User talk:Malake256

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Archives   Archives 2010 (April-July) Archiving complete. - ZeldaMan (PostboxStatus) 22:59, 1 July 2010 (UTC) Template Hey, I think we need a game template for the bottom of game pages. I would make one, since I know how to make templates, but I'm not sure how you make them (as in colors, styles, all that.) So, maybe you could make one, or teach me how you make templates here. :) -Supernicknobros For those on the bottom of pages, Do you mean like the Metroids Templates? If so, then really all you have to do is copy/paste. Okay I'll start one, Template:Games, that one has all the colors and junk. All you have to do is change the words around and change the pics. If you have trouble with anything just ask me. Also, if you go to your Preferences and under signatures copy/paste this exactly: {{subst:User:Supernicknobros/sig2}}, maybe that'll fix your signature --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 03:23, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Ok. Thanks. I'll see about making other templates after this one. Also...did my sig work? XD ***Super!~Nickno 03:33, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Yep, it works perfect now :) Yeah any useful navigation templates you could make would be nice, we're trying to reorganize the wiki's structure. Just make sure here that it isn't already made. And don't place navigation templates on articles until most of the articles it links to have already been made. For example, we use Template:Beams but not Template:Space pirates yet. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 03:47, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Ah, that will help a lot. XD Also, how does Template:Games look? All it needs is a sprite of Samus from Metroid (to replace the Metroids). You have any sprite pics? Just a few more questions: Should the NES Classics version of Metroid be a separate article? And should I put links to games related to Metroid, like Smash Bros? ***Super!~Nickno 04:03, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Yeah, they should be separated, Zero Mission is pretty huge itself and is very different from Metroid despite being a remake. And yeah include spin-offs, although only the Super Smash Bros. series as far as I can see. Godd job though, it looks great, and let me see if i can find any pics. NES Classics should not be a different article. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:08, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Actually, scratch that last part, go ahead and make the "NES Classics Metroid" and name it exactly that. Just don't write anything for the plot or of the sorts. It shouldn't be such a lengthy article, like not a repeat of Metroid (game). --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:13, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Ok, I guess that's all Metroid games + Smash Bros. So now all that's left is to get the images, make sure there are no dead links, and then add the template to all the game pages, right? ***Super!~Nickno 04:20, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Yep, pretty much it. I've got the images covered, I'm making some sprites transparent now, so don't worry about them. Thanks, nice job, and it was pretty quick too. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:24, 4 July 2010 (UTC) That's a good Ridley sprite. Maybe for the other side a Samus sprite? I dunno. ***Super!~Nickno 04:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC) That's actually exactly what I got haha, Super Metroid Sames Sprite --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:59, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Hey, I'm gonna go to sleep now. Maybe you could finish adding the template to the rest of the game pages that I didn't add it to. Or I could in the morning. So, good night. ***Super!~Nickno 05:06, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Alright I'll add them, have fun sleeping. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 05:12, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Yay, new template finished. Now, any other templates I could make? Just shoot em at me, and I'll get to work. :D ***Super!~Nickno 18:03, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Umm, i dunno. If you think of one, come back to me. There are actually all sorts of specific templates to make, such as MP2 Bosses, but we don't have enough articles to make such templates yet. So if you could add info to them, or think of another template to make that'd be Awesome. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 18:13, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Well, I'll eventually think of one. One quick question, should I add Metroid Dread to the game template? Maybe under other games? ***Super!~Nickno 18:30, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Noooo, haha, Metroid Dread is not a real game and shouldn't be added to the template. I mean, for all we know, Metroid Dread could be the name of Samus's son haha. That page doesn't really apply to any Nav Templates I could think of. I don't even think it should be under the Games category, I'll think of a better category to fit it in eventually. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 18:38, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Ok, just making sure. ***Super!~Nickno 18:50, 4 July 2010 (UTC) I want to help write up Logbook data, so how should I start that? XD Something to do while I think of a new template. :) ***Super!~Nickno 21:22, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Umm take a look at Template:Logbook, that one should explain how to enter logbook data on pages. If there are any pages missing logbook data that you have, it'd be nice to have it :D. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 21:31, 4 July 2010 (UTC) Hey, someone told me to reference Logbook data like it is here. Just wanting to make sure, because all it does it restate the data. To me, it looks like a waste of space. What do you think? ***Super!~Nickno 03:52, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Although it does seem like a waste of space, it's important to cite it, even if it is restating. Oh and btw that guy that told you was an admin :] If you go to an admin's user or talkpage you can see a Metroid icon at the corner. It can get boring, you know a lot of copy and pasting, I've noticed that copy/pasting is a big job of wiki editing lol, so long as it's not from another website of course. But yeah if anything is word for word something in the game, it should be cited using the cite template, it pretty much lets people know we aren't making crap up and junk. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Ah eh oh. oops. XD I didn't know. Well...now I do. :D So...I'll make sure who is saying what before I speak. :X ***Super!