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New category
Good job creating a category for episodes focusing on the Explorers. I have been thinking of creating such a category myself too, last time just today, a few hours ago, and I was considering finally realizing it today. What a coincidence! --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 19:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Animation subheaders
Should an animation section have subheaders for 1) "Pokémon animated series" even if there's no other animation covered under the same main header, and 2) the separate series within the animated series? If yes with the latter, should they exist if only one series is covered in the section? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:19, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- While I haven't given it much thought myself, I would lean towards yes to all questions; it doesn't hurt to be thorough. - Chosen (Talk) 16:23, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- I was expecting that kind of an answer. Now I feel uncomfortable about having done backwards progress on that with my flurry of edits earlier today. Should the animation sections on the move and Ability pages also receive these "Pokémon animated series" subheaders? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- I suppose so. We do that when Pokémon Adventures is the only manga that showcases a move or Ability. - Chosen (Talk) 16:34, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah. We should probably establish a similar layout with all articles' animation sections, which is what your first response also aligns with. But there's so many move articles that I can't do it on my own. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 17:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- I suppose so. We do that when Pokémon Adventures is the only manga that showcases a move or Ability. - Chosen (Talk) 16:34, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- I was expecting that kind of an answer. Now I feel uncomfortable about having done backwards progress on that with my flurry of edits earlier today. Should the animation sections on the move and Ability pages also receive these "Pokémon animated series" subheaders? --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 16:26, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Message about one of your usertags
One of your user tags say that "This user's favorite Psychic-type Pokémon is Raichu". Alolan Raichu is Psychic, but you did not note that your favorite psychic Pokémon is Alolan Raichu. SQUIRTINGSQUIRTLE • My Talk Page 00:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- I would do that, but Alolan Raichu doesn't have its own page. - Coffee (Talk) 03:16, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
Ash's Charizard image
Hello. I wanted to nominate a new image for Ash's Charizard's infobox to replace the current one. But since the image can only be edited/changed by Admins (I assume), I reached out to see if this image is a good replacement. It shows Charizard's full body in a natural background. The episode in question is BW136.
https://imgur.com/a/ashs-charizard-JJnNaZB
HygorBH (talk) 20:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
- I've had a look at your suggestion, it doesn't look bad but Charizard looks better centered in the existing image.--BigDocFan, Junior Admin Bulbapedia (talk) 21:00, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
New Santalune City Image
The Santalune City Page says the image has too many markings. I photoshopped most of the markings out, and would like to propose a new picture. I had the same problem as the person submitting the Charizard one, and was just checking to see if this is fine. https://imgur.com/a/8ulETrn
Inconsistent formatting of the species infobox image for Pokemon with gender differences
After noticing that Pokemon with gender differences do not have a consistent formatting of the species infobox image, I looked into the edit history of some of the relevant pages for someone to ask about it and saw your username a few times.
The species pages of all Pokemon with gender differences since generation 5 use one image that shows both the male and the female (e.g. Indeedee).
The species pages of Hippopotas and Hippowdon use two images, one for the male and one for the female (seemingly labeling the male and the female as separate forms).
The species pages of all the other Pokemon with gender differences (those from before generation 5, other than Hippopotas and Hippowdon) use one image that shows either the male or the female, chosen seemingly at random (e.g. Wooper uses the male, Milotic uses the female).
It seems that you would probably agree these species should all abide by a consistent formatting. I lean towards the formatting of Hippopotas and Hippowdon, showing a separate image of each gender, as some species have more differences than just appearance and thus are essentially distinct forms, but what do you think? Acetone15 (talk) 02:24, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- Internally, Hippopotas and Hippowdon's female forms are not considered alternate forms, unlike gender differences in later generations. They also lack offical artwork, unlike Unfezant and the like. In my opinion, it should only show the male forms of each, like Bidoof. - Coffee (Talk) 02:34, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- Having them all show the same gender seems reasonable, but I think you have Bidoof's genders confused. Acetone15 (talk) 02:58, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- Is the inconsistency between using the male or the female for the gen 1-4 species due to there being no "official artwork" for both genders of some species? Acetone15 (talk) 22:37, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- Yes. As explained before, all gender differences introduced from Generation V onwards are considered separate forms internally by the game's code, and have artwork to match. - Coffee (Talk) 00:17, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
- In your first reply, when saying "it should only show the male forms of each", were you specifically talking about species from gens 1-4?
