User talk:Greenpickle

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Chatroom Admin

Hey can I be an chatroom admin or whatever they're called? I've been a loyal user here since the dark age of Pikipedia, have well over 500 edits, and have much more experience than I did before. If that's not enough, I'll continue my work here (which is to correct edits made by n00bs and defend my fellow gamers) albeit with spotty activity.--Pikdude 21:49, 20 September 2010 (EDT)

I've never seen you in the chatroom (maybe it's just timezones). Have you got a registered nickname? GP

I do now, and I'm not on that often because of school, soccer, and the fact that both I and my friends LOVE to play Halo Reach. Other than that, I'm on fairly often.Pikdude 07:26, 27 September 2010 (EDT)

Move to MediaWiki and alliance with NIWA

When did all this happen? Blue Ninjakoopa 20:11, 8 October 2010 (EDT)

Move to MediaWiki? We've always used MediaWiki. We moved away from Wikia at the start of September. GP

While, if you count wikia as MediaWiki. The version they use is modified from the original software. Vol (Talk)

Main Page

Hey! You seem to be the only bureaucrat and I cannot find a suggestions page so I'll say it here. I was wondering, if you look at the Main Page, it is good. But I created a new main page which I think would work better as the main page at User:Pikminguy1/Test. I think this new main page is a good idea, it contains more information and does not expand the length of the page from what it used to be. It contains all of the knowledge from the former main page (I removed the <choose> tags however, they were a good idea but they didn't work well...in my opinion, if you want a main page with the choose tags, see User:Pikminguy1/Test2). Anyways, the key point of my suggested main page is that it contains a new box, "Recent news!". I was originally gonna suggest you add a box without an example but I decided that it is more explanatory to show people that changes that I am talking about, so, this and this - do you like either of them? Would you consider making them the current design of the main page? Hope this isn't too long, yours truly, Pikminguy1 (My Talk Page).

Hmm, yeah, the option stuff is more a remnant from when we had 3+ things to choose from, so the left column would be a lot longer; and the featured image wasn't in the right column, so it was shorter. I've removed it. About a news box, I do understand that most other wikis have them, and we used to, but we just never had any news for long periods of time - now just seems to be quite a busy time, what with the move. The site notice can cope with everything that does happen sufficiently. Of course, it's not up to me to decide, and if you still think we should have one, start a topic. GP

Logo

Since this seems to be a pressing issue now, I threw together an example of what I was talking about with the text over the flower. [1] My text abilities are really limited in Gimp, so I only had a few fonts and couldn't do the outline thing you had, but that's the basic idea. I liked your idea of using white text with an outline the same color as the flower. —Jimbo Jambo 14:23, 10 October 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, I did link a couple before you left that time, but you must not have seen it:

[21:37:55] <Greenpickle> 'kay
[21:44:02] <Greenpickle> http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1852/52077825.png
[21:44:05] <Greenpickle> http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3301/98715249.png
[21:44:06] <Greenpickle> ?

I was going to ask everyone today, anyway. I'll get to that in a bit. GP

Wikia is pissed

GP, take a look at your talk page on the old wiki: http://pikmin.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Greenpickle Essentially, they've written the following:

Hello,

We have noticed the sitenotice and anonnotice are directing people away from using this wiki and make it appear as if this wiki will be closing. We need the community to be aware that they are welcome to stay, and that the wiki will remain open. Community members are welcome to edit here, there or on both. Please change your message to reflect this. Thank you, Sarah@Wikia (Help Forum) (blog) 20:38, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'm not sure if you are going to be back to do this, so I'll make the change. Thanks -- Sannse@Wikia (help forum | blog) 23:58, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

They don't want people to leave, but they don't want to change the themes neither! Ah! Do you plan on doing something about the removal of the warning? Do you know already if the wikis at Wikia can be deleted? {Espyo^T} 15:02, 12 October 2010 (EDT)

I've seen it. I'll come up with some wording that satisfies them. No, I don't think they can be deleted. GP

Did you here what happened on wikia? Major CSS problem.

"Monaco is currently experiencing some issues in which CSS is being stripped, which causes the pages to look broken. We're working on resolving this issue ASAP and Monaco will not remain looking like this - don't worry."

Heh heh. Vol (Talk)

Heh, even more CSS errors on wikia.

"There are some issues at the moment with CSS caching, the tech guys are working on it and it should be fixed soon... sorry about this all."Vol (Talk)

Fun. Well, apparently by 'Please change your message to reflect this.', they meant 'remove all mention of a competing wiki altogether', so I didn't get to re-word it. Not surprising, I guess... Edit: oh, just noticed Espyo had the bit at 8:58 in what he quoted, but I saw it between those two and didn't catch it until now. GP

Consistency

Alright Green,I have a proposal. I say we model all of the enemie "How to Kill" Sections like this:

==How to Kill==
This section is entitled, "How to Kill", not Killing Strategies or Strategy.

