User talk:Marlofkark

Welcome to Bulbapedia, Marlofkark!

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here!   --ZestyCactus 04:56, 30 August 2014 (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! --^★Jo the Marten^★ ಠ_ಠ♥ 08:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to create the extra work. I did not realize the whole page could be edited. I will do better next time. - - unsigned comment from Marlofkark (talk • contribs) 14:15 (UTC)

I am unable to find "edit this page" at the top of the a given page. The only options appearing are "+" and "edit top of page". - - unsigned comment from Marlofkark (talk • contribs) 16:34 (UTC)

Those links are not at the top of pages. If you look to the left of the "+" and "edit top of page", you should see the page's title. If you then look above that, you will see the links "article" (or "user page"), "discussion", and "edit this page". Tiddlywinks (talk) 16:47, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

All too easy. Not sure why it was so hard for me to find. I made a few more changes by trying to focus on editing the largest heading categories on the page. This is a learning experience for me, and I appreciate your patiences and directions. I will use "edit this page" from now on. - unsigned comment from Marlofkark (talk • contribs)

Please remember to sign your talk page comments with four tildes (~~~~) or by using this nifty button "" found above the editing window. Thank you! --ZestyCactus 03:46, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Got it --Marlofkark (talk) 09:20, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I've been on a Labor Day weekend push to update the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and the List of Pokémon Trading Card Game Online decks pages. As a new player, I found these pages very helpful, even though they were starting to get dated. So, I thought I would pitch in. The one thing I am unable to do its create new landing pages for Rallying Cry and Mental Might. Once these pages are created, I would be happy populate them appropriately with the information on List of Pokémon Trading Card Game Online decks. How do I go about requesting their creation? --Marlofkark (talk) 18:37, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I just encountered a abuse error while trying to update the page for Zach, a Trainer in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. I was attempting to remove old content related to decks that are no longer used in the game. Here is the abuse message:

Editing Zach

This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action

was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the

abuse rule which your action matched is: Vandal filter 2

How do I go about getting authorization to update the page as needed? --Marlofkark (talk) 13:27, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Vandal filter 2

"Vandal filter 2" abuse error is also preventing me from removing old content from Ella's page. --Marlofkark (talk) 20:13, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Since you're a newer user and have not yet become autoconfirmed, the software may have mistakenly interpreted the removal of a large amount of information as a vandal edit. I'm a little fuzzy on how it works but I would guess you may be able to do it once the wiki software flags you as autoconfirmed (alternatively, I can do it if you tell me what to remove :P). From the looks of Zach's page, though, it might be better to archive the information on a subpage as the deck was legitimately used by him at one point, just not currently. :P Better check with Maverick Nate on that one. As for the new pages, again, you aren't able to make brand-new articles until you're autoconfirmed, but I can start each one as a stub if you want to finish it ^^' just let me know and I'll do it! Thanks for all your contributions so far! --ZestyCactus 02:56, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Zesty Cactus, if you would create the two stub pages above, I would be happy to finish them! In terms of the old content, I had not thought about preserving it for archival purposes. I had not considered that someone may want to reconstruct the deck. I've got an idea of how to do that on the pages that already exist, since they are not exactly bursting at the seems with content. Otherwise, I am happy to wait until I am autoconfirmed. Appreciate the explanation. --Marlofkark (talk) 17:35, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, if it was me, anyway, I'd like to see them saved for archival purposes, especially with the nature of a constantly-updating online game, it's easy for this kind of information to get lost forever. ^^' it will always be in the wiki page history, anyway, but yeah. Anyhow! I have created Rallying Cry and Mental Might for you! i look forward to seeing you make them into full articles :) --ZestyCactus 04:30, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

New Problem Editing Pages

It seems that sometime in the last week or two, I was autoconfirmed. It is the only event that I can identify that might explain why I am suddenly no longer able to save edits to otherwise seemingly random articles: Glossary, List of Pokémon Trading Card Game Online decks, Generation, Standard format, and 2008-10 Modified format. Meanwhile, I have been successfully in editing many other articles. I do not have a problem committing edits on the above articles with the "Show Preview" button, only the "Save page" button. When I click on save, the browsers spins for a significant amount of time before eventually timing out to a blank white screen. The edits I was trying to make are not committed. Repeating the process several times does not help, nor does trying to to edit from a different computer (I've tried three) or browser (I've tried Chrome and Firefox). Are these pages locked down in some way? Any assistance is appreciated. --Marlofkark (talk) 17:47, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

I just tried leaving this question on User talk:Maverick Nate and [[::User talk:Zesty_Cactus]]'s talk pages, but just ran into the same editing/saving problem. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give!! --Marlofkark (talk) 19:16, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Marlofkark! You're not the only one encountering this problem. Right now, Bulbagarden's servers are experiencing some strange technical difficulties. According to this, it looks like the admins have acknowledged the problem, and are investigating. --リックEO (My message board) 22:24, 20 September 2014 (UTC)