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NIWA

Shouldn't we add something about the NIWA here? - _ZeldaMan ^{(PostboxStatus)} 14:02, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

'Tis Done. Interwiki linking and more NIWA implementation are still to come though. :) -Melchizedek  ^talk 23:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Categories on the Main Page

Active editors and Metroid fans. On the main navigation bar of the main page there is room for 8 categories, which are alreay filled up with 'Games', 'Enemies', 'Spacecrafts' etc: Which categories do you guys think should be there? Ones that are significant to Metroid and are coming along strongly here at the wiki would be the obvious choices. -Melchizedek  ^talk 23:11, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Most of the categories on the main page sound good, I would recommend replacing the Power Suit category with the Suits category though. I'd also recommend the weapons category for the main page. Metroidking 23:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Have changed 'Power Suits' to 'Suits'. Which one would you suggest to remove if weapons was to be added?-Melchizedek  ^talk 23:21, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Let's call them 'Featured categories'. ;)-Melchizedek  ^talk 23:37, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

OK. I also created a technology category and placed weapons, space ships, and suits inside it. You can put that on the main page instead. I am sorry I didn't think about this until now. Metroidking 23:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

So that would lead to removing two and adding one, so we'd need another new one. But, I think technology might be a bit blaze for up there. Do people really know what they're wanting in technology, compared to a weapons, suits or spacecrafts category? It doesn't seem specific enough to me. -Melchizedek  ^talk 23:49, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

You have a point on that one. To answer you question about which one to replace with weapons then, I'd say Substances. Metroidking 23:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good. Substances always seemed a bit odd to me. Main page is looking much better now. :)-Melchizedek  ^talk 23:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Maybe we can move the Spacecrafts category to a Vehicle category? There aren't much land-based vehicles in the Metroid series, but it still makes sense to make it different. - _ZeldaMan ^{(PostboxStatus)} 00:29. 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm thinking the Technology category is enough for that. There's no need to have unnecessary categories, especially since they're a mess now lol. --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 00:35, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

We originally had the vehicles category there instead of the spacecrafts one. I'm rather indifferent either way myself. -Melchizedek  ^talk 00:42, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I guess I wasn't here then. No need to change, in this case. - _ZeldaMan ^{(PostboxStatus)} 00:53, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that was pretty early on. The categories on the main page are much better than they were now. -Melchizedek  ^talk 01:03, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Game Navigation Bar?

The bar near the top of Zelda Wiki's main page that links to all the different games in the series gave me this idea; I think it'd be pretty helpful here, as well. I already have images that could work for it; if you want, I can make a preliminary version and we can see how it looks. PeanutLord 14:12, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

We're trying to make something like that too. Our first attempt did not go so well. I don't remember the order we were going to put the games in, but if you want to make a preliminary version here, that would be great. Here are the images to use: File:M1template.png (Metroid)
File:M2template.png ((Metroid II: Return of Samus)
File:M3template.png (Super Metroid)
File:M4template.png (Metroid Fusion)
File:M5template.png (Metroid: Zero Mission)
File:MOMtemplate.png (Metroid: Other M}
File:M6template.png (Metroid Prime)
File:M7template.png (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
File:M8template.png (Metroid Prime Hunters)
File:M9template.png (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
For now, just put it in the order of those images. Hopefully you can make a better one than our first attempt. MK 18:25, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

There is something like this already in development, so it's only a matter of time before you see it launched on the main page. -Melchizedek  ^talk 21:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

How does that look? I stopped at Fusion because the rest of the images have a bunch of blank space around them, and I'm not sure how I can work around that just yet. Can I make some suggestions for the ones I already have up, though? One of the things that makes working with them difficult is that none of them are a perfect circle or a uniform size, which is going to make the final version of the navigation bar look a bit unorganized. May I upload images for the games that I've already made for this purpose? You don't have to use them in the final version of the bar, but I think they'd be at least helpful for ironing out the problems with it. PeanutLord 22:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I was the one fixing the images but i got kinda busy, still am. If you're any good at image editing, it'd be nice if you could fix the images, if not, well it's up to me then. And it's still very early, i'm not liking the style i added to the images, but the actual navigation template will be something that simple. --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 23:50, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm competent at image editing, but not fantastic; most of my expertise lies in the technical aspect of the matter. That said, I'd be glad to help in any way that I can. You can check out the images I've made for this here; password is "metroids". If you think they're suitable, I'll go ahead and whip up a navigation bar for them (though if you want the glossy effect I've noticed you had for the originals, I can try to apply that to them). PeanutLord 00:45, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

We're debating around on the image styles, if you wanna join the chat, join Metroid Wiki's skype chat. Completely free and much easier to communicate. And no, we don't actually call, just IM. Ur pics are good btw, except that the letters get unreadable at some points, bt nothing that isn't easily fixed. And, to me, i'd like more variety, like not always orange helmeted samus. For example, zero suit face on ZM. --Malake256 ^{{Talk | Contribs}} 01:35, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

All right, then. Skype username is peanutlord816, and I'll work on fixing up the images. PeanutLord 01:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Ours will be quite different from Zelda Wiki's, but serve the same basic function. It may not be a bar as such, but another box. If our SEO permits, hopefully it will replace the "Welcome" Box. Also, not only will it have links to the games, but also to key articles (such as Samus Aran), a link to our Facebook group, and a link to our Skype page. As you can tell, the reason it is yet to go up is because of the effort that will have to go into it. So hold tight guys. -Melchizedek  ^talk 11:18, 17 August 2010 (UTC)