User talk:Tiddlywinks/Archive 3

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• User talk:Tiddlywinks/Archive 1 (through Sept 14, 2014)
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How do I archieve?

I see you just archieved your talk page. I'm feeling my talk page has grown over the years to a size I feel like is more than enough long. Can I just do it on my own like you did with your talk page just now? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 19:07, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Yup, all you have to do is move it more or less wherever you want (with the tab at the top of the page). Make sure to link the archive on your new talk page, too. Tiddlywinks (talk) 19:10, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll do that when I get the chance. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 19:12, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Cosplay Pikachu

Tiddlywinks: To change costumes all you have to do is talk to the lady... That is already written. Sory I am new and still learningTripplekittys (talk) 22:00, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey

I just wanted to thank you for your hard work with the e-Reader information for Colosseum. I've been trying to get a hold of that information for a long time and you managed to collect quite a substantial amount. So again, thanks! ^ht14 23:07, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Nmurthy deserves much of the credit for being the first to find the most recent information and start adding it here. I'm hoping I'll be able to contact the video's uploader, though, and maybe add even more info eventually. Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Talk: Starter Pokémon

Christian (talk) 21:02, 20 November 2015 (UTC) Hi Tiddlywinks,

I feel this trivia fact in the anime is important and should not be deleted please.

• Charmander is the only Kanto starter that was not obtained or caught by May.

May only got Bulbasaur and Squirtle, but not Charmander. She does have a Fire-starter, but it is from "Hoenn" not Kanto.

Three Pokemon is a small group, and two is a small number. It borders on coincidence. But honestly, I don't generally bother with the anime so maybe I've got the wrong perspective and others might feel different if you bring it up on the Starter Pokemon talk page. Tiddlywinks (talk) 21:11, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Christian (talk) 02:05, 21 November 2015 (UTC) It might make a great trivia fact. Ash caught all the Kanto starters, but May only caught two of them. Soot yourself if you don't appreciate it. (Others would probably realize this too.)

Tiddlywinks is right, three Pokémon is too small of a group. So your trivia is unnotable.--ForceFire 03:40, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Traps

I am not sure on the exact percents as I didn't dig up the info myself (as I've said on my talk page). I did check other things on my own, and for example there are indeed natural Spiked Tiles in Solar Cave. Eridanus (talk) 12:30, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't look like the writer for the FAQ you linked explicitly said whether they got their numbers directly from the game or from lots of experimenting. I don't really mind practical estimations myself; my concern is just, if that's what they are (instead of ideal values), it should probably be noted. Tiddlywinks (talk) 12:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

I'll edit the pages appropiately. And use your template as it's far more convenient. Eridanus (talk) 12:52, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Pokémon Manga Location

Hi, you previously removed my addition to the Location part of PS001 saying that the infobo wasn't meant for more than one information.

Alot of other chapters such as PS002 contains more than one. I'm lost. MannedTooth (talk) 23:49, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Okay, that's partly my bad, then.

There's still a couple issues with what you were trying to add, though. First and foremost, as a guideline, how about we generally try to stick to places we actually have pages for on this wiki? (I.e., not "West part of Pallet Town's Forest".) Second, checking the summary, it really doesn't sound like Oak's Lab features at all prominently in PS001; so that's probably a reason against adding Oak's Lab there too. Also, while I do notice that PS005 includes the Gym as a location, other chapters like PS014 don't include Pokémon Tower and such; you can argue they should, but I would suggest this: most often, it's not really necessary to include locations within a town (like Oak's Lab) if that town is already given as the location.

Feel free to ask any other questions. I'm totally capable of being wrong or underinformed, so I'd be happy to hear if you see anything else that seems to contradict what I've said. Honestly, one of the Project Manga contacts may be a better person to try to talk to if you want more confident answers. =P Tiddlywinks (talk) 00:10, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

I totally understand that places that don't have a page are irrelavant, that's sorted out for me now. But for your exemple with Oak's Lab, even though it is IN Pallet Town, this is still a well-known and important place to be in the Pokémon game. But that's not my question, no, it's rather as you said, Oak's Lab is not the main place in which the chapter takes place, but at the end (2 pages or so) of the chapter, Red is outside of Oak's Lab and we can very clearly see that it is his lab since there's a sign and all that.

