseye|Raltseye]] [[User talk:Raltseye|prata med mej]] 10:07, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

== Type: Null Anime ==

In the anime, it's highly implied that Type: Null and Silvally are the same Pokémon. I put that in the trivia, but GrammarFreak01 changed it. I know it might be a bit speculative, but there's a ton of evidence to back this up. Should I put it back? I know he'll just undo it again. [[User:Browserboom|Browserboom]] ([[User talk:Browserboom|talk]]) 17:16, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, if it's never been explicitly confirmed we can't allow trivia that is speculative in nature, even if there does seem to be evidence that suggests that it's true. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 20:00, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

== Ash's PWC ranking ==

I left a suggestion regarding the listing of Ash's PWC rankings on the talk page of Ash's achievements. What's your opinion? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 19:22, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
:I responded over on the talk page but I do think it's a good suggestion. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 05:34, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
::Thank you very much. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 06:53, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

== Mainspacing request ==

I'm hoping you mean what you wrote in your MftE, so here's a page I'd like to "fast-track".

It's a page I was reassured it'd be notable before I made it, which was back in 2016. Over time, I repeatedly asked staff member(s) to mainspace it, but that never happened. Recently, Daniel Carrero created the article from scratch, rather than mainspacing mine (no blame on him please). That was about almost weeks ago, and nothing happened since then. I'm talking about [[Confusion (status condition)|confusion]].

So could you pleease either merge the two yourself and at least do [[Special:Diff/3156837|the appropriate edit]] [[Special:Diff/2563332|to the template]], ask a staff member of your choice to do it, or promote me so I can do it? Thanks. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 10:04, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
:Apologies for the late reply, I was on reduced activity for a bit. I agree that since your page was in your mainspace for over 3 years and the staff dropped the ball on getting it approved for mainspacing, I went ahead and merged the two histories so that your work could be reflected as well. Feel free to see the page and make any fixes if you see them. I also went ahead and updated the template to reflect the individual page that was created as well. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and sorry for the oversight! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:17, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
:Alright, no problem, and thank you.
:As far as I can tell, Spriteit did a good job merging the content (which I was primarily focussing on, not the credit/referencing). So thanks again. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 19:13, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

== Request to either create a new account or to change my username ==

If my Account Name is anything to go off of, I created this account back in 2016 and at the time, I didn't have a general username that I would use for websites. However, I have began using "pkmn.sm" across different websites and would like to have my username changed accordingly. If at all possible, I would like to have it changed to the name mentioned, but if it isn't possible, then I'd like permission to create a new account. Thank you for reading. [[User:Pocketmonsterfan2016|Pocketmonsterfan2016]] ([[User talk:Pocketmonsterfan2016|talk]]) 20:54, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there. Unfortunately our renameuser function is broken so I cannot rename your account, but feel free to create a new account since it doesn't seem like you made many edits with the one you are using now. Let me know if you have any other questions! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 19:05, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

== KnightGalarie and Gyarados edit ==

Hey! Since you've decided to get involved in {{U|KnightGalarie}}'s style of editing, do you think you could look into [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Gyarados_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29&type=revision&diff=3184454&oldid=3184453 this edit] for the {{p|Gyarados}} article? I've had [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User_talk:KnightGalarie#Ho-Oh_and_Gyarados a back-and-forth discussion] with them over it, and I think a third party should look into it.

Also, on a slightly related tangent, I think there needs to be a discussion amongst the staff about the issue of style when it comes to Pokémon whose recurring status in the anime is ambiguous, like Gyarados and {{p|Dodrio}}. Since you made the wording for the Dodrio entry ambiguous, perhaps this opens the question of whether this should automatically apply to all other Pokémon articles with similar cases, as well as how we should evaluate the ambiguity of continuity. Do you get my drift? [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 20:20, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there, I believe G50 addressed this by stating that there 'must' be confirmed explicitly in order for us to state a relation as so on pages. An approach similar to mine would be okay because it remains ambiguous and never confirmed that it was indeed the same Pokémon. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 19:18, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
::So what is the correct approach? I can't abide with getting conflicting answers from different admins. Shouldn't there be a consensus among staff about how to approach this, style-wise? Also, this problem is rearing its ugly head again with {{an|Korrina}}'s {{p|Mienfoo}} and {{p|Mienshao}} with the latest anime episode being aired. There NEEDS to be a discussion amongst the staff about this. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 21:32, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

== Username ==

Please add my username to the 'queue' for username changes for when the function starts working again. I am known as Launchballer across the web.--[[User:Tmwps|Tmwps]] ([[User talk:Tmwps|talk]]) 18:54, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there, will do. However, I am unsure at this point in time how long the change username will be down, as a pending wiki update that was set to repair this tool has been delayed due to COVID-19 reasons. If you instead rather create a new account and edit from that one instead, just let me know and we can get that sorted too. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 19:18, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
::I'd rather not 'lose' my previous contributions to the site; however questionable some of them may have been, I am really not one for revising history. Take your time - I first asked back in May 2010 (was my block really eleven years ago? I feel old), I can survive another couple of months.--[[User:Tmwps|Tmwps]] ([[User talk:Tmwps|talk]]) 19:31, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
:::Any progress?--[[User:Tmwps|Tmwps]] ([[User talk:Tmwps|talk]]) 14:57, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

== Someone is impersonating you ==

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/Pok%C3%A9master97

They fooled me for a minute on my talk page. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 03:09, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
:NVM, Abcboy took care of them. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 03:16, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

== Username change request ==

I made a request to change my username some time ago but it never happened despite being approved. Check my talk page if necessary. I'm kind of just having to have my sig say it right now and it feels incredibly awkward; as if I'm impersonating myself. Are you able to get it put through? --[[User:Plague von Karma|'''Plague''']][[User talk:Plague von Karma|''' von Karma''']] 12:14, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there. So unfortunately since that message I left you, the global username feature has gone down and we aren't able to fulfill any new username requests until technical wiki staff have an opportunity to install the next Mediawiki update, but this has been delayed due to COVID-19 related issues. We have been giving users the option to create a new account under the desired username if you did not want to wait that long, because I am unsure of when this update will be happening so I do not want you to have to remain in limbo for that long. However, per the {{bp|Signature policy}}, your signature should be a reflection of your ''current'' username and should link to your username or talk page. I would advise you to please change it back to your previous signature until the renaming issues/process is resolved. Please let me know if you have any other questions I can answer and sorry for the inconvenience. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 16:35, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

== Johto/Kanto map ==

I've just spotted [https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/360991726365387487/?nic_v1=1aY7M14ICcmaDJZPc3Z4CHYV6J0QhuVyWfBYa65qtG0Zj2qtbXzhqYKm41tGczWkZ4 this Johto and Kanto map] on Pinterest. Do we know anything about it? I know a number of places were supposed to look a bit different, most notably the [[Lake of Rage]] was supposed to have a gym, and I was wondering if this was an early prototype map. Or a poor forgery, I don't know.--[[User:Tmwps|Tmwps]] ([[User talk:Tmwps|talk]]) 07:53, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there. I've personally never seen this map myself, but after circulating it amongst the staff, we can say almost certainly that it's fake/fanmade. Thank you for bringing this to my attention though! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 18:04, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

== [[Bulbapedia talk:Blocking Policy]] ==

What do you want to do about [[Bulbapedia talk:Blocking Policy]]? On Wikipedia, it would be deleted on sight under {{wp|WP:CSD#G8|criterion G8}}.--[[User:Tmwps|Tmwps]] ([[User talk:Tmwps|talk]]) 18:24, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
:We don't usually use Wikipedia standards to set precedence for what administrative actions are taken on Bulbapedia. However, I've merged the two talk pages into one to preserve the histories of both. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 18:30, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

== Missing png's ==

Enzap responded to my PM with a quote of your answer, stating you'd like to verify. I can't make edits on archives, so instead here I go. → [[User:Rockapheller|'''R'''ockap]][[User_talk:Rockapheller|heller]] 07:00, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
:Hey there. I've temporarily granted you "confirmed" user status on the Archives so should be able to log in with the same log in details as Bulbapedia and you should have access to uploading articles. Please let me or another staff member know if you have any questions or need assistance with anything. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 21:07, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
::I was planning to do it on the last day before I went on my holiday. I won't be back in two months. You may as well take back my confirmed status. Sorry about the inconvenience. → [[User:Rockapheller|'''R'''ockap]][[User_talk:Rockapheller|heller]] 09:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

== Account deletion/lock ==

Hey, I don't go on Bulbapedia anymore and was wondering if my account could be deleted or deactivated or otherwise made inaccessible. I'm fine with my edits remaining; I'm just doing some house cleaning on my accounts and don't want someone else using this one. [[User:High5|High5]] ([[User talk:High5|talk]]) 14:15, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
:Apologies for the delayed response. We typically don't delete or deactivate accounts just due to archiving purposes. However, you may simply stop logging into your account if you do not wish to edit anymore. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 17:38, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

== Icaruspedia interwiki links broken ==

The <code>ip:</code> interwiki prefix doesn't work because it's missing <code>wiki/</code> before the <code>$1</code> argument, so it should be <code><nowiki>https://www.kidicaruswiki.org/wiki/$1</nowiki></code>. Will you fix that (if you can)? --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]'''''[[User talk:Bfdifan2006|something to say?]] 19:40, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

== Congratulations! ==

Congratulations on the staff promotion! --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 20:09, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
:Wait, my bad you were the one promoting others. Nevermind. Have a nice day! --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 20:10, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thank you for the promotion. :) --[[User:Daniel Carrero|Daniel Carrero]] ([[User talk:Daniel Carrero|talk]]) 20:21, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

== Pokemon Masters EX; EX page ==

Hi Pokemaster97. I see you part of project sidegames. Can you help me with making a page? It's for Pokemon Masters EX. I want to make an 6 star EX form page. Can you help me?--[[User:Connixstar08|Connixstar08]] ([[User talk:Connixstar08|talk]]) 18:42, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

== Template:Moveanime ==

{{template|Moveanime}} has been edited in a way that not only leaves a notable gap between the leftmost and the second-leftmost image unless all the image slots are filled up, but also causes the leftmost image's text to be misaligned with the image under the same conditions. Overall, the template looks stretched out on the left side now. Example can be found [[Reversal (move)#In the anime|here]]. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 21:58, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

== Template:3DS Screenshot upload approval permission==

Here is my unique screenshot (assuming this counts as unique) to be able to get my 3DS screenshots uploaded onto the archives for usage on Bulbapedia [https://i.imgur.com/0oCAdFz.jpg here.] --tech 23:12, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

== Congratulations! ==

Congratulations on the promotion! --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 10:38, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
:Thank you for the kind words! Hopefully I can do the job justice :) '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 21:58, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
::You're welcome! :-) --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 22:54, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

== MediaWiki:Recentchangestext needs updating ==

Due to renaming Webmasters to Executive Staff, [[MediaWiki:Recentchangestext]] needs a change to reflect that. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]'''''[[User talk:Bfdifan2006|something to say?]] 07:34, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
:Thanks for flagging that for me. It's been update. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:35, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

== Pre-Sitenotice ==

What is going on with the top of the site, above the Sitenotice? I'm using MonoBook.--[[User:Tmwps|Tmwps]] ([[User talk:Tmwps|talk]]) 00:00, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

== Removing messages from my own talk wall ==

If it's okay, shall I remove messages from my talk wall at my own discretion?[[User:TheGreenBeetle|TheGreenBeetle]] ([[User talk:TheGreenBeetle|talk]]) 23:08, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

== Change format ==

I've came up with an idea. I can put Pokémon transformation to an article's party section. Here's an example:

{{Party/Single
|color={{blue color}}
|bordercolor={{green color dark}}
|headcolor={{blue color light}}
|sprite=VSBlue PE.png
|size=90px
|prize={{PDollar}}19,040
|class=Gym Leader
|classlink=Gym Leader
|name=Blue
|game=PE
|location=Viridian Gym
|pokemon=6
|style="margin:auto"}}|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=128
|pokemon=Tauros
|gender=male
|level=66
|type1=Normal
|move1=Double-Edge|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Rock Slide|move2type=Rock|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Iron Tail|move4type=Steel|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=065
|pokemon=Alakazam
|gender=male
|level=66
|type1=Psychic
|move1=Dazzling Gleam|move1type=Fairy|move1cat=Special
|move2=Psychic|move2type=Psychic|move2cat=Special
|move3=Reflect|move3type=Psychic|move3cat=Status
|move4=Foul Play|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=130
|pokemon=Gyarados
|gender=male
|level=66
|type1=Water|type2=Flying
|move1=Waterfall|move1type=Water|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Crunch |move2type=Dark|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Outrage|move4type=Dragon|move4cat=Physical}}
{{Party/Div|color={{blue color}}}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=103
|pokemon=Exeggutor
|gender=male
|level=66
|type1=Grass|type2=Psychic
|move1=Power Whip|move1type=Grass|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Light Screen|move2type=Psychic|move2cat=Status
|move3=Stomp|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Psychic|move4type=Psychic|move4cat=Special}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=142
|pokemon=Aerodactyl
|gender=male
|level=66
|type1=Rock|type2=Flying
|move1=Rock Slide|move1type=Rock|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Iron Tail|move3type=Steel|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Crunch|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|game=PE
|ndex=006
|pokemon=Charizard
|form=
|gender=male
|level=68 {{color2|000|Mega Evolution|Mega Charizard Y}}
|type1=Fire|type2=Flying
|move1=Fire Blast|move1type=Fire|move1cat=Special
|move2=Dragon Pulse|move2type=Dragon|move2cat=Special
|move3=Hyper Beam|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Special
|move4=Air Slash|move4type=Flying|move4cat=Special}}
{{Party/Footer}}

{{Party/Single
|color={{status color}}
|bordercolor={{status color dark}}
|headcolor={{hp color dark}}
|sprite=VSRose.png
|size=150px
|prize={{pdollar}}11,400
|class=Macro Cosmos's
|name=Rose
|game=SwSh
|location=Energy Plant
|pokemon=5}}
|{{Pokémon/8
|ndex=589
|pokemon=Escavalier
|gender=male
|level=55
|type1=Bug
|type2=Steel
|ability=Shell Armor
|move1=Drill Run|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Iron Head|move2type=Steel|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Megahorn|move3type=Bug|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Swords Dance|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Status}}
|{{Pokémon/8
|ndex=598
|pokemon=Ferrothorn
|gender=male
|level=55
|type1=Grass
|type2=Steel
|ability=Iron Barbs
|move1=Gyro Ball|move1type=Steel|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Power Whip|move2type=Grass|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Body Press|move3type=Fighting|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Curse|move4type=Ghost|move4cat=Status}}
|{{Pokémon/8
|ndex=863
|pokemon=Perrserker
|gender=female
|level=55
|type1=Steel
|ability=Tough Claws
|move1=Iron Head|move1type=Steel|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Screech|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Status
|move3=Shadow Claw|move3type=Ghost|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Throat Chop|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
{{Party/Div|color={{status color}}}}
| style=margin:auto |{{Pokémon/8
|ndex=601
|pokemon=Klinklang
|gender=
|level=56
|type1=Steel
|ability=Minus
|move1=Gear Grind|move1type=Steel|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Shift Gear|move2type=Steel|move2cat=Status
|move3=Wild Charge|move3type=Electric|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Assurance|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}
| style=margin:auto |{{Pokémon/8
|ndex=879
|pokemon=Copperajah
|gender=female
|level=57 {{color2|000|Gigantamax}}
|type1=Steel
|ability=Sheer Force
|move1=Heavy Slam|move1type=Steel|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Iron Head|move2type=Steel|move2cat=Physical
|move3=High Horsepower|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Zen Headbutt|move4type=Psychic|move4cat=Physical}}
{{Party/Footer}}

What do you say? Maybe I can try that for the staff to approve it. --[[User:SaturnMario|SaturnMario]], [[User talk:SaturnMario|his talk]] and [[Special:Contributions/SaturnMario|his contributions]] 18:32, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
:Would you be able to expand upon this idea a bit more? Transformations in regards to what? '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 17:37, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
::Of course I will. It accords to the table above. --[[User:SaturnMario|SaturnMario]], [[User talk:SaturnMario|his talk]] and [[Special:Contributions/SaturnMario|his contributions]] 19:20, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

== User rename request ==

Will you please change my username "SaturnMario" to "GuntherBayBeee"? I like this new username to match my gaming accounts. --[[User:SaturnMario|SaturnMario]], [[User talk:SaturnMario|his talk]] and [[Special:Contributions/SaturnMario|his contributions]] 19:59, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
:Hey there. Unfortunately, due to our ongoing issues with central authentication (a component that is required for global account linking and renaming), we are still currently unable to provide username renames at the moment. I know it's frustrating but we really hope to have it back up and running soon. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 17:37, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

== Thank you for your consideration ==

Thank you for giving me a chance and don't ban me permanently, I really want to thank you for your help - [[User:Tomarzig|Tomarzig]] ([[User talk:Tomarzig|talk]]) 21:31 , 31 July 2021 (UTC)

== Apparent troll ==

Hi Pokemaster97! I'm not sure how I'm supposed to report this kind of thing, but I noticed on the Recent changes page that there was a user making a bunch of trolly comments on individuals' userpages. Here's the page of this person's 'contributions': https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special:Contributions/Joshua_Conner_Moon If there's a better way to report this issue (or a better person to contact), please let me know! --[[User:Butterfreeism|'''–Butterfreeism''']] ([[User talk:Butterfreeism|talk]]) 04:44, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

== Romanization question ==
Hi Pokemaster97! I'm thinking about making more major edits to the [[List of moves in other languages]] page and the [[List of abilities in other languages|corresponding abilities page]], but I noticed that there are two different romanization styled for the Japanese names of these mechanics, the ones on the moves' individual pages(which tend to use more correct romaji and also romanize words in Katakana), and the ones in the foreign language pages. Which style has precedence? I know the Manual of Style says to use the official names for the Pokémon, but I'm not really sure what to do in this case, since I don't think moves have official romanizations. I would be really grateful if you would let me know (and maybe even add a provision to the Manual of Style).
Thanks again,
[[User:PkMnTrainerMatt|PkMnTrainerMatt]]([[User talk:PkMnTrainerMatt|talk]]) 08:14, 6 Jan 2022 (UTC)

== userspace ==

when I try to edit my userspace it gives me a error message saying I don't have permission to make new pages. what do i do

== userspace ==

when i try to edit my userspace it gives me a error message saying that i dont have permission to make new pages. what do i do

[[User:Helperman|Helperman]] ([[User talk:Helperman|talk]]) 23:51, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

== Re: Contact Info ==

Hey there! You can reach me at Discord: Skewtr #5219 [[User:TehPerson|TehPerson]] ([[User talk:TehPerson|talk]]) 03:53, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

== Can I create Scarlet and Violet color templates? ==

I saw that [[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]] have been announced. --[[User:SaturnMario|SaturnMario]], [[User talk:SaturnMario|his talk]] and [[Special:Contributions/SaturnMario|his contributions]] 22:09, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
:Only the staff is allowed to make color templates. I don't know why. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006!]]''''' [[User talk:Bfdifan2006|Or is he actually]] [[Special:Contributions/Bfdifan2006|Keyacom?]] 22:11, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
::That's because the Scarlet and Violet article needs to match the games' logos' colors on the structures like infoboxes. For example, the <nowiki>{{Sup/9}}</nowiki> template requires colors. --[[User:SaturnMario|SaturnMario]], [[User talk:SaturnMario|his talk]] and [[Special:Contributions/SaturnMario|his contributions]] 22:35, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

== Congratulations! ==

Congrats on the promotion, pal! --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 10:54, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
:Wrong talk page, sorry. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 10:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

== Enable StringFunctions ==

I think Bulbapedia should have StringFunctions enabled. This will make sure we can use some more functions (read about them [[mw:Extension:StringFunctions|here]]), such as #len. This can be done by setting {{User:Bfdifan2006/code|$wgPFEnableStringFunctions}} to {{User:Bfdifan2006/code|true}} in {{User:Bfdifan2006/code|LocalSettings.php}}. Is this change considered for Bulbapedia? (I'm asking you because it's not too urgent to contact Archaic for this, and you are the EiC.) --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 20:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

== Userspace content deletion ==

Hello, I just wanted to clarify something about deletion of userspace content. I read that you can tag your page with <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> and the tcontent will be removed by Admins. I wanted to know if the past edits in history will also be removed.

I already blanked out my own page by removing everything manually but the content is still visible if you view my page history. If the <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> tag doesn't remove the page history, please let me know if there is another way to do so.

Thank you for your time :) {{unsigned|Moltres93}}
:I wrapped these in <nowiki> tags so they don't categorize this page as to be deleted. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contribs/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 14:54, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

== Changing my name ==

Can I change my name to SeichanGant? Thank you. [[User:Mike V|Mike V]] ([[User talk:Mike V|talk]]) 03:58, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

== Seasonal Outfit Page for Masters EX ==

Hello! I am currently working on a userpage about seasonal outfits from Pokemon Masters EX. Since you are editor-in-chief of project sidegames, I kinda want you to check it out to see if it's eligible for the main contest space. If it needs improved, please talk to on my talk page.----[[User:AsherNix08|AsherNiX]] ''([[User talk:AsherNix08|TaLK]])'' 19:06, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

== This is likely not my business and I don’t really care if this user is banned but I wanted to bring this to your attention ==

[[User:Awesomelink234|Awesomelink234]] [https://www.ssbwiki.com/Special:Contributions/Awesomelink234 is banned on SmashWiki for this] so I wanted to see if this is something you would ban her for.

[[User:Pikmin3WiiU|Pikmin 3]] [[User talk:Pikmin3WiiU|Wii U]] 20:50, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

:Looks like the user is banned now.

:[[User:Pikmin3WiiU|Pikmin 3]] [[User talk:Pikmin3WiiU|Wii U]] 20:16, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

== Pokémon Unite infobox? ==

Hi, I was wondering if infoboxes for Pokémon Unite were created? I know the plan is to have an infobox in each of their pages in the Side Games section, but there's still no news about that. --[[User:Oddkidd|Oddkidd]] ([[User talk:Oddkidd|talk]]) 08:49, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

== I want to change my username ==

Hello, I'm contacting you through [[Bulbapedia:Editor-in-Chief]]. How can I change my username? [[User:Shadab Kun Alt|Shadab Kun Alt]] ([[User talk:Shadab Kun Alt|talk]]) 18:35, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
:Hello there, apologies for the delayed reply. Usernames can be changed by a staff member at the Editorial Board rank or above. If you are still interested in changing your username, please let me know what you would like it to be changed to so we can get that done for you. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 00:29, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

== Adding Videos to Pokemon Pages ==

I have been creating videos of Pokemon with the information from the "Biology" section from the individual Pokemon pages. I do this for fun and have given proper credit to Bulbapedia, in the description. In a long winded way, I'm asking if I can add these videos in the "Biology" section of the individual Pokemon page? Thank You [[User:GengarIsBestGar|GengarIsBestGar]] ([[User talk:GengarIsBestGar|talk]]) 16:03, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
:Hello there. Due to trying to conserve a standardized appearance for our individual Pokémon pages, it would be inconsistent to have some biology sections with videos and others without. Perhaps in the future, when there is more content for the staff and community to evaluate, could we consider adding a video element in. 00:29, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

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Happy July!

It's hard to believe we are already halfway through 2023! As we chug through this {{m|whirlwind}} of a year, I am pleased to share some recent administrative updates. As many of you may know, last month, Bulbapedia held a staff drive to recruit new members to our team. While we received any impressive applications, there were a few that particularly stood out. Please help me congratulate {{u|4iamking}}, {{u|Anzasquiddles}}, {{u|Boblers}}, {{u|Landfish7}}, {{u|Nikuriku}}, and {{u|Storm Aurora}} who will be joining the team as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s.

Additionally, a few of our current staff members are being promoted in recognition of their hard work. Please help me congratulate {{u|bthrussellUK}}, {{u|Eridanus}}, {{u|Nescientist}}, and {{u|TehPerson}} who will be joining the ranks of full Administrator.

We are excited to see your hard work continue!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

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=2023=
==July 28==
Happy July!

It's hard to believe we are already halfway through 2023! As we chug through this {{m|whirlwind}} of a year, I am pleased to share some recent administrative updates. As many of you may know, last month, Bulbapedia held a staff drive to recruit new members to our team. While we received any impressive applications, there were a few that particularly stood out. Please help me congratulate {{u|4iamking}}, {{u|Anzasquiddles}}, {{u|Boblers}}, {{u|Landfish7}}, {{u|Nikuriku}}, and {{u|Storm Aurora}} who will be joining the team as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s.

Additionally, a few of our current staff members are being promoted in recognition of their hard work. Please help me congratulate {{u|bthrussellUK}}, {{u|Eridanus}}, {{u|Nescientist}}, and {{u|TehPerson}} who will be joining the ranks of full Administrator.

We are excited to see your hard work continue!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==April 19==
Happy April!

As we approach the end of April, there are a few exciting announcements to share regarding recent happenings in the Bulbapedia community. First, we'd like to share some staffing changes to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Since I became Editor in Chief, {{u|Kogoro}} has been in a dual role as Chief of Staff and Deputy Editor in Chief in an Acting basis until we were able to select and put a permanent individual in place. As Bulbapedia continues to grow, it's becoming more apparent that leading Bulbapedia is often a lot on just 2 people (the EIC and their Deputy). In the past, Bulbapedia has had two (2) deputies in place in order to balance some of that workload and we felt that it was a structure worth trying again. These two individuals I felt have gone above and beyond in their demonstration of leadership ability amongst their peers, project management skills, years of experience, and an over all enthusiasm and attitude that is an embodiment of what Bulbapedia's overall mission is. Without further ado, please help me congratulate {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|Maverick Nate}} who will be promoted to Deputy Editors in Chief!

With this, there is now a vacancy on the Editorial Board for the Head of Games position. The user filling this role has also demonstrated invaluable leadership and guidance around several of projects and game-related tasks and I'm excited to see what they will do with this new position. Congratulations to {{u|Tiddlywinks}} who will now join the Board as Head of Games!

Kogoro will be retaining her role as Chief of Staff fulltime as well so she won't be too far away. Please help me in congratulating everyone!

In other news, as we move deeper into [[Generation IX]], the {{bp|Staff}} would like to know how you all felt about our coverage during the initial Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release period. [https://bulbagarden.net/forms/index.php/415759?lang=en Please fill out our survey, and give your feedback on Bulbapedia's Scarlet & Violet coverage and your general user experience here]!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia
==February 14==
Happy February!

And Happy 18th anniversary to Bulbapedia! It’s incredible to believe back in 2005, during Bulbapedia’s beginnings, we were preparing to close out [[Generation III]] and awaiting the North American release of {{game|Emerald}}. Today, we're 49,000 articles strong and fully immersed in [[Generation IX]] with Pokémon {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}. As we celebrate another year around the sun, it would be egregious of us to not stop and take a moment to celebrate you, our users who work hard and contribute to Bulbapedia’s coverage day in and day out.

While our coverage of Scarlet and Violet is ongoing, it would be impossible to have covered as much as we have without your contributions. So for every dex entry entered, every map uploaded, every biology section written, every item sprite added and every edit in between, we say - thank you. Your time and efforts are appreciated and we would be nowhere near the community we are today without you.

=2022=
==November 17==
Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokémon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
* Please respect the directions of the Staff team; some of our rules and processes might not be obvious at first glance, but the team is there to help you perfect your contributions
* Please follow the code of conduct and the manual of style at all times!
* Please report any performance issues or bad ad activity to staff

In other news, in an effort to do some fall cleaning in preparation for Scarlet & Violet’s release, the staff will be tackling our backlog of pages needing attention. If you have any candidates you had comments or thoughts about, please do not hesitate to share on the relevant talk page or with a member of staff so we can ensure your input is kept in mind.

Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out via our Discord or forums. Good treasure hunting, Trainers!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 29==
Happy January!

It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2022 is already almost over! As January comes to a close and {{g|Legends: Arceus}} officially released worldwide, here are a few updates you should know about.

As many know, Bulbapedia experimented by remaining open during the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl release in order to test site stability and to maximize user participation. Due to the success observed last time, Bulbapedia will once again be remaining open to editing for Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well. Because this game is not a remake and may attract more traffic, staff will be monitoring site performance over the next several days and will determine if we need to reevaluate.

As a general reminder during this exciting time, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of Staff if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In other news, since we’re celebrating a new year and a new game, we thought there’d be no better time to bring on some new staff! Bulbapedia will be participating in Bulbagarden's Official 2022 Staff Drive. This time around, we’re looking for some passionate and savvy folks to join the team as {{bp|Junior Administrators}}. We’ll be accepting applications until mid-February! If you have any questions or concerns about the application or selection process, please send a direct message to {{u|Pokemaster97}} or {{u|evkl}} on the Bulbagarden Forums or the Bulbagarden Discord server.

Until next time. Happy Editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2021=
==November 19==
Happy November!

As [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] officially hit store shelves, we have some Bulbapedia updates to share.

This year, Bulbapedia will not be locking down for the new game release. It looks like these games won't introduce mechanical differences that will require big changes to pages as we've seen in times past. As a result, we are experimenting with the wiki remaining open and allowing folks to jump in head first with adding new information. If you're new to editing, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of {{bp|Staff}} if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In line with encouraging a wider range of users to contribute during the game release period, we have also decided to trial a new software for the [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives] that allows all users to upload images; non-autoconfirmed users will have images placed in a moderation queue. Staff members will review and approve images if they are appropriate. As this feature is still undergoing testing, please report any feedback or issues you may experience with a member of Staff so it may be passed along to our technical team to address.

We're just as excited as you for new games - have fun being back in [[Sinnoh]], and happy editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==June 21==
Happy June!

As we continue to smooth out the final kinks with our recent upgrade to MediaWiki 1.35, we are happy to share that a few of the reported issues from the initial release have been resolved. The issue involving broken functions related to user emails have been resolved.

Additionally, a known issue of Encyclopedia Pokemonis desktop links being broken for logged out users, affecting the ability for our wiki to externally link to other language affiliates has been resolved.

Currently, Bulbapedia tech is prioritizing addressing the following issues affecting user site navigation and experience:
* A known issue of CentralAuth functionality affecting users and their ability to globally log into/link accounts
* A known issue of the newly formatted RecentChanges design being completely broken. The old version has been set as default and users are encouraged to disable the new design in their preferences until we can fix it.

A full list of known issues related to the MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade, as well as features and updates on our progress of addressing them, can be found on our {{bp|Technical Update Changelog|changelog}}. The changelog talk page may be used to report many new issues that have not been recorded so our tech can work to address them as soon as possible.

More updates to come!

==April 21==
The day is finally here, Bulbapedia is open again at last! Over the past several weeks, Bulbapedia tech has been hard at work behind the scenes upgrading and bringing the wiki to modern standards and cutting back on a lot of the technical debt that has accumulated over the years. Because this was the first time in quite some time we performed work of this nature, this ended up being a much lengthier process than expected. There's been a whole host of bugs that have been addressed too. Below is a small list of some of the new features that you will now encounter as you browse through the site. Note that you may also need to reset your cookies for the site due to several changes in the back-end as well.

*New features you may notice
**'''Two factor authentication (2FA)''' for logging in has been enabled to keep your account secure.
**'''Toolbars''' - The edit box now has an updated toolbar. To reenable the old version, you will have to go under "Gadgets" under "Preferences" and select the legacy bar.
**'''An overall smoother site experience'''

**'''Extension:Math''' - Yes, we can finally display equations properly!
**'''Default edit rate enhanced''' - Those of you that like to watch BulbaBot do its work may notice that they start to move a little faster now, you will too if you can edit that fast!
**'''Recent changes and Watchlist changes''' - These are now powered with JavaScript and introduce some lovely new features that improve their usability, including filters and even live updates.
**'''Enhanced diff pages''' - Allows for some more action options when viewing page diffs.
**'''Password issues''' - You will be notified and be suggested that your password be changed if it is in the list of 100,000 commonly used passwords that are considered bad passwords. Also, your username cannot be included in your password (e.g., if your username is "Spriteit" your password can not be "SpriteitsPassword").
**Additional features that we will announce once more testing is complete.

If you notice any bugs (aka surprise features) please don't hesitate to let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible. That being said, we are aware that some users are experiencing log in issues following the update. If you are experiencing any log in issues/lockouts, please Direct Message @BulbaTech over on the Bulbagarden Discord with the following information:
*Your Bulbapedia username
*A link to your userpage (if you've had one created before)
*Your email address

We are also aware that features involving email such as confirming your email address is also currently unavailable. Tech is working diligently to resolve these issues.
Again, we apologize for the long maintenance period, and we thank you for your patience as we performed this much needed background work. We are extremely grateful for the hard work and many hours put in by our tech specialist, who often works thanklessly to ensure the Bulbapedia experience is as excellent as can be. We appreciate all you do!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==April 2==
Annddddd we’re back! As some of you may have witnessed over the past 48 hours or so, [[Team Rainbow Rocket]] interrupted and temporarily gained access to Bulbapedia during our attempt at performing our scheduled site update.

Fear not however, Bulbapedia staff has regained control of the site once again. However, there were more damage to the servers done than expected and we’ll have to keep editing locked for a *bit* longer as we repair and shore up our defenses to prevent an incident like this from occurring again. Stay tuned for a full status update later this week once this work is complete.

Thank you again for your patience and we can’t wait to be open for business again soon!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==March 3==
Howdy everyone. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pokemaster97 and I am the current Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia.

With the 25th Anniversary of Pokémon and Sinnoh remakes (and a prequel!) confirmed, now is a more exciting time than ever for the Bulba community. Just as [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] put a new spin on familiar stomping grounds, a few familiar faces on Bulbapedia will be shifting into new roles. Bulbagarden Chief of Staff and former Editor-in-Chief {{u|Kogoro}} has graciously decided to remain on board as Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Kogoro brings over a decade of experience and expertise and I am eternally grateful she has decided to stick around in this role.

As we move further along into 2021 and with a pending wiki update on the horizon, user experience has been a continued focus for Bulbapedia staff. In order to increase attention to these efforts, the Editorial Board will be expanding with the addition of two Special Assistant roles. These members will function as members at large on the board and will work on tasks such as:

* Staff drives/staff development
* Reviewing and updating policies (ongoing policy overhaul)
* Creating guides and user resources
* Assisting the Social Media team with running Bulbapedia’s social accounts/content creation

Please help me congratulate {{u|Spriteit}} and {{u|SnorlaxMonster}} who will be joining the Editorial Board in this role! I look forward to how Bulbapedia will continue to grow with your additions.

I end off by thanking everyone for their continued contributions and support to Bulbapedia. We wouldn’t be half of what we are without you.

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 14==
Hello everyone,

Today marks the 16th anniversary of Bulbapedia's public opening. Perhaps a bit of an unbelievable undertaking back in 2005, when {{game|Emerald}} was set to come to North America in less than three months and mark the conclusion of [[Generation III]]. Today, we're deep into [[Generation VIII]] with {{g|Sword and Shield}} and their [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass|expansions]].

Bulbapedia would not be here today, 16 years later, if it wasn't for the support, edits, and countless hours given by the thousands of editors over these many many years. I would like to personally extend our immense gratitude to all editors who have helped to make Bulbapedia what it is today, and we can't wait to see what Bulbapedia will be like in another 16 years.

2021 marks the [[Pokémon 25th Anniversary]], starting on February 27. As information continues to be revealed about the festivities and releases that we will get to see this year, we can't wait to see how much Bulbapedia will grow with this exciting new year of Pokémon.

It is also with an extremely heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be retiring as Bulbapedia's {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}}, effective on February 17th. Bulbapedia has been a fairly significant part of my free time since I joined back in May of 2008, a wide-eyed girl with a very basic understanding of wiki editing. I joined Bulbapedia's staff in December of that same year through the old {{bp|nominations for administratorship}} program, the final person brought on board in the program.

In May 2009 I joined the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, and I became Editor-in-Chief on February 17, 2014. It's been an absolutely amazing seven years as Editor-in-Chief, and it's been an absolute honour and privilege to get to serve in the role for almost half of Bulbapedia's existence to date. I cannot thank everyone I have worked with in this over 12 year journey enough, but thank you so very much for all of the amazing years.

Taking over as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief will be my deputy, {{u|Pokemaster97}}. He is extremely driven, has been a wonderful deputy to work closely with for almost three years, and has excelled at being a community leader. Please be sure to give him a great welcome to the role, and I look forward to Bulbapedia's future under his leadership.

Happy 2021, Happy 16 Years, and Happy Pokémon 25th!

:Kogoro
:Departing Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2020=
==October 8==
Hope you're all having a great start to October!

Effective today, {{u|Maverick Nate}} is stepping down from his {{bp|Editorial Board}} position as Bulbapedia's Head of TCG. Bulbapedia's TCG section has grown astoundingly under Nate leading the section for the last 9 years, and his over decade of time on the Editorial Board. We all wish him the best with his future endeavors, and this well-deserved retirement.

With Nate's departure, this leaves a significant vacancy in Bulbapedia's Editorial Board. We are happy to announce that {{u|glik}} will be taking over as Bulbapedia's new Head of TCG, also effective today. Welcome to the Editorial Board, glik, we know you will do well!

Happy editing, everyone!

==September 10==
Happy September everyone!

As we continue our work with updating, reviewing, and clarifying our policies, we also wanted to take time to make some staffing shuffles to support the growth of the site. First up, with the upcoming re-launch of Bulbanews, {{u|G50}} is shifting her focus back to her main role as Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief. For the past 6 months, {{u|G50}} has served as our Acting Head of Anime and has helped take point on many of the anime-related policy changes that were seen over the past couple of months and has been an immense help to me personally. Relatedly, I am happy to share that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has agreed to step into the Head of Anime role. Please help me welcome him to the Editorial Board!

In addition to the above shuffle, I am also happy to recognize a handful of staff members who have been working extremely hard and have frequently gone above and beyond in their day-to-day work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Daniel Carrero}} who are all receiving promotions as well. We can’t wait to see what you all will do in your new positions!

==July 22==
Happy July!

As you may have noticed already over the past few weeks, the Bulbapedia staff has been hard at work reviewing, updating, and clarifying several of our official policies that drive many of the procedures that occur on the wiki. At this point in time, the {{bp|Code of Conduct}} and {{bp|Blocking policy}} have been updated and we have created a new {{bp|Speculation policy}} that we hope will clarify our official stances on many issues that occur during editing and will hopefully make for a much smoother editing experience for everyone.

During this time, staff will also be reviewing our category of [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Bulbapedia_proposed_policies proposed policies] and mainspacing ones that we feel will be beneficial as official policies. If you have any ideas or proposals you would like Bulbapedia staff to consider, please create the page in the Userspace and mark it ready for review by adding <nowiki>{{Policy|policy|proposed}}</nowiki> to the top of the page. Additionally, you may use the talk pages of existing policies to propose ideas or suggestions for policy changes for staff member review. Alternatively, you can reach out to an Editorial Board member directly.

Happy editing!

==April 2==
Happy April! In an effort to become a bit more transparent with the community on what the Staff is up to, we are getting back to more regular Message from the Editor updates.

'''Pages needing attention:''' The Editorial Board has been diligently going through the backlog candidates for moves, merges, splits, and mainspacing to try to get some long overdue decisions rolled out. If you had a particular page that you wanted to bring to the staff’s attention for quicker review, please contact any staff member and we’ll do our best to expedite the discussion. We thank you for your patience as we work through these items.

'''Username Change Requests:''' Due to technical issues with the function we use to rename users, we will not be fulfilling user rename requests until further notice. We hope to have this feature back for use as soon as possible!

'''Editor’s Hub:''' Over the past several weeks, the Editorial Board has been working hard to find ways to make editing and working on the wiki more of a collaborative process for users. Stay tuned for pending additions to the current Editor’s Hub that will enhance the experience for users, old and new, alike. As always, any staff member is more than happy to listen to any suggestion for things or improvements you’d like to see brought to Bulbapedia.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 21==
Howdy everyone and happy February! As we enter into a new decade of Pokémon and Bulbapedia, we figured it was time to share a few changes that have happened since our last update with you all!

It is with heavy hearts that we’re announcing the retirement of {{u|Jo The Marten}} as Bulbapedia’s Head of Games. Bulbapedia’s games section grew exponentially under Jo’s leadership for the past several years; we wish her the best in her well-deserved retirement. Jo’s departure leaves a vacancy on the Editorial Board that will be filled in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for that.

On a lighter note, a number of very deserving users who have gone above and beyond with their contributions have been hired as staff. Please help congratulate {{u|Celadonkey}}, {{u|Daniel Carrero}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Wowy}} who have joined us as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s. These users have been dedicated to Bulbapedia for several years and we cannot wait to see how they grow in their new roles!

We have a few promotions within the staff as well! Congratulations to {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|CycloneGU}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|神奇超龍}}, {{u|Blazingfist}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and {{u|glik}} who are moving up in the ranks as well! We know these folks will flourish in their new positions as well.

On a last note, in an effort to simplify staff structure and overall user experience, the Editorial Board has decided to unify the staff of Bulbapedia and the Bulbagarden Archives. This process will be happening over the next several weeks. We hope this change will increase overall cohesion and collaboration between the two projects.

Lastly, we would also like to thank every user who has contributed to the wiki in any way. Bulbapedia would not be the place it is without all of you.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2018=
==May 28==
Hello everyone, it's with heavy hearts that we announce {{u|Zesty Cactus}} has officially retired as Bulbapedia's Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She served above and beyond expectations for the last four years in the position, and will continue assisting Bulbapedia staff in an advisory capacity. We would like to thank her for all of her efforts as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

The Deputy Editor-in-Chief position will not be left vacant, however. We are happy to announce that our Head of Anime, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, will be taking over where Zesty Cactus left off. Pokemaster97 will also be handing over the Head of Anime status to {{u|abcboy}}, and we would like to welcome him to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}!

We have a few other promotions that we are very happy to announce as well. Moving up to the {{bp|Administrator}} level is {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, advancing to the {{bp|Senior Administrator}} level is {{u|glik}}, and {{u|Darkeiya}} will be joining the Editorial Board as Bulbapedia's Head of Art. We would also like to welcome {{u|MisterE13}} back to active duty as a {{bp|Junior Administrator}}.

==February 17==
Another year already? Time sure keeps on flying when there's so much Pokémon fun to be had! It's definitely been a great 13th year for Bulbapedia!

In 2017, Bulbapedia grew by an astounding 5000+ articles, surpassing my expectations significantly! This last year has definitely been a major one for the growth and continued development of Bulbapedia.

With {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime, {{TCG|Guardians Rising|five}} {{TCG|Burning Shadows|new}} {{TCG|Shining Legends|English}} {{TCG|Crimson Invasion|TCG}} {{TCG|Ultra Prism|sets}}, and countless other releases in all parts of the globe this last year, there's certainly been much for Pokémon fans to enjoy and much for Bulbapedia to cover!

Of course, none of this would be possible without the people who help to drive the continued development and updating of Bulbapedia. The Pokémon fandom is amazingly strong, and it definitely shows with just how much Pokémon information this community-driven encyclopedia has been able to document over these last 13 years.

While we're saying goodbye to Bulbapedia's 13th year, I know that we can welcome in the 14th year with the awesomeness that only the Pokémon fandom can provide. Let's make 2018 an awesome one!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 4==
The day that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! We are happy to announce that we believe our technical issues have been resolved, and Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing! We greatly appreciate all of the patience we received during the edit lock, and we would like to apologize for the technical issues that forced the lock to remain in place as long as it did

The staff of Bulbapedia would like to wish everyone a happy 2018, and a great time with [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon]], and everything new that this most recent pair of games will bring to the world of Pokémon.

Happy editing, everyone!

=2017=
==February 17==
Once again, another year has concluded for Bulbapedia. It's certainly been a very busy one, with [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] and the summer of [[Pokémon GO]] both behind us. It was an amazing 12th year for this project.

In 2016, Bulbapedia grew by over 2800 articles, and we hope to see significant growth as well in 2017. The Video Games section showed some of the most impressive growth in 2016. With the release of Pokémon GO, followed by [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] ushering in the beginning of [[Generation VII]], this section not only met the expectations we had for it at the beginning of the year, they blew past it immeasurably. We hope that the recent introduction of [[Johto]] Pokémon in Pokémon GO will only be the tip of the iceberg for the Video Games section in 2017!

The Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have also shown wonderful growth through 2016, and await even more growth in these three sections in 2017. The [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime will be making its official premiere this year, and we can expect to see a lot of new manga and TCG content as well.

Bulbapedia is here today, because of all the contributors who have helped out by making edits through these 12 years. I mention this every year, because it's the absolute truth of a project like this. Without the members of the fandom who contribute to this project, no matter how big or small their contributions may be, Bulbapedia wouldn't be what it is today and very well may not even exist at all.

I'd also like to go onto a personal note for a moment, as today marks the conclusion of my third year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. It's been an amazing experience, and would just like to thank everyone reading this for making these last three years something I'll never forget. I hope we can keep this going even longer.

With that all said, let's make another awesome year, let's keep Bulbapedia the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet. 2017 is another year for us to make our own, let's do this!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2016=
==December 1==
Hello everyone, we hope you've been having as much of a blast with [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] as we have! With the games now having been out in all regions for at least a week, we're happy to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing. We understand that Bulbapedia being locked is a stressful time for all parties, so we greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during this recent edit lock. We also wish to extend an extra special thank you to everyone who submitted information via the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, and other platforms.

==March 21==
It is with heavy hearts that we're announcing the retirement of {{u|Kenji-girl}} as Bulbapedia's Head of Anime. Kenji-girl served as our Head of Anime since December 2011, and worked countless hours to shape our anime section to what it is today. While we will miss Kenji-girl's presence on the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, we are very glad that Kenji-girl will be remaining on staff as a {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, and she will still be working closely with the Editorial Board to continue improving Bulbapedia.

As the anime section is one of Bulbapedia most active sections, we're happy to announce that a successor to the position has already been chosen. Taking over as our Head of Anime is someone who has been on staff for almost four years now, and has been working on anime-related concerns not only on Bulbapedia, but also the Bulbagarden Forums. Bulbapedia's new Head of Anime is none other than {{u|Pokemaster97}}, congratulations!

==March 1==
Now that February and the leap day is done, it is time to leap into a new project! We're really excited to announce this month's content improvement drive: {{bp|Manga March}}! As the name suggests, for this month, we'll be focusing on improving coverage on all [[Pokémon manga]], from the popular [[Pokémon Adventures]] series to the most obscure one-shot magazine chapters, and everywhere else in between. Every week, a new area of focus will be added — one series that's been licensed in English and one series that's currently still Japanese-only, starting with [[Pokémon Adventures]] and [[Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King]]. The Manga March page has been updated with many examples of articles from those series that need improvement or expansion to help you get inspired! Of course, these are just examples, there is always lots of room for new contributions related to manga, even if they aren't listed! Please visit the {{bp|Manga March}} page for more information, and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the [[Bulbapedia talk:Manga March|Manga March improvement drive's talk page]], or you may contact {{u|Zesty Cactus}} or any other staff member listed on {{bp|Project Manga}}. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Project Manga in the past, present and future, and we hope you will all enjoy helping to make Bulbapedia one of the best resources for Pokémon manga information!

==February 17==
Yet another year has come and gone for us here at Bulbapedia. While I know I said it last year, this year has flown by so quickly as well. [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] is in full swing, and this amazing franchise hits the milestone only ten days from now. Bulbapedia has been around to help Pokémon fans for 11 of those amazing 20 years, and it really is all thanks to the many contributors who have given their help to this astounding project over the last 11 years.

Bulbapedia has grown by around 1600 articles in 2015, and we hope to see even more growth through 2016. Our Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have all shown considerable growth in 2015, and we can expect just as considerable growth through 2016 for these three sections. The [[S19|19th season]] will begin this weekend for the English dub of the Pokémon anime, as we also continue to see regular localized releases of manga volumes & TCG sets.

On the other hand, the video games section has seen somewhat smaller growth this year, dominantly due to the lack of new core titles. However, with the mysteries revolving around the recently revealed {{p|Magearna}}, the upcoming Virtual Console release of the [[Generation I]] games for 3DS, the Wii U release of [[Pokkén Tournament]], the recently released [[Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~]], and the highly-anticipated [[Pokémon GO]], we can certainly hope to expect to see a lot of development in the video games section in 2016.

Bulbapedia wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for all the individuals who have helped out over the years. From those who have made several thousand edits, to those who have fixed even a single typo. And, yes, even the viewers who yell at us any time a mistake happens to find its way on an article.

Let's all band together once again, Pokémon fandom. Let's continue to build up the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet, and make 2016 a year to be remembered!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 18==
We're just over half way through the first month of 2016, and less than a month away from Bulbapedia's 11th anniversary. 2015 brought Bulbapedia several improvements, and significant progress on multiple projects, which we will discuss in more detail in February. Right now, there are still several projects that need completion, and that is why we're once again announcing new staff hires and promotions!

First up, we would like to extend congratulations to {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|glik}}, who are advancing from Junior Administators to full Administrators. You have excelled as Junior Administrators, and we expect nothing less in your new positions.

We're also happy to welcome four new Junior Administrators, {{u|Chosen}}, {{ut|CycloneGU|CycloneGU}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and the returning {{u|Carmenstar97}}. We hope to see you all show us the awesomeness we know you're capable of.

=2015=
==September 6==
Effective immediately, new requirements regarding the use of four templates that are extremely important to the continued improvement of Bulbapedia have been mandated:

:''When using the templates {{template|Split}}, {{template|Merge}}, {{template|Move}}, and {{template|DiscussDelete}} to nominate articles for administrative action, a section outlining the rationale for the nomination '''must''' be added to the article's talk page. Nominations lacking an outlined rationale will no longer be considered.''

An outlined rationale helps to expedite administrative action, and helps to prevent confusion and misunderstandings that can result in mistakes. Keep in mind, the staff aren't mind readers, and not every nomination reason is obvious.

==April 13==

It has been a fair while since we last announced staff hires and promotions, and the wait is finally over! We have several extremely dedicated users who spend countless hours diligently working to make Bulbapedia even better than it was the day before, and we'd like to give some of these users a sign of our appreciation for their work.

We would like to extend our congratulations to {{u|Berrenta}} and {{u|Blazingfist}} on your advancement from Junior Administrator to Administrator, and {{u|Force Fire}} on advancing from Administrator to Senior Administrator! You have all shown greatness in your old positions, and we know you will keep it up with your new titles!

We are also happy to announce and welcome {{u|Glik}} and {{u|Abcboy}} to the staff as new Junior Administrators! You both have shown that you have the right stuff, and we definitely know what you two are capable of great things! We hope to see you both shine brightly in your new positions!

==April 6==
We would like to thank everyone who submitted reports for the {{bp|Mobile March}} improvement drive. We are currently compiling the list of templates requiring updates, as well as looking into what code(s) may be the cause of any mobile viewing issues. Template updates will be worked on and applied soon, once the issues have been diagnosed.

While the improvement drive has come to a close, additional reports can still be submitted directly to staff. We do ask that people continue to follow the report format outlined on the {{bp|Mobile March}} page.

==March 8==
For a fair while now, we have been working hard on the implementation of a mobile-friendly skin for Bulbapedia. However, this comes with significant growing pains as Bulbapedia articles and templates have been built near-exclusively for viewing on desktop and laptop computers for the vast majority of the past ten years and mobile devices aren't always compatible with such content.

This is where we need '''your''' help; for the remaining days of March, and the first week of April, Bulbapedia is running another improvement drive, '''{{bp|Mobile March}}'''! So we can optimize mobile browsing as quickly as possible, we want to know what articles you regularly view via mobile devices, and if there are any templates on them that don't seem to look quite right on mobile view.

Specifically, what we need:

#Title of the article (or article type).
#Note which mobile device, operating system version, and browser you're using.
#Description of which templates are causing viewing problems.
#Screenshot(s) of the templates, so we can view and diagnose the problems.

All month long, we wish to put top priority on compiling a list of templates needing priority mobile optimization. We will be accepting submissions of the previously listed information on {{BMGf|173711|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Mobile March|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 17==
Wow, has it already been a whole year? It has flown by so quickly, though we have certainly made a lot of progress in this short time. With Bulbapedia reaching its 10 year anniversary just three days ago, it has definitely been an eventful few days around here!

On a global scale; Bulbapedia has grown by over 1600 articles in this past year! Additionally, the Editorial Board has been working diligently on a number of different behind the scenes tasks. The conversion of the Projects into a more uniform and organized feature has been steadily moving along, with a few minor Projects still awaiting conversion to the new format. The board has also been working through the candidates for moving, merging, splitting, and mainspacing, and significant progress has been made on this extremely massive task.

For the games section; the most important release in the past year can only be {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}. Along with all of the Hoenn-related updates, many Generation VI models have been uploaded and added to their respective species pages. Bulbapedia has also seen the releases of {{g|Battle Trozei}}, {{g|Art Academy}}, [[Pokémon: Battle Nine]], and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]], with articles for all of these titles created. I would like to personally thank everyone who has helped out on any game-related article in the past year, and hope that you will all continue to help out in the next year!

For the anime section; we have seen 47 episodes air in Japan, 48 episodes air in North America, and the release of [[M17|''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'']] in both Japanese and English. This has resulted in over 70 character/Pokémon articles being created and over 80 character/Pokémon articles improved on Bulbapedia. With the finale of Season 17 and the premiere of Season 18 behind us, the next year is definitely going to be eventful for the Pokémon anime! I would also like to personally thank everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's anime section, I hope you will help out just as much in the next year!

For the manga section; we have seen 8 volumes and 2 mini-volumes release in Japan, and 13 volumes and 7 mini-volumes release in English. Together this has covered over 216 chapters being added and/or improved on Bulbapedia, which is nothing short of awesome! With plenty of manga volumes and chapters set to be released in 2015, the manga section will continue to grow and improve in the next year. To everyone who has helped our manga section grow during the last year; your efforts are greatly appreciated, and I hope to see everyone working just as hard in the next year!

For the TCG section; we have seen four major expansions and one sub-expansion release in Japan, four major expansions release in English, and several different promotions. That covers an almost unbelievable grand total of 1473 cards, including reprints! The TCG section certainly won't be slowing down any time soon, and I am sure that we'll be seeing a plethora of new expansions and cards during 2015. To everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's TCG section during the last year; your efforts are absolutely appreciated, and I hope to see everyone work toward just as much forward progress in the next year!

With all of that said, I want everyone to know that I greatly appreciate all of the assistance and devotion that has been given by the fandom in my first year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. No matter how someone assists Bulbapedia, from the smallest tidbit of information to the largest new page and page overhaul, the help is appreciated not only by Bulbapedia's staff, but by every Pokémon fan that views this amazing encyclopedia. So once again, from the bottom of my heart, '''thank you to everyone who contributed to Bulbapedia in the last year, and let's make 2015 shine even brighter!'''

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2014=
==December 2==

With the release of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} behind us, we would like to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open to public editing! We thank everyone for their patience during the restricted editing period, and an extra thank you goes out to everyone who submitted information via the Bulbawiki General Forum on the Bulbagarden Forums.

==October 18==
Due to the recent hacking of the [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version]], and the resulting information leaks, editing of Bulbapedia is currently restricted. At this time, edit requests, questions/concerns, and suggestions should be posted in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/ Bulbawiki General Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your patience.

==September 23==
It's once again time for a very big change for the betterment of the Bulbapedia experience! {{bp|Projects}} are undergoing a major overhaul in order to make them more user-friendly. Some of the major changes include:
* '''Updated design:''' To better separate sections, Projects will now feature a design similar to the Bulbapedia Main Page.
* '''Monthly goals:''' Each month, Projects will designate goals to be accomplished.
* '''Retirement of the {{bp|Project Leader}} position:''' With the removal of the Project Leader position, Projects will now be run by the {{bp|staff}}. Contact lists have been added to make staff contact easier.
* '''Removal of member lists:''' Member lists were causing significant problems with the projects, so they have been replaced with categories that can be added through use of {{template|User Project Member}}.

We hope to have all Projects converted to the new format before the beginning of October. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Projects, please contact Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Kogoro}}, or Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

Last, but certainly not least, we would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to all users who have served as Project Leaders since the position's founding in January 2009. Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work towards building the Projects up, and helping to make them successful.

==September 20==
'''Update:''' Technical issues should be fixed. If there are any additional issues, please let us know.

The Bulbawiki Network is currently experiencing some technical issues, preventing some users from editing and/or uploading files. The problems are being looked into, and we hope to have them fixed as soon as possible. If these problems are affecting an edit or upload you are trying to do, please feel free to use the {{bmgf|156958|edit request thread}} and we will try to get the edit/upload completed.

We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing, and thank you for your patience during this time. We will post an update when everything is running smoothly again.

==May 2==
Bulbapedia's core mission is to thoroughly document and immortalize Pokémon information for all fans, current and future. This is a massive undertaking, and couldn't be accomplished without continued help from you, our dedicated community. We thank you all for your hard work and dedication, and we ask for the community's help once again in this month's improvement drive, '''Merchandise May'''!

All month long, we wish to put top priority on cleaning up and improving our coverage on official Pokémon merchandise. We will be accepting submissions of pictures and/or information on {{bmgf|165204|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Merchandise May|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 26==
We have entered a new chapter in the ongoing history of Bulbapedia, and with each new chapter comes a new deputy. As with all previous deputies, the person chosen to hold this position has shown astounding dedication to the betterment of Bulbapedia. She has been a member of staff for almost four years, with two of them as a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She had made significant advancements for our manga section as both the Head of Manga and leader of {{bp|Project Manga}}. Bulbapedia's new Deputy Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

This also means that there is a new Head of Manga. The Head of Manga takes the responsibility of overseeing all manga-related matters and is the highest authority on these matters, behind the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board as a whole. The person chosen to undertake the responsibilities of this position has shown himself to be dedicated and highly experienced in the Pokémon manga. Welcome to the Editorial Board, {{u|Ataro}}, and congratulations.

A number of additional very deserving users are receiving promotions. Congratulations {{u|ArcToraphim}}, {{u|Masatoshi}}, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Crystal Talian}}, {{u|G50}}, and {{u|Funktastic~!}}. A number of new {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s will also be joining the staff in the coming days, keep an eye out for them.

==February 17==
Five and a half years ago, I joined Bulbapedia. I didn't know wikicode, and I didn't have any new info to contribute. I kept myself busy watching better users in the recent changes, and making minor corrections. As I watched other users editing, I picked up some basic wikicode and got an understanding of the policies and rules. A year later, I started dabbling in templates, and never looked back. And I've enjoyed it all. But I no longer have the time to lead Bulbapedia, and it's time for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief.

Thanks to Archaic and the vice-webmasters, for creating the site and keeping the technical aspects running. To TTEchidna, for leading the site while I was learning the ropes, and inspiring me to create templates. To MAGNEDETH, for keeping the site going during some rough times, and for trusting me with the reins to the site. To Kogoro, my deputy, for helping me with the work and letting me bounce ideas. To the Editorial Board, for keeping the sections of the site progressing, and to all staff, for showing leadership and dedicating time and effort to improving the site. But most of all, thanks to every user, for making Bulbapedia, and this community, what it is. Without all of you, Bulbapedia could not be what it is today.

Taking my place will be {{u|Kogoro}}. She has a lot of experience as an Editorial Board member, and has shown initiative for improving user experience. I hope you all welcome her to the role, and I look forward to seeing Bulbapedia develop under her leadership.

Werdnae 
Former Editor-in-Chief.

=2013=
==October 27==
[[Pokémon X and Y]] have now been available worldwide for a few weeks now, and because of that updates to the articles have been slow to say the least. In the past, with the games releasing in Japan before releasing anywhere else, it was much easier to compile information so by the time the games were released in English, all the information was already up on the site. We'd like to ask all of our readers to please be patient with us while we work to update the site. To our editors, please make sure all information you add is from an official source, and make sure to maintain a positive attitude. There is a lot going on, and not starting conflicts gives staff more time to update the information they find and less time having to keep the peace. If you update a page, please make sure the information you add goes into its appropriate section. We would like to advise users to focus on the main articles and not trivia sections at this time. While trivia can be fun and interesting, most of our articles are severely lacking in core information, so that should come first.

The start of a new Generation not only means the start of two new games, but also the start of new chapters in the anime, TCG, and manga series'. The [[Pokémon the Series: XY|XY series of the Pokémon anime]] follows the adventures of [[Ash Ketchum]] as he travels across [[Kalos]] with {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}}. The [[Trading Card Game]] has started releasing cards featuring Pokémon from the Kalos region as well as receiving a new [[Energy]] for the {{type|Fairy}}. A new chapter in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] series featuring two new protagonists, {{adv|X}} and {{adv|Y}}, is currently in the works. We'll need help keeping the new X and Y episodes up to date, and {{u|Maverick Nate}} is working hard to keep our TCG sections up to date with cards featuring the new Pokémon introduced in the Kalos region. Make sure to check {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} for any news regarding X and Y across the franchise!

==August 14==
For a while users and staff have commented that the biology sections on species articles are bloated and excessively sectioned, as well as being misnamed and error prone. As a result, the staff have now settled on a replacement system, which can be seen on {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s page. The subsections will be removed and rewritten into a single section. This section will include a full description, including gender and form differences and will be written with singular, gender-neutral pronouns, like in-game [[Pokédex]] entries, regardless of gender ratio. The habitat icon from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed and LeafGreen}} will be removed, as it now applies to fewer than half of the Pokémon. Moves will only be mentioned if they are [[signature move]]s or former signature moves, alongside other skills unique to the species which are part of the lore, for example {{p|Celebi}}'s time traveling.

Due to the many incidences of users adding information they made up, all information in this section must be referenced, except for information which originates from a source elsewhere on the page, for example from Pokédex entries. References to other pages on Bulbapedia are preferred, and should be worded such that it is obvious what the origin is, with a link to the relevant page. References to external material must lead to an official source, and should use footnotes.

As the release of [[Pokémon X and Y]] approach, please be aware that information on pages can change without warning, as new information is revealed. As always, fansites are not acceptable sources. All information added must come from an official source. Follow the [https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW BulbaNewsNow] twitter feed, embedded both above and on the {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} main page, for new information, with more detailed articles following on Bulbanews.

=2012=
==December 20==
With every changing of the guard, a new deputy must be chosen. The person who is the new deputy Editor-in-Chief has a lot of experience on Bulbapedia. She has been staff for four years, and in that time she quickly rose to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She has proven herself a reliable and dedicated staff member. Most recently, she has been taking care of our images as [[a:Main Page|Archives]] Director. The new deputy Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia is none other than {{u|Kogoro}}.

In addition, the vacant Head of Games position on the Editorial Board is filled. The Head of Games is responsible for overseeing game-related matters, and is the highest authority on them besides the Editor-in-Chief, deputy and Editorial Board as a whole. This position goes to someone who has impressed with the quality of some of her earliest edits, and never looked back. She has shown to be an adept editor over a range of different sections and impressed with her handling of some issues. Congratulations {{u|Jo The Marten}} and welcome to the Editorial Board.

A few other dedicated users receive promotions. Congratulations to {{u|Adyniz}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|神奇超龍}} and {{u|G50}}.

With the formalities over, on behalf of the staff of Bulbagarden we would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

==December 9==
On December 9th, 2007 at 22:04 (10:04 pm), I joined Bulbapedia. Two minutes later, I made my first edit. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User:MAGNEDETH&diff=prev&oldid=249878 It was terrible]. How did such a hopeless new user end up as the leader of the site? By following in the shoes of my superiors, getting support from my fellow users, and a whole lot of editing. I managed to work my way up but I never thought I would reach the highest level. Sure, I had aspirations to become an administrator, maybe even a bureaucrat, but that's the highest I was going to attain, right?

In December 2010, TTEchidna was relieved of his duty, and I took his place as {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia. Before he left, he put in place a rule that all EiC's would stay in position for a maximum of two years. When I had heard of this, I scoffed at the premise that I would have to unwillingly relinquish my position because he couldn't go two years without getting worn out. I said a few times that I would decide if I were going to go more than two and veto that rule if I wanted to. I am officially removing that rule.

It has been two years. I have not gone crazy and I feel as though there's still plenty left to do. However, I also feel like I can't devote the amount of time to the site I would like to. That is why I have decided to voluntarily release my position as Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. While most people leave the staff because they feel their interest in Pokémon has waned, my interest in Pokémon was never even close to that of my fellow users and staffers, but that didn't stop me because I wasn't really in it for Pokémon. Yea, I like playing the games, but I grew to enjoy editing, and being around the staff that I grew to call my friends. To me, Pokémon was the subject and keeping tabs on it was the job. As with any job I've had, I did it to the best of my abilities, and life went on. These reasons are why that, despite my position departure, I will not be leaving the site entirely. I will accept the move to {{bp|Executive Policymaker}} and Vice-Webmaster and continue to work on various projects. The main difference will just be a little less time spent on the site, and a little more time spent focusing on my real life activities.

In my place will be my Deputy, {{u|Werdnae}}. There were days where I felt I paled in comparison to the jobs Werdnae was able to accomplish. When I took over and appointed Trom as my Deputy, he warned me that it was highly unlikely he would last long enough to be the next EiC, and he was right. Initially I was worried I wouldn't be able to find someone with that specific something I was looking for to take my place, but the answer was right in front of me. When Werdnae joined, he brought maturity and efficiency to the table. I noticed how quickly and efficiently he worked his way up the ladder and knew he was destined for success. When I joined, I had neither, so that alone lets you know the kind of guy Werdnae is.

It's at this point that I should list those who I am thankful for, but the thing is, I can't fit everyone in here. The entire Bulbagarden staff, both past and present, I have considered my friends. I'm also not leaving, and in the short term, my activity probably won't change much. That being said, thank you to everyone, but we ain't done yet. However, there is one person I have a special message for:
Werdnae, good luck.

Sincerely, 
{{u|MAGNEDETH}} 
Former Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia

==October 7==
After a long wait, the English versions of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2]] have finally hit the shelves and of course, our handheld consoles. We are very excited about these games as much as you are, and the wiki is currently being updated as time progresses so we can offer you quality information about these games. Here, we follow the main characters, {{ga|Nate}} and {{ga|Rosa}}, as they form a bond with their Pokémon and take on new adventures, as well as ourselves, with new attractions such as the [[Pokéstar Studios]] and the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and meet with characters we've seen in the previous games (ALL previous games). You're in for a treat here.

Speaking of quality, we are also trying to enhance the response and quality from the servers and we'd like to apologize for any inconveniences this might bring. More fans mean more servers needed, so we're balancing both ends. We can assure you that once the servers are upgraded, your experience in Bulbapedia and all related wikis will be a lot smoother.

With that said, what are you waiting for? Be ready to put on Nate or Rosa's [[Running Shoes]] and take on the Unova League!

==June 25==
They are here! [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black 2 and White 2]] are out now in Japan and we are adding info at a steady pace. Thing is, B2W2 has brought forth a number of changes to the usual Pokémon formula, so this isn't as simple as games past. Yes, the site will be locked for a short time, but once we get all the basics up and ready, it will be open to the public once again.

We also had the English release of [[Pokémon Conquest]] not long ago which gives us not one, but two games to add onto the site. We have a lot of work to do ahead, but it's all a part of the job on a wiki. Conquest is an entirely new type of game to the Pokémon franchise and with the rave reviews it's getting, it might not be the only one of its kind.

We would also like to once again congratulate [[The Speed Gamers]] on their recent Pokémon capture charity drive. Bulbagarden is proud to have been able to stream the whole thing live right here on the front page of Bulbapedia. TSG exceeded their $50,000 goal and managed an awesome $59,111.00! It just goes to show that Pokémon fans are the best kind of fans.

==March 31==
Howdy folks, this is MAGNEDETH, the Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. Normally when we send these messages from the editor, we send them as a group. No one person is "the editor" on a wiki, so we feel that when we, the staff, sends a message, it is from all of the staff. However, I have an important message today that handles a major change above even the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

As our wiki changes, so does our staff. They come and go as time goes by, and every staff member's work is appreciated. But it isn't very often we have such a big change at the top of the board. My Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}, has decided to move on from Bulbapedia and focus on other projects. Don't worry folks, he isn't going too far. As we announced about one month ago, Trom can now be located as the Editor-in-Chief of [http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page Bulbanews].

Trom leaves Bulbapedia with a lengthy list of things he has accomplished, and without him, Bulbapedia would not be shaped the way it is today. The amount of effort and dedication Trom has put forth into Bulbapedia in the past is insurmountable. I wanted Trom to stick around, and I wanted to hand-off Bulbapedia to him when my time here is done, and it disappoints me a little that I won't be able to do that, and it disappoints me even more to know I won't see Trom's name grace the Recent Changes like it once did. But I have said many times that while the staff here has a job to do, I don't want Bulbapedia to interfere with anyone's personal life, and I know Trom has opportunities outside of the site he would like to pursue, and holding the Deputy spot, as well as being the EiC of Bulbanews would stretch him too thin. I'm just glad that my former deputy and friend, Trom, will still be there helping Bulbagarden; he'll just be next door is all.

However, with Trom gone, it leaves a rather noticeable opening on the Bulbapedia staff ranking. That's where {{u|Werdnae}} comes in. I knew replacing Trom would be difficult, but Trom and Werdnae have been working together to the point where a lot of Trom's knowledge has been passed onto Werdnae. That doesn't mean Werdnae isn't full of his own ideas though, he wouldn't have made it on the staff in the first place if he wasn't an excellent editor. I look forward to working with Werdnae leading the site and continuing to maintain our position as the #1 Pokémon website.

That all being said, the staff have been gathering new ideas to improve the site, and get ready for the release of [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black and White 2]], so expect some changes here and there as time goes on. And be sure to check Bulbanews for when information on Black and White 2 gets released (which has proven to be few and far between), you can be sure that Trom will have all info accounted for.

This has been a special message brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief, 
— {{u|MAGNEDETH}}

==February 26==
'''BEHOLD'''!!! The mighty {{p|Kyurem}} is upon us!

After an unbelievable hype, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black and White sequels]] (yes, there are two of them) have [[n:Pokémon Black and White 2 revealed on Pokémon Smash!|finally been revealed]]. Please be ''extra'' cautious while adding new information to the articles and avoid baseless speculation as well. All information must come from official [[Nintendo]] sources, not from fan sites.

With that being said, do not forget to say hello to our newest [[n:Keldeo to be revealed in upcoming CoroCoro|family]] [[n:Meloetta quietly revealed in M15 poster|members]], {{p|Keldeo}} and {{p|Meloetta}}.

On the other hand, thank you for participating in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ Christmas contests]. We hope that you all had a good time. As far as the prizes are concerned, our webmaster {{u|Archaic}} is trying his level best to ship them as soon as possible. So, bear with us and have some patience.

Last but not least, please welcome our new Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator|trom}}! We would like to wish him all the very best for a bright future. To our former Editor-in-Chief {{u|RexRacer}}, thank you for serving [[Bulbanews]] for almost three years and making it a wonderful place for all of us. Good luck, sir!

=2011=
==December 16==
Thank you to everyone who filled out an application form for the recent staff drive. We had over 130 Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Archives users wanting to be part of the team that keeps the wikis running. That's a huge amount. Obviously we can't hire everybody, but please give a warm welcome to new Bulbapedia Junior Administrators {{u|Ataro}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Turtwig A}}, and {{u|Toon Ganondorf}}. Over on Bulbanews, {{u|Water Max}} and {{u|BaileyPlaysPokemon}} have been selected as new writers, with columnist announcements delayed until the new year.

There's also been a few promotions within the existing wiki staff. {{u|Kogoro}} will now be formally heading Bulbagarden Archives, and {{u|Kenji-girl}}, {{u|Maverick Nate}}, {{u|Werdnae}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} join the re-energized Editorial Board.

Congratulations to those above, and others, on their new roles. And congratulations to you, the humble Bulbapedia editor as well. It is thanks to your hard work that we end the year with over 20,000 articles. That's an increase of over 2,000 pages since this time last year. But the work isn't done yet! In case you hadn't noticed, we're having another Christmas contest this year — the {{bp|Festive Frontier}}, where you can win prizes simply for editing. Check it out if you haven't yet, and the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ other Bulbagarden contests], too. There's something for everyone (although we feel somewhat compelled to emphasize [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/twelve-days-christmas-2011-staff-appreciation-awards-nominatons-day-2-a-123665/ Day 2] of the Twelve Days of Christmas contest...).

Happy holidays!

==November 4==
Hey everyone. In case you missed it, look! New Main Page layout! Shiny.

If you want to have your work featured in this box up the top here, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. The content changes every day, so if you want your writing to be the first thing everyone sees when they visit Bulbapedia, pick a topic and put together a few fun facts our readers may be interested in. This is a great way to get involved with the Bulbapedia community.

If you really want to get into the community, why not apply for a staff role? Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Archives are [[n:Bulbawikis_start_staff_recruitment_drive|currently hiring]]. If you've been around for a while, have a handle on the rules and a clear head, then check out the job descriptions on Bulbanews and fill out an application form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==November 1==
If you're reading this, congratulations: you survived Halloween. Hopefully you also remembered to pick up your promotional [[Global Link]] [[List_of_Pokémon_Global_Link_promotions#Banette|Banette]] as well.

You may have also noticed something different about the Bulbapedia Main Page. If not, take a look around. Our new layout has gone live after a few months of testing. This is the first Main Page update since we went "roundy" about three years ago, so we hope you enjoy.

If there are any problems with the Main Page, let us know about them [[Talk:Main Page|here]]. Obviously with many different screen resolutions available it won't look the same for everyone but it shouldn't look awful for anyone.

Before you go back to the rest of the wiki, have a look at the center box on the top row. In this box we are hoping to feature work submitted by Bulbapedia editors and readers. If you're interested in collecting some relevant and interesting information from around the site and (most importantly) getting it displayed in a prominent location, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. He looks forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==October 22==
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.

Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.

Secondly, we have amended our {{bp|userspace policy}} to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.

There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!

==September 9==
Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives are all open and once again running as per normal... except with hopefully fewer technical disruptions.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. We've also recently installed the latest MediaWiki version (full release details [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 here]). Most of the changes to the system will be back-end stuff, but you may see a few changes to your own editing interface. The update should hopefully contribute to a faster-running site.

Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 28==
'''BULBAPEDIA IS OPEN!''' But the Bulbagarden Archives are still closed unfortunately.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 18==
'''BULBAPEDIA AND ALL RELATED WIKIS WILL BE LOCKED FROM EDITING AS OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 UTC.'''

'''**UPDATE: August 23** - Site closure will be extended for an unknown amount of time. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. Check back here for updates!'''

Now the real questions are why, and for how long. Well, lets answer them:

'''Why will the wikis be closed?''' - We are closing the site to '''to overhaul our server backend'''. As many of you are well aware, our site has been running...well pretty badly. Errors abound! We have been upgrading our servers steadily for the past year or two, but the thing is, more of you keep visiting us! This is totally acceptable, but the site is growing so fast we can't keep up! So we are closing the site to restructure the system, and that will hopefully alleviate the issue.

'''How long will the wikis be closed?''' - <s>The tentative duration is currently '''{{tt|3 days|Tuesday, August 23, 2011 UTC}}''', but anything can happen. We may reopen in two days, we may take four, but three is the goal.</s> '''The site will still be available to view and browse''', but we can't promise it will be running all that smooth until the job is done, so sadly, errors may still happen.

After these updates, we hope to take advantage of the new servers and do some updates around the site. Re-organizing some pages and sections, new and updated templates, that sort of stuff. We thank you guys for all your support (even though you destroyed our servers), and we hope that with our updated system we can continue offering all the information you need, and the stuff you don't! While we are closed, you can still browse [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/ the forums] (which will be operational) or hang out in our IRC channel at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

==May 25==
As the [[Black and White]] hype continues and so does the high server load, we have a couple of announcements for our valuable users. To begin with [[Bulbagarden Archives]], a new rule has been implemented - that personal images are no longer allowed on the Archives. All the previously uploaded personal images will be deleted after May 31, so kindly save any of your personal images before they are all deleted. There are plenty of image hosting sites which can be used for personal images instead.

As far as [[Bulbapedia]] is concerned, a new userspace restriction has been put in place - that articles about anime Pokémon must not be created in the userspace. Articles for notable Pokémon should be created in the mainspace once the relevant episode airs. Articles created before the change will not be deleted until their notability is decided.

Last but not the least, the [[Bulbagarden forums]] are currently being upgraded to vBulletin 4.1.3. Until the upgrade is complete, any suggestions, comments or issues can also be voiced on the [http://www.bulbagarden.net/vb41test/ test forums] or on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

Remember the preview button, not to add trivia and one userspace edit per day. Thanks to all of our users for dedicating their precious time and contributing. Have fun!

==April 16==
Bulbapedia is finally open for editing. However the servers are still under very heavy load, which you may notice results in longer load times and occasional errors. To help limit the load, userspace editing is strictly limited to one edit per day, using the UTC clock at the top of every page. We would also like to remind you that the articles are the main purpose of Bulbapedia, so please edit them as well. Due to the inherent unimportance of trivia sections, we formally request editing and discussion of trivia sections be left alone for the time being.

Secondly, several users have been receiving edit requests via e-mail. If you receive one, you should ask yourself 1) why the sender can't make the edit themselves, and 2) why the edit request has been made off-site. The answer to both is that the sender has been permanently blocked from editing, and is requesting that poor edits be made. In fulfilling these edit requests, you are helping a user to circumvent their block. Instead, report it to a staff member and ignore or block any further e-mails you receive. Do not reply to the e-mail, this will allow the sender to contact you directly if they are not already.

{{bp|Staff}} would like to remind users to be careful with their e-mail address. We can only block e-mails that are sent through the wiki. The [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''', remains in need of activity. Remember the preview button, and happy editing.

==March 4==
'''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions|BLACK AND WHITE ARE HERE!!]]''' As everyone clamors to grab a copy, we want to be here to bring you all the information we can. That being said, we also want your experience with the site to be as smooth as possible, so we have disabled editing to all non-staff users. While annoying to many (sorry), it should help the site run more efficiently. During this lock, our {{bp|Staff}} will still continue to update information though, so don't worry, the site will continue to update even through the lockdown.