===Pikmin===
This section will be on every page. Even if you cant kill the enemy, like Flint Beetles, a way to damage or attack the ememy must be listed. 

===Captains=== 
This section will show up even if you can't kill and enemy with the Captains.

Either way, if we decide not to use this model, the Enemy pages nned to be more consistent. Ridly ^Screech! 07:03, 15 October 2010 (EDT)

We had a thread about this, but it was never resolved. I think "Strategy" is the best option, as that's exactly what it is. As Green pointed out, you're not always killing enemies, such as with Flint Beetles which you even mentioned. —Jimbo Jambo 10:12, 15 October 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, I just started using 'strategy' when we never reached a decision. See it here, and continue the discussion if you want. GP

Edit port

Oops, my bad. I'm pretty sure I wanted to port either this or this. And seeing as I'm not sure if the info on those edits is appropriate or not, I'd rather leave my port uncorrected. Also, about this, the only reason I wrote that otherwise obvious sentence was because... well, ~70% of the additions to that list are completely unorganized. Most of them add new sections, and don't even use ===X===. It's like those warnings in rat poison. Nobody would ever think about eating it, but thanks to some people, almost every can of poison and such needs to have an obvious 'don't eat' warning. {Espyo^T} 14:29, 20 October 2010 (EDT)

Pikmin map markers

I've added them like I said I would... but the wiki hasn't updated the image yet. Also, I'm pretty sure I accidentally chose the wrong textures, so the bubbles are bigger than they should be. This is, however, a good thing, so the markers on the map will be easier to identify. Also, couldn't you obtain the world map without the sunshine effect on the top-left corner? In Pikmin, the sunshine was a different texture. Is it merged with the map background itself in Pikmin 2? {Espyo^T} 17:08, 21 October 2010 (EDT)

Wait, why isn't this on template talk:areas? No, the markers you added look nice. Yeah, the light was separate. I thought it looked weird without it, though, and was going for something as close to what you see in-game as I could manage. Do you think it would be better to remove it? GP

Adminship... again

Yes, it seems I was an idiot and lost my password. Either that or I was hacked. So I had to create another account, and I was asking you to give me THE POWER again. Snakeboss16 22:05, 21 October 2010 (EDT)

Greenpickle, check this guy to see if he has the same IP address as Snakeboss. --Gamefreak75

I checked. Snakeboss has never logged in from that IP before. Plus I can't imagine Snakeboss saying something like THE POWER. Vol (Talk)

No, but he clearly has a dynamic IP address and the one of this account is a close match to those of the old one. Of course, without some kind of better proof (this is why people put their public GPG keys on their user pages), we can't just promote this account. Ideas? GP

Oh, it's unlikely someone else has access to your account, as then their IP address would appear in the list. So...remember harder. GP

So then I'm screwed? I'll keep trying to remember my password. LOL, I actually say things like THE POWER a lot with my friend, but it's the first time here. Snakeboss16 18:00, 22 October 2010 (EDT)

I remembered the password! Yes, it was actually, me, Snakeboss14. I got THE POWER again! :P

Why was your IP different? Vol (Talk)

I said, dynamic IP. It's not uncommon. GP

What's dynamic IP? Snakeboss14

It's what it sounds like. It just means an IP that changes. Many ISPs assign IP addresses dynamically because they only have so many they can allocate, so they need to free them up when some users disconnect - they don't actually have enough to handle every user they have, if they were all online at once. GP

I honestly think that the anon you just blocked should have a longer ban, tbh. --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

Meh. It's very unlikely he'll be back. For all we know, although even more unlikely, someone else at that address with better intentions might want to edit here some day, and it's better to have vandalism and good edits than no edits at all. GP

Changing the old wikia's name

Since Wikia doesn't want us to call people to the moved Pikipedia, I suggest changing the old Pikipedia's name to something that indicates that it's outdated and/or abandoned. {Espyo^T} 16:30, 25 October 2010 (EDT)

Hmm, I guess, maybe. What, just Pikmin Wiki? GP

I was thinking something like "Pikmin Wikia - The old wiki about Pikmin", but perhaps a bit better. It wouldn't tell users where it has moved to, but it would at least stop them from editing there. Also, naming it Pikmin Wikia could help differentiate between the old and new Pikipedia, but that's not too important. {Espyo^T} 15:18, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