As you said, you might not be the best person to argue something like that since it's manga-related, but where should we draw the line? Is knocking at the door of a building before entering it counts as being a location, or does the character needs to be INSIDE of that location? Thanks for your fast and elaborate replies ! It's really appreciated. :) MannedTooth (talk) 00:18, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Just to be clear, I'll reiterate first: I don't really think Oak's Lab should be in the infobox at any point. Pallet Town is pretty much good enough, and the summary arguably suffices otherwise.

As for where the line might be: as a bare minimum, if a place isn't entered, it doesn't belong in the infobox. Tiddlywinks (talk) 00:38, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Gotcha! MannedTooth (talk) 00:40, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Content removed

I had a couple of questions regarding my removed additions.

• In Interviewers, you said "Please don't use "you". Also, quotes are for individuals, not Trainer classes"
  • I won't be using first person from now on, I will be using 3rd person. Thanks for the tip.
  • I agree with you on the fact that it should be for individuals, not for trainer class, but this one's tricky, since in every game, the interviewers are only 2 persons that stick together, so if you mention the game, you automatically know which trainer we are talking about. So what are the option here? I am seeing three:
    • We make an exception for this trainer class since, as I mentionned, they're unique in every game.
    • We make an exclusive page for each character and include their quotes in it.
    • We add to the trainer list their quotes from talking and initiating, winning or losing a fight.

• In Player's House you said "Please stick to the 3rd person (not "we"). And that's not unique to ORAS"
  • As said previously, I will stick to the 3rd person. But can I still add this information?
  • Texts on Player's Houses signs aren't always written the same way even though they are very similar, should we put a table stating what every sign mentions for every generation?

Thanks again! :) MannedTooth (talk) 05:28, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

As for interviewers... Firstly, I'll note that we do have pages for Gabby and Ty and Roxy and Oli. But, secondly, it's really not guaranteed that any "interview" is conducted by those people unless that is explicitly conveyed. There's no reason other people can't have jobs as interviewers. (And thirdly, a "report" really isn't guaranteed to be conducted by "interviewers" either.)

For the house, I kind of think the sign is pretty trivial (and I don't mean that it belongs under Trivia). More, the differences between the signs are really trivial I think. If the sign would warrant any mention, it would be as part of the intro, not multiple times for each section. Tiddlywinks (talk) 05:42, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

You're right, I haven't thought about the fact that others may be interviewers. For the next point, the game itself says that it's more than one ("we") interviewers than speak since it's written as so: "Interviewer: (text)" so it's probably them, but as you said, it's not guaranteed. As for the signs, yeah, it's pretty trivial, but it's still a part of the game's text/lore. Well, it's up to you, I'll stop mentionning it if it's that trivial. :P MannedTooth (talk) 05:51, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Quotes Mark. Why or Why not?

You recently removed the quotes on my TV shows' titles. Why is that so? I didn't quite understand the thing about the Teachy TV. As for the quotes themselves, the game uses them, shouldn't we use them too? MannedTooth (talk) 01:36, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Where does the game use them? I only noticed them in the quotes for one of the shows you were adding, and at least one other didn't have them. While on the other hand, none of the other sections except Teachy TV had quotes either. (Teachy TV is a little weird, so I won't say it definitely should or shouldn't use quotes.) Tiddlywinks (talk) 01:46, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, in fact, 3 out of the 6 shows I'm adding uses them. Considering Nadia Reports is not the official name. It's 3/5.

They are:

• KOUKAN TALK
• ThePokémon Whisperer,
• What's that?

MannedTooth (talk) 01:53, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, the headers for the Unova shows (including its Koukan Talk) didn't have quotes either.

The simple answer, though, is that it's just a special, applied format... Like how APA insists you underline or italicize shows or songs or whatever. But that's just in bulk text, really; that doesn't mean we must do the same thing in the section headers, it's just a very different context.

Side question: can you tell me why you chose to title the one section as Nadia Reports? In short, is that totally invented by you? Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:05, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

No, I took it from the Kalos Shows list. MannedTooth (talk) 02:07, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

OK. Someone should look into whether that's really the best title... Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:10, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

trainer tips layout

Want me to reproduce the layout as in ORAS? I skip a line everytime the game does, is that it? MannedTooth (talk) 04:47, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

