Forum:Enemy pages

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Hello! I am Blue Ninjakoopa for those who do not know me, and I'm a fan of Pikmin. I'm at most gaming Wikis contributing as much as I can, so I thought I should drop by here to help out.

Ok, first of all, I think that each enemy page should have the official artwork in the infobox, rather than the screenshots, which should be put somewhere else in the article or in a gallery. Also, wth? That's kinda weird... but I must abide by the rules if I strive for adminship, this being the only thing I seek to change.

I made the mistake of editing the pages without asking the community. What do you all think of my idea? Official art in the infoboxes, or screenshots, which can be described using thmbnail captions? User:Blue Ninjakoopa/Sig 23:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You put the forum under the wrong watercooler. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs/Logs} 23:53, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

That completely helped the subject at hand T_T Blue Ninjakoopa^Talk 00:31, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but I like the screen captures better for that anyway... I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Why? I don't mean to sound harsh, but you need a valid reason. Blue Ninjakoopa^Talk 03:47, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

As I've said, I prefer screenshots. The reasons for this are that they often look more interesting, since they have a background and...things...though I understand why you might prefer a simple image in the infobox. They're also what you see in the game - I'm not saying it's hard to link the concept art/screenshots, but the graphics are different, and I think that it's better to have in-game material more prominent on pages. Also, clicking on the image, you might expect to get a larger view of it, and more people are going to be clicking on infobox images: most if not all of the concept art images are 180px wide or less, and so are not only a bit disappointing to those that click on them hoping for a larger image, but restrict the article's infobox image size.

And as for the galleries, I have no idea what they're there for; I never liked them, but never really thought to do anything about it since they've been there for years, before I arrived.GP

Well, I can fix that problem. I disagree with this idea of having the screenshots there entirely, but I'm still willing to contribute, no matter how hard you and Crystal lucario try to make it. Can I at least put the official artwork in a gallery on the article? Blue Ninjakoopa^Talk 20:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

What if we keep some as screenies but, and replace some of the less clear and/or Green's crappier shots with artwork. Compromise. I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

'Can I at least put the official artwork in a gallery on the article?' You act as if we're saying that should be removed: it's not. We're just saying it shouldn't be in the infobox. And yes, definitely, where there's no decent screenshot, the infobox should contain the concept art. Still waiting for more opinions here though...GP

*Cough* I wonder where Prez is? I certainly didn't kill him, why would you accuse me of that? I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Isn't it something like 5am for you? Crazy early morning wiki-ing...GP

5:30... But, I get up at 5 AM everyday, even weekends... I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

I'm with Green on this one. Although I really could care less which are used, having screenshots with high resolution (!) in the infoboxes makes most sense to me. The concept art always looks interesting in the boxes, though, but they shouldn't be in there. However, I could also do this (Note: that one didn't turn out so well, but I'm not re-doing it now).--Prezintenden

I think it looks good (Prez's Cutout) I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

(unindent) Blue, I can definitely see where you're coming from, and in fact, most VG wikis do use concept art for infoboxes. However, to be honest, I kind of like the screenshots better. I think they're more interesting, and the images also represent what the enemies actually look like, rather than what they're supposed to look like. Even still, I'm not about to jump off a bridge should we agree to change them, so...I'm kind of in the middle, but leaning in one direction. —Jimbo Jambo 20:13, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Uh-huh I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Wow, thanks

For going all out against me, leaving me with absolutely nothing to do around here. Blue Ninjakoopa^Talk 01:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Nothing to do? There's loads to do: see pikmin:current projects, or just look around for badly written pages (of which there are a lot).GP

I lack things to do here too, but I stick around if only to annoy Green and Prez. I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

...I kind of noticed. You manage to scare off people too...GP

You knew?!?!?!? And those n00bs are so much fun to scare, NO SPECULATING! DIE! HERE'S JHONNY! *Blood dirpping* I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Blue, you did read my comment up there, right? I wouldn't call it "all-out against" you. —Jimbo Jambo 21:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

What?

Who deleted the Gallery of Enemies page? Now the images there are lost! Gee, thanks guys. And there is nothing for me to do, because this wiki is perfect! I hate you guys... (hm, it must be "give Blue Ninjakoopa nothing to do week or something). Give me a good reason not to leave and I'll stay, doing absolutely nothing. Blue Ninjakoopa 23:51, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

That's what I do if you saw the above post... I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Seriously, read the edits. I dumped the page contents at talk:gallery of enemies.GP

Heh, Green and Prez (And occasionaly JJ) are so much fun to annoy in chat. I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

wtf? First of all, "Also, [[Gallery of enemies|wth]]? That's kinda weird..." You said that, remember? We agreed with you and deleted the page. Second, nobody asked you to come here, so stop whining about us leaving you with nothing to do. Besides, there's actually plenty do to in the way of editing, as Green already pointed out, and this being an encyclopedia and all, there's even more to simply read and enjoy. —Jimbo Jambo 21:44, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Two things wrong with your stupid assumption:

• I asked what happened to the images that were on that page, not the article itself. Try not to be so quick to judge.
• "Whining" is a term used very loosely on the internet. I tried to help you, and it's taken as an insult, thus I am flushed out. I don't know what to edit, because my mom won't send me any of my pikmin games. I'm surprised you're actually doing anything, rather than complaining on the talk page.
• HAY, THERE'S A THERD! What the hell do you mean "noone asked me to come here"? I'm Blue ****ing Ninjakoopa, I'm known to help all kinds of Nintendo wikia. Stop trying to drive me out.

I've got an idea: Maybe if one of you could give me a link to somewhere I can help ON MY TALK PAGE, then I could increase my edit count and maybe request adminship. Blue Ninjakoopa 06:07, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I remember that. I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Settle down Blue... I'm ~LonelyTurret~ And I approve this message.

Oh, bullets.

• What article? The images were the article. You said it was weird, we agreed, and now you're complaining that the content is lost. Or, were rather, since as I'm sure you now know, Green kept all the images in the talk page immediately after deleting the article.
• Indeed it is, and one I pretty much never use, so it means something when I do. You tried to help by proposing an idea, we disagreed with that idea, and you overreacted by saying how we SHOT YOU DOWN and LEFT YOU WITH NOTHING TO DO. Rejection can be tough - ask Hipo, or hell, ask me - but it's not like we're trying to SHUN you from our EXCLUSIVE GROUP just because we didn't like one of your ideas. Maybe you could even reopen the discussion in a couple of months when we have some new faces around, since nothing really stays closed.
• I think you missed my point with that comment. You can't walk onto a wiki and start complaining that there's nothing for you to do there. Had someone invited you, you might say "Hey, why'd you invite me? There's nothing to do here," but that's not the case. That is, I'm not saying that Pikipedia is LOL SRY INVITE ONLY. You can read, participate in discussions on talk pages or the forum, or maybe even find something to do by checking Current Projects or even just browsing articles for grammar and spelling mistakes. A number of articles need cleaning up, and we're still looking for somebody to translate this card. If there truly were nothing to do, then Recent Changes would be empty, but hey look, it's not.

Blue, I don't doubt that you came here with the intention of helping out, but you made one proposition and every post after that was complaining about how we CRUELLY REJECTED YOU and how we're all trying to DRIVE YOU OUT, and you seem more content just trying to play the victim and demonize us than actually being productive. Like I said, you're welcome to stay if you can manage to do something, anything other than that, but at current you're just being annoying. —Jimbo Jambo 17:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)