Bulbapedia Suggestions, ideas, and problems

[Archaic]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

If anyone else sees these, please give us as much detail on these as you can. It seems very unusual that these ads would get in our rotation to begin with, but it's not impossible, and we will investigate it. I'm not seeing them myself, and it's possible it's already been fixed by our ad network, but then I'm Australian, and I could well be seeing different targeted ads than you are.

 

[MAGNEDETH]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

ok, i went offline and did some investigating.
i only found one smoking ad which can be seen right here.
however, upon my investigation, i found a few ads for something called "Evony" and the images dont strike me as appropriate for the site, as seen here and here.
also, this ad isnt offensive, its just really annoying. it halts the page for 15 seconds, or you tell it to skip.

 

[Chosen of Mana]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

The female Battle Frontier prints seemed to have mysteriously disappeared.

 

[Kogoro]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Fixed. The images were moved to a new filename, as HGSS has the same frontier. Nobody fixed the page, however.

 

[Rellik]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

I think you guys need to have a different listing for Legendary Pokemon like Mewtwo and Deoxys, that are only given legendary status because of their rarity or strength. Neither of these Pokemon even existed until very recently in the Pokemon world, so how can they be considered to be legendary?

 

[AiedailEclipsed]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Uhm, wut?

 

[evkl]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

I think you guys need to have a different listing for Legendary Pokemon like Mewtwo and Deoxys, that are only given legendary status because of their rarity or strength. Neither of these Pokemon even existed until very recently in the Pokemon world, so how can they be considered to be legendary?

Legendaries are unique, (generally) non-gendered, and always (with one exception) non-breedable.

Stats also come into play.

 

[Rellik]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Legendaries are unique, (generally) non-gendered, and always (with one exception) non-breedable.

Stats also come into play.

I understand that those are the general guidelines for something to be considered a Legendary Pokemon on the Pedia. However, what I'm getting at is that some of the Pokemon that are listed as "Legendary" on there can't really be called "legendary" by the actual definition of the word. According to the article on Legendary Pokemon, there are multiple terms referring to what we call Legendaries, each with their own nuances and implications. Why don't you use those terms instead of grouping everything together and calling it Legendary?

 

[immewnity]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Legendaries are unique, (generally) non-gendered, and always (with one exception) non-breedable.

Stats also come into play.

Don't forget no evolution chain; that works out all the time. Also, some are version-exclusives or have a major role in-game. Another biggie is (generally) only one per game. Events are exceptions. And, high catch levels, for the most part.

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On a different note, we should go around checking for dead fanlistings; nearly all of them are.

 

[evkl]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

I understand that those are the general guidelines for something to be considered a Legendary Pokemon on the Pedia. However, what I'm getting at is that some of the Pokemon that are listed as "Legendary" on there can't really be called "legendary" by the actual definition of the word. According to the article on Legendary Pokemon, there are multiple terms referring to what we call Legendaries, each with their own nuances and implications. Why don't you use those terms instead of grouping everything together and calling it Legendary?

Because it's much easier to have one catchall term; plus, that's what the entire fanbase uses.

 

[Magmaster12]

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I was thinking maybe the GS sprites should have there own box instead of just leaving space were the sprites for remakes box empty.

Also why haven't you guys put in animated backsprites?

 

[Rellik]

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Because it's much easier to have one catchall term; plus, that's what the entire fanbase uses.

Even when the catch-all term is inaccurate?

 

[Sketch]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

It's inaccurate to you.

 

[Rellik]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

It's inaccurate to you.

It's inaccurate by the very definition of the word "legendary".

 

[Cold]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Do you have a better term, then?

 

[Rellik]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Do you have a better term, then?

You could just refer to them as rare, powerful Pokemon. Or, if you need to give them a title, you could use the ones from the Japanese version.

 

[immewnity]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

Fine in Firefox 3.6

 

[Sketch]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

You could just refer to them as rare, powerful Pokemon. Or, if you need to give them a title, you could use the ones from the Japanese version.

There is nothing wrong with the term Legendary.

 

[Rellik]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

There is nothing wrong with the term Legendary.

Merriam-Webster has two definitions for the word "legendary":
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of legend or a legend
2 : well known, famous

Mewtwo is a genetically engineered clone and Deoxys is a mutated virus from outer space. I very much doubt that there are any legends about either of these two Pokemon.

And you can't say they're legendary by the second definition either. If you go buy their status in the Pokemon Universe, only a handful of people know about Mewtwo, and Deoxys is debatable depending on the canon that you're going by. If you go by their status in the real world, then you need to add Pikachu to the list of Legendaries as well, since it's clearly more well-known and famous then either of these two.

 

[Sketch]

Re: Official Bulbapedia suggestion/idea/problem thread

We're not going to entertain this idea anymore. They're Legendary Pokemon and that is how it's staying.