Oh, that's your aim; I thought it was mainly disassociating it from us. I was going to say see that forum, but you already have. GP

Hey Green

It's me >.> I missed too damn much >.> Every time >.> Damn life >.> Well tell me what's up >.> Am I still Admin? >.> Damn I feel awkward >.> Crystal lucario

And yes I'll be back >.> I jsut had a LOT going on >.> ask me about it later or something >.> Crystal lucario

Heeeeeey. Well, uh...we moved. (I put a notice up at the old wiki about it and Wikia took it down...) We have a new admin (Volatile Dweevil). You should vote on policy. I'll promote you right now. GP

Oh... Well... Dammit I would miss that >.> Crystal lucario

Random off-topic pages

I was looking through WantedPages, and I found that there are quite a few things that shouldn't be there, especially Halo: Reach. Are pages like this and this meant to be here, or were they accidentally imported when moving from Wikia? --SnorlaxMonster 19:57, 27 October 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, I noticed that. They've only appeared in the last few days - actual pages exist too - and a search gives them as being from Halopedia (which is odd, 'cause even if they were moving, they're not Nintendo so wouldn't join NIWA). It's similar to what happened a few days (?) ago, but on a smaller scale. I'll ask Porplemontage. GP

Ah. GP

Yeah, I know real pages exist, I linked to two existing ones. So is this something that you have to go and delete the pages, or it will just disappear? --SnorlaxMonster 20:31, 27 October 2010 (EDT)

Ah, I didn't see that. While it would be interesting to find out what happens if I delete one (I guess either we'd just lose it, it'd give me an error, or it would actually be deleted from that independent Halopedia too), I don't think it'll be necessary. Just wait a bit, see what Porple says. Probably best not to try to edit them either. GP

Sorry about this, but I just removed the links because they were adding the pages to wanted pages. --SnorlaxMonster 05:32, 1 November 2010 (EDT)

Oh, and I found some more that were missed: Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe and Civilian Emergency Instructions/Arcadia State of Emergency. Make sure to delink them after they are deleted or they will show up in Wanted Pages. --SnorlaxMonster 05:39, 1 November 2010 (EDT)

I'm Back!!

Not sure if you remember me from a while back, but I am back, more mature, and A LOT more knowledgeable with Wiki coding. Anyways, I just stopped by to say hi. --Eduardog3000

...Hi. The name sounds familiar, at any rate. GP

Green!

GP, I need your help. Do you think it is possible for you to make a bot that can import items from a wikia to a wiki, specifically Kirby Wikia to Wikirby? --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

Items? Can't you just use special:export/import? GP

Problem is, I am completely horrible with such mediawiki techonology or whatever it. :( --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

By items, do you mean all pages, or pages about items? You need a list: would it be special:allpages for each namespace, or something like category:items? GP

Every single thing like we did for here. --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

Well, all pages can be transferred using special:import/export, and that's what I did here; but since it's a merger, you need to merge them manually to avoid conflicts. What Lylat Wiki did to merge Arwingpedia transfer everything to the Arwingpedia: namespace (edit exported XML file), then merge everything manually from there. What this can't do is transfer images, though; for that, I could do something, but this is better because it preserves past versions of the image, and their uploaders. It looks quite involved, though, and requires root access, so you'd have to talk to whoever has access to the serve. GP

Blocking

Does Pikipedia have a policy on blocking? I'm not quite sure if I should or should not have blocked this user. Should I have given a warning first? Vol (Talk)

We don't have a policy, no. I would say if it's not obviously vandalism, warn them first; and even if it is, and looks more like just seeing if the page will actually change when they edit it, I'll just warn them. But then, I'm quite lenient. As I see it, you should only resort to blocking when it's necessary, as blocking a user who means no harm will probably put them off editing, but if a user vandalises again we can always revert it. GP

thank you!!!gp i owe yo one...two...A DOZEN!!!thanks i agree there should be a warning.since the day after i signed up...i was blocked.i wasnt even sure what i was doing i saw the edit so...edited.-turtwig389

Recent edits

Hey, why do I see a load of changes to your userpage whenever I go to Recent Changes? Snakeboss14

Because I was making changes. The monobook.js were developing this, this and this. GP

Adminship on old wiki

I decided to change the name of the old wikia to WikiPikmin to avoid confusion. May I have adminship on it? Vol (Talk)

Done. GP

MarioWiki links

They seem to be broken because they are missing the 'h' at the start of 'http'. --SnorlaxMonster 21:09, 12 December 2010 (EST)

Fixed. GP

Server stuff

http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=725.0 Vol (Talk)