I already did. But like I said, there needs to be an actual ORAS format for that template first. Tiddlywinks (talk) 04:51, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, if you corrected the format, why do you keep it hidden? MannedTooth (talk) 04:54, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Because the Emerald format does not work properly with the ORAS text (and, again, there's no ORAS format currently). Tiddlywinks (talk) 04:57, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Ooohh, that's what you meant! Sorry! Now I understand. :P MannedTooth (talk) 05:06, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Trying to delete discussion on main page

i am currently unable to delete the post I started on the main page. I want to delete it because I shouldn't have started a post out of "anger". Once again, Im sorry. MannedTooth (talk) 07:49, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh, well, that's better than what I thought it was, you trying to remove all comments after your first. =P As I did say on your talk page, though, talk page comments usually are not allowed to be removed. Tiddlywinks (talk) 07:52, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

I knew you were gonna think I was trying to remove your comments... That stressed me out meanwhile I was struggling on my iPad, I really, really, don't mean harm to the website, nor do I want people to think I am a cheater, only wanted to delete my bad move. (Feeling bad about the fact that might start to get annoyed by all the trouble I've put you through, once again, gomen!) MannedTooth (talk) 07:57, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm just fine, but thanks. =) All I can really tell you is, if it at all deserves removing, I'm sure someone higher up will do it. (But I wouldn't count on it.) Tiddlywinks (talk) 08:01, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

A huge thank you for being so patient with me ^^ is this a good place for discussing what I was saying earlier? I would want to keep improving plots' quality. As for the Professor Oak thing, I wasn't so sure about that, you might be right, I just thought "Oak" was too... Hm.. Friendly, I guess? Anyways, as for the collective nouns, are those okay? Should they be considered 3rd person singular as I said or ..? MannedTooth (talk) 08:08, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Basically, I'd advise just leaving the collective nouns alone. IMO either way can be valid—I can even change my mind from one moment to the next. Like I kind of think "Team Rocket overhear Clemont and Bonnie talking about Snover and decide to take revenge on Abomasnow" is better than "overhears"/"decides", but then I think "Elsewhere, Team Rocket have also followed the group to the snowy mountains" is not as good as "has".

The other thing you mentioned, "Red sends out Poliwhirl and uses Water Gun", is not a wording I really have much problem with personally. And to be nitpicky, "makes him use Water Gun" isn't a great-sounding alternative IMO. Because, on the one hand, the Trainer is making the decisions; and on the other, it kind of gets awkward if you'd always have to say "makes [it] use". There may still be ways around both issues (like "Jessie sends out Gourgeist to attack with Shadow Ball and Seed Bomb"), but the best thing in the end may just be to get used to it (which of course is entirely up to you and your "conscience", so to speak). Tiddlywinks (talk) 08:29, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

After a quick research, I have come with some more information concerning collective nouns, well explained on this page: http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/nouns/Collective-Nouns.html

In short: a team, for instance is always one thing, but it appears like I was part wrong, since when it acts as a whole, it's singular, and when it acts as individuals, it's plural. Examples:

• Team Rocket IS looking for somewhere to hide.
• Team Rocket ARE taking care of THEIR Pokémon. (Jessy for Ekans and James for Koffing for instance)

My "<trainer> makes <pokemon> uses <move>" phrasing is not that good I admit, but we should find a better way to do so, since even if it's minor. Let's say Ash asks Bulbasaur to tackle Blue. Is Ash tackling Blue? No, Bulbasaur is, on Ash's order.

Anyway, these are little details that are worth looking up in official sources since, if we want to build a real, good encyclopedia, our grammar/wording must be top-notch! ^~^ MannedTooth (talk) 08:41, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Streamlining signature

"I'm curious. Why do you streamline" your signature every time? Shouldn't it be possible to just edit it in your preferences so that part you keep removing never appears?": Is it possible to do that?

Jdogno4 (talk) 06:59, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Click the preferences link at the top of any page. The third box should be for your signature, and if you enter [[User:Jdogno4|Jdogno4]] ([[User talk:Jdogno4|talk]]) in the new signature box, I think that'd make your signature appear like you want.

On a side note, it's usually best to reply to someone's original comment directly (like mine on your talk page) instead of starting a brand new comment on their talk page. Tiddlywinks (talk) 07:03, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for updating the Genesect article. I just found a source that sites the code life. Do you think a source for the events should be provided? Blado (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

If you follow the event link, there is a link to Bulbanews article and links to the 20th anniversary site. I suspect that's the sort of source you were thinking of? Tiddlywinks (talk) 17:57, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Number of badges needed

So, if I know that it's not 1, what should we put? Since writing 1 is a lie/mistake. MannedTooth (talk) 21:57, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Put 2 if that's right. Or 3 if that is. Or 4, or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8. You can take the time to figure it out. "?" is just a bit too odd.

