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User talk:Zhen Lin/Archive 1

2006-06-12T19:48:59Z

Iloveminun:

==Session==
Has the session timeout length been shortened? Lately it seems like I turn around for a minute to do something else, and I suddenly have to log in again.( Again, you can just answer here). -- WikidSmaht 16:49, 19 March 2006 (CST)
: I do not know - perhaps it is a server issue. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 18:49, 19 March 2006 (CST)

== Edit count ==

Hi. A question: how do you made the edit count in your subpage? Regards, --[[User:Slade|Slade]] 02:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

=Bureaucratic powers=
I think I should be classified as a bureaucrat, not just a sysop. The "Authority" section of [[Bulbapedia:Editorial board]] says I should be one (as it stands now I ''can't'' revoke/give power). If you could change that, it'd be great. Thanks. --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 04:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

==Redirects==
All right, I think overall redirects for episode titles are done. However, as long as I'm on this orienteering kick - would it be overkill to, say, have ''Episode 5'' redirect to [[EP005]], or ''Advanced Generation Episode 57'' redirect to [[AG057]]? Or having redirects of the Japanese names of Pokémon to their English-name articles, both literal and romanized, like ''Sandopan'' and ''Sandpan'' redirect to [[Sandslash (Pokémon)]]? I mean, if so, I'll leave those things to BulbaBot, but... --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 18:57, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

:It's overkill for neither. All four sets of redirects you mentioned would be ideal. If I were new and I wanted to search for a particular episode, I wouldn't know to input ''EP###'' or ''AG###'' instead of just a number. --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 04:33, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

:The episode redirects I can do. I would love to do the Pokémon redirects - I'm always searching for the equivalent English names, but I don't have the lists in a database, so that will have to be done later. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 07:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

::What about using the [[List of Japanese Pokémon names]]? Or would that information have to be copied to somewhere else first? Admittedly, I don't know a lot about how BulbaBot works. --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 07:27, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

:::The format is not exactly ideal - which is the problem. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 07:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

== Do you need help? ==

Do you need help with any article, I would be happy to help you with an article. I am best at editing parts related to the Video Games or Anime, if you want me to edit any article and help you, I would be very happy to do it for you. Helping others is a good idea, as it can get changes made quicker. If you want me to help, leave a message in my [[User talk:Iloveminun|talk page]]. Thanks [[User:Iloveminun|I Love Minun]] [[User talk:Iloveminun|(talk)]] 19:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

User talk:User142

2006-06-12T19:47:44Z

Iloveminun:

Please use sentence case in section and article titles - that is to say, capitalise as if you were writing a sentence, rather than as if you were writing a book title. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 06:13, 9 November 2005 (CST)

= Type effectiveness numbers =
I'd like to ask where you're getting your numbers. [[Latias (Pokémon)#Type effectiveness]] has truly bizarre numbers compared to [http://pokefor.greenchu.de/zukan/gba/pokemon/latias/type PokéFor's figures]. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 06:41, 9 November 2005 (CST)

For the physical attack types, I start with 100 and apply weakness/resistance according to the normal rules. For special types, I start with 100*defense/special defense, which allows for better representation of damage ratios. For example, a {{t|Psychic}} move would do about 1.5 times as much damage to a {{p|Geodude}} as a {{t|Fighting}} move of the same strength; just looking as weakness/resistance would make it look like Figting is twice as strong as Psychic.[[User:User142|User142]] 07:48, 9 November 2005 (CST)

Hmmmm, you may wish to note that somewhere in the template. It confused me quite a bit the first time. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:24, 10 November 2005 (CST)

If you would like, I could lend you the services of [[User:BulbaBot|BulbaBot]] so that you won't need to manually edit all those articles. If you are not proficient in PHP, I can do the coding for you, if you could provide me the data. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 05:28, 13 November 2005 (CST)

= Minor edits =

I suggest marking all your minor edits as such. It isn't mandatory, but it makes it a lot easier for people who pay the most attention to major edits. --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 21:58, 6 December 2005 (CST)

:Which edits of mine are you calling minor? I tend to be careful about marking edits as minor, because if someone wants to keep track of changes, better have false positives than false negatives.[[User:User142|User142]] 02:54, 7 December 2005 (CST)

= Walkthorughs =

As much as I appreciate your writing your walkthroughs, I'm just wondering, what's the point of having the content in templates? You could just put them in the article itself. But, as far as I am concerned, walkthroughs are not encyclopedic. They are informative, yes. But not encyclopedic. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 07:46, 14 November 2005 (CST)

:The reason I'm using templates is because this way I can re-use the same data for Sapphire without having the ugliness of mixing data from the two games (like at gamesfaq). If a change or correction will be made in the template, it will then show up in the sapphire game, to. [[User:User142|User142]] 07:49, 14 November 2005 (CST)

In that case, don't put them in the template namespace. You can easily include non-templates as if they were templates, for example, <code><nowiki>{{:User talk:User142}}</nowiki></code> would include this page. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:26, 16 November 2005 (CST)

:Sorry, I didn't know this is possible. I fixed it now.[[User:User142|User142]] 07:59, 16 November 2005 (CST)

= HELP! =

The anime section is being vandalised! I don't know what to do! :'(
[[User:Manga-in-a-bottle|Manga-in-a-bottle]] 01:52, 22 November 2005 (CST)

:How about you start by reverting to the non-vandalized version.