Speaking of staff, as Black and White bring us into a new era, we aim to bring you the best service we can, but the only way we can do that is with a staff of dedicated individuals to run the show. On that note, it's time to give them an overhaul. A number of your favorite staff members have been promoted, including three very special promotions.
Congratulations to {{u|CoolPikachu!}} and {{u|Jello}} whom are now members of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}! CoolPikachu! has been moving his way up the ranks for the past couple years and has arrived on the board thanks to his hard work and dedication. However, there's no discrediting Jello as she has likewise worked extra hard, on not just one site, but two. Jello took over the [[Bulbagarden Archives]] earlier this year and has been directing it with great focus.

That leaves us with the third promotion. Upon taking the Editor-in-Chief position, I am to choose my deputy, and I have chosen our resident dark lord, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}. Trom has done an amazing amount of work over his time here at Bulbapedia running our contests, {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}}s, and a number of other projects as well. {{u|Kogoro}}, the former deputy Editor-in-Chief will move into a new role as the site's Technical Director.

To close, again, sorry about the lockdown, but it's a precaution to help you folks use our site better. For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums] OR our all new '''[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC]''' located at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''' (imagine that). Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun with Black and White!

==January 11==
It is a new year, and with this new year brings many new things to Bulbapedia! I sure hope everyone can keep up!

I'll start with me. Hi, I am the new {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}. Getting used to the new position is tough but I am up for the task. There are changes on the way, but for the most part, the same easy-to-use and informative Bulbapedia will be here for you. However, some changes on the horizon will be aimed to make both surfing and editing the site easier. Give it time, they are on the horizon.

Next up we have the release of two main series games. There will be a lot of new information to add to the site and we can really use ''your'' help to handle it. New Pokémon, moves, locations, items, you name it! It should be noted that a lockdown may happen, but we don't want to do that. Rest assured, if it does happen, it's simply done to relieve server stress. We don't like preventing our users from editing, but we also don't like when no one can see the site because it's masked behind a big '''504''' error.

And lastly, but by no means least, the [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives], an extremely important part of our site that is often overlooked. All of our images stem from our Archives, so don't forget about it! There are plenty of images this site needs and '''you''' can help upload them. But be aware, the Archives are closely moderated due to its important activity, so make sure to read the rules before helping out.

For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]. Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun.

=2010=
==December 1==
A warm welcome to the new Editor-in-Chief, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}, and a hearty farewell to the guy making this edit, {{u|TTEchidna}}.

While TTE will not be leaving Bulbapedia as a whole, his active responsibility, which has been increasingly sparse over the past few months, will be ended. This comes after a particularly high-stress time; going through graduate classes and attempting to keep 649 Pokémon species straight really can wear you down to the point of insanity, especially when coupled with a part-time job at a world-famous store where customer interaction is ''constant''.

And so, an era ends. From this point on, all Bulbapedia Editors-in-Chief will serve in their position for two years, and then pass on this position to another user of their choosing, with the approval of {{u|Archaic}}. A longer message can be found in the Bulbawiki general forum on the Bulbagarden forums, where well-wishing and criticism can be given. '''''Please do not leave messages on TTE's talk page.'''''

And so, folks, I wish you all well. Me? I'm going on vacation in two weeks.

==November 5==
Over the past few weeks, the site has been slowly filling up with information related to the new Pokémon games, {{v2|Black and White|s}}. Bulbapedia now has articles about each of the {{cat|Generation V Pokémon|156 new Pokémon}}, all the new moves and abilities, and the recent [[Pokémon the Series: Black & White|new anime series]]. But we're still not done! As you continue to update the site with information, remember that you shouldn't be taking information from other fan sites. This is partly so our translations stay consistent, but also because we need to make sure that the information we are putting up is 100% correct. If you have Black or White, we'd love your help.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who's helped so far, especially to the fifteen temporary junior administrators who gave us a hand while the site was locked down. Some of them have been kept on as permanent staff (more fool them!).

A reminder also that {{g|Ranger: Guardian Signs}} goes on sale today in Europe and the United Kingdom. If you live in those areas, don't forget to get your games and take part in the latest in the popular ''Pokémon Ranger'' series.

==September 18==
The games are out, and a flood of information is upon us! Due to the wealth of details, the site has been locked from editing by all non-staff members and at this point will stay locked so we can get a lot of major updates handled without the majority of people getting in the way (ie: edit conflicts), so we are going to work on getting all the Pokémon pages, locations, moves, abilities, movesets, items, and other major additions to gameplay. We know it sounds like it will take a long time, and well, it might, but we are hoping to be done with the lockdown in under a week.

We don't like locking our users out of a community driven site, but it's so we can get everyone as much info as fast as we can while maintaining our usual quality standards. We don't want to be rushed here and it will save us the hassle of an inevitably short sighted new user who will ignore the rules and go posting information they got off of GameFAQs forums or another unofficial source. So check back often as new info is added to the site ''every '''second'''!''

==September 9==
Pokémon learnsets are beginning to have their templates upgraded: above all else, do not attempt to jump in to help if you do not know what to do. Questions can be addressed to any of Bulbapedia's staff, most especially TTEchidna, who can show you how to make the templates work.

Black and White are likely to leak within the next week or so, so keep on your toes. Bulbapedia may go on a brief lockdown, allowing only staff to edit, shortly after release so as to prevent speculation and unsourced facts, however, after this time, normal editing privileges will return.

==September 1==
Black and White approach quickly. As they do, we are updating templates that will have relevance to them. These templates need input, and will often be posted in a thread on the Bulbawiki forum.

We are seeking the opinion of Bulbapedia's editors for what to do in regards to Generation V's release. Should the wiki be locked down or should it not be? Please vote {{bmgf|78738|in this thread}} to make sure your voice is heard.

For fans of other Nintendo series, {{met|Metroid: Other M}}, the most recent Metroid game, has been released in the US and internationally. For news concerning this and other Metroid series titles, visit our NIWA associates at {{met|Main Page|Metroid Wiki}}!

==August 13==
Bulbapedia prides itself on its community. The site would not be where it is today without the input it has received from all of you. Thanks, guys.

Some names have stood out among the masses, though. These users have all been awarded a {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}} (or variant thereof) in recognition of the time and commitment they've put in. A special award this time is for the Crystal Bulbasaur - an award given to a user who has given his or her all over a one-year period. For 2009, we would like to give this to '''every single user''' that helped out with the updates regarding the English release of {{game|Platinum}} and the Japanese release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. As we mentioned above, it is the dedication by the community that allows the wiki to succeed.

The Editorial Board endeavors to hand these out on a regular basis, but (as you've probably realized) we sometimes get forgetful. You can help us in this regard by [[Special:Emailuser/The dark lord trombonator|sending an email]] to the Community Development Officer if you have any suggestions for the next round of awards. They'll be in a couple of months.

Also here in a month or so will be the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]. To prepare for this, we have a few ongoing tasks which you can help out with. However, if you're following the Black and White news updates, please be careful with new information, and take care not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts.

Thanks for your help, everyone, but we aren't done yet. Let's keep improving our wiki and prepare for the next generation.

==August 5==
As the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]] draws nearer and the new features of [[Generation V]] are slowly revealed, Bulbapedia faces many large-scale updates, which all of us are working hard to execute. As always, we rely greatly on our community, and there are many ways for you, the users, to help.

One major change that we've done is moving all route articles to a new naming system to include the region name. Route 1, for example, has been moved to [[Kanto Route 1]], while the former title has been turned into a disambiguation page. This means that thousands of pages need to be edited to relink to the new names. <nowiki>{{rtn|2}}, for example, needs to be turned into {{rtn|2|Kanto}}, and so on.</nowiki> In town infoboxes, new parameters have been added, as can be seen in [[New Bark Town]]. We hope to finish this job within a few weeks - which will only be doable with your help.

We would also like to remind everyone to be careful with new information, and be careful not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts. This is especially true for information acquired solely from other English websites not affiliated with Bulbagarden.

We wish the community a Happy New Generation. Let's get to work and make sure Bulbapedia is ready for it.

==June 29==
While server issues still remain, Bulbapedia has been restored to its normal, rounded self, with the {{template|roundy}} being found to have caused only minimal problems, mostly with regard to a slowdown in loading pages for those browsing the site due to the switch statements present. Roundy remains in service, now without the switch statements, while eight new templates take over for rounding individual corners and sides of Bulbapedia's tables.

The server issues that remain appear to be related to [[Bulbagarden]]'s load balancer, which, under normal circumstances, keeps the five servers that the website operates from in sync and serving Bulbagarden's community as one united entity. This glitch, which appeared as we were fixing the roundy-related issues, will possibly be flushed out of the system when the Bulbawiki network upgrades to MediaWiki version 1.16.0 on its exit from beta. Until then, please be patient, and tread lightly on your edits, which can make for disaster if too many are made in quick succession, ''especially'' to templates. If Bulbagarden goes down for any time, expect it to be back up within five minutes, thanks to a new feature which will auto-restart the website after a crash.

Meanwhile, discussion of the new Pokémon introduced with Generation V can be made on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden Forums]. Articles on the recently-revealed species will be up in due time, when more data can be gleaned from future screenshots and videos, as ones we currently have access to are limited in this.

==June 15==
With the continuous server issues, Bulbapedia regrets to inform you that the rounded corners that have become so standard will all be removed until further notice. While those without Firefox have not been able to see them, the two-month-old {{template|roundy}} template, which brought rounded corners to those who are not Firefox users, has been suspected of being the centerpoint of the problem.

Please do not remove the template from pages on which it is used; hopefully it is ''not'' the problem and rounded corners, as well as editing, will return soon.

Also, congratulations to our fellows at ZeldaWiki.org for getting the remake that Zelda fans so desired.

==June 1==
As we move closer and closer to Generation V, the Bulbapedia community continues to expand. Welcome to all our new users (please read the {{bp|welcome|rules and guidelines}} to help you contribute) and welcome to our new staff members: {{u|Tina}}, {{u|Umeko}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} as Bulbapedia {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s and {{u|Jello}} and {{u|PsychicRider}} as Bulbagarden Archives Junior Administrators. These guys should be your first stop for simple questions about the wiki.

With more and more information about the fifth generation of Pokémon coming out by the week, we need to make sure the information we're putting out is correct. This means waiting for announcements from [[Pokémon Sunday]], [[CoroCoro]] and other official sources before information goes onto the mainspace. As speculation often builds up before these publications come out, pages may be protected by staff. We ask that you do not try to circumvent these measures; they are put in place to ensure Bulbapedia has accurate, high quality information.

Additionally, we need to remind you all that the {{bp|talk pages}} of the wiki are not meant for discussion of the subject of the article, but its content. Note the difference: chatting about what you think might happen, or your opinion about a new Pokémon is not permitted and should be taken to the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]; discussing ways we can improve the article or pointing out flaws is what these pages should be used for.

And even though we've got new games on the horizon, don't forget about the older games. There are still lots of articles that need information and cleanup to meet Bulbapedia's standards. It's easier if we all chip in - don't be afraid to lend a hand!

==April 22==
As we celebrate the third anniversary of the English release of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, as well as of Generation IV itself, Bulbapedia continues to move forward.

Bulbagarden Networks has established a group on Facebook in order to better connect with the community at large, found [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulbagarden-Networks/106182602199?ref=ts here], while the recently-established [[NIWA]] also has a new Facebook group, located [http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIWA/109310969105216 here]. Join up and hit "like", especially if you liek Mudkipz.

The upcoming summer promises to be chock-full of information on {{game|Black and White|s}} as we grow ever closer to their autumn release, and Bulbapedia will be changing some things around. A rearrangement of the staff structure, in the works for some time now, will see a more gradual slope for users to join the community and become full-fledged members of it. Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Bulbagarden Archives are all taking applications for the newly-created Junior Administrator group which will be established in the coming days, so check out the forum thread {{bmgf|60126|here}} for details on how to apply.

==March 26==
Yet another release of Pokémon games has come and gone, though unlike many others, this release was a much hyped one, both by the staff of Bulbapedia as well as by Nintendo itself.

Due to this hype, however, Bulbagarden's traffic has increased tenfold overnight. Even with a third server installed shortly before the North American release of the remakes, and a fourth on its way already, Bulbagarden has a hard time outputting all of the connections requested of it by users who visit it. This is the reason for the 503 errors: the servers work as hard as they possibly can, yet still, it becomes impossible to give the information out to as many people as are visiting, like a spokesperson handing out fliers who is surrounded by an eager crowd could be overwhelmed.

Due to this, editing by non-staff on Bulbapedia has, for the moment, been disabled. This is not a malicious act to keep editing in the hands of those in charge and to shut out ideas, as some might think, but as a precaution to prevent ''more'' 503 errors, or worse, a complete shutdown of the site. Being a wiki, Bulbapedia requires a ''lot'' of resources, with edits to it making for a majority of the stress Bulbagarden's servers receive daily. Under normal load, this stress is negligible, and hundreds of users can be on the site at once, editing any one of our more than 16,000 mainspace pages. Under the increased load, however, even with only some 20 users having the ability to edit, 503's still appear from time to time.

It is unknown when the load from the influx of new members of the Bulbagarden community will begin to ease, though as of this writing it has only been seen to ''increase'', even with the third server's power. As such, it is impossible to predict when the ability for normal users to edit will return. Patience, however, is a virtue, and will be justly rewarded with many new things to do and updates to make when editing returns.

In the meantime, the administration of Bulbapedia can still be contacted on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums], specifically in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section], or users may send members of the administration an email, and edits to mainspace pages or templates can be requested of them. Userspace editing, on the return of normal editing, will remain in a restricted state for some time after, with only '''''one''' edit per day'' allowed. Your HeartGold and SoulSilver teams, Friend Codes, and so on should be condensed into this edit. Users who make more than this single edit in a day will have their userpages locked down for as many days as they made edits over this limit, and repeat offenders may have their pages locked for longer.

Meanwhile, enjoy HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as the remnants of the Team Rocket takeover, which will remain as a selectable skin on the Bulbawiki system as well as on the forums.

==February 14==
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Bulbapedia's being open to public editing. This milestone, ever great, allows us to take a look back at the history of the wiki, as well as the website in general. Occurring only a week after the revelation of the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon, this can remind us that we have come far from where the wiki began, those years ago. In 2005, we were still eagerly awaiting the [[third version]] of [[Hoenn]], {{game|Emerald}}, to be released outside of Japan, and knew that the end of [[Generation III]] was quickly nearing.

Here, now, we have gotten the {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|remakes of Generation II}} many hoped for since {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. The style of the wiki has changed drastically, with the plain charts of the old days now replaced by colorful templates that maintain a particular theme across a page.

Today, to celebrate this accomplishment, we are unveiling a new, custom, Bulbagarden-themed skin for Bulbapedia, created by our own {{u|Jioruji Derako}}. This is only the first in a series of skins, which are to be created to better integrate the wiki trio with the Bulbagarden forums, as well as with other parts of the site.

Only one month remains until HeartGold and SoulSilver are released in the US, when we will finally be certain of the names of the newly-introduced characters. Likewise, Generation V's brand-new information, still on its way, must be verified before it goes into the mainspace, so as to maintain our high level of quality.

==February 7==
Well, it's that time again. As have Generations {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} before it, our beloved [[Generation IV]] is coming quickly to a close. The revelations have begun, and [[Junichi Masuda]] himself has announced the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon.

That is not to say that we should be fast to act! We must maintain our quality on Bulbapedia, even in the face of unconfirmed information. The Bulbapedia administration, including me, hang tight to the right channels for new Pokémon revelations, and rest assured, there is no need to worry or create an article for any new Pokémon ''yet''.

This mysterious new Pokémon, whatever it is, will have its article created in due time. Do not rush. Do not worry. It will not be forgotten. Details must be verified before we create an article, when the Pokémon's full details are revealed in two weeks.

Details on Generation V are sparse right now, however, within ten months' time, all will be known. We have no need to get the information out as fast as possible here; our primary motivation should be well-written articles that inform, rather than poorly-written articles whose only purpose is to give the creator bragging rights (really, creating the [[Sdex|Sinnoh Pokédex listing]] was no big deal). Writing an article that needs minimal maintenance in the coming days, months, and even years is much better than writing one that needs much maintenance to even be ''decent''.

In closing, do not panic. Give us time to collect information, and do a little hunting yourself. Meanwhile, go back and enjoy Johto. Only five weeks remain until you can...

=2009=
==November 30==
This particular issue is actually rather important, so we're hoping that bringing it to everyone's attention will make an impact.

'''When uploading images, please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) characters only!'''

We've had this message up at the top of the archives for ages now, but people still aren't paying attention to it. This is not just an issue of filename aesthetics, as some people seem to be treating it as. Putting filenames up there with characters outside of these, including punctuation, Japanese characters, or just weird characters (such as those from glitch Pokémon for instance) cause problems with our web server. I'll save you the specifics, but it results in a cascade which can cause the server to lock up in a manner which requires us to perform a manual reset.

It's a very simple request, and coming into December, I think we can all agree that we'd like to see as little downtime as possible from people simply not reading, or ignoring, the rules. Any users who can't do during this holiday period will be receiving a ban from editing and uploading on the Bulbawiki network until the New Year. There will be no warnings, no second chances.

==November 16==
Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.

Active contributors to articles under the {{bp|Project Games}} scope are invited to apply for the position of {{bp|Project Leader}}. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected [[side games]]. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the {{bt|Project Games|talk page}} for details.

[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently {{u|Argy}}) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see {{bmgf|48029|this forum thread}}.

If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!

==November 5==
As most of you probably noticed, Bulbapedia has been closed to editing for about 24 hours for maintenance. During this time the staff has worked hard to move two manga sections to their English names. ''Pokémon Special'' has been moved to ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'', and ''Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure'' has been moved to ''[[Magical Pokémon Journey]]''. All relating articles and templates have been moved as well, and the characters of {{Adv|Blue}} and {{Adv|Green}} have been switched, so please be sure to check the {{bp|list of link templates}} and follow the new names from now on.

It is possible that some instances of the old names were missed. If you come across one, please change it to fit our new standards. We would like to thank everybody who participated in this mass move. We will continue working hard to make Bulbapedia the best, most accurate Pokémon encyclopedia on the internet - ''by'' the fans, ''for'' the fans.

==November 2==
Starting this Thursday night (the 5th) and possibly until sometime in the weekend, Bulbapedia will be closed to editing, due to maintenance work. During this time the staff will be taking care of a large-scale move that might be stressing to our servers, and for that reason regular users will not be able to submit any edits.

There is no reason to be concerned about this. This move is done purely for the purpose of having a better, more accurate Bulbapedia. Editing privileges will be returned to the users by the end of the weekend.

Please do ''not'' start asking the staff about the nature of the move planned. This will be revealed during the weekend.

==October 14==
As some of you may have seen recently, there is an {{bmgf|46076|iPhone Pokédex application}} that was recently released, which uses Bulbapedia to supply its content. Due to licensing issues and other concerns, this is a no-no on the app creator's part; Bulbapedia is a non-commercial entity, while said app is decidedly commercial.

As the app's creators have not addressed these concerns despite Bulbagarden's efforts, Bulbapedia has begun to address these concerns for them. For those of you who view the site regularly, this has no effect on you; for those who edit regularly, you may notice that all of the Pokémon species articles have been temporarily protected from edits while we change variables. Don't worry; the wiki is not being vandalized, and all the changes being made are purely non-aesthetic ones.

Bulbagarden and Bulbapedia take content copyrights very seriously; rest assured that we will never allow others to make profit from ''your'' hard work and contributions here.

==October 10==
Bulbagarden is proud to announce the opening of its new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=375 Battle Center]! The Battle Center is a place to solicit and accept wireless battles for the [[Generation IV]] games that are Wi-Fi compatible. Both competitive and casual battlers are welcome, so you'll always fit in. Better yet, you can use the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=370 Trade Center] to find the Pokémon you need to achieve victory, and then use your new acquisitions to win in the Battle Center!

As a component of this, you can access our new IRC battling chat via your own IRC client (we're on irc.systemnet.info) or through our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php forums JavaChat]. Just type in /join #bulbabattle - it's very easy, and will provide another way for you to find battlers.

As we mentioned during the unveiling of the Trade Center a month and a half ago, the Forums support both Pokémon and non-Pokémon discussion across a wide variety of topics. If you're interested in more in-depth discussion than Bulbapedia allows, we recommend that you [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/register.php register here] and enjoy more of the services that Bulbagarden has to offer!

Bulbagarden is always adding exciting new features and offering a better, more engaging experience for Pokémon fans. As always, we thank thank you, the community, for your continued support as we continue to grow. We really couldn't do it without you.

==September 20==
{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} have arrived in Japan, and, as always, there are new tasks pertaining to the games that Bulbapedia members can work on. See "Ongoing Work" for more details.

Instead of discussing the new games on Bulbapedia talk pages, make sure to keep questions and comments about the games to the new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=368 HGSS Discussion Forum] on BMGf.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==September 4==
September is here, and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} are less than a week away. While we know many of you are excited about the remakes, we would like to remind everyone that only information that has been confirmed by an official source is allowed on the articles.

In celebration of the new games, we have created a new party template to replace the one currently in use. We hope to finish changing all the old templates to new ones before the release of HGSS, and any help would be highly appreciated. To see an example of how the new template is used, see [[Roark]]. A list of pages in need of update can be found {{red link|Category:Pages not updated to the new party template|here}}.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==August 28==
A quick update on Bulbagarden's newest feature:

We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Trade Center on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

Also, we'd like to remind everyone that our forums are there for all discussions Pokémon-related, and have boards to discuss many other areas of interest as well, such as current events, entertainment, and much more.

If you haven't already joined, click the link above to visit our forums and create an account. It's as easy as making one on Bulbapedia! We're looking forward to seeing you both in the Trade Center and around our forums!

==August 19==
We now welcome the seventh wiki in the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] network, [[Pokéteca]], to the table, as our Spanish language counterparts. Though they have more than a thousand pages already, like all wikis, completion and addition are the best things, and so we must all collaborate to our best.

Those on Bulbapedia who speak another language: do not forget that you can help our fellow wikis out, most especially if you speak {{de|Hauptseite|German}}, {{es|Portada|Spanish}}, {{fr|Accueil|French}}, {{ja|メインページ|Japanese}}, {{pl|Strona główna|Polish}}, or {{pt|Página principal|Portuguese}}. Encyclopaediae Pokémonis strives to be as international as the Pokémon franchise itself, a worldwide phenomenon, and expansion of our knowledge of this world is always encouraged.

Do not forget, however, that Bulbapedia itself also needs your help. We may have more than 15,000 articles right now, but many of those can be vastly expanded, and synopses of the more than 600 episodes of the anime are nowhere near complete. So go for it!

==July 26==
Account creation on Bulbapedia has been unlocked! For any users who have been wanting to register for the last month (vandals excluded, of course), now is the time to do it! And as for information that has been included in past Messages from the Editor but that is still relevant...

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 16==
Account creation is currently disabled on Bulbapedia! Please refrain from e-mailing {{u|Archaic}} and the other staff members about it. Although no date has been set for the resurrection of account creation, rest assured it will not be too long.

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 10==
Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

==July 1==
Starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

Please vote and nominate away!

==June 15==
{{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} are games that we've all been waiting almost five years for, and we're incredibly excited by their approach.

Despite this, please keep in mind that '''''NO SPRITES ARE YET OFFICIAL'''''. All sprites found on the HGSS site are until release ''beta sprites'' that may change, much as the sprite for [[Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} did between the beta phase and final release of {{game|Platinum}}.

Please keep this in mind. New HGSS sprites should be uploaded to the filename Spr 4h {{tt|###|National Dex number}}.png, but ''should not replace the sprites at the National Dex number at the current time''. Platinum sprites are overall better quality than the sprites we can get from HGSS at the current point -- wait for the games to come out, and we should be able to rip the best quality sprites from the games themselves within days, as we did with Platinum.

Again, excitement may be high, but do not make the quality of images take a dive just because {{p|Lugia}} can. Reservations start in July, pointing to a release sooner than any of us expect.

==May 22==
As many of you have probably noticed, we have been getting a lot of what can be tentatively considered as vandalism the past few days. Namely, lots and lots and ''lots'' of sockpuppets created using proxies, likely of the same misguided user. We're currently considering and discussing implementing some sort of system to monitor new users automatically, although how exactly this would work isn't yet figured out. If any of you have any ideas, we'd be happy to listen.

A note to {{bp|administrators}}: Watch the Recent Changes like a hawk. Checkuser any new user you see, and block sockpuppets on sight. I know many of you have already been doing this, but we need to be vigilant. Thanks.

==May 15==
Just as Bulbapedia upgraded in the time leading up to {{game|Platinum}} during 2008, we must make certain that we keep ourselves up to date for anything new that occurs in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. We will be continuing to renew the various infoboxes around the wiki, at times breaking them in order to get them to work better, much as the Pokémon games did with the start of [[Generation III]].

At the same time, although we are all excited about the remakes, a warning must remain in place: do not add details if you are unsure of their veracity, and as always make sure not to speculate in articles. When in doubt, bring it up on the talk page, but keep in mind that talk pages are not for wild speculation (save that for the forums). No matter what you think will come of the remakes, '''nothing''' is certain until their release (not even their release date).

And a small note to our newer users: please, lurk first and preview edits to see what wikicode does. Find out how the wiki works by watching other edits. Even our editor-in-chief started that way, so there's no telling how far you'll go by watching what works and what doesn't. Unlike other languages, wikicode is quite easy to learn, and other users will be more than happy to help you out with our style if you ask.

==May 8==
This is a temporary message to all editors of Bulbapedia; a more comprehensive one will soon replace it.

With the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions]] confirmed, we would like to let you know that the administration of Bulbapedia is going through the updating process in a careful and comprehensive way. For the time being, '''''please refrain from updating pages relating to the remakes with information until given the O.K,''''' as we are only human and would like to be able to check all pages and make sure that speculation is not present.

Please keep this in mind for the coming days. Thank you.

==May 4==
The month of May certainly seems as if it will be an upturn in events relating to Pokémon, with rumors of what's in store already flying around.

We must insist on this from all Bulbapedia users:

'''''DO NOT INSERT SPECULATION INTO ARTICLES. FACTS ONLY.'''''

Whatever the exciting announcement that is to come next Sunday, whether it is the fabled GSDS, PBR2, Stadium 3, or anything, ''keep the speculation out''.

Additionally, questions and comments regarding the subject of the article (as opposed to the article's text) should go on Bulbagarden's forums, accessible from the sidebar on all pages as "Bulbawiki forum".

==April 20==
In order to keep Bulbapedians up to date, this message has been changed.

The "war" with Wikia is over, meaning everyone can quit spamming their recent changes and vandalizing their pages. You know, the stuff we expressly told you '''''not''''' to do.

Bulbapedia's templates continue to be updated. Next up on the line should be the remaining infobox templates, beginning with those dealing with locations in the Pokémon world. If you have an idea on how to update these templates, please create it as a subpage in your userspace, and bring it to the attention of one of our many {{bp|administrators}}.

==March 29==
As work on {{bp|Project Overgrow}} continues, so does Bulbapedia itself. Despite this, some of you may have noticed that we have been having some issues with the server as of late, with Bulbapedia being inaccessible from time to time. This is due to a glitch in the system which we have been investigating to its fullest in order to eliminate as quickly as possible.

Through our continued prosperity, however, we have garnered the attention of a less-than-favorable faction. Wikia's "[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki The Pokémon Encyclopedia]" has recently been found to have [http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Platinum taken the content] of various [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Bulbapedia articles]], changed one or two words (while at the same time remaining formatted overall in the same way), and posted it as their own. While this is not the fault of their administrators at all, the fact that, when this is pointed out to them, the administrators do nothing about the copied content or attempt to hide our comments about it is a very disturbing fact.

The Pokémon Encyclopedia, as a Wikia wiki, is licensed under the standard [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License], while Bulbapedia's content is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License], incompatible with Wikia's license. Bulbapedia's license requires strictly that the content is attributed to Bulbapedia and its users, and additionally, the "noncommercial" aspect of the license requires that no money is made off of the content. [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:About Wikia's own About page clarifies that it is a commercial entity], while Bulbapedia's ads are in place to keep the massive server we have running.

Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden's administrators heavily '''''discourage''''' vandalism of The Pokémon Encyclopedia, despite their refusal to comply to our request to remove the copied content. However, we do encourage dialog with those in charge. So please, ask them, why are you taking content that we worked on?

==February 28==
Although Bulbapedia has been as prosperous as ever as of late, one issue has repeatedly occurred that, although not the end of the world, needs to stop. I would like to remind everyone
that having multiple accounts, commonly referred to as "sockpuppets," are ''not allowed'' if not authorized by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Lately, a number of users have been caught abusing multiple accounts by random IP checks. Although these users will not be harshly reprimanded, let me stress again that this is ''not allowed''. Even if you don't edit from your "other" account, it's still against the rules and shouldn't be occurring.

If you currently have an unauthorized additional account, please report it to an {{bp|administrators|administrator}} so they can disable it. Failure to do so and subsequent discovery of the account may lead to a minimal block or verbal warning. Thank you all for abiding by this and only keeping one account. If you would like to rename your account or have any questions about sockpuppets, contact a staff member.

==February 14==
Happy anniversary to Bulbapedia! We've been going strong for four years now, with over 14,000 articles since our public opening.

It is here where I announce Phase III of {{bp|Project Overgrow}}: the upgrading and cleanup of Bulbapedia itself! With the English release of {{game|Platinum}} imminent, and the revelation of the 493rd (and currently final) Pokémon in the [[National Dex]], {{p|Arceus}}, having happened, we need to make certain that we have all of the best information we can.

Older episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]], as well as several current ones, are in need of synopses, which can be added by anyone. A style guide as well as an example episode synopsis will be upcoming. These should not be too brief, while at the same time, should not be a script of the episode.

Our coverage of the various [[Pokémon manga]] as well as many other things is also in need of improvement. Pick a {{bp|stub}}, find its subject matter, and expand the article. You may find new areas of Pokémon canon you otherwise would have no knowledge of.

As you may have noted as well, many of Bulbapedia's templates, as well as the style in general, have been upgraded to feature rounded corners (though these do not appear in some browsers). The ability to change back to the old skin will become available soon in your preferences, however, it is not currently.

And so, in closing, Bulbapedia's contributors must ignore the easy-to-know details of the front-and-center parts of the Pokémon world, and focus on the more ignored facets. We aim to make Bulbapedia the largest bastion of knowledge about Pokémon that the web has to offer, and we can only do it with your help.

==February 9==
The third phase of {{bp|Project Overgrow}} will be beginning soon. Are you ready? Be prepared as this one is the one that pertains most to you, the users of Bulbapedia.

Bulbapedia's image policy has been updated, of course. For episode articles, the header image ''must'' be a png file, and should be uploaded at the episode's {{bp|epicode}} rather than elsewhere. This discourages stealing images from other sites and encourages better quality for images. It also keeps edit warring to a minimum, as we've had many problems with that in the past. So keep this in mind and help us as we prepare for the start of phase III!

==January 14==
{{bp|Project Overgrow}}'s second phase has begun, and that is none other than a revamp of the forums! Not only have they been upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, but several things have been reorganized, including an expanded space for Bulbapedia discussion!

[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=353 A new forum] has been opened specifically for social discussion regarding the Pedia, so enjoy it now rather than using talk pages for this. Also, keep in mind that on the forums, a [bp] tag exists for direct, quick links to Bulbapedia pages, and works much in the same way as other standard forum tags.

Also, effective immediately, there will no longer be a strictly-enforced userspace edit limit of four per day, or any other number. Use this wisely, and don't go absolutely crazy with the amount of edits daily– use the preview button instead. Abusers will, as always, be punished, but the enforcement of any limit will be much less strict, with administrators and others free to decide on their own ''smartly'' what constitutes far more edits than necessary.

The Bulbagarden forums have a blog system which can be easily used to detail your daily life, as well, negating the absolute need for a constantly-edited userpage.

==January 3==
Happy new year to all, and welcome to 2009!

Being a new year, Bulbapedia asks its users to begin by turning over a new leaf, and reading over the {{bp|code of conduct}} that we have introduced. This will help all of Bulbapedia's users to get along better with each other, and at the same time, make sure that we in administrative positions also stay nice.

In addition, Bulbagarden's {{bp|Project Overgrow}} has begun, which will be a major part of activities around the entirety of the website for approximately the next four months. The first part of Project Overgrow is a swath of {{bmgf|33402|new hires}}--if you're interested in joining the Bulbagarden staff, check out that post!

=2008=
==December 24==
Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year from all of us at Bulbagarden!

[[Image:BMGFXMASCARD2008.png|center|thumb]]

==December 11==
I hope you're all enjoying the new layout celebrating our sixth anniversary.

I would like to take a moment to remind our users that uploading media to our archives for a banned user is the same thing as ban evading. Not only would the user who told you to upload the media would be punished further, the user who did the uploading would also receive a ban.

So use your head; don't help someone break the rules.

==December 10==
Yet again, a new color scheme is added to the Main Page, which has received a redesign. This color scheme is not the permanent one, however, but a recolored one in celebration of [[Bulbagarden]]'s sixth anniversary.

Bulbapedia's fourth anniversary is also upcoming this month, though we officially opened our doors on February 14 of 2005, the Bulbawiki project officially began on December 21, 2004.

As the English release date of {{game|Platinum}} has been leaked, we will attempt to accelerate our plans to revamp several old templates to include new data and perhaps have a new look, much like the updated evolution, sprite, and stat templates.

Please be warned, however, that the English names given by the Circuit City ad are not confirmed as official, and thus pages will not yet be moving.

==November 29==
We hope everyone enjoyed the color scheme we had on November 21st to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} in Japan. We also hope everyone enjoyed their {{wp|Thanksgiving}} (where celebrated).

Editing wise, we have been updating numerous old templates including, but not limited to, party templates (which can be seen on [[Brock#Pokémon Red, Blue and Green|Brock]]'s page), evolution templates (which can be seen on [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)#Evolution|Bulbasaur's]] page), and we are currently looking for a new [[Template:Welcome|Welcome]] template, but, we need the help of our users. Visit [[Template talk:Welcome|this page]] to view the candidates and vote.

==October 29==
In addition to the still fairly new policies on [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]], Bulbapedia has developed a tentative policy on [[Bulbapedia:Talk abuse|talk page abuse]]. Be sure to check out the guidelines illustrated in these pages, as it could save everyone a lot of trouble.

Lastly, Bulbapedia would like to offer a belated congratulations to {{u|TTEchidna}} on his promotion to Editor-in-Chief, while at the same time expressing our gratitude for the time and energy {{u|Zhen Lin}} devoted to Bulbapedia during his time as Editor-in-Chief.

==October 21==
Bulbapedia now has official policies for [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]]. Be sure to read both, as they make clear the official stance of the {{bp|administrators}} and {{bp|Editorial board}} regarding those important topics. If everyone reads those, there will be fewer conflicts around here and a lesser server load.

==October 1==
Due to the amount of edits done solely to revert images used on Bulbapedic articles over and over, a policy has now been created to attempt to prevent this from occurring again. From now on, any Users who are caught reverting each other because of an image will be subsequently blocked for an amount of days equal to the amount of reverts by both opposing parties made solely to change the image. Furthermore, the image will be replaced with the previous image. Hopefully, this will teach the opposing parties to discuss their concerns on the talk page, instead of causing ugly, pointless, revert wars that clutter the database. If no change is seen in the behavior of Users, this policy will be revised in order to reflect a harsher punishment.

Also, keep in mind that the current limit on Userspace edits is three; this not only covers your main Userspace page, but any subpages you may have, and any other User’s page. However, editing others' pages is almost always not allowed, so try to keep ''your'' edits to ''your'' own page.

==September 12==
While Bulbapedia may be celebrating the release of {{game|Platinum}}, users should keep in mind several things when editing:
*If you do not have the game, do not assume based on appearances. Have faith in fellow contributors, however, as they may in fact have the game.
*The Platinum sprites of ''all'' Pokémon have already been ripped from the game and saved as pngs, in the 80×80 standard size. Taking screenshots and cropping them is frowned upon, as their quality may be low.
*The updating of [[List of moves|moves]] to Platinum standard is still not finished. Why not contribute to that?
*Some menusprite images may look a bit "off". This is due to your computer reading the image data from cache, while we very recently updated all menusprite images to {{wp|png}} format. In addition, some animated menusprites may link to an image that does not yet exist. Do not panic; this is part of the Platinum updates.
*The move tutor moves on Pokémon pages may display incorrectly. This is due to an upgrade we are doing to them so as to make them compatible with Platinum and XD move tutors, and will be done shortly.

Despite this, continue to enjoy Bulbapedia as we expand our information about the fifteenth [[main series]] Pokémon game.

==July 27==
As some of you have noticed, the much awaited return of the <code>User:</code> namespace has finally occurred.

Now, before you all get down to the epic celebration of this, we as a community must focus on the project at hand. Bulbapedia still needs work to prepare itself for the release of {{game|Platinum}}, and as well needs to continue in its commitment to providing the best and most up-to-date Pokémon information. We cannot do this without you, the users. We must insist, therefore, that you do abide by the policies of the userspace, such as not editing it too much, keeping games off and subpages to a minimum, and finally, adequately contributing to the main namespace. These past four months have been absolutely bounteous with growth, and all of us would hate to see the quality of Bulbapedia suffer again as it did in the weeks and months leading up to the ban on the <code>User:</code> namespace.

This unblocking of the namespace is a temporary measure to gauge how users treat it. If it is unsatisfactory, the block will be reinstated as we continue to develop a system to prevent abuse.

==June 30==
Congratulations to all of us--Bulbapedia has reached its 10,000th article!

==June 27==
We certainly have been having a lot of these recently.

Additionally, Zhen Lin will be out of town for the week. All questions and such can be directed to {{u|TTEchidna}} or any of the other [[Special:Listusers/sysop|administrators]].

==June 15==
With immediate effect, [[Bulbapedia:administrators|administrators]] are authorised and advised to remove any content that is inappropriate use of User or User talk pages. Users restoring content so deleted may be warned once before being [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] for abuse of Bulbapedia. The determination of "inappropriate" is presently left to individual administrators, but we will codify guidelines in the near future. Appeals to the [[Bulbapedia:editorial board|editorial board]] over the interpretation of "inappropriate" are possible.

==June 12==
Guys, seriously. Stop using your user talk pages for meaningless MySpace junk.

==June 9==
After two years, we have finally managed to link the accounts on all three of our wikis: [[Bulbapedia]], [[Bulbanews]], and [[Bulbagarden Archives]].

There may still be some issues with the linkage of accounts, such as having to still log in separately, but overall, the linkage should be in place. If your account has not been merged correctly, see [[Special:Mergeaccount]] or {{ut|Zhen Lin|talk to}} {{u|Zhen Lin}}.

And yes, the userspace is still disabled from editing. We're sorry, but the server already has a lot of load and editing userpages every five minutes would destroy it and cause Bulbagarden to be down a lot longer than the two days it was at the end of May.

==March 24==
Due to an overwhelmingly large amount of edits going on in the <code>User:</code> namespace, we have disabled edits to all pages within it for the time being. We are monitoring how much the lack of ability to edit personal pages will affect the server, and when the results come in, we will make a decision on what to do.

If you feel the need to create a userpage or edit it now, you will have to wait. '''''Do not''''' create a page in the main namespace to move to the <code>User:</code> namespace under any circumstances. The results will likely be conclusive after about a week, and you will be informed with another message from the editor about the return of functionality.

Additionally, a policy on signatures is being discussed on the Bulbapedia forum on BMGf, so please, take a look at it even if you are not a member.

==February 14==
It's now three years since we opened Bulbapedia to the public and we are very proud to announce that Bulbapedia now has over '''8,000 articles'''. That's nearly double the number we had this time last year! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this incredible milestone.

We are also announcing today the appointment of [[User:TTEchidna|TTEchidna]] as '''[[Bulbapedia:Editorial board|Deputy Editor-in-Chief]]''', in recognition of his continuing and vigilant watch over Bulbapedia.

=2007=
==December 25==
On this day, we celebrate the enlargement of the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] group by welcoming the Brazillian Portuguese {{redlink|:pt:Página principal|LANDpedia}} – ''bem vindo'' from all of us here at Bulbapedia!

As Bulbapedia enters its fourth year, we also celebrate Bulbapedia's '''100 millionth''' page view, recorded just last week on the 18th. To everyone, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

==September 28==
Let us all say ''bienvenue'' to ''[[:fr:Accueil|Poképédia]]'', which joins ''[[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]]'' as its French member. This is but one of the many happy events of September 2007, which includes the creation of the 6,000th, then 6,500th article on [[Bulbapedia]], as well as the [[Special:Statistics|70,000,000th page view]] since we first began this project way back in December 2004.

The only event which clouds this otherwise incredible month is the controversy surrounding the implementation of [[Bulbapedia:Advertising poll|advertising]] on Bulbapedia. We hope that our readers and contributors will bear with us and will not find the advertisements overly off-putting or intrusive - please do report any inappropriate ads you see to [[User:Archaic|Archaic]].

==April 6==
Please welcome the Polish ''[[:pl:Strona główna|Wikinezka]]'', who have today joined the ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'' group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias. We wish them the best of luck, and hope that the spirit of international cooperation will continue to grow in the international Pokémon fan community.

=2006=
==December 30==
At 4:52PM (UTC) today, the '''4,000'''th Bulbapedia article was created. Over the course of this year alone, an amazing 1,364 articles were [[Bulbapedia:Growth statistics|created at a rate of 3.758 articles per day]] - and it's been just only over two years since this project was started in December 21, 2004, and the two-year anniversary of its opening to the public is still ahead of us.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has participated in this collaborative project!

==June 26==
We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, [[:ja:メインページ|Pokémon Wiki]] (ポケモンWiki) has joined our German affiliate [[:de:Hauptseite|PokéWiki]] and us in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages.

The first person to conceive of a Pokémon website that visitors could edit and update was [[User:Meowth346|Meowth346]] of Pokémon Forever. Inspired by [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], one implemenation of that idea was founded on December 22, 2004: Bulbapedia. After a period of secret development, we opened it to the public on February 14, 2005.

Two months later, German Pokémon fan [[User:nYoo|nYoo]] launched an inquiry into the possibility of opening a German Pokémon encyclopedia in the spirit of Bulbapedia. Though nothing came of that discussion, another inquiry was made in early August, and that resulted in PokéWiki.

Naturally, the two open-content Pokémon encyclopedias agreed to affiliate. Expecting more affiliates in other languages, ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', Latin for ''Encylopedias of Pokémon'', was proposed shortly thereafter, but it would be a long time before the group expanded.

Pokémon Wiki was founded early April 2006, and was first brought to our attention mid-June. Ten days and many e-mail messages later, Pokémon Wiki joined Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.

==February 14==
In the one year since we opened Bulbapedia to the public, there has been amazing growth - we have gone from 114 articles to 2,642 - that's 6.9 articles per day!

Admittedly, I initially had my doubts about whether such a radical idea would even work in the context of Pokémon - but here we are. On behalf of Bulbagarden, I would like to thank all who have contributed and supported this project.

The editorial board would like to [[Bulbapedia:Awards 2005|thank a few of you]], in particular. Congratulations and thank you to all award recipients, and to all of you as well for supporting Bulbapedia!

==January 9==
The Bulbapedia editorial board wishes all our readers, contributors and staff a belated happy new year. Please welcome our new Research Editor, [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]], who will offering us fresh insight on a variety of topics. His personal aspiration is "for Bulbapedia to turn into a plethora of informative resources viewed by readers as ''enlightening''."

We have also added (Modern) Hebrew to our collection of [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. If you would like your language there, please make your request at Category talk:Babel tags - with the text to be used in them, if you wish to supply your own.

Finally, we would like to remind you that Bulbapedia is approaching the 1-year anniversary of its opening to the public.

=2005=
==September 19==
Bulbapedians can now indicate their linguistic capabilities on their user pages with [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. Currently, languages available are '''English''', '''Japanese''', '''German''', '''French''', and '''Spanish'''. If you would like to see your language on the list, please make a request to [[User talk:Argy|Argy]], [[User talk:Evkl|evkl]], or [[User talk:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]].

==June 21==
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8269 The Future of Bulbapedia]:
: Bulbapedia and the Bulbawiki networks as a whole have come a long way since their inception and release to the public. Starting out at barely over a hundred articles at public release, the current article count on Bulbapedia (As of today, June 21, 2005) stands at over 23 times that number. The Bulbawiki networks now include a news site, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives, a repository for all pictures and other non-text data files with relevancy to Bulbagarden.net and its side projects.

==June 1==
Please take a moment to visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?p=127299#post127299 Where from here?] post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Discussion] forum on [[BMGf]].

==April 29==
[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] has opened to the public with exclusive information on [[AG126]]. The Bulbapedia editorial staff invite you to make use of this new resource for your daily Poké-News fix. Enjoy!
==April 23==
* Bulbagarden Archives has been opened to the public.

==April 16==
* Recently, a large number of pages were vandalized. Although a mass reversion/deletion has been done, there may be traces remaining. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us correct that.
* Congratulations to [[User:Zeta|Zeta]] and [[User:Woopert|Woopert]], who have been granted [[Special:Listadmins|sysopship]] for their past work on Bulbapedia and assistance in dealing with the attack.

==April 9==
* Henceforth any and all articles directly pertaining to [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] and [[Serebii.net]] are placed under strict protection. All edits '''must''' be approved by [[User:evkl|evkl]] or [[User:Damian Silverblade|Damian Silverblade]].

==March 28==
* Although a number of articles have been created for [[:Category:People|People]] who have not had an impact on the Pokémon canon, i.e. fans, please do not take this a signal to create encyclopedic articles on yourself. The subjects of the aforementioned articles should also take note of the difference between a personal page, such as [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|User:Jimbo Wales]] and an encyclopedic article, such as [[wp:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], and strive to maintain NPOV in the latter.

==March 24==
* A thread has been established for requesting [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7327 Bots and Templates.]
* A new policy on what defines [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7324 mass editing] has been established; ignoring it is grounds for being temporarily [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Please read the definition of "minor" and "major" edits for future reference.
* Making mass changes as described in the above "mass editing" thread can be first discussed by making a post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Forum]; rules for those posts can be found [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7328 here].

==March 19==
* As a guideline, do ''not'' create any [[:Category:Moves|move]] articles without filling in most if not all of the [[Template talk:MoveInfobox|Infobox]], as well as the Template talk:MoveProperties. Make a positive effort to do so. You may wish to refer to [http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/lists/foreign/moves/] to find out the Japanese name and the move number.
* A basic structure for the Bulbapedia:Community Portal has been set up.
* Make use of the abbreviated link syntax: <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|Ruby]]</nowiki></code>, similarly, <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|Satoshi Tajiri]]</nowiki></code>.
* Avoid coding in HTML unless absolutely necessary. Wikicode is documented at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents]; please note that some things are Wikipedia-specific.
— [[User:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]]

==March 6==
* We now have all of the pages in the [[:Category:Pokémon]] listing. You can feel free to expand any of the pages to include general information on that specific Pokémon. Specific, useful Pokédex-like pages will be established shortly. We're working on it--and we greatly appreciate the help of all those who made the Poké-pages possible.
* BMG had a minor virus problem earlier in the day; please run any antivirus software you may have to see if you were infected unknowingly.
* Character pages can still use more information. The Community Portal will shortly have a number of features which point to things that address community-based projects and pages that need attention.
* That Bulbapedia button is on the way, I should have it uploaded within a few days.

==February 27==
* '''''PLEASE''''' temporarily refrain from making any Pokémon or Move pages for the next couple of days. Our templates are being enhanced, and we don't want to have to fix any more than we have to as it is.
* If you didn't already notice, Episode Guides are starting to go up. If you personally have any to contribute, it's always welcome. Remember to use the numbering guidelines put forth in the [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style|Manual of Style]].
* We'll be coming out with a Bulbapedia button very, so if you want to link to us from any site, it'll become possible.

==February 22==
* '''Please''' remember to link to games with their full name, i.e. ''<nowiki> [[Pokémon Red|Red version]] </nowiki>'' instead of just linking ''<nowiki> [[Red]] </nowiki> ''
* Remember to use the Macro tag for Pokémon Meta and use Pokémon Infobox where applicable. Thanks to everyone who's been working on Macro conversion.
* While the link to it has disappeared from our revamped front page, remember the [[Bulbapedia:Wantedpages|List of wanted pages]] is still there.
* The [[Items]] list needs filled out.
* Remember to add the appropriate stub tags to any article, via the <nowiki> {{ }} </nowiki> stub macro formatting.

==February 18==
* Only the first instance of a term in an article's actual text (excluding sidebars, lists, etc) should be linked to that term's matching article.
* Keep up the good work! It seems like every day, there's less and less conflict and more and more cooperation.
* So long as you include the Pokémon Infobox with a Pokémon article (see the [[Template_talk:PokémonInfobox#Usage|talk page]] for usage notes), you may go ahead and fill in all ____ (Pokémon) articles, but don't make them too expansive. Any more information than what we currently have in {{p|Geodude}} or {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s entry would be overly much. Please use the <nowiki>{{p|(name of Pokémon)}}</nowiki> macro to link to Pokémon pages, as we may choose to change the article titles for Pokémon species pages in the future.
* Elements pages should still look like the [[Grass (type)|Grass-type]] page.
* There are still many articles that need worked on! Consult the [[Special:wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] to see what people most want filled in.
* Make sure pages are appropriately linked to others.

==February 14==
Welcome to Bulbapedia! All of the instructions on use, semantics, and the like can be found either below in '''Getting Started''' or via one of our quick links in the green toolbar to the right.

The staff of Bulbapedia has worked very hard in getting it to this point, but there's only so far any one small group can expand an encyclopedia, and after it tops out in size from our knowledge base or ability to work on it, the public is of more help than the staff in expanding and growing. That's the philosophy of a Wiki-based encyclopedia, and we're taking that to heart. We know there'll be differences of opinion, we know there'll be hard times and heated arguments, but we're going ahead with this project anyway, because it is our goal to compile the best, most comprehensive Pokémon database on the planet.

We're not there yet, but we're working on it, and you can help us. The staff of Bulbagarden.net and Bulbapedia hope you enjoy, contribute to, and use our newest service!

[[Category:Bulbapedia records|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Bulbapedia:Administrators

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Pokemaster97: /* List of Administrators */

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'''Administrators''' of Bulbapedia are users who have been granted certain permissions by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. An administrator's responsibilities number greatly, being able to protect pages both from creation and editing, delete pages from view, block and unblock users, check a user's IP address, and put Bulbapedia into staff-only lockdown, among others.

The lowest of the "true" ranks of Bulbapedia staff, Administrators are held to strict scrutiny by the Editorial Board, and may be granted their powers through moving up from the {{bp|Junior Administrator}} rank.

==List of Administrators==
This is a list of all users with Administrator powers on Bulbapedia. This list does not include users higher on the Bulbapedia administrative hierarchy, who all have the powers of the administrator level in addition to their own.

If in need of an Administrator's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Administrator for quickest results; all active Administrators check messages regularly. For immediate results, find a currently online admin on the [[Special:RecentChanges|list of recent changes]]—administrators have italicized usernames.
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{{AdminCell|Eridanus| |Active|January 29, 2022}}
{{AdminCell|Daniel Carrero| |Active|February 17, 2020}}
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{{AdminCell|Frozen Fennec| |Active|February 17, 2020}}
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If an active Administrator cannot be found, consider speaking with a {{bp|Senior Administrator}}, {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, or a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

==Authority==
Administrators have the authority to lock and unlock pages from editing by ordinary users as well as from users who have not yet been around long enough to be {{bp|Autoconfirmed}}.

Additionally, Administrators have the power to delete and undelete pages and files on Bulbapedia and the Archives, as well as upload files via URL. Administrators may block and unblock other users in accordance with {{bp|Blocking policy|policy}}.

[[Category:Bulbapedia administration|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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[[fr:Poképédia:Administrateur]]
[[it:Meta:Amministratori]]
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Bulbapedia:Administrators

2023-07-26T03:56:14Z

Pokemaster97: /* List of Administrators */

{{AdminLevels}}{{shortcut|1|BP:Admin}}
'''Administrators''' of Bulbapedia are users who have been granted certain permissions by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. An administrator's responsibilities number greatly, being able to protect pages both from creation and editing, delete pages from view, block and unblock users, check a user's IP address, and put Bulbapedia into staff-only lockdown, among others.

The lowest of the "true" ranks of Bulbapedia staff, Administrators are held to strict scrutiny by the Editorial Board, and may be granted their powers through moving up from the {{bp|Junior Administrator}} rank.

==List of Administrators==
This is a list of all users with Administrator powers on Bulbapedia. This list does not include users higher on the Bulbapedia administrative hierarchy, who all have the powers of the administrator level in addition to their own.

If in need of an Administrator's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Administrator for quickest results; all active Administrators check messages regularly. For immediate results, find a currently online admin on the [[Special:RecentChanges|list of recent changes]]—administrators have italicized usernames.
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If an active Administrator cannot be found, consider speaking with a {{bp|Senior Administrator}}, {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, or a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

==Authority==
Administrators have the authority to lock and unlock pages from editing by ordinary users as well as from users who have not yet been around long enough to be {{bp|Autoconfirmed}}.

Additionally, Administrators have the power to delete and undelete pages and files on Bulbapedia and the Archives, as well as upload files via URL. Administrators may block and unblock other users in accordance with {{bp|Blocking policy|policy}}.

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Bulbapedia:Junior Administrators

2023-07-26T03:09:14Z

Pokemaster97: /* List of Junior Administrators */

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'''Junior Administrators''' on Bulbapedia are users which have been granted limited administrative powers on the wiki, as a testing ground before moving them up to higher ranks. With few exceptions, users will begin at the Junior Administrator rank, and on demonstrating considerable prowess, may be promoted. Unsatisfactory Junior Administrators will be demoted, while ones that do not exhibit any particular strong qualities may remain at this level.

On gaining this level, a user will have access to the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, where changes to the wiki's overarching style, as well as other things, are discussed.

==List of Junior Administrators==
This is a list of all users with Junior Administrator powers on Bulbapedia. This list does not include users higher on the Bulbapedia administrative hierarchy, who all have the powers of the Junior Administrator level in addition to their own.

If in need of a Junior Administrator's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Junior Administrator for quickest results; all active Junior Administrators check messages regularly.
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If an active Junior Administrator cannot be found, consider speaking with another member of Bulbapedia's {{bp|staff}}.

==Authority==
Junior Administrators are allowed to edit and create pages that are otherwise protected from editing and creation to those other than Administrators. In addition to this, Junior Administrators can see the history of pages that have been deleted, as well as show and hide individual revisions of a page.

A Junior Administrator should be a user's first stop for a simple question about Bulbapedia's rules and style, with unanswerable questions continuing to move up the hierarchy.

[[Category:Bulbapedia administration|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Bulbapedia:Junior Administrators

2023-07-26T03:07:24Z

Pokemaster97: /* List of Junior Administrators */

{{AdminLevels}}{{shortcut|4|JA|BP:JA|Jr. Admin|BP:Jr. Admin}}
'''Junior Administrators''' on Bulbapedia are users which have been granted limited administrative powers on the wiki, as a testing ground before moving them up to higher ranks. With few exceptions, users will begin at the Junior Administrator rank, and on demonstrating considerable prowess, may be promoted. Unsatisfactory Junior Administrators will be demoted, while ones that do not exhibit any particular strong qualities may remain at this level.

On gaining this level, a user will have access to the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, where changes to the wiki's overarching style, as well as other things, are discussed.

==List of Junior Administrators==
This is a list of all users with Junior Administrator powers on Bulbapedia. This list does not include users higher on the Bulbapedia administrative hierarchy, who all have the powers of the Junior Administrator level in addition to their own.

If in need of a Junior Administrator's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Junior Administrator for quickest results; all active Junior Administrators check messages regularly.
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If an active Junior Administrator cannot be found, consider speaking with another member of Bulbapedia's {{bp|staff}}.

==Authority==
Junior Administrators are allowed to edit and create pages that are otherwise protected from editing and creation to those other than Administrators. In addition to this, Junior Administrators can see the history of pages that have been deleted, as well as show and hide individual revisions of a page.

A Junior Administrator should be a user's first stop for a simple question about Bulbapedia's rules and style, with unanswerable questions continuing to move up the hierarchy.

[[Category:Bulbapedia administration|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Bulbapedia:Messages from the Editor

2023-04-19T02:43:43Z

Pokemaster97:

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=2023=
==April 19==
Happy April!

As we approach the end of April, there are a few exciting announcements to share regarding recent happenings in the Bulbapedia community. First, we'd like to share some staffing changes to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Since I became Editor in Chief, {{u|Kogoro}} has been in a dual role as Chief of Staff and Deputy Editor in Chief in an Acting basis until we were able to select and put a permanent individual in place. As Bulbapedia continues to grow, it's becoming more apparent that leading Bulbapedia is often a lot on just 2 people (the EIC and their Deputy). In the past, Bulbapedia has had two (2) deputies in place in order to balance some of that workload and we felt that it was a structure worth trying again. These two individuals I felt have gone above and beyond in their demonstration of leadership ability amongst their peers, project management skills, years of experience, and an over all enthusiasm and attitude that is an embodiment of what Bulbapedia's overall mission is. Without further ado, please help me congratulate {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|Maverick Nate}} who will be promoted to Deputy Editors in Chief!

With this, there is now a vacancy on the Editorial Board for the Head of Games position. The user filling this role has also demonstrated invaluable leadership and guidance around several of projects and game-related tasks and I'm excited to see what they will do with this new position. Congratulations to {{u|Tiddlywinks}} who will now join the Board as Head of Games!

Kogoro will be retaining her role as Chief of Staff fulltime as well so she won't be too far away. Please help me in congratulating everyone!

In other news, as we move deeper into [[Generation IX]], the {{bp|Staff}} would like to know how you all felt about our coverage during the initial Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release period. [https://bulbagarden.net/forms/index.php/415759?lang=en Please fill out our survey, and give your feedback on Bulbapedia's Scarlet & Violet coverage and your general user experience here]!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia
==February 14==
Happy February!

And Happy 18th anniversary to Bulbapedia! It’s incredible to believe back in 2005, during Bulbapedia’s beginnings, we were preparing to close out [[Generation III]] and awaiting the North American release of {{game|Emerald}}. Today, we're 49,000 articles strong and fully immersed in [[Generation IX]] with Pokémon {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}. As we celebrate another year around the sun, it would be egregious of us to not stop and take a moment to celebrate you, our users who work hard and contribute to Bulbapedia’s coverage day in and day out.

While our coverage of Scarlet and Violet is ongoing, it would be impossible to have covered as much as we have without your contributions. So for every dex entry entered, every map uploaded, every biology section written, every item sprite added and every edit in between, we say - thank you. Your time and efforts are appreciated and we would be nowhere near the community we are today without you.

=2022=
==November 17==
Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokémon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
* Please respect the directions of the Staff team; some of our rules and processes might not be obvious at first glance, but the team is there to help you perfect your contributions
* Please follow the code of conduct and the manual of style at all times!
* Please report any performance issues or bad ad activity to staff

In other news, in an effort to do some fall cleaning in preparation for Scarlet & Violet’s release, the staff will be tackling our backlog of pages needing attention. If you have any candidates you had comments or thoughts about, please do not hesitate to share on the relevant talk page or with a member of staff so we can ensure your input is kept in mind.

Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out via our Discord or forums. Good treasure hunting, Trainers!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 29==
Happy January!

It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2022 is already almost over! As January comes to a close and {{g|Legends: Arceus}} officially released worldwide, here are a few updates you should know about.

As many know, Bulbapedia experimented by remaining open during the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl release in order to test site stability and to maximize user participation. Due to the success observed last time, Bulbapedia will once again be remaining open to editing for Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well. Because this game is not a remake and may attract more traffic, staff will be monitoring site performance over the next several days and will determine if we need to reevaluate.

As a general reminder during this exciting time, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of Staff if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In other news, since we’re celebrating a new year and a new game, we thought there’d be no better time to bring on some new staff! Bulbapedia will be participating in Bulbagarden's Official 2022 Staff Drive. This time around, we’re looking for some passionate and savvy folks to join the team as {{bp|Junior Administrators}}. We’ll be accepting applications until mid-February! If you have any questions or concerns about the application or selection process, please send a direct message to {{u|Pokemaster97}} or {{u|evkl}} on the Bulbagarden Forums or the Bulbagarden Discord server.

Until next time. Happy Editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2021=
==November 19==
Happy November!

As [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] officially hit store shelves, we have some Bulbapedia updates to share.

This year, Bulbapedia will not be locking down for the new game release. It looks like these games won't introduce mechanical differences that will require big changes to pages as we've seen in times past. As a result, we are experimenting with the wiki remaining open and allowing folks to jump in head first with adding new information. If you're new to editing, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of {{bp|Staff}} if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In line with encouraging a wider range of users to contribute during the game release period, we have also decided to trial a new software for the [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives] that allows all users to upload images; non-autoconfirmed users will have images placed in a moderation queue. Staff members will review and approve images if they are appropriate. As this feature is still undergoing testing, please report any feedback or issues you may experience with a member of Staff so it may be passed along to our technical team to address.

We're just as excited as you for new games - have fun being back in [[Sinnoh]], and happy editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==June 21==
Happy June!

As we continue to smooth out the final kinks with our recent upgrade to MediaWiki 1.35, we are happy to share that a few of the reported issues from the initial release have been resolved. The issue involving broken functions related to user emails have been resolved.

Additionally, a known issue of Encyclopedia Pokemonis desktop links being broken for logged out users, affecting the ability for our wiki to externally link to other language affiliates has been resolved.

Currently, Bulbapedia tech is prioritizing addressing the following issues affecting user site navigation and experience:
* A known issue of CentralAuth functionality affecting users and their ability to globally log into/link accounts
* A known issue of the newly formatted RecentChanges design being completely broken. The old version has been set as default and users are encouraged to disable the new design in their preferences until we can fix it.

A full list of known issues related to the MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade, as well as features and updates on our progress of addressing them, can be found on our {{bp|Technical Update Changelog|changelog}}. The changelog talk page may be used to report many new issues that have not been recorded so our tech can work to address them as soon as possible.

More updates to come!

==April 21==
The day is finally here, Bulbapedia is open again at last! Over the past several weeks, Bulbapedia tech has been hard at work behind the scenes upgrading and bringing the wiki to modern standards and cutting back on a lot of the technical debt that has accumulated over the years. Because this was the first time in quite some time we performed work of this nature, this ended up being a much lengthier process than expected. There's been a whole host of bugs that have been addressed too. Below is a small list of some of the new features that you will now encounter as you browse through the site. Note that you may also need to reset your cookies for the site due to several changes in the back-end as well.

*New features you may notice
**'''Two factor authentication (2FA)''' for logging in has been enabled to keep your account secure.
**'''Toolbars''' - The edit box now has an updated toolbar. To reenable the old version, you will have to go under "Gadgets" under "Preferences" and select the legacy bar.
**'''An overall smoother site experience'''

**'''Extension:Math''' - Yes, we can finally display equations properly!
**'''Default edit rate enhanced''' - Those of you that like to watch BulbaBot do its work may notice that they start to move a little faster now, you will too if you can edit that fast!
**'''Recent changes and Watchlist changes''' - These are now powered with JavaScript and introduce some lovely new features that improve their usability, including filters and even live updates.
**'''Enhanced diff pages''' - Allows for some more action options when viewing page diffs.
**'''Password issues''' - You will be notified and be suggested that your password be changed if it is in the list of 100,000 commonly used passwords that are considered bad passwords. Also, your username cannot be included in your password (e.g., if your username is "Spriteit" your password can not be "SpriteitsPassword").
**Additional features that we will announce once more testing is complete.

If you notice any bugs (aka surprise features) please don't hesitate to let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible. That being said, we are aware that some users are experiencing log in issues following the update. If you are experiencing any log in issues/lockouts, please Direct Message @BulbaTech over on the Bulbagarden Discord with the following information:
*Your Bulbapedia username
*A link to your userpage (if you've had one created before)
*Your email address

We are also aware that features involving email such as confirming your email address is also currently unavailable. Tech is working diligently to resolve these issues.
Again, we apologize for the long maintenance period, and we thank you for your patience as we performed this much needed background work. We are extremely grateful for the hard work and many hours put in by our tech specialist, who often works thanklessly to ensure the Bulbapedia experience is as excellent as can be. We appreciate all you do!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==April 2==
Annddddd we’re back! As some of you may have witnessed over the past 48 hours or so, [[Team Rainbow Rocket]] interrupted and temporarily gained access to Bulbapedia during our attempt at performing our scheduled site update.

Fear not however, Bulbapedia staff has regained control of the site once again. However, there were more damage to the servers done than expected and we’ll have to keep editing locked for a *bit* longer as we repair and shore up our defenses to prevent an incident like this from occurring again. Stay tuned for a full status update later this week once this work is complete.

Thank you again for your patience and we can’t wait to be open for business again soon!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==March 3==
Howdy everyone. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pokemaster97 and I am the current Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia.

With the 25th Anniversary of Pokémon and Sinnoh remakes (and a prequel!) confirmed, now is a more exciting time than ever for the Bulba community. Just as [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] put a new spin on familiar stomping grounds, a few familiar faces on Bulbapedia will be shifting into new roles. Bulbagarden Chief of Staff and former Editor-in-Chief {{u|Kogoro}} has graciously decided to remain on board as Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Kogoro brings over a decade of experience and expertise and I am eternally grateful she has decided to stick around in this role.

As we move further along into 2021 and with a pending wiki update on the horizon, user experience has been a continued focus for Bulbapedia staff. In order to increase attention to these efforts, the Editorial Board will be expanding with the addition of two Special Assistant roles. These members will function as members at large on the board and will work on tasks such as:

* Staff drives/staff development
* Reviewing and updating policies (ongoing policy overhaul)
* Creating guides and user resources
* Assisting the Social Media team with running Bulbapedia’s social accounts/content creation

Please help me congratulate {{u|Spriteit}} and {{u|SnorlaxMonster}} who will be joining the Editorial Board in this role! I look forward to how Bulbapedia will continue to grow with your additions.

I end off by thanking everyone for their continued contributions and support to Bulbapedia. We wouldn’t be half of what we are without you.

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 14==
Hello everyone,

Today marks the 16th anniversary of Bulbapedia's public opening. Perhaps a bit of an unbelievable undertaking back in 2005, when {{game|Emerald}} was set to come to North America in less than three months and mark the conclusion of [[Generation III]]. Today, we're deep into [[Generation VIII]] with {{g|Sword and Shield}} and their [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass|expansions]].

Bulbapedia would not be here today, 16 years later, if it wasn't for the support, edits, and countless hours given by the thousands of editors over these many many years. I would like to personally extend our immense gratitude to all editors who have helped to make Bulbapedia what it is today, and we can't wait to see what Bulbapedia will be like in another 16 years.

2021 marks the [[Pokémon 25th Anniversary]], starting on February 27. As information continues to be revealed about the festivities and releases that we will get to see this year, we can't wait to see how much Bulbapedia will grow with this exciting new year of Pokémon.

It is also with an extremely heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be retiring as Bulbapedia's {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}}, effective on February 17th. Bulbapedia has been a fairly significant part of my free time since I joined back in May of 2008, a wide-eyed girl with a very basic understanding of wiki editing. I joined Bulbapedia's staff in December of that same year through the old {{bp|nominations for administratorship}} program, the final person brought on board in the program.

In May 2009 I joined the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, and I became Editor-in-Chief on February 17, 2014. It's been an absolutely amazing seven years as Editor-in-Chief, and it's been an absolute honour and privilege to get to serve in the role for almost half of Bulbapedia's existence to date. I cannot thank everyone I have worked with in this over 12 year journey enough, but thank you so very much for all of the amazing years.

Taking over as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief will be my deputy, {{u|Pokemaster97}}. He is extremely driven, has been a wonderful deputy to work closely with for almost three years, and has excelled at being a community leader. Please be sure to give him a great welcome to the role, and I look forward to Bulbapedia's future under his leadership.

Happy 2021, Happy 16 Years, and Happy Pokémon 25th!

:Kogoro
:Departing Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2020=
==October 8==
Hope you're all having a great start to October!

Effective today, {{u|Maverick Nate}} is stepping down from his {{bp|Editorial Board}} position as Bulbapedia's Head of TCG. Bulbapedia's TCG section has grown astoundingly under Nate leading the section for the last 9 years, and his over decade of time on the Editorial Board. We all wish him the best with his future endeavors, and this well-deserved retirement.

With Nate's departure, this leaves a significant vacancy in Bulbapedia's Editorial Board. We are happy to announce that {{u|glik}} will be taking over as Bulbapedia's new Head of TCG, also effective today. Welcome to the Editorial Board, glik, we know you will do well!

Happy editing, everyone!

==September 10==
Happy September everyone!

As we continue our work with updating, reviewing, and clarifying our policies, we also wanted to take time to make some staffing shuffles to support the growth of the site. First up, with the upcoming re-launch of Bulbanews, {{u|G50}} is shifting her focus back to her main role as Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief. For the past 6 months, {{u|G50}} has served as our Acting Head of Anime and has helped take point on many of the anime-related policy changes that were seen over the past couple of months and has been an immense help to me personally. Relatedly, I am happy to share that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has agreed to step into the Head of Anime role. Please help me welcome him to the Editorial Board!

In addition to the above shuffle, I am also happy to recognize a handful of staff members who have been working extremely hard and have frequently gone above and beyond in their day-to-day work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Daniel Carrero}} who are all receiving promotions as well. We can’t wait to see what you all will do in your new positions!

==July 22==
Happy July!

As you may have noticed already over the past few weeks, the Bulbapedia staff has been hard at work reviewing, updating, and clarifying several of our official policies that drive many of the procedures that occur on the wiki. At this point in time, the {{bp|Code of Conduct}} and {{bp|Blocking policy}} have been updated and we have created a new {{bp|Speculation policy}} that we hope will clarify our official stances on many issues that occur during editing and will hopefully make for a much smoother editing experience for everyone.

During this time, staff will also be reviewing our category of [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Bulbapedia_proposed_policies proposed policies] and mainspacing ones that we feel will be beneficial as official policies. If you have any ideas or proposals you would like Bulbapedia staff to consider, please create the page in the Userspace and mark it ready for review by adding <nowiki>{{Policy|policy|proposed}}</nowiki> to the top of the page. Additionally, you may use the talk pages of existing policies to propose ideas or suggestions for policy changes for staff member review. Alternatively, you can reach out to an Editorial Board member directly.

Happy editing!

==April 2==
Happy April! In an effort to become a bit more transparent with the community on what the Staff is up to, we are getting back to more regular Message from the Editor updates.

'''Pages needing attention:''' The Editorial Board has been diligently going through the backlog candidates for moves, merges, splits, and mainspacing to try to get some long overdue decisions rolled out. If you had a particular page that you wanted to bring to the staff’s attention for quicker review, please contact any staff member and we’ll do our best to expedite the discussion. We thank you for your patience as we work through these items.

'''Username Change Requests:''' Due to technical issues with the function we use to rename users, we will not be fulfilling user rename requests until further notice. We hope to have this feature back for use as soon as possible!

'''Editor’s Hub:''' Over the past several weeks, the Editorial Board has been working hard to find ways to make editing and working on the wiki more of a collaborative process for users. Stay tuned for pending additions to the current Editor’s Hub that will enhance the experience for users, old and new, alike. As always, any staff member is more than happy to listen to any suggestion for things or improvements you’d like to see brought to Bulbapedia.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 21==
Howdy everyone and happy February! As we enter into a new decade of Pokémon and Bulbapedia, we figured it was time to share a few changes that have happened since our last update with you all!

It is with heavy hearts that we’re announcing the retirement of {{u|Jo The Marten}} as Bulbapedia’s Head of Games. Bulbapedia’s games section grew exponentially under Jo’s leadership for the past several years; we wish her the best in her well-deserved retirement. Jo’s departure leaves a vacancy on the Editorial Board that will be filled in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for that.

On a lighter note, a number of very deserving users who have gone above and beyond with their contributions have been hired as staff. Please help congratulate {{u|Celadonkey}}, {{u|Daniel Carrero}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Wowy}} who have joined us as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s. These users have been dedicated to Bulbapedia for several years and we cannot wait to see how they grow in their new roles!

We have a few promotions within the staff as well! Congratulations to {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|CycloneGU}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|神奇超龍}}, {{u|Blazingfist}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and {{u|glik}} who are moving up in the ranks as well! We know these folks will flourish in their new positions as well.

On a last note, in an effort to simplify staff structure and overall user experience, the Editorial Board has decided to unify the staff of Bulbapedia and the Bulbagarden Archives. This process will be happening over the next several weeks. We hope this change will increase overall cohesion and collaboration between the two projects.

Lastly, we would also like to thank every user who has contributed to the wiki in any way. Bulbapedia would not be the place it is without all of you.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2018=
==May 28==
Hello everyone, it's with heavy hearts that we announce {{u|Zesty Cactus}} has officially retired as Bulbapedia's Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She served above and beyond expectations for the last four years in the position, and will continue assisting Bulbapedia staff in an advisory capacity. We would like to thank her for all of her efforts as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

The Deputy Editor-in-Chief position will not be left vacant, however. We are happy to announce that our Head of Anime, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, will be taking over where Zesty Cactus left off. Pokemaster97 will also be handing over the Head of Anime status to {{u|abcboy}}, and we would like to welcome him to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}!

We have a few other promotions that we are very happy to announce as well. Moving up to the {{bp|Administrator}} level is {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, advancing to the {{bp|Senior Administrator}} level is {{u|glik}}, and {{u|Darkeiya}} will be joining the Editorial Board as Bulbapedia's Head of Art. We would also like to welcome {{u|MisterE13}} back to active duty as a {{bp|Junior Administrator}}.

==February 17==
Another year already? Time sure keeps on flying when there's so much Pokémon fun to be had! It's definitely been a great 13th year for Bulbapedia!

In 2017, Bulbapedia grew by an astounding 5000+ articles, surpassing my expectations significantly! This last year has definitely been a major one for the growth and continued development of Bulbapedia.

With {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime, {{TCG|Guardians Rising|five}} {{TCG|Burning Shadows|new}} {{TCG|Shining Legends|English}} {{TCG|Crimson Invasion|TCG}} {{TCG|Ultra Prism|sets}}, and countless other releases in all parts of the globe this last year, there's certainly been much for Pokémon fans to enjoy and much for Bulbapedia to cover!

Of course, none of this would be possible without the people who help to drive the continued development and updating of Bulbapedia. The Pokémon fandom is amazingly strong, and it definitely shows with just how much Pokémon information this community-driven encyclopedia has been able to document over these last 13 years.

While we're saying goodbye to Bulbapedia's 13th year, I know that we can welcome in the 14th year with the awesomeness that only the Pokémon fandom can provide. Let's make 2018 an awesome one!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 4==
The day that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! We are happy to announce that we believe our technical issues have been resolved, and Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing! We greatly appreciate all of the patience we received during the edit lock, and we would like to apologize for the technical issues that forced the lock to remain in place as long as it did

The staff of Bulbapedia would like to wish everyone a happy 2018, and a great time with [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon]], and everything new that this most recent pair of games will bring to the world of Pokémon.

Happy editing, everyone!

=2017=
==February 17==
Once again, another year has concluded for Bulbapedia. It's certainly been a very busy one, with [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] and the summer of [[Pokémon GO]] both behind us. It was an amazing 12th year for this project.

In 2016, Bulbapedia grew by over 2800 articles, and we hope to see significant growth as well in 2017. The Video Games section showed some of the most impressive growth in 2016. With the release of Pokémon GO, followed by [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] ushering in the beginning of [[Generation VII]], this section not only met the expectations we had for it at the beginning of the year, they blew past it immeasurably. We hope that the recent introduction of [[Johto]] Pokémon in Pokémon GO will only be the tip of the iceberg for the Video Games section in 2017!

The Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have also shown wonderful growth through 2016, and await even more growth in these three sections in 2017. The [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime will be making its official premiere this year, and we can expect to see a lot of new manga and TCG content as well.

Bulbapedia is here today, because of all the contributors who have helped out by making edits through these 12 years. I mention this every year, because it's the absolute truth of a project like this. Without the members of the fandom who contribute to this project, no matter how big or small their contributions may be, Bulbapedia wouldn't be what it is today and very well may not even exist at all.

I'd also like to go onto a personal note for a moment, as today marks the conclusion of my third year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. It's been an amazing experience, and would just like to thank everyone reading this for making these last three years something I'll never forget. I hope we can keep this going even longer.

With that all said, let's make another awesome year, let's keep Bulbapedia the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet. 2017 is another year for us to make our own, let's do this!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2016=
==December 1==
Hello everyone, we hope you've been having as much of a blast with [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] as we have! With the games now having been out in all regions for at least a week, we're happy to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing. We understand that Bulbapedia being locked is a stressful time for all parties, so we greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during this recent edit lock. We also wish to extend an extra special thank you to everyone who submitted information via the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, and other platforms.

==March 21==
It is with heavy hearts that we're announcing the retirement of {{u|Kenji-girl}} as Bulbapedia's Head of Anime. Kenji-girl served as our Head of Anime since December 2011, and worked countless hours to shape our anime section to what it is today. While we will miss Kenji-girl's presence on the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, we are very glad that Kenji-girl will be remaining on staff as a {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, and she will still be working closely with the Editorial Board to continue improving Bulbapedia.

As the anime section is one of Bulbapedia most active sections, we're happy to announce that a successor to the position has already been chosen. Taking over as our Head of Anime is someone who has been on staff for almost four years now, and has been working on anime-related concerns not only on Bulbapedia, but also the Bulbagarden Forums. Bulbapedia's new Head of Anime is none other than {{u|Pokemaster97}}, congratulations!