(FWIW, you may also want to check the shops just before you get a Badge, just to see if there was maybe something in between that actually changed it and you don't mistake that for a Badge.) Tiddlywinks (talk) 22:04, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Is there a way to improve this template? Like, if I change something on it, I need to change it for ALL the shops in Hoenn Gen 6 which is like for every city... Can't we just make a template already filled up with the good info and simply add it to every page we need it? As a programmer, that seems more logical to me, that makes your code (wiki) more DRY (don't repeat yourself). MannedTooth (talk) 22:21, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Basically, no, it's easier to just change every page.

Strictly speaking, it probably could be done, but I'm pretty sure the cons will outweigh the pros. ("Pretty sure" in part because it depends on how exactly you want to implement it. And also because I'm not an expert on how templates burden a wiki; I just know they do to an extent/at a certain point. You unfortunately can't do everything with a wiki you might like to with a custom program.) Tiddlywinks (talk) 22:37, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, I don't know about the burden (but to me, one instance is less heavy than many) but I know enough about wiki templates that I know this can be done, and as you said, except for the burdening (which may even be smaller imo). All you have to do is create the template already filled, and then add it where you want, when you change the original, they all change, so much more ergonomic and easy-to-use. Who are the ones who decide the template stuff? I would like to discuss that with them. ^~^ MannedTooth (talk) 22:42, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Well, I can tell you that when a template needs to be improved, one of the first things that gets done is to manually substitute any nested template calls. It has to do with this sort of thing and everything that's on that page I think. So a template that's just a thin wrapper for another template probably won't exactly be appreciated.

But if you really want, sure, I can try to direct you to someone else...? Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Consistency on Route 110

In the game, they appear in this order : Plusle on the left and Minun on the right.

(It's a 2v2 battle) MannedTooth (talk) 02:51, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

1) In a battle, Trainers face each other. So your left Pokemon (which is your first) is not opposite their "left"/first Pokemon.

2) The game also says, "sent out Plusle and Minun", not Minun and Plusle. Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:57, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, right! You never stop to be right don't you? ahah MannedTooth (talk) 03:03, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Paradoxically, the secret is to never trust that you are. =P Tiddlywinks (talk) 03:06, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, you see, I try to be humble about everything and accepting what others tell me, like, the first time I joined the wiki, I didn't understand your way of doing things. But now that I more or less understood, I try to verify every sources and accept other's arguments. (although, you saw that I love arguing) :P MannedTooth (talk) 03:08, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Deleted shop

I know it was already mentionned that there were move tutors, but I think we should still make a section for the shop that does so instead of all putting in move tutors. (Talking about Mauville City) MannedTooth (Talk) 14:35, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

You hardly added anything with those shop sections. The Ultimate Move Shop is the one exception, but only barely. Ultimately, you were pretty much only adding the signs for each shop. And that's not nearly enough justification for making entirely new sections on the page. Tiddlywinks (talk) 15:06, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, there was content to add, simply I didn't go in depth. I was planning to do that later. MannedTooth (Talk) 15:10, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

You still shouldn't duplicate/overlap the move tutors section. Didn't you say it before: D.R.Y. =P Tiddlywinks (talk) 15:16, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

T_T you can't use my own sentences against me only when that helps you x) MannedTooth (Talk) 15:18, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Gekkoga

You should probably ask before removing (like you did now), especially if you don't know the concepts, if you don't want people to get mad :D

Ninjas are very often associated with the moon (and the night) in Japanese folklore. The word "moon" implies a "night", from where Greninja's Dark Type comes from.--Omojuzeforever (talk) 16:01, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

There's not really anything I could quote you from the top of my head. Though if you have ever read/watched ninja stories, the ninjas are said to move "with the moonlight". Almost all of their most dangerous missions are on nights that have either a "full moon" or a "crescent moon". Sorry, can't really quote you anything from the top of my head. Also, the "moonlight" implies "night", which is "darkness", from which Greninja's Dark-Type comes.--Omojuzeforever (talk) 20:05, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Quotes

Hey, I would like to start doing exactly what I'm doing for ORAS, but this time, for PMD Blue Team. What would be the best way to document quotes and such?

Shall I create a page for every notable NPC in the game?