:Which can be accessed via the history tab. An alternative course of action, of course, is to contact a [[Special:Listadmin|sysop]]. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:14, 22 November 2005 (CST)

::Sorry that I didn't do much in the whole vandal thing, but I'm kinda new to this whole wiki thing -- I tried looking for a 'help' or 'what-to-do' page, but there was nothing avalaible. [[User:Manga-in-a-bottle|Manga-in-a-bottle]] 01:41, 23 November 2005 (CST)

= Sockpuppets =
Please use only one account, [[User:User142]]-[[User:Someone|Someone]]. If you would like to have all your current edits moved to one account or the other, I can arrange for that. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:14, 22 November 2005 (CST)

:I am not [[User:Someone|Someone]].[[User:User142|User142]] 03:16, 22 November 2005 (CST)

::If you say so. But as far as logs go (from November 13, 2005), you and [[User:Someone|Someone]] are the only unaccounted-for users with the same recorded IP address. But then again, I can appreciate that you are behind a university proxy server. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 03:48, 22 November 2005 (CST)

:::I had the same problem last academic year at Wikipedia, when a user named Dittoboy kept blocking the university proxy server.[[User:User142|User142]] 09:58, 24 November 2005 (CST)

= Hoenn Pokemon =

Please refrain from taking out the Hoenn Dex numbers on the PokeDex pages. They're there for a reason. Even though those Pokemon may not appear in the Hoenn region, you can still sort them into a Hoenn Dex order in Ruby/Sapphire once you trade with FireRed/LeafGreen. So they all have Hoenn Dex numbers (IE - Beginning with Treecko and ending with either Lugia or Celebi, I believe) despite them not appearing in the wild in Hoenn.

= Vandals in your university =
Perhaps you could try to get the cooperation of your university IT staff to find the culprits and have them blocked from accessing this site - surely, it must be against the rules to use the school internet connection for those activities. I can't block your university without blocking you as well. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 02:57, 13 January 2006 (CST)

:There may be no way to do this - there are several public internet computers scattered in this university. These computers are intended for students in all departments to do things related totheir studies, but there is no way of enforcing these rules. The Student Union here set up 8 computers in their building, in an other building there are about 50 computers, in each library (there are about 30) there is probably a few, etc.[[User:User142|User142]] | [[User talk:User142|Talk]] 01:28, 15 January 2006 (CST)

::This is becoming quite annoying... maybe I should restrict registration to a system like Gmail where you have to be invited by existing users. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 04:19, 16 January 2006 (CST)

:::Since someone stole my name at the forums (and posted spam), I'll reply here:
:::I think that it may be necessary to do this, although I don't consider it a good thing. I do know that at other wikis (Wikipedia, Wikicities) there are vandals who call themselved Dittoboy who declare that they are out to get my university blocked, but this doesn't look like either of them.
:::[[User:User142|User142]] | [[User talk:User142|Talk]] 07:48, 16 January 2006 (CST)
::::Just tell me what you want as the email for the account. I'll take it off them and give it to you. --[[User:Archaic|Archaic]] 08:30, 16 January 2006 (CST)
:::::I don't want to write my e-mail address in any public location, since I don't want the people I know to know that I'm here. However, my e-mail address s on the Bulbapedia system, and any Bulbapedia user with an e-mail adress registered on Bulbapedia can e-mail me that way.[[User:User142|User142]] ([[User talk:User142|Talk]]) 01:45, 18 January 2006 (CST)
::::::Enjoy the account. It's all yours now. --[[User:Archaic|Archaic]] 01:35, 19 January 2006 (CST)
:::::::Thank you. [[User:User142|User142]] ([[User talk:User142|Talk]]) 05:37, 19 January 2006 (CST)

=Formatting=
I am going to ask that you stop adding information for a while and work on presentation matters. Your tables are absolutely horrendous in terms of aesthetics - the established look is flat tables with thin gridlines - the ones you have created hark back to the look of mid-1990s webpages. Look into, say, [[List of Pokémon by National Dex number]] or [[List of anime specials]] for ideas. If you prefer gray, {{Template|graytable}} also exists. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 04:46, 18 January 2006 (CST)