==March 1==
Now that February and the leap day is done, it is time to leap into a new project! We're really excited to announce this month's content improvement drive: {{bp|Manga March}}! As the name suggests, for this month, we'll be focusing on improving coverage on all [[Pokémon manga]], from the popular [[Pokémon Adventures]] series to the most obscure one-shot magazine chapters, and everywhere else in between. Every week, a new area of focus will be added — one series that's been licensed in English and one series that's currently still Japanese-only, starting with [[Pokémon Adventures]] and [[Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King]]. The Manga March page has been updated with many examples of articles from those series that need improvement or expansion to help you get inspired! Of course, these are just examples, there is always lots of room for new contributions related to manga, even if they aren't listed! Please visit the {{bp|Manga March}} page for more information, and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the [[Bulbapedia talk:Manga March|Manga March improvement drive's talk page]], or you may contact {{u|Zesty Cactus}} or any other staff member listed on {{bp|Project Manga}}. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Project Manga in the past, present and future, and we hope you will all enjoy helping to make Bulbapedia one of the best resources for Pokémon manga information!

==February 17==
Yet another year has come and gone for us here at Bulbapedia. While I know I said it last year, this year has flown by so quickly as well. [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] is in full swing, and this amazing franchise hits the milestone only ten days from now. Bulbapedia has been around to help Pokémon fans for 11 of those amazing 20 years, and it really is all thanks to the many contributors who have given their help to this astounding project over the last 11 years.

Bulbapedia has grown by around 1600 articles in 2015, and we hope to see even more growth through 2016. Our Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have all shown considerable growth in 2015, and we can expect just as considerable growth through 2016 for these three sections. The [[S19|19th season]] will begin this weekend for the English dub of the Pokémon anime, as we also continue to see regular localized releases of manga volumes & TCG sets.

On the other hand, the video games section has seen somewhat smaller growth this year, dominantly due to the lack of new core titles. However, with the mysteries revolving around the recently revealed {{p|Magearna}}, the upcoming Virtual Console release of the [[Generation I]] games for 3DS, the Wii U release of [[Pokkén Tournament]], the recently released [[Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~]], and the highly-anticipated [[Pokémon GO]], we can certainly hope to expect to see a lot of development in the video games section in 2016.

Bulbapedia wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for all the individuals who have helped out over the years. From those who have made several thousand edits, to those who have fixed even a single typo. And, yes, even the viewers who yell at us any time a mistake happens to find its way on an article.

Let's all band together once again, Pokémon fandom. Let's continue to build up the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet, and make 2016 a year to be remembered!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 18==
We're just over half way through the first month of 2016, and less than a month away from Bulbapedia's 11th anniversary. 2015 brought Bulbapedia several improvements, and significant progress on multiple projects, which we will discuss in more detail in February. Right now, there are still several projects that need completion, and that is why we're once again announcing new staff hires and promotions!

First up, we would like to extend congratulations to {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|glik}}, who are advancing from Junior Administators to full Administrators. You have excelled as Junior Administrators, and we expect nothing less in your new positions.

We're also happy to welcome four new Junior Administrators, {{u|Chosen}}, {{ut|CycloneGU|CycloneGU}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and the returning {{u|Carmenstar97}}. We hope to see you all show us the awesomeness we know you're capable of.

=2015=
==September 6==
Effective immediately, new requirements regarding the use of four templates that are extremely important to the continued improvement of Bulbapedia have been mandated:

:''When using the templates {{template|Split}}, {{template|Merge}}, {{template|Move}}, and {{template|DiscussDelete}} to nominate articles for administrative action, a section outlining the rationale for the nomination '''must''' be added to the article's talk page. Nominations lacking an outlined rationale will no longer be considered.''

An outlined rationale helps to expedite administrative action, and helps to prevent confusion and misunderstandings that can result in mistakes. Keep in mind, the staff aren't mind readers, and not every nomination reason is obvious.

==April 13==

It has been a fair while since we last announced staff hires and promotions, and the wait is finally over! We have several extremely dedicated users who spend countless hours diligently working to make Bulbapedia even better than it was the day before, and we'd like to give some of these users a sign of our appreciation for their work.

We would like to extend our congratulations to {{u|Berrenta}} and {{u|Blazingfist}} on your advancement from Junior Administrator to Administrator, and {{u|Force Fire}} on advancing from Administrator to Senior Administrator! You have all shown greatness in your old positions, and we know you will keep it up with your new titles!

We are also happy to announce and welcome {{u|Glik}} and {{u|Abcboy}} to the staff as new Junior Administrators! You both have shown that you have the right stuff, and we definitely know what you two are capable of great things! We hope to see you both shine brightly in your new positions!

==April 6==
We would like to thank everyone who submitted reports for the {{bp|Mobile March}} improvement drive. We are currently compiling the list of templates requiring updates, as well as looking into what code(s) may be the cause of any mobile viewing issues. Template updates will be worked on and applied soon, once the issues have been diagnosed.

While the improvement drive has come to a close, additional reports can still be submitted directly to staff. We do ask that people continue to follow the report format outlined on the {{bp|Mobile March}} page.

==March 8==
For a fair while now, we have been working hard on the implementation of a mobile-friendly skin for Bulbapedia. However, this comes with significant growing pains as Bulbapedia articles and templates have been built near-exclusively for viewing on desktop and laptop computers for the vast majority of the past ten years and mobile devices aren't always compatible with such content.

This is where we need '''your''' help; for the remaining days of March, and the first week of April, Bulbapedia is running another improvement drive, '''{{bp|Mobile March}}'''! So we can optimize mobile browsing as quickly as possible, we want to know what articles you regularly view via mobile devices, and if there are any templates on them that don't seem to look quite right on mobile view.

Specifically, what we need:

#Title of the article (or article type).
#Note which mobile device, operating system version, and browser you're using.
#Description of which templates are causing viewing problems.
#Screenshot(s) of the templates, so we can view and diagnose the problems.

All month long, we wish to put top priority on compiling a list of templates needing priority mobile optimization. We will be accepting submissions of the previously listed information on {{BMGf|173711|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Mobile March|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 17==
Wow, has it already been a whole year? It has flown by so quickly, though we have certainly made a lot of progress in this short time. With Bulbapedia reaching its 10 year anniversary just three days ago, it has definitely been an eventful few days around here!

On a global scale; Bulbapedia has grown by over 1600 articles in this past year! Additionally, the Editorial Board has been working diligently on a number of different behind the scenes tasks. The conversion of the Projects into a more uniform and organized feature has been steadily moving along, with a few minor Projects still awaiting conversion to the new format. The board has also been working through the candidates for moving, merging, splitting, and mainspacing, and significant progress has been made on this extremely massive task.

For the games section; the most important release in the past year can only be {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}. Along with all of the Hoenn-related updates, many Generation VI models have been uploaded and added to their respective species pages. Bulbapedia has also seen the releases of {{g|Battle Trozei}}, {{g|Art Academy}}, [[Pokémon: Battle Nine]], and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]], with articles for all of these titles created. I would like to personally thank everyone who has helped out on any game-related article in the past year, and hope that you will all continue to help out in the next year!

For the anime section; we have seen 47 episodes air in Japan, 48 episodes air in North America, and the release of [[M17|''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'']] in both Japanese and English. This has resulted in over 70 character/Pokémon articles being created and over 80 character/Pokémon articles improved on Bulbapedia. With the finale of Season 17 and the premiere of Season 18 behind us, the next year is definitely going to be eventful for the Pokémon anime! I would also like to personally thank everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's anime section, I hope you will help out just as much in the next year!

For the manga section; we have seen 8 volumes and 2 mini-volumes release in Japan, and 13 volumes and 7 mini-volumes release in English. Together this has covered over 216 chapters being added and/or improved on Bulbapedia, which is nothing short of awesome! With plenty of manga volumes and chapters set to be released in 2015, the manga section will continue to grow and improve in the next year. To everyone who has helped our manga section grow during the last year; your efforts are greatly appreciated, and I hope to see everyone working just as hard in the next year!

For the TCG section; we have seen four major expansions and one sub-expansion release in Japan, four major expansions release in English, and several different promotions. That covers an almost unbelievable grand total of 1473 cards, including reprints! The TCG section certainly won't be slowing down any time soon, and I am sure that we'll be seeing a plethora of new expansions and cards during 2015. To everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's TCG section during the last year; your efforts are absolutely appreciated, and I hope to see everyone work toward just as much forward progress in the next year!

With all of that said, I want everyone to know that I greatly appreciate all of the assistance and devotion that has been given by the fandom in my first year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. No matter how someone assists Bulbapedia, from the smallest tidbit of information to the largest new page and page overhaul, the help is appreciated not only by Bulbapedia's staff, but by every Pokémon fan that views this amazing encyclopedia. So once again, from the bottom of my heart, '''thank you to everyone who contributed to Bulbapedia in the last year, and let's make 2015 shine even brighter!'''

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2014=
==December 2==

With the release of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} behind us, we would like to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open to public editing! We thank everyone for their patience during the restricted editing period, and an extra thank you goes out to everyone who submitted information via the Bulbawiki General Forum on the Bulbagarden Forums.

==October 18==
Due to the recent hacking of the [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version]], and the resulting information leaks, editing of Bulbapedia is currently restricted. At this time, edit requests, questions/concerns, and suggestions should be posted in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/ Bulbawiki General Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your patience.

==September 23==
It's once again time for a very big change for the betterment of the Bulbapedia experience! {{bp|Projects}} are undergoing a major overhaul in order to make them more user-friendly. Some of the major changes include:
* '''Updated design:''' To better separate sections, Projects will now feature a design similar to the Bulbapedia Main Page.
* '''Monthly goals:''' Each month, Projects will designate goals to be accomplished.
* '''Retirement of the {{bp|Project Leader}} position:''' With the removal of the Project Leader position, Projects will now be run by the {{bp|staff}}. Contact lists have been added to make staff contact easier.
* '''Removal of member lists:''' Member lists were causing significant problems with the projects, so they have been replaced with categories that can be added through use of {{template|User Project Member}}.

We hope to have all Projects converted to the new format before the beginning of October. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Projects, please contact Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Kogoro}}, or Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

Last, but certainly not least, we would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to all users who have served as Project Leaders since the position's founding in January 2009. Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work towards building the Projects up, and helping to make them successful.

==September 20==
'''Update:''' Technical issues should be fixed. If there are any additional issues, please let us know.

The Bulbawiki Network is currently experiencing some technical issues, preventing some users from editing and/or uploading files. The problems are being looked into, and we hope to have them fixed as soon as possible. If these problems are affecting an edit or upload you are trying to do, please feel free to use the {{bmgf|156958|edit request thread}} and we will try to get the edit/upload completed.

We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing, and thank you for your patience during this time. We will post an update when everything is running smoothly again.

==May 2==
Bulbapedia's core mission is to thoroughly document and immortalize Pokémon information for all fans, current and future. This is a massive undertaking, and couldn't be accomplished without continued help from you, our dedicated community. We thank you all for your hard work and dedication, and we ask for the community's help once again in this month's improvement drive, '''Merchandise May'''!

All month long, we wish to put top priority on cleaning up and improving our coverage on official Pokémon merchandise. We will be accepting submissions of pictures and/or information on {{bmgf|165204|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Merchandise May|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 26==
We have entered a new chapter in the ongoing history of Bulbapedia, and with each new chapter comes a new deputy. As with all previous deputies, the person chosen to hold this position has shown astounding dedication to the betterment of Bulbapedia. She has been a member of staff for almost four years, with two of them as a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She had made significant advancements for our manga section as both the Head of Manga and leader of {{bp|Project Manga}}. Bulbapedia's new Deputy Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

This also means that there is a new Head of Manga. The Head of Manga takes the responsibility of overseeing all manga-related matters and is the highest authority on these matters, behind the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board as a whole. The person chosen to undertake the responsibilities of this position has shown himself to be dedicated and highly experienced in the Pokémon manga. Welcome to the Editorial Board, {{u|Ataro}}, and congratulations.

A number of additional very deserving users are receiving promotions. Congratulations {{u|ArcToraphim}}, {{u|Masatoshi}}, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Crystal Talian}}, {{u|G50}}, and {{u|Funktastic~!}}. A number of new {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s will also be joining the staff in the coming days, keep an eye out for them.

==February 17==
Five and a half years ago, I joined Bulbapedia. I didn't know wikicode, and I didn't have any new info to contribute. I kept myself busy watching better users in the recent changes, and making minor corrections. As I watched other users editing, I picked up some basic wikicode and got an understanding of the policies and rules. A year later, I started dabbling in templates, and never looked back. And I've enjoyed it all. But I no longer have the time to lead Bulbapedia, and it's time for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief.

Thanks to Archaic and the vice-webmasters, for creating the site and keeping the technical aspects running. To TTEchidna, for leading the site while I was learning the ropes, and inspiring me to create templates. To MAGNEDETH, for keeping the site going during some rough times, and for trusting me with the reins to the site. To Kogoro, my deputy, for helping me with the work and letting me bounce ideas. To the Editorial Board, for keeping the sections of the site progressing, and to all staff, for showing leadership and dedicating time and effort to improving the site. But most of all, thanks to every user, for making Bulbapedia, and this community, what it is. Without all of you, Bulbapedia could not be what it is today.

Taking my place will be {{u|Kogoro}}. She has a lot of experience as an Editorial Board member, and has shown initiative for improving user experience. I hope you all welcome her to the role, and I look forward to seeing Bulbapedia develop under her leadership.

Werdnae 
Former Editor-in-Chief.

=2013=
==October 27==
[[Pokémon X and Y]] have now been available worldwide for a few weeks now, and because of that updates to the articles have been slow to say the least. In the past, with the games releasing in Japan before releasing anywhere else, it was much easier to compile information so by the time the games were released in English, all the information was already up on the site. We'd like to ask all of our readers to please be patient with us while we work to update the site. To our editors, please make sure all information you add is from an official source, and make sure to maintain a positive attitude. There is a lot going on, and not starting conflicts gives staff more time to update the information they find and less time having to keep the peace. If you update a page, please make sure the information you add goes into its appropriate section. We would like to advise users to focus on the main articles and not trivia sections at this time. While trivia can be fun and interesting, most of our articles are severely lacking in core information, so that should come first.

The start of a new Generation not only means the start of two new games, but also the start of new chapters in the anime, TCG, and manga series'. The [[Pokémon the Series: XY|XY series of the Pokémon anime]] follows the adventures of [[Ash Ketchum]] as he travels across [[Kalos]] with {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}}. The [[Trading Card Game]] has started releasing cards featuring Pokémon from the Kalos region as well as receiving a new [[Energy]] for the {{type|Fairy}}. A new chapter in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] series featuring two new protagonists, {{adv|X}} and {{adv|Y}}, is currently in the works. We'll need help keeping the new X and Y episodes up to date, and {{u|Maverick Nate}} is working hard to keep our TCG sections up to date with cards featuring the new Pokémon introduced in the Kalos region. Make sure to check {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} for any news regarding X and Y across the franchise!

==August 14==
For a while users and staff have commented that the biology sections on species articles are bloated and excessively sectioned, as well as being misnamed and error prone. As a result, the staff have now settled on a replacement system, which can be seen on {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s page. The subsections will be removed and rewritten into a single section. This section will include a full description, including gender and form differences and will be written with singular, gender-neutral pronouns, like in-game [[Pokédex]] entries, regardless of gender ratio. The habitat icon from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed and LeafGreen}} will be removed, as it now applies to fewer than half of the Pokémon. Moves will only be mentioned if they are [[signature move]]s or former signature moves, alongside other skills unique to the species which are part of the lore, for example {{p|Celebi}}'s time traveling.

Due to the many incidences of users adding information they made up, all information in this section must be referenced, except for information which originates from a source elsewhere on the page, for example from Pokédex entries. References to other pages on Bulbapedia are preferred, and should be worded such that it is obvious what the origin is, with a link to the relevant page. References to external material must lead to an official source, and should use footnotes.

As the release of [[Pokémon X and Y]] approach, please be aware that information on pages can change without warning, as new information is revealed. As always, fansites are not acceptable sources. All information added must come from an official source. Follow the [https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW BulbaNewsNow] twitter feed, embedded both above and on the {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} main page, for new information, with more detailed articles following on Bulbanews.

=2012=
==December 20==
With every changing of the guard, a new deputy must be chosen. The person who is the new deputy Editor-in-Chief has a lot of experience on Bulbapedia. She has been staff for four years, and in that time she quickly rose to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She has proven herself a reliable and dedicated staff member. Most recently, she has been taking care of our images as [[a:Main Page|Archives]] Director. The new deputy Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia is none other than {{u|Kogoro}}.

In addition, the vacant Head of Games position on the Editorial Board is filled. The Head of Games is responsible for overseeing game-related matters, and is the highest authority on them besides the Editor-in-Chief, deputy and Editorial Board as a whole. This position goes to someone who has impressed with the quality of some of her earliest edits, and never looked back. She has shown to be an adept editor over a range of different sections and impressed with her handling of some issues. Congratulations {{u|Jo The Marten}} and welcome to the Editorial Board.

A few other dedicated users receive promotions. Congratulations to {{u|Adyniz}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|神奇超龍}} and {{u|G50}}.

With the formalities over, on behalf of the staff of Bulbagarden we would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

==December 9==
On December 9th, 2007 at 22:04 (10:04 pm), I joined Bulbapedia. Two minutes later, I made my first edit. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User:MAGNEDETH&diff=prev&oldid=249878 It was terrible]. How did such a hopeless new user end up as the leader of the site? By following in the shoes of my superiors, getting support from my fellow users, and a whole lot of editing. I managed to work my way up but I never thought I would reach the highest level. Sure, I had aspirations to become an administrator, maybe even a bureaucrat, but that's the highest I was going to attain, right?

In December 2010, TTEchidna was relieved of his duty, and I took his place as {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia. Before he left, he put in place a rule that all EiC's would stay in position for a maximum of two years. When I had heard of this, I scoffed at the premise that I would have to unwillingly relinquish my position because he couldn't go two years without getting worn out. I said a few times that I would decide if I were going to go more than two and veto that rule if I wanted to. I am officially removing that rule.

It has been two years. I have not gone crazy and I feel as though there's still plenty left to do. However, I also feel like I can't devote the amount of time to the site I would like to. That is why I have decided to voluntarily release my position as Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. While most people leave the staff because they feel their interest in Pokémon has waned, my interest in Pokémon was never even close to that of my fellow users and staffers, but that didn't stop me because I wasn't really in it for Pokémon. Yea, I like playing the games, but I grew to enjoy editing, and being around the staff that I grew to call my friends. To me, Pokémon was the subject and keeping tabs on it was the job. As with any job I've had, I did it to the best of my abilities, and life went on. These reasons are why that, despite my position departure, I will not be leaving the site entirely. I will accept the move to {{bp|Executive Policymaker}} and Vice-Webmaster and continue to work on various projects. The main difference will just be a little less time spent on the site, and a little more time spent focusing on my real life activities.

In my place will be my Deputy, {{u|Werdnae}}. There were days where I felt I paled in comparison to the jobs Werdnae was able to accomplish. When I took over and appointed Trom as my Deputy, he warned me that it was highly unlikely he would last long enough to be the next EiC, and he was right. Initially I was worried I wouldn't be able to find someone with that specific something I was looking for to take my place, but the answer was right in front of me. When Werdnae joined, he brought maturity and efficiency to the table. I noticed how quickly and efficiently he worked his way up the ladder and knew he was destined for success. When I joined, I had neither, so that alone lets you know the kind of guy Werdnae is.

It's at this point that I should list those who I am thankful for, but the thing is, I can't fit everyone in here. The entire Bulbagarden staff, both past and present, I have considered my friends. I'm also not leaving, and in the short term, my activity probably won't change much. That being said, thank you to everyone, but we ain't done yet. However, there is one person I have a special message for:
Werdnae, good luck.

Sincerely, 
{{u|MAGNEDETH}} 
Former Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia

==October 7==
After a long wait, the English versions of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2]] have finally hit the shelves and of course, our handheld consoles. We are very excited about these games as much as you are, and the wiki is currently being updated as time progresses so we can offer you quality information about these games. Here, we follow the main characters, {{ga|Nate}} and {{ga|Rosa}}, as they form a bond with their Pokémon and take on new adventures, as well as ourselves, with new attractions such as the [[Pokéstar Studios]] and the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and meet with characters we've seen in the previous games (ALL previous games). You're in for a treat here.

Speaking of quality, we are also trying to enhance the response and quality from the servers and we'd like to apologize for any inconveniences this might bring. More fans mean more servers needed, so we're balancing both ends. We can assure you that once the servers are upgraded, your experience in Bulbapedia and all related wikis will be a lot smoother.

With that said, what are you waiting for? Be ready to put on Nate or Rosa's [[Running Shoes]] and take on the Unova League!

==June 25==
They are here! [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black 2 and White 2]] are out now in Japan and we are adding info at a steady pace. Thing is, B2W2 has brought forth a number of changes to the usual Pokémon formula, so this isn't as simple as games past. Yes, the site will be locked for a short time, but once we get all the basics up and ready, it will be open to the public once again.

We also had the English release of [[Pokémon Conquest]] not long ago which gives us not one, but two games to add onto the site. We have a lot of work to do ahead, but it's all a part of the job on a wiki. Conquest is an entirely new type of game to the Pokémon franchise and with the rave reviews it's getting, it might not be the only one of its kind.

We would also like to once again congratulate [[The Speed Gamers]] on their recent Pokémon capture charity drive. Bulbagarden is proud to have been able to stream the whole thing live right here on the front page of Bulbapedia. TSG exceeded their $50,000 goal and managed an awesome $59,111.00! It just goes to show that Pokémon fans are the best kind of fans.

==March 31==
Howdy folks, this is MAGNEDETH, the Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. Normally when we send these messages from the editor, we send them as a group. No one person is "the editor" on a wiki, so we feel that when we, the staff, sends a message, it is from all of the staff. However, I have an important message today that handles a major change above even the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

As our wiki changes, so does our staff. They come and go as time goes by, and every staff member's work is appreciated. But it isn't very often we have such a big change at the top of the board. My Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}, has decided to move on from Bulbapedia and focus on other projects. Don't worry folks, he isn't going too far. As we announced about one month ago, Trom can now be located as the Editor-in-Chief of [http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page Bulbanews].

Trom leaves Bulbapedia with a lengthy list of things he has accomplished, and without him, Bulbapedia would not be shaped the way it is today. The amount of effort and dedication Trom has put forth into Bulbapedia in the past is insurmountable. I wanted Trom to stick around, and I wanted to hand-off Bulbapedia to him when my time here is done, and it disappoints me a little that I won't be able to do that, and it disappoints me even more to know I won't see Trom's name grace the Recent Changes like it once did. But I have said many times that while the staff here has a job to do, I don't want Bulbapedia to interfere with anyone's personal life, and I know Trom has opportunities outside of the site he would like to pursue, and holding the Deputy spot, as well as being the EiC of Bulbanews would stretch him too thin. I'm just glad that my former deputy and friend, Trom, will still be there helping Bulbagarden; he'll just be next door is all.

However, with Trom gone, it leaves a rather noticeable opening on the Bulbapedia staff ranking. That's where {{u|Werdnae}} comes in. I knew replacing Trom would be difficult, but Trom and Werdnae have been working together to the point where a lot of Trom's knowledge has been passed onto Werdnae. That doesn't mean Werdnae isn't full of his own ideas though, he wouldn't have made it on the staff in the first place if he wasn't an excellent editor. I look forward to working with Werdnae leading the site and continuing to maintain our position as the #1 Pokémon website.

That all being said, the staff have been gathering new ideas to improve the site, and get ready for the release of [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black and White 2]], so expect some changes here and there as time goes on. And be sure to check Bulbanews for when information on Black and White 2 gets released (which has proven to be few and far between), you can be sure that Trom will have all info accounted for.

This has been a special message brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief, 
— {{u|MAGNEDETH}}

==February 26==
'''BEHOLD'''!!! The mighty {{p|Kyurem}} is upon us!

After an unbelievable hype, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black and White sequels]] (yes, there are two of them) have [[n:Pokémon Black and White 2 revealed on Pokémon Smash!|finally been revealed]]. Please be ''extra'' cautious while adding new information to the articles and avoid baseless speculation as well. All information must come from official [[Nintendo]] sources, not from fan sites.

With that being said, do not forget to say hello to our newest [[n:Keldeo to be revealed in upcoming CoroCoro|family]] [[n:Meloetta quietly revealed in M15 poster|members]], {{p|Keldeo}} and {{p|Meloetta}}.

On the other hand, thank you for participating in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ Christmas contests]. We hope that you all had a good time. As far as the prizes are concerned, our webmaster {{u|Archaic}} is trying his level best to ship them as soon as possible. So, bear with us and have some patience.

Last but not least, please welcome our new Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator|trom}}! We would like to wish him all the very best for a bright future. To our former Editor-in-Chief {{u|RexRacer}}, thank you for serving [[Bulbanews]] for almost three years and making it a wonderful place for all of us. Good luck, sir!

=2011=
==December 16==
Thank you to everyone who filled out an application form for the recent staff drive. We had over 130 Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Archives users wanting to be part of the team that keeps the wikis running. That's a huge amount. Obviously we can't hire everybody, but please give a warm welcome to new Bulbapedia Junior Administrators {{u|Ataro}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Turtwig A}}, and {{u|Toon Ganondorf}}. Over on Bulbanews, {{u|Water Max}} and {{u|BaileyPlaysPokemon}} have been selected as new writers, with columnist announcements delayed until the new year.

There's also been a few promotions within the existing wiki staff. {{u|Kogoro}} will now be formally heading Bulbagarden Archives, and {{u|Kenji-girl}}, {{u|Maverick Nate}}, {{u|Werdnae}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} join the re-energized Editorial Board.

Congratulations to those above, and others, on their new roles. And congratulations to you, the humble Bulbapedia editor as well. It is thanks to your hard work that we end the year with over 20,000 articles. That's an increase of over 2,000 pages since this time last year. But the work isn't done yet! In case you hadn't noticed, we're having another Christmas contest this year — the {{bp|Festive Frontier}}, where you can win prizes simply for editing. Check it out if you haven't yet, and the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ other Bulbagarden contests], too. There's something for everyone (although we feel somewhat compelled to emphasize [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/twelve-days-christmas-2011-staff-appreciation-awards-nominatons-day-2-a-123665/ Day 2] of the Twelve Days of Christmas contest...).

Happy holidays!

==November 4==
Hey everyone. In case you missed it, look! New Main Page layout! Shiny.

If you want to have your work featured in this box up the top here, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. The content changes every day, so if you want your writing to be the first thing everyone sees when they visit Bulbapedia, pick a topic and put together a few fun facts our readers may be interested in. This is a great way to get involved with the Bulbapedia community.

If you really want to get into the community, why not apply for a staff role? Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Archives are [[n:Bulbawikis_start_staff_recruitment_drive|currently hiring]]. If you've been around for a while, have a handle on the rules and a clear head, then check out the job descriptions on Bulbanews and fill out an application form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==November 1==
If you're reading this, congratulations: you survived Halloween. Hopefully you also remembered to pick up your promotional [[Global Link]] [[List_of_Pokémon_Global_Link_promotions#Banette|Banette]] as well.

You may have also noticed something different about the Bulbapedia Main Page. If not, take a look around. Our new layout has gone live after a few months of testing. This is the first Main Page update since we went "roundy" about three years ago, so we hope you enjoy.

If there are any problems with the Main Page, let us know about them [[Talk:Main Page|here]]. Obviously with many different screen resolutions available it won't look the same for everyone but it shouldn't look awful for anyone.

Before you go back to the rest of the wiki, have a look at the center box on the top row. In this box we are hoping to feature work submitted by Bulbapedia editors and readers. If you're interested in collecting some relevant and interesting information from around the site and (most importantly) getting it displayed in a prominent location, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. He looks forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==October 22==
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.

Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.

Secondly, we have amended our {{bp|userspace policy}} to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.

There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!

==September 9==
Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives are all open and once again running as per normal... except with hopefully fewer technical disruptions.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. We've also recently installed the latest MediaWiki version (full release details [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 here]). Most of the changes to the system will be back-end stuff, but you may see a few changes to your own editing interface. The update should hopefully contribute to a faster-running site.

Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 28==
'''BULBAPEDIA IS OPEN!''' But the Bulbagarden Archives are still closed unfortunately.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 18==
'''BULBAPEDIA AND ALL RELATED WIKIS WILL BE LOCKED FROM EDITING AS OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 UTC.'''

'''**UPDATE: August 23** - Site closure will be extended for an unknown amount of time. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. Check back here for updates!'''

Now the real questions are why, and for how long. Well, lets answer them:

'''Why will the wikis be closed?''' - We are closing the site to '''to overhaul our server backend'''. As many of you are well aware, our site has been running...well pretty badly. Errors abound! We have been upgrading our servers steadily for the past year or two, but the thing is, more of you keep visiting us! This is totally acceptable, but the site is growing so fast we can't keep up! So we are closing the site to restructure the system, and that will hopefully alleviate the issue.

'''How long will the wikis be closed?''' - <s>The tentative duration is currently '''{{tt|3 days|Tuesday, August 23, 2011 UTC}}''', but anything can happen. We may reopen in two days, we may take four, but three is the goal.</s> '''The site will still be available to view and browse''', but we can't promise it will be running all that smooth until the job is done, so sadly, errors may still happen.

After these updates, we hope to take advantage of the new servers and do some updates around the site. Re-organizing some pages and sections, new and updated templates, that sort of stuff. We thank you guys for all your support (even though you destroyed our servers), and we hope that with our updated system we can continue offering all the information you need, and the stuff you don't! While we are closed, you can still browse [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/ the forums] (which will be operational) or hang out in our IRC channel at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

==May 25==
As the [[Black and White]] hype continues and so does the high server load, we have a couple of announcements for our valuable users. To begin with [[Bulbagarden Archives]], a new rule has been implemented - that personal images are no longer allowed on the Archives. All the previously uploaded personal images will be deleted after May 31, so kindly save any of your personal images before they are all deleted. There are plenty of image hosting sites which can be used for personal images instead.

As far as [[Bulbapedia]] is concerned, a new userspace restriction has been put in place - that articles about anime Pokémon must not be created in the userspace. Articles for notable Pokémon should be created in the mainspace once the relevant episode airs. Articles created before the change will not be deleted until their notability is decided.

Last but not the least, the [[Bulbagarden forums]] are currently being upgraded to vBulletin 4.1.3. Until the upgrade is complete, any suggestions, comments or issues can also be voiced on the [http://www.bulbagarden.net/vb41test/ test forums] or on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

Remember the preview button, not to add trivia and one userspace edit per day. Thanks to all of our users for dedicating their precious time and contributing. Have fun!

==April 16==
Bulbapedia is finally open for editing. However the servers are still under very heavy load, which you may notice results in longer load times and occasional errors. To help limit the load, userspace editing is strictly limited to one edit per day, using the UTC clock at the top of every page. We would also like to remind you that the articles are the main purpose of Bulbapedia, so please edit them as well. Due to the inherent unimportance of trivia sections, we formally request editing and discussion of trivia sections be left alone for the time being.

Secondly, several users have been receiving edit requests via e-mail. If you receive one, you should ask yourself 1) why the sender can't make the edit themselves, and 2) why the edit request has been made off-site. The answer to both is that the sender has been permanently blocked from editing, and is requesting that poor edits be made. In fulfilling these edit requests, you are helping a user to circumvent their block. Instead, report it to a staff member and ignore or block any further e-mails you receive. Do not reply to the e-mail, this will allow the sender to contact you directly if they are not already.

{{bp|Staff}} would like to remind users to be careful with their e-mail address. We can only block e-mails that are sent through the wiki. The [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''', remains in need of activity. Remember the preview button, and happy editing.

==March 4==
'''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions|BLACK AND WHITE ARE HERE!!]]''' As everyone clamors to grab a copy, we want to be here to bring you all the information we can. That being said, we also want your experience with the site to be as smooth as possible, so we have disabled editing to all non-staff users. While annoying to many (sorry), it should help the site run more efficiently. During this lock, our {{bp|Staff}} will still continue to update information though, so don't worry, the site will continue to update even through the lockdown.

Speaking of staff, as Black and White bring us into a new era, we aim to bring you the best service we can, but the only way we can do that is with a staff of dedicated individuals to run the show. On that note, it's time to give them an overhaul. A number of your favorite staff members have been promoted, including three very special promotions.
Congratulations to {{u|CoolPikachu!}} and {{u|Jello}} whom are now members of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}! CoolPikachu! has been moving his way up the ranks for the past couple years and has arrived on the board thanks to his hard work and dedication. However, there's no discrediting Jello as she has likewise worked extra hard, on not just one site, but two. Jello took over the [[Bulbagarden Archives]] earlier this year and has been directing it with great focus.

That leaves us with the third promotion. Upon taking the Editor-in-Chief position, I am to choose my deputy, and I have chosen our resident dark lord, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}. Trom has done an amazing amount of work over his time here at Bulbapedia running our contests, {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}}s, and a number of other projects as well. {{u|Kogoro}}, the former deputy Editor-in-Chief will move into a new role as the site's Technical Director.

To close, again, sorry about the lockdown, but it's a precaution to help you folks use our site better. For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums] OR our all new '''[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC]''' located at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''' (imagine that). Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun with Black and White!

==January 11==
It is a new year, and with this new year brings many new things to Bulbapedia! I sure hope everyone can keep up!

I'll start with me. Hi, I am the new {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}. Getting used to the new position is tough but I am up for the task. There are changes on the way, but for the most part, the same easy-to-use and informative Bulbapedia will be here for you. However, some changes on the horizon will be aimed to make both surfing and editing the site easier. Give it time, they are on the horizon.

Next up we have the release of two main series games. There will be a lot of new information to add to the site and we can really use ''your'' help to handle it. New Pokémon, moves, locations, items, you name it! It should be noted that a lockdown may happen, but we don't want to do that. Rest assured, if it does happen, it's simply done to relieve server stress. We don't like preventing our users from editing, but we also don't like when no one can see the site because it's masked behind a big '''504''' error.

And lastly, but by no means least, the [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives], an extremely important part of our site that is often overlooked. All of our images stem from our Archives, so don't forget about it! There are plenty of images this site needs and '''you''' can help upload them. But be aware, the Archives are closely moderated due to its important activity, so make sure to read the rules before helping out.

For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]. Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun.

=2010=
==December 1==
A warm welcome to the new Editor-in-Chief, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}, and a hearty farewell to the guy making this edit, {{u|TTEchidna}}.

While TTE will not be leaving Bulbapedia as a whole, his active responsibility, which has been increasingly sparse over the past few months, will be ended. This comes after a particularly high-stress time; going through graduate classes and attempting to keep 649 Pokémon species straight really can wear you down to the point of insanity, especially when coupled with a part-time job at a world-famous store where customer interaction is ''constant''.

And so, an era ends. From this point on, all Bulbapedia Editors-in-Chief will serve in their position for two years, and then pass on this position to another user of their choosing, with the approval of {{u|Archaic}}. A longer message can be found in the Bulbawiki general forum on the Bulbagarden forums, where well-wishing and criticism can be given. '''''Please do not leave messages on TTE's talk page.'''''

And so, folks, I wish you all well. Me? I'm going on vacation in two weeks.

==November 5==
Over the past few weeks, the site has been slowly filling up with information related to the new Pokémon games, {{v2|Black and White|s}}. Bulbapedia now has articles about each of the {{cat|Generation V Pokémon|156 new Pokémon}}, all the new moves and abilities, and the recent [[Pokémon the Series: Black & White|new anime series]]. But we're still not done! As you continue to update the site with information, remember that you shouldn't be taking information from other fan sites. This is partly so our translations stay consistent, but also because we need to make sure that the information we are putting up is 100% correct. If you have Black or White, we'd love your help.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who's helped so far, especially to the fifteen temporary junior administrators who gave us a hand while the site was locked down. Some of them have been kept on as permanent staff (more fool them!).

A reminder also that {{g|Ranger: Guardian Signs}} goes on sale today in Europe and the United Kingdom. If you live in those areas, don't forget to get your games and take part in the latest in the popular ''Pokémon Ranger'' series.

==September 18==
The games are out, and a flood of information is upon us! Due to the wealth of details, the site has been locked from editing by all non-staff members and at this point will stay locked so we can get a lot of major updates handled without the majority of people getting in the way (ie: edit conflicts), so we are going to work on getting all the Pokémon pages, locations, moves, abilities, movesets, items, and other major additions to gameplay. We know it sounds like it will take a long time, and well, it might, but we are hoping to be done with the lockdown in under a week.

We don't like locking our users out of a community driven site, but it's so we can get everyone as much info as fast as we can while maintaining our usual quality standards. We don't want to be rushed here and it will save us the hassle of an inevitably short sighted new user who will ignore the rules and go posting information they got off of GameFAQs forums or another unofficial source. So check back often as new info is added to the site ''every '''second'''!''

==September 9==
Pokémon learnsets are beginning to have their templates upgraded: above all else, do not attempt to jump in to help if you do not know what to do. Questions can be addressed to any of Bulbapedia's staff, most especially TTEchidna, who can show you how to make the templates work.

Black and White are likely to leak within the next week or so, so keep on your toes. Bulbapedia may go on a brief lockdown, allowing only staff to edit, shortly after release so as to prevent speculation and unsourced facts, however, after this time, normal editing privileges will return.

==September 1==
Black and White approach quickly. As they do, we are updating templates that will have relevance to them. These templates need input, and will often be posted in a thread on the Bulbawiki forum.

We are seeking the opinion of Bulbapedia's editors for what to do in regards to Generation V's release. Should the wiki be locked down or should it not be? Please vote {{bmgf|78738|in this thread}} to make sure your voice is heard.

For fans of other Nintendo series, {{met|Metroid: Other M}}, the most recent Metroid game, has been released in the US and internationally. For news concerning this and other Metroid series titles, visit our NIWA associates at {{met|Main Page|Metroid Wiki}}!

==August 13==
Bulbapedia prides itself on its community. The site would not be where it is today without the input it has received from all of you. Thanks, guys.

Some names have stood out among the masses, though. These users have all been awarded a {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}} (or variant thereof) in recognition of the time and commitment they've put in. A special award this time is for the Crystal Bulbasaur - an award given to a user who has given his or her all over a one-year period. For 2009, we would like to give this to '''every single user''' that helped out with the updates regarding the English release of {{game|Platinum}} and the Japanese release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. As we mentioned above, it is the dedication by the community that allows the wiki to succeed.

The Editorial Board endeavors to hand these out on a regular basis, but (as you've probably realized) we sometimes get forgetful. You can help us in this regard by [[Special:Emailuser/The dark lord trombonator|sending an email]] to the Community Development Officer if you have any suggestions for the next round of awards. They'll be in a couple of months.

Also here in a month or so will be the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]. To prepare for this, we have a few ongoing tasks which you can help out with. However, if you're following the Black and White news updates, please be careful with new information, and take care not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts.

Thanks for your help, everyone, but we aren't done yet. Let's keep improving our wiki and prepare for the next generation.

==August 5==
As the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]] draws nearer and the new features of [[Generation V]] are slowly revealed, Bulbapedia faces many large-scale updates, which all of us are working hard to execute. As always, we rely greatly on our community, and there are many ways for you, the users, to help.

One major change that we've done is moving all route articles to a new naming system to include the region name. Route 1, for example, has been moved to [[Kanto Route 1]], while the former title has been turned into a disambiguation page. This means that thousands of pages need to be edited to relink to the new names. <nowiki>{{rtn|2}}, for example, needs to be turned into {{rtn|2|Kanto}}, and so on.</nowiki> In town infoboxes, new parameters have been added, as can be seen in [[New Bark Town]]. We hope to finish this job within a few weeks - which will only be doable with your help.

We would also like to remind everyone to be careful with new information, and be careful not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts. This is especially true for information acquired solely from other English websites not affiliated with Bulbagarden.

We wish the community a Happy New Generation. Let's get to work and make sure Bulbapedia is ready for it.

==June 29==
While server issues still remain, Bulbapedia has been restored to its normal, rounded self, with the {{template|roundy}} being found to have caused only minimal problems, mostly with regard to a slowdown in loading pages for those browsing the site due to the switch statements present. Roundy remains in service, now without the switch statements, while eight new templates take over for rounding individual corners and sides of Bulbapedia's tables.

The server issues that remain appear to be related to [[Bulbagarden]]'s load balancer, which, under normal circumstances, keeps the five servers that the website operates from in sync and serving Bulbagarden's community as one united entity. This glitch, which appeared as we were fixing the roundy-related issues, will possibly be flushed out of the system when the Bulbawiki network upgrades to MediaWiki version 1.16.0 on its exit from beta. Until then, please be patient, and tread lightly on your edits, which can make for disaster if too many are made in quick succession, ''especially'' to templates. If Bulbagarden goes down for any time, expect it to be back up within five minutes, thanks to a new feature which will auto-restart the website after a crash.

Meanwhile, discussion of the new Pokémon introduced with Generation V can be made on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden Forums]. Articles on the recently-revealed species will be up in due time, when more data can be gleaned from future screenshots and videos, as ones we currently have access to are limited in this.

==June 15==
With the continuous server issues, Bulbapedia regrets to inform you that the rounded corners that have become so standard will all be removed until further notice. While those without Firefox have not been able to see them, the two-month-old {{template|roundy}} template, which brought rounded corners to those who are not Firefox users, has been suspected of being the centerpoint of the problem.

Please do not remove the template from pages on which it is used; hopefully it is ''not'' the problem and rounded corners, as well as editing, will return soon.

Also, congratulations to our fellows at ZeldaWiki.org for getting the remake that Zelda fans so desired.

==June 1==
As we move closer and closer to Generation V, the Bulbapedia community continues to expand. Welcome to all our new users (please read the {{bp|welcome|rules and guidelines}} to help you contribute) and welcome to our new staff members: {{u|Tina}}, {{u|Umeko}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} as Bulbapedia {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s and {{u|Jello}} and {{u|PsychicRider}} as Bulbagarden Archives Junior Administrators. These guys should be your first stop for simple questions about the wiki.

With more and more information about the fifth generation of Pokémon coming out by the week, we need to make sure the information we're putting out is correct. This means waiting for announcements from [[Pokémon Sunday]], [[CoroCoro]] and other official sources before information goes onto the mainspace. As speculation often builds up before these publications come out, pages may be protected by staff. We ask that you do not try to circumvent these measures; they are put in place to ensure Bulbapedia has accurate, high quality information.

Additionally, we need to remind you all that the {{bp|talk pages}} of the wiki are not meant for discussion of the subject of the article, but its content. Note the difference: chatting about what you think might happen, or your opinion about a new Pokémon is not permitted and should be taken to the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]; discussing ways we can improve the article or pointing out flaws is what these pages should be used for.

And even though we've got new games on the horizon, don't forget about the older games. There are still lots of articles that need information and cleanup to meet Bulbapedia's standards. It's easier if we all chip in - don't be afraid to lend a hand!

==April 22==
As we celebrate the third anniversary of the English release of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, as well as of Generation IV itself, Bulbapedia continues to move forward.

Bulbagarden Networks has established a group on Facebook in order to better connect with the community at large, found [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulbagarden-Networks/106182602199?ref=ts here], while the recently-established [[NIWA]] also has a new Facebook group, located [http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIWA/109310969105216 here]. Join up and hit "like", especially if you liek Mudkipz.

The upcoming summer promises to be chock-full of information on {{game|Black and White|s}} as we grow ever closer to their autumn release, and Bulbapedia will be changing some things around. A rearrangement of the staff structure, in the works for some time now, will see a more gradual slope for users to join the community and become full-fledged members of it. Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Bulbagarden Archives are all taking applications for the newly-created Junior Administrator group which will be established in the coming days, so check out the forum thread {{bmgf|60126|here}} for details on how to apply.

==March 26==
Yet another release of Pokémon games has come and gone, though unlike many others, this release was a much hyped one, both by the staff of Bulbapedia as well as by Nintendo itself.

Due to this hype, however, Bulbagarden's traffic has increased tenfold overnight. Even with a third server installed shortly before the North American release of the remakes, and a fourth on its way already, Bulbagarden has a hard time outputting all of the connections requested of it by users who visit it. This is the reason for the 503 errors: the servers work as hard as they possibly can, yet still, it becomes impossible to give the information out to as many people as are visiting, like a spokesperson handing out fliers who is surrounded by an eager crowd could be overwhelmed.

Due to this, editing by non-staff on Bulbapedia has, for the moment, been disabled. This is not a malicious act to keep editing in the hands of those in charge and to shut out ideas, as some might think, but as a precaution to prevent ''more'' 503 errors, or worse, a complete shutdown of the site. Being a wiki, Bulbapedia requires a ''lot'' of resources, with edits to it making for a majority of the stress Bulbagarden's servers receive daily. Under normal load, this stress is negligible, and hundreds of users can be on the site at once, editing any one of our more than 16,000 mainspace pages. Under the increased load, however, even with only some 20 users having the ability to edit, 503's still appear from time to time.

It is unknown when the load from the influx of new members of the Bulbagarden community will begin to ease, though as of this writing it has only been seen to ''increase'', even with the third server's power. As such, it is impossible to predict when the ability for normal users to edit will return. Patience, however, is a virtue, and will be justly rewarded with many new things to do and updates to make when editing returns.

In the meantime, the administration of Bulbapedia can still be contacted on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums], specifically in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section], or users may send members of the administration an email, and edits to mainspace pages or templates can be requested of them. Userspace editing, on the return of normal editing, will remain in a restricted state for some time after, with only '''''one''' edit per day'' allowed. Your HeartGold and SoulSilver teams, Friend Codes, and so on should be condensed into this edit. Users who make more than this single edit in a day will have their userpages locked down for as many days as they made edits over this limit, and repeat offenders may have their pages locked for longer.

Meanwhile, enjoy HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as the remnants of the Team Rocket takeover, which will remain as a selectable skin on the Bulbawiki system as well as on the forums.

==February 14==
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Bulbapedia's being open to public editing. This milestone, ever great, allows us to take a look back at the history of the wiki, as well as the website in general. Occurring only a week after the revelation of the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon, this can remind us that we have come far from where the wiki began, those years ago. In 2005, we were still eagerly awaiting the [[third version]] of [[Hoenn]], {{game|Emerald}}, to be released outside of Japan, and knew that the end of [[Generation III]] was quickly nearing.

Here, now, we have gotten the {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|remakes of Generation II}} many hoped for since {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. The style of the wiki has changed drastically, with the plain charts of the old days now replaced by colorful templates that maintain a particular theme across a page.

Today, to celebrate this accomplishment, we are unveiling a new, custom, Bulbagarden-themed skin for Bulbapedia, created by our own {{u|Jioruji Derako}}. This is only the first in a series of skins, which are to be created to better integrate the wiki trio with the Bulbagarden forums, as well as with other parts of the site.

Only one month remains until HeartGold and SoulSilver are released in the US, when we will finally be certain of the names of the newly-introduced characters. Likewise, Generation V's brand-new information, still on its way, must be verified before it goes into the mainspace, so as to maintain our high level of quality.

==February 7==
Well, it's that time again. As have Generations {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} before it, our beloved [[Generation IV]] is coming quickly to a close. The revelations have begun, and [[Junichi Masuda]] himself has announced the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon.

That is not to say that we should be fast to act! We must maintain our quality on Bulbapedia, even in the face of unconfirmed information. The Bulbapedia administration, including me, hang tight to the right channels for new Pokémon revelations, and rest assured, there is no need to worry or create an article for any new Pokémon ''yet''.

This mysterious new Pokémon, whatever it is, will have its article created in due time. Do not rush. Do not worry. It will not be forgotten. Details must be verified before we create an article, when the Pokémon's full details are revealed in two weeks.

Details on Generation V are sparse right now, however, within ten months' time, all will be known. We have no need to get the information out as fast as possible here; our primary motivation should be well-written articles that inform, rather than poorly-written articles whose only purpose is to give the creator bragging rights (really, creating the [[Sdex|Sinnoh Pokédex listing]] was no big deal). Writing an article that needs minimal maintenance in the coming days, months, and even years is much better than writing one that needs much maintenance to even be ''decent''.

In closing, do not panic. Give us time to collect information, and do a little hunting yourself. Meanwhile, go back and enjoy Johto. Only five weeks remain until you can...

=2009=
==November 30==
This particular issue is actually rather important, so we're hoping that bringing it to everyone's attention will make an impact.

'''When uploading images, please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) characters only!'''

We've had this message up at the top of the archives for ages now, but people still aren't paying attention to it. This is not just an issue of filename aesthetics, as some people seem to be treating it as. Putting filenames up there with characters outside of these, including punctuation, Japanese characters, or just weird characters (such as those from glitch Pokémon for instance) cause problems with our web server. I'll save you the specifics, but it results in a cascade which can cause the server to lock up in a manner which requires us to perform a manual reset.

It's a very simple request, and coming into December, I think we can all agree that we'd like to see as little downtime as possible from people simply not reading, or ignoring, the rules. Any users who can't do during this holiday period will be receiving a ban from editing and uploading on the Bulbawiki network until the New Year. There will be no warnings, no second chances.

==November 16==
Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.

Active contributors to articles under the {{bp|Project Games}} scope are invited to apply for the position of {{bp|Project Leader}}. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected [[side games]]. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the {{bt|Project Games|talk page}} for details.

[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently {{u|Argy}}) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see {{bmgf|48029|this forum thread}}.

If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!

==November 5==
As most of you probably noticed, Bulbapedia has been closed to editing for about 24 hours for maintenance. During this time the staff has worked hard to move two manga sections to their English names. ''Pokémon Special'' has been moved to ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'', and ''Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure'' has been moved to ''[[Magical Pokémon Journey]]''. All relating articles and templates have been moved as well, and the characters of {{Adv|Blue}} and {{Adv|Green}} have been switched, so please be sure to check the {{bp|list of link templates}} and follow the new names from now on.

It is possible that some instances of the old names were missed. If you come across one, please change it to fit our new standards. We would like to thank everybody who participated in this mass move. We will continue working hard to make Bulbapedia the best, most accurate Pokémon encyclopedia on the internet - ''by'' the fans, ''for'' the fans.

==November 2==
Starting this Thursday night (the 5th) and possibly until sometime in the weekend, Bulbapedia will be closed to editing, due to maintenance work. During this time the staff will be taking care of a large-scale move that might be stressing to our servers, and for that reason regular users will not be able to submit any edits.

There is no reason to be concerned about this. This move is done purely for the purpose of having a better, more accurate Bulbapedia. Editing privileges will be returned to the users by the end of the weekend.

Please do ''not'' start asking the staff about the nature of the move planned. This will be revealed during the weekend.

==October 14==
As some of you may have seen recently, there is an {{bmgf|46076|iPhone Pokédex application}} that was recently released, which uses Bulbapedia to supply its content. Due to licensing issues and other concerns, this is a no-no on the app creator's part; Bulbapedia is a non-commercial entity, while said app is decidedly commercial.

As the app's creators have not addressed these concerns despite Bulbagarden's efforts, Bulbapedia has begun to address these concerns for them. For those of you who view the site regularly, this has no effect on you; for those who edit regularly, you may notice that all of the Pokémon species articles have been temporarily protected from edits while we change variables. Don't worry; the wiki is not being vandalized, and all the changes being made are purely non-aesthetic ones.

Bulbagarden and Bulbapedia take content copyrights very seriously; rest assured that we will never allow others to make profit from ''your'' hard work and contributions here.

==October 10==
Bulbagarden is proud to announce the opening of its new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=375 Battle Center]! The Battle Center is a place to solicit and accept wireless battles for the [[Generation IV]] games that are Wi-Fi compatible. Both competitive and casual battlers are welcome, so you'll always fit in. Better yet, you can use the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=370 Trade Center] to find the Pokémon you need to achieve victory, and then use your new acquisitions to win in the Battle Center!

As a component of this, you can access our new IRC battling chat via your own IRC client (we're on irc.systemnet.info) or through our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php forums JavaChat]. Just type in /join #bulbabattle - it's very easy, and will provide another way for you to find battlers.

As we mentioned during the unveiling of the Trade Center a month and a half ago, the Forums support both Pokémon and non-Pokémon discussion across a wide variety of topics. If you're interested in more in-depth discussion than Bulbapedia allows, we recommend that you [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/register.php register here] and enjoy more of the services that Bulbagarden has to offer!

Bulbagarden is always adding exciting new features and offering a better, more engaging experience for Pokémon fans. As always, we thank thank you, the community, for your continued support as we continue to grow. We really couldn't do it without you.

==September 20==
{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} have arrived in Japan, and, as always, there are new tasks pertaining to the games that Bulbapedia members can work on. See "Ongoing Work" for more details.

Instead of discussing the new games on Bulbapedia talk pages, make sure to keep questions and comments about the games to the new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=368 HGSS Discussion Forum] on BMGf.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==September 4==
September is here, and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} are less than a week away. While we know many of you are excited about the remakes, we would like to remind everyone that only information that has been confirmed by an official source is allowed on the articles.

In celebration of the new games, we have created a new party template to replace the one currently in use. We hope to finish changing all the old templates to new ones before the release of HGSS, and any help would be highly appreciated. To see an example of how the new template is used, see [[Roark]]. A list of pages in need of update can be found {{red link|Category:Pages not updated to the new party template|here}}.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==August 28==
A quick update on Bulbagarden's newest feature:

We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Trade Center on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

Also, we'd like to remind everyone that our forums are there for all discussions Pokémon-related, and have boards to discuss many other areas of interest as well, such as current events, entertainment, and much more.

If you haven't already joined, click the link above to visit our forums and create an account. It's as easy as making one on Bulbapedia! We're looking forward to seeing you both in the Trade Center and around our forums!

==August 19==
We now welcome the seventh wiki in the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] network, [[Pokéteca]], to the table, as our Spanish language counterparts. Though they have more than a thousand pages already, like all wikis, completion and addition are the best things, and so we must all collaborate to our best.

Those on Bulbapedia who speak another language: do not forget that you can help our fellow wikis out, most especially if you speak {{de|Hauptseite|German}}, {{es|Portada|Spanish}}, {{fr|Accueil|French}}, {{ja|メインページ|Japanese}}, {{pl|Strona główna|Polish}}, or {{pt|Página principal|Portuguese}}. Encyclopaediae Pokémonis strives to be as international as the Pokémon franchise itself, a worldwide phenomenon, and expansion of our knowledge of this world is always encouraged.

Do not forget, however, that Bulbapedia itself also needs your help. We may have more than 15,000 articles right now, but many of those can be vastly expanded, and synopses of the more than 600 episodes of the anime are nowhere near complete. So go for it!

==July 26==
Account creation on Bulbapedia has been unlocked! For any users who have been wanting to register for the last month (vandals excluded, of course), now is the time to do it! And as for information that has been included in past Messages from the Editor but that is still relevant...

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 16==
Account creation is currently disabled on Bulbapedia! Please refrain from e-mailing {{u|Archaic}} and the other staff members about it. Although no date has been set for the resurrection of account creation, rest assured it will not be too long.

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 10==
Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

==July 1==
Starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

Please vote and nominate away!

==June 15==
{{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} are games that we've all been waiting almost five years for, and we're incredibly excited by their approach.

Despite this, please keep in mind that '''''NO SPRITES ARE YET OFFICIAL'''''. All sprites found on the HGSS site are until release ''beta sprites'' that may change, much as the sprite for [[Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} did between the beta phase and final release of {{game|Platinum}}.

Please keep this in mind. New HGSS sprites should be uploaded to the filename Spr 4h {{tt|###|National Dex number}}.png, but ''should not replace the sprites at the National Dex number at the current time''. Platinum sprites are overall better quality than the sprites we can get from HGSS at the current point -- wait for the games to come out, and we should be able to rip the best quality sprites from the games themselves within days, as we did with Platinum.

Again, excitement may be high, but do not make the quality of images take a dive just because {{p|Lugia}} can. Reservations start in July, pointing to a release sooner than any of us expect.

==May 22==
As many of you have probably noticed, we have been getting a lot of what can be tentatively considered as vandalism the past few days. Namely, lots and lots and ''lots'' of sockpuppets created using proxies, likely of the same misguided user. We're currently considering and discussing implementing some sort of system to monitor new users automatically, although how exactly this would work isn't yet figured out. If any of you have any ideas, we'd be happy to listen.

A note to {{bp|administrators}}: Watch the Recent Changes like a hawk. Checkuser any new user you see, and block sockpuppets on sight. I know many of you have already been doing this, but we need to be vigilant. Thanks.

==May 15==
Just as Bulbapedia upgraded in the time leading up to {{game|Platinum}} during 2008, we must make certain that we keep ourselves up to date for anything new that occurs in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. We will be continuing to renew the various infoboxes around the wiki, at times breaking them in order to get them to work better, much as the Pokémon games did with the start of [[Generation III]].

At the same time, although we are all excited about the remakes, a warning must remain in place: do not add details if you are unsure of their veracity, and as always make sure not to speculate in articles. When in doubt, bring it up on the talk page, but keep in mind that talk pages are not for wild speculation (save that for the forums). No matter what you think will come of the remakes, '''nothing''' is certain until their release (not even their release date).

And a small note to our newer users: please, lurk first and preview edits to see what wikicode does. Find out how the wiki works by watching other edits. Even our editor-in-chief started that way, so there's no telling how far you'll go by watching what works and what doesn't. Unlike other languages, wikicode is quite easy to learn, and other users will be more than happy to help you out with our style if you ask.

==May 8==
This is a temporary message to all editors of Bulbapedia; a more comprehensive one will soon replace it.

With the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions]] confirmed, we would like to let you know that the administration of Bulbapedia is going through the updating process in a careful and comprehensive way. For the time being, '''''please refrain from updating pages relating to the remakes with information until given the O.K,''''' as we are only human and would like to be able to check all pages and make sure that speculation is not present.

Please keep this in mind for the coming days. Thank you.

==May 4==
The month of May certainly seems as if it will be an upturn in events relating to Pokémon, with rumors of what's in store already flying around.

We must insist on this from all Bulbapedia users:

'''''DO NOT INSERT SPECULATION INTO ARTICLES. FACTS ONLY.'''''

Whatever the exciting announcement that is to come next Sunday, whether it is the fabled GSDS, PBR2, Stadium 3, or anything, ''keep the speculation out''.

Additionally, questions and comments regarding the subject of the article (as opposed to the article's text) should go on Bulbagarden's forums, accessible from the sidebar on all pages as "Bulbawiki forum".

==April 20==
In order to keep Bulbapedians up to date, this message has been changed.

The "war" with Wikia is over, meaning everyone can quit spamming their recent changes and vandalizing their pages. You know, the stuff we expressly told you '''''not''''' to do.

Bulbapedia's templates continue to be updated. Next up on the line should be the remaining infobox templates, beginning with those dealing with locations in the Pokémon world. If you have an idea on how to update these templates, please create it as a subpage in your userspace, and bring it to the attention of one of our many {{bp|administrators}}.

==March 29==
As work on {{bp|Project Overgrow}} continues, so does Bulbapedia itself. Despite this, some of you may have noticed that we have been having some issues with the server as of late, with Bulbapedia being inaccessible from time to time. This is due to a glitch in the system which we have been investigating to its fullest in order to eliminate as quickly as possible.

Through our continued prosperity, however, we have garnered the attention of a less-than-favorable faction. Wikia's "[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki The Pokémon Encyclopedia]" has recently been found to have [http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Platinum taken the content] of various [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Bulbapedia articles]], changed one or two words (while at the same time remaining formatted overall in the same way), and posted it as their own. While this is not the fault of their administrators at all, the fact that, when this is pointed out to them, the administrators do nothing about the copied content or attempt to hide our comments about it is a very disturbing fact.

The Pokémon Encyclopedia, as a Wikia wiki, is licensed under the standard [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License], while Bulbapedia's content is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License], incompatible with Wikia's license. Bulbapedia's license requires strictly that the content is attributed to Bulbapedia and its users, and additionally, the "noncommercial" aspect of the license requires that no money is made off of the content. [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:About Wikia's own About page clarifies that it is a commercial entity], while Bulbapedia's ads are in place to keep the massive server we have running.

Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden's administrators heavily '''''discourage''''' vandalism of The Pokémon Encyclopedia, despite their refusal to comply to our request to remove the copied content. However, we do encourage dialog with those in charge. So please, ask them, why are you taking content that we worked on?

==February 28==
Although Bulbapedia has been as prosperous as ever as of late, one issue has repeatedly occurred that, although not the end of the world, needs to stop. I would like to remind everyone
that having multiple accounts, commonly referred to as "sockpuppets," are ''not allowed'' if not authorized by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Lately, a number of users have been caught abusing multiple accounts by random IP checks. Although these users will not be harshly reprimanded, let me stress again that this is ''not allowed''. Even if you don't edit from your "other" account, it's still against the rules and shouldn't be occurring.

If you currently have an unauthorized additional account, please report it to an {{bp|administrators|administrator}} so they can disable it. Failure to do so and subsequent discovery of the account may lead to a minimal block or verbal warning. Thank you all for abiding by this and only keeping one account. If you would like to rename your account or have any questions about sockpuppets, contact a staff member.

==February 14==
Happy anniversary to Bulbapedia! We've been going strong for four years now, with over 14,000 articles since our public opening.

It is here where I announce Phase III of {{bp|Project Overgrow}}: the upgrading and cleanup of Bulbapedia itself! With the English release of {{game|Platinum}} imminent, and the revelation of the 493rd (and currently final) Pokémon in the [[National Dex]], {{p|Arceus}}, having happened, we need to make certain that we have all of the best information we can.

Older episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]], as well as several current ones, are in need of synopses, which can be added by anyone. A style guide as well as an example episode synopsis will be upcoming. These should not be too brief, while at the same time, should not be a script of the episode.

Our coverage of the various [[Pokémon manga]] as well as many other things is also in need of improvement. Pick a {{bp|stub}}, find its subject matter, and expand the article. You may find new areas of Pokémon canon you otherwise would have no knowledge of.

As you may have noted as well, many of Bulbapedia's templates, as well as the style in general, have been upgraded to feature rounded corners (though these do not appear in some browsers). The ability to change back to the old skin will become available soon in your preferences, however, it is not currently.

And so, in closing, Bulbapedia's contributors must ignore the easy-to-know details of the front-and-center parts of the Pokémon world, and focus on the more ignored facets. We aim to make Bulbapedia the largest bastion of knowledge about Pokémon that the web has to offer, and we can only do it with your help.

==February 9==
The third phase of {{bp|Project Overgrow}} will be beginning soon. Are you ready? Be prepared as this one is the one that pertains most to you, the users of Bulbapedia.

Bulbapedia's image policy has been updated, of course. For episode articles, the header image ''must'' be a png file, and should be uploaded at the episode's {{bp|epicode}} rather than elsewhere. This discourages stealing images from other sites and encourages better quality for images. It also keeps edit warring to a minimum, as we've had many problems with that in the past. So keep this in mind and help us as we prepare for the start of phase III!

==January 14==
{{bp|Project Overgrow}}'s second phase has begun, and that is none other than a revamp of the forums! Not only have they been upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, but several things have been reorganized, including an expanded space for Bulbapedia discussion!

[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=353 A new forum] has been opened specifically for social discussion regarding the Pedia, so enjoy it now rather than using talk pages for this. Also, keep in mind that on the forums, a [bp] tag exists for direct, quick links to Bulbapedia pages, and works much in the same way as other standard forum tags.

Also, effective immediately, there will no longer be a strictly-enforced userspace edit limit of four per day, or any other number. Use this wisely, and don't go absolutely crazy with the amount of edits daily– use the preview button instead. Abusers will, as always, be punished, but the enforcement of any limit will be much less strict, with administrators and others free to decide on their own ''smartly'' what constitutes far more edits than necessary.

The Bulbagarden forums have a blog system which can be easily used to detail your daily life, as well, negating the absolute need for a constantly-edited userpage.

==January 3==
Happy new year to all, and welcome to 2009!

Being a new year, Bulbapedia asks its users to begin by turning over a new leaf, and reading over the {{bp|code of conduct}} that we have introduced. This will help all of Bulbapedia's users to get along better with each other, and at the same time, make sure that we in administrative positions also stay nice.

In addition, Bulbagarden's {{bp|Project Overgrow}} has begun, which will be a major part of activities around the entirety of the website for approximately the next four months. The first part of Project Overgrow is a swath of {{bmgf|33402|new hires}}--if you're interested in joining the Bulbagarden staff, check out that post!

=2008=
==December 24==
Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year from all of us at Bulbagarden!

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==December 11==
I hope you're all enjoying the new layout celebrating our sixth anniversary.

I would like to take a moment to remind our users that uploading media to our archives for a banned user is the same thing as ban evading. Not only would the user who told you to upload the media would be punished further, the user who did the uploading would also receive a ban.

So use your head; don't help someone break the rules.

==December 10==
Yet again, a new color scheme is added to the Main Page, which has received a redesign. This color scheme is not the permanent one, however, but a recolored one in celebration of [[Bulbagarden]]'s sixth anniversary.

Bulbapedia's fourth anniversary is also upcoming this month, though we officially opened our doors on February 14 of 2005, the Bulbawiki project officially began on December 21, 2004.

As the English release date of {{game|Platinum}} has been leaked, we will attempt to accelerate our plans to revamp several old templates to include new data and perhaps have a new look, much like the updated evolution, sprite, and stat templates.

Please be warned, however, that the English names given by the Circuit City ad are not confirmed as official, and thus pages will not yet be moving.

==November 29==
We hope everyone enjoyed the color scheme we had on November 21st to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} in Japan. We also hope everyone enjoyed their {{wp|Thanksgiving}} (where celebrated).

Editing wise, we have been updating numerous old templates including, but not limited to, party templates (which can be seen on [[Brock#Pokémon Red, Blue and Green|Brock]]'s page), evolution templates (which can be seen on [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)#Evolution|Bulbasaur's]] page), and we are currently looking for a new [[Template:Welcome|Welcome]] template, but, we need the help of our users. Visit [[Template talk:Welcome|this page]] to view the candidates and vote.

==October 29==
In addition to the still fairly new policies on [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]], Bulbapedia has developed a tentative policy on [[Bulbapedia:Talk abuse|talk page abuse]]. Be sure to check out the guidelines illustrated in these pages, as it could save everyone a lot of trouble.

Lastly, Bulbapedia would like to offer a belated congratulations to {{u|TTEchidna}} on his promotion to Editor-in-Chief, while at the same time expressing our gratitude for the time and energy {{u|Zhen Lin}} devoted to Bulbapedia during his time as Editor-in-Chief.

==October 21==
Bulbapedia now has official policies for [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]]. Be sure to read both, as they make clear the official stance of the {{bp|administrators}} and {{bp|Editorial board}} regarding those important topics. If everyone reads those, there will be fewer conflicts around here and a lesser server load.

==October 1==
Due to the amount of edits done solely to revert images used on Bulbapedic articles over and over, a policy has now been created to attempt to prevent this from occurring again. From now on, any Users who are caught reverting each other because of an image will be subsequently blocked for an amount of days equal to the amount of reverts by both opposing parties made solely to change the image. Furthermore, the image will be replaced with the previous image. Hopefully, this will teach the opposing parties to discuss their concerns on the talk page, instead of causing ugly, pointless, revert wars that clutter the database. If no change is seen in the behavior of Users, this policy will be revised in order to reflect a harsher punishment.

Also, keep in mind that the current limit on Userspace edits is three; this not only covers your main Userspace page, but any subpages you may have, and any other User’s page. However, editing others' pages is almost always not allowed, so try to keep ''your'' edits to ''your'' own page.

==September 12==
While Bulbapedia may be celebrating the release of {{game|Platinum}}, users should keep in mind several things when editing:
*If you do not have the game, do not assume based on appearances. Have faith in fellow contributors, however, as they may in fact have the game.
*The Platinum sprites of ''all'' Pokémon have already been ripped from the game and saved as pngs, in the 80×80 standard size. Taking screenshots and cropping them is frowned upon, as their quality may be low.
*The updating of [[List of moves|moves]] to Platinum standard is still not finished. Why not contribute to that?
*Some menusprite images may look a bit "off". This is due to your computer reading the image data from cache, while we very recently updated all menusprite images to {{wp|png}} format. In addition, some animated menusprites may link to an image that does not yet exist. Do not panic; this is part of the Platinum updates.
*The move tutor moves on Pokémon pages may display incorrectly. This is due to an upgrade we are doing to them so as to make them compatible with Platinum and XD move tutors, and will be done shortly.

Despite this, continue to enjoy Bulbapedia as we expand our information about the fifteenth [[main series]] Pokémon game.

==July 27==
As some of you have noticed, the much awaited return of the <code>User:</code> namespace has finally occurred.

Now, before you all get down to the epic celebration of this, we as a community must focus on the project at hand. Bulbapedia still needs work to prepare itself for the release of {{game|Platinum}}, and as well needs to continue in its commitment to providing the best and most up-to-date Pokémon information. We cannot do this without you, the users. We must insist, therefore, that you do abide by the policies of the userspace, such as not editing it too much, keeping games off and subpages to a minimum, and finally, adequately contributing to the main namespace. These past four months have been absolutely bounteous with growth, and all of us would hate to see the quality of Bulbapedia suffer again as it did in the weeks and months leading up to the ban on the <code>User:</code> namespace.

This unblocking of the namespace is a temporary measure to gauge how users treat it. If it is unsatisfactory, the block will be reinstated as we continue to develop a system to prevent abuse.

==June 30==
Congratulations to all of us--Bulbapedia has reached its 10,000th article!

==June 27==
We certainly have been having a lot of these recently.

Additionally, Zhen Lin will be out of town for the week. All questions and such can be directed to {{u|TTEchidna}} or any of the other [[Special:Listusers/sysop|administrators]].

==June 15==
With immediate effect, [[Bulbapedia:administrators|administrators]] are authorised and advised to remove any content that is inappropriate use of User or User talk pages. Users restoring content so deleted may be warned once before being [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] for abuse of Bulbapedia. The determination of "inappropriate" is presently left to individual administrators, but we will codify guidelines in the near future. Appeals to the [[Bulbapedia:editorial board|editorial board]] over the interpretation of "inappropriate" are possible.

==June 12==
Guys, seriously. Stop using your user talk pages for meaningless MySpace junk.

==June 9==
After two years, we have finally managed to link the accounts on all three of our wikis: [[Bulbapedia]], [[Bulbanews]], and [[Bulbagarden Archives]].

There may still be some issues with the linkage of accounts, such as having to still log in separately, but overall, the linkage should be in place. If your account has not been merged correctly, see [[Special:Mergeaccount]] or {{ut|Zhen Lin|talk to}} {{u|Zhen Lin}}.

And yes, the userspace is still disabled from editing. We're sorry, but the server already has a lot of load and editing userpages every five minutes would destroy it and cause Bulbagarden to be down a lot longer than the two days it was at the end of May.

==March 24==
Due to an overwhelmingly large amount of edits going on in the <code>User:</code> namespace, we have disabled edits to all pages within it for the time being. We are monitoring how much the lack of ability to edit personal pages will affect the server, and when the results come in, we will make a decision on what to do.

If you feel the need to create a userpage or edit it now, you will have to wait. '''''Do not''''' create a page in the main namespace to move to the <code>User:</code> namespace under any circumstances. The results will likely be conclusive after about a week, and you will be informed with another message from the editor about the return of functionality.

Additionally, a policy on signatures is being discussed on the Bulbapedia forum on BMGf, so please, take a look at it even if you are not a member.

==February 14==
It's now three years since we opened Bulbapedia to the public and we are very proud to announce that Bulbapedia now has over '''8,000 articles'''. That's nearly double the number we had this time last year! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this incredible milestone.

We are also announcing today the appointment of [[User:TTEchidna|TTEchidna]] as '''[[Bulbapedia:Editorial board|Deputy Editor-in-Chief]]''', in recognition of his continuing and vigilant watch over Bulbapedia.

=2007=
==December 25==
On this day, we celebrate the enlargement of the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] group by welcoming the Brazillian Portuguese {{redlink|:pt:Página principal|LANDpedia}} – ''bem vindo'' from all of us here at Bulbapedia!

As Bulbapedia enters its fourth year, we also celebrate Bulbapedia's '''100 millionth''' page view, recorded just last week on the 18th. To everyone, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

==September 28==
Let us all say ''bienvenue'' to ''[[:fr:Accueil|Poképédia]]'', which joins ''[[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]]'' as its French member. This is but one of the many happy events of September 2007, which includes the creation of the 6,000th, then 6,500th article on [[Bulbapedia]], as well as the [[Special:Statistics|70,000,000th page view]] since we first began this project way back in December 2004.

The only event which clouds this otherwise incredible month is the controversy surrounding the implementation of [[Bulbapedia:Advertising|advertising]] on Bulbapedia. We hope that our readers and contributors will bear with us and will not find the advertisements overly off-putting or intrusive - please do report any inappropriate ads you see to [[User:Archaic|Archaic]].

==April 6==
Please welcome the Polish ''[[:pl:Strona główna|Wikinezka]]'', who have today joined the ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'' group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias. We wish them the best of luck, and hope that the spirit of international cooperation will continue to grow in the international Pokémon fan community.

=2006=
==December 30==
At 4:52PM (UTC) today, the '''4,000'''th Bulbapedia article was created. Over the course of this year alone, an amazing 1,364 articles were [[Bulbapedia:Growth statistics|created at a rate of 3.758 articles per day]] - and it's been just only over two years since this project was started in December 21, 2004, and the two-year anniversary of its opening to the public is still ahead of us.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has participated in this collaborative project!

==June 26==
We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, [[:ja:メインページ|Pokémon Wiki]] (ポケモンWiki) has joined our German affiliate [[:de:Hauptseite|PokéWiki]] and us in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages.

The first person to conceive of a Pokémon website that visitors could edit and update was [[User:Meowth346|Meowth346]] of Pokémon Forever. Inspired by [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], one implemenation of that idea was founded on December 22, 2004: Bulbapedia. After a period of secret development, we opened it to the public on February 14, 2005.

Two months later, German Pokémon fan [[User:nYoo|nYoo]] launched an inquiry into the possibility of opening a German Pokémon encyclopedia in the spirit of Bulbapedia. Though nothing came of that discussion, another inquiry was made in early August, and that resulted in PokéWiki.

Naturally, the two open-content Pokémon encyclopedias agreed to affiliate. Expecting more affiliates in other languages, ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', Latin for ''Encylopedias of Pokémon'', was proposed shortly thereafter, but it would be a long time before the group expanded.

Pokémon Wiki was founded early April 2006, and was first brought to our attention mid-June. Ten days and many e-mail messages later, Pokémon Wiki joined Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.

==February 14==
In the one year since we opened Bulbapedia to the public, there has been amazing growth - we have gone from 114 articles to 2,642 - that's 6.9 articles per day!

Admittedly, I initially had my doubts about whether such a radical idea would even work in the context of Pokémon - but here we are. On behalf of Bulbagarden, I would like to thank all who have contributed and supported this project.

The editorial board would like to [[Bulbapedia:Awards 2005|thank a few of you]], in particular. Congratulations and thank you to all award recipients, and to all of you as well for supporting Bulbapedia!

==January 9==
The Bulbapedia editorial board wishes all our readers, contributors and staff a belated happy new year. Please welcome our new Research Editor, [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]], who will offering us fresh insight on a variety of topics. His personal aspiration is "for Bulbapedia to turn into a plethora of informative resources viewed by readers as ''enlightening''."

We have also added (Modern) Hebrew to our collection of [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. If you would like your language there, please make your request at Category talk:Babel tags - with the text to be used in them, if you wish to supply your own.

Finally, we would like to remind you that Bulbapedia is approaching the 1-year anniversary of its opening to the public.

=2005=
==September 19==
Bulbapedians can now indicate their linguistic capabilities on their user pages with [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. Currently, languages available are '''English''', '''Japanese''', '''German''', '''French''', and '''Spanish'''. If you would like to see your language on the list, please make a request to [[User talk:Argy|Argy]], [[User talk:Evkl|evkl]], or [[User talk:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]].

==June 21==
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8269 The Future of Bulbapedia]:
: Bulbapedia and the Bulbawiki networks as a whole have come a long way since their inception and release to the public. Starting out at barely over a hundred articles at public release, the current article count on Bulbapedia (As of today, June 21, 2005) stands at over 23 times that number. The Bulbawiki networks now include a news site, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives, a repository for all pictures and other non-text data files with relevancy to Bulbagarden.net and its side projects.

==June 1==
Please take a moment to visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?p=127299#post127299 Where from here?] post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Discussion] forum on [[BMGf]].

==April 29==
[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] has opened to the public with exclusive information on [[AG126]]. The Bulbapedia editorial staff invite you to make use of this new resource for your daily Poké-News fix. Enjoy!
==April 23==
* Bulbagarden Archives has been opened to the public.

==April 16==
* Recently, a large number of pages were vandalized. Although a mass reversion/deletion has been done, there may be traces remaining. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us correct that.
* Congratulations to [[User:Zeta|Zeta]] and [[User:Woopert|Woopert]], who have been granted [[Special:Listadmins|sysopship]] for their past work on Bulbapedia and assistance in dealing with the attack.

==April 9==
* Henceforth any and all articles directly pertaining to [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] and [[Serebii.net]] are placed under strict protection. All edits '''must''' be approved by [[User:evkl|evkl]] or [[User:Damian Silverblade|Damian Silverblade]].

==March 28==
* Although a number of articles have been created for [[:Category:People|People]] who have not had an impact on the Pokémon canon, i.e. fans, please do not take this a signal to create encyclopedic articles on yourself. The subjects of the aforementioned articles should also take note of the difference between a personal page, such as [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|User:Jimbo Wales]] and an encyclopedic article, such as [[wp:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], and strive to maintain NPOV in the latter.

==March 24==
* A thread has been established for requesting [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7327 Bots and Templates.]
* A new policy on what defines [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7324 mass editing] has been established; ignoring it is grounds for being temporarily [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Please read the definition of "minor" and "major" edits for future reference.
* Making mass changes as described in the above "mass editing" thread can be first discussed by making a post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Forum]; rules for those posts can be found [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7328 here].

