User talk:GReimer

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --UltimateSephiroth (about me · chat · edits) 17:39, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Area Leader

Hello. I noticed you making additions to the Area Leader page. Please use the preview button next time you edit, as you have already made nearly ten edits to the page. The preview button is good especially if you are having trouble working woth complex coding. Its something good to keep in mind. Thanks, --RexRacer -talk 21:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

You also oughta take a shot at some of the less complex coding before jumping right into the more complex stuff. TTEchidna 04:31, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Images

A better way to link to images, rather than copying the URL of the image itself from the archives, would be by linking to the image with wikicode.

This is done by simply putting [[Image:, and then the filename, followed by closing brackets (]]). In that way, you can make a nice little image of Whismur: 293.png.

And yes. Every single Pokémon is at its National Dex number. Do a little bit of lurking on other pages to see how it's done. Heck, a good way to learn wikicode is to see what does what on your userpage... provided you don't edit it more than three times (there's a limit, due to a problem we had in March of this year), so use the preview button! TTEchidna 04:38, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Usually, you reply to messages left on your talk on your talk. Less confusing that way. Anyway, the thing I noticed most was that you, gasp, used link templates. Yes. Amazingly. A new user read the style primer. A new user cared to look at the welcome. You've renewed my hope in new users here, so congratulations. TTEchidna 05:31, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Please

Slow down on editing the User: namespace. There are only three userspace edits allowed per day, and you have gone over the limit. Editing your userpage too much will lead to it being locked again. Instead of making multiple small edits, why not instead use the preview button (Alt + Shift + P) to check your edits before saving the page? Thank you. ---- MAGNEDETH 00:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I noticed you have been editing the User: namespace a lot today. You may not be aware of this, but Bulbapedia has a Userspace policy that asks users to only edit their pages three times a day, at most. Instead of making multiple edits, why not use the Preview button (Alt + Shift + P) located right next to the edit button to look at your page and see how it is coming? That way, your page can look great while staying within the required amount of edits. Just wait until tomorrow, k? Thanks! --RexRacer -talk 00:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

BTW, your page is awesome.--RexRacer -talk 00:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


Sorry! One of the link template I had on my page vanished into thin air! It was fine on the preview but changed when I saved it. I went back and replaced it... but forgot that it was my 4th edit. My bad! GReimer 00:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)GReimer

Also, you don't need to put your name after you sign. If I did that it would look like this- RexRacer -talkRexRacer. Looks a bit off. Anyway, no worries about the warning. I applaud your knowledge of link templates. I can see you becoming a great contributor to Bulbapedia.
Just keep it mind, nothing bad happens if you just get a warning. These are mostly for userspace abusers and such, but I can see that you have looked through the Manual of Style. Good luck, --RexRacer -talk 00:27, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Again

This is your second warning. Please refrain from editing the User: namespace too rapidly, or you will lose privileges. --- Kogoro | Talk to me - 18:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Just a heads-up, the userspace policy goes by UTC time. So you are still editing over the limit. Please, wait another 5 hours, 44 minutes before continuing to edit the userspace. While you're waiting, maybe you could make some mainspace contributions ^_^ - Kogoro | Talk to me - 18:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk Page Comments

Please don't erase talk page comments for no reason. Trust me, you do NOT want to end up like Big Johnno, who got into an edit war with a sysop over comments the former had erased and was trying to keep erased. That user ended up blocked and subsequently had every erased comment restored. --- Kogoro | Talk to me - 18:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Coloring in Boxes?

I'm trying to figure out how to color in boxes in a table. Just a generic table... nothing real fancy. For an excellent example check out the table on my user page under "Favorite Pokémon." I managed to change the rows by adding a line of "|- style="background: #ccf;"" but I'm wondering what "#ccf;"" means. I changed it to something simple like "pink" and that worked for Template:Type2 coloring, but I'm wondering if there is a link I can go to to find the shortcuts for colors (i.e. #ccf made it a light blue). Or is there a way easier way to do this? Any help would be awesome!GReimer 04:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

You can always google basic html, but if you are looking for a certain color, like one related to an elemental type, you can just put in {{psychic color}}. Makes things easier.--RexRacer -talk 04:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)