MannedTooth (Talk) 17:57, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

You'll either have to look through Pokémon Mystery Dungeon characters to find some examples or just ask someone who deals more with PMD. Outside the core games, I've pretty much only played games that can connect with them (Ranger, Colo/XD). Tiddlywinks (talk) 18:11, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

I already looked aat these lists, but the problem is that they are just a bunch of Names and Description more or less. I was thinking about creating pages for every one. Just like I saw for ORAS, I would try to "mimic" the way it's done. So if anything's wrong, you can always help me improve it. What do you think? MannedTooth (Talk) 18:21, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm saying I don't really have the first clue. It'd be easier for you to just try to ask either someone who's more familiar with PMD or else who takes more responsibility for "Games" as a whole. Tiddlywinks (talk) 18:30, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Streamlining signature.

"Jdogno4, your signature is appearing with "--" at the beginning because you are clicking the signature button, which inserts --Jdogno4 (talk) 08:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC).": I get that. "However, this is in no way forcing you to save your posts with that "--" before your signature.": I get that as well. "You may either delete the "--" before your signature before you save your post, resulting in only Jdogno4 (talk) 08:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC), or you may forego the signature button entirely and simply type Jdogno4 (talk) 08:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC) at the end of your posts manually.": I suppose I am trying to avoid deleting the "Jdogno4 (talk) 08:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC)" when I remove the "--". There is less chance of that once the signature is stamped.

Jdogno4 (talk) 08:43, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

upload please

I am currently making Hazel's Pikachu page. I need this image to be uploaded:

Thanks! MannedTooth (Talk) 16:47, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

I'd suggest just focusing on making the page in your userspace for now so it can be determined whether it's notable for the mainspace. Until then, it's not too important whether it has a picture or not. =P Tiddlywinks (talk) 17:07, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

About the six month old discussion

Hey hello,

You removed my question with the message that I should refrain from commenting on six months old discussions. Sorry about that, I thought it was still appropriate.

Do you think I should add a new section next time or do I have to do something different? Editing Wiki's isn't really my speciality, but please let me know! :)

Kind regards, MistrX (talk) 20:46, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

If you have a new question or something (or a different angle, or whatever), then yes, it would be preferred if you just started a new section. For more information, check out our talk page policy (the part about old discussions is specifically under talk page etiquette). =) Tiddlywinks (talk) 20:51, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

New template? (again, I know)

So, I had another idea of template for the wiki, and since you're the latest online and the one I'm more "familiar" with (I'm sorry by the way hehe), I thought I'd show it to you.

So, basically, it is a template intended to go on the top of pages to make sort of a summary of the item/page with the quote of someone in game.

Just look at the template itself, you'll understand.

Let me know what you think, being in computer sciences, I dig making templates! :3 MannedTooth (Talk) 23:53, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

I don't think it really works for me (not talking technically). I tried your default on the Pokédex page, and IMO it just comes off too casual for what the wiki is generally aiming for... Tiddlywinks (talk) 00:11, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, it's kinda just intended to be a light and concise summary without going into details. I got this idea from the Don't Starve Wikia (ex: http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Gem ) and I thought it was pretty sweet. But if it doesn't go with the wiki's goal, I'll just forget about it. Do you have any template ideas? :P MannedTooth (Talk) 00:16, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

I can't think of anything off the top of my head. Tiddlywinks (talk) 00:40, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

The Preview Botton

My bad! I was doing it at night and I had to stop to focus on other things, but yeah, won't happen again :) --LHakaLH (talk) 20:41, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

I wasn't sure :P

As I said in my edit summary, I thought that this was the name of the guy that was playing. MannedTooth (Talk) 03:11, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Upload please :P

Can you upload this? If you can, I'll have more.

[1]

Thanks! MannedTooth (Talk) 15:24, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

That doesn't look like great quality to me. I'd suggest either checking it with Maverick Nate or bringing it up directly at the Archives. Tiddlywinks (talk) 15:43, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

What about this? [2] MannedTooth (Talk) 15:57, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

We already have the English print. Even if we didn't, we would have no need for it. The only time we'd want card images that aren't Japanese or English is if the card is actually different from those prints (or doesn't exist in them). glik^glak 16:05, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

I know, and it is different. Look carefully, it is in english, and the text is on the right side, basically, the card is flipped from its jap/en version. MannedTooth (Talk) 16:14, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, never mind what I just said, only thing different is the langage of the attack on the art. Is that notable? MannedTooth (Talk) 16:15, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