==March 19==
* As a guideline, do ''not'' create any [[:Category:Moves|move]] articles without filling in most if not all of the [[Template talk:MoveInfobox|Infobox]], as well as the Template talk:MoveProperties. Make a positive effort to do so. You may wish to refer to [http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/lists/foreign/moves/] to find out the Japanese name and the move number.
* A basic structure for the Bulbapedia:Community Portal has been set up.
* Make use of the abbreviated link syntax: <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|Ruby]]</nowiki></code>, similarly, <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|Satoshi Tajiri]]</nowiki></code>.
* Avoid coding in HTML unless absolutely necessary. Wikicode is documented at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents]; please note that some things are Wikipedia-specific.
— [[User:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]]

==March 6==
* We now have all of the pages in the [[:Category:Pokémon]] listing. You can feel free to expand any of the pages to include general information on that specific Pokémon. Specific, useful Pokédex-like pages will be established shortly. We're working on it--and we greatly appreciate the help of all those who made the Poké-pages possible.
* BMG had a minor virus problem earlier in the day; please run any antivirus software you may have to see if you were infected unknowingly.
* Character pages can still use more information. The Community Portal will shortly have a number of features which point to things that address community-based projects and pages that need attention.
* That Bulbapedia button is on the way, I should have it uploaded within a few days.

==February 27==
* '''''PLEASE''''' temporarily refrain from making any Pokémon or Move pages for the next couple of days. Our templates are being enhanced, and we don't want to have to fix any more than we have to as it is.
* If you didn't already notice, Episode Guides are starting to go up. If you personally have any to contribute, it's always welcome. Remember to use the numbering guidelines put forth in the [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style|Manual of Style]].
* We'll be coming out with a Bulbapedia button very, so if you want to link to us from any site, it'll become possible.

==February 22==
* '''Please''' remember to link to games with their full name, i.e. ''<nowiki> [[Pokémon Red|Red version]] </nowiki>'' instead of just linking ''<nowiki> [[Red]] </nowiki> ''
* Remember to use the Macro tag for Pokémon Meta and use Pokémon Infobox where applicable. Thanks to everyone who's been working on Macro conversion.
* While the link to it has disappeared from our revamped front page, remember the [[Bulbapedia:Wantedpages|List of wanted pages]] is still there.
* The [[Items]] list needs filled out.
* Remember to add the appropriate stub tags to any article, via the <nowiki> {{ }} </nowiki> stub macro formatting.

==February 18==
* Only the first instance of a term in an article's actual text (excluding sidebars, lists, etc) should be linked to that term's matching article.
* Keep up the good work! It seems like every day, there's less and less conflict and more and more cooperation.
* So long as you include the Pokémon Infobox with a Pokémon article (see the [[Template_talk:PokémonInfobox#Usage|talk page]] for usage notes), you may go ahead and fill in all ____ (Pokémon) articles, but don't make them too expansive. Any more information than what we currently have in {{p|Geodude}} or {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s entry would be overly much. Please use the <nowiki>{{p|(name of Pokémon)}}</nowiki> macro to link to Pokémon pages, as we may choose to change the article titles for Pokémon species pages in the future.
* Elements pages should still look like the [[Grass (type)|Grass-type]] page.
* There are still many articles that need worked on! Consult the [[Special:wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] to see what people most want filled in.
* Make sure pages are appropriately linked to others.

==February 14==
Welcome to Bulbapedia! All of the instructions on use, semantics, and the like can be found either below in '''Getting Started''' or via one of our quick links in the green toolbar to the right.

The staff of Bulbapedia has worked very hard in getting it to this point, but there's only so far any one small group can expand an encyclopedia, and after it tops out in size from our knowledge base or ability to work on it, the public is of more help than the staff in expanding and growing. That's the philosophy of a Wiki-based encyclopedia, and we're taking that to heart. We know there'll be differences of opinion, we know there'll be hard times and heated arguments, but we're going ahead with this project anyway, because it is our goal to compile the best, most comprehensive Pokémon database on the planet.

We're not there yet, but we're working on it, and you can help us. The staff of Bulbagarden.net and Bulbapedia hope you enjoy, contribute to, and use our newest service!

[[Category:Bulbapedia records|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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2023-04-19T02:42:20Z

Pokemaster97:

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Happy April!

As we approach the end of April, there are a few exciting announcements to share regarding recent happenings in the Bulbapedia community. First, we'd like to share some staffing changes to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Since I became Editor in Chief, {{u|Kogoro}} has been in a dual role as Chief of Staff and Deputy Editor in Chief in an Acting basis until we were able to select and put a permanent individual in place. As Bulbapedia continues to grow, it's becoming more apparent that leading Bulbapedia is often a lot on just 2 people (the EIC and their Deputy). In the past, Bulbapedia has had two (2) deputies in place in order to balance some of that workload and we felt that it was a structure worth trying again. These two individuals I felt have gone above and beyond in their demonstration of leadership ability amongst their peers, project management skills, years of experience, and an over all enthusiasm and attitude that is an embodiment of what Bulbapedia's overall mission is. Without further ado, please help me congratulate {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|Maverick Nate}} who will be promoted to Deputy Editors in Chief!

With this, there is now a vacancy on the Editorial Board for the Head of Games position. The user filling this role has also demonstrated invaluable leadership and guidance around several of projects and game-related tasks and I'm excited to see what they will do with this new position. Congratulations to {{u|Tiddlywinks}} who will now join the Board as Head of Games!

Kogoro will be retaining her role as Chief of Staff fulltime as well so she won't be too far away. Please help me in congratulating everyone!

In other news, as we move deeper into [[Generation IX]], the {{bp|Staff}} would like to know how you all felt about our coverage during the initial Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release period. [https://bulbagarden.net/forms/index.php/415759?lang=en Please fill out our survey, and give your feedback on Bulbapedia's Scarlet & Violet coverage and your general user experience here]!

Until next time,

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia [[Bulbapedia:Messages from the Editor|Browse previous messages]]


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By creating your account you are now able to edit pages, join discussions, and expand the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia. Before you jump in, here are some ground rules:
* Be nice to everyone. It's in the {{bp|code of conduct}}.
* Make good edits. Preview them before you save to make sure they're perfect the first time around.
* Use {{bp|wikicode}} and {{bp|link templates}} when adding content to a page.
* Use proper grammar and spelling, and read the {{bp|manual of style}}.
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== Introduction ==

Hello. I am vmario97, who's the partroller of the [[np:Main Page|Nookipedia]]. Unfortunately I can't create any page, even the my userpage, but what's the requirements to be autoconfirmed? In my wiki, there's same problem here. Thank you! [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 12:07, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

:Just edit on the mainspace articles enough times. That's all I know. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 05:53, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

== Serebii ==

Did you copy content from Serebii to [[List of moves in Pokémon Masters]], as Wowy seemed to believe? We strictly do not allow any content to be copied from Serebii. As a fansite their information is unreliable, and their webmaster has specifically asked us not to copy information from them. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 11:07, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
:Yeah and very sorry I did this. I always don't read the rules but I knew not to do vandalism on wikis. Guess I need to read the rules, easier read the [[Bulbapedia:FAQ|FAQ]]. P.S. I don't have all sync pairs from this game. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 11:58, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

== Images from Pokemon Masters ==

Hi, could you tell me how you're obtaining the images for items and people from Pokemon Masters? If possible I'd like to help in adding them too. → [[User talk:PikaTepig999|PikaTe]][[Special:Contribs/PikaTepig999|pig999]] 19:51, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
:I extracted by myself (I know someone do before me), the instructions are somewhere in Discord (not in Bulbagarden one). [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 06:33, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

== The Preview Button ==
Instead of editing a page several times in a row, try using the preview button to make sure your edit looks the way you want it to. It's right next to the Save Page button. Please try it out, so as not to clog up the Recent Changes. Also, if you want to edit multiple sections of the page, make sure that you click "edit this page" at the top of the page rather than editing it by section. Thanks! --[[User:G50|''ㄱ'']][[User talk:G50|''쉰'']] G50 06:47, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
:I know, but sometimes needs some fixes. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 07:13, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

== About Sync Pair Stats ==
Since the maximum level cap is now 130, I think we need to do something about the current stats information. For now it's Lv. 125 stats. Are you in charge of this? -- [[User:GroundNecton|GroundNecton]] 06:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:I don't know yet... [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 07:52, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

== Masters stuff ==

Leon's Charizard's Pokédex description is incorrect, and Interlude 7's icon needs to be uploaded. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 14:20, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
:Sorry, I was copypasted from Lance one, so it's really incorrect. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 19:53, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
::Did you notice the request I left on your Archives talk page? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 19:35, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
:::Again, request at your Archives talk page. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 09:00, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
::::Did you accidentally miss the above post? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 08:36, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
:::::Sorry for being lazybones again, thanks for reminding me. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 10:56, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
::::::No problem. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 11:23, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Again, a post on your Archives talk page. Should I just start making my Archives-related posts here too so it'll be easier for you to notice? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 12:08, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
:You've been to Archives since my last my last post to you. Did you miss it? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 09:16, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
::I know, but I'm not in the mood right now to upload this. Maybe later. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 09:48, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
:::Not even the story icon? Okay. If you say so. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 18:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
::::Alright, I'm done now. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 06:06, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
:::::Could you help add the descriptions of the new anniversary sync pairs to their articles? As in, the descriptions in the intro sections about when they were first available and such? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 10:48, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
::::::Thanks! Could you do the same to Swimsuit Misty too? Forgot to specify her. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 12:08, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
:::::::For seasonal sync pair variants who don't have an "A Day with" sync pair story, should their event's story parts listed as their sync pair stories instead, like it's done with Trainers like Sycamore and Ghetsis? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 13:37, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
::::::::And if said event includes more than one seasonal sync pair, does this apply to both of them? --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 14:53, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
:::::::::Specifically, I'm referring to the seasonal sync pairs of Dawn and Serena. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 08:54, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

== Episode articles ==

Make sure to wait for episodes to completely finish airing before making changes like saying they already aired, thanks. [[User:Playerking95|Playerking95]] ([[User talk:Playerking95|talk]]) 10:21, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

== Extreme Battle ==

I already had created [[Extreme Battle Event]]. --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] ([[User talk:Neumannz|talk]]) 15:55, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
:Sorry. First, I'm not paid attention on it. Second, maybe we should move to "List of <event type> in Pokémon Masters EX." That my opinion for it. Most pages has this name. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 17:08, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
::Yeah, I wasn't sure on it, just because it seemed specific to this event, but I guess there's no reason there won't be another event of this type someday. I guess I'm okay with it going under the "List" name.
::On an unrelated note, is there a reason you prefer to group the battles with similar lineups together over using the in-game order of battles? --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] ([[User talk:Neumannz|talk]]) 21:56, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

== Thanks for helping! ==

Hey vmario, thanks for helping out! I've noticed you're also adding in the origin sections for the other characters. At the same time, would you be ok also increasing the table width for the move section? Not sure about you, they've looked squishier ever since the Pedia had the update (might just be me!). You can look at my other edits to make sure all the pages are consistent. Thanks! --[[User:Wowy|'''Wowy''']][[User talk:Wowy|'''(talk)''']] 07:28, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

== Creating new Pokémon pages ==

Please make sure to use {{template|NewPokémon}} when creating new Pokémon pages in the future. Thank you! --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 15:42, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
:Wow, didn't knew it exists. Thanks. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 15:44, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

== Masters models ==

Hello, thank you for your monthly Masters uploads for Archives. You're doing a great job as always. By chance, would you be able to rip and upload the [https://twitter.com/absolutelypm/status/1442832950727380995 Trainer class models] added this update? They're unused for now, so I wouldn't yet put them in articles as they're spoiler material, but I think it'd be useful to have clear rips of them. Will certainly come in handy in the future. --[[User:Maxim|Maxim]] ([[User talk:Maxim|talk]]) 15:45, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, I may not get them posed cause only the models not the sprites exist at this moment. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 17:04, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
::Oh, I get it. How was that Twitter user able to make such authentic-looking renders, then? Model animation magic? --[[User:Maxim|Maxim]] ([[User talk:Maxim|talk]]) 17:31, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

== May I ask you something about Holowear of Pokemon Unite? ==

Hellow, I am an editor of Chinese PokemonWike(神奇宝贝百科 [[https://wiki.52poke.com/wiki/User:YWTL]]), have been in charge of editing part of Unite. I've been getting images from your update to Holoear until you paused the update. I observe that you haven't updated relevant content in a while. So I would like to ask if you will update the relevant information of Holowear. Can you tell me how to get holowear photos in hd if you don't update anymore. Thank you very much!-- [[User:YWTL|YWTL]] ([[User talk:YWTL|talk]]) 05:07, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

== Pokémon UNITE text dumps ==

I saw that you added names from UNITE to the [[List of Russian Pokémon names]]. Would you happen to have text dumps in a format that I could link from my [[User:Abcboy#Text dumps|userpage]]? I'm particularly interested in the terms/names the Hindi translation is using. --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 17:47, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

== The Preview Button ==
Instead of editing a page several times in a row, try using the preview button to make sure your edit looks the way you want it to. It's right next to the Save Page button. Please try it out, so as not to clog up the Recent Changes. Also, if you want to edit multiple sections of the page, make sure that you click "edit this page" at the top of the page rather than editing it by section. Thanks! --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contribs/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 16:53, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
:Yeah, I know. I sometimes can't really do this. Thanks for notice anyway. [[User:Vmario97|Vmario97]] ([[User talk:Vmario97|talk]]) 16:59, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

== Thank you! ==

With it just hitting the 4 month mark since the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, I wanted to take an opportunity to offer a more personal acknowledgment of some of the hard work you've contributed during this incredibly busy period for Bulbapedia. Your work towards expanding and correcting number disambiguation pages was a huge help in our coverage this go around. Bulbapedia's continued success as a wiki relies on dedicated and passionate editors such as yourself. So again, thank you and keep up the excellent work! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:14, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

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== Editing multiple sections. ==

Just thought I'd let you know, if you'd like to edit multiple sections of a single page at once, you can hit "edit this page" at the top of the article in order to avoid potentially cluttering the edit history and recent change log with multiple edits. Thanks! [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']]''' 05:29, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

== French translator ==

Before you go crazy with those, we are not adding those as we are not sure of the validity of the statements the translator claims, as they may just be his own opinions on what the Japanese names may be rather than him actually speaking with the original creators. A former staff member, who is Japanese, even debunked one of his origins at the time. So for now, please don't add them until we know for sure those are the actual origins the original creators intended.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 04:39, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
:Noted, thanks.[[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 05:28, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

== Runerigus minimum level ==

When you edited Runerigus's page, you stated that you moved the minimum level bit to Yamask's page, but you didn't do so ''yet''. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]] ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contribs/Bfdifan2006|C]])''''' 21:12, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
:"Because Galarian Yamask needs at least 50 HP in order to take the amount of damage required for it to evolve without fainting, it cannot evolve into Runerigus until level 15 at minimum (assuming Yamask has 31 IVs and 240 EVs in HP), as that is the lowest level that it can have the required HP." that's in Yamask's page now. also in my contribs page, Yamask's edit went live first, then Runerigus's. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 21:31, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
:EDIT: yea i see what you meant now, i prolly should've published Runerigus's edit first. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 21:40, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
::Oh, I see. I just skimmed by it and never noticed you moving that bit to Yamask's page. Now I did notice. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contribs/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 16:41, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

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I don't feel the redirect "Old Verses" is absolutely necessary because of how MediaWiki links work. <code><nowiki>[[Old Verse]]s</nowiki></code> gives [[Old Verse]]s. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contribs/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 18:32, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

== Cufant name origin ==

I changed Cufant's name origin to match the wording used in many other Pokémon name origin sections which split the combination into its parts. '''Cu''', '''cu'''prum, and '''cu'''te make up the first part of the combination, and in'''fant''' and eleph'''ant''' make up the second part. I feel like it would be more informative and {{tt|more consistent|with many of the other name origin sections of Pokémon}} to word it the way I had it i.e. ''Cufant may be a combination of Cu (chemical symbol for copper), cuprum (the Latin name for copper from which the symbol is derived), or cute, and elephant or infant.'' [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 03:32, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
:Ah, in that case i guess it's the better format? Idk, i changed it back because i felt like the new edit was a bit too wordy. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 06:15, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

== Fuecoco ==

Hey! Just curious, where is Fuecoco depicted with more than two tufts on its head? [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 05:16, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
:Wait maybe I misunderstood what you meant. [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 05:19, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
::i mean it can have more than two tufts on its head, like when it gets excited, as described in the website. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 05:26, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
:::Interesting. Thanks! [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 05:27, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Just wanted to say thank you for fixing that edit I made to Snorlax and that I agree with your changes. <strike>Sometimes I wish Bulbapedia had a quick "thank you" button like Wikipedia does.</strike> {{unsigned|Landfish7}}
:It can be easily implemented with [[mw:Extension:Thanks]] --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contribs/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 11:04, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

== Pokémon biology ==

Why do you delete edits that clarify pokemon biology? Grafaiai resembles more of an Aye-Aye than a Loris so if you want to delete stuff delete the section from origins and add it to biology so it's correctly identified as an Aye-Aye. [[User:SarahSmiley24|SarahSmiley24]] ([[User talk:SarahSmiley24|talk]]) 18:12, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

The Aye-Aye is an endangered species, so I don't feel it's right to take away any attention that could be brought to the animal especially when the pokemon was named after it. [[User:SarahSmiley24|SarahSmiley24]] ([[User talk:SarahSmiley24|talk]]) 18:17, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

:Most Pokémon aren't based on just one thing. Eg: aye-ayes aren't poisonous, but the slow loris is. Grafaiai's eyes are very large compared to its head, which is like the loris but unlike the aye-aye (the aye-aye has large eyes but they aren't THAT large, esp compared to the loris eyes). Also, like i said, Grafaiai being based on the aye-aye is already described in the Origin section. The Biology section is where we describe the mon as it looks and behaves in the Pokémon world; we generally don't compare and contrast back and forth between real life species and the Pokémon in the Bio section.
:Also yes, the aye-aye is endangered; but so many other Pokémon are based on endangered species too, eg. Rhyhorn all the way back in Gen 1. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 18:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

By your own admission the aye-aye should still be in biology because Grafaiai uses his long saliva finger to paint. All I'm asking is to add Aye-Aye along with the loris in biology as it is undeniably a combination of both instead of just a loris. [[User:SarahSmiley24|SarahSmiley24]] ([[User talk:SarahSmiley24|talk]]) 18:34, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

You don't have to use my way of wording it, but perhaps it could say "resembling a lemur like the Aye-Aye and Loris." [[User:SarahSmiley24|SarahSmiley24]] ([[User talk:SarahSmiley24|talk]]) 18:36, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

If you're the one who made the edit on Grafaiai right now I just wanted to say thank you for compromising and hearing me out. Sorry if I came off a little aggressive that wasn't my intention, but thanks again for having this discussion [[User:SarahSmiley24|SarahSmiley24]] ([[User talk:SarahSmiley24|talk]]) 19:05, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

While Aye-Ayes are lemurs, I appreciate the specific distinction [[User:SarahSmiley24|SarahSmiley24]] ([[User talk:SarahSmiley24|talk]]) 19:11, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

== baxcalibur and its evos ==

I think baxcalibur is first and foremost resembles a kaiju, whether it also resembles concavenator or any other dinosaur not can be an issue of discussion, however concavenator only had a little bump on it's back
if we go on like this every reptilian kaiju can be said to be based on a theropod dinosaur
arctibax does look like a dinosaur but the crest on the back is still more similar to spinosaurus than concavenator.
and tell me how frigibax mostly resembles a concavenator or any dinosaur at all.
sometimes the inspiration changes through evolution (jigglypuff and wigglytuff, magikarp and gyarados, or need i mention dragonair dragonite, larvitar pupitar and so many more)
sometimes trying too hard to see something in the design has the opposite effect, also not everything has to have a Spanish relation, so there is no need to stick to concavenator, just because it happened to be discovered in Spain. arctibax ok, but the other two? I'm not sure [[User:Lphits|Lphits]] ([[User talk:Lphits|talk]]) 09:42, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
:Concavenator:
:* Has a fin on its back
:* The fin is said to regulate temperature
:* Has quills or feathers on its wrists
:* Was found in Spain
:All of these traits are shared with Frigibax and its evos (all of them have ice fins that can absorb heat, quills/feathers on their wrists, live in Paldea). That they share this many traits with each other means that the connection isn't a mere coincidence. Also lest we forget, a lot of kaiju are also based on dinosaurs in the first place.

:"But Frigibax doesn't look like a dinosaur at all" it's called stylization. Gible doesn't look like a shark either, for example.

:I also would like to remind you to not go overboard with putting pop-culture references in the origin sections. Pokémon is its own thing, first and foremost; referencing random pop culture things esp when they have nothing to do with the designs in question (eg. saying Pawmot is based on Iron Man) doesn't help anyone.
:[[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 09:52, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

i get why it is compared to concavenator, but other dinosaurs (like spinosaurus) also have fins/sails to regulate body temperature and, the fins are more similar to the pokemon

anyway, concavenator it is then. but at least for baxcalibur, i would still put kaiju first (because I don't think someone who sees it first would say: that's a concavenator!) and dinosaur next, it is, after all, a kaiju with some dinosaur (concavenator then) traits.
so, it could go like this: it is based on a kaiju blabla and, like it's pre - evolutions, it is also likely to be based on concavenator

haha, i actually don't like the marvel series, but the blue circles on the palm and shooting stuff out of it just makes it suspiciously similar (steel type or not)
charizard is based on a dragon but is not a dragon type too
also I think is said it was a reference to iron man, not based on iron man
given the recent fame of the franchise, it is very much possible

we don't know what the artist had in mind when creating the design, most of the origin articles are
guesses and assumptions. they might have put stuff on pokemon for design purposes only, or just thought, let's make it shoot stuff from it's hands like Iron Man.... anyway, with most Pokemon designs, we will probably never know.

absolutely, pokemon is it's own thing, but there are numerous references to other franchises (like Blastoise and venusaur fusing in the series is a reference to DB) Dynamic might be another reference to the Ultraman series as Ultraman is multiplying in size in the exact same fashion as Pokemon do while Dynamaxing.
These franchises have the same audience so references are not impossible. [[User:Lphits|Lphits]] ([[User talk:Lphits|talk]]) 10:17, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
:yeah sure the Baxcalibur thing could work [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 10:21, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

sorry for the auto correct xD [[User:Lphits|Lphits]] ([[User talk:Lphits|talk]]) 10:25, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

== nymble and lokix ==

its a minor thing, but lokix perhaps cannot fly because it's a kamen rider? or simply just to emphasize the jumping/kicking power of its legs they did not give it wings, not necessarily because it is based on a certain species.
given its name, shape and that it's an in evolved form: nymble is definitely (or at least most likely) a locust/grasshopper nymph, the species seems irrelevant
anyway, my aim was to point out the connection between the name and design more [[User:Lphits|Lphits]] ([[User talk:Lphits|talk]]) 10:41, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
: To be fair i wasn't the one who originally added the meadow hopper inspiration to those pages; i just re-added it back in because i thought it's still relevant. But yeah that's why i included both "nymph" and "meadow grasshopper" on the origin for Nymble; it could be both. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 10:47, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

== Revert conflicts ==

Heya anza, I've noticed recently you've been a bit quick to jump to the undo button when confronted with an edit dispute. In particular, reverting an edit back after someone has reverted you. Remember, this can approach [[edit warring]] territory. I'd really consider just talking things out with another user '''before''' doing a revert, and try to reach some sort of agreement or compromise, rather than reverting back and forth. I know this can slow down the pace of editing, but it usually results in the agreed upon changes being more pleasant for everyone and makes the editing experience a lot more enjoyable. I know this has been addressed with you before on the Discord server, so I'd really give it some thought. Thanks! [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 04:50, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
:Yeah i apologize, i'll try to be less trigger-happy next time. [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 08:30, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

== Only known Pokémon ==

Not all Pokémon with signature moves are the only ones capable of learning that move, as some signature moves can be learned by other Pokémon through other means. All Pokémon who are the only ones capable of learning that move have that info stated in their biology section. That's why I included it, because it's interesting info and it's consistent with all other instances of this. [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 14:31, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
:Fair enough, my bad. *shrug* [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 14:36, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

== Thank you! ==

With it just hitting the 4 month mark since the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, I wanted to take an opportunity to offer a more personal acknowledgment of some of the hard work you've contributed during this incredibly busy period for Bulbapedia. Your work on new Pokémon TCG navigations, locations, and other misc. changes were a huge help in our coverage this go around. Bulbapedia's continued success as a wiki relies on dedicated and passionate editors such as yourself. So again, thank you and keep up the excellent work! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:13, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

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== Grammar and LTs ==

You gotta improve on your grammar a bit, man. It makes sense, but... ehhhhhhh.

Also, {{bp|link templates}} are our policy. We prefer versions be linked with the {{template|game}} template. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 00:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

== Moves ==

If you need any move unprotected from create-protect, tell me. I will gladly unprotect them. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 16:45, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Very much for the Dream World thing. Thanks. --[[User talk:444Zekrom|444]][[User:444Zekrom|Z]][[Zekrom|ekrom]] 14:27, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

== Grammar ==

You need to improve on your grammar a bit. "due the" doesn't have any meaning. Try to improve a little before making newer edits. Thank you.--''[[User:Sher-e-Bengal|Sher]]-e-[[User_talk:Sher-e-Bengal|Bengal]]''- 11:34, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

== Please ==

Now that we have all the new Pokémon, abilities, and moves created, it is requested that you make sure you use the translations that we use as standard. Some of your edits to the breeding sections have resulted in some redlinks. It isn't a big deal, I just want to make sure you are aware. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 05:37, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

== GRAMMAR PLEASE? ==

Sorry if I seem rude, but half the your recent edits have grammatical errors which I am getting tired of fixing. Please double-check your grammar or at least check it in a program such as Microsoft Word. --[[User:Joeshie|+ Joeshie +]] ''([[User talk:Joeshie|is Mæ!]])'' 02:14, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

==Breeding tables==

Hi. Thanks for your work on the breeding tables, but we're actually taking the line breaks out for a reason: they were making the tables far too tall. [[User:Bikini Miltank|Bikini Miltank]] 20:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

== Hi ==

Please use the preview button before saving your edits, that way you can check for grammar errors, which you have made a couple of times recently. Also, the way you have worded your trivia (which I might add, is not notable enough to be on the pages anyway) makes it seem as though they are the ''only'' pokemon in their egg groups.'''X'''[[User:Vuvuzela2010|'''Vuvuzela2010''']]'''X''' 06:21, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

== Can you help me? ==

I've been having trouble with [[Nuzleaf]]. People keep deleting a really interesting trivia post and I'm getting really frustrated. It talks about the similarity of a Red Pikmin and a shiny Nuzleaf. Can you figure that out for me and let me know? Thanks. {{unsigned|Pokedex493}}
:Sprite trivia is strictly prohibited. [[User:Gliscorguy54|Gliscorguy54]] 01:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

== Lyra/Ethan's Rattata ==

Are you taking this move data from what a wild Rattata would have at that level, or did you look inside the game's code and check that Rattata? --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:29, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
:If you don't reply to this, I'm going to have to assume that you assumed and revert you. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 15:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

== Last warning ==

Grammar. You need to fix it. And the preview button. Use it. You've been warned about these things before a couple times. If you don't fix it, you may be susceptible to a block. Also, trivia. Stop adding it. Inexperienced users generally should avoid adding trivia as its a fairly slippery slope due to proper notability. If you think something it notable, bring it up on a talk page first. -- '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|MAG]][[Special:Contributions/MAGNEDETH|NE]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|DETH]]''' 00:53, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

== Thanks. ==

I was gonna finish anyway, but thanks for putting the Gen I table thing together. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 01:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

== Jungle cards ==

Please. If you can't finish everything that needs finished with changing the templates, don't do it at all. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 15:11, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
:You also did it wrong anyway, All types get capitalized. Now someone has to go over everything you just did, and do it again. What a waste! ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 15:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

== Regarding Pokédex entries for TCG ==

Only make use of that template on Pokémon with the Japanese entries as well, thanks. [[User:Ht14|'''''ht''''']][[User talk:Ht14|''14'']] 21:41, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
:This means don't change that template unless you can actually add the Japanese text in the edit yourself as well. Also, how can a [[Smoochum (CoroCoro promo)|Japanese card]] have an English dex entry? Please don't change these until you know what is going on with every card. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 19:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
::I don't want you to change anymore. The FIRST contribution of yours I pulled up was Blissey in Neo Revelation. The fake japanese dex entry you put does NOT match what the Japanese card has for its dex entry. Since you are doing it wrong, you are not allowed to do it anymore. Don't mess with me. If you change any more, I'll need to take further action. I don't like people doing things half-assed, and when they actually add false information, which is a blockable offense, I get really upset, especially when it's in the section I spent three years building it. Don't change anymore of the pages. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 03:22, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== {{template|TCGNote}} ==

Hey. Just wanted to tell you something, [[Mesprit LV.X (Legends Awakened 143)|this]] template had Leafeon instead of Mesprit. I fixed it for you. Try to edit it all before you click Submit. And don't worry, I make mistakes too, I just wanted to tell you. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] [[Special:Contributions/Masatoshi|''contribs'']] 07:24, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

==Japanese move translits==

Thank you for adding these for Gen IV! I've added most from F-M now, as well as editing some of yours so they're more in line with Bulbapedia norms (the character palette āēīōū is your friend, and "wo" is often written "o" here)! [[User:Jocund Lilac|Jocund Lilac]] 16:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

== Welcoming ==

Make sure when welcoming, you do so on the user's talkpage, not the userpage. Thanks. [[User:Ht14|'''''ht''''']][[User talk:Ht14|''14'']] 01:31, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
: What the heck? I was just abusing other userspace? D: Sorry, I was unaware of that. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 01:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

== umm... ==

I was just {{tt|cuorise|sorry I suck at spelling}} on why you removed so much from the Duskclops breeding table [[User:Truthseeker4449|Truth]][[User talk:Truthseeker4449|seeker]][[Rayquaza (Pokémon)|4449]] 23:54, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
:Just removed chain breeding father list, as they are just make the table too long --> [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 00:02, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
::But if they can pass the move on, don't we have to list them. Also since the only things on those pages are the level up tables, the breeding table, and the Move tutor table, I don't think that we have to make the page smaller. [[User:Truthseeker4449|Truth]][[User talk:Truthseeker4449|seeker]][[Rayquaza (Pokémon)|4449]] 00:16, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
:::Yeah, but several moves have that problem, such as Tail Whip, which there are too many Pokémon learn it. We just need the simplest way to passing down the move. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 00:35, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
::::Fine then just forget I asked [[User:Truthseeker4449|Truth]][[User talk:Truthseeker4449|seeker]][[Rayquaza (Pokémon)|4449]]
:::::You did a similar thing on Machamp's gen III breeding table. Mr. Mime can pass Counter down to him, and he himself can learn it through move tutor. You couldn't have removed it because the list was getting too long, as there were only three on it. Whether or not this is practical (as you could simply tutor it to Machamp) isn't necessary, as its practicality doesn't affect its validity. I'm going to re-add Mr. Mime with a caption as to how he learns it, but please don't remove things just because they go by a method ''you'' wouldn't follow. --[[User:Gerix|Gerix]] 00:21, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::::::The Bulbapedia standard is to only list the most direct fathers. So if a father can learn it via leveling up, we don't list fathers that can only learn it via move tutor. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 02:04, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::::I see what you mean. I thought he was just blindly removing relevant information, but I'll take your word for it. Sorry Akuro --[[User:Gerix|Gerix]] 03:52, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

== Move tutor ==

I have noticed that have been making quite a lot of mistakes. I have corrected what I am pretty sure is all of them. Please carefully read [[Template talk:Moveentry/tutor]] and review the various changes that I have made to your edits before using the template again. It is also important to preview edits which are using a new template, and edits like [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Seed_Bomb_(move)&diff=prev&oldid=1506704 this one] make it obvious that you did not preview before saving. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 14:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

== The Preview Button ==
Instead of editing a page several times in a row, try using the preview button to make sure your edit looks the way you want it to. It's right next to the Save Changes button... Please try it out, so as not to clog up the Recent Changes. Thanks! --[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]] 00:19, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
:This message still applies, please use the preview button. -- '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|MAG]][[Special:Contributions/MAGNEDETH|NE]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|DETH]]''' 03:22, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

== Urgent ==

Hello, can you please contact me via email as soon as possible? You can contact me on "adyniz (at) ymail (dot) com". Thank you. ♫♪ [[User:Adyniz|'''エイデ''']][[User talk:Adyniz|'''ィニズ''']] ♪♫ 06:02, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

== Move tutor ==

Two things. For first, is it from the man in [[Yamaji Town]]? For second, how many Pokémon you checked for {{m|Drill Run}}'s compatibility? [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] ([[User talk:Marked +-+-+|talk]]) 12:47, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
: 1) If you're talking about Drill Run one, no certainly it isn't from Yamaji Town. It's from Driftveil City.
: 2) You don't have to check all Pokémon for the compatibility. Just checked the compatibility on the game data.
: [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 02:38, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
:: Game data? How would you check compatibility via it? [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] ([[User talk:Marked +-+-+|talk]]) 10:04, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

== AIM ==

Hello Akurochan, do you by any chance have AIM? If so could you log on as soon as possible? Thank you. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 01:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

== {{m|Dragon Pulse}} ==

Why it doesn't have listed Kyurem formes? They aren't compatible? ({{m|Draco Meteor}}, for example, has them listed; though the location of tutor is currently unknown) [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] ([[User talk:Marked +-+-+|talk]]) 15:01, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
==Thank You==
Like the title states, thank you for fixing all of the stupid mistakes I made while putting up move tutors. I need to pay more attention. --[[User:Funktastic~!|It's Funktastic~!]] ([[User talk:Funktastic~!|talk]]) 03:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

== The remind of "—" ==

The code of showing "—" is — (yep,include the & and the ; ) instead of just a —, just a little remind. --[[User:Chungkingpun~!]] ([[User talk:Chungkingpun|talk]]) 12:3, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

==In-Game Maps for Bell Tower==
I noticed that you uploaded the maps of the Bell Tower from HGSS before. Could you get the maps for the Bell Tower for the 1F, 2F, and Summit, because those are the floors that are missing? [[User:Lady Ariel|Lady Ariel]] ([[User talk:Lady Ariel|talk]]) 17:19, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

== Magical Pokémon Journey ==

Hi! I hope you don't mind me asking, but I noticed you did most of the work on the [[Pokémon in Indonesia]] article, so I figured if anyone on the wiki could answer my question, it might be you :) do you know if the Panda Books edition of Magical Pokémon Journey is the same translation as VIZ Media/Chuang Yi or a different translation?? Thanks!! [[Special:Contributions/Zesty Cactus|--]][[User:Zesty Cactus|'''Zesty''']][[User talk:Zesty Cactus|'''Cactus''']] 00:21, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

:Probably comes from Chuang Yi's translation, since they have the same cover and the red Pokémon logo as Chuang Yi. btw, just found out that Panda Books is the publisher for Electric Tale of Pikachu in Indonesian too. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 11:10, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
::Well, the red Pokémon logo isn't just used by Chuang Yi, it's used officially in a lot of Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines and of course Singapore. However since the cover design for that Electric Tale of Pikachu book is like literally identical i'd be willing to bet it is based on CY's version :D thanks for the response! [[Special:Contributions/Zesty Cactus|--]][[User:Zesty Cactus|'''Zesty''']][[User talk:Zesty Cactus|'''Cactus''']] 00:05, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

== Template A ==

I said templates would be moved later tonight, I wanted to wait until the servers weren't under as much use from people. Don't change it back now but please leave changing the rest of the stuff till tomorrow. I currently have the remaining templates to change. --[[User:Spriteit|Spriteit]] ([[User talk:Spriteit|talk]]) 06:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

== Illegal ==

Before you go around claiming such a thing, I'd like to let you know that the video for PK23 was put on the official Japanese Pokemon Youtube page. I have no idea why it's private now, but it's far from "illegal". [[User:Ataro|Ataro]] ([[User talk:Ataro|talk]]) 06:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
:A [http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/d20noL0ryB0/hqdefault.jpg 'thumbnail'] I could find says that the availability period has ended, so possibly they no longer want to give it away, as the Blu-ray with it on comes out next week. [[User:Bluesun|Bluesun]] ([[User talk:Bluesun|talk]]) 06:42, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

==Pokémon pages==
Your event knowledge and work is greatly appreciated, but please hold off on editing the Pokémon pages that use the templates for the event Pokémon listings. Since the event pages are in the works of being reorganized, it will most likely create more work later on. However, the event pages can still be edited. Thanks. '''[[User:Lady Ariel|Lady]] [[User talk:Lady Ariel|Ariel]]''' 23:19, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
:The Pokémon event templates have been updated, and the Pokémon pages can be updated to relink to the new event pages and include events that aren't added yet. {{p|Bulbasaur}} is an example of how it should be done. Thanks. '''[[User:Lady Ariel|Lady]] [[User talk:Lady Ariel|Ariel]]''' 19:14, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

== GTS events ==

Just so you know, the GTS events have set dates and met levels that are not the same as the date and level they are obtained at (in many cases), so require those to be listed and the met levels should not be assumed. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 06:45, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

==PGL event Pokémon languages==
Any PGL event Pokémon that is going to be distributed to English, French, German, Italian, and/or Spanish will also be distributed to the other languages. Since games of any of those languages can be registered in any of the countries that would speak those languages. So for example the newly announced Dragonite and Tyranitar events for English games, will also be available to French, German, Italian, and Spanish games. '''[[User:Lady Ariel|Lady]] [[User talk:Lady Ariel|Ariel]]''' 01:43, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

== Heights/Weights ==

Make sure that you are as precise as possible with these. If the games/official site state "1.0 m" is the height, we need to list it as "1.0 m", and we can't hack off the .0. I saw that you kept it on Absol's Weights, but not Mawile's Height. Thanks for noticing that they were needed! ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 11:31, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

== Trademarked romanizations ==

Where is your source for the most recent batch of trademarked romanizations? You must provide a link. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 16:09, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
: I just realized that someone who added the trademark also added [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_ISXTedgVOE/UnkSknyjeFI/AAAAAAAAHFM/x-aDVHJNtnA/s1600/Pokemon+Metal+Collection+XY+TTA.jpg picture] but didn't know it is blurred out. Sorry. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 16:21, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

== lop/ability ==

Hi. I see you're apparently trying to update [[Template:lop/ability]] so the [[List of Pokémon by Ability]] can show two Hidden Abilities in one cell. But I don't think that'd look very good, and I also think that's not so much what the list is (or kind of should be) for exactly. I think the list should just be for the current abilities of Pokemon.

I can certainly understand if you want an easily accessible link to the Pokemon's pre-Gen VI Hidden Ability. As an alternative to putting it all in the current tables, though, maybe we could just create a new section/table that just lists Pokemon who have had ability changes (changes only, I think, not additions like Starly gaining Reckless, or Jigglypuff gaining Competitive). A solution like that kind of appeals to me.

In any case, like I said, I don't think it's actually a good idea to try to display two HAs in the main List of Pokemon by Ability, and I want to revert your edits to the template. I just thought maybe we could talk about it before I do that, rather than after, and hopefully reach an understanding... =) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 14:23, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

== Sky Attack ==

I noticed you [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Sky_Attack_(move)&diff=next&oldid=2145545 changed Sky Attack's page] to say that it has had a high critical hit ratio since Gen III. Was this based on the in-game descriptions? Because it is known that the move doesn't actually have a high critical hit ratio in at least some of the games the description says it does. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 15:34, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

== Pokémon Designer ==

I saw you edited Takao Unnos page with some of his designs. Do you did more designer pages with informations from this Nintendo dream source? --[[User:Altruis|Altruis]] [[User talk:Altruis|''でんき'']] 13:36, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

== Why did you delete Slash from Shadow Mewtwo? ==

[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Pokk%C3%A9n_Tournament&curid=195475&diff=2729438&oldid=2728925] Shadow Mewtwo can use Slash by pressing (Y) during Psywave. Why did you delete it? [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 16:32, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
:It is simply an act of slashing by using Psywave, not actual move Slash. It is written as 斬撃 ''zangeki'' instead of きりさく ''kirisaku'' in Japanese. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 02:16, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
::Seriously?! Well I feel stupid. Guess I'll undo my edits in [[Game move errors]]. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 02:51, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

== Mind Blown and recoil ==

Hey there! I noticed your edits removing the recoil label from Mind Blown, and I hoped you might have something to add to the discussion I started on [[Talk:Recoil]]? Thanks. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 00:03, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

== Why did you keep changing Aegislash's release date? ==

[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Pokk%C3%A9n_Tournament&diff=2741661&oldid=2740232 I'm talking about this.] Didn't you read the <nowiki></nowiki> It came out the night before. [[User:Unowninator|¿¡Unowninator?!]] ([[User talk:Unowninator|talk]]) 06:06, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

== Categorizing new pages ==

Please make sure when creating new categories, such as {{cat|Item-manipulating Abilities}} from a few days ago, to categorize them as appropriate to prevent them from showing up on the [[Special:UncategorizedCategories|Uncategorized categories]] list. Thanks! --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 06:12, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

== Spiky-eared Pichu icon ==

Hi there! I was just wondering where [[:File:172MS.png|this menu sprite]] for Spiky-eared Pichu came from, since you were the one who uploaded it. A couple pages ([[Spiky-eared Pichu#Trivia]] and [[Pokémon Sun and Moon beta#Pokémon]]) claim that it's unused data from within the games, but I can't find it anywhere in there myself, and I can't find anything else about it. [[User:Zhorken|Zhorken]] ([[User talk:Zhorken|talk]]) 19:25, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
:It was from ProjectPokemon.org, but it seems that the image was removed since then. [https://i.imgur.com/F0P2FPK.png Here]'s the image you requested. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 08:10, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
::Alright, thank you! [[User:Zhorken|Zhorken]] ([[User talk:Zhorken|talk]]) 21:54, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

== Characteristics sections on type pages ==

Statements like, "Defensively, Ground-type Pokémon are somewhat risky." are subjective, statements like, "Single-target physical moves such as Drill Run and High Horsepower can be generally considered inferior options to Earthquake;" are "talking strategy", and neither belong on Bulbapedia. Please don't add them to type pages. In case you're wondering, this was [[Talk:Normal_(type)|discussed here]]. [[User:Sumwun|sumwun]] ([[User talk:Sumwun|talk]]) 17:32, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
:I want to achieve some kind of agreement about what's allowed on type pages, so I'll try to explain to you why I think some things should be allowed or not allowed. I'll use ground as my example because you edited that first. First and foremost, you removed the detail about ground Pokemon being immune to sandstorm damage. I liked that detail. Now for the stuff you decided to keep...

::"Defensively, Ground-type Pokémon are backed up by their overall decent HP and Defense stats."
:What is "decent"? How much HP and physical defense does a type need to be "decent"? 80 points? 81 points? 82? 83?
::"Despite this, their below average Special Defense worsen their weakness to common Water, Grass, and Ice types (all of which have generally special movesets)."
:Describing the drawback of below average special defense is "talking strategy". Saying that water, grass, and ice Pokemon are generally special attackers is also "talking strategy".
::"Ground only resists Poison (a type rarely used offensively) and Rock, but it is immune to Electric-type moves, including the crippling Thunder Wave."
:This is redundant. Everything here was already mentioned in the battle properties section.
::"Offensively, Ground is one of the most powerful types, not to mention having the potential as a neutral coverage."
:What does "powerful" mean? If it means being super effective against a lot of Pokemon, then you should have said so.
::"It is the only type super effective against Electric, and is super effective against five types in total, a coverage matched only by Fighting, which is also super effective against the Rock and Steel types."
:I think this is worth keeping, but it should probably explicitly state that ground is the most super effective type.
::"The other types are Fire, Rock, Poison, and Steel."
:This is also redundant.
::"Even though Grass- and Bug-type Pokémon resist Ground attacks, many of them lose this resistance due to secondary typings with a weakness to Ground (such as the common Grass/Poison and Bug/Poison types)."
:I think saying that they often lose the resistance counts as "talking strategy".
::"Ground-type physical moves are commonly known and have many potent options, most notably Earthquake, which has high attack power and widespread compatibility due to its TM status in every generation."
:How is this not "talking strategy"?
::"However, Earthquake, along with Magnitude and Bulldoze deals damage by half under the effect of Grassy Terrain."
:This is about some moves, not about the ground type itself.
::"Ground-type special moves pale in comparison, although there are handful of Pokémon that potentially learn Earth Power."
:I'm pretty sure this also counts as "talking strategy".
::"Ground's greatest disadvantage is its ineffectiveness against common Flying-type Pokémon, those with Levitate Ability or Air Balloon (unless they are grounded)."
:This is also redundant. Weren't you the one who added the air balloon to that page's items section?
::"However, most Ground-type Pokémon can learn powerful Rock-type moves to take down Flying types, Bug types, and also Ice types with super-effective hit."
:I think Tiddlywinks wanted to allow this kind of statement on condition that more than half of the type can learn that move (eg. more than half of ground Pokemon can learn rock attacks).

:So why do you think those sentences are worth keeping? [[User:Sumwun|sumwun]] ([[User talk:Sumwun|talk]]) 03:35, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

== Type page edits ==

Can you please tell me why you undid my edits to the type pages? I really want to know. [[User:Sumwun|sumwun]] ([[User talk:Sumwun|talk]]) 17:13, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

== Making assumptions about events ==

Never make assumptions about events just because that's the way they typically work. For example, [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=List_of_local_event_Pok%C3%A9mon_distributions_in_Generation_VII&diff=2907914&oldid=2897919 the Birthday Chansey] in Let's Go does not have a Birthday Ribbon (Ribbons aren't even visible in Let's Go), it has a Classic Ribbon. Even if you think it's obvious (such as an event Pokémon in USUM being in a Cherish Ball), you should never state this on Bulbapedia unless we have specific confirmation. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 08:02, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

== Signature policy ==

Please don't forget to sign your posts with four tildes. [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AKogoro&type=revision&diff=3046861&oldid=3021763 A veteran user like you should know this by now]. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 22:22, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

== Username change request ==

Hi Akurochan! With Kogoro on an extended leave of absence, I have been working on getting some overdue tasks completed, including Username change requests. I know you requested a username change back in October, but I just wanted to confirm that you would still like one. If so, I can get that taken care of for you. Apologies that this process has taken so long. Just let me know! Thanks. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 04:52, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

== Transfer moves ==

Hi, um, could you stop please? BulbaBot will handle those that were adequately automatable just fine, just give it some time. If you want to help, you could go for Lycanroc, Meowstic and especially Deoxys? That'd help me a lot. Moves should be in correct lexicographical order, and consider [[List of modified moves]] (such as for Bide or Double-Edge). [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 14:45, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
:Well, thanks for fixing oversights like for Pikachu, but I have to say that I'm not really convinced of what you did to cases like {{p|Glaceon}}. The textual statement is just misleading (Frost Breath isn't learned by Eevee, for example), the Pokémon appears to be introduced in Generation I when it really wasn't, and also readers cannot tell which moves need Eevee and which don't (except when hovering over numbers). I believe that this should (at least) have been discussed. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 17:56, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

== PKMN Trainer ==

I'm glad that you're adding Trainer teams from BDSO. Just be aware that the "Pokémon Trainer" Trainer class isn't formatted "PKMN Trainer" in these games. Thank you. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 14:33, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

== ^ marking ==

Is the ^ marking for the moves obtainable only in the Grand Underground? I saw this on the {{p|Bellossom}} page, listed for {{m|After You}}. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]'''''[[User talk:Bfdifan2006|something to say?]] · [[Special:Contributions/Bfdifan2006|My work documentation]] 17:31, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
:Yes, it is. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 22:59, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
::However, I think too many pages use it now because for Pokémon in the {{egg3|Field}}, they can learn the move by breeding from {{p|Smeargle}} that has {{m|Sketch}}ed the move, e.g. {{m|Eerie Impulse}} on {{p|Mareep}} or {{m|Guard Split}} on {{p|Rhyhorn}}. Considering this, Rhyhorn that learned Guard Split from Smeargle can pass it down to {{p|Shieldon}}. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]'''''[[User talk:Bfdifan2006|something to say?]] · [[Special:Contributions/Bfdifan2006|My work documentation]] 11:06, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

== Legends: Arceus learnsets ==

There is a template for Legends: Arceus templates that includes the learn and mastery levels in separate fields. See [[Special:Diff/3465455|my edit to Steelix]] for how to use it. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 04:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

== Legends items ==

1) I think the Secret Medicine in Legends similar enough to the one seen in previous games in both appearance and effect that it could be in the same article instead of receiving a separate "Hisui" article. 
2) Even if an item is changed from a regular item to a Key Item or vice versa, it can still be added to the same acquisition template, as sown with [[Escape Rope]]. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 11:41, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
:Legends arceus introduced new index numbers for a bunch of items, which means the game recognises them as totally different items, even if the Escape rope is made a key item in SWSH, it still has the same index number as it did in every previous pokemon game (0078). that's the key difference, and because a potion or pokéball in legends arceus is a totally different item than what a pokéball/secret medicine is in SWSH or any other mainline game, it should be separated imo. [[User:4iamking|4iamking]] ([[User talk:4iamking|talk]]) 12:09, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

== [[Bianca]]'s PWT teams ==

Hiya, it's been quite a while so you may have forgotten, but you were the person who added Bianca's PWT information in [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Bianca&diff=1775978&oldid=1775745 this edit]. Those teams were later removed due to not actually being encounterable in the game. Do you remember where exactly you found this information? If it actually is in the game but unused, we can re-add it to her page. [[User:Geodude6|Geodude6]] ([[User talk:Geodude6|talk]]) 04:16, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

== Pokémon Festival Jakarta ==

Hi! Love seeing the devotion you've been giving to [[Pokémon in Indonesia]]! That is an amazing page! Good job!

I stopped by to ask a question. Pokémon Festival Jakarta is easily notable enough for its own page, if not because of the event itself, but at least to document the merchandise involved. Is a full page something you'd be interested in working on? I saw the goods and was thinking about working on it myself, but you seem much better equipped to do it. Let me know! ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 11:56, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

: Thanks! At first, I have no intention of creating the live event section, but I don't mind if the article will be created, but right now I'm afraid that I only create stubs. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 21:45, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

== Therian Enamorus’ EV yield ==

In the {{p|Enamorus}} article, it is stated that the EV yield of the Therian Forme is 3 Attack. Pokémon Database states that this is 3 Special Attack (specifically for Therian Forme), and I found no other source about this specific value. I cannot tell which one is right so I’m asking you, since it seems you added this info on the Enamorus article: where did you get it from?
: It is possible that I made the mistake. Feel free to correct it, though. [[Special:Random|'''AKUro?''']] [[User talk:Akurochan|あくロ]][[Special:Contributions/Akurochan|ちゃん]] 23:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
:: I don’t know if it’s a mistake or not, so a reliable source is needed. I searched for one on the Internet but did not find anything. This is why I’m asking you your source, so that it can be checked. --[[User:Myvh|Myvh]] ([[User talk:Myvh|talk]]) 19:07, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

== Thank you! ==

With it just hitting the 4 month mark since the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, I wanted to take an opportunity to offer a more personal acknowledgment of some of the hard work you've contributed during this incredibly busy period for Bulbapedia. Your work towards expanding new Pokémon and character pages was a huge help in our coverage this go around. Bulbapedia's continued success as a wiki relies on dedicated and passionate editors such as yourself. So again, thank you and keep up the excellent work! '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|--Pokemaster]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|97]]''''' 22:08, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

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=2023=
==February 14==
Happy February!

And Happy 18th anniversary to Bulbapedia! It’s incredible to believe back in 2005, during Bulbaoedia’s beginnings, we were preparing to close out [[Generation III]] and awaiting the North American release of {{game|Emerald}}. Today, we're 49,000 articles strong and fully immersed in [[Generation IX]] with Pokémon {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}. As we celebrate another year around the sun, it would be egregious of us to not stop and take a moment to celebrate you, our users who work hard and contribute to Bulbapedia’s coverage day in and day out.

While our coverage of Scarlet and Violet is ongoing, it would be impossible to have covered as much as we have without your contributions. So for every dex entry entered, every map uploaded, every biology section written, every item sprite added and every edit in between, we say - thank you. Your time and efforts are appreciated and we would be nowhere near the community we are today without you.

=2022=
==November 17==
Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokémon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
* Please respect the directions of the Staff team; some of our rules and processes might not be obvious at first glance, but the team is there to help you perfect your contributions
* Please follow the code of conduct and the manual of style at all times!
* Please report any performance issues or bad ad activity to staff

In other news, in an effort to do some fall cleaning in preparation for Scarlet & Violet’s release, the staff will be tackling our backlog of pages needing attention. If you have any candidates you had comments or thoughts about, please do not hesitate to share on the relevant talk page or with a member of staff so we can ensure your input is kept in mind.

Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out via our Discord or forums. Good treasure hunting, Trainers!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 29==
Happy January!

It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2022 is already almost over! As January comes to a close and {{g|Legends: Arceus}} officially released worldwide, here are a few updates you should know about.

As many know, Bulbapedia experimented by remaining open during the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl release in order to test site stability and to maximize user participation. Due to the success observed last time, Bulbapedia will once again be remaining open to editing for Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well. Because this game is not a remake and may attract more traffic, staff will be monitoring site performance over the next several days and will determine if we need to reevaluate.

As a general reminder during this exciting time, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of Staff if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In other news, since we’re celebrating a new year and a new game, we thought there’d be no better time to bring on some new staff! Bulbapedia will be participating in Bulbagarden's Official 2022 Staff Drive. This time around, we’re looking for some passionate and savvy folks to join the team as {{bp|Junior Administrators}}. We’ll be accepting applications until mid-February! If you have any questions or concerns about the application or selection process, please send a direct message to {{u|Pokemaster97}} or {{u|evkl}} on the Bulbagarden Forums or the Bulbagarden Discord server.

Until next time. Happy Editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2021=
==November 19==
Happy November!

As [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] officially hit store shelves, we have some Bulbapedia updates to share.

This year, Bulbapedia will not be locking down for the new game release. It looks like these games won't introduce mechanical differences that will require big changes to pages as we've seen in times past. As a result, we are experimenting with the wiki remaining open and allowing folks to jump in head first with adding new information. If you're new to editing, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of {{bp|Staff}} if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In line with encouraging a wider range of users to contribute during the game release period, we have also decided to trial a new software for the [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives] that allows all users to upload images; non-autoconfirmed users will have images placed in a moderation queue. Staff members will review and approve images if they are appropriate. As this feature is still undergoing testing, please report any feedback or issues you may experience with a member of Staff so it may be passed along to our technical team to address.

We're just as excited as you for new games - have fun being back in [[Sinnoh]], and happy editing!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==June 21==
Happy June!

As we continue to smooth out the final kinks with our recent upgrade to MediaWiki 1.35, we are happy to share that a few of the reported issues from the initial release have been resolved. The issue involving broken functions related to user emails have been resolved.

Additionally, a known issue of Encyclopedia Pokemonis desktop links being broken for logged out users, affecting the ability for our wiki to externally link to other language affiliates has been resolved.

Currently, Bulbapedia tech is prioritizing addressing the following issues affecting user site navigation and experience:
* A known issue of CentralAuth functionality affecting users and their ability to globally log into/link accounts
* A known issue of the newly formatted RecentChanges design being completely broken. The old version has been set as default and users are encouraged to disable the new design in their preferences until we can fix it.

A full list of known issues related to the MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade, as well as features and updates on our progress of addressing them, can be found on our {{bp|Technical Update Changelog|changelog}}. The changelog talk page may be used to report many new issues that have not been recorded so our tech can work to address them as soon as possible.

More updates to come!

==April 21==
The day is finally here, Bulbapedia is open again at last! Over the past several weeks, Bulbapedia tech has been hard at work behind the scenes upgrading and bringing the wiki to modern standards and cutting back on a lot of the technical debt that has accumulated over the years. Because this was the first time in quite some time we performed work of this nature, this ended up being a much lengthier process than expected. There's been a whole host of bugs that have been addressed too. Below is a small list of some of the new features that you will now encounter as you browse through the site. Note that you may also need to reset your cookies for the site due to several changes in the back-end as well.

*New features you may notice
**'''Two factor authentication (2FA)''' for logging in has been enabled to keep your account secure.
**'''Toolbars''' - The edit box now has an updated toolbar. To reenable the old version, you will have to go under "Gadgets" under "Preferences" and select the legacy bar.
**'''An overall smoother site experience'''

**'''Extension:Math''' - Yes, we can finally display equations properly!
**'''Default edit rate enhanced''' - Those of you that like to watch BulbaBot do its work may notice that they start to move a little faster now, you will too if you can edit that fast!
**'''Recent changes and Watchlist changes''' - These are now powered with JavaScript and introduce some lovely new features that improve their usability, including filters and even live updates.
**'''Enhanced diff pages''' - Allows for some more action options when viewing page diffs.
**'''Password issues''' - You will be notified and be suggested that your password be changed if it is in the list of 100,000 commonly used passwords that are considered bad passwords. Also, your username cannot be included in your password (e.g., if your username is "Spriteit" your password can not be "SpriteitsPassword").
**Additional features that we will announce once more testing is complete.

If you notice any bugs (aka surprise features) please don't hesitate to let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible. That being said, we are aware that some users are experiencing log in issues following the update. If you are experiencing any log in issues/lockouts, please Direct Message @BulbaTech over on the Bulbagarden Discord with the following information:
*Your Bulbapedia username
*A link to your userpage (if you've had one created before)
*Your email address

We are also aware that features involving email such as confirming your email address is also currently unavailable. Tech is working diligently to resolve these issues.
Again, we apologize for the long maintenance period, and we thank you for your patience as we performed this much needed background work. We are extremely grateful for the hard work and many hours put in by our tech specialist, who often works thanklessly to ensure the Bulbapedia experience is as excellent as can be. We appreciate all you do!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==April 2==
Annddddd we’re back! As some of you may have witnessed over the past 48 hours or so, [[Team Rainbow Rocket]] interrupted and temporarily gained access to Bulbapedia during our attempt at performing our scheduled site update.

Fear not however, Bulbapedia staff has regained control of the site once again. However, there were more damage to the servers done than expected and we’ll have to keep editing locked for a *bit* longer as we repair and shore up our defenses to prevent an incident like this from occurring again. Stay tuned for a full status update later this week once this work is complete.

Thank you again for your patience and we can’t wait to be open for business again soon!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==March 3==
Howdy everyone. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pokemaster97 and I am the current Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia.

With the 25th Anniversary of Pokémon and Sinnoh remakes (and a prequel!) confirmed, now is a more exciting time than ever for the Bulba community. Just as [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] put a new spin on familiar stomping grounds, a few familiar faces on Bulbapedia will be shifting into new roles. Bulbagarden Chief of Staff and former Editor-in-Chief {{u|Kogoro}} has graciously decided to remain on board as Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Kogoro brings over a decade of experience and expertise and I am eternally grateful she has decided to stick around in this role.

As we move further along into 2021 and with a pending wiki update on the horizon, user experience has been a continued focus for Bulbapedia staff. In order to increase attention to these efforts, the Editorial Board will be expanding with the addition of two Special Assistant roles. These members will function as members at large on the board and will work on tasks such as:

* Staff drives/staff development
* Reviewing and updating policies (ongoing policy overhaul)
* Creating guides and user resources
* Assisting the Social Media team with running Bulbapedia’s social accounts/content creation

Please help me congratulate {{u|Spriteit}} and {{u|SnorlaxMonster}} who will be joining the Editorial Board in this role! I look forward to how Bulbapedia will continue to grow with your additions.

I end off by thanking everyone for their continued contributions and support to Bulbapedia. We wouldn’t be half of what we are without you.

:Pokemaster97
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 14==
Hello everyone,

Today marks the 16th anniversary of Bulbapedia's public opening. Perhaps a bit of an unbelievable undertaking back in 2005, when {{game|Emerald}} was set to come to North America in less than three months and mark the conclusion of [[Generation III]]. Today, we're deep into [[Generation VIII]] with {{g|Sword and Shield}} and their [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass|expansions]].

Bulbapedia would not be here today, 16 years later, if it wasn't for the support, edits, and countless hours given by the thousands of editors over these many many years. I would like to personally extend our immense gratitude to all editors who have helped to make Bulbapedia what it is today, and we can't wait to see what Bulbapedia will be like in another 16 years.

2021 marks the [[Pokémon 25th Anniversary]], starting on February 27. As information continues to be revealed about the festivities and releases that we will get to see this year, we can't wait to see how much Bulbapedia will grow with this exciting new year of Pokémon.

It is also with an extremely heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be retiring as Bulbapedia's {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}}, effective on February 17th. Bulbapedia has been a fairly significant part of my free time since I joined back in May of 2008, a wide-eyed girl with a very basic understanding of wiki editing. I joined Bulbapedia's staff in December of that same year through the old {{bp|nominations for administratorship}} program, the final person brought on board in the program.

In May 2009 I joined the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, and I became Editor-in-Chief on February 17, 2014. It's been an absolutely amazing seven years as Editor-in-Chief, and it's been an absolute honour and privilege to get to serve in the role for almost half of Bulbapedia's existence to date. I cannot thank everyone I have worked with in this over 12 year journey enough, but thank you so very much for all of the amazing years.

Taking over as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief will be my deputy, {{u|Pokemaster97}}. He is extremely driven, has been a wonderful deputy to work closely with for almost three years, and has excelled at being a community leader. Please be sure to give him a great welcome to the role, and I look forward to Bulbapedia's future under his leadership.

Happy 2021, Happy 16 Years, and Happy Pokémon 25th!

:Kogoro
:Departing Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2020=
==October 8==
Hope you're all having a great start to October!

Effective today, {{u|Maverick Nate}} is stepping down from his {{bp|Editorial Board}} position as Bulbapedia's Head of TCG. Bulbapedia's TCG section has grown astoundingly under Nate leading the section for the last 9 years, and his over decade of time on the Editorial Board. We all wish him the best with his future endeavors, and this well-deserved retirement.

With Nate's departure, this leaves a significant vacancy in Bulbapedia's Editorial Board. We are happy to announce that {{u|glik}} will be taking over as Bulbapedia's new Head of TCG, also effective today. Welcome to the Editorial Board, glik, we know you will do well!

Happy editing, everyone!

==September 10==
Happy September everyone!

As we continue our work with updating, reviewing, and clarifying our policies, we also wanted to take time to make some staffing shuffles to support the growth of the site. First up, with the upcoming re-launch of Bulbanews, {{u|G50}} is shifting her focus back to her main role as Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief. For the past 6 months, {{u|G50}} has served as our Acting Head of Anime and has helped take point on many of the anime-related policy changes that were seen over the past couple of months and has been an immense help to me personally. Relatedly, I am happy to share that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has agreed to step into the Head of Anime role. Please help me welcome him to the Editorial Board!

In addition to the above shuffle, I am also happy to recognize a handful of staff members who have been working extremely hard and have frequently gone above and beyond in their day-to-day work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Daniel Carrero}} who are all receiving promotions as well. We can’t wait to see what you all will do in your new positions!

==July 22==
Happy July!

As you may have noticed already over the past few weeks, the Bulbapedia staff has been hard at work reviewing, updating, and clarifying several of our official policies that drive many of the procedures that occur on the wiki. At this point in time, the {{bp|Code of Conduct}} and {{bp|Blocking policy}} have been updated and we have created a new {{bp|Speculation policy}} that we hope will clarify our official stances on many issues that occur during editing and will hopefully make for a much smoother editing experience for everyone.

During this time, staff will also be reviewing our category of [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Bulbapedia_proposed_policies proposed policies] and mainspacing ones that we feel will be beneficial as official policies. If you have any ideas or proposals you would like Bulbapedia staff to consider, please create the page in the Userspace and mark it ready for review by adding <nowiki>{{Policy|policy|proposed}}</nowiki> to the top of the page. Additionally, you may use the talk pages of existing policies to propose ideas or suggestions for policy changes for staff member review. Alternatively, you can reach out to an Editorial Board member directly.

Happy editing!

==April 2==
Happy April! In an effort to become a bit more transparent with the community on what the Staff is up to, we are getting back to more regular Message from the Editor updates.

'''Pages needing attention:''' The Editorial Board has been diligently going through the backlog candidates for moves, merges, splits, and mainspacing to try to get some long overdue decisions rolled out. If you had a particular page that you wanted to bring to the staff’s attention for quicker review, please contact any staff member and we’ll do our best to expedite the discussion. We thank you for your patience as we work through these items.

'''Username Change Requests:''' Due to technical issues with the function we use to rename users, we will not be fulfilling user rename requests until further notice. We hope to have this feature back for use as soon as possible!

'''Editor’s Hub:''' Over the past several weeks, the Editorial Board has been working hard to find ways to make editing and working on the wiki more of a collaborative process for users. Stay tuned for pending additions to the current Editor’s Hub that will enhance the experience for users, old and new, alike. As always, any staff member is more than happy to listen to any suggestion for things or improvements you’d like to see brought to Bulbapedia.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 21==
Howdy everyone and happy February! As we enter into a new decade of Pokémon and Bulbapedia, we figured it was time to share a few changes that have happened since our last update with you all!

It is with heavy hearts that we’re announcing the retirement of {{u|Jo The Marten}} as Bulbapedia’s Head of Games. Bulbapedia’s games section grew exponentially under Jo’s leadership for the past several years; we wish her the best in her well-deserved retirement. Jo’s departure leaves a vacancy on the Editorial Board that will be filled in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for that.

On a lighter note, a number of very deserving users who have gone above and beyond with their contributions have been hired as staff. Please help congratulate {{u|Celadonkey}}, {{u|Daniel Carrero}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Wowy}} who have joined us as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s. These users have been dedicated to Bulbapedia for several years and we cannot wait to see how they grow in their new roles!

We have a few promotions within the staff as well! Congratulations to {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|CycloneGU}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|神奇超龍}}, {{u|Blazingfist}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and {{u|glik}} who are moving up in the ranks as well! We know these folks will flourish in their new positions as well.

On a last note, in an effort to simplify staff structure and overall user experience, the Editorial Board has decided to unify the staff of Bulbapedia and the Bulbagarden Archives. This process will be happening over the next several weeks. We hope this change will increase overall cohesion and collaboration between the two projects.

Lastly, we would also like to thank every user who has contributed to the wiki in any way. Bulbapedia would not be the place it is without all of you.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2018=
==May 28==
Hello everyone, it's with heavy hearts that we announce {{u|Zesty Cactus}} has officially retired as Bulbapedia's Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She served above and beyond expectations for the last four years in the position, and will continue assisting Bulbapedia staff in an advisory capacity. We would like to thank her for all of her efforts as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

The Deputy Editor-in-Chief position will not be left vacant, however. We are happy to announce that our Head of Anime, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, will be taking over where Zesty Cactus left off. Pokemaster97 will also be handing over the Head of Anime status to {{u|abcboy}}, and we would like to welcome him to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}!

We have a few other promotions that we are very happy to announce as well. Moving up to the {{bp|Administrator}} level is {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, advancing to the {{bp|Senior Administrator}} level is {{u|glik}}, and {{u|Darkeiya}} will be joining the Editorial Board as Bulbapedia's Head of Art. We would also like to welcome {{u|MisterE13}} back to active duty as a {{bp|Junior Administrator}}.

==February 17==
Another year already? Time sure keeps on flying when there's so much Pokémon fun to be had! It's definitely been a great 13th year for Bulbapedia!

In 2017, Bulbapedia grew by an astounding 5000+ articles, surpassing my expectations significantly! This last year has definitely been a major one for the growth and continued development of Bulbapedia.

With {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime, {{TCG|Guardians Rising|five}} {{TCG|Burning Shadows|new}} {{TCG|Shining Legends|English}} {{TCG|Crimson Invasion|TCG}} {{TCG|Ultra Prism|sets}}, and countless other releases in all parts of the globe this last year, there's certainly been much for Pokémon fans to enjoy and much for Bulbapedia to cover!

Of course, none of this would be possible without the people who help to drive the continued development and updating of Bulbapedia. The Pokémon fandom is amazingly strong, and it definitely shows with just how much Pokémon information this community-driven encyclopedia has been able to document over these last 13 years.

While we're saying goodbye to Bulbapedia's 13th year, I know that we can welcome in the 14th year with the awesomeness that only the Pokémon fandom can provide. Let's make 2018 an awesome one!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 4==
The day that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! We are happy to announce that we believe our technical issues have been resolved, and Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing! We greatly appreciate all of the patience we received during the edit lock, and we would like to apologize for the technical issues that forced the lock to remain in place as long as it did

The staff of Bulbapedia would like to wish everyone a happy 2018, and a great time with [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon]], and everything new that this most recent pair of games will bring to the world of Pokémon.

Happy editing, everyone!

=2017=
==February 17==
Once again, another year has concluded for Bulbapedia. It's certainly been a very busy one, with [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] and the summer of [[Pokémon GO]] both behind us. It was an amazing 12th year for this project.

In 2016, Bulbapedia grew by over 2800 articles, and we hope to see significant growth as well in 2017. The Video Games section showed some of the most impressive growth in 2016. With the release of Pokémon GO, followed by [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] ushering in the beginning of [[Generation VII]], this section not only met the expectations we had for it at the beginning of the year, they blew past it immeasurably. We hope that the recent introduction of [[Johto]] Pokémon in Pokémon GO will only be the tip of the iceberg for the Video Games section in 2017!

The Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have also shown wonderful growth through 2016, and await even more growth in these three sections in 2017. The [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime will be making its official premiere this year, and we can expect to see a lot of new manga and TCG content as well.

Bulbapedia is here today, because of all the contributors who have helped out by making edits through these 12 years. I mention this every year, because it's the absolute truth of a project like this. Without the members of the fandom who contribute to this project, no matter how big or small their contributions may be, Bulbapedia wouldn't be what it is today and very well may not even exist at all.

I'd also like to go onto a personal note for a moment, as today marks the conclusion of my third year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. It's been an amazing experience, and would just like to thank everyone reading this for making these last three years something I'll never forget. I hope we can keep this going even longer.

With that all said, let's make another awesome year, let's keep Bulbapedia the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet. 2017 is another year for us to make our own, let's do this!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2016=
==December 1==
Hello everyone, we hope you've been having as much of a blast with [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] as we have! With the games now having been out in all regions for at least a week, we're happy to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing. We understand that Bulbapedia being locked is a stressful time for all parties, so we greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during this recent edit lock. We also wish to extend an extra special thank you to everyone who submitted information via the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, and other platforms.

==March 21==
It is with heavy hearts that we're announcing the retirement of {{u|Kenji-girl}} as Bulbapedia's Head of Anime. Kenji-girl served as our Head of Anime since December 2011, and worked countless hours to shape our anime section to what it is today. While we will miss Kenji-girl's presence on the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, we are very glad that Kenji-girl will be remaining on staff as a {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, and she will still be working closely with the Editorial Board to continue improving Bulbapedia.

As the anime section is one of Bulbapedia most active sections, we're happy to announce that a successor to the position has already been chosen. Taking over as our Head of Anime is someone who has been on staff for almost four years now, and has been working on anime-related concerns not only on Bulbapedia, but also the Bulbagarden Forums. Bulbapedia's new Head of Anime is none other than {{u|Pokemaster97}}, congratulations!

==March 1==
Now that February and the leap day is done, it is time to leap into a new project! We're really excited to announce this month's content improvement drive: {{bp|Manga March}}! As the name suggests, for this month, we'll be focusing on improving coverage on all [[Pokémon manga]], from the popular [[Pokémon Adventures]] series to the most obscure one-shot magazine chapters, and everywhere else in between. Every week, a new area of focus will be added — one series that's been licensed in English and one series that's currently still Japanese-only, starting with [[Pokémon Adventures]] and [[Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King]]. The Manga March page has been updated with many examples of articles from those series that need improvement or expansion to help you get inspired! Of course, these are just examples, there is always lots of room for new contributions related to manga, even if they aren't listed! Please visit the {{bp|Manga March}} page for more information, and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the [[Bulbapedia talk:Manga March|Manga March improvement drive's talk page]], or you may contact {{u|Zesty Cactus}} or any other staff member listed on {{bp|Project Manga}}. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Project Manga in the past, present and future, and we hope you will all enjoy helping to make Bulbapedia one of the best resources for Pokémon manga information!

==February 17==
Yet another year has come and gone for us here at Bulbapedia. While I know I said it last year, this year has flown by so quickly as well. [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] is in full swing, and this amazing franchise hits the milestone only ten days from now. Bulbapedia has been around to help Pokémon fans for 11 of those amazing 20 years, and it really is all thanks to the many contributors who have given their help to this astounding project over the last 11 years.

Bulbapedia has grown by around 1600 articles in 2015, and we hope to see even more growth through 2016. Our Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have all shown considerable growth in 2015, and we can expect just as considerable growth through 2016 for these three sections. The [[S19|19th season]] will begin this weekend for the English dub of the Pokémon anime, as we also continue to see regular localized releases of manga volumes & TCG sets.

On the other hand, the video games section has seen somewhat smaller growth this year, dominantly due to the lack of new core titles. However, with the mysteries revolving around the recently revealed {{p|Magearna}}, the upcoming Virtual Console release of the [[Generation I]] games for 3DS, the Wii U release of [[Pokkén Tournament]], the recently released [[Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~]], and the highly-anticipated [[Pokémon GO]], we can certainly hope to expect to see a lot of development in the video games section in 2016.

Bulbapedia wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for all the individuals who have helped out over the years. From those who have made several thousand edits, to those who have fixed even a single typo. And, yes, even the viewers who yell at us any time a mistake happens to find its way on an article.

Let's all band together once again, Pokémon fandom. Let's continue to build up the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet, and make 2016 a year to be remembered!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 18==
We're just over half way through the first month of 2016, and less than a month away from Bulbapedia's 11th anniversary. 2015 brought Bulbapedia several improvements, and significant progress on multiple projects, which we will discuss in more detail in February. Right now, there are still several projects that need completion, and that is why we're once again announcing new staff hires and promotions!

First up, we would like to extend congratulations to {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|glik}}, who are advancing from Junior Administators to full Administrators. You have excelled as Junior Administrators, and we expect nothing less in your new positions.

We're also happy to welcome four new Junior Administrators, {{u|Chosen}}, {{ut|CycloneGU|CycloneGU}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and the returning {{u|Carmenstar97}}. We hope to see you all show us the awesomeness we know you're capable of.

=2015=
==September 6==
Effective immediately, new requirements regarding the use of four templates that are extremely important to the continued improvement of Bulbapedia have been mandated:

:''When using the templates {{template|Split}}, {{template|Merge}}, {{template|Move}}, and {{template|DiscussDelete}} to nominate articles for administrative action, a section outlining the rationale for the nomination '''must''' be added to the article's talk page. Nominations lacking an outlined rationale will no longer be considered.''

An outlined rationale helps to expedite administrative action, and helps to prevent confusion and misunderstandings that can result in mistakes. Keep in mind, the staff aren't mind readers, and not every nomination reason is obvious.

==April 13==

It has been a fair while since we last announced staff hires and promotions, and the wait is finally over! We have several extremely dedicated users who spend countless hours diligently working to make Bulbapedia even better than it was the day before, and we'd like to give some of these users a sign of our appreciation for their work.

We would like to extend our congratulations to {{u|Berrenta}} and {{u|Blazingfist}} on your advancement from Junior Administrator to Administrator, and {{u|Force Fire}} on advancing from Administrator to Senior Administrator! You have all shown greatness in your old positions, and we know you will keep it up with your new titles!

We are also happy to announce and welcome {{u|Glik}} and {{u|Abcboy}} to the staff as new Junior Administrators! You both have shown that you have the right stuff, and we definitely know what you two are capable of great things! We hope to see you both shine brightly in your new positions!

==April 6==
We would like to thank everyone who submitted reports for the {{bp|Mobile March}} improvement drive. We are currently compiling the list of templates requiring updates, as well as looking into what code(s) may be the cause of any mobile viewing issues. Template updates will be worked on and applied soon, once the issues have been diagnosed.

While the improvement drive has come to a close, additional reports can still be submitted directly to staff. We do ask that people continue to follow the report format outlined on the {{bp|Mobile March}} page.

==March 8==
For a fair while now, we have been working hard on the implementation of a mobile-friendly skin for Bulbapedia. However, this comes with significant growing pains as Bulbapedia articles and templates have been built near-exclusively for viewing on desktop and laptop computers for the vast majority of the past ten years and mobile devices aren't always compatible with such content.

This is where we need '''your''' help; for the remaining days of March, and the first week of April, Bulbapedia is running another improvement drive, '''{{bp|Mobile March}}'''! So we can optimize mobile browsing as quickly as possible, we want to know what articles you regularly view via mobile devices, and if there are any templates on them that don't seem to look quite right on mobile view.

Specifically, what we need:

#Title of the article (or article type).
#Note which mobile device, operating system version, and browser you're using.
#Description of which templates are causing viewing problems.
#Screenshot(s) of the templates, so we can view and diagnose the problems.

All month long, we wish to put top priority on compiling a list of templates needing priority mobile optimization. We will be accepting submissions of the previously listed information on {{BMGf|173711|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Mobile March|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 17==
Wow, has it already been a whole year? It has flown by so quickly, though we have certainly made a lot of progress in this short time. With Bulbapedia reaching its 10 year anniversary just three days ago, it has definitely been an eventful few days around here!

On a global scale; Bulbapedia has grown by over 1600 articles in this past year! Additionally, the Editorial Board has been working diligently on a number of different behind the scenes tasks. The conversion of the Projects into a more uniform and organized feature has been steadily moving along, with a few minor Projects still awaiting conversion to the new format. The board has also been working through the candidates for moving, merging, splitting, and mainspacing, and significant progress has been made on this extremely massive task.