== Do you need help? ==

Do you need help with any article, I would be happy to help you with an article. I am best at editing parts related to the Video Games or Anime, if you want me to edit any article and help you, I would be very happy to do it for you. Helping others is a good idea, as it can get changes made quicker. If you want me to help, leave a message in my [[User talk:Iloveminun|talk page]]. Thanks [[User:Iloveminun|I Love Minun]] [[User talk:Iloveminun|(talk)]] 19:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Pie

2006-06-12T19:46:59Z

Iloveminun:

==Snagging image==
Hi! Of course I'm planning to add it, it's just that I've got a problem. When I try to upload it to bulbapedia, it says "uploading is disabled", and it doesn't let me upload it to the bulbagarden archives either. Maybe you can help me. -- [[User:Foguet|Foguet]] 09:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
:You're having problems uploading to the archive? Odd. Well, contact me in any way and get me the image file, and I'll be glad to upload it for you. --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 15:00, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

==Banned?==
I was just looking at the different stat pictures I didn't see the preview button and I switched it back why ban me? Deoxysf.
:Well, because every edit is recorded - edits add up for the [[User:Zhen Lin/Top users|top users]] list - and overall, it just looks sloppy and can be easily regarded as accidental vandalism. But regardless, I only mentioned that you should cut it out. If someone banned you for any reason, it wasn't me. --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 00:46, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

==Picture Help==
I have the pictures for you at the section where you last visited. --[[User:Ruben Perez|Ruben Perez]]

==Episode Redirects==
I could make the episode redirects from the titles I have in my database, but continue making the variant spelling redirects. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 05:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:Sure thing, though you don't have to go through the trouble unless you want to - making redirects is really quick and easy, seriously. I'm surprised no one's taken the time to sit down and do this before. ^^o --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 05:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::It's trivial - I already have the database and the software to make automatic edits. I was going to get around to doing it someday, really! - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 06:23, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Suuuuure you were. =P Anyway, I'll get back to work on adding the variations after school today, assuming I don't lose all my time doing homework. --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 10:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

==June 5 Minor Edits==
I've marked your minor edits from June 5 as bot edits so that they won't show up on recent changes. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 06:36, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:All right. I understand, given how many I did. ^^o --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 10:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

==Promotion==
As a result of your hard work and dedication to Bulbapedia, you've been promoted to sysop status. You can now protect/unprotect pages, edit protected pages, and block vandals. Congratulations! --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 18:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
:Thank you! =D --[[User:Pie|Pie]] 18:31, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

== Do you need help? ==

Do you need help with any article, I would be happy to help you with an article. I am best at editing parts related to the Video Games or Anime, if you want me to edit any article and help you, I would be very happy to do it for you. Helping others is a good idea, as it can get changes made quicker. If you want me to help, leave a message in my [[User talk:Iloveminun|talk page]]. Thanks [[User:Iloveminun|I Love Minun]] [[User talk:Iloveminun|(talk)]] 19:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Iloveminun

2006-06-12T19:46:09Z

Iloveminun:

Please leave messages here, i'll probably reply on your talk page.

User talk:Quagbert

2006-06-12T19:45:06Z

Iloveminun:

I've marked your minor edits from June 5 as bot edits so that they won't show up on recent changes. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 06:36, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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We can add the article on Wikipedia links to the infoboxes directly, but that would begin to look like clutter... Could also append it to the bottom of articles automatically. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 20:07, 29 August 2005 (CDT)
:Yeah, I guess we could use BulbaBot to add Wikipedia links to all the articles. I was actually considering putting the links in the infoboxes myself, but in addition to the clutter problem you mentioned, there's also the problem with the names of certain articles. For example, the articles for Mew and Lucario are respectively entitled ''[[wp:Mew (Pokémon)|Mew (Pokémon)]]'' and ''[[wp:Rukario|Rukario]]'' (they still seem unwilling to accept the fact that ''Lucario'' is its official name, despite the evidence I posted there). [[User:Woopert|Woopert]] 11:20, 30 August 2005 (CDT)
::Indeed - that's the problem with Wikipedia links. I can add links automatically, and then we'd have to check all of them... so perhaps we should do them manually anyway. As for Rukario, I blame Serebii influence. Especially where Usohachi'''i''' is concerned. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 13:45, 30 August 2005 (CDT)

== Reverting link spam, vandalism and similar things ==

If you notice that someone vandalised a page, put link spam or other garbage on it, or anything similar, you should probably check all of his recent "contributions" to check if any of them are also of similar type, and revert them.
[[User:User142|User142]] 01:35, 8 December 2005 (CST)

