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Editing

I Noticed while editing the left side of the edit box is buggy. You cannot click on anything near the left side. For example: While editing this I wouldn't be able to select the first word... -Sephiner Shaeld

Yeah, that is correct. I think it might be a skin bug. Nothing within two characters of the left side of the edit box can be clicked on. You'll have to bear with it for now, but I assure you we are looking into fixing this issue. -Melchizedek  ^talk 06:01, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

The problem is that the portlets in the sidebar overlap the content. http://metroidwiki.org/skins/monobook1/main.css?207 has this:

.portlet {
	margin-bottom: 1.5em;
	padding-left: 35px;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 5;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: none;
	width: 200px;
}

Changing the width to 180px fixes the issue for me.

#content {
	margin-left: 205px;
	z-index: 4;
	border: 0;
}

Another possible solution is to change z-index to 6 here.2257(t) 07:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that 2257. I hadn't gotten a chance to look into it yet, but as you pointed out the solution, I've made the change, and it has fixed the issue for me. Hopefully for everyone else too. Thanks again. -Melchizedek  ^talk 09:49, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

No problem. 2257(t) 18:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

User Stylesheets

Are broken. 2257(t) 06:47, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

I would call 'not yet enabled' a tad different from 'broken', but give it time, and I'll let you know when it is enabled. -Melchizedek  ^talk 09:49, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't even realize they could be disabled. My bad. 2257(t) 18:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the MediaWiki default is for it to be disabled. Both Custom user CSS and JS have now been enabled. I have tested and they are working, so let me know how you go. -Melchizedek  ^talk 23:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, it's working great. (Although my changes have been pretty minor, the skin's great as it is.) 2257(t) 09:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Signatures

I think that we could stand to import this, as it makes creating template signatures simpler for users. 2257(t) 08:08, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm liking the look of that. We very well may implement it. :) -Melchizedek  ^talk 09:14, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Edittools

The Japanese sections should be changed to this:

<small id="edittools_newsectionshere">
'''<u>Hiragana</u>:'''
<charinsert> あ い う え お </charinsert>  
<charinsert> か き く け こ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> さ し す せ そ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> た ち つ て と </charinsert>  
<charinsert> な に ぬ ね の </charinsert>  
<charinsert> は ひ ふ へ ほ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ま み む め も </charinsert>  
<charinsert> や ゆ よ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ら り る れ ろ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> わ ゐ ゑ を </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ん </charinsert>  
<charinsert> が ぎ ぐ げ ご </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ざ じ ず ぜ ぞ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> だ ぢ づ で ど </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ば び ぶ べ ぼ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ゔ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ゃ ゅ ょ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ぁ ぃ ぅ ぇ ぉ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ゎ っ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ゝ ゞ </charinsert>  
</small>
<br>
<small id="edittools_newsectionshere">
'''<u>Katakana</u>:'''
<charinsert> ア イ ウ エ オ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> カ キ ク ケ コ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> サ シ ス セ ソ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> タ チ ツ テ ト </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> マ ミ ム メ モ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ヤ ユ ヨ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ラ リ ル レ ロ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ワ ヰ ヱ ヲ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ン </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ダ ヂ ヅ デ ド </charinsert>  
<charinsert> バ ビ ブ ベ ボ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> パ ピ プ ペ ポ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ヷ ヸ ヴ ヹ ヺ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ャ ュ ョ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ァ ィ ゥ ェ ォ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ヵ ヶ ヮ ッ </charinsert>  
<charinsert> ー ・ ヽ ヾ </charinsert>  
</small>

Although in reality, some of these are so rare that nobody's likely to ever need them, it seems that it's better to have them and never need them, than to need them but not have them. Right? (A few very common kana are also missing.) 2257(t) 10:25, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that, it's much better. Yeah, the approach with that edittools template is to have them there, so that in the rare case they are needed, they're already there. -Melchizedek  ^talk 11:21, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Now,I have a question

Along with a true wiki, which gives facts, is Metroid Wiki also a Fanon type wiki? pokekid9

Metroid Wiki is a factual encyclopedia. Our articles are based on facts, and in certain circumstances, widely-accepted and well-evidenced theories may be added to articles, on certain conditions. No we do not accept Fanon, or fan takes or stories on the series. See the Theory and Fanon Quality Standards for more details. -Melchizedek  ^talk 20:38, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

File namespace glitch

Whenever I view a page in the file namespace, the wiki acts as if I'm not logged in. This doesn't happen when viewing the edit window or history. Anybody know what that's about? 2257(t) 21:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that glitch in the MediaWiki install has been there from day one. We know of it and are trying to get in contact with MediaWiki for the solution, but it may be a while before it is fixed. -Melchizedek  ^talk 09:25, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that it is difficult to add sourcing info with this glitch. You should announce once it's fixed, I'd like to know Malake256 03:15, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

infoboxes

The code used in infoboxes could be greatly simplified if the following were added to the site's skin. 2257(t) 18:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

 .infobox tr:nth-of-type(odd) {
  background-color:#3b587e
 }

 .infobox tr:nth-of-type(even) {
  background-color:#1e1528
 }

 .infobox {
  font-family: arial, sans-serif;
  padding: 4px; 
  margin: 0 0 1em 1em; 
  font-size: 11px; 
  border:1px solid #3b587e;
  background-color:#1e1528;
 }

 .infobox tr:first-of-type td {
  font-family:arial;
  font-size:13px;
  background-color:#3b587e;
 }

This has been done. Let me know that it's working fine for you. -Melchizedek  ^talk 09:25, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks like it's working out perfectly. :D 2257(t) 18:18, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Cool. :) -Melchizedek  ^talk 20:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Priorities for building the wiki and establishing our presence in Google

I made a post here. check it out. --Captain Cornflake 12:41, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, all important stuff. I will reply there in a sec, but when I'm on holidays in two weeks I'll be working a lot on MW, so I'll get the stuff mentioned there done if it isn't done beforehand. -Melchizedek  ^talk 09:25, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't Metroid Wiki:Proposals be added to the Metroid Wiki. As far as I know, Zelda Wiki and Mario Wiki all have them. Sixeightyseventyone (talk - contribs)

Stub (and other) Tags

Do they go at the beginning or the end of the article, we need consistency Malake256 20:11, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

all of the stub tags should stay at the beginning of an article until such a point that the staff removes them. Nathanial Rumphol-Janc 05:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)