Locking

GP, do you think it's possible if you can lock this wiki from further editing by anons? For the past week, we've got nothing but spam and it's really annoying for everyone. They also create pages with sexual content in other languages and it takes a while for those to be deleted since there is usually no one on. It's also not a hassle to create an account. If they want to edit here so badly, they can. --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

Well, I don't know about Greenpickle, but I check the Recent Changes every day, and anon edits catch my eye. Even if it's on pages that are rarely used, they're caught pretty quickly. As for blocking anon edits, remember that that also means that some typos or small stuff may be left unaltered. For instance, if I'm browsing a wiki and notice a typo, I'll edit the page and the change it. If, however, anon edits are disabled, I will not create an account just for a typo. The current spam edits aren't too bothersome, so I vote for leaving anon edits on, for now. If things get out of hand, I guess we could block them. {Espyo^T} 13:50, 7 January 2011 (EST)

I guess so. --FREAK ~Game Freak~OUT!

I'm with Espyo. Wikis are about openness: look at the amount of anon. vandalism Wikipedia gets. And I'm not sure where you're getting the data to back up your claim from: anon. edits in last 7 days (I tried to get the edits starting from when you asked, but apparently MW has a bug or something. I see 4 bad edits (2 unintentional) and 4 good edits, not counting Snakeboss's when logged out.

I'll remind you that JJ, who's done a lot of work here, made a lot of edits anonymously before we convinced him to sign up - would he have, if the wiki were closed to it? GP

I'm starting to notice that the spam is becoming a bit persistent. Gamefreak75 is doing a good job on it, but it's becoming a bother. Maybe we can block anon edits for a week or so? Didn't that solve spam problems in the past? I'm not sure. {Espyo^T} 19:22, 10 January 2011 (EST)

Hmm... Iunno, is it that much of a bother? Give it a few more days; if it gets worse doesn't get much better, maybe then? GP

The only thing that really, really makes me confused is that these spam edits don't make any sense. Advertising onto a website makes perfect sense. Just saying thank you for a page sounds like the work that a child with mental disorders would do. What's the profit in that? Even if the profit is to vandalize, these spam edits nowadays are hardly any bother. It's just a waste of time on the spammer's part. But I suppose we can wait a little longer to see if things calm down a bit. {Espyo^T} 12:57, 12 January 2011 (EST)

Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe they do add a URL, but MW filters it out or something? GP

I hope everyone is fine that I locked the "Talk:Queen Candypop Bud" page from anon edits for a week. No one had edited it since 2009 before the spam, and right now it's the only page being consistently spammed. Vol (Talk)

Yeah, may as well try. GP

Old link in a video

Huh, just one tiny thing. I've watched some of your YouTube videos, and the one with the Wollywog glitch, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5ye2sX57w has a link to Pikmin wikia in the description. You should update that. {Espyo^T} 12:16, 25 January 2011 (EST)

Oh, I completely forgot about those links; I've changed it and two others. GP

Enemy notes problem

There's one small detail that's going wrong with the notes template. That "{{#ifexist:{{PAGENAME}}/reel|===Reel notes=== "<em>{{/reel}}</em>"}} is trying to check for a reel page. However, the wiki still thinks it WANTS the reel page. In other words, check out the wanted pages. There are tons about <Pikmin 2 enemy>/reel. (Also, off-topic, are you still "gone away for a few days"?) {Espyo^T} 10:09, 26 January 2011 (EST)

Actually, I guess that ALL nonexistent pages are being requested. Not just /reel for Pikmin 2 enemies, but /olimar for Pikmin enemies, as well as a few others. Also, User:The_Shadow_Of_Death has a link to Runescape on his page, and this user seems to have abandoned the wiki for a while. {Espyo^T} 10:37, 26 January 2011 (EST)

See here, starting from post 79. And no, I'm not still away - something else I completely forgot about... GP

I see. If I recall correctly, I had a similar problem in Carmageddon Wikia. I'll try to find out what I did to fix it.

No, I used a different method that doesn't work in this case. {Espyo^T} 09:46, 27 January 2011 (EST)

Spam pages

Protecting spam pages keeps them from being re-created. Vol (Talk)

Never, mind. They wouldn't use the same pages again. Vol (Talk)

Uploading images

Hello, I'm attempting to upload new images to replace older ones (you know, newer versions of the images) but when I tried to, it came up with this message: "A file with this name already exists, and cannot be overwritten. If you still want to upload your file, please go back and use a new name." Can you please remove this restriction in order for me to proceed? --RAP 00:40, 2 March 2011 (EST)

Hmm, I don't know why that'd be, since I think you have to explicitly turn it off. I'll check with Porple. GP