- If no, then presumably you meant species from all gens and, for those since gen 5, you would want to show an edited version of the official artwork that excludes the female?
- If yes, since some species apparently lack official artwork for the male, then what you said was just wishful thinking for consistency's sake? I would agree, to an extent. I understand wanting all these images to share a source across all species, but that means giving the impression that some species don't have a gender difference when they do, which seems like a bigger problem. Well, it bothers me more, at least, although I would agree that the difference between the Hippopotas and Hippowdon images was fairly jarring. Acetone15 (talk) 13:44, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
- I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. When I said "the male forms of each", I meant of Hippopotas and Hippowdon. The fact that I cited Bidoof, whose artwork depicts the female, is my fault. For the gender differences of Pokémon Generations V onward, we already display an image that has both forms on display, as they both have official art, which gender differences before that do not have. - Coffee (Talk) 03:16, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks for clarifying.
- A few more things I would like to have clarified are what exactly is "official artwork", why it was selected as the only source for infobox images, and what you (and/or others who made the decision) think of what I said previously about the choice of using only official artwork for infobox images giving the impression that some species don't have a gender difference when they do.
- Regarding the last thing, yes, the information about gender differences is elsewhere on the page, but the infobox image is big and right at the top of the page, being the first thing most people see.
- Thanks again for responding to my questions! Acetone15 (talk) 23:19, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
- Is there somewhere else I should direct my previous questions? Acetone15 (talk) 01:23, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
- Official artwork is the stock artwork usually used by the francise in reference to a Pokémon, such as on the Japanese Pokémon Zukan website. They're often attributed to Ken Sugimori alone, but it's a bit of a misnomer, as there are other known artists, see this Popplio. - Coffee (Talk) 02:21, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
- Looking through that website, which seems to be an official Japanese language Pokedex, it seems like Bulbapedia is simply emulating its ignorance of gender differences prior to gen 5. Like I said before, I understand the desire to have all infobox images come from the same source (and thus have a consistent style), but my criticism of that being misleading about gender differences remains unaddressed. On mobile, you have to scroll down quite a long way and then read a paragraph to find any indication that most Combee don't look like the one pictured. Acetone15 (talk) 16:40, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
- Official artwork is the stock artwork usually used by the francise in reference to a Pokémon, such as on the Japanese Pokémon Zukan website. They're often attributed to Ken Sugimori alone, but it's a bit of a misnomer, as there are other known artists, see this Popplio. - Coffee (Talk) 02:21, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
- I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. When I said "the male forms of each", I meant of Hippopotas and Hippowdon. The fact that I cited Bidoof, whose artwork depicts the female, is my fault. For the gender differences of Pokémon Generations V onward, we already display an image that has both forms on display, as they both have official art, which gender differences before that do not have. - Coffee (Talk) 03:16, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
- Yes. As explained before, all gender differences introduced from Generation V onwards are considered separate forms internally by the game's code, and have artwork to match. - Coffee (Talk) 00:17, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
(resetting indent)Honestly, I think this discussion might be more appropriate on the talk page for Project Pokédex, where a more open discussion can be had. I don't think we'll be able to change the infobox as it is right now, but there might be a compromise that can be reached. - Coffee (Talk) 18:46, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, yeah, that does seem like the right place. I'd wondered if such a page existed, but hadn't tried finding it. I'll write something there soon. Thanks! Acetone15 (talk) 00:10, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
Ditto anime image
Just throwing in my two cents, but wouldn't a two-for-one image of normal and Shiny Ditto together be better than two separate images? Many Pokémon species articles use two-for-one images if possible to have one or more forms in the same image for their animation sections. Maybe the separate images could be included as Gallery images in Ditto's animation section? That's a solution that's also in use on a couple species articles. -- FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 21:44, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
- I changed the images because they one being used now are more recent, but I have no strong feelings one way or the other. Be sure to state your reasoning when you change it back. - Coffee (Talk) 04:21, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you. Just did exactly that. --FinnishPokéFan92 (talk) 08:06, 12 June 2026 (UTC)