Talk:Main Page

File Uploading

It needs to be enabled. Else our articles are image-less. --Garlic Man 22:49, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I know you know Garlic. Just pointing it out for other readers, but image uploading is now enabled. -Melchizedek  ^talk 04:50, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Protection

Could the Main Page be protected? Main Pages are often vandalism targets on any wiki. Super Mario Bros. 00:30, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually, at this point, only two users could edit it if we protected it. So I say wait a while. We will protect it after we have a legitimate Main Page. (At this point, the Wiki is too young to be even found by vandals). --Garlic Man 00:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I see what you mean. I agree. Super Mario Bros. 00:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, damn. Mel protected it anyway. --Garlic Man 01:29, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I didn't see this. Yeah I protected it as vandalism is probable. :) -Melchizedek  ^talk 04:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

News

We can start adding a "Metroid News" section to the Main Page right now, as the official Japanese website of Other M went online today. Be careful - http://metroid.jp/ is the Other M site, while http://www.metroid.jp/ gives you the Prime site. - Cobold 20:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Good stuff. At the moment, it looks like the site is just the one picture and the nice piano music, but we'll be keeping an eye on it for updates. --Garlic Man 21:45, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I have updated the main page design once again, and have included a "news" section. -Melchizedek  ^talk 08:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Also, http://metroid.jp/ and http://www.metroid.jp/ now both direct to the Metroid Other M site. -Garlic Man

File Uploading 2

Someone should enable .ogg or .mp3 uploading, so we can back up the music from metroid.jp. Twentytwofiftyseven 04:38, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Added to the list of things to do. By the way, general points of question like that are what we have the Metroid Wiki:Discussion Center for. This page is for the discussion of the main page. :) -Melchizedek  ^talk 04:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I am not enabling it publicly, but the music from that site can be present here. There is copyright issues we could run into if we let everyone run around adding music files. Nathanial Rumphol-Janc 09:43, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Here is the extracted music file, if you need it. Also, will we be keeping the current 2 MB file upload limit? I have a 5000 x 2380 version of the Other M logo, and it's 4.15 MB. (I also have the Other M trailer in the original quality, and it's 47.8 MB...) Twentytwofiftyseven 19:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Spacing

Probably due to the fact that we added another news headline, the "Welcome" and "News" boxes on the Main Page now aren't lined up correctly. I don't know how to fix this, however. Garlic Man 18:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Is what I fixed what you were meaning? -Melchizedek  ^talk 05:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

They still aren't on the same row. :( Garlic Man 19:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

What browser are you using? And can you take a screenshot, because no such problem shows up for me. -Melchizedek  ^talk 20:13, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

He is correct, some resolutions do appear to have them unproportionate.Steve 02:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Been like that for me since this edit by Steve: http://metroidwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=next&oldid=893

I doubt it's a resolution issue since I have a widescreen, so it is probably an issue with Google Chrome. Triforce ^{(T C)} 03:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I have gone on a testing spree. Basically, the coding works perfectly in Firefox. It is in line and has curved edges. In IE, the news box is pushed underneath the welcome box. In Google Chrome the text of the two boxes overlaps, making it illegible, which is the same for Safari. So, we'll need to fix that up for cross browser compatibility, which is on the list to do: though only Firefox is going to have the rounded edges, no matter what is done.-Melchizedek  ^talk 05:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Issue has been fixed. -Melchizedek  ^talk 08:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

You can actually get the round borders in many browsers, it's just that you do it differently. Instead of "-moz-border-radius" you need "-webkit-border-radius" (for safari, chrome, and a few others) "-khtml-border-radius" (for konquerer) or just "border-radius" (for everything else that supports round borders). That does mean you need to write essentially the same thing 4 times for full support, however... so maybe just put a round border class into monobook.css. Twentytwofiftyseven 23:05, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikitroid

I don't get it. Why are you guys making a second Wikitroid? How is that practical? 76.116.73.125 23:32, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

What's this Wikitroid? I never heard of it. 66.140.75.71 00:13, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

http://metroid.wikia.com/ It has 2,165 articles and they aren't all stubs like the ones here. 76.116.73.125 00:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

There's already multiple Zelda wikis, Mario wikis, Pokemon wikis, etc., so I fail to see why a second Metroid wiki is any different. And for the record, this wiki is just starting out.Steve 00:15, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

You pointed out that there are multiple wikis (of which, I only know that Zelda has two "high-class" wikis), however you didn't justify the creation of this second Wikitroid. Like I said, it doesn't seem pratical to request peoples' time to do something that was already done. 76.116.73.125 00:17, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

This was created out of Metroid fans wanting to collaborate together and form a wiki, the same as any other. Steve 00:21, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't get it. Why not just work on the existing articles? Having two Zelda wikis is bad enough. 76.116.73.125 00:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

At this point you need to just leave, because if you truly believe we are no good, then there's no logic in you being here. Steve 00:26, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikia has totalitarian administrators that nobody even knows who they are. I guess we'll just laugh in their faces once we're bigger than them. --Garlic Man 00:52, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't need to leave, and you are being hostile. I'm trying to see if you guys are doing something worth doing or asking people to waste their time. From your responses, it appears to be the latter, but I'd love for you to prove me wrong. 76.116.73.125 00:54, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Well quit wasting your precious time by whining about it then. Garlic Man 00:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Garlic Man. I'm ChozoBoy, an administrator and the top contributor to Wikitroid. I enjoy making art, reading novels, and designing games with educational components. Now you know who I am, but we still do not know who you are! :)

By the way, I don't believe I've ever seen you at Wikitroid in the past few years I've been editing there. ChozoBoy 01:01, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Was that IP address you? Garlic Man 01:05, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

No, I've already posed this question on my talk page, however. I was posting a news story about this project when I came back to look for a response and discovered that I was a totalitarian! :( ChozoBoy 01:11, 11 February 2010 (UTC)