That's the same as the Japanese print. glik^glak 16:23, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Just to let you know for future reference, MannedTooth, any Korean TCG images must be approved by Maverick Nate before being uploaded. Tiddlywinks (talk) 16:42, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

I'll keep that in head, is there any particular reason for this? MannedTooth (Talk) 16:52, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Primarily, Maverick Nate heads the TCG effort here on Bulbapedia. Tiddlywinks (talk) 17:01, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Prof. Oak and Birch

I thought that misspellings and other issues were ok to place in the Trivia section of the main article considering the Professor Oak article. Should that Oak example be removed as well or am I mistaken is some part? --Super goku (talk) 21:06, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

I don't get where there's any misspelling or anything. Feel free to be as elaborate as you want trying to explain it to me =P , because I just can't see anything wrong with it. Tiddlywinks (talk) 21:28, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Here is how the line goes, "Great! I'm sure May'll be happy to hear that, too." For some reason, the text combines May's name with the word will to create "May'll" for some reason. I had a few issues wording it in the article, so I might not have been clear on what the text displayed. --Super goku (talk) 02:01, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Are you saying that it is an error? :o MannedTooth (Talk) 02:03, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

"For some reason"? That's a very natural thing in English, contracting "will" like that. Like I said, it doesn't seem to be any problem...

Can I ask, do you know what it says for Brendan? Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:06, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Contracting with a proper noun is correct? MannedTooth (Talk) 02:09, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry MannedTooth, but I'd really like to not have to try to carry on two separate branches of this discussion at the same time. If Super goku and I can resolve the main issue here, then if you still have questions, feel free to bring it up again then, please. Tiddlywinks (talk) 02:11, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm sorry to Tiddlywinks for causing the issue without checking more into it. Based on what you said and looking at footage, you can use the contraction of the word will with a name. Sorry for the trouble. --Super goku (talk) 03:09, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Where is th- Oh...

I had to Ctrl+F to find it. :o Isn't that a sign that it's not evident ? xP MannedTooth (Talk) 00:27, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

congratulations

Congrats on new rank. :) - unsigned comment from Tripplekittys (talk • contribs)

Thank you. =) Tiddlywinks (talk) 22:43, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

MC Images

Why is all the images on here are linked as sources at the bottom and not uploaded? MannedTooth (Talk) 23:13, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

It is against Bulbapedia policy to copy and upload images from a website without permission from the website owner or an affiliate. We prefer scans/pictures from our own users. Hence, this is why the aforementioned images are referenced and not uploaded. SirFinkleBottom 23:19, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Even when these come from official sources or that we mention where it comes from? MannedTooth (Talk) 23:25, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

I sympathize with that question, MannedTooth, but I'm not 100% certain how strict our policy is in that regard. Certainly official Pokemon.com images are usually OK, but when other companies enter the picture...

Going by the style of the pages for previous generations of figures, though, it could also be that it would be preferable to have pictures of the figure including its packaging, and the references are mostly meant as a stopgap measure. (Since Lady Ariel added all of those references, it may also be faster if you simply asked her why she did it like that.) Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:33, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

I found that this image [3] (for example) is tagged with its website, so can I use images from that website? If I can't, I am willing to upload take pictures on my own, only thing, I am not confirmed on the archives due to a lack of edits; there is nothing to edit, so is there a way to confirm me manually so that I can upload these? I also have plenty of Roaring Skies cards in english that I would be able to upload in order to replace the japanese that are currently there. If I add pictures/scans, my edits requirement will be met anyway, right? :P MannedTooth (Talk) 00:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

If you think there's nothing to edit, you haven't looked hard enough. Like the saying goes: where there's a will, there's a way. Learn about the Archives and then look around to figure what you can improve.

Also, let me just say this: if you have any questions about the TCG, direct them to Maverick Nate (or at least anyone but me). I really don't know enough about our TCG effort here (or the TCG in general) to advise on much of anything about it. Nate would definitely be able to give you a definite answer about TCG issues. Tiddlywinks (talk) 04:26, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

On another note, should the Monster Collection page be renamed MONCOLLÉ. I'm no expert in this, but according to this the official name and logo has changed to MONCOLLÉ. If not, it should at least be mentioned. --Wowy_(토크) 08:11, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Suggested. It will receive consideration in due time. Tiddlywinks (talk) 13:47, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thought I would answer the question about those references on the page. They are meant to be sources for the release date of the figures (and if you look closely at the links, not all of them actually link to a page with a picture of the figure), but it just happens most of the links also include a picture of the figure. Lady Ariel 21:01, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Template:Mystery dungeon items