Any idea how to pull an IP to IP ban? [[User:Evkl|evkl]] 21:11, 11 December 2005 (CST)
:'Fraid not, but I'd love to know how... [[User:Woopert|Woopert]] 21:13, 11 December 2005 (CST)
:The IP address a blocked user is using is automatically added to the blocklist (all those ''Autoblocked because ...'' in [[Special:Ipblocklist]]) when they try to edit, delete, or move pages while still logged on to a blocked account. If you need to retrieve the IP address, you will need to extract it from the database - it's in the <code>recentchanges</code> table. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 07:58, 12 December 2005 (CST)

== Descriptive reasons for deleting pages ==

I think you should describe why you're deleting the page, instead of leaving the default "Content was ...". It makes a lot more sense to someone else if the reason is '''Link spam''' than '''<nowiki>content was: '<div style="overflow: auto; height: 1px;">[http://b2.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=phentermine Buy Phentermine][http://b2.boards2go.com/b...' (and the only contributor was 'Pizdorvan'))</nowiki> '''. [[User:User142|User142]] 23:59, 11 December 2005 (CST)

== Vandal? ==

Um... some guy named [[User:Bretto|Bretto]] is making articles that aren't up to scratch. I don't think he's a vandal or anything, just a newb :p [[User:Manga-in-a-bottle|Manga-in-a-bottle]]

== Screenshot links ==

Adding links to the Filb screenshots seems fine until we get the screenshots up on Bulbagarden Archives. Then the latter should take priority. Regardless, interesting idea, and I'm surprised no one thought of it before. We do link to other sites' Pokédexes, after all. --[[User:Argy|Argy]] 20:56, 27 January 2006 (CST)
: Eh, don't use the external links for this - Filb might decide to change the structure of his site at any time. I've set up a new link prefix for it - [[filb-eppics:ag161]] for example. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 21:38, 27 January 2006 (CST)
::Of course, I don't think it'd be a bad idea to link to both Archives and Filb, with the former taking priority as Argy said; this way people would have two sites to choose from. Plus, Filb has screenshots for more than 40 episodes that we currently don't. Perhaps later I'll update the Pedia articles for those episodes using ZhenLin's new template.[[User:Woopert|Woopert]] 06:56, 28 January 2006 (CST)

== User: chintss ==

I noticed you blocked chintss for spamming. Just a heads up, he tried to cover his tracks with the account [[User:Brian davion|Brian davion]]. Take a look at both accounts' contributions sections. --[[User:Swifty|Swifty]]
:Yes, I noticed that, strangely, Brian davion reverted all of chintss's edits, but I didn't think of the possibility of him being a sockpuppet until now. I guess he was trying to become a sysop, possibly to go around deleting random pages or something. [[User:Woopert|Woopert]] 08:12, 9 March 2006 (CST)

== Woo boy vandals. ==

Is it possible for either of us to temporarily turn off account creation, or do you have to be a higher level of sysop to do that? [[User:Ketsuban|Ketsuban]] 18:32, 9 March 2006 (CST)
:I don't think a regular sysop like us can do that; we'll have to get someone like ZhenLin to do it. [[User:Woopert|Woopert]] 18:36, 9 March 2006 (CST)
::And I wonder which of you two voted against stricter/tighter account creation controls, hmm, let me think... For future reference, the control for account creation is in the configuration ''file'' for Bulbapedia. Anyone with FTP access could change it. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 01:27, 10 March 2006 (CST)

There has never been to my knowledge an episode not animated by Team Ota. In fact, if it were not, I would have doubts about whether or not it even was an episode. It is a very, very safe bet to add that information in. - [[User:Zhen Lin|振霖]][[User talk:Zhen Lin|T]] 06:23, 7 April 2006 (CDT)

== Do you need help? ==

Do you need help with any article, I would be happy to help you with an article. I am best at editing parts related to the Video Games or Anime, if you want me to edit any article and help you, I would be very happy to do it for you. Helping others is a good idea, as it can get changes made quicker. If you want me to help, leave a message in my [[User talk:Iloveminun|talk page]]. Thanks [[User:Iloveminun|I Love Minun]] [[User talk:Iloveminun|(talk)]] 19:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Iloveminun/Needhelp

2006-06-12T19:25:09Z

Iloveminun: Created template

== Do you need help? ==

Do you need help with any article, I would be happy to help you with an article. I am best at editing parts related to the Video Games or Anime, if you want me to edit any article and help you, I would be very happy to do it for you. Helping others is a good idea, as it can get changes made quicker. If you want me to help, leave a message in my [[User talk:Iloveminun|talk page]]. Thanks [[User:Iloveminun|I Love Minun]] [[User talk:Iloveminun|(talk)]] 19:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Iloveminun

2006-06-12T19:19:49Z

Iloveminun:

Im too bust right now, I'll create my userpage later.