For the games section; the most important release in the past year can only be {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}. Along with all of the Hoenn-related updates, many Generation VI models have been uploaded and added to their respective species pages. Bulbapedia has also seen the releases of {{g|Battle Trozei}}, {{g|Art Academy}}, [[Pokémon: Battle Nine]], and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]], with articles for all of these titles created. I would like to personally thank everyone who has helped out on any game-related article in the past year, and hope that you will all continue to help out in the next year!

For the anime section; we have seen 47 episodes air in Japan, 48 episodes air in North America, and the release of [[M17|''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'']] in both Japanese and English. This has resulted in over 70 character/Pokémon articles being created and over 80 character/Pokémon articles improved on Bulbapedia. With the finale of Season 17 and the premiere of Season 18 behind us, the next year is definitely going to be eventful for the Pokémon anime! I would also like to personally thank everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's anime section, I hope you will help out just as much in the next year!

For the manga section; we have seen 8 volumes and 2 mini-volumes release in Japan, and 13 volumes and 7 mini-volumes release in English. Together this has covered over 216 chapters being added and/or improved on Bulbapedia, which is nothing short of awesome! With plenty of manga volumes and chapters set to be released in 2015, the manga section will continue to grow and improve in the next year. To everyone who has helped our manga section grow during the last year; your efforts are greatly appreciated, and I hope to see everyone working just as hard in the next year!

For the TCG section; we have seen four major expansions and one sub-expansion release in Japan, four major expansions release in English, and several different promotions. That covers an almost unbelievable grand total of 1473 cards, including reprints! The TCG section certainly won't be slowing down any time soon, and I am sure that we'll be seeing a plethora of new expansions and cards during 2015. To everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's TCG section during the last year; your efforts are absolutely appreciated, and I hope to see everyone work toward just as much forward progress in the next year!

With all of that said, I want everyone to know that I greatly appreciate all of the assistance and devotion that has been given by the fandom in my first year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. No matter how someone assists Bulbapedia, from the smallest tidbit of information to the largest new page and page overhaul, the help is appreciated not only by Bulbapedia's staff, but by every Pokémon fan that views this amazing encyclopedia. So once again, from the bottom of my heart, '''thank you to everyone who contributed to Bulbapedia in the last year, and let's make 2015 shine even brighter!'''

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2014=
==December 2==

With the release of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} behind us, we would like to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open to public editing! We thank everyone for their patience during the restricted editing period, and an extra thank you goes out to everyone who submitted information via the Bulbawiki General Forum on the Bulbagarden Forums.

==October 18==
Due to the recent hacking of the [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version]], and the resulting information leaks, editing of Bulbapedia is currently restricted. At this time, edit requests, questions/concerns, and suggestions should be posted in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/ Bulbawiki General Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your patience.

==September 23==
It's once again time for a very big change for the betterment of the Bulbapedia experience! {{bp|Projects}} are undergoing a major overhaul in order to make them more user-friendly. Some of the major changes include:
* '''Updated design:''' To better separate sections, Projects will now feature a design similar to the Bulbapedia Main Page.
* '''Monthly goals:''' Each month, Projects will designate goals to be accomplished.
* '''Retirement of the {{bp|Project Leader}} position:''' With the removal of the Project Leader position, Projects will now be run by the {{bp|staff}}. Contact lists have been added to make staff contact easier.
* '''Removal of member lists:''' Member lists were causing significant problems with the projects, so they have been replaced with categories that can be added through use of {{template|User Project Member}}.

We hope to have all Projects converted to the new format before the beginning of October. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Projects, please contact Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Kogoro}}, or Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

Last, but certainly not least, we would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to all users who have served as Project Leaders since the position's founding in January 2009. Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work towards building the Projects up, and helping to make them successful.

==September 20==
'''Update:''' Technical issues should be fixed. If there are any additional issues, please let us know.

The Bulbawiki Network is currently experiencing some technical issues, preventing some users from editing and/or uploading files. The problems are being looked into, and we hope to have them fixed as soon as possible. If these problems are affecting an edit or upload you are trying to do, please feel free to use the {{bmgf|156958|edit request thread}} and we will try to get the edit/upload completed.

We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing, and thank you for your patience during this time. We will post an update when everything is running smoothly again.

==May 2==
Bulbapedia's core mission is to thoroughly document and immortalize Pokémon information for all fans, current and future. This is a massive undertaking, and couldn't be accomplished without continued help from you, our dedicated community. We thank you all for your hard work and dedication, and we ask for the community's help once again in this month's improvement drive, '''Merchandise May'''!

All month long, we wish to put top priority on cleaning up and improving our coverage on official Pokémon merchandise. We will be accepting submissions of pictures and/or information on {{bmgf|165204|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Merchandise May|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 26==
We have entered a new chapter in the ongoing history of Bulbapedia, and with each new chapter comes a new deputy. As with all previous deputies, the person chosen to hold this position has shown astounding dedication to the betterment of Bulbapedia. She has been a member of staff for almost four years, with two of them as a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She had made significant advancements for our manga section as both the Head of Manga and leader of {{bp|Project Manga}}. Bulbapedia's new Deputy Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

This also means that there is a new Head of Manga. The Head of Manga takes the responsibility of overseeing all manga-related matters and is the highest authority on these matters, behind the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board as a whole. The person chosen to undertake the responsibilities of this position has shown himself to be dedicated and highly experienced in the Pokémon manga. Welcome to the Editorial Board, {{u|Ataro}}, and congratulations.

A number of additional very deserving users are receiving promotions. Congratulations {{u|ArcToraphim}}, {{u|Masatoshi}}, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Crystal Talian}}, {{u|G50}}, and {{u|Funktastic~!}}. A number of new {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s will also be joining the staff in the coming days, keep an eye out for them.

==February 17==
Five and a half years ago, I joined Bulbapedia. I didn't know wikicode, and I didn't have any new info to contribute. I kept myself busy watching better users in the recent changes, and making minor corrections. As I watched other users editing, I picked up some basic wikicode and got an understanding of the policies and rules. A year later, I started dabbling in templates, and never looked back. And I've enjoyed it all. But I no longer have the time to lead Bulbapedia, and it's time for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief.

Thanks to Archaic and the vice-webmasters, for creating the site and keeping the technical aspects running. To TTEchidna, for leading the site while I was learning the ropes, and inspiring me to create templates. To MAGNEDETH, for keeping the site going during some rough times, and for trusting me with the reins to the site. To Kogoro, my deputy, for helping me with the work and letting me bounce ideas. To the Editorial Board, for keeping the sections of the site progressing, and to all staff, for showing leadership and dedicating time and effort to improving the site. But most of all, thanks to every user, for making Bulbapedia, and this community, what it is. Without all of you, Bulbapedia could not be what it is today.

Taking my place will be {{u|Kogoro}}. She has a lot of experience as an Editorial Board member, and has shown initiative for improving user experience. I hope you all welcome her to the role, and I look forward to seeing Bulbapedia develop under her leadership.

Werdnae 
Former Editor-in-Chief.

=2013=
==October 27==
[[Pokémon X and Y]] have now been available worldwide for a few weeks now, and because of that updates to the articles have been slow to say the least. In the past, with the games releasing in Japan before releasing anywhere else, it was much easier to compile information so by the time the games were released in English, all the information was already up on the site. We'd like to ask all of our readers to please be patient with us while we work to update the site. To our editors, please make sure all information you add is from an official source, and make sure to maintain a positive attitude. There is a lot going on, and not starting conflicts gives staff more time to update the information they find and less time having to keep the peace. If you update a page, please make sure the information you add goes into its appropriate section. We would like to advise users to focus on the main articles and not trivia sections at this time. While trivia can be fun and interesting, most of our articles are severely lacking in core information, so that should come first.

The start of a new Generation not only means the start of two new games, but also the start of new chapters in the anime, TCG, and manga series'. The [[Pokémon the Series: XY|XY series of the Pokémon anime]] follows the adventures of [[Ash Ketchum]] as he travels across [[Kalos]] with {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}}. The [[Trading Card Game]] has started releasing cards featuring Pokémon from the Kalos region as well as receiving a new [[Energy]] for the {{type|Fairy}}. A new chapter in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] series featuring two new protagonists, {{adv|X}} and {{adv|Y}}, is currently in the works. We'll need help keeping the new X and Y episodes up to date, and {{u|Maverick Nate}} is working hard to keep our TCG sections up to date with cards featuring the new Pokémon introduced in the Kalos region. Make sure to check {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} for any news regarding X and Y across the franchise!

==August 14==
For a while users and staff have commented that the biology sections on species articles are bloated and excessively sectioned, as well as being misnamed and error prone. As a result, the staff have now settled on a replacement system, which can be seen on {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s page. The subsections will be removed and rewritten into a single section. This section will include a full description, including gender and form differences and will be written with singular, gender-neutral pronouns, like in-game [[Pokédex]] entries, regardless of gender ratio. The habitat icon from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed and LeafGreen}} will be removed, as it now applies to fewer than half of the Pokémon. Moves will only be mentioned if they are [[signature move]]s or former signature moves, alongside other skills unique to the species which are part of the lore, for example {{p|Celebi}}'s time traveling.

Due to the many incidences of users adding information they made up, all information in this section must be referenced, except for information which originates from a source elsewhere on the page, for example from Pokédex entries. References to other pages on Bulbapedia are preferred, and should be worded such that it is obvious what the origin is, with a link to the relevant page. References to external material must lead to an official source, and should use footnotes.

As the release of [[Pokémon X and Y]] approach, please be aware that information on pages can change without warning, as new information is revealed. As always, fansites are not acceptable sources. All information added must come from an official source. Follow the [https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW BulbaNewsNow] twitter feed, embedded both above and on the {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} main page, for new information, with more detailed articles following on Bulbanews.

=2012=
==December 20==
With every changing of the guard, a new deputy must be chosen. The person who is the new deputy Editor-in-Chief has a lot of experience on Bulbapedia. She has been staff for four years, and in that time she quickly rose to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She has proven herself a reliable and dedicated staff member. Most recently, she has been taking care of our images as [[a:Main Page|Archives]] Director. The new deputy Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia is none other than {{u|Kogoro}}.

In addition, the vacant Head of Games position on the Editorial Board is filled. The Head of Games is responsible for overseeing game-related matters, and is the highest authority on them besides the Editor-in-Chief, deputy and Editorial Board as a whole. This position goes to someone who has impressed with the quality of some of her earliest edits, and never looked back. She has shown to be an adept editor over a range of different sections and impressed with her handling of some issues. Congratulations {{u|Jo The Marten}} and welcome to the Editorial Board.

A few other dedicated users receive promotions. Congratulations to {{u|Adyniz}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|神奇超龍}} and {{u|G50}}.

With the formalities over, on behalf of the staff of Bulbagarden we would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

==December 9==
On December 9th, 2007 at 22:04 (10:04 pm), I joined Bulbapedia. Two minutes later, I made my first edit. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User:MAGNEDETH&diff=prev&oldid=249878 It was terrible]. How did such a hopeless new user end up as the leader of the site? By following in the shoes of my superiors, getting support from my fellow users, and a whole lot of editing. I managed to work my way up but I never thought I would reach the highest level. Sure, I had aspirations to become an administrator, maybe even a bureaucrat, but that's the highest I was going to attain, right?

In December 2010, TTEchidna was relieved of his duty, and I took his place as {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia. Before he left, he put in place a rule that all EiC's would stay in position for a maximum of two years. When I had heard of this, I scoffed at the premise that I would have to unwillingly relinquish my position because he couldn't go two years without getting worn out. I said a few times that I would decide if I were going to go more than two and veto that rule if I wanted to. I am officially removing that rule.

It has been two years. I have not gone crazy and I feel as though there's still plenty left to do. However, I also feel like I can't devote the amount of time to the site I would like to. That is why I have decided to voluntarily release my position as Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. While most people leave the staff because they feel their interest in Pokémon has waned, my interest in Pokémon was never even close to that of my fellow users and staffers, but that didn't stop me because I wasn't really in it for Pokémon. Yea, I like playing the games, but I grew to enjoy editing, and being around the staff that I grew to call my friends. To me, Pokémon was the subject and keeping tabs on it was the job. As with any job I've had, I did it to the best of my abilities, and life went on. These reasons are why that, despite my position departure, I will not be leaving the site entirely. I will accept the move to {{bp|Executive Policymaker}} and Vice-Webmaster and continue to work on various projects. The main difference will just be a little less time spent on the site, and a little more time spent focusing on my real life activities.

In my place will be my Deputy, {{u|Werdnae}}. There were days where I felt I paled in comparison to the jobs Werdnae was able to accomplish. When I took over and appointed Trom as my Deputy, he warned me that it was highly unlikely he would last long enough to be the next EiC, and he was right. Initially I was worried I wouldn't be able to find someone with that specific something I was looking for to take my place, but the answer was right in front of me. When Werdnae joined, he brought maturity and efficiency to the table. I noticed how quickly and efficiently he worked his way up the ladder and knew he was destined for success. When I joined, I had neither, so that alone lets you know the kind of guy Werdnae is.

It's at this point that I should list those who I am thankful for, but the thing is, I can't fit everyone in here. The entire Bulbagarden staff, both past and present, I have considered my friends. I'm also not leaving, and in the short term, my activity probably won't change much. That being said, thank you to everyone, but we ain't done yet. However, there is one person I have a special message for:
Werdnae, good luck.

Sincerely, 
{{u|MAGNEDETH}} 
Former Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia

==October 7==
After a long wait, the English versions of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2]] have finally hit the shelves and of course, our handheld consoles. We are very excited about these games as much as you are, and the wiki is currently being updated as time progresses so we can offer you quality information about these games. Here, we follow the main characters, {{ga|Nate}} and {{ga|Rosa}}, as they form a bond with their Pokémon and take on new adventures, as well as ourselves, with new attractions such as the [[Pokéstar Studios]] and the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and meet with characters we've seen in the previous games (ALL previous games). You're in for a treat here.

Speaking of quality, we are also trying to enhance the response and quality from the servers and we'd like to apologize for any inconveniences this might bring. More fans mean more servers needed, so we're balancing both ends. We can assure you that once the servers are upgraded, your experience in Bulbapedia and all related wikis will be a lot smoother.

With that said, what are you waiting for? Be ready to put on Nate or Rosa's [[Running Shoes]] and take on the Unova League!

==June 25==
They are here! [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black 2 and White 2]] are out now in Japan and we are adding info at a steady pace. Thing is, B2W2 has brought forth a number of changes to the usual Pokémon formula, so this isn't as simple as games past. Yes, the site will be locked for a short time, but once we get all the basics up and ready, it will be open to the public once again.

We also had the English release of [[Pokémon Conquest]] not long ago which gives us not one, but two games to add onto the site. We have a lot of work to do ahead, but it's all a part of the job on a wiki. Conquest is an entirely new type of game to the Pokémon franchise and with the rave reviews it's getting, it might not be the only one of its kind.

We would also like to once again congratulate [[The Speed Gamers]] on their recent Pokémon capture charity drive. Bulbagarden is proud to have been able to stream the whole thing live right here on the front page of Bulbapedia. TSG exceeded their $50,000 goal and managed an awesome $59,111.00! It just goes to show that Pokémon fans are the best kind of fans.

==March 31==
Howdy folks, this is MAGNEDETH, the Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. Normally when we send these messages from the editor, we send them as a group. No one person is "the editor" on a wiki, so we feel that when we, the staff, sends a message, it is from all of the staff. However, I have an important message today that handles a major change above even the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

As our wiki changes, so does our staff. They come and go as time goes by, and every staff member's work is appreciated. But it isn't very often we have such a big change at the top of the board. My Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}, has decided to move on from Bulbapedia and focus on other projects. Don't worry folks, he isn't going too far. As we announced about one month ago, Trom can now be located as the Editor-in-Chief of [http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page Bulbanews].

Trom leaves Bulbapedia with a lengthy list of things he has accomplished, and without him, Bulbapedia would not be shaped the way it is today. The amount of effort and dedication Trom has put forth into Bulbapedia in the past is insurmountable. I wanted Trom to stick around, and I wanted to hand-off Bulbapedia to him when my time here is done, and it disappoints me a little that I won't be able to do that, and it disappoints me even more to know I won't see Trom's name grace the Recent Changes like it once did. But I have said many times that while the staff here has a job to do, I don't want Bulbapedia to interfere with anyone's personal life, and I know Trom has opportunities outside of the site he would like to pursue, and holding the Deputy spot, as well as being the EiC of Bulbanews would stretch him too thin. I'm just glad that my former deputy and friend, Trom, will still be there helping Bulbagarden; he'll just be next door is all.

However, with Trom gone, it leaves a rather noticeable opening on the Bulbapedia staff ranking. That's where {{u|Werdnae}} comes in. I knew replacing Trom would be difficult, but Trom and Werdnae have been working together to the point where a lot of Trom's knowledge has been passed onto Werdnae. That doesn't mean Werdnae isn't full of his own ideas though, he wouldn't have made it on the staff in the first place if he wasn't an excellent editor. I look forward to working with Werdnae leading the site and continuing to maintain our position as the #1 Pokémon website.

That all being said, the staff have been gathering new ideas to improve the site, and get ready for the release of [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black and White 2]], so expect some changes here and there as time goes on. And be sure to check Bulbanews for when information on Black and White 2 gets released (which has proven to be few and far between), you can be sure that Trom will have all info accounted for.

This has been a special message brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief, 
— {{u|MAGNEDETH}}

==February 26==
'''BEHOLD'''!!! The mighty {{p|Kyurem}} is upon us!

After an unbelievable hype, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black and White sequels]] (yes, there are two of them) have [[n:Pokémon Black and White 2 revealed on Pokémon Smash!|finally been revealed]]. Please be ''extra'' cautious while adding new information to the articles and avoid baseless speculation as well. All information must come from official [[Nintendo]] sources, not from fan sites.

With that being said, do not forget to say hello to our newest [[n:Keldeo to be revealed in upcoming CoroCoro|family]] [[n:Meloetta quietly revealed in M15 poster|members]], {{p|Keldeo}} and {{p|Meloetta}}.

On the other hand, thank you for participating in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ Christmas contests]. We hope that you all had a good time. As far as the prizes are concerned, our webmaster {{u|Archaic}} is trying his level best to ship them as soon as possible. So, bear with us and have some patience.

Last but not least, please welcome our new Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator|trom}}! We would like to wish him all the very best for a bright future. To our former Editor-in-Chief {{u|RexRacer}}, thank you for serving [[Bulbanews]] for almost three years and making it a wonderful place for all of us. Good luck, sir!

=2011=
==December 16==
Thank you to everyone who filled out an application form for the recent staff drive. We had over 130 Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Archives users wanting to be part of the team that keeps the wikis running. That's a huge amount. Obviously we can't hire everybody, but please give a warm welcome to new Bulbapedia Junior Administrators {{u|Ataro}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Turtwig A}}, and {{u|Toon Ganondorf}}. Over on Bulbanews, {{u|Water Max}} and {{u|BaileyPlaysPokemon}} have been selected as new writers, with columnist announcements delayed until the new year.

There's also been a few promotions within the existing wiki staff. {{u|Kogoro}} will now be formally heading Bulbagarden Archives, and {{u|Kenji-girl}}, {{u|Maverick Nate}}, {{u|Werdnae}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} join the re-energized Editorial Board.

Congratulations to those above, and others, on their new roles. And congratulations to you, the humble Bulbapedia editor as well. It is thanks to your hard work that we end the year with over 20,000 articles. That's an increase of over 2,000 pages since this time last year. But the work isn't done yet! In case you hadn't noticed, we're having another Christmas contest this year — the {{bp|Festive Frontier}}, where you can win prizes simply for editing. Check it out if you haven't yet, and the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ other Bulbagarden contests], too. There's something for everyone (although we feel somewhat compelled to emphasize [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/twelve-days-christmas-2011-staff-appreciation-awards-nominatons-day-2-a-123665/ Day 2] of the Twelve Days of Christmas contest...).

Happy holidays!

==November 4==
Hey everyone. In case you missed it, look! New Main Page layout! Shiny.

If you want to have your work featured in this box up the top here, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. The content changes every day, so if you want your writing to be the first thing everyone sees when they visit Bulbapedia, pick a topic and put together a few fun facts our readers may be interested in. This is a great way to get involved with the Bulbapedia community.

If you really want to get into the community, why not apply for a staff role? Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Archives are [[n:Bulbawikis_start_staff_recruitment_drive|currently hiring]]. If you've been around for a while, have a handle on the rules and a clear head, then check out the job descriptions on Bulbanews and fill out an application form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==November 1==
If you're reading this, congratulations: you survived Halloween. Hopefully you also remembered to pick up your promotional [[Global Link]] [[List_of_Pokémon_Global_Link_promotions#Banette|Banette]] as well.

You may have also noticed something different about the Bulbapedia Main Page. If not, take a look around. Our new layout has gone live after a few months of testing. This is the first Main Page update since we went "roundy" about three years ago, so we hope you enjoy.

If there are any problems with the Main Page, let us know about them [[Talk:Main Page|here]]. Obviously with many different screen resolutions available it won't look the same for everyone but it shouldn't look awful for anyone.

Before you go back to the rest of the wiki, have a look at the center box on the top row. In this box we are hoping to feature work submitted by Bulbapedia editors and readers. If you're interested in collecting some relevant and interesting information from around the site and (most importantly) getting it displayed in a prominent location, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. He looks forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==October 22==
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.

Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.

Secondly, we have amended our {{bp|userspace policy}} to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.

There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!

==September 9==
Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives are all open and once again running as per normal... except with hopefully fewer technical disruptions.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. We've also recently installed the latest MediaWiki version (full release details [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 here]). Most of the changes to the system will be back-end stuff, but you may see a few changes to your own editing interface. The update should hopefully contribute to a faster-running site.

Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 28==
'''BULBAPEDIA IS OPEN!''' But the Bulbagarden Archives are still closed unfortunately.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 18==
'''BULBAPEDIA AND ALL RELATED WIKIS WILL BE LOCKED FROM EDITING AS OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 UTC.'''

'''**UPDATE: August 23** - Site closure will be extended for an unknown amount of time. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. Check back here for updates!'''

Now the real questions are why, and for how long. Well, lets answer them:

'''Why will the wikis be closed?''' - We are closing the site to '''to overhaul our server backend'''. As many of you are well aware, our site has been running...well pretty badly. Errors abound! We have been upgrading our servers steadily for the past year or two, but the thing is, more of you keep visiting us! This is totally acceptable, but the site is growing so fast we can't keep up! So we are closing the site to restructure the system, and that will hopefully alleviate the issue.

'''How long will the wikis be closed?''' - <s>The tentative duration is currently '''{{tt|3 days|Tuesday, August 23, 2011 UTC}}''', but anything can happen. We may reopen in two days, we may take four, but three is the goal.</s> '''The site will still be available to view and browse''', but we can't promise it will be running all that smooth until the job is done, so sadly, errors may still happen.

After these updates, we hope to take advantage of the new servers and do some updates around the site. Re-organizing some pages and sections, new and updated templates, that sort of stuff. We thank you guys for all your support (even though you destroyed our servers), and we hope that with our updated system we can continue offering all the information you need, and the stuff you don't! While we are closed, you can still browse [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/ the forums] (which will be operational) or hang out in our IRC channel at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

==May 25==
As the [[Black and White]] hype continues and so does the high server load, we have a couple of announcements for our valuable users. To begin with [[Bulbagarden Archives]], a new rule has been implemented - that personal images are no longer allowed on the Archives. All the previously uploaded personal images will be deleted after May 31, so kindly save any of your personal images before they are all deleted. There are plenty of image hosting sites which can be used for personal images instead.

As far as [[Bulbapedia]] is concerned, a new userspace restriction has been put in place - that articles about anime Pokémon must not be created in the userspace. Articles for notable Pokémon should be created in the mainspace once the relevant episode airs. Articles created before the change will not be deleted until their notability is decided.

Last but not the least, the [[Bulbagarden forums]] are currently being upgraded to vBulletin 4.1.3. Until the upgrade is complete, any suggestions, comments or issues can also be voiced on the [http://www.bulbagarden.net/vb41test/ test forums] or on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

Remember the preview button, not to add trivia and one userspace edit per day. Thanks to all of our users for dedicating their precious time and contributing. Have fun!

==April 16==
Bulbapedia is finally open for editing. However the servers are still under very heavy load, which you may notice results in longer load times and occasional errors. To help limit the load, userspace editing is strictly limited to one edit per day, using the UTC clock at the top of every page. We would also like to remind you that the articles are the main purpose of Bulbapedia, so please edit them as well. Due to the inherent unimportance of trivia sections, we formally request editing and discussion of trivia sections be left alone for the time being.

Secondly, several users have been receiving edit requests via e-mail. If you receive one, you should ask yourself 1) why the sender can't make the edit themselves, and 2) why the edit request has been made off-site. The answer to both is that the sender has been permanently blocked from editing, and is requesting that poor edits be made. In fulfilling these edit requests, you are helping a user to circumvent their block. Instead, report it to a staff member and ignore or block any further e-mails you receive. Do not reply to the e-mail, this will allow the sender to contact you directly if they are not already.

{{bp|Staff}} would like to remind users to be careful with their e-mail address. We can only block e-mails that are sent through the wiki. The [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''', remains in need of activity. Remember the preview button, and happy editing.

==March 4==
'''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions|BLACK AND WHITE ARE HERE!!]]''' As everyone clamors to grab a copy, we want to be here to bring you all the information we can. That being said, we also want your experience with the site to be as smooth as possible, so we have disabled editing to all non-staff users. While annoying to many (sorry), it should help the site run more efficiently. During this lock, our {{bp|Staff}} will still continue to update information though, so don't worry, the site will continue to update even through the lockdown.

Speaking of staff, as Black and White bring us into a new era, we aim to bring you the best service we can, but the only way we can do that is with a staff of dedicated individuals to run the show. On that note, it's time to give them an overhaul. A number of your favorite staff members have been promoted, including three very special promotions.
Congratulations to {{u|CoolPikachu!}} and {{u|Jello}} whom are now members of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}! CoolPikachu! has been moving his way up the ranks for the past couple years and has arrived on the board thanks to his hard work and dedication. However, there's no discrediting Jello as she has likewise worked extra hard, on not just one site, but two. Jello took over the [[Bulbagarden Archives]] earlier this year and has been directing it with great focus.

That leaves us with the third promotion. Upon taking the Editor-in-Chief position, I am to choose my deputy, and I have chosen our resident dark lord, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}. Trom has done an amazing amount of work over his time here at Bulbapedia running our contests, {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}}s, and a number of other projects as well. {{u|Kogoro}}, the former deputy Editor-in-Chief will move into a new role as the site's Technical Director.

To close, again, sorry about the lockdown, but it's a precaution to help you folks use our site better. For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums] OR our all new '''[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC]''' located at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''' (imagine that). Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun with Black and White!

==January 11==
It is a new year, and with this new year brings many new things to Bulbapedia! I sure hope everyone can keep up!

I'll start with me. Hi, I am the new {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}. Getting used to the new position is tough but I am up for the task. There are changes on the way, but for the most part, the same easy-to-use and informative Bulbapedia will be here for you. However, some changes on the horizon will be aimed to make both surfing and editing the site easier. Give it time, they are on the horizon.

Next up we have the release of two main series games. There will be a lot of new information to add to the site and we can really use ''your'' help to handle it. New Pokémon, moves, locations, items, you name it! It should be noted that a lockdown may happen, but we don't want to do that. Rest assured, if it does happen, it's simply done to relieve server stress. We don't like preventing our users from editing, but we also don't like when no one can see the site because it's masked behind a big '''504''' error.

And lastly, but by no means least, the [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives], an extremely important part of our site that is often overlooked. All of our images stem from our Archives, so don't forget about it! There are plenty of images this site needs and '''you''' can help upload them. But be aware, the Archives are closely moderated due to its important activity, so make sure to read the rules before helping out.

For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]. Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun.

=2010=
==December 1==
A warm welcome to the new Editor-in-Chief, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}, and a hearty farewell to the guy making this edit, {{u|TTEchidna}}.

While TTE will not be leaving Bulbapedia as a whole, his active responsibility, which has been increasingly sparse over the past few months, will be ended. This comes after a particularly high-stress time; going through graduate classes and attempting to keep 649 Pokémon species straight really can wear you down to the point of insanity, especially when coupled with a part-time job at a world-famous store where customer interaction is ''constant''.

And so, an era ends. From this point on, all Bulbapedia Editors-in-Chief will serve in their position for two years, and then pass on this position to another user of their choosing, with the approval of {{u|Archaic}}. A longer message can be found in the Bulbawiki general forum on the Bulbagarden forums, where well-wishing and criticism can be given. '''''Please do not leave messages on TTE's talk page.'''''

And so, folks, I wish you all well. Me? I'm going on vacation in two weeks.

==November 5==
Over the past few weeks, the site has been slowly filling up with information related to the new Pokémon games, {{v2|Black and White|s}}. Bulbapedia now has articles about each of the {{cat|Generation V Pokémon|156 new Pokémon}}, all the new moves and abilities, and the recent [[Pokémon the Series: Black & White|new anime series]]. But we're still not done! As you continue to update the site with information, remember that you shouldn't be taking information from other fan sites. This is partly so our translations stay consistent, but also because we need to make sure that the information we are putting up is 100% correct. If you have Black or White, we'd love your help.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who's helped so far, especially to the fifteen temporary junior administrators who gave us a hand while the site was locked down. Some of them have been kept on as permanent staff (more fool them!).

A reminder also that {{g|Ranger: Guardian Signs}} goes on sale today in Europe and the United Kingdom. If you live in those areas, don't forget to get your games and take part in the latest in the popular ''Pokémon Ranger'' series.

==September 18==
The games are out, and a flood of information is upon us! Due to the wealth of details, the site has been locked from editing by all non-staff members and at this point will stay locked so we can get a lot of major updates handled without the majority of people getting in the way (ie: edit conflicts), so we are going to work on getting all the Pokémon pages, locations, moves, abilities, movesets, items, and other major additions to gameplay. We know it sounds like it will take a long time, and well, it might, but we are hoping to be done with the lockdown in under a week.

We don't like locking our users out of a community driven site, but it's so we can get everyone as much info as fast as we can while maintaining our usual quality standards. We don't want to be rushed here and it will save us the hassle of an inevitably short sighted new user who will ignore the rules and go posting information they got off of GameFAQs forums or another unofficial source. So check back often as new info is added to the site ''every '''second'''!''

==September 9==
Pokémon learnsets are beginning to have their templates upgraded: above all else, do not attempt to jump in to help if you do not know what to do. Questions can be addressed to any of Bulbapedia's staff, most especially TTEchidna, who can show you how to make the templates work.

Black and White are likely to leak within the next week or so, so keep on your toes. Bulbapedia may go on a brief lockdown, allowing only staff to edit, shortly after release so as to prevent speculation and unsourced facts, however, after this time, normal editing privileges will return.

==September 1==
Black and White approach quickly. As they do, we are updating templates that will have relevance to them. These templates need input, and will often be posted in a thread on the Bulbawiki forum.

We are seeking the opinion of Bulbapedia's editors for what to do in regards to Generation V's release. Should the wiki be locked down or should it not be? Please vote {{bmgf|78738|in this thread}} to make sure your voice is heard.

For fans of other Nintendo series, {{met|Metroid: Other M}}, the most recent Metroid game, has been released in the US and internationally. For news concerning this and other Metroid series titles, visit our NIWA associates at {{met|Main Page|Metroid Wiki}}!

==August 13==
Bulbapedia prides itself on its community. The site would not be where it is today without the input it has received from all of you. Thanks, guys.

Some names have stood out among the masses, though. These users have all been awarded a {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}} (or variant thereof) in recognition of the time and commitment they've put in. A special award this time is for the Crystal Bulbasaur - an award given to a user who has given his or her all over a one-year period. For 2009, we would like to give this to '''every single user''' that helped out with the updates regarding the English release of {{game|Platinum}} and the Japanese release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. As we mentioned above, it is the dedication by the community that allows the wiki to succeed.

The Editorial Board endeavors to hand these out on a regular basis, but (as you've probably realized) we sometimes get forgetful. You can help us in this regard by [[Special:Emailuser/The dark lord trombonator|sending an email]] to the Community Development Officer if you have any suggestions for the next round of awards. They'll be in a couple of months.

Also here in a month or so will be the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]. To prepare for this, we have a few ongoing tasks which you can help out with. However, if you're following the Black and White news updates, please be careful with new information, and take care not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts.

Thanks for your help, everyone, but we aren't done yet. Let's keep improving our wiki and prepare for the next generation.

==August 5==
As the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]] draws nearer and the new features of [[Generation V]] are slowly revealed, Bulbapedia faces many large-scale updates, which all of us are working hard to execute. As always, we rely greatly on our community, and there are many ways for you, the users, to help.

One major change that we've done is moving all route articles to a new naming system to include the region name. Route 1, for example, has been moved to [[Kanto Route 1]], while the former title has been turned into a disambiguation page. This means that thousands of pages need to be edited to relink to the new names. <nowiki>{{rtn|2}}, for example, needs to be turned into {{rtn|2|Kanto}}, and so on.</nowiki> In town infoboxes, new parameters have been added, as can be seen in [[New Bark Town]]. We hope to finish this job within a few weeks - which will only be doable with your help.

We would also like to remind everyone to be careful with new information, and be careful not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts. This is especially true for information acquired solely from other English websites not affiliated with Bulbagarden.

We wish the community a Happy New Generation. Let's get to work and make sure Bulbapedia is ready for it.

==June 29==
While server issues still remain, Bulbapedia has been restored to its normal, rounded self, with the {{template|roundy}} being found to have caused only minimal problems, mostly with regard to a slowdown in loading pages for those browsing the site due to the switch statements present. Roundy remains in service, now without the switch statements, while eight new templates take over for rounding individual corners and sides of Bulbapedia's tables.

The server issues that remain appear to be related to [[Bulbagarden]]'s load balancer, which, under normal circumstances, keeps the five servers that the website operates from in sync and serving Bulbagarden's community as one united entity. This glitch, which appeared as we were fixing the roundy-related issues, will possibly be flushed out of the system when the Bulbawiki network upgrades to MediaWiki version 1.16.0 on its exit from beta. Until then, please be patient, and tread lightly on your edits, which can make for disaster if too many are made in quick succession, ''especially'' to templates. If Bulbagarden goes down for any time, expect it to be back up within five minutes, thanks to a new feature which will auto-restart the website after a crash.

Meanwhile, discussion of the new Pokémon introduced with Generation V can be made on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden Forums]. Articles on the recently-revealed species will be up in due time, when more data can be gleaned from future screenshots and videos, as ones we currently have access to are limited in this.

==June 15==
With the continuous server issues, Bulbapedia regrets to inform you that the rounded corners that have become so standard will all be removed until further notice. While those without Firefox have not been able to see them, the two-month-old {{template|roundy}} template, which brought rounded corners to those who are not Firefox users, has been suspected of being the centerpoint of the problem.

Please do not remove the template from pages on which it is used; hopefully it is ''not'' the problem and rounded corners, as well as editing, will return soon.

Also, congratulations to our fellows at ZeldaWiki.org for getting the remake that Zelda fans so desired.

==June 1==
As we move closer and closer to Generation V, the Bulbapedia community continues to expand. Welcome to all our new users (please read the {{bp|welcome|rules and guidelines}} to help you contribute) and welcome to our new staff members: {{u|Tina}}, {{u|Umeko}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} as Bulbapedia {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s and {{u|Jello}} and {{u|PsychicRider}} as Bulbagarden Archives Junior Administrators. These guys should be your first stop for simple questions about the wiki.

With more and more information about the fifth generation of Pokémon coming out by the week, we need to make sure the information we're putting out is correct. This means waiting for announcements from [[Pokémon Sunday]], [[CoroCoro]] and other official sources before information goes onto the mainspace. As speculation often builds up before these publications come out, pages may be protected by staff. We ask that you do not try to circumvent these measures; they are put in place to ensure Bulbapedia has accurate, high quality information.

Additionally, we need to remind you all that the {{bp|talk pages}} of the wiki are not meant for discussion of the subject of the article, but its content. Note the difference: chatting about what you think might happen, or your opinion about a new Pokémon is not permitted and should be taken to the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]; discussing ways we can improve the article or pointing out flaws is what these pages should be used for.

And even though we've got new games on the horizon, don't forget about the older games. There are still lots of articles that need information and cleanup to meet Bulbapedia's standards. It's easier if we all chip in - don't be afraid to lend a hand!

==April 22==
As we celebrate the third anniversary of the English release of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, as well as of Generation IV itself, Bulbapedia continues to move forward.

Bulbagarden Networks has established a group on Facebook in order to better connect with the community at large, found [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulbagarden-Networks/106182602199?ref=ts here], while the recently-established [[NIWA]] also has a new Facebook group, located [http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIWA/109310969105216 here]. Join up and hit "like", especially if you liek Mudkipz.

The upcoming summer promises to be chock-full of information on {{game|Black and White|s}} as we grow ever closer to their autumn release, and Bulbapedia will be changing some things around. A rearrangement of the staff structure, in the works for some time now, will see a more gradual slope for users to join the community and become full-fledged members of it. Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Bulbagarden Archives are all taking applications for the newly-created Junior Administrator group which will be established in the coming days, so check out the forum thread {{bmgf|60126|here}} for details on how to apply.

==March 26==
Yet another release of Pokémon games has come and gone, though unlike many others, this release was a much hyped one, both by the staff of Bulbapedia as well as by Nintendo itself.

Due to this hype, however, Bulbagarden's traffic has increased tenfold overnight. Even with a third server installed shortly before the North American release of the remakes, and a fourth on its way already, Bulbagarden has a hard time outputting all of the connections requested of it by users who visit it. This is the reason for the 503 errors: the servers work as hard as they possibly can, yet still, it becomes impossible to give the information out to as many people as are visiting, like a spokesperson handing out fliers who is surrounded by an eager crowd could be overwhelmed.

Due to this, editing by non-staff on Bulbapedia has, for the moment, been disabled. This is not a malicious act to keep editing in the hands of those in charge and to shut out ideas, as some might think, but as a precaution to prevent ''more'' 503 errors, or worse, a complete shutdown of the site. Being a wiki, Bulbapedia requires a ''lot'' of resources, with edits to it making for a majority of the stress Bulbagarden's servers receive daily. Under normal load, this stress is negligible, and hundreds of users can be on the site at once, editing any one of our more than 16,000 mainspace pages. Under the increased load, however, even with only some 20 users having the ability to edit, 503's still appear from time to time.

It is unknown when the load from the influx of new members of the Bulbagarden community will begin to ease, though as of this writing it has only been seen to ''increase'', even with the third server's power. As such, it is impossible to predict when the ability for normal users to edit will return. Patience, however, is a virtue, and will be justly rewarded with many new things to do and updates to make when editing returns.

In the meantime, the administration of Bulbapedia can still be contacted on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums], specifically in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section], or users may send members of the administration an email, and edits to mainspace pages or templates can be requested of them. Userspace editing, on the return of normal editing, will remain in a restricted state for some time after, with only '''''one''' edit per day'' allowed. Your HeartGold and SoulSilver teams, Friend Codes, and so on should be condensed into this edit. Users who make more than this single edit in a day will have their userpages locked down for as many days as they made edits over this limit, and repeat offenders may have their pages locked for longer.

Meanwhile, enjoy HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as the remnants of the Team Rocket takeover, which will remain as a selectable skin on the Bulbawiki system as well as on the forums.

==February 14==
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Bulbapedia's being open to public editing. This milestone, ever great, allows us to take a look back at the history of the wiki, as well as the website in general. Occurring only a week after the revelation of the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon, this can remind us that we have come far from where the wiki began, those years ago. In 2005, we were still eagerly awaiting the [[third version]] of [[Hoenn]], {{game|Emerald}}, to be released outside of Japan, and knew that the end of [[Generation III]] was quickly nearing.

Here, now, we have gotten the {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|remakes of Generation II}} many hoped for since {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. The style of the wiki has changed drastically, with the plain charts of the old days now replaced by colorful templates that maintain a particular theme across a page.

Today, to celebrate this accomplishment, we are unveiling a new, custom, Bulbagarden-themed skin for Bulbapedia, created by our own {{u|Jioruji Derako}}. This is only the first in a series of skins, which are to be created to better integrate the wiki trio with the Bulbagarden forums, as well as with other parts of the site.

Only one month remains until HeartGold and SoulSilver are released in the US, when we will finally be certain of the names of the newly-introduced characters. Likewise, Generation V's brand-new information, still on its way, must be verified before it goes into the mainspace, so as to maintain our high level of quality.

==February 7==
Well, it's that time again. As have Generations {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} before it, our beloved [[Generation IV]] is coming quickly to a close. The revelations have begun, and [[Junichi Masuda]] himself has announced the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon.

That is not to say that we should be fast to act! We must maintain our quality on Bulbapedia, even in the face of unconfirmed information. The Bulbapedia administration, including me, hang tight to the right channels for new Pokémon revelations, and rest assured, there is no need to worry or create an article for any new Pokémon ''yet''.

This mysterious new Pokémon, whatever it is, will have its article created in due time. Do not rush. Do not worry. It will not be forgotten. Details must be verified before we create an article, when the Pokémon's full details are revealed in two weeks.

Details on Generation V are sparse right now, however, within ten months' time, all will be known. We have no need to get the information out as fast as possible here; our primary motivation should be well-written articles that inform, rather than poorly-written articles whose only purpose is to give the creator bragging rights (really, creating the [[Sdex|Sinnoh Pokédex listing]] was no big deal). Writing an article that needs minimal maintenance in the coming days, months, and even years is much better than writing one that needs much maintenance to even be ''decent''.

In closing, do not panic. Give us time to collect information, and do a little hunting yourself. Meanwhile, go back and enjoy Johto. Only five weeks remain until you can...

=2009=
==November 30==
This particular issue is actually rather important, so we're hoping that bringing it to everyone's attention will make an impact.

'''When uploading images, please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) characters only!'''

We've had this message up at the top of the archives for ages now, but people still aren't paying attention to it. This is not just an issue of filename aesthetics, as some people seem to be treating it as. Putting filenames up there with characters outside of these, including punctuation, Japanese characters, or just weird characters (such as those from glitch Pokémon for instance) cause problems with our web server. I'll save you the specifics, but it results in a cascade which can cause the server to lock up in a manner which requires us to perform a manual reset.

It's a very simple request, and coming into December, I think we can all agree that we'd like to see as little downtime as possible from people simply not reading, or ignoring, the rules. Any users who can't do during this holiday period will be receiving a ban from editing and uploading on the Bulbawiki network until the New Year. There will be no warnings, no second chances.

==November 16==
Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.

Active contributors to articles under the {{bp|Project Games}} scope are invited to apply for the position of {{bp|Project Leader}}. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected [[side games]]. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the {{bt|Project Games|talk page}} for details.

[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently {{u|Argy}}) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see {{bmgf|48029|this forum thread}}.

If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!

==November 5==
As most of you probably noticed, Bulbapedia has been closed to editing for about 24 hours for maintenance. During this time the staff has worked hard to move two manga sections to their English names. ''Pokémon Special'' has been moved to ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'', and ''Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure'' has been moved to ''[[Magical Pokémon Journey]]''. All relating articles and templates have been moved as well, and the characters of {{Adv|Blue}} and {{Adv|Green}} have been switched, so please be sure to check the {{bp|list of link templates}} and follow the new names from now on.

It is possible that some instances of the old names were missed. If you come across one, please change it to fit our new standards. We would like to thank everybody who participated in this mass move. We will continue working hard to make Bulbapedia the best, most accurate Pokémon encyclopedia on the internet - ''by'' the fans, ''for'' the fans.

==November 2==
Starting this Thursday night (the 5th) and possibly until sometime in the weekend, Bulbapedia will be closed to editing, due to maintenance work. During this time the staff will be taking care of a large-scale move that might be stressing to our servers, and for that reason regular users will not be able to submit any edits.

There is no reason to be concerned about this. This move is done purely for the purpose of having a better, more accurate Bulbapedia. Editing privileges will be returned to the users by the end of the weekend.

Please do ''not'' start asking the staff about the nature of the move planned. This will be revealed during the weekend.

==October 14==
As some of you may have seen recently, there is an {{bmgf|46076|iPhone Pokédex application}} that was recently released, which uses Bulbapedia to supply its content. Due to licensing issues and other concerns, this is a no-no on the app creator's part; Bulbapedia is a non-commercial entity, while said app is decidedly commercial.

As the app's creators have not addressed these concerns despite Bulbagarden's efforts, Bulbapedia has begun to address these concerns for them. For those of you who view the site regularly, this has no effect on you; for those who edit regularly, you may notice that all of the Pokémon species articles have been temporarily protected from edits while we change variables. Don't worry; the wiki is not being vandalized, and all the changes being made are purely non-aesthetic ones.

Bulbagarden and Bulbapedia take content copyrights very seriously; rest assured that we will never allow others to make profit from ''your'' hard work and contributions here.

==October 10==
Bulbagarden is proud to announce the opening of its new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=375 Battle Center]! The Battle Center is a place to solicit and accept wireless battles for the [[Generation IV]] games that are Wi-Fi compatible. Both competitive and casual battlers are welcome, so you'll always fit in. Better yet, you can use the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=370 Trade Center] to find the Pokémon you need to achieve victory, and then use your new acquisitions to win in the Battle Center!

As a component of this, you can access our new IRC battling chat via your own IRC client (we're on irc.systemnet.info) or through our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php forums JavaChat]. Just type in /join #bulbabattle - it's very easy, and will provide another way for you to find battlers.

As we mentioned during the unveiling of the Trade Center a month and a half ago, the Forums support both Pokémon and non-Pokémon discussion across a wide variety of topics. If you're interested in more in-depth discussion than Bulbapedia allows, we recommend that you [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/register.php register here] and enjoy more of the services that Bulbagarden has to offer!

Bulbagarden is always adding exciting new features and offering a better, more engaging experience for Pokémon fans. As always, we thank thank you, the community, for your continued support as we continue to grow. We really couldn't do it without you.

==September 20==
{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} have arrived in Japan, and, as always, there are new tasks pertaining to the games that Bulbapedia members can work on. See "Ongoing Work" for more details.

Instead of discussing the new games on Bulbapedia talk pages, make sure to keep questions and comments about the games to the new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=368 HGSS Discussion Forum] on BMGf.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==September 4==
September is here, and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} are less than a week away. While we know many of you are excited about the remakes, we would like to remind everyone that only information that has been confirmed by an official source is allowed on the articles.

In celebration of the new games, we have created a new party template to replace the one currently in use. We hope to finish changing all the old templates to new ones before the release of HGSS, and any help would be highly appreciated. To see an example of how the new template is used, see [[Roark]]. A list of pages in need of update can be found {{red link|Category:Pages not updated to the new party template|here}}.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==August 28==
A quick update on Bulbagarden's newest feature:

We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Trade Center on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

Also, we'd like to remind everyone that our forums are there for all discussions Pokémon-related, and have boards to discuss many other areas of interest as well, such as current events, entertainment, and much more.

If you haven't already joined, click the link above to visit our forums and create an account. It's as easy as making one on Bulbapedia! We're looking forward to seeing you both in the Trade Center and around our forums!

==August 19==
We now welcome the seventh wiki in the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] network, [[Pokéteca]], to the table, as our Spanish language counterparts. Though they have more than a thousand pages already, like all wikis, completion and addition are the best things, and so we must all collaborate to our best.

Those on Bulbapedia who speak another language: do not forget that you can help our fellow wikis out, most especially if you speak {{de|Hauptseite|German}}, {{es|Portada|Spanish}}, {{fr|Accueil|French}}, {{ja|メインページ|Japanese}}, {{pl|Strona główna|Polish}}, or {{pt|Página principal|Portuguese}}. Encyclopaediae Pokémonis strives to be as international as the Pokémon franchise itself, a worldwide phenomenon, and expansion of our knowledge of this world is always encouraged.

Do not forget, however, that Bulbapedia itself also needs your help. We may have more than 15,000 articles right now, but many of those can be vastly expanded, and synopses of the more than 600 episodes of the anime are nowhere near complete. So go for it!

==July 26==
Account creation on Bulbapedia has been unlocked! For any users who have been wanting to register for the last month (vandals excluded, of course), now is the time to do it! And as for information that has been included in past Messages from the Editor but that is still relevant...

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 16==
Account creation is currently disabled on Bulbapedia! Please refrain from e-mailing {{u|Archaic}} and the other staff members about it. Although no date has been set for the resurrection of account creation, rest assured it will not be too long.

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 10==
Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

==July 1==
Starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

Please vote and nominate away!

==June 15==
{{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} are games that we've all been waiting almost five years for, and we're incredibly excited by their approach.

Despite this, please keep in mind that '''''NO SPRITES ARE YET OFFICIAL'''''. All sprites found on the HGSS site are until release ''beta sprites'' that may change, much as the sprite for [[Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} did between the beta phase and final release of {{game|Platinum}}.

Please keep this in mind. New HGSS sprites should be uploaded to the filename Spr 4h {{tt|###|National Dex number}}.png, but ''should not replace the sprites at the National Dex number at the current time''. Platinum sprites are overall better quality than the sprites we can get from HGSS at the current point -- wait for the games to come out, and we should be able to rip the best quality sprites from the games themselves within days, as we did with Platinum.

Again, excitement may be high, but do not make the quality of images take a dive just because {{p|Lugia}} can. Reservations start in July, pointing to a release sooner than any of us expect.

==May 22==
As many of you have probably noticed, we have been getting a lot of what can be tentatively considered as vandalism the past few days. Namely, lots and lots and ''lots'' of sockpuppets created using proxies, likely of the same misguided user. We're currently considering and discussing implementing some sort of system to monitor new users automatically, although how exactly this would work isn't yet figured out. If any of you have any ideas, we'd be happy to listen.

A note to {{bp|administrators}}: Watch the Recent Changes like a hawk. Checkuser any new user you see, and block sockpuppets on sight. I know many of you have already been doing this, but we need to be vigilant. Thanks.

==May 15==
Just as Bulbapedia upgraded in the time leading up to {{game|Platinum}} during 2008, we must make certain that we keep ourselves up to date for anything new that occurs in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. We will be continuing to renew the various infoboxes around the wiki, at times breaking them in order to get them to work better, much as the Pokémon games did with the start of [[Generation III]].

At the same time, although we are all excited about the remakes, a warning must remain in place: do not add details if you are unsure of their veracity, and as always make sure not to speculate in articles. When in doubt, bring it up on the talk page, but keep in mind that talk pages are not for wild speculation (save that for the forums). No matter what you think will come of the remakes, '''nothing''' is certain until their release (not even their release date).

And a small note to our newer users: please, lurk first and preview edits to see what wikicode does. Find out how the wiki works by watching other edits. Even our editor-in-chief started that way, so there's no telling how far you'll go by watching what works and what doesn't. Unlike other languages, wikicode is quite easy to learn, and other users will be more than happy to help you out with our style if you ask.

==May 8==
This is a temporary message to all editors of Bulbapedia; a more comprehensive one will soon replace it.

With the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions]] confirmed, we would like to let you know that the administration of Bulbapedia is going through the updating process in a careful and comprehensive way. For the time being, '''''please refrain from updating pages relating to the remakes with information until given the O.K,''''' as we are only human and would like to be able to check all pages and make sure that speculation is not present.

Please keep this in mind for the coming days. Thank you.

==May 4==
The month of May certainly seems as if it will be an upturn in events relating to Pokémon, with rumors of what's in store already flying around.

We must insist on this from all Bulbapedia users:

'''''DO NOT INSERT SPECULATION INTO ARTICLES. FACTS ONLY.'''''

Whatever the exciting announcement that is to come next Sunday, whether it is the fabled GSDS, PBR2, Stadium 3, or anything, ''keep the speculation out''.

Additionally, questions and comments regarding the subject of the article (as opposed to the article's text) should go on Bulbagarden's forums, accessible from the sidebar on all pages as "Bulbawiki forum".

==April 20==
In order to keep Bulbapedians up to date, this message has been changed.

The "war" with Wikia is over, meaning everyone can quit spamming their recent changes and vandalizing their pages. You know, the stuff we expressly told you '''''not''''' to do.

Bulbapedia's templates continue to be updated. Next up on the line should be the remaining infobox templates, beginning with those dealing with locations in the Pokémon world. If you have an idea on how to update these templates, please create it as a subpage in your userspace, and bring it to the attention of one of our many {{bp|administrators}}.

==March 29==
As work on {{bp|Project Overgrow}} continues, so does Bulbapedia itself. Despite this, some of you may have noticed that we have been having some issues with the server as of late, with Bulbapedia being inaccessible from time to time. This is due to a glitch in the system which we have been investigating to its fullest in order to eliminate as quickly as possible.

Through our continued prosperity, however, we have garnered the attention of a less-than-favorable faction. Wikia's "[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki The Pokémon Encyclopedia]" has recently been found to have [http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Platinum taken the content] of various [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Bulbapedia articles]], changed one or two words (while at the same time remaining formatted overall in the same way), and posted it as their own. While this is not the fault of their administrators at all, the fact that, when this is pointed out to them, the administrators do nothing about the copied content or attempt to hide our comments about it is a very disturbing fact.

The Pokémon Encyclopedia, as a Wikia wiki, is licensed under the standard [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License], while Bulbapedia's content is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License], incompatible with Wikia's license. Bulbapedia's license requires strictly that the content is attributed to Bulbapedia and its users, and additionally, the "noncommercial" aspect of the license requires that no money is made off of the content. [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:About Wikia's own About page clarifies that it is a commercial entity], while Bulbapedia's ads are in place to keep the massive server we have running.

Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden's administrators heavily '''''discourage''''' vandalism of The Pokémon Encyclopedia, despite their refusal to comply to our request to remove the copied content. However, we do encourage dialog with those in charge. So please, ask them, why are you taking content that we worked on?

==February 28==
Although Bulbapedia has been as prosperous as ever as of late, one issue has repeatedly occurred that, although not the end of the world, needs to stop. I would like to remind everyone
that having multiple accounts, commonly referred to as "sockpuppets," are ''not allowed'' if not authorized by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Lately, a number of users have been caught abusing multiple accounts by random IP checks. Although these users will not be harshly reprimanded, let me stress again that this is ''not allowed''. Even if you don't edit from your "other" account, it's still against the rules and shouldn't be occurring.

If you currently have an unauthorized additional account, please report it to an {{bp|administrators|administrator}} so they can disable it. Failure to do so and subsequent discovery of the account may lead to a minimal block or verbal warning. Thank you all for abiding by this and only keeping one account. If you would like to rename your account or have any questions about sockpuppets, contact a staff member.

==February 14==
Happy anniversary to Bulbapedia! We've been going strong for four years now, with over 14,000 articles since our public opening.

It is here where I announce Phase III of {{bp|Project Overgrow}}: the upgrading and cleanup of Bulbapedia itself! With the English release of {{game|Platinum}} imminent, and the revelation of the 493rd (and currently final) Pokémon in the [[National Dex]], {{p|Arceus}}, having happened, we need to make certain that we have all of the best information we can.

Older episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]], as well as several current ones, are in need of synopses, which can be added by anyone. A style guide as well as an example episode synopsis will be upcoming. These should not be too brief, while at the same time, should not be a script of the episode.

Our coverage of the various [[Pokémon manga]] as well as many other things is also in need of improvement. Pick a {{bp|stub}}, find its subject matter, and expand the article. You may find new areas of Pokémon canon you otherwise would have no knowledge of.

As you may have noted as well, many of Bulbapedia's templates, as well as the style in general, have been upgraded to feature rounded corners (though these do not appear in some browsers). The ability to change back to the old skin will become available soon in your preferences, however, it is not currently.

And so, in closing, Bulbapedia's contributors must ignore the easy-to-know details of the front-and-center parts of the Pokémon world, and focus on the more ignored facets. We aim to make Bulbapedia the largest bastion of knowledge about Pokémon that the web has to offer, and we can only do it with your help.

==February 9==
The third phase of {{bp|Project Overgrow}} will be beginning soon. Are you ready? Be prepared as this one is the one that pertains most to you, the users of Bulbapedia.

Bulbapedia's image policy has been updated, of course. For episode articles, the header image ''must'' be a png file, and should be uploaded at the episode's {{bp|epicode}} rather than elsewhere. This discourages stealing images from other sites and encourages better quality for images. It also keeps edit warring to a minimum, as we've had many problems with that in the past. So keep this in mind and help us as we prepare for the start of phase III!

==January 14==
{{bp|Project Overgrow}}'s second phase has begun, and that is none other than a revamp of the forums! Not only have they been upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, but several things have been reorganized, including an expanded space for Bulbapedia discussion!

[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=353 A new forum] has been opened specifically for social discussion regarding the Pedia, so enjoy it now rather than using talk pages for this. Also, keep in mind that on the forums, a [bp] tag exists for direct, quick links to Bulbapedia pages, and works much in the same way as other standard forum tags.

Also, effective immediately, there will no longer be a strictly-enforced userspace edit limit of four per day, or any other number. Use this wisely, and don't go absolutely crazy with the amount of edits daily– use the preview button instead. Abusers will, as always, be punished, but the enforcement of any limit will be much less strict, with administrators and others free to decide on their own ''smartly'' what constitutes far more edits than necessary.

The Bulbagarden forums have a blog system which can be easily used to detail your daily life, as well, negating the absolute need for a constantly-edited userpage.

==January 3==
Happy new year to all, and welcome to 2009!

Being a new year, Bulbapedia asks its users to begin by turning over a new leaf, and reading over the {{bp|code of conduct}} that we have introduced. This will help all of Bulbapedia's users to get along better with each other, and at the same time, make sure that we in administrative positions also stay nice.

In addition, Bulbagarden's {{bp|Project Overgrow}} has begun, which will be a major part of activities around the entirety of the website for approximately the next four months. The first part of Project Overgrow is a swath of {{bmgf|33402|new hires}}--if you're interested in joining the Bulbagarden staff, check out that post!

=2008=
==December 24==
Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year from all of us at Bulbagarden!

[[Image:BMGFXMASCARD2008.png|center|thumb]]

==December 11==
I hope you're all enjoying the new layout celebrating our sixth anniversary.

I would like to take a moment to remind our users that uploading media to our archives for a banned user is the same thing as ban evading. Not only would the user who told you to upload the media would be punished further, the user who did the uploading would also receive a ban.

So use your head; don't help someone break the rules.

==December 10==
Yet again, a new color scheme is added to the Main Page, which has received a redesign. This color scheme is not the permanent one, however, but a recolored one in celebration of [[Bulbagarden]]'s sixth anniversary.

Bulbapedia's fourth anniversary is also upcoming this month, though we officially opened our doors on February 14 of 2005, the Bulbawiki project officially began on December 21, 2004.

As the English release date of {{game|Platinum}} has been leaked, we will attempt to accelerate our plans to revamp several old templates to include new data and perhaps have a new look, much like the updated evolution, sprite, and stat templates.

Please be warned, however, that the English names given by the Circuit City ad are not confirmed as official, and thus pages will not yet be moving.

==November 29==
We hope everyone enjoyed the color scheme we had on November 21st to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} in Japan. We also hope everyone enjoyed their {{wp|Thanksgiving}} (where celebrated).

Editing wise, we have been updating numerous old templates including, but not limited to, party templates (which can be seen on [[Brock#Pokémon Red, Blue and Green|Brock]]'s page), evolution templates (which can be seen on [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)#Evolution|Bulbasaur's]] page), and we are currently looking for a new [[Template:Welcome|Welcome]] template, but, we need the help of our users. Visit [[Template talk:Welcome|this page]] to view the candidates and vote.

==October 29==
In addition to the still fairly new policies on [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]], Bulbapedia has developed a tentative policy on [[Bulbapedia:Talk abuse|talk page abuse]]. Be sure to check out the guidelines illustrated in these pages, as it could save everyone a lot of trouble.

Lastly, Bulbapedia would like to offer a belated congratulations to {{u|TTEchidna}} on his promotion to Editor-in-Chief, while at the same time expressing our gratitude for the time and energy {{u|Zhen Lin}} devoted to Bulbapedia during his time as Editor-in-Chief.

==October 21==
Bulbapedia now has official policies for [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]]. Be sure to read both, as they make clear the official stance of the {{bp|administrators}} and {{bp|Editorial board}} regarding those important topics. If everyone reads those, there will be fewer conflicts around here and a lesser server load.

==October 1==
Due to the amount of edits done solely to revert images used on Bulbapedic articles over and over, a policy has now been created to attempt to prevent this from occurring again. From now on, any Users who are caught reverting each other because of an image will be subsequently blocked for an amount of days equal to the amount of reverts by both opposing parties made solely to change the image. Furthermore, the image will be replaced with the previous image. Hopefully, this will teach the opposing parties to discuss their concerns on the talk page, instead of causing ugly, pointless, revert wars that clutter the database. If no change is seen in the behavior of Users, this policy will be revised in order to reflect a harsher punishment.

Also, keep in mind that the current limit on Userspace edits is three; this not only covers your main Userspace page, but any subpages you may have, and any other User’s page. However, editing others' pages is almost always not allowed, so try to keep ''your'' edits to ''your'' own page.

==September 12==
While Bulbapedia may be celebrating the release of {{game|Platinum}}, users should keep in mind several things when editing:
*If you do not have the game, do not assume based on appearances. Have faith in fellow contributors, however, as they may in fact have the game.
*The Platinum sprites of ''all'' Pokémon have already been ripped from the game and saved as pngs, in the 80×80 standard size. Taking screenshots and cropping them is frowned upon, as their quality may be low.
*The updating of [[List of moves|moves]] to Platinum standard is still not finished. Why not contribute to that?
*Some menusprite images may look a bit "off". This is due to your computer reading the image data from cache, while we very recently updated all menusprite images to {{wp|png}} format. In addition, some animated menusprites may link to an image that does not yet exist. Do not panic; this is part of the Platinum updates.
*The move tutor moves on Pokémon pages may display incorrectly. This is due to an upgrade we are doing to them so as to make them compatible with Platinum and XD move tutors, and will be done shortly.

Despite this, continue to enjoy Bulbapedia as we expand our information about the fifteenth [[main series]] Pokémon game.

==July 27==
As some of you have noticed, the much awaited return of the <code>User:</code> namespace has finally occurred.

Now, before you all get down to the epic celebration of this, we as a community must focus on the project at hand. Bulbapedia still needs work to prepare itself for the release of {{game|Platinum}}, and as well needs to continue in its commitment to providing the best and most up-to-date Pokémon information. We cannot do this without you, the users. We must insist, therefore, that you do abide by the policies of the userspace, such as not editing it too much, keeping games off and subpages to a minimum, and finally, adequately contributing to the main namespace. These past four months have been absolutely bounteous with growth, and all of us would hate to see the quality of Bulbapedia suffer again as it did in the weeks and months leading up to the ban on the <code>User:</code> namespace.

This unblocking of the namespace is a temporary measure to gauge how users treat it. If it is unsatisfactory, the block will be reinstated as we continue to develop a system to prevent abuse.

==June 30==
Congratulations to all of us--Bulbapedia has reached its 10,000th article!

==June 27==
We certainly have been having a lot of these recently.

Additionally, Zhen Lin will be out of town for the week. All questions and such can be directed to {{u|TTEchidna}} or any of the other [[Special:Listusers/sysop|administrators]].

==June 15==
With immediate effect, [[Bulbapedia:administrators|administrators]] are authorised and advised to remove any content that is inappropriate use of User or User talk pages. Users restoring content so deleted may be warned once before being [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] for abuse of Bulbapedia. The determination of "inappropriate" is presently left to individual administrators, but we will codify guidelines in the near future. Appeals to the [[Bulbapedia:editorial board|editorial board]] over the interpretation of "inappropriate" are possible.

==June 12==
Guys, seriously. Stop using your user talk pages for meaningless MySpace junk.

==June 9==
After two years, we have finally managed to link the accounts on all three of our wikis: [[Bulbapedia]], [[Bulbanews]], and [[Bulbagarden Archives]].

There may still be some issues with the linkage of accounts, such as having to still log in separately, but overall, the linkage should be in place. If your account has not been merged correctly, see [[Special:Mergeaccount]] or {{ut|Zhen Lin|talk to}} {{u|Zhen Lin}}.

And yes, the userspace is still disabled from editing. We're sorry, but the server already has a lot of load and editing userpages every five minutes would destroy it and cause Bulbagarden to be down a lot longer than the two days it was at the end of May.

==March 24==
Due to an overwhelmingly large amount of edits going on in the <code>User:</code> namespace, we have disabled edits to all pages within it for the time being. We are monitoring how much the lack of ability to edit personal pages will affect the server, and when the results come in, we will make a decision on what to do.

If you feel the need to create a userpage or edit it now, you will have to wait. '''''Do not''''' create a page in the main namespace to move to the <code>User:</code> namespace under any circumstances. The results will likely be conclusive after about a week, and you will be informed with another message from the editor about the return of functionality.

Additionally, a policy on signatures is being discussed on the Bulbapedia forum on BMGf, so please, take a look at it even if you are not a member.

==February 14==
It's now three years since we opened Bulbapedia to the public and we are very proud to announce that Bulbapedia now has over '''8,000 articles'''. That's nearly double the number we had this time last year! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this incredible milestone.

We are also announcing today the appointment of [[User:TTEchidna|TTEchidna]] as '''[[Bulbapedia:Editorial board|Deputy Editor-in-Chief]]''', in recognition of his continuing and vigilant watch over Bulbapedia.

=2007=
==December 25==
On this day, we celebrate the enlargement of the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] group by welcoming the Brazillian Portuguese {{redlink|:pt:Página principal|LANDpedia}} – ''bem vindo'' from all of us here at Bulbapedia!

As Bulbapedia enters its fourth year, we also celebrate Bulbapedia's '''100 millionth''' page view, recorded just last week on the 18th. To everyone, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

==September 28==
Let us all say ''bienvenue'' to ''[[:fr:Accueil|Poképédia]]'', which joins ''[[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]]'' as its French member. This is but one of the many happy events of September 2007, which includes the creation of the 6,000th, then 6,500th article on [[Bulbapedia]], as well as the [[Special:Statistics|70,000,000th page view]] since we first began this project way back in December 2004.

The only event which clouds this otherwise incredible month is the controversy surrounding the implementation of [[Bulbapedia:Advertising|advertising]] on Bulbapedia. We hope that our readers and contributors will bear with us and will not find the advertisements overly off-putting or intrusive - please do report any inappropriate ads you see to [[User:Archaic|Archaic]].

==April 6==
Please welcome the Polish ''[[:pl:Strona główna|Wikinezka]]'', who have today joined the ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'' group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias. We wish them the best of luck, and hope that the spirit of international cooperation will continue to grow in the international Pokémon fan community.

=2006=
==December 30==
At 4:52PM (UTC) today, the '''4,000'''th Bulbapedia article was created. Over the course of this year alone, an amazing 1,364 articles were [[Bulbapedia:Growth statistics|created at a rate of 3.758 articles per day]] - and it's been just only over two years since this project was started in December 21, 2004, and the two-year anniversary of its opening to the public is still ahead of us.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has participated in this collaborative project!

==June 26==
We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, [[:ja:メインページ|Pokémon Wiki]] (ポケモンWiki) has joined our German affiliate [[:de:Hauptseite|PokéWiki]] and us in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages.

The first person to conceive of a Pokémon website that visitors could edit and update was [[User:Meowth346|Meowth346]] of Pokémon Forever. Inspired by [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], one implemenation of that idea was founded on December 22, 2004: Bulbapedia. After a period of secret development, we opened it to the public on February 14, 2005.

Two months later, German Pokémon fan [[User:nYoo|nYoo]] launched an inquiry into the possibility of opening a German Pokémon encyclopedia in the spirit of Bulbapedia. Though nothing came of that discussion, another inquiry was made in early August, and that resulted in PokéWiki.

Naturally, the two open-content Pokémon encyclopedias agreed to affiliate. Expecting more affiliates in other languages, ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', Latin for ''Encylopedias of Pokémon'', was proposed shortly thereafter, but it would be a long time before the group expanded.

Pokémon Wiki was founded early April 2006, and was first brought to our attention mid-June. Ten days and many e-mail messages later, Pokémon Wiki joined Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.

==February 14==
In the one year since we opened Bulbapedia to the public, there has been amazing growth - we have gone from 114 articles to 2,642 - that's 6.9 articles per day!

Admittedly, I initially had my doubts about whether such a radical idea would even work in the context of Pokémon - but here we are. On behalf of Bulbagarden, I would like to thank all who have contributed and supported this project.

The editorial board would like to [[Bulbapedia:Awards 2005|thank a few of you]], in particular. Congratulations and thank you to all award recipients, and to all of you as well for supporting Bulbapedia!

==January 9==
The Bulbapedia editorial board wishes all our readers, contributors and staff a belated happy new year. Please welcome our new Research Editor, [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]], who will offering us fresh insight on a variety of topics. His personal aspiration is "for Bulbapedia to turn into a plethora of informative resources viewed by readers as ''enlightening''."

We have also added (Modern) Hebrew to our collection of [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. If you would like your language there, please make your request at Category talk:Babel tags - with the text to be used in them, if you wish to supply your own.

Finally, we would like to remind you that Bulbapedia is approaching the 1-year anniversary of its opening to the public.

=2005=
==September 19==
Bulbapedians can now indicate their linguistic capabilities on their user pages with [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. Currently, languages available are '''English''', '''Japanese''', '''German''', '''French''', and '''Spanish'''. If you would like to see your language on the list, please make a request to [[User talk:Argy|Argy]], [[User talk:Evkl|evkl]], or [[User talk:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]].

==June 21==
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8269 The Future of Bulbapedia]:
: Bulbapedia and the Bulbawiki networks as a whole have come a long way since their inception and release to the public. Starting out at barely over a hundred articles at public release, the current article count on Bulbapedia (As of today, June 21, 2005) stands at over 23 times that number. The Bulbawiki networks now include a news site, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives, a repository for all pictures and other non-text data files with relevancy to Bulbagarden.net and its side projects.

==June 1==
Please take a moment to visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?p=127299#post127299 Where from here?] post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Discussion] forum on [[BMGf]].

==April 29==
[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] has opened to the public with exclusive information on [[AG126]]. The Bulbapedia editorial staff invite you to make use of this new resource for your daily Poké-News fix. Enjoy!
==April 23==
* Bulbagarden Archives has been opened to the public.

==April 16==
* Recently, a large number of pages were vandalized. Although a mass reversion/deletion has been done, there may be traces remaining. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us correct that.
* Congratulations to [[User:Zeta|Zeta]] and [[User:Woopert|Woopert]], who have been granted [[Special:Listadmins|sysopship]] for their past work on Bulbapedia and assistance in dealing with the attack.

==April 9==
* Henceforth any and all articles directly pertaining to [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] and [[Serebii.net]] are placed under strict protection. All edits '''must''' be approved by [[User:evkl|evkl]] or [[User:Damian Silverblade|Damian Silverblade]].

==March 28==
* Although a number of articles have been created for [[:Category:People|People]] who have not had an impact on the Pokémon canon, i.e. fans, please do not take this a signal to create encyclopedic articles on yourself. The subjects of the aforementioned articles should also take note of the difference between a personal page, such as [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|User:Jimbo Wales]] and an encyclopedic article, such as [[wp:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], and strive to maintain NPOV in the latter.

==March 24==
* A thread has been established for requesting [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7327 Bots and Templates.]
* A new policy on what defines [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7324 mass editing] has been established; ignoring it is grounds for being temporarily [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Please read the definition of "minor" and "major" edits for future reference.
* Making mass changes as described in the above "mass editing" thread can be first discussed by making a post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Forum]; rules for those posts can be found [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7328 here].

==March 19==
* As a guideline, do ''not'' create any [[:Category:Moves|move]] articles without filling in most if not all of the [[Template talk:MoveInfobox|Infobox]], as well as the Template talk:MoveProperties. Make a positive effort to do so. You may wish to refer to [http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/lists/foreign/moves/] to find out the Japanese name and the move number.
* A basic structure for the Bulbapedia:Community Portal has been set up.
* Make use of the abbreviated link syntax: <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|Ruby]]</nowiki></code>, similarly, <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|Satoshi Tajiri]]</nowiki></code>.
* Avoid coding in HTML unless absolutely necessary. Wikicode is documented at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents]; please note that some things are Wikipedia-specific.
— [[User:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]]

==March 6==
* We now have all of the pages in the [[:Category:Pokémon]] listing. You can feel free to expand any of the pages to include general information on that specific Pokémon. Specific, useful Pokédex-like pages will be established shortly. We're working on it--and we greatly appreciate the help of all those who made the Poké-pages possible.
* BMG had a minor virus problem earlier in the day; please run any antivirus software you may have to see if you were infected unknowingly.
* Character pages can still use more information. The Community Portal will shortly have a number of features which point to things that address community-based projects and pages that need attention.
* That Bulbapedia button is on the way, I should have it uploaded within a few days.

==February 27==
* '''''PLEASE''''' temporarily refrain from making any Pokémon or Move pages for the next couple of days. Our templates are being enhanced, and we don't want to have to fix any more than we have to as it is.
* If you didn't already notice, Episode Guides are starting to go up. If you personally have any to contribute, it's always welcome. Remember to use the numbering guidelines put forth in the [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style|Manual of Style]].
* We'll be coming out with a Bulbapedia button very, so if you want to link to us from any site, it'll become possible.

==February 22==
* '''Please''' remember to link to games with their full name, i.e. ''<nowiki> [[Pokémon Red|Red version]] </nowiki>'' instead of just linking ''<nowiki> [[Red]] </nowiki> ''
* Remember to use the Macro tag for Pokémon Meta and use Pokémon Infobox where applicable. Thanks to everyone who's been working on Macro conversion.
* While the link to it has disappeared from our revamped front page, remember the [[Bulbapedia:Wantedpages|List of wanted pages]] is still there.
* The [[Items]] list needs filled out.
* Remember to add the appropriate stub tags to any article, via the <nowiki> {{ }} </nowiki> stub macro formatting.

==February 18==
* Only the first instance of a term in an article's actual text (excluding sidebars, lists, etc) should be linked to that term's matching article.
* Keep up the good work! It seems like every day, there's less and less conflict and more and more cooperation.
* So long as you include the Pokémon Infobox with a Pokémon article (see the [[Template_talk:PokémonInfobox#Usage|talk page]] for usage notes), you may go ahead and fill in all ____ (Pokémon) articles, but don't make them too expansive. Any more information than what we currently have in {{p|Geodude}} or {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s entry would be overly much. Please use the <nowiki>{{p|(name of Pokémon)}}</nowiki> macro to link to Pokémon pages, as we may choose to change the article titles for Pokémon species pages in the future.
* Elements pages should still look like the [[Grass (type)|Grass-type]] page.
* There are still many articles that need worked on! Consult the [[Special:wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] to see what people most want filled in.
* Make sure pages are appropriately linked to others.

==February 14==
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Happy February!

And Happy 18th anniversary to Bulbapedia! It’s incredible to believe back in 2005, during Bulbaoedia’s beginnings, we were preparing to close out [[Generation III]] and awaiting the North American release of {{game|Emerald}}. Today, we're 49,000 articles strong and fully immersed in [[Generation IX]] with Pokémon {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}. As we celebrate another year around the sun, it would be egregious of us to not stop and take a moment to celebrate you, our users who work hard and contribute to Bulbapedia’s coverage day in and day out.

While our coverage of Scarlet and Violet is ongoing, it would be impossible to have covered as much as we have without your contributions. So for every dex entry entered, every map uploaded, every biology section written, every item sprite added and every edit in between, we say - thank you. Your time and efforts are appreciated and we would be nowhere near the community we are today without you.

:Pokemaster97
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Bulbapedia:Speculation policy

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Pokemaster97: /* What is speculation? */ Please note the expanded policy around unsourced character or Pokemon origins.

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{{nutshell|Avoid speculation on Bulbapedia; making inferences should be limited}}

==What is speculation?==
Speculation is any rumor, presumption, or unconfirmed fact edited into the wiki by a user without a reliable source or citation to back up the claim. This can include information such as a Pokémon being captured by a character in the anime or a new feature presumed present in an upcoming game. It is often future-focused, addressing something that "might" or "is likely to" occur.

However, speculation is not limited to guesses about upcoming events. Guesses about why design decisions were made (e.g. why an unused item in a Pokémon game was never used) also constitutes speculation.

As a general rule, users should not add speculation to pages in the [[mainspace]]. Bulbapedia seeks to describe what is currently known, not speculate what might be known in the future.

===Examples of speculation===
New episodes of the Pokémon anime typically air in Japan every week. Until the air date of a specific episode is officially revealed, guessing the air date based on the episode's number is speculation, so it is not permitted.

Another example of speculation would be creating an article for {{red link|Generation X}}: as of November 2022, while it can be '''presumed''' that the series will continue after [[Generation IX]], the absence of confirmed games means that any content on a Generation X page would be speculation.

===How to properly signal uncertainty===
The origins of designs, names, etc. are usually speculation, as they are rarely officially described. While Bulbapedia does allow possible design origins to be listed on pages, unsourced origins should normally be phrased to reflect this uncertainty. Conversely, officially sourced origins should be phrased in a definite manner.

For example, the [[Oblivia]] region is believed to be based on the {{wp|Oki Islands}}, but this has not been officially confirmed, so the wording of the origin section of its article should reflect that (using phrasing such as "may be based on"). Conversely, the [[Kalos]] region has been officially described as being based on {{wp|France}}, so the origin section of its article should be definite about the origin, and cite the source confirming this origin.

Unsourced character or Pokémon origins should remain generic in scope and avoid explicit comparisons to specific outside characters or franchises. Particularly distinct cases are occasionally permitted through {{bp|staff}} approval.