Hey why not link TMs and HMs in this template to List of TM and HM locations in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon instead? --Raltseye 14:40, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Hm. I'm not sure, maybe. I'll see if any other staff have any thoughts about it. Tiddlywinks (talk) 18:31, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

hitting pokemon

what rips of XY images are you talking about that says hit? Yamitora1 (talk) 12:41, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Images for XY (same place I got File:ST basic bag.png from) that I previously received from Kaphotics when I asked about any such resources. I've not seen the link he gave me in public anywhere else, so I'm not sure if it's okay for me to just share that, but you could always ask him about it if you want. The images may also be available to anyone who has a decrypted ROM, scattered around the file structure.

Beyond that, though, there were still problems with your latest reasoning. Mainly, if, with the 'normal' "poking/prodding", you were referring to when you just tap once on the Pokemon, then that's defintely not "poking/prodding"; that exact same effect happens when you tap away from the Pokemon too. And IMO, there's much more to the "hit" SFX than just a shortened rubbing SFX.

At any rate, though...it's definitely something we should continue to discuss here or on Amie's talk page (where it'd be easier for random people to join) rather than risk edit warring about it. Tiddlywinks (talk) 17:46, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

User possibly abusing multiple accounts

Hello, I believe that the user Lukeno94 is using this account when they already have one. In a comment on "Talk:ROM Hacks" it said something about not being able to access their old account. I'm telling you about this because it's against policies so you or any other admin can decide what should be done.Sly Fox (talk) 18:21, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

EXs & Breaks of Fates Collide.

Hi, there. I need to clarify something and I didn't want to bother Maverick Nate. Is it okay if I remove all the EXs and BREAKs added today to the english set list for now? Users are always told here to not copy information from other sites, specially PokéBeach. And I'm pretty sure the user who added those cards only did it because he saw the article at PokéBeach. Other than there, I haven't seen that information anywhere else so it can't be properly confirmed. Metalizard (talk) 22:08, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Honestly, the TCG is definitely not my area of expertise. As far as Fates Collide (TCG) goes, the only judgement I can make is that Nate already visited that page, so either he thought it was okay or he didn't notice. If you were sure it was improperly sourced, though, I'd say go ahead. But in short, it may be best to ask Nate anyway. Tiddlywinks (talk) 22:27, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Ones revealed via images are fine*. The ones revealed via text on other sites are not and should honestly be removed however, since false information is frequently posted on said sites (I'm pretty sure N kept getting removed because a certain site said it wasn't a part of the main expansion, which isn't true.) Feel free to remove it. ^Maverick_Nate 22:50, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks both of you for answering. I was just confused and started wondering if the cards had actually been confirmed somewhere else. Metalizard (talk) 02:22, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Need a small favor

Since we both have done some good work for the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire page, could you come over to my talk page and participate in the recent discussion regarding an edit I had to revert for a noble reason on the ORAS page. -Tyler53841 (talk) 01:01, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

'File appearance

I wanna be a Glitch ^P_K^M_N. You don't understand. - unsigned comment from Scooterscanley (talk • contribs)

No offense, but if you're just joking, there was no need for this comment. (I only mention this because you just previously made another idle comment. I just want you to understand that talk pages are meant for improving the wiki.)

If you're not joking: categories are reserved for pages that belong there. User pages only belong in categories like User groups. Tiddlywinks (talk) 22:21, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

ALSO: Any advice for TMs/HMs? Whenever I preview my profile page, all it displays is all the text I've entered. scooterscanley (talk) 18:22, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Your header and footer only have one "}" at the end; it should be two ("}}"). Tiddlywinks (talk) 18:45, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Ah. Also, why does it say "Character for Old man glitch", and why is the Johto Guard Glitch/Time Capsule Exploit excluded?scooterscanley (talk) 19:20, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

I would guess the Old man glitch part is the same as the Mew special stat thing, it's what you need to get that glitch 'mon using that glitch. The Time Capsule exploit part that's in the regular GlitchPkmnInfobox template isn't there simply because that template was updated after the Nocat version was split off. Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:58, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

re. Fury Swipes

I made the change because as it stands, it's implying that three and only three hits is the most probable outcome, which is not true: it has the same probability as two hits at 37.5% each. It means to say that three or more hits is likely (37.5% + 12.5% + 12.5% for a 62.5% chance of three plus hits). This yields an above average likelihood that the power yield will be 18 × 3 or more, resting on an average power of 54.

