User talk:Spriteit

If you post here, I will reply here, if I post on your page, I don't mind whether you reply here or on your own, I'll have had it watched.

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --^Maverick_Nate 03:40, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Redirects on talk pages

It's alright that you are fixing redirects for main pages as it looks nicer. But there is really no point to do it to the talk pages. So please don't waste your time with them and focus on the main pages. --ケンジのガール 02:34, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Link templates

Remember that you can use link templates to make editing easier. Instead of using [[Rustboro City|Rustboro]] when you're fixing links to redirects, why not use {{ci|Rustboro}}? You can refer to the list of link templates if you're in need of one. - espeonA 02:46, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Just a heads-up

I replied to your comment on the MoveDex talk page.

Just a heads-up on images, I noticed you list them off on your userpage with text, not links; not sure how much you know about wiki-coding. But, if you want to make links, you just use brackets; for images, since you don't want to actually display the image, you just code it as: [[:file:image.jpg]]

The extra : before "File" makes it into a normal link, as opposed to a image inclusion. Might be handy if you need to link to images (if you manage to upload any move scans, you might need to link to some of 'em so we know they're up). -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 13:38, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Psst.

Wild held items: use the {{wild}} template. It'll autolink! TTEchidna 10:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey

Remember to list only Pokémon that have the possibility of being male for breeding. Adding Kangaskhan and Nidoran♀ would not fit this category since they can only be female. ^ht14 13:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Movies

They get italics now. If you are going around adding the epicode number, go ahead and add the italics around the link as well. ^Maverick_Nate 14:02, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Redirects to sections

I know that redirects should be avoided, but it generally better to leave redirects to sections alone. For the full explanation, see User talk:SnorlaxMonster#DL link. For example, what if Team Raider had a huge role in the next Mystery Dungeon game and deserved their own article? --SnorlaxMonster 12:42, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Renaming everything

Good effort. I hate to interrupt, but I was curious - are you doing it all manually, or have you made a program to edit? —darklordtrom 19:59, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Unless you count the use of tabs and the find and search feature, all done manually. I'm usually good at getting done the repetitive tasks in regards to syntax, such as redirection renaming and the such, it is why I tried to help with the movie coding when they were moved and redirects to pages as well as recategorisation of images in the archives when the images are changed sometimes. I think I got everything that I could (not including the Royal Isshu which seemed to be kept at that page due to it's name as a ship and not the region itself), a few of the pages were locked, and I couldn't touch most of the templates. So they'll have to be done by the mods. Sorry. -Spriteit 22:50, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your hard work. Here, I got you something. I'll swap you for a list of protected pages that need changing? (If any.) —darklordtrom 10:43, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I made 500 in one day, wow, thank you. It's mostly just the templates that need changing now, Template:EpisodeInfobox, Template:PokémonInfoboxNoncat, Template:Legendary Pokémon, Template:New episode, Template:Routelist, Template:AbilityInfobox, Template:Episodelistheader, Template:Cotd/h, Template:AbilityInfoboxNoncat, Template:User Best Wishes all need a change of Isshu to Unova (these are mostly just colour template changes I believe), it looks like the rest have been changed already :) -Spriteit 11:22, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

British English

I would like to point out that Bulbapedia uses American English, not British English in its articles, but redirects for British spellings should be made. However, most of your edits are correct, in that optical discs should be spelled with a 'c' (even in American English). However, when it comes to disk as in a shape, it should be 'k'. While most of your edits are correct, your edit summaries seem to provide the wrong reasons. --SnorlaxMonster 12:11, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Okay then, I was just using a general edit summary for the point, and I was unaware of that, I've always been taught that the British use a k, and the American a c, regardless. My apologises. --Spriteit 12:14, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry. Unless you were changing quotes or disks as in shape you're fine. I think this explains the confusing usage of disc and disk fairly well. Oh, and sorry if I confused you before, but 'k' is only used for the shape in American English (just noticed that I was a little ambiguous when I put that). --SnorlaxMonster 12:19, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

K for shape, okay then, I'll continue through my list and try to catch them all, but make sure I try not to take the spellings at face value next time :) --Spriteit 12:25, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Edits to be made

I did some of your "edits to be made" for protected pages. It is generally better to put edit requests on the talk pages of protected pages if you want them changed. Also, you were doing Pocket Monsters BW wrong. Using {{ma|Pocket Monsters BW|Kosaku Anakubo}} simply links to Pocket Monsters BW (manga) while displaying Kosaku Anakubo; what you want is {{OBP|Pocket Monsters BW|Kosaku Anakubo}}. Don't worry, I already went back and corrected where you made these errors. --SnorlaxMonster 13:14, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Deck redirects

We also wanted to add categories to those pages at the same time. oh well. Thanks for getting the redirects. ^Maverick_Nate 16:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh, sorry about that... if you want me too I can go through and add the categories for you as well, just give me the names of the categories and I'll go through them again. I thought the template automatically categorised them, sorry. --Spriteit 11:50, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

The TCG links to redirects for specific reasons. Why would a Japanese card be released with an English card? that's what your "fixes" are implying. Why would a Japanese only card categorization have an English release?^Maverick_Nate 05:56, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Didn't even realise I was redoing the edits you had reverted, sorry about that. But having properly read the paragraphs I don't see how changing the links implies an English release. If it states in Japan then wouldn't one assume it would be in Japanese? --Spriteit 06:06, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I guess so, but we'd like to do it that way so that we wouldn't have to constantly update things as they are released different times. Sometimes it isn't so obvious. This card links to its counterpart's Promo redirect because it was the promo that was released, not the original. IDK. It's something that makes sense, in my opinion. It reflects sometimes what is legal in the game and what isn't. Decks aren't able to use things from 10 sets ago, so it's only logical that this deck links to the Rare Candy release that was legal at the time "Rare Candy (EX Holon Phantoms 90)", rather than one that is no longer able to be used "Rare Candy (EX Sandstorm 88)". ^Maverick_Nate 06:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

When you put it that way I get what you mean now, my TCG knowledge is limited up to the Team Rocket expansion due to its limited prevelance in Australia. So especially when it comes to the decks and tournament rulings I has no idea... will try too keep this in mind next time. --Spriteit 06:44, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Undoing yourself

Why did you suddenly change your mind? Those names are confirmed. If you need admin approval, I approve of it. --SnorlaxMonster 12:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Because in the move logs one of the pages was moved back due to lack of admin approval, despite believing myself the source was fine and dandy, I was unsure of whether admin approval did have to be waited for before renaming, so I figured I jumped the gun and decided to revert just to be safe. --Spriteit 12:30, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I see it now. I'll sort it out. It's ONM with footage of the game. It's one of the most reliable ways of getting this kind of information anyway. --SnorlaxMonster 12:32, 1 February 2011 (UTC)