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:::No, the reason it's used is because it's free, and really the only decent lossy free format.  Wikipedia won't use proprietary format's as the encyclopaedia itself is free, and it's a non-profit organisation, and would incur fees or something.  And there's no need for any Ogg-playing software: the player uses Java, which the majority of internet users have, or optionally Quicktime or VLC, which many don't.  Only problem is Java's slow; a flash-based Ogg player would be nice, but I don't know if MW has any such extensions.{{User:Greenpickle/sig}}
:::No, the reason it's used is because it's free, and really the only decent lossy free format.  Wikipedia won't use proprietary format's as the encyclopaedia itself is free, and it's a non-profit organisation, and would incur fees or something.  And there's no need for any Ogg-playing software: the player uses Java, which the majority of internet users have, or optionally Quicktime or VLC, which many don't.  Only problem is Java's slow; a flash-based Ogg player would be nice, but I don't know if MW has any such extensions.{{User:Greenpickle/sig}}
::::Whoops, hm, for some reason I was thinking video.... Anyway, fees for using MP3's? From who? It's just a file format, and it's used by like every media player, but the same can't be said of OGG. Windows Media Player doesn't come equipped to play music on that format, and I'm not sure about you, but I wasn't able to play it on Firefox either the first time I encountered it, despite having Java ''and'' Quicktime. {{user:Jimbo Jambo/sig}} 18:51, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Revision as of 13:51, January 17, 2009

Why are the Breadbug mimics in the Bulborb section? They are considered Breadbugs in the game's encyclopedia, shouldn't it be moved to Breadbugs for correct canon?--User: Insectdisastermaster553

Make a subsubsection:

==True Breadbugs== *~~~~~~~ *~~~~~~~ ===inset name=== *~~~~~~~ *~~~~~~~ *~~~~~~~

--The Pikmin God 20:44, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I added a "How to Kill" section to some pages and corrected a few factual errors. Roboashura 01:37, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I just made the "Wildlife of Pikmin" article on [1] redirect to here.Pikdude 16:11, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah.. That got deleted instantly... Again.--Prezintenden

Why can't I even get a redirect to last?PikdudeYoshi's Crunch.jpg 02:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

If they deleted the first one, you can bet they'll delete any others you make. Wikipedia doesn't need to go in-depth into topics which have their own wikis. It's likely that they frown upon such advertisements. I don't know what their policies are exactly, but perhaps it would be possible to sneak a link to the Pikipedia into the Pikmin or Pikmin pages. Chances are those will be deleted as well, but you never know. Either way, if someone's interested in the wildlife of Pikmin (and are internet-savvy), they can find their way here.
Also, Wikipedia:Bacopa Cabana. Heh... —Jimbo Jambo
Links here are already on all Pikmin-related pages at Wikipedia.GP

Heheh, nice. I wanted to see how fast one can find a link here, and found this.

Seems like Google is a alternate way for Users without sufficiant rights to view deleted edits.--Prezintenden

Something slightly related and interesting is Alexa's caches of sites from the past. A number here for the main page: [2].GP

Just Curious, shouldn't we add the Piklopedia Number to the entries? Killer bread bug 72 Orange Bulborb Larve.jpg

No I'm ~CrystalRedpikminsprite.jpgLucario~ And I approve this message.
Crystal, go away. Breadbug, I suggested on another page somewhere that the entire Piklopedia article be rewritten to better match the in-game Piklopedia, since the enemies here are not in the same order as those in the in-game one, and we have a number of things which aren't even there (Pikmin, Spiderwort...). So yes, I (still) think it should be redone with the correct order and numbers. —Jimbo Jambo

I am making a notebook into a piklopedia, and thought that it might be helpful if they were in order, or they had the numbers. (Sorry, Can't log in right now) Killerbreadbug72

@JJ: Yeh I am a jerk, I've been told :P... no rly... I'm ~CrystalRedpikminsprite.jpgLucario~ And I approve this message.
Should be table-ised like Treasure Hoard.GP
I disagree. As I said in that discussion, enemies aren't necessarily organized by family, so putting them into tables would be mixing up the order, and I think that order is important for this article. —Jimbo Jambo
Hah, never mind. I thought you meant putting enemies into tables for all the individual families. Anyway though, yeah, we need to remove the enemies which don't actually appear in the Piklopedia.... —Jimbo Jambo
I thought I did? Unless you mean removing the 'other' section completely?GP
@JJ: Yes we should... I'm ~LonelyRedpikminsprite.jpgTurret~ And I approve this message.
To Green: ...No, right now it's organized more like the Piklopedia (note how the Dwarf Bulborbs come right after the Bulborbs), or at least it is up until the Doodlebug, and when I say enemies that don't appear in the Piklopedia, I mean the Pikmin 1 enemies, since...they don't appear in the Piklopedia. —Jimbo Jambo
Ah, those. Yeah. Move to the 'other' section, or just remove? And yeah, those with numbers are the only ones I've ordered so far.GP
I think we should at least have something that says that the Pikmin 1 enemies don't appear in the Piklopedia, just in case that's not clear to everyone, and something about the spiderwort also. —Jimbo Jambo

lol

I can't here the music :( Blue Ninjakoopa 11:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You need Java, Quicktime or VLC to play the embedded OGG files here - click 'more' to choose which you have. As for why we can't use the YouTube video, it's not as legal as using the file with this template. I'm sure there's no real problem, but it also introduces a dependence on that video not being removed.GP
Trouble with OGG is that basically nobody comes here with the software to play it - only after asking why the hell you can't hear the music do people usually learn about it. This was actually brought up on Wikipedia, but OGG supporters couldn't really come up with any advantages over using that format over more common WMV, MP4, or MPG formats, and yet still refused to budge from their standpoint, saying "How hard is it to click a link and download a file?" not realizing that people shouldn't be expected to have to download extra crap which they're NEVER GOING TO HAVE TO USE ANYWHERE ELSE OF THE WHOLE FRIGGING INTERNET just to listen to ten-second clips of music. —Jimbo Jambo 20:23, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
No, the reason it's used is because it's free, and really the only decent lossy free format. Wikipedia won't use proprietary format's as the encyclopaedia itself is free, and it's a non-profit organisation, and would incur fees or something. And there's no need for any Ogg-playing software: the player uses Java, which the majority of internet users have, or optionally Quicktime or VLC, which many don't. Only problem is Java's slow; a flash-based Ogg player would be nice, but I don't know if MW has any such extensions.GP
Whoops, hm, for some reason I was thinking video.... Anyway, fees for using MP3's? From who? It's just a file format, and it's used by like every media player, but the same can't be said of OGG. Windows Media Player doesn't come equipped to play music on that format, and I'm not sure about you, but I wasn't able to play it on Firefox either the first time I encountered it, despite having Java and Quicktime. —Jimbo Jambo 18:51, 17 January 2009 (UTC)