~Nickno 04:03, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Haha, it's alright. There are three admins right now and we're all pretty laid back, so long as people listen. The other three Bureaucrats are too busy and generally not active, with the exception of Mel. So ask any of us for help, but I don't need to tell you that I guess :) --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:11, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Ok... OOH! I got a new template idea. How about an Expansion template? For stuff like Missile Expansions, Ship Missile Expansions, Power Bomb Exp, Energy Tanks, etc. Would that be a good template? ***Super!~Nickno 04:14, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Sure, there wouldn't be any other kind of Nav Templates on those pages, so yeah, go for it. Those pages should be found in Expansions. We don't have all the pages for them though, like Beam Ammo Expansions. But if you make the template now, it'll save us the trouble of having to do it later. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:21, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Would the Suit Expansions page be the main page about expansions? ***Super!~Nickno 04:29, 5 July 2010 (UTC) It is. Unfortunately it's dreadfully tiny, I meant to put information on the other expansions in different sections but I never got around to it... On the template, link the title of it to Suit Expansions the same way Template:Games does. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:41, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Done. Now all it needs are different pics. :D ***Super!~Nickno 04:43, 5 July 2010 (UTC) It looks amazing :) We'll tweak it after we're done with Beam Ammo. As for the pics, we got a new feature installed that allows random things to be displayed, it's pretty sweet. You'll see what I mean when we change it. Great job again. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC) By randomly changing, is that similar to how Bulbapedia displays the different forms of Pokemon, like how Arceus' type is different every other visit? If so, then that's cool. ***Super!~Nickno 04:50, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Actually we tried their coding for it and it didn't work at first. Then we tried a different method and it worked awesome. Then we looked at Bulbapedia's method and it worked fine. So EXTREMELY similar to that. Is bulbapedia where you noticed Metroid Wiki? --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:55, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Actually, I've been with Bulbapedia and the Super Mario Wiki before NIWA. After the NIWA site was made, I noticed on a few of the Wikis that they had links to the Metroid Wiki, before it was officially added to NIWA. Also, I didn't really care at the time because I never even played a Metroid game till I recently got Prime Trilogy (2 months ago, i think) and then Fusion. Then my Fanboyism kicked in and I joined here. :D Yay! ***Super!~Nickno 05:02, 5 July 2010 (UTC) AND...I'm ready to go to bed. Night. I'll see how the template looks tommorrow. ***Super!~Nickno 05:08, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Alright, see you then. You know if you have skype it's much easier to contact myself or the other admins through IM. Yeah, many users find themselves interchanging between NIWA, you may be the first I've known that was on two different NIWA wikis before NIWA was created. And yes, the Prime games are freaking amazing, as is fusion. They say Super Metroid is cool too, the best some say, but I've never played that one. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 05:09, 5 July 2010 (UTC) I have Skype. So, I guess I'll use it. Save some more space on your Talk page for other people XD. And I just finished making the rest of the Expansion pages and added the template to all of them. Now...I think of another. o.O ***Super!~Nickno 23:13, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Awesome, try adding me as a contact, Malake256. TheSuperZeldaMan added pics to that template I believe. And how bout Lore as one. The different types can be found on the Logbook page. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 00:03, 6 July 2010 (UTC) Ok, maybe after that add something to organize the data on the logbook pages better. I dunno, just looks sorta bleh with no pics, so maybe some sort of infobox-type template would work, to give it a more ":D" appearance. If that makes any sense. XD ***Super!~Nickno 00:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC) Er, wait. There is an infobox template thing for it. Just needs to be added to the pages. O.O looks like a lot of copying/pasting. ***Super!~Nickno 00:28, 6 July 2010 (UTC) Correct Malake is Correct. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 00:41, 6 July 2010 (UTC) Hey, the Lore template needs another image. It's still an expansion. XD I gotta go to bed right now, so maybe just shoot me something else I could do for tomorrow. :D ***Super!~Nickno 03:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC) Yeah I know, i haven't forgotten about it, i just can't think of another nav template, and i don't want it to look the same as the artifact pic, but that's what it'll be for now. Hmm, well there's plenty still to do on this site. If you're into images you can check Image Requests. There's a lot of referencing to do, but that's better saved for the patient people haha. I've started messing with roundness around here, but there's so much other work to do around here it might end up taking a lot of time, that whole server stress thing won't be a problem here so if you want to mess with templates and try roundy magic, go for Logbook or any infobox template. If you can make those templates better in any way that'd be awesome, don't worry nothing is permanent. If you're planning on that look at TTE's Roundy and subRoundys for reference and coding. And of course there are plenty of stubs and WantedPages here, so any help like that or even tiny grammar edits are more than appreciated. I guess this message goes out to anyone spying on my user talk lol ;D. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 04:22, 8 July 2010 (UTC) Hey, on the logbook template, the words are a little hard to read. I think the text on it should be changed to black. Just so it would be easier to read. Sacrifice beauty for practicality? O.o I dunno. Just want to make sure it was ok to change it. ***Super!~Nickno 22:37, 10 July 2010 (UTC) Yeah i know. The colors on that logbook template has been a pain lately. I tried to get them to look like the varia suit, but now it seems impossible to do that without it looking horrible. --Malake256 {Talk | Contribs} 01:34, 11 July 2010 (UTC) Images Hey Malake, what am I supposed to do with the images which I've just transparified? Pinecove 05:41, 3 September 2010 (UTC)