==Inferences==
Inferences are conclusions based on evidence and reasoning. While Bulbapedia avoids speculation, there are limited circumstances where inference may be permitted to explain a situation that appears in Pokémon media. The guidelines below describe some common issues and how inference may (or may not) be used for them. Any circumstance that does not fall into one of the categories below will be considered speculation and in violation of Bulbapedia policy. In all cases where Bulbapedia makes inferences, we will include a notice explaining our policy.

Section- or issue-specific inference guidelines are detailed below. If you have questions, please contact a {{bp|Staff}} member.

==Pro-inference guidelines==
The issues below may allow inference in some situations; in such cases, a disclaimer must be included.

===Evolution===
Given that trainers in the Pokémon anime generally do not own multiple Pokémon in the same evolutionary line concurrently, when a recurring character (including gym leaders and previous main characters) is seen with an evolved form of a Pokémon they have previously been shown to have owned, it is inferred to be the same Pokémon unless there is visual or dialogue evidence from the anime that directly contradicts this.

Where these inferences have been made, there must always be accompanied by an explicit disclaimer in the description that the Pokémon is presumed to be evolved from the previously seen Pokémon.

==No inference guidelines==
The situations below do not permit inference, only allowing strong evidence that directly confirms the issue.

===Anime gender policy===
The '''gender''' of an individual Pokémon in the anime is confirmed via explicit, verbal confirmation by a character; via the use of {{m|Attract}} or {{a|Cute Charm}}; or from clear visual [[gender differences]]. Traditional gender stereotypes (such as a Pokemon wearing a pink bow or a dress) cannot be used to infer an individual Pokemon's gender. Gender specific Pokémon can have their gender automatically inferred.

Pokémon with very minor gender differences (such as {{p|Toxicroak}}) should not be assigned a gender based on visual differences. For species with clear visual gender differences, inferences can always be made from these if the species was introduced in Generation IV or later.

If a species was introduced before Generation IV and gained gender differences later, both gender designs must have appeared in the anime, at any time, before inferences can be made from those differences. For any individuals of such a species who debuted before [[DP001]], their gender can only be confirmed if they appear again after both gender designs have appeared. By contrast, any individuals that appear in DP001 or later can retroactively be considered confirmed as soon as both designs have appeared.

===Moves===
For the use of a move to be considered verified, it must be verbally and explicitly commanded or named by a character; identified in closed captions; or have {{bp|List of moves with unique animations|a unique animation}}. Staff may also approve certain uses of a move on a case by case basis, as with [[Mallow's Shaymin]]'s Aromatherapy. Moves that are not verified by one of these means will be considered unconfirmed and removed from articles.

If a call in the Japanese dub contradicts the English dub, the Japanese dub supersedes it. If the dubs agree but the animation appears to correspond to a different move (as with [[Ash's Snorlax]] being commanded to use Protect in ''[[AG149|Wheel of Frontier!]]''), the explicit call supersedes the animation. If a move identified in the captions contradicts other verbal identification, the verbal identification supersedes it.

===Voice actors===
Occasionally, a voice actor may play a role where they are uncredited. Voice actors for characters in uncredited roles are only considered verified if they are confirmed by the voice actor or voice director themselves. Guessing by ear or going by credits are not credible sources. Unofficial external sites like IMDb or BehindtheVoiceActors are also not considered legitimate sources.

Within the anime, it is not normally necessary to confirm each voice actor for every single episode. Instead, it is typically safe to infer that the same voice actor continues to voice the same character in successive appearances, unless there is reason to believe otherwise. If a character is absent for a substantial period of time, it may be necessary to re-confirm that it is the same voice actor. Note that this does not apply across media: if an anime character appears in a video game, that character's voice must be confirmed separately for that video game, unless the video game recycles voice clips from the anime.

===Recurring wild Pokémon===
Generally, wild Pokémon that appear in the anime should be considered "one of many" within its species. A wild Pokémon should not be inferred to be the same individual across episodes unless there is visual or dialogue evidence from the anime that directly specifies it is the same individual.

{{Bulbapedia guidelines}}

User talk:Pokemondude1999

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User talk:KryptonLion

2022-11-30T02:16:35Z

Pokemaster97: Reverted edits by Donald Trump 2024 (talk) to last revision by Force Fire

User talk:Masatoshi

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Pokemaster97: Reverted edits by Donald Trump 2024 (talk) to last revision by Masatoshi

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==Editing my userpage==
Will I be blocked? Sorry I'm obsessed with my user page, I can't cure my obsession.{{unsigned|Grabbergirl}}
:Replying on your talk page. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 21:13, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
::::I'm doing good! just the list today but the first shipping tomorrow {{unsigned|Grabbergirl}}
:::::Just so you know, talk pages don't really count as mainspace edits, you should try fixing articles. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:45, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

==Type==
So... type2 or type ? The link templates still has the "type2" template.--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:10, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
:it will be {{template|type}}. {{u|BulbaBot}} will be in charge of changing all the links as soon as it leaves its hibernation state. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:13, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
::No, I meant {{bp|List of link templates|this page}}. What will happen to type2 ?--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:14, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
:::It will be deleted once the job is done. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:18, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
::::Nice. Took some years for it. Now someone can bring the issue up with the {{template|g}}.--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:20, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
There isn't a problem if someone else other than BB changes type2 to type right ?--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:23, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
:This is a job for BulbaBot only. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
::And... why is that ? Things can be done faster with my quick hands. :p --[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:26, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
:::Because we decided it so. BulbaBot will be in charge of it since he can do it a lot faster. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:27, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
::::Ok, what about the <nowiki>{{g}}</nowiki> template ?--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:28, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
:::::What about it? [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:29, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
::::::Well, we all know the issue about being a laziness template. But that was when the former EiC was in charge. And I don't get it why it should not be an universal template. Even SM agreed with it being a universal template.--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 01:31, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
:::::::We're keeping it, it might be a laziness template but it helps get stuff done in less characters. It's especially done for side games. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:50, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Yeah that's what I said, it should also be used for every word beginning with Pokémon, for example <nowiki>{{g|Center}}</nowiki> or <nowiki>{{g|anime}}</nowiki>, not only for games.--[[User:DJWolfy|--'''DJ''']][[User talk:DJWolfy|'''Wolfy''']] 07:56, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
::::::::If Deth hasn't undone the intended usage the template had, then it means he carried [[Template talk:G|TTE's wish of using it ONLY for {{tt|games|Since G means game...}} (mainly the side games)]]. Any further discussions regarding that have been ignored since. so it's pointless to try and bring it up again because you'll get shot down fast. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 15:54, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

== Help needed. ==

Snorlax said you are player of Black 2 (or maybe other Masatoshi? I don't remember, I think he meant you)... well, if YES... then I need help with {{rt|4|Unova}}, more precisely the stuff that is marked as White 2-only in some way. I need someone to check Black 2 if stuff is really exclusive to White 2, or ''everything'' is the same as in White 2. I mean, I have {{tt|feeling|actually saw, hah}} that the street in Route 4 differs between Black 2 and White 2. [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] ([[User talk:Marked +-+-+|talk]]) 19:14, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

== Animated Gym Leader, Champion and Trainer Sprites ==

I would like to know if when will the Archive be open for editing and uploads.. I would like to upload all the Gym Leader, Champion and Trainer Sprites in Animated PNG images... I hope it will open soon....--[[User:Gaspershut|''GASPER'']][[User talk:Gaspershut|''shut...'']] 13:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

== Pokemon Trainer's Choice ==

I am simply adding links that go from the ag000 pages to the Pokemon's Trainer Choice pages. This will ensure that each AG000 page has a link to the Pokemon's Trainer Choice page. I am only trying to help and I apologize for any stress that I may have caused you. [[User:Amanater|Amanater]] ([[User talk:Amanater|talk]]) 04:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

== Elesa's sprite! ==

I see you've animated Elesa's B2W2 sprite, great, but could you split the motionless and animated sprites? I want to us the motionless sprite on the Gym Leader page. Thanks. [[User:Nickvang|Nickvang]] ([[User talk:Nickvang|talk]]) 17:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

== Welcoming Bots ==

I'm very sorry for welcoming all of those users, some of which were bots. I didn't really pay attention to that, I just sort of welcomed whoever wasn't already permanently blocked. I didn't mean to cause extra work for you. [[User:Satoshi101|サトシ101]] ([[User talk:Satoshi101|talk]]) 22:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
:It's okay, you didn't know. No harm in welcoming new users as long as that isn't your only task in Bulbapedia, so don't be sorry for that. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 04:57, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

== Re:Ok, fine ==

Thanx for the advice. 
I would remember it next time.[[User:UltimateSupreme|UltimateSupreme]]([[User talk:UltimateSupreme|T@lk]]) 16:50, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

== Best Wishes episode list ==

I don't know why you reverted my edit on 8 December. Episode N's start date was known as soon as it was announced. We always knew that the episode I put the tag after was the correct break point, we just didn't have episode titles for any Episode N episodes yet at the time. [[User:Digifiend|Digifiend]] ([[User talk:Digifiend|talk]]) 23:29, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
:The date wasn't added, we don't like adding something ambiguous like '''''Season 16 continues into Best Wishes Season 2 Episode N below.'''''. That would lead people to think the season would be ending then, which as far as I know, is not. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 10:16, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

== Edit summary ==

Someone mentioned something inappropriate in the edit summary, as seen [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pyrix&diff=next&oldid=1822522 here]. [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 03:17, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
:Force Fire just handled it. The edit summary just got deleted. [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 03:23, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

== Userpage Party ==

I'm trying to create my party from White 2 on my userpage, but I can't figure out how to change the form for [[Kyurem]], what should I do? {{unsigned|IVsaur}}
:Change the Ndex parameter for Kyurem from 646 to 646W. That should do the trick. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 04:03, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
::Thanks! {{unsigned|IVsaur}}

== Hiding ==

How do you make the Hide button? -[[User:IVsaur|EVsAndIVsaurs]] ''([[User talk:IVsaur|Talk]])'' 16:32, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
:For what, specifically? For a table? If so, when creating a table (you can also check {{bp|Wikicode|here}} on how to create them) at the beginning of it, you should add <code>class="expandable"</code>, the class will then wrap everything below the first line. If all else fails, study the code of a table that has it. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 23:32, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
::That worked, thank you for the help! {{unsigned|IVsaur}}

== Multiple Edits ==

Hi! Thanks for dropping a message.

I know it seemed like I edited the same page multiple times but I was actually editing different sections of the same page, and the page being Mount Coronet, it had a lot of sections. I was adding the items obtained in Platinum in the area and each floor was edited and saved in its own sub-topic.

I do use the preview function every time to make sure there's no typo or code error. I'll try to minimise multiple edits in the future though I don't think any other page needs as much editing as that one.

Regards
[[User:Ishu bagaria|Ishu bagaria]] ([[User talk:Ishu bagaria|talk]]) 02:13, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
:It would be better if you could edit the page overall, actually. If you had to leave while editing, you can save the code in a .txt file and then resume your work when you're back. It's just to prevent server strain. Thank you for understanding. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 02:53, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

== Proof of Seaking's Level-up Learnset ==
This is the hex data of Seaking's learnset (00 <level> <move> ... 00):

00 01 40 '''01 27 01 27''' 0A 30 0F 1E 18 AF 1D 1F 29 7F 31 20 3D 61 00

Notice the ones in bold; Tail Whip has been inserted twice. This applies for all Silver, Gold, and Crystal versions. [[User:Mazion|Mazion]] ([[User talk:Mazion|talk]]) 14:47, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

== Talkpage ==

Why is that a rule. I dont get how removing a message isnt "clean". I normally on like wikipedia remove blocks, spams and stuff that I dont care about and move messages to archives. Oh and yeah It is "stupid" and I haven't reverted it. [[User:Black60Dragon|'''Black''''''Dragon''']] 03:44, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
:{{bp|Talk page policy#My user talk page|Historical purposes, and so we don't have to warn users again.}} You have to understand that, while Wikipedia and Bulbapedia run on Mediawiki software, their policies are different. For one, we don't let Anonymous edit for obvious reasons. And we don't have as many servers as Wikipedia has, so that's one of the reasons we enforce a daily limit on userspaces, as well as users only joining in for editing their own userpages. We're mostly here to contribute to the wiki in information. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 03:48, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

People do that? Thats weird. I get it, But ya know people could say that, instead of being rude. I dont think anons should be able to edit anyways...trolls, but I see the reason for it, still thinks its weird but I archived it. I just like removing dead messages that wont get replies. And archive messages with more than a few replies. Its just how I like to do things. But as for the userpage. If I have 3 big edits and I see a mispelled word, it would be against the rules to change it before I forget. Thats what someone told me even if I edit like 10 times that much in the main page.

Why cant I edit the 6th gen pages either. I have sprites for the pokemon made directly from the official image, like the rest are. [[User:Black60Dragon|'''Black''''''Dragon''']] 04:01, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

I dont have to move everything [[User:Black60Dragon|'''Black''''''Dragon''']] 04:01, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

I dont even care anymore. I just like to do things my way, Is all. Dont overreact [[User:Black60Dragon|'''Black''''''Dragon''']] 04:01, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
:If you're going to archive, might as well archive everything so we can keep a closer track of your history, you can't just move your block reason message away and call it a day.

:The Generation VI pages might be protected, unless you're trying to upload the sprites. If so, head to [[a:Main Page|Bulbagarden Archives]] to upload them.

:You '''''have''''' to move everything. Historic purposes, and as such, they should be left undisturbed unless it's vandalism.

:Doing things your way doesn't always work, especially in a place with rules. We're not overreacting, we're only enforcing the rules. And please, do not recreate the page unless you move the full talk page, nor do create an empty page for the sake of having a working link. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 04:15, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

"If you're going to archive, ''''might as well archive everything''' so we can keep a closer track of your history" Sorry might that doesnt seem like a rule, just your '''opinion'''. Oh and '''we''' who? But I archived it. And have a space holder is '''not''' against the rules. Cant I just like archive the first 4 in order and keep newer still active ones? Besides is there like a bot on here that automatically archives sections older than a set time??? just wondering. [[User:Black60Dragon|'''Black''''''Dragon''']] 17:11, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
:{{bp|Talk page policy#My user talk page|This section tells you what to do.}} My '''opinion''' is part of a rule. As part of the '''{{bp|Staff}}''', it is my duty to enforce the rules, as well as the rest of our staff. If you're going to move it to an archive, move it entirely and start clean. Having space holders are pointless and we're not going to have blank pages, might as well delete it and wait until there's content. And no, we don't have a bot that does that. Lastly, please take this week in order to read the policies and start indenting your comments. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 01:10, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

== Dropped Item sprite ==

I just moved a file on the archives called [[:a:File:Bag Dropped Item-f Sprite.png]] and I can't get the pages on here that they are being used on to link to the image. Can you help me? [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 01:39, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
:Never mind, ht14 needed to adjust some things first. [[User:Pattyman|Patty]][[User talk:Pattyman|Man]] 01:57, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

== Neo SoulSilver ==
But, sir, I form that wikia, because the Wikinezka slowly "shut down". Check it. Even editing on Wikinezka is impossible. --[[User:Modikisha|Modikisha]] ([[User talk:Modikisha|talk]]) 18:06, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
:Indeed, the Polish wiki is, unfortunately, dead. That doesn't mean the webmaster of a site can come here, and create an article promoting their site; it is borderline advertising, which is a bannable offense. And finally, your article did not meet the notability requirements, a wiki with barely over 180 articles is not really a popular site (at least yet). I hope you can understand my reasoning. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 18:21, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
:: -sighs- eehh... all right, if you wanna it. But where we may find a good replacement to Wikinezka? Neo SoulSilver Wiki may be the last Polish Wiki about that. I'll try improve my site. --[[User:Modikisha|Modikisha]] ([[User talk:Modikisha|talk]]) 18:26, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
:::It's not up to me, since I'm not Polish and my knowledge about Polish is null. Improving the site would do a great deal for all the Pokémon fans in Poland, so feel free to keep going. Hopefully it will turn out well. [[User:Masatoshi|Masatoshi]][[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 18:32, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

== Why I made those edits ==

Beta is not the correct term to use for changed/removed content in video games, as the term "beta" refers to the stage of development where the game is tested before being shipped (i think?), it is highly unlikely huge amounts of data would be removed from the game at such a late point. Calling them "Beta elements" is disgustingly inaccurate. On the other hand, referring to such unused/changed content as things changed from the "Development cycle" is a more acceptable term. Please consider reverting back to "Development cycle", as beta is a horribly inaccurate term to use, especially since this is meant to be the Pokémon equivalent of Wikipedia. --[[User talk:Relicant|The]] [[Special:Contributions/Relicant|Truth]] aka Relicant 17:14, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
:We will handle the naming of the sections when we decide the fate of [[Beta Pokémon games|the editing tags here]] in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/candidates-merging-moving-mainspacing-splitting-discussion-thread-114138/ discussion thread for them]. I'll move this specific case up to this Friday. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 17:21, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
::Could you also refrain from editing my own userspace? That text you removed was hidden, you had no rights to touch it. Thanks. --[[User talk:Relicant|The]] [[Special:Contributions/Relicant|Truth]] aka Relicant 18:36, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
:::You are not allowed to add information about unconfirmed Pokémon, and I'm following the main rule. While it's true that you are the only one supposed to edit your own userpage, {{bp|Userspace policy#Content deletion|we can enforce the removal of certain content we feel is inappropriate or a breach of the userspace policy}}. If you add it again, it's certain that we'll remove it again. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 18:46, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
:<s>You still haven't responded to my initial question.And don't try to hide behind Maverick Nate's response because it wasn't the answer I wanted. It was just a link about discussing moves/deletes/etc with the focus being on the "Beta" Pokémon games pages.</s> nevermind about this that attitude will get me banned and i wont be able to fresh start sorry. --[[User talk:Relicant|The]] [[Special:Contributions/Relicant|Truth]] aka Relicant 18:52, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
::::While it may be inaccurate to call them "Beta elements", it can't be changed by anyone, especially without a proper discussion. What Nate posted was a link to the place where the renaming and possibly moving will be discussed. I would also suggest to wind down on the accusations (like you seemed to do right now), since Nate provided the answer you really needed. He's trying to make this smoother and official. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 18:58, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

: I get angry when things are inaccurate, which explains why I'm turning stupid over the beta misuse. --[[User talk:Relicant|The]] [[Special:Contributions/Relicant|Truth]] aka Relicant 19:00, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
::I suggest you to control your temperament, then, like your [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User%3ARelicant&diff=1977024&oldid=1977015 recent userpage edit, which comes off as provoking]. This will only make your fresh start harder. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 19:05, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

== Quick Question ==

If we're not supposed to post info on "leaked" pokemon, shouldn't that one revision (even though it was all hidden) I made be deleted? --[[User talk:Relicant|The]] [[Special:Contributions/Relicant|Truth]] aka Relicant 18:57, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
:Looks like it has been taken care of. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 19:17, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Well that was quick. --[[User talk:Relicant|The]] [[Special:Contributions/Relicant|Truth]] aka Relicant 19:19, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

== Uncreatable talk page ==

So why is [[Talk:Flying Press (move)]] protected from being created? This seems fairly counter-productive for any questions one may have about the move.... [[User:Schiffy|Schiffy]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|Speak to me]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|What I've done]]) 22:46, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
:It wasn't protected as far as I know. But you can now edit the talk page. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 16:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

== File:658Greninja.png ==

I had problem that 658Greninja not updated.Sorry can you update it? --[[User:Rolandpokémon|Rolandpokémon]] ([[User talk:Rolandpokémon|talk]]) 11:33, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
:You mean you want to update but can't do it? Archives is currently locked, so for the time being, you can't update it. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 16:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
::Okay it has been updated by G50 by now but sorry if i mess you to do that.--[[User:Rolandpokémon|Rolandpokémon]] ([[User talk:Rolandpokémon|talk]]) 13:40, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

== Bulbagarden Archives Protection: How much longer will it last? ==

Do you know how much longer is Bulbagarden Archives going to be protected? It was originally protected to prevent leaked info from X and Y to be uploaded, but now that the games are out, I at least don't see any reason why it would need to stay blocked, even Bulbapedia has been open for edits for a while now. Can you do anything for it? Bulbabedia is in a deperate need for missing images and sprites from the new games! --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 11:38, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
:This is a question better asked to the Archives Liaison, {{u|Kogoro}}. And upon further inspection, {{ut|Kogoro#Image_protection|you already have asked her}} about this. I can't do anything that isn't without her consent, so please wait until she decides to unlock Archives, and additionally, try to ask one person only, and unless that person redirects you to someone else, try to stick with whatever that user said. Thank you. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 16:30, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

== Geosenge Town Photo ==

[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4SDDC3P2BhGcmJSR2lLVUMzbnc/edit?usp=drive_web Here] is a picture I took for geosenge town, I can take another one if there needs to be a character in the frame. -[[User:IVsaur|EVsandIVsaurs]] 16:38, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

== Menu sprite update ==

At first, I would like to say that your work on updating the Pokémon menu sprites has been quite remarkable. I really like when someone puts effort into doing some improvements. 
Secondly, could you please also upload the menu sprites for the Mega Evolved Pokémon? They should come in handy at various pages. Also, I was just wondering, should the Kalos Pokémon have their animated menu sprites uploaded? Just thinking. 
In case you would be so nice to do at least some of these things, you can be sure that me and the rest of Bulbapedia will be very glad. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 13:35, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
:Oops! Sorry for taking so long to reply back! Real life's kept me busy. Thanks, and I would gladly upload those, but our source doesn't seem to have it either, so we're kinda hitting a wall in there. Regarding the animated menu sprites, that would mean capturing all the Pokémon's menu sprites again, record the frames and then edit them one by one. It's possible but it's too tedious and expensive (since you still need the capture device). [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 15:39, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

== Mega Evolution minisprites ==

Masatoshi, because we don't have the Mega Evolution minisprites, could you upload them in the Bulbagarden Archives? --[[User:Cinday123|Cinday123]] ''([[User talk:Cinday123|Talk]])'' 00:13, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
:Sorry, no can do. I don't have them. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 00:18, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
::So Masatoshi, do you have a Nintendo 3DS Capture Card? --[[User:Cinday123|Cinday123]] ''([[User talk:Cinday123|Talk]])'' 00:22, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
:::No, otherwise I would have done them already. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 00:28, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

== Previewing ==
I know to preview my page first before saving it. But the glitch I kept encountering on the page in question would only appear after I saved it. I would preview the page, everything looked okay, and then saved it only to find that odd garbled code at the end.

{{unsigned|TBustah}}

== Recent Sprite Changes ==
I was just saving all the pictures on the archives to my computer cause I'm weird like that & I was wondering what the point of changing the backsprites of Honchkrow from Gen IV, [[:a:File:Spr_b_4d_430.png]] & [[:a:File:Spr_b_4p_430.png]], was? They look no different to me & you changed the game tags on them which i just fixed moments before you updated them. [[User:AshKetchumNo.1|AshKetchumNo.1]] 22:19, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
:They were actually different, although it only was a few shades of blue/purple. It has been fixed though. So yeah, I kinda nitpicked there, my bad. Sorry for the late reply. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 06:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

== Uploading XY screenshots ==
I'd like to upload some XY screenshots (specifically, screenshots of moves), but I currently don't have permission to do so. Could you grant me permission, please? --[[User:TotalPotato|TotalPotato]] ([[User talk:TotalPotato|talk]]) 20:07, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I guess I shouldn't have asked a Bulbapedia staff member about this. I didn't realise that Archives and Bulbapedia were split until discovering that being autoconfirmed on Bulbapedia doesn't help at all towards being autoconfirmed on the Archives. The hoop-jumping you have to go through to upload images on here seems mental...--[[User:TotalPotato|TotalPotato]] ([[User talk:TotalPotato|talk]]) 12:07, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
:Whoops, sorry for the late reply. Well, you already had your answer. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 08:31, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

== X and Y Pokemon models. ==

I noticed you've uploaded images of the models of all(at least I think you got them all, I just checked a bunch of random Pokemon from beginning to end) of the Pokemon in X and Y, are there plans for these to be added to the pages for every Pokemon under sprites or maybe a new section called "models" to be more accurate? If so when what ever way is decided I'd be willing to help add them to the pages, unless that is all figured out of course. [[User:ArchedThunder|ArchedThunder]] ([[User talk:ArchedThunder|talk]]) 05:53, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
:Not all of them, I received help from {{u|Spriteit}} (who ended up doing more than I did), and {{u|Kogoro}}. Yes, there are plans to add them, but we're waiting until Kogoro states that we are ready to begin the transition. As for permission for you to add some of them, I don't see why not in my opinion; but you have to wait until what the aforementioned happens, because this isn't going to be just adding the models onto the articles. So I'd ask you to be patient until then. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 08:31, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
::Alright, awesome. I'm just kinda anxious to get them on the pages since it's been so long since the game launched, glad to know that it's finally happening soon. [[User:ArchedThunder|ArchedThunder]] ([[User talk:ArchedThunder|talk]]) 08:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
:::Well, we've got the project handled already. We appreciate your eagerness to help, though. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']]

== Hiya ==

Do those last edits mean the sidegames template is ready to use? [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 16:52, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
:Yes. Would be wise to ask {{u|Kogoro}} first, though. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 16:57, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
::I actually commented at the Spinoff page. And haven't heard further. Last I asked, a couple of days ago, it was still being worked on.
::I can pick up from Victini onwards as I think from there on can be done rather quickly, so I can quickly edit my list that I compiled from Rumble World. The only thing missing is Wii U, and your updates don't include that or Gen. VI. So still lots missing, I didn't think it was ready to use yet. [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 17:05, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
:::The templates are up to Generation VI and are there, you don't see them because they're uncommented. You can do that, but I still think it would be wiser if you ask Kogoro before doing anything. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 17:12, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
::::Exactly. [[User_talk:Kogoro/Spinoff#Games Where Not Available?|That's kinda what I did here]], though I haven't heard back. Both Rumble games I made same as Rumble and Rumble Blast, and Shuffle matches Trozei. I didn't add Battle Trozei as I don't have its data compiled, though I did eventually buy the game and could go after it eventually. [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 17:15, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

== Ash's Charizard ==

Hi Masatoshi. I think I found a better image for Ash's Charizard but I am unable to upload it due to it being protected and I was wondering if you could do it for me. The image can be found here. Thank you. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vrj3nyr3bbppm7w/Ash%20Charizard.png?dl=0 --[[User:Rahl|Rahl]] 01:04, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
:Hi. Upon inspecting your image and comparing it to the current one, I've decided that the original one is better in terms of quality than your image, since your image contains artifacts around the body and in the action lines. Furthermore, and in my personal opinion, I'd like the image to contain the full body, without missing part of the wings. Thank you for understanding. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 21:27, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

== X & Y Games and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire battle sprites ==

Many battle sprites of Pokemon in the four games that I mentioned in the headlines are missing from the Pokemon pages on Bulbapedia. It's too long for me to list, but you and Spriteit forgot to upload the remaining images for the four games mentioned in the headline. Do you think you can find and upload the missing battle sprites (You might have to look at each of the various Pokemon pages on Bulbapedia to know which pages are missing images? Examples of Pokemon missing battle sprites includes Gyarados and Steelix. The missing battle sprites (in national Pokedex order) start at the page of Venusaur and end at the page of Hoopa.[[User:Ctc1017|Ctc1017]] ([[User talk:Ctc1017|talk]]) 15:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
:Sorry for the late reply, but apparently Spriteit has talked to you somewhere else. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 00:53, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

== XY & ORAS sprites ==
Some of the sprites from XY are also used as ORAS sprites on bulbapedia, but on the page of the sprite isn't said that it a sprite of ORAS is. Is that OK, or not? [[User:Lokki|Lokki]] ([[User talk:Lokki|talk]]) 16:37, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
:It's not okay, apparently there has been a halt regarding the tagging of ORAS models. We'll retake this project, starting probably this weekend. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 00:53, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
::You're welcome [[User:Lokki|Lokki]] ([[User talk:Lokki|talk]]) 19:04, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

== Username change ==

I know you're a bureaucrat; may you please change my username to [[User:Captain MacTavish|Captain MacTavish]]? That would be sincerely appreciable. Thank you! [[User:Drilly Dilly|Drilly Dilly]] ([[User talk:Drilly Dilly|talk]]) 10:59, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
:I'm sorry, but Bureaucrats cannot change usernames, that right is reserved to the [[BP:EB|Editorial Board]] and above. You might have better luck asking one of them. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 13:07, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

== Can you do a favor for me? ==

Hi, I've just uploaded a new version of File:Cast of characters.png on the archives, but my computer lagged and accidentally uploaded the same image twice and also did something with reverting the image. Can you please get rid of the unneeded edits for me? Thank you~ --[[User:Willyh106|Willyh106]] ''([[User talk:Willyh106|Talk]])’’ 08:40, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
:No need to worry about it, it's not a huge mistake. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 23:58, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
::Oh, okay. Thank you for your consideration. --[[User:Willyh106|Willyh106]] ''([[User talk:Willyh106|Talk]])’’ 15:01, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

==VSPortraits==
I just uploaded those cropped vs artworks because actually Juan also doesn't have an official vs artwork since he is geniii character only and it was uploaded one for him a long time ago. I thought that was permitted because this vs portrait weren't deleted at any point and kanto e4 and hoenn's bf were with old sprites of ten years ago while he doesn't, so I uploaded thinking on make the pages more attractive and those characters to not being the only with old sprites. It was not my intetion to make anything illegal or that would hurt bulbapedia's terms, I just did it because I thought it was permitted since another user did it and didn't have the vs artwork deleted. ([[User talk: HilbertCalderon]] 01:34, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
:Don't worry. You didn't know. The reason why I asked you is because those crops don't exist in the games, as you said, he doesn't have an official VS Artwork. Who is the one you say didn't have his images deleted? I'll take a look at it. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 20:17, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

==Dealing with Evil Trolls==
I hate PokémonGamer for his constant trolling and recent bullying, calling me dumb for being a good Samaritan. We know he'll come back again. I've read that on several different wikis, they have a thing where they block the troll's IP address to prevent them from creating any more account.

Also, this guy is completely dumb. Some of his sockpuppet account state that they're "not PokémonGamer", which is the dumbest way to give out their identity. Also, can you hide the edits done by the evil troll for my talkpage, please? [[User:UxieLover1994|UxieLover1994]] ([[User talk:UxieLover1994|talk]]) 22:21, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
:Done. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 22:25, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
::Thank you very much. [[User:UxieLover1994|UxieLover1994]] ([[User talk:UxieLover1994|talk]]) 22:27, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

== About Animated PNG files ==

I have a huge question I'd like to ask you. Do you know how I could make the Animated PNG files smaller than 2MB? 'Cause I've noticed that the Bulbagarden Archives doesn't allow uploading of files larger than 2MB, and I'd really like to upload a PNG animation which is 6.72 MB in size. But I've tried every possible way I can make it smaller without any loss, but the lowest I can make it... is 5.27 MB. I've tried compressing standalone .png files and then putting it together with APNG Assembler, but it makes it become 10 MB in size. What should I do? Is there anything you use to make Animated PNG files smaller in size without any frame skipping?—[[User:Platinum Lucario|Platinum Lucario]] ([[User talk:Platinum Lucario|talk]]) 21:21, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
:Try [https://sourceforge.net/projects/apng/files/APNG_Optimizer/ APNG Optimizer], you may find better luck. If it's a Generation VI move, it's not worth it. I've tried it before. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 00:39, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::It made the file bigger. It's now 6.78 MB. I wonder, how come did you upload the animation of the [[Rain|thunderstorm and hurricane]] from B/W? It's well over 2MB and it's roughly about one megabyte lower than mine. And why did you upload it if no file over 2MB is allowed?—[[User:Platinum Lucario|Platinum Lucario]] ([[User talk:Platinum Lucario|talk]]) 08:55, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::Then there's a lot going on in the animated file (backgrounds moving and whatnot). Is it from Generation VI? And regarding the big files uploaded in Archives, it's because I'm part of the [[a:Staff#Senior_administrators|staff]] and thus I can circumvent the limit. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 11:26, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
::::That makes sense. Anyways, the file that I wish to upload is showing the effects of a Slumber Trap in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. It was meant to be used on the [[Dungeon tile#Traps|Traps]] section of Dungeon tile. [http://www.megafileupload.com/rpZQ/animated.png Here's a link to the animated file], [http://www.megafileupload.com/rpZP/animated.png the top screen version of it] and a [http://www.megafileupload.com/6rgv/top_and_bottom_screen.zip .zip file containing the frames], [http://www.megafileupload.com/rpZL/top_screen.zip and the top screen version of it]. Feel free to modify it in any way you wish.—[[User:Platinum Lucario|Platinum Lucario]] ([[User talk:Platinum Lucario|talk]]) 13:15, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::It's a Nintendo 3DS image, for size reasons, we're not uploading animated files that come from the Nintendo 3DS console. Speaking of which, did you get permission to upload Nintendo 3DS/Generation VI related content? [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 11:28, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::I haven't uploaded any animated images yet, but I have uploaded model images of traps and tiles that appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. And wait... do I actually have to have permission to upload any images from '''any''' Nintendo 3DS games? I didn't know it applied to all 3DS games, I thought it only applied to Generation VI games. If that's the case, then I guess I'm trouble, I'm really sorry for uploading the images of the traps... —[[User:Platinum Lucario|Platinum Lucario]] ([[User talk:Platinum Lucario|talk]]) 15:26, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::::Also, on another note, they are screenshots taken directly from my capture card. And [[User talk:Zesty Cactus|I have submitted the screenshots]] I took in which the traps were taken from, so they can be verified. —[[User:Platinum Lucario|Platinum Lucario]] ([[User talk:Platinum Lucario|talk]]) 16:26, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::::While it's mostly for Generation VI images and media, Gates to Infinity is still a 3DS game. Since we've ran into people uploading images from other people, we're taking measures to ensure that the pictures are from the users themselves and not taken from outlets without permission. It's just for you to be in the clear and free from suspicion. That's a good step regarding verification, I would have done it with {{u|Kogoro}}, but Zesty's a good choice, too. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 16:41, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
:::::::::That's understandable, it might also be a good idea to change the message, as well as make an update in that notice that appears before uploading files. Since it only states "Generation VI", a user may end up uploading a 3DS image from Generation V, without knowing that the policy applied to all 3DS games, just like what I did. 'Cause it never mentioned "Nintendo 3DS games", just "Generation VI". Just letting you know. ^^' —[[User:Platinum Lucario|Platinum Lucario]] ([[User talk:Platinum Lucario|talk]]) 17:00, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
::::::::::Relayed the information, the notice at the top of every Archives pages is now updated to reflect that before uploading any Nintendo 3DS-related content, permission should be asked. Thank you. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 10:34, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

== about castform ==

ah, so there's a source to that? i did digging of my own and found nothing pointing to castform being artificial, if there is evidence then the issue is a lack of citation. maybe in the trivia section? [[User:Snow rat|Snow rat]] ([[User talk:Snow rat|talk]]) 22:51, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
:There is. It's a line in the Hoenn games where a Team Magma grunt states that the Weather Institute had created a Pokémon that had something to do with the weather. At first, I had to check before undoing those edits because I didn't recall an actual mention of it being an artificial Pokémon. I believe that it being an artificial Pokémon is bigger than the trivia section, since it's an important part of the Pokémon itself, much like Mewtwo, Genesect, the Porygon line, among others. [[User:Masatoshi|<sc>'''Masatoshi'''</sc>]] [[User_talk:Masatoshi|''talk'']] 23:37, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

User talk:Tiddlywinks

2022-11-30T02:16:27Z

Pokemaster97: Reverted edits by Donald Trump 2024 (talk) to last revision by Tiddlywinks

;Archived talk
* [[User talk:Tiddlywinks/Archive 1]] (through Sept 14, 2014)
* [[User talk:Tiddlywinks/Archive 2]] (through Nov 5, 2015)
* [[User talk:Tiddlywinks/Archive 3]] (through Feb 22, 2017)
* [[User talk:Tiddlywinks/Archive 4]] (through Jan 25, 2022)

== {{red link|Pokémon Legends: Arceus Version}} ==

Why was this deleted? It was made for people who mistakenly use the wrong link template and complain about the resulting redlink.

I did create the [[Super Glitch (move)]] (intentionally typing the full title) redirect again because deleting it caused so many redlinks to suddenly pop up, based on how the learnset template works. Creating [[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Versions]] was a measure to prevent redlinks from the wrong link template. --'''''[[User:Bfdifan2006|Bfdifan2006]]''''' ([[User talk:Bfdifan2006|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bfdifan2006|C]]) 08:06, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
:Next time, please ask first.
:We don't encourage people linking to bad targets. If a target is linked to, I'll consider it staying, but the "version" title is not linked to.
:I do notice that many games have various redirects. I checked one, https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Pok%C3%A9mon_Brilliant_Diamond_and_Shining_Pearl_Versions&redirect=no, and it does have links. I'm sure others don't. Honestly, I think some could definitely be pruned, but it's not worth it for me to try to exhaustively examine all the past games. For now, like I said, a "version" title for Arceus isn't linked to and isn't needed. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 11:54, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
::Scarlet and Violet got the "version" redirect out of practice. As prior to XY, all titles had the version in their names. For LA, it has never been referred to with the "version" in the end. If someone incorrectly uses the version templates (and any of its variations) for Legends, that's kinda their own fault.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 11:57, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

== [[Talk:Game-exclusive Pokémon/Archive1]] ==

I thought I'd let staff know, if they didn't already, that the archived talk page for Game-exclusive Pokémon still needs to be moved to Version-exclusive Pokémon. Thanks! [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 05:04, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

In regards to Playerking95's talk page archive, thanks for cleaning up my mess. When trying to help them archive their page, I should have just let the policy page that I linked speak for itself instead of giving an erroneous shortened explanation. I'll be more careful moving forward. [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 03:57, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

== LiamMain50695983 ==

[[User talk:LiamMain50695983|LiamMain50695983]] appears to be a spambot. [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 02:47, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

== Generation superscript ==

Since you added "changed type" section to type pages, I'd like to ask you if there could be a template with generation number in superscript (Rotom'''(V+)'''). Such templates already exist for games ([https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Template:Sup/8 Template:Sup/8 ]) and I think it could be useful on many pages, like the ones that mention Pokemon with changed type.--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket]] [[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Grunt]]''' 16:24, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
:The thing about the game templates is they do a lot more. The names are much longer, and as you get earlier you have to remember to add "version/s" correctly, and each game of a pair is colored separately. But for generations you don't really need any of that. (I also think my recent additions are a bad example to use: if we were gonna have a single standard, that's not the format I'd suggest first. Most places, I'd usually use Gen. #. I only used (#) here because I wanted absolute minimal intrusion among the species names.) Part of the utility of templates is also readability. Sup templates for games definitely help that; but for generations, I don't think ''replacing'' any current usage would be incredibly beneficial.
:But yeah...generations are super easy to link. If you really need something, there's {{template|gen}}, for some cases that could be plenty. If you wanna reach for more...well, just telling me abstractly that there are "many pages" doesn't plead much of a case. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 22:47, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
::The most prominent use for such template I see would be on pages of abilities. With the example of Drizzle, Pelipper could've just had "DrizzleGen. 7+ instead of writing it outside the table. Second, more important example, is of ability Scrappy for Kangaskhan. It could've just say that it got the ability in generation IV when it was introduced, but instead at the bottom there are five almost identical sentences that readers need to "ignore abilities introduced later" and there will be more each new generation. These pages literally require any reader to check each ability and each Pokemon manually to find out if such combination existed in particular generation.--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket]] [[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Grunt]]''' 22:18, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
:::I feel like sups are mainly a patch for those. I don't think the current format of the Ability pages like {{a|Drizzle}} and {{a|Scrappy}} is great, but I'm not sure immediately what to do, I'd have to give things a good look over again. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 22:38, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

User talk:Watchermark

2022-11-30T02:16:21Z

Pokemaster97: Reverted edits by Donald Trump 2024 (talk) to last revision by Watchermark

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Please use them when linking to articles about moves, Pokémon, abilities, and others. A full list of them can be found {{BP|List of link templates|here}}. Thank you. --[[User:PAK Man|PAK Man]] [[User talk:PAK Man|Talk]] 20:33, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Please use link templates when linking to stuff such as Pokémon names, attacks, and the like. For example, <nowiki>{{p|Croconaw}}</nowiki> instead of just <nowiki>[[Croconaw]]</nowiki>. This is so you don't unintentionally link to a disambiguation page.

For a full crash course on link templates, look at the {{bp|list of link templates}}. --[[User:Shiningpikablu252|Shiningpikablu252]] 22:32, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
:Again. You linked to a page as <nowiki>[[Weavile]] when it should have been {{p|Weavile}}</nowiki>. This is important, so be sure you take the time to look at the {{bp|list of link templates}} and figure everything out. --[[User:Martonimos|Martonimos]][[User talk:Martonimos|((Argh]]|[[Special:Contributions/Martonimos|Blargh))]] 21:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
::This is the fourth time you have been told to use link templates. The link should be <nowiki>{{m|Chatter}}</nowiki> not <nowiki>[[Chatter]]</nowiki>. Please follow them or next time, there will be consequences. Also, its and it's DO NOT equal each other and cannot be replaced by one another. Its is the possesive forme and It's means it is, please make sure to use the correct forme. ''[[User:Moldy orange|'''Moldy''']][[User talk:Moldy orange|'''Orange''']]'' 01:31, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:::{{tt|Even if you DO use templates|Well, duh}}, use them CORRECTLY. <nowiki>{{m|Teleport}}, not {{p|Teleport}}.</nowiki> [[User:Ht14|ht14]] 22:26, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
::::Ok, I'm really sorry about any problems I've caused. I am still new to this, but I promise I will take extra care in future {{unsigned|Watchermark}}

you have broken your promise. seriously, use link templates. and sign your comments with four tildes (~ x4) -- '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|MAG]][[User:MAGNEDETH#Interesting Stuff|NE]][[User talk:MAGNEDETH|DETH]]''' 01:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
:Again, please use link templates. In your edits in [[DP096]], you did not use it. {{bp|Link templates}} makes edit easier <nowiki>(eg. {{TP|Cynthia|Garchomp}} instead of [[Cynthia's Garchomp|Garchomp]], {{p|Arceus|PokéGod}} instead of [[Arceus (Pokémon)|PokéGod]])</nowiki> and it's a policy. Thank you. '''►[[User:Kevzo8|Ҝə]][[Special:Contributions/Kevzo8|υz]][[User_talk:Kevzo8|ø8]]''' 10:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

== Toxicroak Colors ==

There is absoultely no evidence that the anime is treating the coloration as seen on [[Saturn]]'s {{p|Toxicroak}} from [[DP069]], a dead ringer for the game's [[alternate coloration]] scheme, as the normal coloration. Don't put in information saying such.

For all we know, the Pokédex displaying the same color could be a new feature of the Pokédex allowing the Pokédex to display color matches for alternate-coloration species. From what could be told, the DP069 Toxicroak is indeed of the alternate coloration. As far as [[DP086]] goes, that Toxicroak was presented as a flashback, and it could be Saturn's Toxicroak lent to somebody else, or it could be a coloring error (they've gotten wrong details in flashbacks before). There's nothing in that episode to outright deny that the anime is treating the game's alternate coloration for Toxicroak as the normal coloration.

Trust me, if Saturn's Toxicroak is indeed not meant to be of the alternate coloration, its colors will be switched to the game's normal coloration the next time it appears. The odds of that are unlikely, since if Saturn's Toxicroak really were meant to be normal-colored, its colors would have been changed when DP069 aired dubbed...--[[User:Shiningpikablu252|Shiningpikablu252]] 16:26, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

== Hi ==

I know it must be annoying for you to recieve all these "use link templates" comment, but there's a template for abilities, too. {{template|a}}.--The [[Blastoise (Pokémon)|Kk]][[Gary's Blastoise|ll]][[Blastoise (TCG)|nn]][[User:Kkllnn|ator]] [[User Talk:Kkllnn| カメックス]] 21:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, sorry about that. I've been really careful to use corrct templates, I don't know how that slipped me by. Won't happen again. (WatcherMark)

== Entries ==

Please don't add the Pokedex entries to the Pokémon pages. There is a seperate page for that. I just can't find it yet. [[User:Jmath|'''Jm''']][[User talk:Jmath|'''a''']][[Special:Contributions/Jmath|'''th''']] 22:55, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Only there's a anime Pokédex entry for Buneary on it's main page, and in the interest of completeness I think we should have anime Pokédex entries (Watchermark)

== Signing ==
When you sign comments, '''''always''''' put four tildes after the every comment (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). Thank you. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 20:00, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

== Its and It's ==

Don't confuse them together. "It's" is the contraction of it is, while "its" is the posesive form. Remember that.--[[User:Force Fire|FF]]([[Special:Contributions/Force Fire|edits]]-[[User talk:Force Fire|talk]]) 15:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

== Move used template ==

Please use the correct parameter for {{template|anmu}}, please. Thanks, '''[[User:Kevzo8|Kev]][[User_talk:Kevzo8|zo8]]''' 12:41, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I thought I was. I was just copying and pasting the tables from others pages? [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 12:44, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
:here's how (w/o image):
:<nowiki>{{anmu/h|type1|type2 (optional)}}</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{anmu|movetype|move|when (Epicode+no) or if movie, movie title|title or movie title}}</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{anmu/f|type2|no}}</nowiki>

:with image:
:<nowiki>{{anmu/h|type1|type2 (optional)|row=no. of moves+1|pic=name.png/jpg|move=what the image shows}} </nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{anmu|movetype|move|when (Epicode+no) or if movie, movie title|title or movie title}}</nowiki>
:<nowiki>{{anmu/f|type2}}</nowiki>
:'''[[User:Kevzo8|Kev]][[User_talk:Kevzo8|zo8]]''' 13:10, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

== Anime Dex Project ==

Hi, I saw that you deleted all of the entries for no Pokédex entry. I had a method going and now you messed it up by deleting all of those. When I redo it all please do not delete them. –[[User:MasterKenobi|MasterKenobi]] 00:03, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok sorry. Won't happen again. [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 09:31, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

==DP002 and DP003==
I may be a little late noticing this, but I found that you expanded the synopsis for [[DP002]] with parts from [[DP003]]. Is there a specific reason why? When I revised the DP002 synopsis, I wrote it as I watched the episode from the DVD. That episode ended with a shot of Paul, not with Team Rocket taking Pikachu. --[[User:Rockersk08|rock]][[User talk:Rockersk08|ersk]][[Special:Contributions/Rockersk08|08]] 00:11, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I must have been watching the combined version, which had different cut-off points. I've corrected this, apologies. [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 21:02, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

== Anime Pokédex entries ==

Please, when adding anime dex entries, put a title in it, and also italicize ''Diamond & Pearl''. For example:

===Pokédex entries===
{{Animedexheader|Sinnoh}}
{{Animedexbody|DP121|Snover|Ash's Pokédex|Snover, the Frost Tree Pokémon. Snover live mainly on snowy mountains with little human contact, but are known to approach people out of curiosity.}}
{{Animedexfooter/Pokémon|''Diamond & Pearl''|Sinnoh}}

Thanks. -- [[User:RikkiKitsune|R<s>ikki</s>]][[User talk:RikkiKitsune|Kitsune]] 23:52, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

== Pokémon templates ==

There are some things you should know about the Anime Pokémon template. You need to start putting the correct coding so that it looks right. For example: When you have a person with only one Pokémon, be sure that you put '''b''' after '''note='''. In other words, '''note=b'''. B stands for ''body''. If you have multiple Pokémon, the first box should always have '''note=h''', h standing for ''header'' and the last box should have '''note=f''', f standing for ''footer''. For the boxes in between the header and the footer, leave the note= blank. Hope this makes sense to you. Ask me if you have anymore questions. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 23:25, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
:Also, while we are on the subject, categorize the images you upload for those templates: every image needs categorized by Pokémon name in order to organize all the images. More often than not, there is already an image of whatever you are uploading, so just categorize and I will take care of duplicates. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 23:27, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

== Befriended Pokémon for main characters ==

We don't do that. It's not allowed. The only main character that's allowed to have befriended Pokémon noted is Max. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 20:17, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Ok, sorry about that. But I do feel that the Lake Guardians should be added to the rosters somewhere as they were actually commanded by the main characters during DP152. [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 00:42, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

== To quote policy ==

"If any user besides an administrator wishes to change an image for any anime article or section, they must obtain the permission of an administrator before changing the image." ([[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy]]) Consider this your warning. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 22:14, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
::Is it still ok for me to add pictures (say for Pokémon bios on the COTD pages) or switch JPG images with PNGs [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 01:51, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

== Image relinks ==

Would you mind replacing all occurrences of those jpgs with the new pngs and then tagging the files on the Archives for deletion? It would save me running after you. This includes other people's userpages. Cheers. —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 11:19, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

== Requests? ==

Can I possibly ask you some image requests. I've seen some of your uploads, and I'm very impressed. If you can take requests, I'll have you some right here: picture of [[Eusine]]'s Alakazam, pics for [[Team Go-Getters]]'s move templates, and better resolution versions from [[Blaine's Magmar]]'s move pics and [[Gary's Blastoise]]'s main pic. Just let me know if you accept, so I'll known if I can possibly post you more requests in the future. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] 14:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

== One statement TCG sections ==

Never ever ever get the <nowiki>*</nowiki>. No exceptions. ''[[User:Maverick Nate|'''Maverick''']][[User talk:Maverick Nate|'''Nate''']]'' 21:24, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
:Sorry, I thought they'd just been forgotten. I'll leave the TCG section alone. [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 21:32, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

== Game linking ==

Meaning "versions". {{template|game}}. {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}. {{game|Crystal}}. {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}. '''[[User:TTEchidna|''TTE'']][[User talk:TTEchidna|chidna]]''' 01:57, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

== Hey ==

Just wanted to remind you of the {{bp|image reversion policy}}. You did not ask before changing the image on [[Ash's Heracross]] - and it has also been decided that the old image was better - thus it has been reverted. Please refrain from doing the same in the future. Thanks! [[User:Umeko|梅子]][[User talk:Umeko|❀]][[Special:Contributions/Umeko|✿]] 00:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
:Sorry about that. My browser was still showing the 'Heracross sucking on Bulbasaur' picture... but you're right. I should have asked first. I won't forget in future.[[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 09:10, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

== Wynaut Splash?!==

Why do you hink Wynaut used Splash, i have changed it by the way but still it is seen deflecting attacks, and Splash does not do that, explain why it used Splash other than Safeguard, she did not even call the attack so how do you know?! 15:53 [[User:Roryrules123|Roryrules123]] 5 September 2010 (UTC)
: There's a few reasons that I believe that Wynaut was using Splash and not Safeguard. First, Wynaut was jumping up and down which is how Splash works in the anime (as it did in EP158). Second, Dawn's Togekiss has used Safeguard several times recently and it's always been shown to produce a green forcefield whereas Wynaut's feet were simply glowing when it deflects the Poison Sting. Third, if Wynaut was using Safeguard then it wouldn't have got poisoned. Because of these I am certain Splash was being used. I appreciate that Splash is supposed to do nothing but the anime has been known to take liberties with the way moves work. [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] 16:13, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, good enough reason, sorry about the shouting :) 11:55 [[User:Roryrules123|Roryrules123]] 15 September 2010 (UTC)

== Team Rocket ==

Until they have an absence from an episode, they are staying unhidden. Please do not hide them. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 03:14, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

== Preview button ==

I appreciate your help but please use the preview button while editing, instead of making multiple edits to the same article in a short period of time, which also is beneficial for our server. Thank you, have a nice day. ♫♪[[User:Adyniz|'''エイデ''']][[User talk:Adyniz|'''ィニズ''']]♪♫ 14:14, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

== Episode article editing while airing ==

We wish that you wouldn't edit the episode articles until the episode has finished airing. Other users are trying to add the information all at once to avoid repeated saving. That way, the article can be saved with all the information after the episode's airing. So if you would kindly in the future, please wait until an episode is finished airing before editing. Thank you. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 10:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

PS: That also means waiting until after the preview is shown. So we can add miscellaneous information such as narration trivia and Oak's lecture. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 10:26, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

:Again, please try to avoid editing the articles while the episode is airing. Thanks. --[[Tracey Sketchit|'''ケンジ''']][[User talk:Kenji-girl|'''の''']][[User:Kenji-girl|'''ガール''']] 10:16, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

== Preview button ==

Please use the preview button while contributing, you just made 3 edits to the same article in 2 minutes. Kindly take care of it next time. ♫♪[[User:Adyniz|'''エイデ''']][[User talk:Adyniz|'''ィニズ''']]♪♫ 12:11, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

== Disambiguation pages... ==

...are '''only''' to be made when the Pokemon itself has an article. Brav doesn't have his own article, therefore, Rufflet and Braviary do not need those. [[User:Ataro|Ataro]] 23:12, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

== A couple of things you ought to know... ==

Don't add anymore trivia. It's on the header of every page you visit on Bulbapedia. Additionally, use the preview button next to the Save Page button, so you can see if your edit is perfect the first time around. Just so you don't clog up the recent changes. Thanks. --[[User:YoshisWorld|'''☆Yoshis''']][[User talk:YoshisWorld|'''World☆''']] 22:23, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

== BW061 ==

Please [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User_talk:Manaphy1#Boldore read this] and do not forget to check the rc/history of the article before adding something. If you are still not contented, please try discussing it on the respective article's talk page. Thanks, have a nice day ahead. ♫♪ [[User:Adyniz|'''エイデ''']][[User talk:Adyniz|'''ィニズ''']] ♪♫ 16:07, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

== Your edit to EP002 ==

I saw your edit to [[EP002]], where you replaced most uses of "Misty" with "the girl". While Misty's name was not known until later in the episode, her name is known now, and I believe we should use it in order to minimize confusion. [[User:Pokegen master|Pokegen master]] ([[User talk:Pokegen master|talk]]) 01:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

== Alex Davis ==

What's your source? What was the name of this contest? When was it held? There seems to be no information about it. {{unsigned|Rosebr10}}

I asked about Alex Davis's voice on the forum and had it confirmed by the mods who linked to a post from Davis himself. [[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] ([[User talk:Watchermark|talk]]) 00:23, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

== Genders ==

You been here long enough to know this, genders are only confirmed through either by being explicitly stated or through Attract/Cute Charm. Gender stereotypes is '''not''' how we determine genders, a guy can act like a girl (and vice versa) and the act of attraction is not the same as the move Attract.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 04:43, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
:I was actually determining Pinsir's gender not through its actions but the fact that Heracross had a male horn and the anime has stated explicitly that attraction only occurs between males and females.[[User:Watchermark|Watchermark]] ([[User talk:Watchermark|talk]]) 13:04, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

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== [[Primal Reversion]] and [[Weather trio]] ==

I have removed the greater part of your edits to those pages since they matched information on Serebii.net more or less verbatim. I don't know if you necessarily copied from Serebii or if perhaps you copied from the game's script (and Serebii did too), but for now I'm just being safe. But just in case, you should know that copying information from Serebii's site is unacceptable. Even if you did copy from the game's script (or the ORAS site), I don't think that's really appropriate. The tone of our wiki is not the same as the game's script or the ORAS site; if you want to add such information, you should summarize and/or reword things to make it more your own and appropriate for Bulbapedia. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 00:45, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Okay, but I want help on those the correct way please.{{unsigned|Jacob9594}}

== Mega Evolution Bios ==

Hello. I see you've been adding biologies for the new Mega Evolutions. That's great. However, please work on your grammar and sentence structure. I am going to revert some of these simply because the grammar just it's quite what it needs to be for an encyclopedic site. We try very hard to aim for professional level writing. Thanks! [[User:Crystal Talian|Crystal]] [[User talk:Crystal Talian|Talian]] 06:20, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Tnaks bro, I was hoping some will help me on that. Sorry about the grammar. Its challenging to describe a Pokemon's appearance. Appriciate the help. Jacob9594 06:00, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

== Citation in Biology Section ==

Hello! When adding something to the biology section of a Pokemon page, you need to state and link your source in the section. Just stating your source in the edit summary isn't enough. Thanks! [[User:Crystal Talian|Crystal]] [[User talk:Crystal Talian|Talian]] 05:05, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

== Legendary trios ==

The fact that Meloetta interacted with the [[Forces of Nature]] in the anime is insufficient evidence of it being the master. The games treat Meloetta as an independent entity, and it cannot control weather, unlike the Forces of Nature. Trios and their masters have a joining characteristic; Meloetta has no such characteristic. [[User:Berrenta|Berrenta]] ([[User talk:Berrenta|talk]]) 16:30, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 16:31, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

== Height/weight trivia ==

I don't know if there's any sort of rule about this, but IMO it is only valid to consider types for height/weight trivia, not Legendary status or anything else. While I think we may consider such combinations for BST trivia, in that case, there is sort of a reason for it (in part because Pokemon battles around the fandom are often sorted into tiers which roughly correspond to Legendary and not; and in part just because Legendary Pokemon almost always have strong stats). Height/weight, though, only have a ''very'' narrow importance, so IMO it's best to allow only one qualifier for such trivia: type.

Also, please use "shortest" instead of "smallest", as "small" can be synonymous with either "short" or "light" and so can be confusing. Thanks. =) [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 22:18, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
:As side note, few of what you added wasn't even true (Hariyama is as tall as Mega Mewtwo X and Flabebe is far lighter than Klefki). [[User:Eridanus|Eridanus]] ([[User talk:Eridanus|talk]]) 06:49, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks for the head ups. Also could you guys work on describing the Megaevoltion of Swapert, Latias, and Latios please.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 18:19, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

== Plagiarism ==

Please, please, please, '''do not''' copy-paste text directly from the official website, as you did on {{p|Cosmog}}'s page. This is plagiarism. If you want to fill out the Biology sections, please paraphrase instead of copying text directly. Thanks. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 18:27, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Okay I will do tatl, sorry about that Sir.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 18:50, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

:I reiterate: Please '''do not plagiarize'''. You did this again on {{p|Greninja}}'s page. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 05:40, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Alright, but can I ask a question, who comes some of the other Pokemon like Zyagrde, Solgaleo and Lunala, who official imfomation form the official Sun and Moon website aren't consider plagiarizing? --[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 05:42, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
:You can use the information if you rephrase it in your own words. Copy-pasting is plagiarism; paraphrasing is not. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 05:45, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Okay, if I ever copy that again form the official website, I will rephrase in my own words, thanks or explaining it--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 05:48, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
:Hello. I just wanted to remind you to please watch your grammar when rephrasing things; some of your edits came out a little nonsensical. Also, please keep in mind that rephrasing involves more than changing a few words here and there, that's still borderline plagiarism. You should completely reconsider the information, and integrate it into the biology section where it's needed rather than just tack it onto the end if possible. Finally, make sure the information your adding isn't already there. Thanks! [[User:Crystal Talian|Crystal]] [[User talk:Crystal Talian|Talian]] 08:00, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Alright--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 13:08, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

== Ultra Beasts ==

Hi! I'd like to ask you to please refrain from editing mainspace pages to say that {{p|Cosmog}} and its family are [[Ultra Beast]]s. Honestly, I haven't played far enough to judge this fully myself, but I am informed by people I trust that it is '''not''' certain that Cosmog and company are Ultra Beasts.

Bulbapedia strives for accuracy, so I'm going to remove the claims that they are from the pages I can find. If you believe they are Ultra Beasts, I want to ask you to please discuss it on an appropriate talk page. If you can present solid evidence for your case, we will be happy to re-add it at that point. Until then, I hope you can understand our position on this matter. Thanks! [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 19:16, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

:Okay {{unsigned|‎Jacob9594}}
::FYI, please do not re-sign comments that have been tagged unsigned. This leaves a false timestamp. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 22:28, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Got it--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 22:29, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

== VA information ==

Please don't guess who voiced who, don't play by ear or assume you know, any other voice actor can have/make a similar voice. Also do not play by credits as the credits do not say who voiced who, just who has a role in the episode. If you want to gather voice actor information, you must ask them directly via any social media platform. Thank you.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 04:16, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Alight and sorry about that. Guess I am having a bit of bad luck today on incorrect information.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 04:20, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

== Spelling ==

Please be mindful of the spelling of Necrozma. It is C-R-O-Z, not C-O-R-Z. You have misspelled it almost every single time you've used it in your edits today. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 07:00, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

:Thanks for letting me know that, I aways keep making that mistake when typing Necrozma.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 14:18, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
::Please continue to be careful about this. Thanks. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 04:38, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
:::Your welcome Pumpkinking0192--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 04:40, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

== Writing quality ==

You've been adding a lot of prose lately, and in case you haven't noticed, I and other editors have had to go in behind you and fix very basic spelling and grammar errors that you should not be making. It's very frustrating to have to correct such basic things as "Wickie" for "Wicke", "Gladden" for "Gladion", "revel" for "reveal", and so on. Please, use the preview button and read over what you've written to make sure everything is correct. Rushing to type up something as fast as you can just makes double the work for someone else. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 16:48, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Okay, I understand., sorry about that, I tend to type real fast and not my mistakes right away when posting. I do use the preview button but It end to miss out on something.Thanks for letting me know.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 16:55, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

== Necrozma ==

Please stop adding information to Necrozma's page unless it is absolutely necessary. The biology section alone has gotten massive in a short amount of time because of this. [[User:Ataro|Ataro]] ([[User talk:Ataro|talk]]) 13:27, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
::Very well then, I will stop adding information to Necrozma unless it is necessary.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 13:31, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

== Section editing ==

Hello, it is best to edit an entire page and make one big edit, rather than editing each section, it comes off as not using the preview button. It's better to do your edits all at once, rather than saying "I'll add the other info later", only to add it a few seconds later when you could've added it all in the first time. Thank you.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 03:40, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
:Hmm, thanks for the advice I will be sure to remember that.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 03:42, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

== Writing large sections ==

It's great that a lot of these history sections are getting written, but make sure your prose is free of grammatical and spelling errors (a common one I've noticed is Necrozma vs Necorzma). Additionally, I noticed that your edit for the Cosmic Duo history section made heavy use of superscript templates (such as {{sup/7|UM}}), and although these are useful, when used too much they can be a bit hard to read, and just make the section very long in general. Of course we want to have all the information, but we also don't want blocks of text that can be cut down. --[[User:Celadonkey|Celadonkey]] 02:17, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Celadonkey for the tip, good to know. I will be sure to remember that. On a side note I am curious to know, am I allow those user favorite stuff to my profile? Is that allow for non admins?--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 02:20, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
:You mean the [[Bulbapedia:Usertags|usertags]]? No, anyone can put them on their user page, as far as I've seen. --[[User:Celadonkey|Celadonkey]] 02:25, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
::Good to hear, thank you for answering my question.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 02:28, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

== Minor writing errors ==

Hey, while it's great that you are filling out articles with information, but be sure that what you write has no small errors like spelling or grammar errors. Be sure to proofread what you write, so you can scope out for any errors and fix them before saving. Thank you.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 03:48, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
::Sure thing Force Fire.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 03:49, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

== Your edits ==

First and foremost, the "Biology" sections of Pokémon articles aren't meant to be read out like Pokédex entries. That kind of writing style is meant for, well...the "Pokédex entries" sections. The "Biology" sections need to primarily describe what the Pokémon ''look like''. Second of all, please take a hard look at your English and brush it up. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 04:39, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
:I will try, sorry about the trouble I might have caused for you and mistakes I have made.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 04:44, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

== Tallest/Heaviest ==

The heaviest/tallest line in the biology section should only be reserved for the absolute tallest/heaviest of all Pokemon. The type specific info should go to the trivia section. Thank you.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 05:06, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
:Fair enough, question how come it when the edits are revised for this topic, they are not placed in trivia instead of just being deleted? Just curious that is all.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 05:08, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
::Also I added it again but this time in trivia if that is alright?--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 05:11, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
:::You can re-add them in the appropriate sections.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 05:12, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
::::Thanks man for answering my question.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 05:13, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

== Minor writing errors, again ==

I'm going to have to reiterate {{U|Force Fire}}'s earlier recommendation that you proofread your work before actually submitting it to the mainspace. You cannot expect others to proofread [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Go_%28anime%29&type=revision&diff=3104080&oldid=3104065 your edits] for you forever. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 23:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
:I don't expect people to proof read as always. I thought I have edited it correctly but clearly I have missed a few words in the lift or didn't read it thoroughly. This might happen again the future but will not deny and take responsibility for it.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 23:55, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
::What do you mean "in the lift"? [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 00:41, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
:::I meant to say in the sentence. Oi, my minds sometimes moves faster than when I start typing. Hence I tend to miss out on several things.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 00:46, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
::::Well, please be sure to use the preview button before you actually submit your edits. And look long and hard. Users can't be expected to make the same kinds of mistakes over and over again, for other users to correct it for them. [[User:GrammarFreak01|GrammarFreak01]] ([[User talk:GrammarFreak01|talk]]) 00:49, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

== Pokemon of the Year results ==

Anything lower than one is '''not''' notable. Only first place is worth noting, every other ranking is just overkill.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 18:50, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
:Alright then I will stop with the overkill Results edits now.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob9594 ]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 18:51, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
:: Also going to help you undo my mistakes as to make easier and save time.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob9594 ]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 18:56, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

== Arceus' Article ==

Sorry for undoing your edit on Arceus' Article. I thought I was undoing what that troll user did. [[User:Ratboy Jr.|Ratboy Jr.]] ([[User talk:Ratboy Jr.|talk]]) 01:13, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
::It’s alright, I was attempting to do the same thing. I forgive you, no need to worry.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob9594 ]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 02:00, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

== Editing ==

Please remember that you can edit multiple sections on a page at once. Thank you. --[[User:FinnishPokéFan92|FinnishPokéFan92]] ([[User talk:FinnishPokéFan92|talk]]) 22:21, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

== Biology Edits ==

While we appreciate the updates to Pokémon Biology sections, they tend to have a lot of typos and need to be fixed up after. A good way to see if the sentence would make sense grammatically is to say the sentence aloud and if the sentence structure feels off, it probably needs to be reworded a little. Please make sure to double check your edits in the future, please and thank you. ''[[User:Frozen Fennec|Frozen]] [[User talk:Frozen Fennec|Fennec]]'' 13:50, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
* Sorry about that, just now notice the message. I do try my best to spelling check this before reposting but sadly I do miss them even when typing them somehow. I do read out loud at times, and somehow they do feel right. I will admit they do need to get work on. Sorry again or the mistakes I thought I usually correct them or make them presentable for people to read and enjoy. i will try and work it. Sorry again for the trouble. Just want to contribute and add in any missing biology fact, given I am usually the one who tends to add them most of the time and when other do add in, its usually to fix my grammar mistakes or wording as pointed out.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob9594 ]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 13:56, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
**No need to apologize, just wanted to give you a heads up to check stuff in the future. Have a fantastic week. ''[[User:Frozen Fennec|Frozen]] [[User talk:Frozen Fennec|Fennec]]'' 13:59, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
*** Thank you for that. You have a nice week as well.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob9594 ]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 14:00, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

== A reminder ==

Once again reminding you to preview your edits thoroughly before saving. [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Strange_Ball&diff=prev&oldid=3522962 This edit] was full of basic spelling and grammar errors, and was also entirely redundant, as the same information can be found later in the article. You have been reminded about this many times, but I thought I'd be kind and give you one more friendly reminder. I '''strongly''' recommend you do whatever it takes to make sure your edits are as good as they can be before saving from now on. Thank you and have a good day. [[User:Landfish7|'''Land''']][[User talk:Landfish7|'''fish7''']] 04:51, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

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/* coding to highlight staff members in the RecentChanges, designed by User:Jioruji Derako and heavily modified by User:Kogoro. (requires manual updating!) */

/* Junior Administrators */
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span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:BigDocFan"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:BigDocFan"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:BigDocFan"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:BigDocFan"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:BigDocFan"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:BigDocFan"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:BthrussellUK"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:BthrussellUK"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:BthrussellUK"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:BthrussellUK"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:BthrussellUK"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:BthrussellUK"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Eridanus"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Eridanus"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Eridanus"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Eridanus"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Eridanus"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Eridanus"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Nescientist"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Nescientist"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Nescientist"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Nescientist"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Nescientist"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Nescientist"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Rockapheller"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Rockapheller"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Rockapheller"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Rockapheller"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Rockapheller"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Rockapheller"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:TehPerson"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:TehPerson"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:TehPerson"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:TehPerson"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:TehPerson"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:TehPerson"]

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/* Administrators */
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span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:CycloneGU"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:CycloneGU"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:CycloneGU"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:CycloneGU"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:CycloneGU"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:CycloneGU"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Carrero"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Carrero"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Carrero"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Carrero"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Carrero"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Daniel_Carrero"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Frozen_Fennec"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Frozen_Fennec"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Frozen_Fennec"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Frozen_Fennec"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Frozen_Fennec"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Frozen_Fennec"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Ht14"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Ht14"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Ht14"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Ht14"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Ht14"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Ht14"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:MisterE13"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:MisterE13"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:MisterE13"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:MisterE13"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:MisterE13"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:MisterE13"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Ruixiang95"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Ruixiang95"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Ruixiang95"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Ruixiang95"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Ruixiang95"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Ruixiang95"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Wowy"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Wowy"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Wowy"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Wowy"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Wowy"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Wowy"]

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/* Senior Administrators */
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87%E8%B6%85%E9%BE%8D"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87%E8%B6%85%E9%BE%8D"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87%E8%B6%85%E9%BE%8D"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87%E8%B6%85%E9%BE%8D"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87%E8%B6%85%E9%BE%8D"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87%E8%B6%85%E9%BE%8D"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Blazingfist"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Blazingfist"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Blazingfist"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Blazingfist"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Blazingfist"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Blazingfist"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Chosen"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Chosen"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Chosen"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Chosen"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Chosen"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Chosen"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Nuva-kal"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Nuva-kal"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Nuva-kal"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Nuva-kal"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Nuva-kal"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Nuva-kal"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Tiddlywinks"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Tiddlywinks"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Tiddlywinks"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Tiddlywinks"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Tiddlywinks"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Tiddlywinks"]

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/* Bureaucrats */
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Adil"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Adil"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Adil"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Adil"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Adil"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Adil"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:ArcToraphim"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:ArcToraphim"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:ArcToraphim"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:ArcToraphim"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:ArcTroaphim"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:ArcToraphim"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:G50"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:G50"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:G50"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:G50"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:G50"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:G50"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Maverick_Nate"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Maverick_Nate"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Maverick_Nate"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Maverick_Nate"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Maverick_Nate"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Maverick Nate"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Zesty_Cactus"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Zesty_Cactus"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Zesty_Cactus"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Zesty_Cactus"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Zesty_Cactus"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Zesty_Cactus"]

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/* Editorial Board */

span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Pokemaster97"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Pokemaster97"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Pokemaster97"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Pokemaster97"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Pokemaster97"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Pokemaster97"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Abcboy"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Abcboy"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Abcboy"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Abcboy"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Abcboy"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Abcboy"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Ataro"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Ataro"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Ataro"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Ataro"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Ataro"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Ataro"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Darkeiya"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Darkeiya"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Darkeiya"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Darkeiya"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Darkeiya"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Darkeiya"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Force_Fire"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Force_Fire"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Force_Fire"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Force_Fire"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Force_Fire"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Force_Fire"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Glik"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Glik"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Glik"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Glik"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Glik"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Glik"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:SnorlaxMonster"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:SnorlaxMonster"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:SnorlaxMonster"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:SnorlaxMonster"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:SnorlaxMonster"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:SnorlaxMonster"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Spriteit"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Spriteit"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Spriteit"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Spriteit"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Spriteit"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Spriteit"]

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/* Webmasters */
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span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Evkl"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Evkl"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Evkl"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Evkl"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Evkl"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Evkl"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:MAGNEDETH"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:MAGNEDETH"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:MAGNEDETH"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:MAGNEDETH"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:MAGNEDETH"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:MAGNEDETH"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:DigBMGF"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:DigBMGF"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:DigBMGF"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:DigBMGF"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:DigBMGF"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:DigBMGF"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Enzap"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Enzap"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Enzap"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Enzap"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Enzap"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Enzap"]

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/* Kogoro */
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span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Clarky13"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Clarky13"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Clarky13"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Clarky13"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Clarky13"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Clarky13"],
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span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:ElectAbuzzzz"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:ElectAbuzzzz"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:ElectAbuzzzz"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:ElectAbuzzzz"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:ElectAbuzzzz"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:ElectAbuzzzz"],
span.history-user [href="/wiki/User:Fabu-Vinny"], body.ns--1 div.mw-body [href="/wiki/User:Fabu-Vinny"], div#mw-diff-otitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Fabu-Vinny"], div#mw-diff-ntitle2 [href="/wiki/User:Fabu-Vinny"], div.mw-warning-with-logexcerpt [href="/wiki/User:Fabu-Vinny"], body.ns-6 table.filehistory [href="/wiki/User:Fabu-Vinny"],
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Varoom (Pokémon)

2022-11-19T04:31:11Z

Pokemaster97: Protected "Varoom (Pokémon)" ([Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

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'''Varoom''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ブロロン''' ''Buroron'') is a dual-type {{2t|Steel|Poison}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation IX]].

It evolves into {{p|Revavroom}} starting at [[level]] 40.

==Biology==
Varoom and its evolved form, {{p|Revavroom}}, are the [[signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Spin Out}}.

==In the anime==
===Major appearances===
===Minor appearances===

==In the manga==
==In the TCG==
{{main|Varoom (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=Steel|type2=Poison}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=IX}}
{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=IX|reg1=Paldea|num1=293}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=It is said that this Pokémon was born when an unknown poison Pokémon entered and inspirited an engine left at a scrap-processing factory.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=The steel section is Varoom's actual body. This Pokémon clings to rocks and converts the minerals within into energy to fuel its activities.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}

===Game locations===
====In side games====

===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{Stats
|type=Steel
|type2=Poison
|HP=45
|Attack=70
|Defense=63
|SpAtk=30
|SpDef=45
|Speed=47
}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{TypeEffectiveness
|type1=Steel
|type2=Poison
|Normal=50
|Fighting=100
|Flying=50
|Poison=0
|Ground=400
|Rock=50
|Bug=25
|Ghost=100
|Steel=50
|Fire=200
|Water=100
|Grass=25
|Electric=100
|Psychic=100
|Ice=50
|Dragon=50
|Dark=100
|Fairy=25
|notes=yes
|steel=yes
|newpoison=½
}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/9|Varoom|Steel|Poison|9}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Lick|Ghost|Physical|30|100|30}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Poison Gas|Poison|Status|—|90|40}}
{{learnlist/level9|4|Smog|Poison|Special|30|70|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|7|Taunt|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|10|Assurance|Dark|Physical|60|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|13|Sludge|Poison|Special|65|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|17|Gyro Ball|Steel|Physical|—|100|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|21|Headbutt|Normal|Physical|70|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|25|Screech|Normal|Status|—|85|40}}
{{learnlist/level9|28|Iron Head|Steel|Physical|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|32|Swagger|Normal|Status|—|85|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|36|Poison Jab|Poison|Physical|80|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|41|Uproar|Normal|Special|90|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|46|Spin Out|Steel|Physical|100|100|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|50|Gunk Shot|Poison|Physical|120|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/levelf/9|Varoom|Steel|Poison|9}}

====By [[TM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/9|Varoom|Steel|Poison|9}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM001|Take Down|Normal|Physical|90|85|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM006|Scary Face|Normal|Status|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM007|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM013|Acid Spray|Poison|Special|40|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM018|Thief|Dark|Physical|60|100|25}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM025|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM028|Bulldoze|Ground|Physical|60|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM045|Venoshock|Poison|Special|65|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM047|Endure|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM049|Sunny Day|Fire|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM050|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM051|Sandstorm|Rock|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM059|Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Physical|80|90|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM066|Body Slam|Normal|Physical|85|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM070|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM083|Poison Jab|Poison|Physical|80|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM087|Taunt|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM091|Toxic Spikes|Poison|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM093|Flash Cannon|Steel|Special|80|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM099|Iron Head|Steel|Physical|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM102|Gunk Shot|Poison|Physical|120|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM103|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM104|Iron Defense|Steel|Status|—|—|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM148|Sludge Bomb|Poison|Special|90|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM170|Steel Beam|Steel|Special|140|95|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM171|Tera Blast|Normal|Special|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tmf/9|Varoom|Steel|Poison|9}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/9|Varoom|Steel|Poison|9}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Haze|Ice|Status|—|—|30}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Parting Shot|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Self-Destruct|Normal|Physical|200|100|5}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Torment|Dark|Status|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Toxic|Poison|Status|—|90|10}}
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Varoom|Steel|Poison|9}}

===Side game data===
===Evolution===
{{Evobox-2
|type1=Steel
|type2=Poison
|pictype=art
|no1=942
|name1=Varoom
|type1-1=Steel
|type2-1=Poison
|evo1={{bag|Rare Candy}} {{color2|000|Level|Level 40}}
|no2=943
|name2=Revavroom
|type1-2=Steel
|type2-2=Poison}}

===Sprites===

==Trivia==
* No other Pokémon has the same [[type]] [[List of Pokémon with unique type combinations|combination]] as Varoom and {{p|Revavroom|its evolved form}}.
* Varoom and its evolved form were shown in multiple trailers and gameplay showcases but remained unnamed until the release of [[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]].

===Origin===
Varoom seems to be based on a single-cylinder {{wp|car engine}}. The rocks it attaches itself to resemble wheels.

====Name origin====
Varoom may derive from ''vroom'' (onomatopeia for a car engine at high speed).