I'm not sure what is confusing about this, especially given the current wording. DKqwerty (talk) 19:52, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

If you performed the move 100 times, you'd likely get 300 hits. That averages to 3 hits every time the move is used. That's what an average usually is, an arithmetic mean. You're talking about mode. The current wording is perfectly correct and/or adequate. Tiddlywinks (talk) 20:05, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Oddish debut

I feel that something is overlooked. It says in GDZ25 that another Trainer owns the Oddish instead of Shu while Shu's page mentioned that he owns the Oddish in that chapter. Can you clarify which chapter is the actual debut for Shu's Oddish? PattyMan 21:58, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Actually, at the end of the chapter, the unnamed Trainer offers Shu his Oddish as an apology for what it did. I guess I never gave it much thought. Tiddlywinks (talk) 22:25, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Category

Hey Tiddlywinks! Just a thought, but to my knowledge there aren't any pages or categories putting all the moves available in Pokémon Conquest in one place. Since there aren't any new moves introduced in Conquest, would it be appropriate to make a category for these moves?--Wowy_(토크) 00:23, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

That sounds good (and easy, with the move template). I'll just double-check it with other staff real quick and hopefully I can make that happen. Tiddlywinks (talk) 00:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Sentences ending with prepositions

Hello, you recently reverted an edit made to Gengar's page. Is it really okay to end a sentence with a preposition? My English teacher made it very clear that a sentence should never end with one.Sly Fox (talk) 23:26, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it's okay. With all due respect to your teacher(s), that rule just doesn't match normal English discourse. I don't even mean "casual" discourse. I mean, no matter how formal almost anyone is trying to be, there's just no way they're going to put enough thought into their speech to avoid prepositions at the end of a sentence. Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:33, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

I know they're not remakes.

My point was, they could've changed it just like the Pikachu minigame thing. The only reason I brought it up was that they left the game corner unchanged, despite gambling laws forcing them to change/remove them in other games. I hope this clears things up. Unowninator (talk) 18:47, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

The primary problem with what you wrote, sure, was implying that the VC games were remakes. Beyond that, I'm not entirely certain what's rightest, but I lean against it just because "no change" should pretty much be the expectation. One place it'd be more directly relevant/notable, though, is Pokémon controversy#Gambling. Tiddlywinks (talk) 20:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Template:Pokémon Infobox

Hi, I was just wondering if it would be possible for someone to please edit Template:Pokémon Infobox to account for the unique names of the alternate forms belonging to Zygarde and Hoopa (similar to what was done for Charizard and Mewtwo's dual Mega Evolutions); as it is now, the template displays them kind of backwards. I can't edit the template myself as it's protected.

Xérnéas (talk) 07:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

It's protected for good reason. A template with such heavy use (and so complicated as well) is not wise for anyone (even staff) to edit freely. It's not the highest priority, but we should get around to it...eventually. We still need to update the hatch time calculation, too. =P Tiddlywinks (talk) 23:57, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Just a heads up

I think you might have meant to say "Café is the proper spelling" instead of "Cafe"--Cold (talk) 04:55, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought I did =P , thanks. I worded that first one differently at first, and then when I came to make it like others I wrote below, I must have screwed it up. Tiddlywinks (talk) 04:59, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

help identifying a weird glow in battle

Lately I've been encountering a strange ominous red glow on Pokemon in the Battle Spot, and all my attempts to search for the cause leads to incorrect search results and several rule 34 results. I seem to encounter it on Shiny Pokémon a lot. Here is a Vs Recorder of a battle I encountered it, watch the Mismagius.

CU8G-WWWW-WW3S-AMTR

It looks like either eyes or ribbon loopsYamitora1 (talk) 13:36, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Further in the battle the same red eyes or ribbon loops appear on a shiny Umbreon Yamitora1 (talk) 13:40, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLOB_LkEFo Tiddlywinks (talk) 14:21, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Slowpoke as a Water Bear

Nah, that was the right link. I mean, it may look strange but I'm sure they're based (not only psychically) on Water Bears (AKA tardigrades): they have similar body and limbs shapes; Slowpoke, and Slowbro, both have some ursine characteristics (suggesting a pun) and the name Tardigrada itself means "slow stepper".

I'd like to ask you to reconsider.  ExLight (talk) 19:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)