Buroron may be derived from ブルルン bururun (va-va-vroom)

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=Steel|type2=Poison
|ja=ブロロン ''Buroron''|jameaning=
|fr=Vrombi|frmeaning=From {{tt|''vroum''|vroom}} and ''{{tt|vrombir|to emit a buzzing or roaring sound}}''
|es=Varoom|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Knattox|demeaning=
|it=Varoom|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=부르롱|komeaning=
|zh_cmn=噗隆隆|zh_cmnmeaning=
|zh_yue=|zh_yuemeaning=}}
{{-}}

==Related articles==


==External links==
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Steel|type2=Poison}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Steel|prevnum=???|prev=Bellibolt|nextnum=???|next=Revavroom}}
|}
{{Project Pokédex notice}}

[[de:Knattox]]
[[es:Varoom]]
[[fr:Vrombi]]
[[it:Varoom]]
[[ja:ブロロン]]
[[zh:噗隆隆]]

Kingambit (Pokémon)

2022-11-19T04:18:38Z

Pokemaster97: Protected "Kingambit (Pokémon)" ([Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

{{Unknown Pokémon}}{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Dark|type2=Steel}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Dark|prevnum=???|prev=Toedscruel|nextnum=???|next=Clodsire}}
|}
{{Pokémon Infobox
|name=Kingambit
|jname=ドドゲザン
|tmname=Dodogezan
|type1=Dark
|type2=Steel
|category=Big Blade
|height-ftin=6'07"
|height-m=2.0
|weight-lbs=264.6
|weight-kg=120.0
|abilityn=2
|ability1=Defiant
|ability2=Supreme Overlord
|abilityd=Pressure
|egggroupn=1
|egggroup1=Human-Like
|egggroup2=
|eggcycles=20
|evtotal=3
|evhp=0
|evat=3
|evde=0
|evsa=0
|evsd=0
|evsp=0
|expyield=Unknown
|lv100exp=1000000
|gendercode=127
|color=Black
|catchrate=25
|body=Unknown
|pokefordex=kingambit
|generation=9
|friendship=50
}}
'''Kingambit''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ドドゲザン''' ''Dodogezan'') is a dual-type {{2t|Dark|Steel}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation IX]].

It [[Evolution|evolves]] from {{p|Bisharp}} upon [[level]]ing up after defeating three Bisharp that lead a pack of Pawniard while holding a [[Leader's Crest]]. It is the final form of {{p|Pawniard}}.

==Biology==
Kingambit is the [[signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Kowtow Cleave}}.

==In the anime==
===Major appearances===
===Minor appearances===

==In the manga==
==In the TCG==
{{main|Kingambit (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=Dark|type2=Steel}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=IX}}
{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=IX|reg1=Paldea|num1=369}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=Only a {{p|Bisharp}} that stands above all others in its vast army can evolve into Kingambit.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=Though it commands a massive army in battle, it's not skilled at devising complex strategies. It just uses brute strength to keep pushing.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}

===Game locations===
====In side games====

===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{Stats
|type=Dark
|type2=Steel
|HP=100
|Attack=135
|Defense=120
|SpAtk=60
|SpDef=85
|Speed=50
}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{TypeEffectiveness
|type1=Dark
|type2=Steel
|Normal=50
|Fighting=400
|Flying=50
|Poison=0
|Ground=200
|Rock=50
|Bug=100
|Ghost=50
|Steel=50
|Fire=200
|Water=100
|Grass=50
|Electric=100
|Psychic=0
|Ice=50
|Dragon=50
|Dark=50
|Fairy=100
|notes=yes
|dark=yes
|newpsychic=½
|steel=yes
|newpoison=1
}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}
{{learnlist/level9|{{tt|Evo.|Learned upon evolving}}|Kowtow Cleave|Dark|Physical|85|—|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Metal Burst|Steel|Physical|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Metal Claw|Steel|Physical|50|95|35||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Fury Cutter|Bug|Physical|40|95|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Scratch|Normal|Physical|40|100|35}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Leer|Normal|Status|—|100|30}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Kowtow Cleave|Dark|Physical|85|—|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|15|Torment|Dark|Status|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|20|Scary Face|Normal|Status|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|25|Assurance|Dark|Physical|60|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|30|Metal Sound|Steel|Status|—|85|40}}
{{learnlist/level9|35|Slash|Normal|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|40|Night Slash|Dark|Physical|70|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|45|Iron Defense|Steel|Status|—|—|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|50|Retaliate|Normal|Physical|70|100|5}}
{{learnlist/level9|57|Iron Head|Steel|Physical|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|64|Swords Dance|Normal|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|71|Guillotine|Normal|Physical|—|30|5}}
{{learnlist/levelf/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}

====By [[TM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM001|Take Down|Normal|Physical|90|85|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM006|Scary Face|Normal|Status|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM007|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM012|Low Kick|Fighting|Physical|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM018|Thief|Dark|Physical|60|100|25||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM025|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM027|Aerial Ace|Flying|Physical|60|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM030|Snarl|Dark|Special|55|95|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM031|Metal Claw|Steel|Physical|50|95|35||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM036|Rock Tomb|Rock|Physical|60|95|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM039|Low Sweep|Fighting|Physical|65|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM043|Fling|Dark|Physical|—|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM047|Endure|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM050|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM051|Sandstorm|Rock|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM055|Dig|Ground|Physical|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM057|False Swipe|Normal|Physical|40|100|40}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM058|Brick Break|Fighting|Physical|75|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM059|Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Physical|80|90|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM061|Shadow Claw|Ghost|Physical|70|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM062|Foul Play|Dark|Physical|95|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM065|Air Slash|Flying|Special|75|95|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM070|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM081|Grass Knot|Grass|Special|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM082|Thunder Wave|Electric|Status|—|90|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM083|Poison Jab|Poison|Physical|80|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM085|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM087|Taunt|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM088|Swords Dance|Normal|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM093|Flash Cannon|Steel|Special|80|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM094|Dark Pulse|Dark|Special|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM099|Iron Head|Steel|Physical|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM103|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM104|Iron Defense|Steel|Status|—|—|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM105|X-Scissor|Bug|Physical|80|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM116|Stealth Rock|Rock|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM134|Reversal|Fighting|Physical|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM150|Stone Edge|Rock|Physical|100|80|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM152|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM158|Focus Blast|Fighting|Special|120|70|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM163|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM170|Steel Beam|Steel|Special|140|95|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM171|Tera Blast|Normal|Special|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tmf/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Headbutt|Normal|Physical|70|100|15}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Mean Look|Normal|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Quick Guard|Fighting|Status|—|—|15}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Sucker Punch|Dark|Physical|70|100|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}

====By a prior [[evolution]]====
{{learnlist/prevoh/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}
{{learnlist/prevo9null}}
{{learnlist/prevof/9|Kingambit|Dark|Steel|9}}

===Side game data===
===Evolution===
{{Evobox-3
|type1=Dark
|type2=Steel
|pictype=art
|no1=624
|name1=Pawniard
|type1-1=Dark
|type2-1=Steel
|evo1={{bag|Rare Candy}} {{color2|000|Level|Level 52}}
|no2=625
|name2=Bisharp
|type1-2=Dark
|type2-2=Steel
|evo2={{Bag/s|Leader's Crest|SV}} {{color2|000|Level|Level up}} after defeating three opponent Bisharp while holding a {{color2|000|Leader's Crest}}
|no3=1006
|name3=Kingambit
|type1-3=Dark
|type2-3=Steel
}}

===Sprites===

==Trivia==
* No other Pokémon has the same [[List of Pokémon with unique type combinations|type combination]] as Kingambit and its pre-evolved forms.
**The types they have are also the two types that were introduced in Generation II.

===Origin===
Kingambit may be based on a {{wp|samurai}} and a feudal era Japanese military commander.

====Name origin====
Kingambit may derive from ''king'' and ''gambit''; both words are applicable terms used in {{wp|chess}} (including in the move known as the {{wp|King's Gambit}}).

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=Dark|type2=Steel
|ja=ドドゲザン ''Dodogezan''|jameaning=
|fr=Scalpereur|frmeaning=From ''{{tt|scalper|scalp}}'' or ''scalpel'' and ''{{tt|empereur|emperor}}''
|es=Kingambit|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Gladimperio|demeaning=
|it=Kingambit|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=대도각참|komeaning=
|zh_cmn=仆刀将军|zh_cmnmeaning=
|zh_yue=|zh_yuemeaning=}}
{{-}}

==Related articles==


==External links==
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Dark|type2=Steel}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Dark|prevnum=???|prev=Toedscruel|nextnum=???|next=Clodsire}}
|}
{{Project Pokédex notice}}

[[de:Gladimperio]]
[[es:Kingambit]]
[[fr:Scalpereur]]
[[it:Kingambit]]
[[ja:ドドゲザン]]
[[zh:仆斩将军]]

Veluza (Pokémon)

2022-11-19T04:16:39Z

Pokemaster97: Protected "Veluza (Pokémon)" ([Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

{{Unknown Pokémon}}{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Water|type2=Psychic}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Water|prevnum=???|prev=Dondozo|nextnum=???|next=Finizen}}
|}
{{Pokémon Infobox
|name=Veluza
|jname=ミガルーサ
|jtranslit=Migarūsa
|tmname=Migarūsa
|image=932Veluza.png
|type1=Water
|type2=Psychic
|category=Jettison
|height-ftin=8'02"
|height-m=2.5
|weight-lbs=198.4
|weight-kg=90
|abilityn=1
|ability1=Mold Breaker
|ability2=
|abilityd=Sharpness
|egggroupn=1
|egggroup1=Water 2
|egggroup2=
|eggcycles=20
|evtotal=2
|evhp=0
|evat=2
|evde=0
|evsa=0
|evsd=0
|evsp=0
|expyield=Unknown
|lv100exp=800000
|gendercode=127
|color=Gray
|catchrate=100
|body=Unknown
|pokefordex=veluza
|generation=9
|friendship=50
}}
'''Veluza''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ミガルーサ''' ''Migarūsa'') is a dual-type {{2t|Water|Psychic}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation IX]].

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

==Biology==
Veluza is the [[signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Fillet Away}}.

==In the anime==
===Major appearances===
===Minor appearances===

==In the manga==
==In the TCG==
{{main|Veluza (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=Water|type2=Psychic}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=IX}}
{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=IX|reg1=Paldea|num1=373}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=When Veluza discards unnecessary flesh, its mind becomes honed and its psychic power increases. The spare flesh has a mild but delicious flavor.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=Veluza has excellent regenerative capabilities. It sheds spare flesh from its body to boost its agility, then charges at its prey.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}
===Game locations===
====In side games====

===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{Stats
|type=Water
|type2=Psychic
|HP= 90
|Attack= 102
|Defense=73
|SpAtk= 78
|SpDef= 65
|Speed= 70}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{TypeEffectiveness
|type1=Water
|type2=Psychic
|Normal=100
|Fighting=50
|Flying=100
|Poison=100
|Ground=100
|Rock=100
|Bug=200
|Ghost=200
|Steel=50
|Fire=50
|Water=50
|Grass=200
|Electric=200
|Psychic=50
|Ice=50
|Dragon=100
|Dark=200
|Fairy=100}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/9|Veluza|Water|Psychic|9}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Tackle|Normal|Physical|40|100|35}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Aqua Jet|Water|Physical|40|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|7|Pluck|Flying|Physical|60|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|11|Water Pulse|Water|Special|60|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|15|Focus Energy|Normal|Status|—|—|30}}
{{learnlist/level9|20|Slash|Normal|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|25|Aqua Cutter|Water|Physical|70|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|30|Fillet Away|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|35|Night Slash|Dark|Physical|70|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|40|Psycho Cut|Psychic|Physical|70|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|45|Liquidation|Water|Physical|85|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|50|Crunch|Dark|Physical|80|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|55|Final Gambit|Fighting|Special|—|100|5}}
{{learnlist/levelf/9|Veluza|Water|Psychic|9}}

====By [[TM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/9|Veluza|Water|Psychic|9}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM001|Take Down|Normal|Physical|90|85|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM004|Agility|Psychic|Status|—|—|30}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM007|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM010|Ice Fang|Ice|Physical|65|95|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM011|Water Pulse|Water|Special|60|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM022|Chilling Water|Water|Special|50|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM034|Icy Wind|Ice|Special|55|95|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM041|Stored Power|Psychic|Special|20|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM047|Endure|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM050|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM052|Snowscape|Ice|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM059|Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Physical|80|90|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM063|Psychic Fangs|Psychic|Physical|85|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM066|Body Slam|Normal|Physical|85|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM070|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM077|Waterfall|Water|Physical|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM085|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM103|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM106|Drill Run|Ground|Physical|80|95|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM108|Crunch|Dark|Physical|80|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM110|Liquidation|Water|Physical|85|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM120|Psychic|Psychic|Special|90|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM123|Surf|Water|Special|90|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM135|Ice Beam|Ice|Special|90|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM138|Psychic Terrain|Psychic|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM142|Hydro Pump|Water|Special|110|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM143|Blizzard|Ice|Special|110|70|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM152|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM163|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM171|Tera Blast|Normal|Special|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tmf/9|Veluza|Water|Psychic|9}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/9|Veluza|Water|Psychic|9}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Recover|Normal|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Thrash|Normal|Physical|120|100|10}}
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Veluza|Water|Psychic|9}}

===Side game data===
===Evolution===
{{Evobox-1
|type1=Water
|type2=Psychic
|pictype=art
|no1=932
|name1=Veluza
|type1-1=Water
|type2-1=Psychic}}

===Sprites===

==Trivia==

===Origin===

====Name origin====
Veluza may be a combination of the words ''velocity'' and ''Merluza'', the spanish word for hake fish

Migarusa may be the combination of the words 身軽 migaru (agile) and 魚 sakana (fish)

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=Water|type2=Psychic
|ja=ミガルーサ ''Migarūsa''|jameaning=
|fr=Délestin|frmeaning=From {{tt|''délester''|to unburden}} and possibly {{tt|''colin''|generic term for various species of fish including the hake fish}} or {{tt|''festin''|feast}}
|es=Veluza|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Agiluza|demeaning=
|it=Veluza|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=가비루사|komeaning=
|zh_cmn=轻身鳕|zh_cmnmeaning=
|zh_yue=|zh_yuemeaning=}}
{{-}}

==Related articles==


==External links==
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Water|type2=Psychic}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Water|prevnum=???|prev=Dondozo|nextnum=???|next=Finizen}}
|}
{{Project Pokédex notice}}

[[de:Agiluza]]
[[es:Veluza]]
[[fr:Délestin]]
[[it:Veluza]]
[[ja:ミガルーサ]]
[[zh:轻身鳕]]

Dondozo (Pokémon)

2022-11-19T04:13:04Z

Pokemaster97: Protected "Dondozo (Pokémon)" ([Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

{{Unknown Pokémon}}{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Water}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Water|prevnum=???|prev=Wugtrio|nextnum=???|next=Veluza}}
|}
{{Pokémon Infobox
|name=Dondozo
|jname=ヘイラッシャ
|jtranslit=Heirassha
|tmname=Heyrusher
|image=931Dondozo.png
|type1=Water
|category=Big Catfish
|height-ftin=39'04"
|height-m=12
|weight-lbs=485.0
|weight-kg=220
|abilityn=2
|ability1=Unaware
|ability2=Oblivious
|abilityd=Water Veil
|egggroupn=1
|egggroup1=Water 2
|egggroup2=
|eggcycles=40
|evtotal=3
|evhp=3
|evat=0
|evde=0
|evsa=0
|evsd=0
|evsp=0
|expyield=Unknown
|lv100exp=1250000
|gendercode=127
|color=Blue
|catchrate=25
|body=Unknown
|pokefordex=dondozo
|generation=9
|friendship=50
}}
'''Dondozo''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ヘイラッシャ''' ''Heyrusher'') is a {{type|Water}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation IX]].

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it interacts with {{p|Tatsugiri}} in [[Double Battle]]s via its [[signature move]], {{m|Order Up}}, and Tatsugiri's [[signature Ability]], {{a|Commander}}.

==Biology==
Dondozo is a giant piscine Pokémon. Its body has three colors: light blue at the top; dark blue in the middle; and white belly, upper lip, and fins. It has a pair of pectoral fins and a large tail fin surrounded by two smaller fins. On top of its head is a ring of six frills arranged in a circle; the two rightmost frills on the head are much longer and end in flat tips, while the other four are shorter and rounded. It has three gills on either side of its body. Its face has a short protrusion resembling a nose, dark blue lips, a blue tongue, a pair of long {{wp|Barbel (anatomy)|barbels}} above its upper lip, and five barbels on its lower jaw, with one of them being longer and curled, located just below its lower lip.

Dondozo is a heavy eater. Although powerful, Dondozo is dull and not very good at hunting, so it teams up with {{p|Tatsugiri}} to hunt. Dondozo is loyal to Tatsugiri and acts as its subordinate, protecting it inside its mouth from enemies.

Dondozo is the [[signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Order Up}}.

A {{pkmn2|giant}} Dondozo, together with a giant Tatsugiri, are both known as the False Dragon Titan, one of the [[Titan Pokémon]] found in the [[Paldea]] region.

==In the anime==
===Major appearances===
===Minor appearances===

==In the manga==
==In the TCG==
{{main|Dondozo (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=Water}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=IX}}
{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=IX|reg1=Paldea|num1=374}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|t=FFF|entry=This Pokémon is a glutton, but it’s bad at getting food. It teams up with a {{p|Tatsugiri}} to catch prey.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=It treats Tatsugiri like its boss and follows it loyally. Though powerful, Dondozo is apparently not very smart.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}

===Game locations===
====In side games====

===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{Stats
|type=Water
|HP=150
|Attack=100
|Defense=115
|SpAtk=65
|SpDef=65
|Speed=35
}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{TypeEffectiveness
|type1=Water
|Normal=100
|Fighting=100
|Flying=100
|Poison=100
|Ground=100
|Rock=100
|Bug=100
|Ghost=100
|Steel=50
|Fire=50
|Water=50
|Grass=200
|Electric=200
|Psychic=100
|Ice=50
|Dragon=100
|Dark=100
|Fairy=100
}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/9|Dondozo|Water|Water|9}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Tackle|Normal|Physical|40|100|35}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Supersonic|Normal|Status|—|55|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Water Gun|Water|Special|40|100|25||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|5|Tickle|Normal|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|10|Flail|Normal|Physical|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|15|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/level9|15|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|20|Dive|Water|Physical|80|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|25|Noble Roar|Normal|Status|—|100|30}}
{{learnlist/level9|30|Soak|Water|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|35|Body Slam|Normal|Physical|85|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|40|Aqua Tail|Water|Physical|90|90|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|45|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/level9|50|Order Up|Dragon|Physical|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|55|Heavy Slam|Steel|Physical|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|60|Double-Edge|Normal|Physical|120|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|65|Wave Crash|Water|Physical|120|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/levelf/9|Dondozo|Water|Water|9}}

====By [[TM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/9|Dondozo|Water|Water|9}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM001|Take Down|Normal|Physical|90|85|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM006|Scary Face|Normal|Status|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM007|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM010|Ice Fang|Ice|Physical|65|95|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM011|Water Pulse|Water|Special|60|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM022|Chilling Water|Water|Special|50|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM025|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM028|Bulldoze|Ground|Physical|60|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM046|Avalanche|Ice|Physical|60|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM047|Endure|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM050|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM059|Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Physical|80|90|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM066|Body Slam|Normal|Physical|85|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM070|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM077|Waterfall|Water|Physical|80|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM084|Stomping Tantrum|Ground|Physical|75|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM085|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM086|Rock Slide|Rock|Physical|75|90|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM089|Body Press|Fighting|Physical|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM103|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM108|Crunch|Dark|Physical|80|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM110|Liquidation|Water|Physical|85|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM121|Heavy Slam|Steel|Physical|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM123|Surf|Water|Special|90|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM142|Hydro Pump|Water|Special|110|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM149|Earthquake|Ground|Physical|100|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM152|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM156|Outrage|Dragon|Physical|120|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM163|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM171|Tera Blast|Normal|Special|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tmf/9|Dondozo|Water|Water|9}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/9|Dondozo|Water|Water|9}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Curse|Ghost|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Fissure|Ground|Physical|—|30|5}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Thrash|Normal|Physical|120|100|10}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Yawn|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Dondozo|Water|Water|9}}

===Side game data===
===Evolution===
===Evolution===
{{Evobox-1
|type1=Water
|pictype=art
|no1=931
|name1=Dondozo
|type1-1=Water}}

===Sprites===

==Trivia==
* Dondozo is the [[list of Pokémon by height|tallest Pokémon]] introduced in [[Generation IX]].
===Origin===
Dondozo seems to be based on a {{wp|catfish}}. Dondozo may also be based on a {{wp|sushi}} chef, considering its relationship with {{p|Tatsugiri}} and the frills on its head which resembles a bandana or headband commonly worn as part of a sushi chef's uniform.

====Name origin====
Dondozo may be a combination of ''don'' (Spanish for lord) and どうぞ ''dōzo'' (Japanese for "please (help yourself)"; typically said when offering something).

Heyrusher may be a combination of 兵 ''hei'' (soldier) and a pun on いらっしゃいませ ''irasshaimase'' ("Welcome"; typically said by store attendants when greeting customers).

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=Water|type2=Water
|ja=ヘイラッシャ ''Heyrusher''|jameaning=From {{tt|兵 ''hei''|soldier}} and {{tt|いらっしゃいませ ''irasshaimase''|'Welcome'}}
|fr=Oyacata|frmeaning=From {{wp|Glossary of sumo terms#oyakata|{{tt|おやかた ''oyakata''|sumo coach}}}}
|es=Dondozo|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Heerashai|demeaning=From {{tt|いらっしゃいませ ''irasshaimase''|Japanese for 'Welcome'}}
|it=Dondozo|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=어써러셔|komeaning=
|zh_cmn=吃吼霸|zh_cmnmeaning=
|zh_yue=|zh_yuemeaning=}}
{{-}}

==Related articles==


==External links==
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Water}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Water|prevnum=???|prev=Wugtrio|nextnum=???|next=Veluza}}
|}
{{Project Pokédex notice}}

[[de:Heerashai]]
[[es:Dondozo]]
[[fr:Oyacata]]
[[it:Dondozo]]
[[ja:ヘイラッシャ]]
[[zh:吃吼霸]]

Squawkabilly (Pokémon)

2022-11-19T04:12:02Z

Pokemaster97: Protected "Squawkabilly (Pokémon)" ([Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

{{Unknown Pokémon}}{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Normal|type2=Flying}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Normal|prevnum=931|prev=Arbolvia|nextnum=933|next=Nacli}}
|}
{{Pokémon Infobox
|name=Squawkabilly
|jname=イキリンコ
|jtranslit=Ikirinko
|tmname=Ikirinko
|image=960Squawkabilly.png
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|category=Parrot
|height-ftin=2'
|height-m=0.6
|weight-lbs=5.3
|weight-kg=2.4
|abilityn=2
|abilitylayout=1+2
|ability1=Intimidate
|ability2=Hustle
|abilityd=Guts
|abilitydcaption=White Plumage and Yellow Plumage
|abilityd2=Sheer Force
|abilityd2caption=Green Plumage and Blue Plumage
|egggroupn=1
|egggroup1=Flying
|egggroup2=
|eggcycles=15
|evtotal=1
|evhp=0
|evat=1
|evde=0
|evsa=0
|evsd=0
|evsp=0
|expyield=Unknown
|lv100exp=600000
|gendercode=127
|color=Green
|formcolors=yes
|catchrate=190
|body=Unknown
|pokefordex=squawkabilly
|generation=9
|friendship=50
}}
'''Squawkabilly''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''イキリンコ''' ''Ikirinko'') is a dual-type {{2t|Normal|Flying}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation IX]].

It is not known to [[Evolution|evolve]] into or from any other Pokémon.

Squawkabilly come in {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Squawkabilly|four different appearances}}, though the only difference is what they could have as their [[Hidden Ability]].

==Biology==

==In the anime==
===Major appearances===
===Minor appearances===

==In the manga==
==In the TCG==
{{main|Squawkabilly (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=Normal|type2=Flying}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=IX}}
{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=IX|reg1=Paldea|num1=113}}
{{Dex/Form|Green Plumage}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=These Pokémon prefer to live in cities. They form flocks based on the color of their feathers, and they fight over territory.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=Green-feathered flocks hold the most sway. When they're out searching for food in the mornings and evenings, it gets very noisy.}}
{{Dex/Form|Blue Plumage}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=The largest of their flocks can contain more than 50 individuals. They fly around towns and forests, searching for food and making a racket.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=Blue-feathered Squawkabilly view their green- feathered counterparts as rivals, since the latter make up the largest, most powerful groups.}}
{{Dex/Form|Yellow Plumage}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=These Squawkabilly are hotheaded, and their fighting style is vicious. They’ll leap within reach of their foes to engage in close combat.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=The yellow Squawkabilly are especially fierce. They've even been known to drive other bird Pokémon out of town.}}
{{Dex/Form|White Plumage}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=This Pokémon dislikes being alone. It has a strong sense of community and survives by cooperating with allies.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=Though these Squawkabilly are the fewest in number, they have no trouble living in towns since they blend in with the white buildings.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}

===Game locations===
====In side games====

===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{Stats
|type=Normal
|type2=Flying
|HP=82
|Attack=96
|Defense=51
|SpAtk=45
|SpDef=51
|Speed=92
}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{TypeEffectiveness
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|Normal=100
|Fighting=100
|Flying=100
|Poison=100
|Ground=0
|Rock=200
|Bug=50
|Ghost=0
|Steel=100
|Fire=100
|Water=100
|Grass=50
|Electric=200
|Psychic=100
|Ice=200
|Dragon=100
|Dark=100
|Fairy=100
|notes=yes
|flying=yes
|normal=yes
|newground=1
|newghost=1
}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/9|Squawkabilly|Normal|Flying|9}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Growl|Normal|Status|—|100|40}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Peck|Flying|Physical|35|100|35||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Mimic|Normal|Status|—|—|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|6|Quick Attack|Normal|Physical|40|100|30||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|10|Torment|Dark|Status|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|13|Aerial Ace|Flying|Physical|60|—|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|17|Fury Attack|Normal|Physical|15|85|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|20|Taunt|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|24|Uproar|Normal|Special|90|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|27|Copycat|Normal|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|30|Fly|Flying|Physical|90|95|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|34|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|38|Swagger|Normal|Status|—|85|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|42|Brave Bird|Flying|Physical|120|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|47|Roost|Flying|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/level9|52|Reversal|Fighting|Physical|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/levelf/9|Squawkabilly|Normal|Flying|9}}

====By [[TM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/9|Squawkabilly|Normal|Flying|9}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM001|Take Down|Normal|Physical|90|85|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM003|Fake Tears|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM006|Scary Face|Normal|Status|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM007|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM018|Thief|Dark|Physical|60|100|25}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM021|Pounce|Bug|Physical|50|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM025|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM027|Aerial Ace|Flying|Physical|60|—|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM040|Air Cutter|Flying|Special|60|95|25||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM047|Endure|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM049|Sunny Day|Fire|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM060|U-turn|Bug|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM062|Foul Play|Dark|Physical|95|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM065|Air Slash|Flying|Special|75|95|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM070|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM085|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM087|Taunt|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM097|Fly|Flying|Physical|90|95|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM103|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM113|Tailwind|Flying|Status|—|—|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM117|Hyper Voice|Normal|Special|90|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM118|Heat Wave|Fire|Special|95|90|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM130|Helping Hand|Normal|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM134|Reversal|Fighting|Physical|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM152|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM160|Hurricane|Flying|Special|110|70|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM163|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM164|Brave Bird|Flying|Physical|120|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM171|Tera Blast|Normal|Special|80|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tmf/9|Squawkabilly|Normal|Flying|9}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/9|Squawkabilly|Normal|Flying|9}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Double-Edge|Normal|Physical|120|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Final Gambit|Fighting|Special|—|100|5}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Flatter|Dark|Status|—|100|15}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Parting Shot|Dark|Status|—|100|20}}
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Squawkabilly|Normal|Flying|9}}

===Side game data===
===Evolution===
{{Evobox-1
|type1=Normal
|type2=Flying
|pictype=art
|no1=960
|name1=Squawkabilly
|type1-1=Normal
|type2-1=Flying}}

===Sprites===

==Trivia==
*Squawkabilly is the [[List of Pokémon with unique base stat totals|only Pokémon]] with a base stat total of 417.

===Origin===
Squawkabilly seems to be based on a {{wp|parakeet}} or a small {{wp|parrot}}.

====Name origin====
Squawkabilly may be a combination of ''squawk'' and ''{{wp|rockabilly}}''.

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=Normal|type2=Flying
|ja=イキリンコ ''Ikirinko''|jameaning=
|fr=Tapatoès|frmeaning=From ''{{tt|tapage|excessive noise}}'' and ''{{tt|cacatoès|cockatoo}}''
|es=Squawkabilly|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Krawalloro|demeaning=
|it=Squawkabilly|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=시비꼬|komeaning=
|zh_cmn=怒鹦哥|zh_cmnmeaning=
|zh_yue=|zh_yuemeaning=}}
{{-}}

==Related articles==


==External links==
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Normal|type2=Flying}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Normal|prevnum=???|prev=Bombirdier|nextnum=???|next=Flamigo}}
|}
{{Project Pokédex notice}}

[[de:Krawalloro]]
[[es:Squawkabilly]]
[[fr:Tapatoès]]
[[it:Squawkabilly]]
[[ja:イキリンコ]]
[[zh:怒鹦哥]]

Garganacl (Pokémon)

2022-11-19T04:10:23Z

Pokemaster97: Protected "Garganacl (Pokémon)": High traffic page ([Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

{{Unknown Pokémon}}{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Rock}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Rock|prevnum=???|prev=Naclstack|nextnum=???|next=Glimmet}}
|}
{{Pokémon Infobox
|name=Garganacl
|jname=キョジオーン
|jtranslit=Kyojiōn
|tmname=Kyojiōn
|image=965Garganacl.png
|type1=Rock
|category=Rock Salt
|height-ftin=7'07"
|height-m=2.3
|weight-lbs=529.1
|weight-kg=240
|abilityn=2
|ability1=Purifying Salt
|ability2=Sturdy
|abilityd=Clear Body
|egggroupn=1
|egggroup1=Mineral
|egggroup2=
|eggcycles=20
|evtotal=3
|evhp=0
|evat=0
|evde=3
|evsa=0
|evsd=0
|evsp=0
|expyield=Unknown
|lv100exp=1059860
|gendercode=127
|color=Brown
|catchrate=45
|body=Unknown
|pokefordex=garganacl
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'''Garganacl''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''キョジオーン''' ''Kyojiōn'') is a {{type|Rock}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation IX]].

It [[Evolution|evolves]] from {{p|Naclstack}} starting at [[level]] 38. It is the final form of {{p|Nacli}}.

==Biology==
Garganacl and its pre-evolved form, {{p|Naclstack}}, are the [[signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Salt Cure}}.

==In the anime==
===Major appearances===
===Minor appearances===

==In the manga==
==In the TCG==
{{main|Garganacl (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{Dex/Header|type=Rock}}
{{Dex/NA|gen=IX}}
{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=IX|reg1=Paldea|num1=131}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Scarlet|entry=Garganacl will rub its fingertips together and sprinkle injured Pokémon with salt. Even severe wounds will promptly heal afterward.}}
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Violet|t=FFF|entry=Many Pokémon gather around Garganacl, hoping to lick at its mineral-rich salt.}}
|}
|}
{{Dex/Footer}}

===Game locations===
====In side games====

===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{Stats
|type=Rock
|HP=100
|Attack=100
|Defense=130
|SpAtk=45
|SpDef=90
|Speed=35
}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{TypeEffectiveness
|type1=Rock
|Normal=50
|Fighting=200
|Flying=50
|Poison=50
|Ground=200
|Rock=100
|Bug=100
|Ghost=100
|Steel=200
|Fire=50
|Water=200
|Grass=200
|Electric=100
|Psychic=100
|Ice=100
|Dragon=100
|Dark=100
|Fairy=100
|notes=yes
|purifyingsalt=maybe
|newghost=½}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Hammer Arm|Fighting|Physical|100|90|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Block|Normal|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Wide Guard|Rock|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Rock Blast|Rock|Physical|25|90|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Tackle|Normal|Physical|40|100|35}}
{{learnlist/level9|1|Harden|Normal|Status|—|—|30}}
{{learnlist/level9|{{tt|Evo.|Learned upon evolving}}|Hammer Arm|Fighting|Physical|100|90|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|5|Rock Throw|Rock|Physical|50|90|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|7|Mud Shot|Ground|Special|55|95|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|10|Rock Tomb|Rock|Physical|60|95|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|13|Rock Polish|Rock|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|16|Headbutt|Normal|Physical|70|100|15}}
{{learnlist/level9|24|Salt Cure|Rock|Physical|40|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|30|Recover|Normal|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/level9|34|Rock Slide|Rock|Physical|75|90|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|40|Stealth Rock|Rock|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/level9|44|Heavy Slam|Steel|Physical|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|49|Earthquake|Ground|Physical|100|100|10}}
{{learnlist/level9|54|Stone Edge|Rock|Physical|100|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/level9|60|Explosion|Normal|Physical|250|100|5}}
{{learnlist/levelf/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}

====By [[TM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM001|Take Down|Normal|Physical|90|85|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM007|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM025|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM028|Bulldoze|Ground|Physical|60|100|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM035|Mud Shot|Ground|Special|55|95|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM036|Rock Tomb|Rock|Physical|60|95|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM043|Fling|Dark|Physical|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM046|Avalanche|Ice|Physical|60|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM047|Endure|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM049|Sunny Day|Fire|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM050|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM051|Sandstorm|Rock|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM055|Dig|Ground|Physical|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM058|Brick Break|Fighting|Physical|75|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM059|Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Physical|80|90|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM066|Body Slam|Normal|Physical|85|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM067|Fire Punch|Fire|Physical|75|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM068|Thunder Punch|Electric|Physical|75|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM069|Ice Punch|Ice|Physical|75|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM070|Sleep Talk|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM076|Rock Blast|Rock|Physical|25|90|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM084|Stomping Tantrum|Ground|Physical|75|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM085|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM086|Rock Slide|Rock|Physical|75|90|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM089|Body Press|Fighting|Physical|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM093|Flash Cannon|Steel|Special|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM099|Iron Head|Steel|Physical|80|100|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM101|Power Gem|Rock|Special|80|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM103|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM104|Iron Defense|Steel|Status|—|—|15}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM116|Stealth Rock|Rock|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM121|Heavy Slam|Steel|Physical|—|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM130|Helping Hand|Normal|Status|—|—|20}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM133|Earth Power|Ground|Special|90|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM149|Earthquake|Ground|Physical|100|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM150|Stone Edge|Rock|Physical|100|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM152|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM163|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5}}
{{learnlist/tm9|TM171|Tera Blast|Normal|Special|80|100|10}}
{{learnlist/tmf/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{learnlist/breedh/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Ancient Power|Rock|Special|60|100|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Curse|Ghost|Status|—|—|10}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Fissure|Ground|Physical|—|30|5}}
{{learnlist/breed9||Power Gem|Rock|Special|80|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}

====By a prior [[evolution]]====
{{learnlist/prevoh/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}
{{learnlist/prevo9null}}
{{learnlist/prevof/9|Garganacl|Rock|Rock|9}}

===Side game data===
===Evolution===
{{evobox-3
|pictype=art
|type1=Rock
|no1=963
|name1=Nacli
|type1-1=Rock
|evo1={{bag|Rare Candy}} {{color2|000|Level|Level 24}}
|no2=964
|name2=Naclstack
|type1-2=Rock
|evo2={{bag|Rare Candy}} {{color2|000|Level|Level 38}}
|no3=965
|name3=Garganacl
|type1-3=Rock
}}

===Sprites===

==Trivia==

===Origin===
Garganacl seems to be based on a large bipedal creature composed of {{wp|Halite|rock salt}}. Its cubic appearance seems to be inspired by the video game ''{{wp|Minecraft}}'', the highest-selling video game title of all time.
====Name origin====
Garganacl may be derived from ''gargantuan'' and ''NaCl'' (chemical formula for {{wp|sodium chloride}}; table salt).

==In other languages==
{{Other languages|type=Rock|type2=Rock
|ja=キョジオーン ''Kyojiōn''|jameaning=
|fr=Gigansel|frmeaning=From ''{{tt|gigantesque|gigantic}}'' and ''{{tt|sel|salt}}''
|es=Garganacl|esmeaning=Same as English name
|de=Saltigant|demeaning=From ''{{tt|salz|salt}}'' and ''{{tt|gigant|giant}}''
|it=Garganacl|itmeaning=Same as English name
|ko=콜로솔트|komeaning=
|zh_cmn=盐石巨灵|zh_cmnmeaning=
|zh_yue=|zh_yuemeaning=}}
{{-}}

==Related articles==


==External links==
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Rock}}
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Rock|prevnum=???|prev=Naclstack|nextnum=???|next=Glimmet}}
|}
{{Project Pokédex notice}}

[[de:Saltigant]]
[[es:Garganacl]]
[[fr:Gigansel]]
[[it:Garganacl]]
[[ja:キョジオーン]]
[[zh:盐石巨灵]]

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Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokemon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
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Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

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Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokemon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
* Please respect the directions of the Staff team; some of our rules and processes might not be obvious at first glance, but the team is there to help you perfect your contributions
* Please follow the code of conduct and the manual of style at all times!
* Please report any performance issues or bad ad activity to staff

In other news, in an effort to do some fall cleaning in preparation for Scarlet & Violet’s release, the staff will be tackling our backlog of pages needing attention. If you have any candidates you had comments or thoughts about, please do not hesitate to share on the relevant talk page or with a member of staff so we can ensure your input is kept in mind.

Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

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=2022=
==November 17==
Happy November,

It’s an exciting time to be a Pokemon fan - not only is {{Ash}} finally the World Champion after more than two decades, but {{g|Scarlet and Violet}} are finally here!

The wiki staff team have been hard at work getting ready for the swathe of new information and content that’s about to hit us, and as ever we rely on the contributions of editors to ensure Bulbapedia is useful to fans as they venture through [[Paldea]]. Before the arrival of the new generation, here are a few updates that you should know about.

Firstly, we are happy again to be able to report that the wiki will once again remain open for editing during the release period. We hope you can help! If you’re planning on uploading information , we have a few key asks and reminders for you to keep in mind:

* Please ensure that the information you upload is from reputable original sources and not simply lifted from other fansites
* Please respect the directions of the Staff team; some of our rules and processes might not be obvious at first glance, but the team is there to help you perfect your contributions
* Please follow the code of conduct and the manual of style at all times!
* Please report any performance issues or bad ad activity to staff

In other news, in an effort to do some fall cleaning in preparation for Scarlet & Violet’s release, the staff will be tackling our backlog of pages needing attention. If you have any candidates you had comments or thoughts about, please do not hesitate to share on the relevant talk page or with a member of staff so we can ensure your input is kept in mind.

Finally, it is with sadness that I announce that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has decided he would step-down from his role as Head of Anime. Adil has been a staff member for over 11 years and we are happy to hear he’s agreed to sticking around in a lesser capacity. Taking his place is another long time and hard working staff member doing great work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, who has agreed to step in as the new Head of Anime. Congratulations!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out via our Discord or forums. Good treasure hunting, Trainers!

:Pokemaster97
:Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia
==January 29==
Happy January!

It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2022 is already almost over! As January comes to a close and {{g|Legends: Arceus}} officially released worldwide, here are a few updates you should know about.

As many know, Bulbapedia experimented by remaining open during the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl release in order to test site stability and to maximize user participation. Due to the success observed last time, Bulbapedia will once again be remaining open to editing for Pokemon Legends: Arceus as well. Because this game is not a remake and may attract more traffic, staff will be monitoring site performance over the next several days and will determine if we need to reevaluate.

As a general reminder during this exciting time, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of Staff if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In other news, since we’re celebrating a new year and a new game, we thought there’d be no better time to bring on some new staff! Bulbapedia will be participating in Bulbagarden's Official 2022 Staff Drive. This time around, we’re looking for some passionate and savvy folks to join the team as {{bp|Junior Administrators}}. We’ll be accepting applications until mid-February! If you have any questions or concerns about the application or selection process, please send a direct message to {{u|Pokemaster97}} or {{u|evkl}} on the Bulbagarden Forums or the Bulbagarden Discord server.

Until next time. Happy Editing!

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=2021=
==November 19==
Happy November!

As [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] officially hit store shelves, we have some Bulbapedia updates to share.

This year, Bulbapedia will not be locking down for the new game release. It looks like these games won't introduce mechanical differences that will require big changes to pages as we've seen in times past. As a result, we are experimenting with the wiki remaining open and allowing folks to jump in head first with adding new information. If you're new to editing, please do not add information taken from other fansites - we don't allow plagiarism. This includes text, images, and data. Please reach out to a member of {{bp|Staff}} if you are looking for ideas of specific tasks or projects we are looking for help with.

In line with encouraging a wider range of users to contribute during the game release period, we have also decided to trial a new software for the [https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives] that allows all users to upload images; non-autoconfirmed users will have images placed in a moderation queue. Staff members will review and approve images if they are appropriate. As this feature is still undergoing testing, please report any feedback or issues you may experience with a member of Staff so it may be passed along to our technical team to address.

We're just as excited as you for new games - have fun being back in [[Sinnoh]], and happy editing!

:Pokemaster97
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==June 21==
Happy June!

As we continue to smooth out the final kinks with our recent upgrade to MediaWiki 1.35, we are happy to share that a few of the reported issues from the initial release have been resolved. The issue involving broken functions related to user emails have been resolved.

Additionally, a known issue of Encyclopedia Pokemonis desktop links being broken for logged out users, affecting the ability for our wiki to externally link to other language affiliates has been resolved.

Currently, Bulbapedia tech is prioritizing addressing the following issues affecting user site navigation and experience:
* A known issue of CentralAuth functionality affecting users and their ability to globally log into/link accounts
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A full list of known issues related to the MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade, as well as features and updates on our progress of addressing them, can be found on our {{bp|Technical Update Changelog|changelog}}. The changelog talk page may be used to report many new issues that have not been recorded so our tech can work to address them as soon as possible.

More updates to come!

==April 21==
The day is finally here, Bulbapedia is open again at last! Over the past several weeks, Bulbapedia tech has been hard at work behind the scenes upgrading and bringing the wiki to modern standards and cutting back on a lot of the technical debt that has accumulated over the years. Because this was the first time in quite some time we performed work of this nature, this ended up being a much lengthier process than expected. There's been a whole host of bugs that have been addressed too. Below is a small list of some of the new features that you will now encounter as you browse through the site. Note that you may also need to reset your cookies for the site due to several changes in the back-end as well.

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**'''An overall smoother site experience'''

**'''Extension:Math''' - Yes, we can finally display equations properly!
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**'''Enhanced diff pages''' - Allows for some more action options when viewing page diffs.
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**Additional features that we will announce once more testing is complete.

If you notice any bugs (aka surprise features) please don't hesitate to let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible. That being said, we are aware that some users are experiencing log in issues following the update. If you are experiencing any log in issues/lockouts, please Direct Message @BulbaTech over on the Bulbagarden Discord with the following information:
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We are also aware that features involving email such as confirming your email address is also currently unavailable. Tech is working diligently to resolve these issues.
Again, we apologize for the long maintenance period, and we thank you for your patience as we performed this much needed background work. We are extremely grateful for the hard work and many hours put in by our tech specialist, who often works thanklessly to ensure the Bulbapedia experience is as excellent as can be. We appreciate all you do!

:Pokemaster97
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==April 2==
Annddddd we’re back! As some of you may have witnessed over the past 48 hours or so, [[Team Rainbow Rocket]] interrupted and temporarily gained access to Bulbapedia during our attempt at performing our scheduled site update.

Fear not however, Bulbapedia staff has regained control of the site once again. However, there were more damage to the servers done than expected and we’ll have to keep editing locked for a *bit* longer as we repair and shore up our defenses to prevent an incident like this from occurring again. Stay tuned for a full status update later this week once this work is complete.

Thank you again for your patience and we can’t wait to be open for business again soon!

:Pokemaster97
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==March 3==
Howdy everyone. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pokemaster97 and I am the current Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia.

With the 25th Anniversary of Pokémon and Sinnoh remakes (and a prequel!) confirmed, now is a more exciting time than ever for the Bulba community. Just as [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] put a new spin on familiar stomping grounds, a few familiar faces on Bulbapedia will be shifting into new roles. Bulbagarden Chief of Staff and former Editor-in-Chief {{u|Kogoro}} has graciously decided to remain on board as Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Kogoro brings over a decade of experience and expertise and I am eternally grateful she has decided to stick around in this role.

As we move further along into 2021 and with a pending wiki update on the horizon, user experience has been a continued focus for Bulbapedia staff. In order to increase attention to these efforts, the Editorial Board will be expanding with the addition of two Special Assistant roles. These members will function as members at large on the board and will work on tasks such as:

* Staff drives/staff development
* Reviewing and updating policies (ongoing policy overhaul)
* Creating guides and user resources
* Assisting the Social Media team with running Bulbapedia’s social accounts/content creation

Please help me congratulate {{u|Spriteit}} and {{u|SnorlaxMonster}} who will be joining the Editorial Board in this role! I look forward to how Bulbapedia will continue to grow with your additions.

I end off by thanking everyone for their continued contributions and support to Bulbapedia. We wouldn’t be half of what we are without you.

:Pokemaster97
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==February 14==
Hello everyone,

Today marks the 16th anniversary of Bulbapedia's public opening. Perhaps a bit of an unbelievable undertaking back in 2005, when {{game|Emerald}} was set to come to North America in less than three months and mark the conclusion of [[Generation III]]. Today, we're deep into [[Generation VIII]] with {{g|Sword and Shield}} and their [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass|expansions]].

Bulbapedia would not be here today, 16 years later, if it wasn't for the support, edits, and countless hours given by the thousands of editors over these many many years. I would like to personally extend our immense gratitude to all editors who have helped to make Bulbapedia what it is today, and we can't wait to see what Bulbapedia will be like in another 16 years.

2021 marks the [[Pokémon 25th Anniversary]], starting on February 27. As information continues to be revealed about the festivities and releases that we will get to see this year, we can't wait to see how much Bulbapedia will grow with this exciting new year of Pokémon.

It is also with an extremely heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be retiring as Bulbapedia's {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}}, effective on February 17th. Bulbapedia has been a fairly significant part of my free time since I joined back in May of 2008, a wide-eyed girl with a very basic understanding of wiki editing. I joined Bulbapedia's staff in December of that same year through the old {{bp|nominations for administratorship}} program, the final person brought on board in the program.

In May 2009 I joined the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, and I became Editor-in-Chief on February 17, 2014. It's been an absolutely amazing seven years as Editor-in-Chief, and it's been an absolute honour and privilege to get to serve in the role for almost half of Bulbapedia's existence to date. I cannot thank everyone I have worked with in this over 12 year journey enough, but thank you so very much for all of the amazing years.

Taking over as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief will be my deputy, {{u|Pokemaster97}}. He is extremely driven, has been a wonderful deputy to work closely with for almost three years, and has excelled at being a community leader. Please be sure to give him a great welcome to the role, and I look forward to Bulbapedia's future under his leadership.

Happy 2021, Happy 16 Years, and Happy Pokémon 25th!

:Kogoro
:Departing Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2020=
==October 8==
Hope you're all having a great start to October!

Effective today, {{u|Maverick Nate}} is stepping down from his {{bp|Editorial Board}} position as Bulbapedia's Head of TCG. Bulbapedia's TCG section has grown astoundingly under Nate leading the section for the last 9 years, and his over decade of time on the Editorial Board. We all wish him the best with his future endeavors, and this well-deserved retirement.

With Nate's departure, this leaves a significant vacancy in Bulbapedia's Editorial Board. We are happy to announce that {{u|glik}} will be taking over as Bulbapedia's new Head of TCG, also effective today. Welcome to the Editorial Board, glik, we know you will do well!

Happy editing, everyone!

==September 10==
Happy September everyone!

As we continue our work with updating, reviewing, and clarifying our policies, we also wanted to take time to make some staffing shuffles to support the growth of the site. First up, with the upcoming re-launch of Bulbanews, {{u|G50}} is shifting her focus back to her main role as Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief. For the past 6 months, {{u|G50}} has served as our Acting Head of Anime and has helped take point on many of the anime-related policy changes that were seen over the past couple of months and has been an immense help to me personally. Relatedly, I am happy to share that long-time staff member {{u|Adil}} has agreed to step into the Head of Anime role. Please help me welcome him to the Editorial Board!

In addition to the above shuffle, I am also happy to recognize a handful of staff members who have been working extremely hard and have frequently gone above and beyond in their day-to-day work. Please help me congratulate {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Daniel Carrero}} who are all receiving promotions as well. We can’t wait to see what you all will do in your new positions!

==July 22==
Happy July!

As you may have noticed already over the past few weeks, the Bulbapedia staff has been hard at work reviewing, updating, and clarifying several of our official policies that drive many of the procedures that occur on the wiki. At this point in time, the {{bp|Code of Conduct}} and {{bp|Blocking policy}} have been updated and we have created a new {{bp|Speculation policy}} that we hope will clarify our official stances on many issues that occur during editing and will hopefully make for a much smoother editing experience for everyone.

During this time, staff will also be reviewing our category of [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Bulbapedia_proposed_policies proposed policies] and mainspacing ones that we feel will be beneficial as official policies. If you have any ideas or proposals you would like Bulbapedia staff to consider, please create the page in the Userspace and mark it ready for review by adding <nowiki>{{Policy|policy|proposed}}</nowiki> to the top of the page. Additionally, you may use the talk pages of existing policies to propose ideas or suggestions for policy changes for staff member review. Alternatively, you can reach out to an Editorial Board member directly.

Happy editing!

==April 2==
Happy April! In an effort to become a bit more transparent with the community on what the Staff is up to, we are getting back to more regular Message from the Editor updates.

'''Pages needing attention:''' The Editorial Board has been diligently going through the backlog candidates for moves, merges, splits, and mainspacing to try to get some long overdue decisions rolled out. If you had a particular page that you wanted to bring to the staff’s attention for quicker review, please contact any staff member and we’ll do our best to expedite the discussion. We thank you for your patience as we work through these items.

'''Username Change Requests:''' Due to technical issues with the function we use to rename users, we will not be fulfilling user rename requests until further notice. We hope to have this feature back for use as soon as possible!

'''Editor’s Hub:''' Over the past several weeks, the Editorial Board has been working hard to find ways to make editing and working on the wiki more of a collaborative process for users. Stay tuned for pending additions to the current Editor’s Hub that will enhance the experience for users, old and new, alike. As always, any staff member is more than happy to listen to any suggestion for things or improvements you’d like to see brought to Bulbapedia.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor in Chief, Bulbapedia

==February 21==
Howdy everyone and happy February! As we enter into a new decade of Pokémon and Bulbapedia, we figured it was time to share a few changes that have happened since our last update with you all!

It is with heavy hearts that we’re announcing the retirement of {{u|Jo The Marten}} as Bulbapedia’s Head of Games. Bulbapedia’s games section grew exponentially under Jo’s leadership for the past several years; we wish her the best in her well-deserved retirement. Jo’s departure leaves a vacancy on the Editorial Board that will be filled in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for that.

On a lighter note, a number of very deserving users who have gone above and beyond with their contributions have been hired as staff. Please help congratulate {{u|Celadonkey}}, {{u|Daniel Carrero}}, {{u|Frozen Fennec}}, {{u|Ruixiang95}}, and {{u|Wowy}} who have joined us as {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s. These users have been dedicated to Bulbapedia for several years and we cannot wait to see how they grow in their new roles!

We have a few promotions within the staff as well! Congratulations to {{u|Chosen}}, {{u|CycloneGU}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|神奇超龍}}, {{u|Blazingfist}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and {{u|glik}} who are moving up in the ranks as well! We know these folks will flourish in their new positions as well.

On a last note, in an effort to simplify staff structure and overall user experience, the Editorial Board has decided to unify the staff of Bulbapedia and the Bulbagarden Archives. This process will be happening over the next several weeks. We hope this change will increase overall cohesion and collaboration between the two projects.

Lastly, we would also like to thank every user who has contributed to the wiki in any way. Bulbapedia would not be the place it is without all of you.

:{{u|Pokemaster97}}
:Acting Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2018=
==May 28==
Hello everyone, it's with heavy hearts that we announce {{u|Zesty Cactus}} has officially retired as Bulbapedia's Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She served above and beyond expectations for the last four years in the position, and will continue assisting Bulbapedia staff in an advisory capacity. We would like to thank her for all of her efforts as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

The Deputy Editor-in-Chief position will not be left vacant, however. We are happy to announce that our Head of Anime, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, will be taking over where Zesty Cactus left off. Pokemaster97 will also be handing over the Head of Anime status to {{u|abcboy}}, and we would like to welcome him to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}!

We have a few other promotions that we are very happy to announce as well. Moving up to the {{bp|Administrator}} level is {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, advancing to the {{bp|Senior Administrator}} level is {{u|glik}}, and {{u|Darkeiya}} will be joining the Editorial Board as Bulbapedia's Head of Art. We would also like to welcome {{u|MisterE13}} back to active duty as a {{bp|Junior Administrator}}.

==February 17==
Another year already? Time sure keeps on flying when there's so much Pokémon fun to be had! It's definitely been a great 13th year for Bulbapedia!

In 2017, Bulbapedia grew by an astounding 5000+ articles, surpassing my expectations significantly! This last year has definitely been a major one for the growth and continued development of Bulbapedia.

With {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime, {{TCG|Guardians Rising|five}} {{TCG|Burning Shadows|new}} {{TCG|Shining Legends|English}} {{TCG|Crimson Invasion|TCG}} {{TCG|Ultra Prism|sets}}, and countless other releases in all parts of the globe this last year, there's certainly been much for Pokémon fans to enjoy and much for Bulbapedia to cover!

Of course, none of this would be possible without the people who help to drive the continued development and updating of Bulbapedia. The Pokémon fandom is amazingly strong, and it definitely shows with just how much Pokémon information this community-driven encyclopedia has been able to document over these last 13 years.

While we're saying goodbye to Bulbapedia's 13th year, I know that we can welcome in the 14th year with the awesomeness that only the Pokémon fandom can provide. Let's make 2018 an awesome one!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 4==
The day that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! We are happy to announce that we believe our technical issues have been resolved, and Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing! We greatly appreciate all of the patience we received during the edit lock, and we would like to apologize for the technical issues that forced the lock to remain in place as long as it did

The staff of Bulbapedia would like to wish everyone a happy 2018, and a great time with [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon]], and everything new that this most recent pair of games will bring to the world of Pokémon.

Happy editing, everyone!

=2017=
==February 17==
Once again, another year has concluded for Bulbapedia. It's certainly been a very busy one, with [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] and the summer of [[Pokémon GO]] both behind us. It was an amazing 12th year for this project.

In 2016, Bulbapedia grew by over 2800 articles, and we hope to see significant growth as well in 2017. The Video Games section showed some of the most impressive growth in 2016. With the release of Pokémon GO, followed by [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] ushering in the beginning of [[Generation VII]], this section not only met the expectations we had for it at the beginning of the year, they blew past it immeasurably. We hope that the recent introduction of [[Johto]] Pokémon in Pokémon GO will only be the tip of the iceberg for the Video Games section in 2017!

The Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have also shown wonderful growth through 2016, and await even more growth in these three sections in 2017. The [[S20|20th season]] of the English dub of the Pokémon anime will be making its official premiere this year, and we can expect to see a lot of new manga and TCG content as well.

Bulbapedia is here today, because of all the contributors who have helped out by making edits through these 12 years. I mention this every year, because it's the absolute truth of a project like this. Without the members of the fandom who contribute to this project, no matter how big or small their contributions may be, Bulbapedia wouldn't be what it is today and very well may not even exist at all.

I'd also like to go onto a personal note for a moment, as today marks the conclusion of my third year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. It's been an amazing experience, and would just like to thank everyone reading this for making these last three years something I'll never forget. I hope we can keep this going even longer.

With that all said, let's make another awesome year, let's keep Bulbapedia the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet. 2017 is another year for us to make our own, let's do this!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2016=
==December 1==
Hello everyone, we hope you've been having as much of a blast with [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]] as we have! With the games now having been out in all regions for at least a week, we're happy to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open for general editing. We understand that Bulbapedia being locked is a stressful time for all parties, so we greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during this recent edit lock. We also wish to extend an extra special thank you to everyone who submitted information via the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums, and other platforms.

==March 21==
It is with heavy hearts that we're announcing the retirement of {{u|Kenji-girl}} as Bulbapedia's Head of Anime. Kenji-girl served as our Head of Anime since December 2011, and worked countless hours to shape our anime section to what it is today. While we will miss Kenji-girl's presence on the {{bp|Editorial Board}}, we are very glad that Kenji-girl will be remaining on staff as a {{bp|Bureaucrat}}, and she will still be working closely with the Editorial Board to continue improving Bulbapedia.

As the anime section is one of Bulbapedia most active sections, we're happy to announce that a successor to the position has already been chosen. Taking over as our Head of Anime is someone who has been on staff for almost four years now, and has been working on anime-related concerns not only on Bulbapedia, but also the Bulbagarden Forums. Bulbapedia's new Head of Anime is none other than {{u|Pokemaster97}}, congratulations!

==March 1==
Now that February and the leap day is done, it is time to leap into a new project! We're really excited to announce this month's content improvement drive: {{bp|Manga March}}! As the name suggests, for this month, we'll be focusing on improving coverage on all [[Pokémon manga]], from the popular [[Pokémon Adventures]] series to the most obscure one-shot magazine chapters, and everywhere else in between. Every week, a new area of focus will be added — one series that's been licensed in English and one series that's currently still Japanese-only, starting with [[Pokémon Adventures]] and [[Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King]]. The Manga March page has been updated with many examples of articles from those series that need improvement or expansion to help you get inspired! Of course, these are just examples, there is always lots of room for new contributions related to manga, even if they aren't listed! Please visit the {{bp|Manga March}} page for more information, and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the [[Bulbapedia talk:Manga March|Manga March improvement drive's talk page]], or you may contact {{u|Zesty Cactus}} or any other staff member listed on {{bp|Project Manga}}. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Project Manga in the past, present and future, and we hope you will all enjoy helping to make Bulbapedia one of the best resources for Pokémon manga information!

==February 17==
Yet another year has come and gone for us here at Bulbapedia. While I know I said it last year, this year has flown by so quickly as well. [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary|Pokémon's 20th Anniversary]] is in full swing, and this amazing franchise hits the milestone only ten days from now. Bulbapedia has been around to help Pokémon fans for 11 of those amazing 20 years, and it really is all thanks to the many contributors who have given their help to this astounding project over the last 11 years.

Bulbapedia has grown by around 1600 articles in 2015, and we hope to see even more growth through 2016. Our Anime, Manga, and TCG sections have all shown considerable growth in 2015, and we can expect just as considerable growth through 2016 for these three sections. The [[S19|19th season]] will begin this weekend for the English dub of the Pokémon anime, as we also continue to see regular localized releases of manga volumes & TCG sets.

On the other hand, the video games section has seen somewhat smaller growth this year, dominantly due to the lack of new core titles. However, with the mysteries revolving around the recently revealed {{p|Magearna}}, the upcoming Virtual Console release of the [[Generation I]] games for 3DS, the Wii U release of [[Pokkén Tournament]], the recently released [[Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~]], and the highly-anticipated [[Pokémon GO]], we can certainly hope to expect to see a lot of development in the video games section in 2016.

Bulbapedia wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for all the individuals who have helped out over the years. From those who have made several thousand edits, to those who have fixed even a single typo. And, yes, even the viewers who yell at us any time a mistake happens to find its way on an article.

Let's all band together once again, Pokémon fandom. Let's continue to build up the best resource for Pokémon information on the internet, and make 2016 a year to be remembered!

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

==January 18==
We're just over half way through the first month of 2016, and less than a month away from Bulbapedia's 11th anniversary. 2015 brought Bulbapedia several improvements, and significant progress on multiple projects, which we will discuss in more detail in February. Right now, there are still several projects that need completion, and that is why we're once again announcing new staff hires and promotions!

First up, we would like to extend congratulations to {{u|abcboy}} and {{u|glik}}, who are advancing from Junior Administators to full Administrators. You have excelled as Junior Administrators, and we expect nothing less in your new positions.

We're also happy to welcome four new Junior Administrators, {{u|Chosen}}, {{ut|CycloneGU|CycloneGU}}, {{u|Tiddlywinks}}, and the returning {{u|Carmenstar97}}. We hope to see you all show us the awesomeness we know you're capable of.

=2015=
==September 6==
Effective immediately, new requirements regarding the use of four templates that are extremely important to the continued improvement of Bulbapedia have been mandated:

:''When using the templates {{template|Split}}, {{template|Merge}}, {{template|Move}}, and {{template|DiscussDelete}} to nominate articles for administrative action, a section outlining the rationale for the nomination '''must''' be added to the article's talk page. Nominations lacking an outlined rationale will no longer be considered.''

An outlined rationale helps to expedite administrative action, and helps to prevent confusion and misunderstandings that can result in mistakes. Keep in mind, the staff aren't mind readers, and not every nomination reason is obvious.

==April 13==

It has been a fair while since we last announced staff hires and promotions, and the wait is finally over! We have several extremely dedicated users who spend countless hours diligently working to make Bulbapedia even better than it was the day before, and we'd like to give some of these users a sign of our appreciation for their work.

We would like to extend our congratulations to {{u|Berrenta}} and {{u|Blazingfist}} on your advancement from Junior Administrator to Administrator, and {{u|Force Fire}} on advancing from Administrator to Senior Administrator! You have all shown greatness in your old positions, and we know you will keep it up with your new titles!

We are also happy to announce and welcome {{u|Glik}} and {{u|Abcboy}} to the staff as new Junior Administrators! You both have shown that you have the right stuff, and we definitely know what you two are capable of great things! We hope to see you both shine brightly in your new positions!

==April 6==
We would like to thank everyone who submitted reports for the {{bp|Mobile March}} improvement drive. We are currently compiling the list of templates requiring updates, as well as looking into what code(s) may be the cause of any mobile viewing issues. Template updates will be worked on and applied soon, once the issues have been diagnosed.

While the improvement drive has come to a close, additional reports can still be submitted directly to staff. We do ask that people continue to follow the report format outlined on the {{bp|Mobile March}} page.

==March 8==
For a fair while now, we have been working hard on the implementation of a mobile-friendly skin for Bulbapedia. However, this comes with significant growing pains as Bulbapedia articles and templates have been built near-exclusively for viewing on desktop and laptop computers for the vast majority of the past ten years and mobile devices aren't always compatible with such content.

This is where we need '''your''' help; for the remaining days of March, and the first week of April, Bulbapedia is running another improvement drive, '''{{bp|Mobile March}}'''! So we can optimize mobile browsing as quickly as possible, we want to know what articles you regularly view via mobile devices, and if there are any templates on them that don't seem to look quite right on mobile view.

Specifically, what we need:

#Title of the article (or article type).
#Note which mobile device, operating system version, and browser you're using.
#Description of which templates are causing viewing problems.
#Screenshot(s) of the templates, so we can view and diagnose the problems.

All month long, we wish to put top priority on compiling a list of templates needing priority mobile optimization. We will be accepting submissions of the previously listed information on {{BMGf|173711|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Mobile March|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 17==
Wow, has it already been a whole year? It has flown by so quickly, though we have certainly made a lot of progress in this short time. With Bulbapedia reaching its 10 year anniversary just three days ago, it has definitely been an eventful few days around here!

On a global scale; Bulbapedia has grown by over 1600 articles in this past year! Additionally, the Editorial Board has been working diligently on a number of different behind the scenes tasks. The conversion of the Projects into a more uniform and organized feature has been steadily moving along, with a few minor Projects still awaiting conversion to the new format. The board has also been working through the candidates for moving, merging, splitting, and mainspacing, and significant progress has been made on this extremely massive task.

For the games section; the most important release in the past year can only be {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}. Along with all of the Hoenn-related updates, many Generation VI models have been uploaded and added to their respective species pages. Bulbapedia has also seen the releases of {{g|Battle Trozei}}, {{g|Art Academy}}, [[Pokémon: Battle Nine]], and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]], with articles for all of these titles created. I would like to personally thank everyone who has helped out on any game-related article in the past year, and hope that you will all continue to help out in the next year!

For the anime section; we have seen 47 episodes air in Japan, 48 episodes air in North America, and the release of [[M17|''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'']] in both Japanese and English. This has resulted in over 70 character/Pokémon articles being created and over 80 character/Pokémon articles improved on Bulbapedia. With the finale of Season 17 and the premiere of Season 18 behind us, the next year is definitely going to be eventful for the Pokémon anime! I would also like to personally thank everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's anime section, I hope you will help out just as much in the next year!

For the manga section; we have seen 8 volumes and 2 mini-volumes release in Japan, and 13 volumes and 7 mini-volumes release in English. Together this has covered over 216 chapters being added and/or improved on Bulbapedia, which is nothing short of awesome! With plenty of manga volumes and chapters set to be released in 2015, the manga section will continue to grow and improve in the next year. To everyone who has helped our manga section grow during the last year; your efforts are greatly appreciated, and I hope to see everyone working just as hard in the next year!

For the TCG section; we have seen four major expansions and one sub-expansion release in Japan, four major expansions release in English, and several different promotions. That covers an almost unbelievable grand total of 1473 cards, including reprints! The TCG section certainly won't be slowing down any time soon, and I am sure that we'll be seeing a plethora of new expansions and cards during 2015. To everyone who has put their time into helping out Bulbapedia's TCG section during the last year; your efforts are absolutely appreciated, and I hope to see everyone work toward just as much forward progress in the next year!

With all of that said, I want everyone to know that I greatly appreciate all of the assistance and devotion that has been given by the fandom in my first year as Bulbapedia's Editor-in-Chief. No matter how someone assists Bulbapedia, from the smallest tidbit of information to the largest new page and page overhaul, the help is appreciated not only by Bulbapedia's staff, but by every Pokémon fan that views this amazing encyclopedia. So once again, from the bottom of my heart, '''thank you to everyone who contributed to Bulbapedia in the last year, and let's make 2015 shine even brighter!'''

:Kogoro
:Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia

=2014=
==December 2==

With the release of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} behind us, we would like to announce that Bulbapedia is once again open to public editing! We thank everyone for their patience during the restricted editing period, and an extra thank you goes out to everyone who submitted information via the Bulbawiki General Forum on the Bulbagarden Forums.

==October 18==
Due to the recent hacking of the [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version]], and the resulting information leaks, editing of Bulbapedia is currently restricted. At this time, edit requests, questions/concerns, and suggestions should be posted in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/ Bulbawiki General Forum] on the Bulbagarden Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your patience.

==September 23==
It's once again time for a very big change for the betterment of the Bulbapedia experience! {{bp|Projects}} are undergoing a major overhaul in order to make them more user-friendly. Some of the major changes include:
* '''Updated design:''' To better separate sections, Projects will now feature a design similar to the Bulbapedia Main Page.
* '''Monthly goals:''' Each month, Projects will designate goals to be accomplished.
* '''Retirement of the {{bp|Project Leader}} position:''' With the removal of the Project Leader position, Projects will now be run by the {{bp|staff}}. Contact lists have been added to make staff contact easier.
* '''Removal of member lists:''' Member lists were causing significant problems with the projects, so they have been replaced with categories that can be added through use of {{template|User Project Member}}.

We hope to have all Projects converted to the new format before the beginning of October. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Projects, please contact Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Kogoro}}, or Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

Last, but certainly not least, we would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to all users who have served as Project Leaders since the position's founding in January 2009. Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work towards building the Projects up, and helping to make them successful.

==September 20==
'''Update:''' Technical issues should be fixed. If there are any additional issues, please let us know.

The Bulbawiki Network is currently experiencing some technical issues, preventing some users from editing and/or uploading files. The problems are being looked into, and we hope to have them fixed as soon as possible. If these problems are affecting an edit or upload you are trying to do, please feel free to use the {{bmgf|156958|edit request thread}} and we will try to get the edit/upload completed.

We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing, and thank you for your patience during this time. We will post an update when everything is running smoothly again.

==May 2==
Bulbapedia's core mission is to thoroughly document and immortalize Pokémon information for all fans, current and future. This is a massive undertaking, and couldn't be accomplished without continued help from you, our dedicated community. We thank you all for your hard work and dedication, and we ask for the community's help once again in this month's improvement drive, '''Merchandise May'''!

All month long, we wish to put top priority on cleaning up and improving our coverage on official Pokémon merchandise. We will be accepting submissions of pictures and/or information on {{bmgf|165204|the forums}}, [https://twitter.com/bulbapedia Twitter], [https://www.facebook.com/Bulbagarden Facebook], [http://bulbagarden.tumblr.com/ Tumblr], and [[Bulbapedia talk:Merchandise May|the drive's official talk page]].

Thank you in advance to everyone who assists during this important improvement drive.

==February 26==
We have entered a new chapter in the ongoing history of Bulbapedia, and with each new chapter comes a new deputy. As with all previous deputies, the person chosen to hold this position has shown astounding dedication to the betterment of Bulbapedia. She has been a member of staff for almost four years, with two of them as a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She had made significant advancements for our manga section as both the Head of Manga and leader of {{bp|Project Manga}}. Bulbapedia's new Deputy Editor-in-Chief is {{u|Zesty Cactus}}.

This also means that there is a new Head of Manga. The Head of Manga takes the responsibility of overseeing all manga-related matters and is the highest authority on these matters, behind the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board as a whole. The person chosen to undertake the responsibilities of this position has shown himself to be dedicated and highly experienced in the Pokémon manga. Welcome to the Editorial Board, {{u|Ataro}}, and congratulations.

A number of additional very deserving users are receiving promotions. Congratulations {{u|ArcToraphim}}, {{u|Masatoshi}}, {{u|Pokemaster97}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Crystal Talian}}, {{u|G50}}, and {{u|Funktastic~!}}. A number of new {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s will also be joining the staff in the coming days, keep an eye out for them.

==February 17==
Five and a half years ago, I joined Bulbapedia. I didn't know wikicode, and I didn't have any new info to contribute. I kept myself busy watching better users in the recent changes, and making minor corrections. As I watched other users editing, I picked up some basic wikicode and got an understanding of the policies and rules. A year later, I started dabbling in templates, and never looked back. And I've enjoyed it all. But I no longer have the time to lead Bulbapedia, and it's time for me to step down as Editor-in-Chief.

Thanks to Archaic and the vice-webmasters, for creating the site and keeping the technical aspects running. To TTEchidna, for leading the site while I was learning the ropes, and inspiring me to create templates. To MAGNEDETH, for keeping the site going during some rough times, and for trusting me with the reins to the site. To Kogoro, my deputy, for helping me with the work and letting me bounce ideas. To the Editorial Board, for keeping the sections of the site progressing, and to all staff, for showing leadership and dedicating time and effort to improving the site. But most of all, thanks to every user, for making Bulbapedia, and this community, what it is. Without all of you, Bulbapedia could not be what it is today.

Taking my place will be {{u|Kogoro}}. She has a lot of experience as an Editorial Board member, and has shown initiative for improving user experience. I hope you all welcome her to the role, and I look forward to seeing Bulbapedia develop under her leadership.

Werdnae 
Former Editor-in-Chief.

=2013=
==October 27==
[[Pokémon X and Y]] have now been available worldwide for a few weeks now, and because of that updates to the articles have been slow to say the least. In the past, with the games releasing in Japan before releasing anywhere else, it was much easier to compile information so by the time the games were released in English, all the information was already up on the site. We'd like to ask all of our readers to please be patient with us while we work to update the site. To our editors, please make sure all information you add is from an official source, and make sure to maintain a positive attitude. There is a lot going on, and not starting conflicts gives staff more time to update the information they find and less time having to keep the peace. If you update a page, please make sure the information you add goes into its appropriate section. We would like to advise users to focus on the main articles and not trivia sections at this time. While trivia can be fun and interesting, most of our articles are severely lacking in core information, so that should come first.

The start of a new Generation not only means the start of two new games, but also the start of new chapters in the anime, TCG, and manga series'. The [[Pokémon the Series: XY|XY series of the Pokémon anime]] follows the adventures of [[Ash Ketchum]] as he travels across [[Kalos]] with {{an|Clemont}}, {{an|Bonnie}}, and {{an|Serena}}. The [[Trading Card Game]] has started releasing cards featuring Pokémon from the Kalos region as well as receiving a new [[Energy]] for the {{type|Fairy}}. A new chapter in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] series featuring two new protagonists, {{adv|X}} and {{adv|Y}}, is currently in the works. We'll need help keeping the new X and Y episodes up to date, and {{u|Maverick Nate}} is working hard to keep our TCG sections up to date with cards featuring the new Pokémon introduced in the Kalos region. Make sure to check {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} for any news regarding X and Y across the franchise!

==August 14==
For a while users and staff have commented that the biology sections on species articles are bloated and excessively sectioned, as well as being misnamed and error prone. As a result, the staff have now settled on a replacement system, which can be seen on {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s page. The subsections will be removed and rewritten into a single section. This section will include a full description, including gender and form differences and will be written with singular, gender-neutral pronouns, like in-game [[Pokédex]] entries, regardless of gender ratio. The habitat icon from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed and LeafGreen}} will be removed, as it now applies to fewer than half of the Pokémon. Moves will only be mentioned if they are [[signature move]]s or former signature moves, alongside other skills unique to the species which are part of the lore, for example {{p|Celebi}}'s time traveling.

Due to the many incidences of users adding information they made up, all information in this section must be referenced, except for information which originates from a source elsewhere on the page, for example from Pokédex entries. References to other pages on Bulbapedia are preferred, and should be worded such that it is obvious what the origin is, with a link to the relevant page. References to external material must lead to an official source, and should use footnotes.

As the release of [[Pokémon X and Y]] approach, please be aware that information on pages can change without warning, as new information is revealed. As always, fansites are not acceptable sources. All information added must come from an official source. Follow the [https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW BulbaNewsNow] twitter feed, embedded both above and on the {{n|front page|Bulbanews}} main page, for new information, with more detailed articles following on Bulbanews.

=2012=
==December 20==
With every changing of the guard, a new deputy must be chosen. The person who is the new deputy Editor-in-Chief has a lot of experience on Bulbapedia. She has been staff for four years, and in that time she quickly rose to the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. She has proven herself a reliable and dedicated staff member. Most recently, she has been taking care of our images as [[a:Main Page|Archives]] Director. The new deputy Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia is none other than {{u|Kogoro}}.

In addition, the vacant Head of Games position on the Editorial Board is filled. The Head of Games is responsible for overseeing game-related matters, and is the highest authority on them besides the Editor-in-Chief, deputy and Editorial Board as a whole. This position goes to someone who has impressed with the quality of some of her earliest edits, and never looked back. She has shown to be an adept editor over a range of different sections and impressed with her handling of some issues. Congratulations {{u|Jo The Marten}} and welcome to the Editorial Board.

A few other dedicated users receive promotions. Congratulations to {{u|Adyniz}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|神奇超龍}} and {{u|G50}}.

With the formalities over, on behalf of the staff of Bulbagarden we would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

==December 9==
On December 9th, 2007 at 22:04 (10:04 pm), I joined Bulbapedia. Two minutes later, I made my first edit. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=User:MAGNEDETH&diff=prev&oldid=249878 It was terrible]. How did such a hopeless new user end up as the leader of the site? By following in the shoes of my superiors, getting support from my fellow users, and a whole lot of editing. I managed to work my way up but I never thought I would reach the highest level. Sure, I had aspirations to become an administrator, maybe even a bureaucrat, but that's the highest I was going to attain, right?

In December 2010, TTEchidna was relieved of his duty, and I took his place as {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia. Before he left, he put in place a rule that all EiC's would stay in position for a maximum of two years. When I had heard of this, I scoffed at the premise that I would have to unwillingly relinquish my position because he couldn't go two years without getting worn out. I said a few times that I would decide if I were going to go more than two and veto that rule if I wanted to. I am officially removing that rule.

It has been two years. I have not gone crazy and I feel as though there's still plenty left to do. However, I also feel like I can't devote the amount of time to the site I would like to. That is why I have decided to voluntarily release my position as Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. While most people leave the staff because they feel their interest in Pokémon has waned, my interest in Pokémon was never even close to that of my fellow users and staffers, but that didn't stop me because I wasn't really in it for Pokémon. Yea, I like playing the games, but I grew to enjoy editing, and being around the staff that I grew to call my friends. To me, Pokémon was the subject and keeping tabs on it was the job. As with any job I've had, I did it to the best of my abilities, and life went on. These reasons are why that, despite my position departure, I will not be leaving the site entirely. I will accept the move to {{bp|Executive Policymaker}} and Vice-Webmaster and continue to work on various projects. The main difference will just be a little less time spent on the site, and a little more time spent focusing on my real life activities.

In my place will be my Deputy, {{u|Werdnae}}. There were days where I felt I paled in comparison to the jobs Werdnae was able to accomplish. When I took over and appointed Trom as my Deputy, he warned me that it was highly unlikely he would last long enough to be the next EiC, and he was right. Initially I was worried I wouldn't be able to find someone with that specific something I was looking for to take my place, but the answer was right in front of me. When Werdnae joined, he brought maturity and efficiency to the table. I noticed how quickly and efficiently he worked his way up the ladder and knew he was destined for success. When I joined, I had neither, so that alone lets you know the kind of guy Werdnae is.

It's at this point that I should list those who I am thankful for, but the thing is, I can't fit everyone in here. The entire Bulbagarden staff, both past and present, I have considered my friends. I'm also not leaving, and in the short term, my activity probably won't change much. That being said, thank you to everyone, but we ain't done yet. However, there is one person I have a special message for:
Werdnae, good luck.

Sincerely, 
{{u|MAGNEDETH}} 
Former Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia

==October 7==
After a long wait, the English versions of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2]] have finally hit the shelves and of course, our handheld consoles. We are very excited about these games as much as you are, and the wiki is currently being updated as time progresses so we can offer you quality information about these games. Here, we follow the main characters, {{ga|Nate}} and {{ga|Rosa}}, as they form a bond with their Pokémon and take on new adventures, as well as ourselves, with new attractions such as the [[Pokéstar Studios]] and the [[Pokémon World Tournament]], and meet with characters we've seen in the previous games (ALL previous games). You're in for a treat here.

Speaking of quality, we are also trying to enhance the response and quality from the servers and we'd like to apologize for any inconveniences this might bring. More fans mean more servers needed, so we're balancing both ends. We can assure you that once the servers are upgraded, your experience in Bulbapedia and all related wikis will be a lot smoother.

With that said, what are you waiting for? Be ready to put on Nate or Rosa's [[Running Shoes]] and take on the Unova League!

==June 25==
They are here! [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black 2 and White 2]] are out now in Japan and we are adding info at a steady pace. Thing is, B2W2 has brought forth a number of changes to the usual Pokémon formula, so this isn't as simple as games past. Yes, the site will be locked for a short time, but once we get all the basics up and ready, it will be open to the public once again.

We also had the English release of [[Pokémon Conquest]] not long ago which gives us not one, but two games to add onto the site. We have a lot of work to do ahead, but it's all a part of the job on a wiki. Conquest is an entirely new type of game to the Pokémon franchise and with the rave reviews it's getting, it might not be the only one of its kind.

We would also like to once again congratulate [[The Speed Gamers]] on their recent Pokémon capture charity drive. Bulbagarden is proud to have been able to stream the whole thing live right here on the front page of Bulbapedia. TSG exceeded their $50,000 goal and managed an awesome $59,111.00! It just goes to show that Pokémon fans are the best kind of fans.

==March 31==
Howdy folks, this is MAGNEDETH, the Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. Normally when we send these messages from the editor, we send them as a group. No one person is "the editor" on a wiki, so we feel that when we, the staff, sends a message, it is from all of the staff. However, I have an important message today that handles a major change above even the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

As our wiki changes, so does our staff. They come and go as time goes by, and every staff member's work is appreciated. But it isn't very often we have such a big change at the top of the board. My Deputy Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}, has decided to move on from Bulbapedia and focus on other projects. Don't worry folks, he isn't going too far. As we announced about one month ago, Trom can now be located as the Editor-in-Chief of [http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page Bulbanews].

Trom leaves Bulbapedia with a lengthy list of things he has accomplished, and without him, Bulbapedia would not be shaped the way it is today. The amount of effort and dedication Trom has put forth into Bulbapedia in the past is insurmountable. I wanted Trom to stick around, and I wanted to hand-off Bulbapedia to him when my time here is done, and it disappoints me a little that I won't be able to do that, and it disappoints me even more to know I won't see Trom's name grace the Recent Changes like it once did. But I have said many times that while the staff here has a job to do, I don't want Bulbapedia to interfere with anyone's personal life, and I know Trom has opportunities outside of the site he would like to pursue, and holding the Deputy spot, as well as being the EiC of Bulbanews would stretch him too thin. I'm just glad that my former deputy and friend, Trom, will still be there helping Bulbagarden; he'll just be next door is all.

However, with Trom gone, it leaves a rather noticeable opening on the Bulbapedia staff ranking. That's where {{u|Werdnae}} comes in. I knew replacing Trom would be difficult, but Trom and Werdnae have been working together to the point where a lot of Trom's knowledge has been passed onto Werdnae. That doesn't mean Werdnae isn't full of his own ideas though, he wouldn't have made it on the staff in the first place if he wasn't an excellent editor. I look forward to working with Werdnae leading the site and continuing to maintain our position as the #1 Pokémon website.

That all being said, the staff have been gathering new ideas to improve the site, and get ready for the release of [[Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2|Black and White 2]], so expect some changes here and there as time goes on. And be sure to check Bulbanews for when information on Black and White 2 gets released (which has proven to be few and far between), you can be sure that Trom will have all info accounted for.

This has been a special message brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief, 
— {{u|MAGNEDETH}}

==February 26==
'''BEHOLD'''!!! The mighty {{p|Kyurem}} is upon us!

After an unbelievable hype, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black and White sequels]] (yes, there are two of them) have [[n:Pokémon Black and White 2 revealed on Pokémon Smash!|finally been revealed]]. Please be ''extra'' cautious while adding new information to the articles and avoid baseless speculation as well. All information must come from official [[Nintendo]] sources, not from fan sites.

With that being said, do not forget to say hello to our newest [[n:Keldeo to be revealed in upcoming CoroCoro|family]] [[n:Meloetta quietly revealed in M15 poster|members]], {{p|Keldeo}} and {{p|Meloetta}}.

On the other hand, thank you for participating in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ Christmas contests]. We hope that you all had a good time. As far as the prizes are concerned, our webmaster {{u|Archaic}} is trying his level best to ship them as soon as possible. So, bear with us and have some patience.

Last but not least, please welcome our new Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief, {{u|The dark lord trombonator|trom}}! We would like to wish him all the very best for a bright future. To our former Editor-in-Chief {{u|RexRacer}}, thank you for serving [[Bulbanews]] for almost three years and making it a wonderful place for all of us. Good luck, sir!

=2011=
==December 16==
Thank you to everyone who filled out an application form for the recent staff drive. We had over 130 Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Archives users wanting to be part of the team that keeps the wikis running. That's a huge amount. Obviously we can't hire everybody, but please give a warm welcome to new Bulbapedia Junior Administrators {{u|Ataro}}, {{u|Dennou Zenshi}}, {{u|Force Fire}}, {{u|MisterE13}}, {{u|Spriteit}}, {{u|Turtwig A}}, and {{u|Toon Ganondorf}}. Over on Bulbanews, {{u|Water Max}} and {{u|BaileyPlaysPokemon}} have been selected as new writers, with columnist announcements delayed until the new year.

There's also been a few promotions within the existing wiki staff. {{u|Kogoro}} will now be formally heading Bulbagarden Archives, and {{u|Kenji-girl}}, {{u|Maverick Nate}}, {{u|Werdnae}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} join the re-energized Editorial Board.

Congratulations to those above, and others, on their new roles. And congratulations to you, the humble Bulbapedia editor as well. It is thanks to your hard work that we end the year with over 20,000 articles. That's an increase of over 2,000 pages since this time last year. But the work isn't done yet! In case you hadn't noticed, we're having another Christmas contest this year — the {{bp|Festive Frontier}}, where you can win prizes simply for editing. Check it out if you haven't yet, and the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f590/ other Bulbagarden contests], too. There's something for everyone (although we feel somewhat compelled to emphasize [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/twelve-days-christmas-2011-staff-appreciation-awards-nominatons-day-2-a-123665/ Day 2] of the Twelve Days of Christmas contest...).

Happy holidays!

==November 4==
Hey everyone. In case you missed it, look! New Main Page layout! Shiny.

If you want to have your work featured in this box up the top here, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. The content changes every day, so if you want your writing to be the first thing everyone sees when they visit Bulbapedia, pick a topic and put together a few fun facts our readers may be interested in. This is a great way to get involved with the Bulbapedia community.

If you really want to get into the community, why not apply for a staff role? Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Archives are [[n:Bulbawikis_start_staff_recruitment_drive|currently hiring]]. If you've been around for a while, have a handle on the rules and a clear head, then check out the job descriptions on Bulbanews and fill out an application form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==November 1==
If you're reading this, congratulations: you survived Halloween. Hopefully you also remembered to pick up your promotional [[Global Link]] [[List_of_Pokémon_Global_Link_promotions#Banette|Banette]] as well.

You may have also noticed something different about the Bulbapedia Main Page. If not, take a look around. Our new layout has gone live after a few months of testing. This is the first Main Page update since we went "roundy" about three years ago, so we hope you enjoy.

If there are any problems with the Main Page, let us know about them [[Talk:Main Page|here]]. Obviously with many different screen resolutions available it won't look the same for everyone but it shouldn't look awful for anyone.

Before you go back to the rest of the wiki, have a look at the center box on the top row. In this box we are hoping to feature work submitted by Bulbapedia editors and readers. If you're interested in collecting some relevant and interesting information from around the site and (most importantly) getting it displayed in a prominent location, get in touch with {{ut|the dark lord trombonator|trom}}. He looks forward to hearing from you.

Happy editing!

==October 22==
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.

Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.

Secondly, we have amended our {{bp|userspace policy}} to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.

There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!

==September 9==
Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives are all open and once again running as per normal... except with hopefully fewer technical disruptions.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. We've also recently installed the latest MediaWiki version (full release details [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 here]). Most of the changes to the system will be back-end stuff, but you may see a few changes to your own editing interface. The update should hopefully contribute to a faster-running site.

Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 28==
'''BULBAPEDIA IS OPEN!''' But the Bulbagarden Archives are still closed unfortunately.

Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!

==August 18==
'''BULBAPEDIA AND ALL RELATED WIKIS WILL BE LOCKED FROM EDITING AS OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 UTC.'''

'''**UPDATE: August 23** - Site closure will be extended for an unknown amount of time. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. Check back here for updates!'''

Now the real questions are why, and for how long. Well, lets answer them:

'''Why will the wikis be closed?''' - We are closing the site to '''to overhaul our server backend'''. As many of you are well aware, our site has been running...well pretty badly. Errors abound! We have been upgrading our servers steadily for the past year or two, but the thing is, more of you keep visiting us! This is totally acceptable, but the site is growing so fast we can't keep up! So we are closing the site to restructure the system, and that will hopefully alleviate the issue.

'''How long will the wikis be closed?''' - <s>The tentative duration is currently '''{{tt|3 days|Tuesday, August 23, 2011 UTC}}''', but anything can happen. We may reopen in two days, we may take four, but three is the goal.</s> '''The site will still be available to view and browse''', but we can't promise it will be running all that smooth until the job is done, so sadly, errors may still happen.

After these updates, we hope to take advantage of the new servers and do some updates around the site. Re-organizing some pages and sections, new and updated templates, that sort of stuff. We thank you guys for all your support (even though you destroyed our servers), and we hope that with our updated system we can continue offering all the information you need, and the stuff you don't! While we are closed, you can still browse [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/ the forums] (which will be operational) or hang out in our IRC channel at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

==May 25==
As the [[Black and White]] hype continues and so does the high server load, we have a couple of announcements for our valuable users. To begin with [[Bulbagarden Archives]], a new rule has been implemented - that personal images are no longer allowed on the Archives. All the previously uploaded personal images will be deleted after May 31, so kindly save any of your personal images before they are all deleted. There are plenty of image hosting sites which can be used for personal images instead.

As far as [[Bulbapedia]] is concerned, a new userspace restriction has been put in place - that articles about anime Pokémon must not be created in the userspace. Articles for notable Pokémon should be created in the mainspace once the relevant episode airs. Articles created before the change will not be deleted until their notability is decided.

Last but not the least, the [[Bulbagarden forums]] are currently being upgraded to vBulletin 4.1.3. Until the upgrade is complete, any suggestions, comments or issues can also be voiced on the [http://www.bulbagarden.net/vb41test/ test forums] or on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]'''.

Remember the preview button, not to add trivia and one userspace edit per day. Thanks to all of our users for dedicating their precious time and contributing. Have fun!

==April 16==
Bulbapedia is finally open for editing. However the servers are still under very heavy load, which you may notice results in longer load times and occasional errors. To help limit the load, userspace editing is strictly limited to one edit per day, using the UTC clock at the top of every page. We would also like to remind you that the articles are the main purpose of Bulbapedia, so please edit them as well. Due to the inherent unimportance of trivia sections, we formally request editing and discussion of trivia sections be left alone for the time being.

Secondly, several users have been receiving edit requests via e-mail. If you receive one, you should ask yourself 1) why the sender can't make the edit themselves, and 2) why the edit request has been made off-site. The answer to both is that the sender has been permanently blocked from editing, and is requesting that poor edits be made. In fulfilling these edit requests, you are helping a user to circumvent their block. Instead, report it to a staff member and ignore or block any further e-mails you receive. Do not reply to the e-mail, this will allow the sender to contact you directly if they are not already.

{{bp|Staff}} would like to remind users to be careful with their e-mail address. We can only block e-mails that are sent through the wiki. The [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC] channel, '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''', remains in need of activity. Remember the preview button, and happy editing.

==March 4==
'''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions|BLACK AND WHITE ARE HERE!!]]''' As everyone clamors to grab a copy, we want to be here to bring you all the information we can. That being said, we also want your experience with the site to be as smooth as possible, so we have disabled editing to all non-staff users. While annoying to many (sorry), it should help the site run more efficiently. During this lock, our {{bp|Staff}} will still continue to update information though, so don't worry, the site will continue to update even through the lockdown.

Speaking of staff, as Black and White bring us into a new era, we aim to bring you the best service we can, but the only way we can do that is with a staff of dedicated individuals to run the show. On that note, it's time to give them an overhaul. A number of your favorite staff members have been promoted, including three very special promotions.
Congratulations to {{u|CoolPikachu!}} and {{u|Jello}} whom are now members of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}! CoolPikachu! has been moving his way up the ranks for the past couple years and has arrived on the board thanks to his hard work and dedication. However, there's no discrediting Jello as she has likewise worked extra hard, on not just one site, but two. Jello took over the [[Bulbagarden Archives]] earlier this year and has been directing it with great focus.

That leaves us with the third promotion. Upon taking the Editor-in-Chief position, I am to choose my deputy, and I have chosen our resident dark lord, {{u|The dark lord trombonator}}. Trom has done an amazing amount of work over his time here at Bulbapedia running our contests, {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}}s, and a number of other projects as well. {{u|Kogoro}}, the former deputy Editor-in-Chief will move into a new role as the site's Technical Director.

To close, again, sorry about the lockdown, but it's a precaution to help you folks use our site better. For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums] OR our all new '''[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php Bulbapedia IRC]''' located at '''[irc://irc.systemnet.info/bulbapedia #bulbapedia]''' (imagine that). Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun with Black and White!

==January 11==
It is a new year, and with this new year brings many new things to Bulbapedia! I sure hope everyone can keep up!

I'll start with me. Hi, I am the new {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} of Bulbapedia, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}. Getting used to the new position is tough but I am up for the task. There are changes on the way, but for the most part, the same easy-to-use and informative Bulbapedia will be here for you. However, some changes on the horizon will be aimed to make both surfing and editing the site easier. Give it time, they are on the horizon.

Next up we have the release of two main series games. There will be a lot of new information to add to the site and we can really use ''your'' help to handle it. New Pokémon, moves, locations, items, you name it! It should be noted that a lockdown may happen, but we don't want to do that. Rest assured, if it does happen, it's simply done to relieve server stress. We don't like preventing our users from editing, but we also don't like when no one can see the site because it's masked behind a big '''504''' error.

And lastly, but by no means least, the [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbagarden Archives], an extremely important part of our site that is often overlooked. All of our images stem from our Archives, so don't forget about it! There are plenty of images this site needs and '''you''' can help upload them. But be aware, the Archives are closely moderated due to its important activity, so make sure to read the rules before helping out.

For any suggestions, comments, issues, or whatnot, you can visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section] of the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]. Thanks to all of our users for your continued effort and have fun.

=2010=
==December 1==
A warm welcome to the new Editor-in-Chief, {{u|MAGNEDETH}}, and a hearty farewell to the guy making this edit, {{u|TTEchidna}}.

While TTE will not be leaving Bulbapedia as a whole, his active responsibility, which has been increasingly sparse over the past few months, will be ended. This comes after a particularly high-stress time; going through graduate classes and attempting to keep 649 Pokémon species straight really can wear you down to the point of insanity, especially when coupled with a part-time job at a world-famous store where customer interaction is ''constant''.

And so, an era ends. From this point on, all Bulbapedia Editors-in-Chief will serve in their position for two years, and then pass on this position to another user of their choosing, with the approval of {{u|Archaic}}. A longer message can be found in the Bulbawiki general forum on the Bulbagarden forums, where well-wishing and criticism can be given. '''''Please do not leave messages on TTE's talk page.'''''

And so, folks, I wish you all well. Me? I'm going on vacation in two weeks.

==November 5==
Over the past few weeks, the site has been slowly filling up with information related to the new Pokémon games, {{v2|Black and White|s}}. Bulbapedia now has articles about each of the {{cat|Generation V Pokémon|156 new Pokémon}}, all the new moves and abilities, and the recent [[Pokémon the Series: Black & White|new anime series]]. But we're still not done! As you continue to update the site with information, remember that you shouldn't be taking information from other fan sites. This is partly so our translations stay consistent, but also because we need to make sure that the information we are putting up is 100% correct. If you have Black or White, we'd love your help.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who's helped so far, especially to the fifteen temporary junior administrators who gave us a hand while the site was locked down. Some of them have been kept on as permanent staff (more fool them!).

A reminder also that {{g|Ranger: Guardian Signs}} goes on sale today in Europe and the United Kingdom. If you live in those areas, don't forget to get your games and take part in the latest in the popular ''Pokémon Ranger'' series.

==September 18==
The games are out, and a flood of information is upon us! Due to the wealth of details, the site has been locked from editing by all non-staff members and at this point will stay locked so we can get a lot of major updates handled without the majority of people getting in the way (ie: edit conflicts), so we are going to work on getting all the Pokémon pages, locations, moves, abilities, movesets, items, and other major additions to gameplay. We know it sounds like it will take a long time, and well, it might, but we are hoping to be done with the lockdown in under a week.

We don't like locking our users out of a community driven site, but it's so we can get everyone as much info as fast as we can while maintaining our usual quality standards. We don't want to be rushed here and it will save us the hassle of an inevitably short sighted new user who will ignore the rules and go posting information they got off of GameFAQs forums or another unofficial source. So check back often as new info is added to the site ''every '''second'''!''

==September 9==
Pokémon learnsets are beginning to have their templates upgraded: above all else, do not attempt to jump in to help if you do not know what to do. Questions can be addressed to any of Bulbapedia's staff, most especially TTEchidna, who can show you how to make the templates work.

Black and White are likely to leak within the next week or so, so keep on your toes. Bulbapedia may go on a brief lockdown, allowing only staff to edit, shortly after release so as to prevent speculation and unsourced facts, however, after this time, normal editing privileges will return.

==September 1==
Black and White approach quickly. As they do, we are updating templates that will have relevance to them. These templates need input, and will often be posted in a thread on the Bulbawiki forum.

We are seeking the opinion of Bulbapedia's editors for what to do in regards to Generation V's release. Should the wiki be locked down or should it not be? Please vote {{bmgf|78738|in this thread}} to make sure your voice is heard.

For fans of other Nintendo series, {{met|Metroid: Other M}}, the most recent Metroid game, has been released in the US and internationally. For news concerning this and other Metroid series titles, visit our NIWA associates at {{met|Main Page|Metroid Wiki}}!

==August 13==
Bulbapedia prides itself on its community. The site would not be where it is today without the input it has received from all of you. Thanks, guys.

Some names have stood out among the masses, though. These users have all been awarded a {{bp|Golden Bulbasaur Award}} (or variant thereof) in recognition of the time and commitment they've put in. A special award this time is for the Crystal Bulbasaur - an award given to a user who has given his or her all over a one-year period. For 2009, we would like to give this to '''every single user''' that helped out with the updates regarding the English release of {{game|Platinum}} and the Japanese release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. As we mentioned above, it is the dedication by the community that allows the wiki to succeed.

The Editorial Board endeavors to hand these out on a regular basis, but (as you've probably realized) we sometimes get forgetful. You can help us in this regard by [[Special:Emailuser/The dark lord trombonator|sending an email]] to the Community Development Officer if you have any suggestions for the next round of awards. They'll be in a couple of months.

Also here in a month or so will be the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]. To prepare for this, we have a few ongoing tasks which you can help out with. However, if you're following the Black and White news updates, please be careful with new information, and take care not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts.

Thanks for your help, everyone, but we aren't done yet. Let's keep improving our wiki and prepare for the next generation.

==August 5==
As the Japanese release of [[Pokémon Black and White Versions]] draws nearer and the new features of [[Generation V]] are slowly revealed, Bulbapedia faces many large-scale updates, which all of us are working hard to execute. As always, we rely greatly on our community, and there are many ways for you, the users, to help.

One major change that we've done is moving all route articles to a new naming system to include the region name. Route 1, for example, has been moved to [[Kanto Route 1]], while the former title has been turned into a disambiguation page. This means that thousands of pages need to be edited to relink to the new names. <nowiki>{{rtn|2}}, for example, needs to be turned into {{rtn|2|Kanto}}, and so on.</nowiki> In town infoboxes, new parameters have been added, as can be seen in [[New Bark Town]]. We hope to finish this job within a few weeks - which will only be doable with your help.

We would also like to remind everyone to be careful with new information, and be careful not to insert unconfirmed rumors into pages and present them as facts. This is especially true for information acquired solely from other English websites not affiliated with Bulbagarden.

We wish the community a Happy New Generation. Let's get to work and make sure Bulbapedia is ready for it.

==June 29==
While server issues still remain, Bulbapedia has been restored to its normal, rounded self, with the {{template|roundy}} being found to have caused only minimal problems, mostly with regard to a slowdown in loading pages for those browsing the site due to the switch statements present. Roundy remains in service, now without the switch statements, while eight new templates take over for rounding individual corners and sides of Bulbapedia's tables.

The server issues that remain appear to be related to [[Bulbagarden]]'s load balancer, which, under normal circumstances, keeps the five servers that the website operates from in sync and serving Bulbagarden's community as one united entity. This glitch, which appeared as we were fixing the roundy-related issues, will possibly be flushed out of the system when the Bulbawiki network upgrades to MediaWiki version 1.16.0 on its exit from beta. Until then, please be patient, and tread lightly on your edits, which can make for disaster if too many are made in quick succession, ''especially'' to templates. If Bulbagarden goes down for any time, expect it to be back up within five minutes, thanks to a new feature which will auto-restart the website after a crash.

Meanwhile, discussion of the new Pokémon introduced with Generation V can be made on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden Forums]. Articles on the recently-revealed species will be up in due time, when more data can be gleaned from future screenshots and videos, as ones we currently have access to are limited in this.

==June 15==
With the continuous server issues, Bulbapedia regrets to inform you that the rounded corners that have become so standard will all be removed until further notice. While those without Firefox have not been able to see them, the two-month-old {{template|roundy}} template, which brought rounded corners to those who are not Firefox users, has been suspected of being the centerpoint of the problem.

Please do not remove the template from pages on which it is used; hopefully it is ''not'' the problem and rounded corners, as well as editing, will return soon.

Also, congratulations to our fellows at ZeldaWiki.org for getting the remake that Zelda fans so desired.

==June 1==
As we move closer and closer to Generation V, the Bulbapedia community continues to expand. Welcome to all our new users (please read the {{bp|welcome|rules and guidelines}} to help you contribute) and welcome to our new staff members: {{u|Tina}}, {{u|Umeko}}, and {{u|Zesty Cactus}} as Bulbapedia {{bp|Junior Administrator}}s and {{u|Jello}} and {{u|PsychicRider}} as Bulbagarden Archives Junior Administrators. These guys should be your first stop for simple questions about the wiki.

With more and more information about the fifth generation of Pokémon coming out by the week, we need to make sure the information we're putting out is correct. This means waiting for announcements from [[Pokémon Sunday]], [[CoroCoro]] and other official sources before information goes onto the mainspace. As speculation often builds up before these publications come out, pages may be protected by staff. We ask that you do not try to circumvent these measures; they are put in place to ensure Bulbapedia has accurate, high quality information.

Additionally, we need to remind you all that the {{bp|talk pages}} of the wiki are not meant for discussion of the subject of the article, but its content. Note the difference: chatting about what you think might happen, or your opinion about a new Pokémon is not permitted and should be taken to the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums]; discussing ways we can improve the article or pointing out flaws is what these pages should be used for.

And even though we've got new games on the horizon, don't forget about the older games. There are still lots of articles that need information and cleanup to meet Bulbapedia's standards. It's easier if we all chip in - don't be afraid to lend a hand!

==April 22==
As we celebrate the third anniversary of the English release of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, as well as of Generation IV itself, Bulbapedia continues to move forward.

Bulbagarden Networks has established a group on Facebook in order to better connect with the community at large, found [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bulbagarden-Networks/106182602199?ref=ts here], while the recently-established [[NIWA]] also has a new Facebook group, located [http://www.facebook.com/pages/NIWA/109310969105216 here]. Join up and hit "like", especially if you liek Mudkipz.

The upcoming summer promises to be chock-full of information on {{game|Black and White|s}} as we grow ever closer to their autumn release, and Bulbapedia will be changing some things around. A rearrangement of the staff structure, in the works for some time now, will see a more gradual slope for users to join the community and become full-fledged members of it. Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and Bulbagarden Archives are all taking applications for the newly-created Junior Administrator group which will be established in the coming days, so check out the forum thread {{bmgf|60126|here}} for details on how to apply.

==March 26==
Yet another release of Pokémon games has come and gone, though unlike many others, this release was a much hyped one, both by the staff of Bulbapedia as well as by Nintendo itself.

Due to this hype, however, Bulbagarden's traffic has increased tenfold overnight. Even with a third server installed shortly before the North American release of the remakes, and a fourth on its way already, Bulbagarden has a hard time outputting all of the connections requested of it by users who visit it. This is the reason for the 503 errors: the servers work as hard as they possibly can, yet still, it becomes impossible to give the information out to as many people as are visiting, like a spokesperson handing out fliers who is surrounded by an eager crowd could be overwhelmed.

Due to this, editing by non-staff on Bulbapedia has, for the moment, been disabled. This is not a malicious act to keep editing in the hands of those in charge and to shut out ideas, as some might think, but as a precaution to prevent ''more'' 503 errors, or worse, a complete shutdown of the site. Being a wiki, Bulbapedia requires a ''lot'' of resources, with edits to it making for a majority of the stress Bulbagarden's servers receive daily. Under normal load, this stress is negligible, and hundreds of users can be on the site at once, editing any one of our more than 16,000 mainspace pages. Under the increased load, however, even with only some 20 users having the ability to edit, 503's still appear from time to time.

It is unknown when the load from the influx of new members of the Bulbagarden community will begin to ease, though as of this writing it has only been seen to ''increase'', even with the third server's power. As such, it is impossible to predict when the ability for normal users to edit will return. Patience, however, is a virtue, and will be justly rewarded with many new things to do and updates to make when editing returns.

In the meantime, the administration of Bulbapedia can still be contacted on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php Bulbagarden forums], specifically in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia section], or users may send members of the administration an email, and edits to mainspace pages or templates can be requested of them. Userspace editing, on the return of normal editing, will remain in a restricted state for some time after, with only '''''one''' edit per day'' allowed. Your HeartGold and SoulSilver teams, Friend Codes, and so on should be condensed into this edit. Users who make more than this single edit in a day will have their userpages locked down for as many days as they made edits over this limit, and repeat offenders may have their pages locked for longer.

Meanwhile, enjoy HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as the remnants of the Team Rocket takeover, which will remain as a selectable skin on the Bulbawiki system as well as on the forums.

==February 14==
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Bulbapedia's being open to public editing. This milestone, ever great, allows us to take a look back at the history of the wiki, as well as the website in general. Occurring only a week after the revelation of the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon, this can remind us that we have come far from where the wiki began, those years ago. In 2005, we were still eagerly awaiting the [[third version]] of [[Hoenn]], {{game|Emerald}}, to be released outside of Japan, and knew that the end of [[Generation III]] was quickly nearing.

Here, now, we have gotten the {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s|remakes of Generation II}} many hoped for since {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. The style of the wiki has changed drastically, with the plain charts of the old days now replaced by colorful templates that maintain a particular theme across a page.

Today, to celebrate this accomplishment, we are unveiling a new, custom, Bulbagarden-themed skin for Bulbapedia, created by our own {{u|Jioruji Derako}}. This is only the first in a series of skins, which are to be created to better integrate the wiki trio with the Bulbagarden forums, as well as with other parts of the site.

Only one month remains until HeartGold and SoulSilver are released in the US, when we will finally be certain of the names of the newly-introduced characters. Likewise, Generation V's brand-new information, still on its way, must be verified before it goes into the mainspace, so as to maintain our high level of quality.

==February 7==
Well, it's that time again. As have Generations {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} before it, our beloved [[Generation IV]] is coming quickly to a close. The revelations have begun, and [[Junichi Masuda]] himself has announced the first [[Generation V]] Pokémon.

That is not to say that we should be fast to act! We must maintain our quality on Bulbapedia, even in the face of unconfirmed information. The Bulbapedia administration, including me, hang tight to the right channels for new Pokémon revelations, and rest assured, there is no need to worry or create an article for any new Pokémon ''yet''.

This mysterious new Pokémon, whatever it is, will have its article created in due time. Do not rush. Do not worry. It will not be forgotten. Details must be verified before we create an article, when the Pokémon's full details are revealed in two weeks.

Details on Generation V are sparse right now, however, within ten months' time, all will be known. We have no need to get the information out as fast as possible here; our primary motivation should be well-written articles that inform, rather than poorly-written articles whose only purpose is to give the creator bragging rights (really, creating the [[Sdex|Sinnoh Pokédex listing]] was no big deal). Writing an article that needs minimal maintenance in the coming days, months, and even years is much better than writing one that needs much maintenance to even be ''decent''.

In closing, do not panic. Give us time to collect information, and do a little hunting yourself. Meanwhile, go back and enjoy Johto. Only five weeks remain until you can...

=2009=
==November 30==
This particular issue is actually rather important, so we're hoping that bringing it to everyone's attention will make an impact.

'''When uploading images, please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) characters only!'''

We've had this message up at the top of the archives for ages now, but people still aren't paying attention to it. This is not just an issue of filename aesthetics, as some people seem to be treating it as. Putting filenames up there with characters outside of these, including punctuation, Japanese characters, or just weird characters (such as those from glitch Pokémon for instance) cause problems with our web server. I'll save you the specifics, but it results in a cascade which can cause the server to lock up in a manner which requires us to perform a manual reset.

It's a very simple request, and coming into December, I think we can all agree that we'd like to see as little downtime as possible from people simply not reading, or ignoring, the rules. Any users who can't do during this holiday period will be receiving a ban from editing and uploading on the Bulbawiki network until the New Year. There will be no warnings, no second chances.

==November 16==
Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.

Active contributors to articles under the {{bp|Project Games}} scope are invited to apply for the position of {{bp|Project Leader}}. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected [[side games]]. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the {{bt|Project Games|talk page}} for details.

[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently {{u|Argy}}) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see {{bmgf|48029|this forum thread}}.

If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!

==November 5==
As most of you probably noticed, Bulbapedia has been closed to editing for about 24 hours for maintenance. During this time the staff has worked hard to move two manga sections to their English names. ''Pokémon Special'' has been moved to ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'', and ''Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure'' has been moved to ''[[Magical Pokémon Journey]]''. All relating articles and templates have been moved as well, and the characters of {{Adv|Blue}} and {{Adv|Green}} have been switched, so please be sure to check the {{bp|list of link templates}} and follow the new names from now on.

It is possible that some instances of the old names were missed. If you come across one, please change it to fit our new standards. We would like to thank everybody who participated in this mass move. We will continue working hard to make Bulbapedia the best, most accurate Pokémon encyclopedia on the internet - ''by'' the fans, ''for'' the fans.

==November 2==
Starting this Thursday night (the 5th) and possibly until sometime in the weekend, Bulbapedia will be closed to editing, due to maintenance work. During this time the staff will be taking care of a large-scale move that might be stressing to our servers, and for that reason regular users will not be able to submit any edits.

There is no reason to be concerned about this. This move is done purely for the purpose of having a better, more accurate Bulbapedia. Editing privileges will be returned to the users by the end of the weekend.

Please do ''not'' start asking the staff about the nature of the move planned. This will be revealed during the weekend.

==October 14==
As some of you may have seen recently, there is an {{bmgf|46076|iPhone Pokédex application}} that was recently released, which uses Bulbapedia to supply its content. Due to licensing issues and other concerns, this is a no-no on the app creator's part; Bulbapedia is a non-commercial entity, while said app is decidedly commercial.

As the app's creators have not addressed these concerns despite Bulbagarden's efforts, Bulbapedia has begun to address these concerns for them. For those of you who view the site regularly, this has no effect on you; for those who edit regularly, you may notice that all of the Pokémon species articles have been temporarily protected from edits while we change variables. Don't worry; the wiki is not being vandalized, and all the changes being made are purely non-aesthetic ones.

Bulbagarden and Bulbapedia take content copyrights very seriously; rest assured that we will never allow others to make profit from ''your'' hard work and contributions here.

==October 10==
Bulbagarden is proud to announce the opening of its new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=375 Battle Center]! The Battle Center is a place to solicit and accept wireless battles for the [[Generation IV]] games that are Wi-Fi compatible. Both competitive and casual battlers are welcome, so you'll always fit in. Better yet, you can use the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=370 Trade Center] to find the Pokémon you need to achieve victory, and then use your new acquisitions to win in the Battle Center!

As a component of this, you can access our new IRC battling chat via your own IRC client (we're on irc.systemnet.info) or through our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/javachat.php forums JavaChat]. Just type in /join #bulbabattle - it's very easy, and will provide another way for you to find battlers.

As we mentioned during the unveiling of the Trade Center a month and a half ago, the Forums support both Pokémon and non-Pokémon discussion across a wide variety of topics. If you're interested in more in-depth discussion than Bulbapedia allows, we recommend that you [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/register.php register here] and enjoy more of the services that Bulbagarden has to offer!

Bulbagarden is always adding exciting new features and offering a better, more engaging experience for Pokémon fans. As always, we thank thank you, the community, for your continued support as we continue to grow. We really couldn't do it without you.

==September 20==
{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} have arrived in Japan, and, as always, there are new tasks pertaining to the games that Bulbapedia members can work on. See "Ongoing Work" for more details.

Instead of discussing the new games on Bulbapedia talk pages, make sure to keep questions and comments about the games to the new [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=368 HGSS Discussion Forum] on BMGf.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==September 4==
September is here, and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} are less than a week away. While we know many of you are excited about the remakes, we would like to remind everyone that only information that has been confirmed by an official source is allowed on the articles.

In celebration of the new games, we have created a new party template to replace the one currently in use. We hope to finish changing all the old templates to new ones before the release of HGSS, and any help would be highly appreciated. To see an example of how the new template is used, see [[Roark]]. A list of pages in need of update can be found {{red link|Category:Pages not updated to the new party template|here}}.

Also, if you haven't already visited it, a new Trade Center has been opened on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

==August 28==
A quick update on Bulbagarden's newest feature:

We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Trade Center on the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/index.php forums]: a place where users can offer or express interest in certain Pokémon or items and then privately make the trade over Wi-Fi. This will give you the opportunity to connect with other users and expand your Pokédex or enhance your competitive battling team!

Also, we'd like to remind everyone that our forums are there for all discussions Pokémon-related, and have boards to discuss many other areas of interest as well, such as current events, entertainment, and much more.

If you haven't already joined, click the link above to visit our forums and create an account. It's as easy as making one on Bulbapedia! We're looking forward to seeing you both in the Trade Center and around our forums!

==August 19==
We now welcome the seventh wiki in the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] network, [[Pokéteca]], to the table, as our Spanish language counterparts. Though they have more than a thousand pages already, like all wikis, completion and addition are the best things, and so we must all collaborate to our best.

Those on Bulbapedia who speak another language: do not forget that you can help our fellow wikis out, most especially if you speak {{de|Hauptseite|German}}, {{es|Portada|Spanish}}, {{fr|Accueil|French}}, {{ja|メインページ|Japanese}}, {{pl|Strona główna|Polish}}, or {{pt|Página principal|Portuguese}}. Encyclopaediae Pokémonis strives to be as international as the Pokémon franchise itself, a worldwide phenomenon, and expansion of our knowledge of this world is always encouraged.

Do not forget, however, that Bulbapedia itself also needs your help. We may have more than 15,000 articles right now, but many of those can be vastly expanded, and synopses of the more than 600 episodes of the anime are nowhere near complete. So go for it!

==July 26==
Account creation on Bulbapedia has been unlocked! For any users who have been wanting to register for the last month (vandals excluded, of course), now is the time to do it! And as for information that has been included in past Messages from the Editor but that is still relevant...

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 16==
Account creation is currently disabled on Bulbapedia! Please refrain from e-mailing {{u|Archaic}} and the other staff members about it. Although no date has been set for the resurrection of account creation, rest assured it will not be too long.

Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system, explained in previous Messages from the Editor. Please nominate and vote on featured articles.

==July 10==
Note that a new item has been added to our {{bp|Userspace policy}} concerning pages/templates in the userspace that spoof the interface. They are no longer allowed. Most notably, users with the "New Messages" template on their page are advised to remove it ''immediately''. It's annoying and not the least bit funny. Thanks.

Also, starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

==July 1==
Starting this month, we are going to revive the {{bp|featured articles}} process on Bulbapedia. On the first of every month, one featured article will be featured in this space. The first one will be in August, while July will serve us to try the new system:

Every FA nomination will remain open for one month, at the end of which we will decide whether or not to give the article in question Featured Article status or not. Just like before, every user can nominate any article {{bp|featured article candidates|the old way}}, as long as the article fits {{bp|what is a featured article?|the criteria}}. Every user may vote, provided that they explain their opinion – but note that the topic in question isn’t what the ''subject'' of the article is, but how good it is – its prose, details, accuracy, design, and level of interest. The final decision will not be based on the number of votes alone, but on their content as well.

Many of the articles that were nominated up until today have changed a lot in the long time they were nominated, and so many votes became irrelevant. To start off with a clean slate, the nomination page was cleared and all nominees were voted on. [[History of Pokémon]] received featured status, and several other articles have been re-nominated with a fresh slate. The rest were rejected for the time being.

Please vote and nominate away!

==June 15==
{{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} are games that we've all been waiting almost five years for, and we're incredibly excited by their approach.

Despite this, please keep in mind that '''''NO SPRITES ARE YET OFFICIAL'''''. All sprites found on the HGSS site are until release ''beta sprites'' that may change, much as the sprite for [[Origin Forme]] {{p|Giratina}} did between the beta phase and final release of {{game|Platinum}}.

Please keep this in mind. New HGSS sprites should be uploaded to the filename Spr 4h {{tt|###|National Dex number}}.png, but ''should not replace the sprites at the National Dex number at the current time''. Platinum sprites are overall better quality than the sprites we can get from HGSS at the current point -- wait for the games to come out, and we should be able to rip the best quality sprites from the games themselves within days, as we did with Platinum.

Again, excitement may be high, but do not make the quality of images take a dive just because {{p|Lugia}} can. Reservations start in July, pointing to a release sooner than any of us expect.

==May 22==
As many of you have probably noticed, we have been getting a lot of what can be tentatively considered as vandalism the past few days. Namely, lots and lots and ''lots'' of sockpuppets created using proxies, likely of the same misguided user. We're currently considering and discussing implementing some sort of system to monitor new users automatically, although how exactly this would work isn't yet figured out. If any of you have any ideas, we'd be happy to listen.

A note to {{bp|administrators}}: Watch the Recent Changes like a hawk. Checkuser any new user you see, and block sockpuppets on sight. I know many of you have already been doing this, but we need to be vigilant. Thanks.

==May 15==
Just as Bulbapedia upgraded in the time leading up to {{game|Platinum}} during 2008, we must make certain that we keep ourselves up to date for anything new that occurs in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. We will be continuing to renew the various infoboxes around the wiki, at times breaking them in order to get them to work better, much as the Pokémon games did with the start of [[Generation III]].

At the same time, although we are all excited about the remakes, a warning must remain in place: do not add details if you are unsure of their veracity, and as always make sure not to speculate in articles. When in doubt, bring it up on the talk page, but keep in mind that talk pages are not for wild speculation (save that for the forums). No matter what you think will come of the remakes, '''nothing''' is certain until their release (not even their release date).

And a small note to our newer users: please, lurk first and preview edits to see what wikicode does. Find out how the wiki works by watching other edits. Even our editor-in-chief started that way, so there's no telling how far you'll go by watching what works and what doesn't. Unlike other languages, wikicode is quite easy to learn, and other users will be more than happy to help you out with our style if you ask.

==May 8==
This is a temporary message to all editors of Bulbapedia; a more comprehensive one will soon replace it.

With the [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions]] confirmed, we would like to let you know that the administration of Bulbapedia is going through the updating process in a careful and comprehensive way. For the time being, '''''please refrain from updating pages relating to the remakes with information until given the O.K,''''' as we are only human and would like to be able to check all pages and make sure that speculation is not present.

Please keep this in mind for the coming days. Thank you.

==May 4==
The month of May certainly seems as if it will be an upturn in events relating to Pokémon, with rumors of what's in store already flying around.

We must insist on this from all Bulbapedia users:

'''''DO NOT INSERT SPECULATION INTO ARTICLES. FACTS ONLY.'''''

Whatever the exciting announcement that is to come next Sunday, whether it is the fabled GSDS, PBR2, Stadium 3, or anything, ''keep the speculation out''.

Additionally, questions and comments regarding the subject of the article (as opposed to the article's text) should go on Bulbagarden's forums, accessible from the sidebar on all pages as "Bulbawiki forum".

==April 20==
In order to keep Bulbapedians up to date, this message has been changed.

The "war" with Wikia is over, meaning everyone can quit spamming their recent changes and vandalizing their pages. You know, the stuff we expressly told you '''''not''''' to do.

Bulbapedia's templates continue to be updated. Next up on the line should be the remaining infobox templates, beginning with those dealing with locations in the Pokémon world. If you have an idea on how to update these templates, please create it as a subpage in your userspace, and bring it to the attention of one of our many {{bp|administrators}}.

==March 29==
As work on {{bp|Project Overgrow}} continues, so does Bulbapedia itself. Despite this, some of you may have noticed that we have been having some issues with the server as of late, with Bulbapedia being inaccessible from time to time. This is due to a glitch in the system which we have been investigating to its fullest in order to eliminate as quickly as possible.

Through our continued prosperity, however, we have garnered the attention of a less-than-favorable faction. Wikia's "[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki The Pokémon Encyclopedia]" has recently been found to have [http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Platinum taken the content] of various [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Bulbapedia articles]], changed one or two words (while at the same time remaining formatted overall in the same way), and posted it as their own. While this is not the fault of their administrators at all, the fact that, when this is pointed out to them, the administrators do nothing about the copied content or attempt to hide our comments about it is a very disturbing fact.

The Pokémon Encyclopedia, as a Wikia wiki, is licensed under the standard [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License], while Bulbapedia's content is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License], incompatible with Wikia's license. Bulbapedia's license requires strictly that the content is attributed to Bulbapedia and its users, and additionally, the "noncommercial" aspect of the license requires that no money is made off of the content. [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia:About Wikia's own About page clarifies that it is a commercial entity], while Bulbapedia's ads are in place to keep the massive server we have running.

Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden's administrators heavily '''''discourage''''' vandalism of The Pokémon Encyclopedia, despite their refusal to comply to our request to remove the copied content. However, we do encourage dialog with those in charge. So please, ask them, why are you taking content that we worked on?

==February 28==
Although Bulbapedia has been as prosperous as ever as of late, one issue has repeatedly occurred that, although not the end of the world, needs to stop. I would like to remind everyone
that having multiple accounts, commonly referred to as "sockpuppets," are ''not allowed'' if not authorized by the {{bp|Editorial Board}}. Lately, a number of users have been caught abusing multiple accounts by random IP checks. Although these users will not be harshly reprimanded, let me stress again that this is ''not allowed''. Even if you don't edit from your "other" account, it's still against the rules and shouldn't be occurring.

If you currently have an unauthorized additional account, please report it to an {{bp|administrators|administrator}} so they can disable it. Failure to do so and subsequent discovery of the account may lead to a minimal block or verbal warning. Thank you all for abiding by this and only keeping one account. If you would like to rename your account or have any questions about sockpuppets, contact a staff member.

==February 14==
Happy anniversary to Bulbapedia! We've been going strong for four years now, with over 14,000 articles since our public opening.

It is here where I announce Phase III of {{bp|Project Overgrow}}: the upgrading and cleanup of Bulbapedia itself! With the English release of {{game|Platinum}} imminent, and the revelation of the 493rd (and currently final) Pokémon in the [[National Dex]], {{p|Arceus}}, having happened, we need to make certain that we have all of the best information we can.

Older episodes of the [[Pokémon anime]], as well as several current ones, are in need of synopses, which can be added by anyone. A style guide as well as an example episode synopsis will be upcoming. These should not be too brief, while at the same time, should not be a script of the episode.

Our coverage of the various [[Pokémon manga]] as well as many other things is also in need of improvement. Pick a {{bp|stub}}, find its subject matter, and expand the article. You may find new areas of Pokémon canon you otherwise would have no knowledge of.

As you may have noted as well, many of Bulbapedia's templates, as well as the style in general, have been upgraded to feature rounded corners (though these do not appear in some browsers). The ability to change back to the old skin will become available soon in your preferences, however, it is not currently.

And so, in closing, Bulbapedia's contributors must ignore the easy-to-know details of the front-and-center parts of the Pokémon world, and focus on the more ignored facets. We aim to make Bulbapedia the largest bastion of knowledge about Pokémon that the web has to offer, and we can only do it with your help.

==February 9==
The third phase of {{bp|Project Overgrow}} will be beginning soon. Are you ready? Be prepared as this one is the one that pertains most to you, the users of Bulbapedia.

Bulbapedia's image policy has been updated, of course. For episode articles, the header image ''must'' be a png file, and should be uploaded at the episode's {{bp|epicode}} rather than elsewhere. This discourages stealing images from other sites and encourages better quality for images. It also keeps edit warring to a minimum, as we've had many problems with that in the past. So keep this in mind and help us as we prepare for the start of phase III!

==January 14==
{{bp|Project Overgrow}}'s second phase has begun, and that is none other than a revamp of the forums! Not only have they been upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, but several things have been reorganized, including an expanded space for Bulbapedia discussion!

[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=353 A new forum] has been opened specifically for social discussion regarding the Pedia, so enjoy it now rather than using talk pages for this. Also, keep in mind that on the forums, a [bp] tag exists for direct, quick links to Bulbapedia pages, and works much in the same way as other standard forum tags.

Also, effective immediately, there will no longer be a strictly-enforced userspace edit limit of four per day, or any other number. Use this wisely, and don't go absolutely crazy with the amount of edits daily– use the preview button instead. Abusers will, as always, be punished, but the enforcement of any limit will be much less strict, with administrators and others free to decide on their own ''smartly'' what constitutes far more edits than necessary.

The Bulbagarden forums have a blog system which can be easily used to detail your daily life, as well, negating the absolute need for a constantly-edited userpage.

==January 3==
Happy new year to all, and welcome to 2009!

Being a new year, Bulbapedia asks its users to begin by turning over a new leaf, and reading over the {{bp|code of conduct}} that we have introduced. This will help all of Bulbapedia's users to get along better with each other, and at the same time, make sure that we in administrative positions also stay nice.

In addition, Bulbagarden's {{bp|Project Overgrow}} has begun, which will be a major part of activities around the entirety of the website for approximately the next four months. The first part of Project Overgrow is a swath of {{bmgf|33402|new hires}}--if you're interested in joining the Bulbagarden staff, check out that post!

=2008=
==December 24==
Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year from all of us at Bulbagarden!

[[Image:BMGFXMASCARD2008.png|center|thumb]]

==December 11==
I hope you're all enjoying the new layout celebrating our sixth anniversary.

I would like to take a moment to remind our users that uploading media to our archives for a banned user is the same thing as ban evading. Not only would the user who told you to upload the media would be punished further, the user who did the uploading would also receive a ban.

So use your head; don't help someone break the rules.

==December 10==
Yet again, a new color scheme is added to the Main Page, which has received a redesign. This color scheme is not the permanent one, however, but a recolored one in celebration of [[Bulbagarden]]'s sixth anniversary.

Bulbapedia's fourth anniversary is also upcoming this month, though we officially opened our doors on February 14 of 2005, the Bulbawiki project officially began on December 21, 2004.

As the English release date of {{game|Platinum}} has been leaked, we will attempt to accelerate our plans to revamp several old templates to include new data and perhaps have a new look, much like the updated evolution, sprite, and stat templates.

Please be warned, however, that the English names given by the Circuit City ad are not confirmed as official, and thus pages will not yet be moving.

==November 29==
We hope everyone enjoyed the color scheme we had on November 21st to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} in Japan. We also hope everyone enjoyed their {{wp|Thanksgiving}} (where celebrated).

Editing wise, we have been updating numerous old templates including, but not limited to, party templates (which can be seen on [[Brock#Pokémon Red, Blue and Green|Brock]]'s page), evolution templates (which can be seen on [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)#Evolution|Bulbasaur's]] page), and we are currently looking for a new [[Template:Welcome|Welcome]] template, but, we need the help of our users. Visit [[Template talk:Welcome|this page]] to view the candidates and vote.

==October 29==
In addition to the still fairly new policies on [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]], Bulbapedia has developed a tentative policy on [[Bulbapedia:Talk abuse|talk page abuse]]. Be sure to check out the guidelines illustrated in these pages, as it could save everyone a lot of trouble.

Lastly, Bulbapedia would like to offer a belated congratulations to {{u|TTEchidna}} on his promotion to Editor-in-Chief, while at the same time expressing our gratitude for the time and energy {{u|Zhen Lin}} devoted to Bulbapedia during his time as Editor-in-Chief.

==October 21==
Bulbapedia now has official policies for [[Bulbapedia:Image reversion policy|image reversion]] and [[Bulbapedia:Userspace policy|userspace quantity and content]]. Be sure to read both, as they make clear the official stance of the {{bp|administrators}} and {{bp|Editorial board}} regarding those important topics. If everyone reads those, there will be fewer conflicts around here and a lesser server load.

==October 1==
Due to the amount of edits done solely to revert images used on Bulbapedic articles over and over, a policy has now been created to attempt to prevent this from occurring again. From now on, any Users who are caught reverting each other because of an image will be subsequently blocked for an amount of days equal to the amount of reverts by both opposing parties made solely to change the image. Furthermore, the image will be replaced with the previous image. Hopefully, this will teach the opposing parties to discuss their concerns on the talk page, instead of causing ugly, pointless, revert wars that clutter the database. If no change is seen in the behavior of Users, this policy will be revised in order to reflect a harsher punishment.

Also, keep in mind that the current limit on Userspace edits is three; this not only covers your main Userspace page, but any subpages you may have, and any other User’s page. However, editing others' pages is almost always not allowed, so try to keep ''your'' edits to ''your'' own page.

==September 12==
While Bulbapedia may be celebrating the release of {{game|Platinum}}, users should keep in mind several things when editing:
*If you do not have the game, do not assume based on appearances. Have faith in fellow contributors, however, as they may in fact have the game.
*The Platinum sprites of ''all'' Pokémon have already been ripped from the game and saved as pngs, in the 80×80 standard size. Taking screenshots and cropping them is frowned upon, as their quality may be low.
*The updating of [[List of moves|moves]] to Platinum standard is still not finished. Why not contribute to that?
*Some menusprite images may look a bit "off". This is due to your computer reading the image data from cache, while we very recently updated all menusprite images to {{wp|png}} format. In addition, some animated menusprites may link to an image that does not yet exist. Do not panic; this is part of the Platinum updates.
*The move tutor moves on Pokémon pages may display incorrectly. This is due to an upgrade we are doing to them so as to make them compatible with Platinum and XD move tutors, and will be done shortly.

Despite this, continue to enjoy Bulbapedia as we expand our information about the fifteenth [[main series]] Pokémon game.

==July 27==
As some of you have noticed, the much awaited return of the <code>User:</code> namespace has finally occurred.

Now, before you all get down to the epic celebration of this, we as a community must focus on the project at hand. Bulbapedia still needs work to prepare itself for the release of {{game|Platinum}}, and as well needs to continue in its commitment to providing the best and most up-to-date Pokémon information. We cannot do this without you, the users. We must insist, therefore, that you do abide by the policies of the userspace, such as not editing it too much, keeping games off and subpages to a minimum, and finally, adequately contributing to the main namespace. These past four months have been absolutely bounteous with growth, and all of us would hate to see the quality of Bulbapedia suffer again as it did in the weeks and months leading up to the ban on the <code>User:</code> namespace.

This unblocking of the namespace is a temporary measure to gauge how users treat it. If it is unsatisfactory, the block will be reinstated as we continue to develop a system to prevent abuse.

==June 30==
Congratulations to all of us--Bulbapedia has reached its 10,000th article!

==June 27==
We certainly have been having a lot of these recently.

Additionally, Zhen Lin will be out of town for the week. All questions and such can be directed to {{u|TTEchidna}} or any of the other [[Special:Listusers/sysop|administrators]].

==June 15==
With immediate effect, [[Bulbapedia:administrators|administrators]] are authorised and advised to remove any content that is inappropriate use of User or User talk pages. Users restoring content so deleted may be warned once before being [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] for abuse of Bulbapedia. The determination of "inappropriate" is presently left to individual administrators, but we will codify guidelines in the near future. Appeals to the [[Bulbapedia:editorial board|editorial board]] over the interpretation of "inappropriate" are possible.

==June 12==
Guys, seriously. Stop using your user talk pages for meaningless MySpace junk.

==June 9==
After two years, we have finally managed to link the accounts on all three of our wikis: [[Bulbapedia]], [[Bulbanews]], and [[Bulbagarden Archives]].

There may still be some issues with the linkage of accounts, such as having to still log in separately, but overall, the linkage should be in place. If your account has not been merged correctly, see [[Special:Mergeaccount]] or {{ut|Zhen Lin|talk to}} {{u|Zhen Lin}}.

And yes, the userspace is still disabled from editing. We're sorry, but the server already has a lot of load and editing userpages every five minutes would destroy it and cause Bulbagarden to be down a lot longer than the two days it was at the end of May.

==March 24==
Due to an overwhelmingly large amount of edits going on in the <code>User:</code> namespace, we have disabled edits to all pages within it for the time being. We are monitoring how much the lack of ability to edit personal pages will affect the server, and when the results come in, we will make a decision on what to do.

If you feel the need to create a userpage or edit it now, you will have to wait. '''''Do not''''' create a page in the main namespace to move to the <code>User:</code> namespace under any circumstances. The results will likely be conclusive after about a week, and you will be informed with another message from the editor about the return of functionality.

Additionally, a policy on signatures is being discussed on the Bulbapedia forum on BMGf, so please, take a look at it even if you are not a member.

==February 14==
It's now three years since we opened Bulbapedia to the public and we are very proud to announce that Bulbapedia now has over '''8,000 articles'''. That's nearly double the number we had this time last year! Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this incredible milestone.

We are also announcing today the appointment of [[User:TTEchidna|TTEchidna]] as '''[[Bulbapedia:Editorial board|Deputy Editor-in-Chief]]''', in recognition of his continuing and vigilant watch over Bulbapedia.

=2007=
==December 25==
On this day, we celebrate the enlargement of the [[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]] group by welcoming the Brazillian Portuguese {{redlink|:pt:Página principal|LANDpedia}} – ''bem vindo'' from all of us here at Bulbapedia!

As Bulbapedia enters its fourth year, we also celebrate Bulbapedia's '''100 millionth''' page view, recorded just last week on the 18th. To everyone, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

==September 28==
Let us all say ''bienvenue'' to ''[[:fr:Accueil|Poképédia]]'', which joins ''[[Encyclopaediae Pokémonis]]'' as its French member. This is but one of the many happy events of September 2007, which includes the creation of the 6,000th, then 6,500th article on [[Bulbapedia]], as well as the [[Special:Statistics|70,000,000th page view]] since we first began this project way back in December 2004.

The only event which clouds this otherwise incredible month is the controversy surrounding the implementation of [[Bulbapedia:Advertising|advertising]] on Bulbapedia. We hope that our readers and contributors will bear with us and will not find the advertisements overly off-putting or intrusive - please do report any inappropriate ads you see to [[User:Archaic|Archaic]].

==April 6==
Please welcome the Polish ''[[:pl:Strona główna|Wikinezka]]'', who have today joined the ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'' group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias. We wish them the best of luck, and hope that the spirit of international cooperation will continue to grow in the international Pokémon fan community.

=2006=
==December 30==
At 4:52PM (UTC) today, the '''4,000'''th Bulbapedia article was created. Over the course of this year alone, an amazing 1,364 articles were [[Bulbapedia:Growth statistics|created at a rate of 3.758 articles per day]] - and it's been just only over two years since this project was started in December 21, 2004, and the two-year anniversary of its opening to the public is still ahead of us.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has participated in this collaborative project!

==June 26==
We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, [[:ja:メインページ|Pokémon Wiki]] (ポケモンWiki) has joined our German affiliate [[:de:Hauptseite|PokéWiki]] and us in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages.

The first person to conceive of a Pokémon website that visitors could edit and update was [[User:Meowth346|Meowth346]] of Pokémon Forever. Inspired by [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], one implemenation of that idea was founded on December 22, 2004: Bulbapedia. After a period of secret development, we opened it to the public on February 14, 2005.

Two months later, German Pokémon fan [[User:nYoo|nYoo]] launched an inquiry into the possibility of opening a German Pokémon encyclopedia in the spirit of Bulbapedia. Though nothing came of that discussion, another inquiry was made in early August, and that resulted in PokéWiki.

Naturally, the two open-content Pokémon encyclopedias agreed to affiliate. Expecting more affiliates in other languages, ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', Latin for ''Encylopedias of Pokémon'', was proposed shortly thereafter, but it would be a long time before the group expanded.

Pokémon Wiki was founded early April 2006, and was first brought to our attention mid-June. Ten days and many e-mail messages later, Pokémon Wiki joined Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.

==February 14==
In the one year since we opened Bulbapedia to the public, there has been amazing growth - we have gone from 114 articles to 2,642 - that's 6.9 articles per day!

Admittedly, I initially had my doubts about whether such a radical idea would even work in the context of Pokémon - but here we are. On behalf of Bulbagarden, I would like to thank all who have contributed and supported this project.

The editorial board would like to [[Bulbapedia:Awards 2005|thank a few of you]], in particular. Congratulations and thank you to all award recipients, and to all of you as well for supporting Bulbapedia!

==January 9==
The Bulbapedia editorial board wishes all our readers, contributors and staff a belated happy new year. Please welcome our new Research Editor, [[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]], who will offering us fresh insight on a variety of topics. His personal aspiration is "for Bulbapedia to turn into a plethora of informative resources viewed by readers as ''enlightening''."

We have also added (Modern) Hebrew to our collection of [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. If you would like your language there, please make your request at Category talk:Babel tags - with the text to be used in them, if you wish to supply your own.

Finally, we would like to remind you that Bulbapedia is approaching the 1-year anniversary of its opening to the public.

=2005=
==September 19==
Bulbapedians can now indicate their linguistic capabilities on their user pages with [[:Category:Babel tags|Babel tags]]. Currently, languages available are '''English''', '''Japanese''', '''German''', '''French''', and '''Spanish'''. If you would like to see your language on the list, please make a request to [[User talk:Argy|Argy]], [[User talk:Evkl|evkl]], or [[User talk:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]].

==June 21==
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8269 The Future of Bulbapedia]:
: Bulbapedia and the Bulbawiki networks as a whole have come a long way since their inception and release to the public. Starting out at barely over a hundred articles at public release, the current article count on Bulbapedia (As of today, June 21, 2005) stands at over 23 times that number. The Bulbawiki networks now include a news site, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives, a repository for all pictures and other non-text data files with relevancy to Bulbagarden.net and its side projects.

==June 1==
Please take a moment to visit the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?p=127299#post127299 Where from here?] post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Discussion] forum on [[BMGf]].

==April 29==
[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] has opened to the public with exclusive information on [[AG126]]. The Bulbapedia editorial staff invite you to make use of this new resource for your daily Poké-News fix. Enjoy!
==April 23==
* Bulbagarden Archives has been opened to the public.

==April 16==
* Recently, a large number of pages were vandalized. Although a mass reversion/deletion has been done, there may be traces remaining. We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us correct that.
* Congratulations to [[User:Zeta|Zeta]] and [[User:Woopert|Woopert]], who have been granted [[Special:Listadmins|sysopship]] for their past work on Bulbapedia and assistance in dealing with the attack.

==April 9==
* Henceforth any and all articles directly pertaining to [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] and [[Serebii.net]] are placed under strict protection. All edits '''must''' be approved by [[User:evkl|evkl]] or [[User:Damian Silverblade|Damian Silverblade]].

==March 28==
* Although a number of articles have been created for [[:Category:People|People]] who have not had an impact on the Pokémon canon, i.e. fans, please do not take this a signal to create encyclopedic articles on yourself. The subjects of the aforementioned articles should also take note of the difference between a personal page, such as [[wp:User:Jimbo Wales|User:Jimbo Wales]] and an encyclopedic article, such as [[wp:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]], and strive to maintain NPOV in the latter.

==March 24==
* A thread has been established for requesting [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7327 Bots and Templates.]
* A new policy on what defines [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7324 mass editing] has been established; ignoring it is grounds for being temporarily [[Bulbapedia:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Please read the definition of "minor" and "major" edits for future reference.
* Making mass changes as described in the above "mass editing" thread can be first discussed by making a post in the [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forumdisplay.php?f=195 Bulbapedia Forum]; rules for those posts can be found [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7328 here].

==March 19==
* As a guideline, do ''not'' create any [[:Category:Moves|move]] articles without filling in most if not all of the [[Template talk:MoveInfobox|Infobox]], as well as the Template talk:MoveProperties. Make a positive effort to do so. You may wish to refer to [http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/lists/foreign/moves/] to find out the Japanese name and the move number.
* A basic structure for the Bulbapedia:Community Portal has been set up.
* Make use of the abbreviated link syntax: <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[Ruby (Special)|Ruby]]</nowiki></code>, similarly, <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|]]</nowiki></code> is equivalent to <code><nowiki>[[wp:Satoshi Tajiri|Satoshi Tajiri]]</nowiki></code>.
* Avoid coding in HTML unless absolutely necessary. Wikicode is documented at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents]; please note that some things are Wikipedia-specific.
— [[User:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]]

==March 6==
* We now have all of the pages in the [[:Category:Pokémon]] listing. You can feel free to expand any of the pages to include general information on that specific Pokémon. Specific, useful Pokédex-like pages will be established shortly. We're working on it--and we greatly appreciate the help of all those who made the Poké-pages possible.
* BMG had a minor virus problem earlier in the day; please run any antivirus software you may have to see if you were infected unknowingly.
* Character pages can still use more information. The Community Portal will shortly have a number of features which point to things that address community-based projects and pages that need attention.
* That Bulbapedia button is on the way, I should have it uploaded within a few days.

==February 27==
* '''''PLEASE''''' temporarily refrain from making any Pokémon or Move pages for the next couple of days. Our templates are being enhanced, and we don't want to have to fix any more than we have to as it is.
* If you didn't already notice, Episode Guides are starting to go up. If you personally have any to contribute, it's always welcome. Remember to use the numbering guidelines put forth in the [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style|Manual of Style]].
* We'll be coming out with a Bulbapedia button very, so if you want to link to us from any site, it'll become possible.

==February 22==
* '''Please''' remember to link to games with their full name, i.e. ''<nowiki> [[Pokémon Red|Red version]] </nowiki>'' instead of just linking ''<nowiki> [[Red]] </nowiki> ''
* Remember to use the Macro tag for Pokémon Meta and use Pokémon Infobox where applicable. Thanks to everyone who's been working on Macro conversion.
* While the link to it has disappeared from our revamped front page, remember the [[Bulbapedia:Wantedpages|List of wanted pages]] is still there.
* The [[Items]] list needs filled out.
* Remember to add the appropriate stub tags to any article, via the <nowiki> {{ }} </nowiki> stub macro formatting.

==February 18==
* Only the first instance of a term in an article's actual text (excluding sidebars, lists, etc) should be linked to that term's matching article.
* Keep up the good work! It seems like every day, there's less and less conflict and more and more cooperation.
* So long as you include the Pokémon Infobox with a Pokémon article (see the [[Template_talk:PokémonInfobox#Usage|talk page]] for usage notes), you may go ahead and fill in all ____ (Pokémon) articles, but don't make them too expansive. Any more information than what we currently have in {{p|Geodude}} or {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s entry would be overly much. Please use the <nowiki>{{p|(name of Pokémon)}}</nowiki> macro to link to Pokémon pages, as we may choose to change the article titles for Pokémon species pages in the future.
* Elements pages should still look like the [[Grass (type)|Grass-type]] page.
* There are still many articles that need worked on! Consult the [[Special:wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] to see what people most want filled in.
* Make sure pages are appropriately linked to others.

==February 14==
Welcome to Bulbapedia! All of the instructions on use, semantics, and the like can be found either below in '''Getting Started''' or via one of our quick links in the green toolbar to the right.

The staff of Bulbapedia has worked very hard in getting it to this point, but there's only so far any one small group can expand an encyclopedia, and after it tops out in size from our knowledge base or ability to work on it, the public is of more help than the staff in expanding and growing. That's the philosophy of a Wiki-based encyclopedia, and we're taking that to heart. We know there'll be differences of opinion, we know there'll be hard times and heated arguments, but we're going ahead with this project anyway, because it is our goal to compile the best, most comprehensive Pokémon database on the planet.

We're not there yet, but we're working on it, and you can help us. The staff of Bulbagarden.net and Bulbapedia hope you enjoy, contribute to, and use our newest service!

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Bulbapedia:Bureaucrats

2022-11-12T03:47:24Z

Pokemaster97:

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'''Bureaucrats''' on Bulbapedia are users which the {{bp|Editorial Board}} considers to go above and beyond being a normal administrator, and are the most important to the policy of the wiki aside from the Editorial Board itself.

{{bp|Senior Administrators}} may be promoted to Bureaucrat level if they have demonstrated significant dedication to the Bulbagarden community.

==List of Bureaucrats==
If in need of a Bureaucrat's assistance, please contact an '''Active''' Bureaucrat for quickest results; all active Bureaucrats check messages regularly.
{| width="70%" class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color}};"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
{{AdminCell|Adil|Former Head of Anime|Hiatus|March 4, 2011}}
{{AdminCell|ArcToraphim|Head of Shipping|Active|June 1, 2011}}
{{AdminCell|G50|Former Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief|Active|December 20, 2012}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
{{AdminCell|Maverick Nate|Former Head of TCG|Active|July 17, 2008}}
{{AdminCell|Zesty Cactus|Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief|Active|May 20, 2010}}
|}
{{-}}
If an active Bureaucrat cannot be found, consider speaking with a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}}.

==Authority==
Bureaucrats have authority over all users below them on the hierarchy, unless they are superseded by a member of the Editorial Board.

Bureaucrats have the power, in addition to all powers of the ranks below them, to add users to and remove users from the {{bp|Junior Administrator}}, {{bp|Administrator}}, and {{bp|Senior Administrator}} usergroups. The Editorial Board has a final say over their decision to do so. Bureaucrats can also edit pages in the MediaWiki {{bp|namespace}}, in order to change the appearance of the wiki, though again, approval by the Editorial Board should be sought before performing such an action. Bureaucrats may also hide revisions of a page from all users below the Bureaucrat ranking.

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[[fr:Poképédia:Relecteur]]

Bulbapedia:Leadership Board

2022-11-12T03:37:07Z

Pokemaster97: One day I'll alphabetize the retired members but today is not that day.

{{AdminLevels}}{{shortcut|2|EB|BP:EB}}
The '''Editorial Board''' is the authority on official policy and style used on Bulbapedia.

While Bulbapedia is indeed a community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia, every community needs leaders, and the senior staff at Bulbagarden feel that an official voice should exist to have a final say in issues and disputes, as well as in the appearance of Bulbapedia's content, allowing Bulbapedia to remain consistent and aesthetically pleasing.

The Editorial Board shall consist of the Bulbapedia Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, as well as a select number of members chosen by the Editor-in-Chief. The Bulbanews and Bulbagarden Archives Editors-in-Chief will sit on the board, and their opinions will be considered on issues regarding Bulbapedia. Former members of the Editorial Board generally retain some staff privileges upon resignation; former Editors-in-Chief may be invited back in an advisory position.

If you need to contact an Editorial Board member, choose the administrator who you deem most suitable to answer your question. As most of the Board govern specific areas, this should not be too hard. However, do not forget that there are other {{bp|staff member}}s who are more than happy to field questions as well.

==Members==
The current membership of the Editorial Board is listed below:

{| width="70%" class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color}};"
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{| style="width:100%"
! colspan="12" | Editorial Board
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| colspan="6" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | [[Bulbapedia:Editor-in-Chief|Editor-in-Chief]] '''[[User:Pokemaster97|Pokemaster97]]''' 
| colspan="6" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | [[Bulbapedia:Editor-in-Chief|Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief]] '''[[User:Kogoro|Kogoro]]''' Bulbagarden Chief of Staff & Former Editor-in-Chief
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| colspan="3" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:abcboy|abcboy]]''' Head of Games
| colspan="3" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Force Fire|Force Fire]]''' Head of Anime
| colspan="3" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Ataro|Ataro]]''' Head of Manga
| colspan="3" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Glik|Glik]]''' Head of TCG
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| colspan="4" width="33.3%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Darkeiya|Darkeiya]]''' Head of Art
| colspan="4" width="33.3%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:SnorlaxMonster|SnorlaxMonster]]''' 
| colspan="4" width="33.4%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Spriteit|Spriteit]]''' 
|}
|-
|
{| style="width:100%"
! colspan="10" | Other Executive Staff
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| colspan="4" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Archaic|Archaic]]''' Bulbagarden Owner
| colspan="4" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:evkl|evkl]]''' Bulbagarden Chief of Staff
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| colspan="4" class="roundy" style="width: 20%; border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:MAGNEDETH|MAGNEDETH]]''' Former Editor-in-Chief
| colspan="4" class="roundy" style="width: 20%; border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:DigBMGF|digBMGF]]''' Bulbagarden Chief of Staff
|}
|}

===Former members===
These are former members of the Editorial Board. Recent former members may retain full Bureaucrat powers, although some former editors now have reduced privileges as a security measure or due to prolonged inactivity.

{| width="60%" class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color}};"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Pie|Pie]]''' Former Style Editor
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Argy|Argy]]''' Former Bulbanews EiC
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Unown Lord|Unown Lord]]''' Former Research Editor
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Quagbert|Quagbert]]''' Former Editorial Board
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:PAK Man|PAK Man]]''' Former Editorial Board
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Fabu-Vinny|Fabu-Vinny]]''' Former Editorial Board
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Politoed666|Politoed666]]''' Former Editorial Board
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:TTEchidna|TTEchidna]]''' Former Editor-in-Chief
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Jello|Jello]]''' Former Archives Director
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:CoolPikachu!|CoolPikachu!]]''' Former Community Development
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:electAbuzzzz|electAbuzzzz]]''' Former Quality Control
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Jioruji Derako|Jioruji Derako]]''' Former Appearance Coordinator
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Maverick Nate|Maverick Nate]]''' Former Head of TCG
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Sketch|Sketch]]''' Former Style Editor
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:RexRacer|RexRacer]]''' Former Bulbanews EiC
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:the dark lord trombonator|the dark lord trombonator]]''' Former Bulbapedia Deputy EiC Former Bulbanews EiC
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Werdnae|Werdnae]]''' Former Editor-in-Chief
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Bikini Miltank|Bikini Miltank]]''' Former Bulbanews EiC
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Kenji-girl|Kenji-girl]]''' Former Head of Anime
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Zesty Cactus|Zesty Cactus]]''' Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Jo The Marten|Jo The Marten]]''' Former Head of Games
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Evie|Evie]]''' Former Bulbagarden Chief of Staff
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Araragi-hakase|Araragi-hakase]]''' Former Forums Head Administrator
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Zhen Lin|Zhen Lin]]''' Former Editor-in-Chief
|- style="verticle-align:top;"
| width="25%" class="roundy" style="border: 2px solid #{{bulba color dark}}; background: #{{bulba color light}};" | '''[[User:Adil|Adil]]''' Former Head of Anime
|}

==Individual positions==
Other than the {{bp|Editor-in-Chief}} and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief, each member of the Editorial Board holds a specific job, placing them in charge of certain areas of Bulbapedia.

Presently, each Editorial Board member heads a section of the site: one staff member each presiding over video games, anime, manga, and the Trading Card Game. There is also a staff member responsible for daily administration and coordination of Bulbagarden Archives. These board members are the spokespeople for their respective sections and are in charge of their section's policy and style decisions.

==Authority==
The Editorial Board, being the ultimate in Bulbapedia authority, has the ability to set official, binding policy. Statements from the Editorial Board as a whole and from members thereof are to be read as the law of Bulbapedia, unless contradicted by a higher power (in the case of individual members, by the Editor-in-Chief, and in the case of the Board itself, by Archaic).

Editorial Board members are allowed unlimited use of the userspace, where they may put test templates and other things relevant to Bulbapedia and the Pokémon series.

They also retain the following rights:
* Locking and unlocking of the Bulbapedia database for maintenance
* The ability to change all user rights on '''all''' Bulbagarden wikis
* The ability to rename users on individual wikis and in the central database

==Activities==
The Editorial Board conducts discussions on matters of style, policy, and position of Bulbapedia in the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration] forum on the Bulbagarden Forums, while some discussions may also be held in the main [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbawiki-forum.195/ Bulbawiki Discussion] forum, shared with Bulbagarden Archives and Bulbanews.

From time to time, the Editorial Board may call for volunteers from among Bulbapedia's editors to become {{bp|Junior Administrators}}, allowing them greater editing power on the wiki, such as the ability to edit protected pages. The Editorial Board is responsible for all promotions as well, and any {{bp|Bureaucrats}} who wish to promote a user must inform at least one member of the Editorial Board first.

Significant disputes which the Editorial Board cannot come to a consensus on may result in edicts being issued by the Executive Policymakers.

==Joining the Editorial Board==
For a user to join the Editorial Board, several requirements must be met. The user must already be a Bureaucrat, having shown dedication to Bulbapedia far above and beyond their peers, and a position on the board must be vacant. The selected Bureaucrat will be contacted by the Editorial Board itself to gauge their interest, while the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Policymakers have final approval.

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Bulbapedia:Staff

2022-11-12T03:25:02Z

Pokemaster97:

{{AdminLevels}}{{shortcut|2|Staff|BP:Staff}}
Bulbapedia's '''staff''' consists of seven levels of power, ranging from {{bp|Junior Administrators}} to the {{bp|Bulbagarden Executive Staff|Executive Staff}}. Being part of the staff of Bulbapedia gives users a special ranking on the [[Bulbagarden forums]], which allows them access to the [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?forums/bulbapedia-administration.192/ Bulbapedia Administration] forum, where the inner workings of Bulbapedia's activities are discussed.

What Bulbapedia looks for in its staff is a willingness to contribute meaningfully above all. Expert knowledge of Bulbapedia's templates and style is one of the most major points of consideration for users to move up to the Junior Administrator level, while users are strongly encouraged to be more than just contributors. What makes Bulbapedia, and Bulbagarden as a whole, a community, is that we don't just have facts and figures put up by robots, but by individuals creative enough to come up with new and unique ways to state even the most boring of our subjects.

==List of staff==
The following are Bulbapedia's staff members in order of rank, which therein they are organized alphabetically. Other than exact rank, no user listed above another (unless otherwise noted) is of a higher rank than a user below them.
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{{bulbastaff/div|Webmasters|Webmaster}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Archaic|Owner, Bulbagarden Networks|X|Australia|en=N|ja=3}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Kogoro|Interim Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Archives Liaison, Chief of Staff|X|Canada|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|evkl|Chief of Staff, Founding Editor-in-Chief|X|United States|en=N|fr=2}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|MAGNEDETH|Vice-Webmaster, Former Editor-in-Chief|X|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|digBMGF|Chief of Staff|X|Scotland|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Enzap|Deputy Chief of Staff|X|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/div|Editorial Board|EditorialBoard}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Pokemaster97|Editor-in-Chief|Active|United States|en=N|es=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|abcboy|Head of Games|Active|United States|en=N|es=2|ja=1|zh=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Force Fire|Head of Anime|Active|Australia|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Ataro|Head of Manga|Active|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Darkeiya|Head of Art|Active|United States|en=N|es=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|glik|Head of TCG|Active|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|SnorlaxMonster|Special Assistant Bulbagarden Archives Advisory Council Bulbanews Deputy Editor-in-Chief|Active|Australia|en=N|ja=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Spriteit|Special Assistant Bulbagarden Archives Administrator|Active|Australia|en=N}}
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{{bulbastaff/entry|Adil|Former Head of Anime|Active|Pakistan|en=4|de=3}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|ArcToraphim|Head of Shipping|Active|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|G50|Former Bulbanews Editor-in-Chief|Active|United States|en=N|es=3|ja=2|it=1|zh=2}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Maverick Nate|Former Head of TCG|Active|United States|en=N|ja=1|es=3}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Zesty Cactus|Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief|Hiatus|Canada|en=N|fr=1}}
{{bulbastaff/div|Senior Administrators|SeniorAdministrator}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|神奇超龍||Active|the Philippines|en=N|ja=1|zh=3}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Blazingfist||Active|the Netherlands|en=4|de=2|fr=2}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Chosen||Active|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Nuva-kal|Bulbagarden Archives Senior Administrator|Active|England|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Tiddlywinks||Active|United States|en=N|ja=3}}
{{bulbastaff/div|Administrators|Administrator}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Celadonkey||Active|United States|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|CycloneGU||Active|Canada|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Daniel Carrero||Active|Brazil|en=4|ja=2|pt=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Frozen Fennec||Active|United States|en=N|ja=2|es=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|ht14|Bulbagarden Archives Administrator|Active|United States|en=N|fr=1|zh=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|MisterE13||Active|Canada|en=N|fr=4}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Ruixiang95|Senior Bulbanews Writer|Active|Singapore|en=N|zh=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Wowy||Active|Australia|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/div|Junior Administrators|JuniorAdministrator}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Awesomelink234||Active|United States|en=N|ja=1|es=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|BigDocFan||Active|England|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|bthrussellUK||Active|United Kingdom|en=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Eridanus|Bulbagarden Archives Junior Administrator|Active|Poland|en=3|pl=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Nescientist||Active|None|en=N|de=N}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|Rockapheller||Active|Turkey|en=N|de=N|it=1}}
{{bulbastaff/entry|TehPerson||Active|United States|en=N}}
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