Bulbapedia Suggestions, ideas, and problems

[Pokegeek]

Can a signature (or sign your comments) template be made? *I don't know how to explain that!*

 

[Pokegeek]

Can a signature (or sign your comments) template be made? *I don't know how to explain that!*

content can be -
When you write a new comment on a talk page, please sign your comments. You can do this by typing ~~~~ or by clicking this button above the edit window. This automatically adds your username and the time you wrote the comment. Thanks!

 

[MAGNEDETH]

Can a signature (or sign your comments) template be made? *I don't know how to explain that!*

Definitely no. We used to allow sig templates, but they create a variety of problems in the long term, notably every time a signature is changed, the server must update every page, which puts unnecessary stress on the servers.

 

[Truthseeker4449]

Definitely no. We used to allow sig templates, but they create a variety of problems in the long term, notably every time a signature is changed, the server must update every page, which puts unnecessary stress on the servers.

He means a warning template, like the one we have for the Preview Button.

 

[MAGNEDETH]

oh, a warning to tell people to sign their comments.
eh, we could but im not sure we NEED one. its nicer to leave a personalized warning message (regardless of the wrongdoing) because you can better word the message to fit the warning in particular. specially made warning templates are for specific rule breaking (like userspace abuse). im not against the idea, but i dont feel its particularly necessary. however, if theres a number of people that feel otherwise, i wouldnt have a problem creating one.

 

[Truthseeker4449]

Could we make our own for personal use (still talking about Warning Templates, not Auto-Signing Templates)? I find it easier to use a preprogramed message, rather than making one on the spot.

 

[Werdnae]

Deth's comment was that every message should be customised to the offence and the user. You shouldn't be using a template for the generic warnings, because each user is unique. Each warning should also therefore be unique, apart from the highly specialised ones which already have them. If you want to write up an outline for a message and save it to notepad on your computer, there's nothing wrong with that. But you should be customising it for each user, not just copypasting.

To be brutally honest, if someone can't tell exactly what it is that the user has done wrong and customize a message to each user and their actions, I'm not sure they should be warning people at all. Very few things are so cut and dried that a pre-written warning actually works well. In this case, a signature template is just waiting to tell someone that links their username manually that it's so we know who left the comment. Or someone who has typed their local time that it's so we know when their comment was left. There's just too much potential for variation.

 

[Noivern]

Hmm... I wonder whether this strange quirk is a quirk or not.

Most browsers allow you to set default fonts for web pages. I noticed that setting the default font to something else in Firefox and Chrome causes the Bulbawiki pages to change fonts to what I have selected. So, if I selected Calibri as the font, every single page will use Calibri.

The same thing does not happen in Internet Explorer and Safari. Opera needs a little bit of further tweaking - simply setting the default font won't do it, and you have to set individual font styles for it to work.

What's up with that? What's the intended behaviour?

 

[SnorlaxMonster]

Isamu Akai - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

He has only been called Isamu Akai in one panel in one chapter in the series' nearly 15 year run. He's called Red by everyone else every other time.

Same with Kai Midorikawa. Nobody ever calls him that, ever.

The articles really should be changed to refer to them as Red and Green.

The policy is to call them what they are most commonly known as. Same reason [bp]N[/bp] isn't at "Natural Harmonia Gropius". Isamu Akai is most commonly reffered to as Red, so that is where his article should be. Same goes with Green.

How about in the pages talking about the movies and the individual seasons, we include images of the DVDs? I own quite a lot of them and I wouldn't mind taking pictures of the front, backs, inserts, and boxes of the box sets if it wouldn't be breaking any copyright laws

We do in more recent movies. If you have DVD covers, go ahead and scan them and add them to articles. If they are the same as posters though there isn't really much point.

 

[grandragon19]

i would just like to metion that ash's gliscor is in training. its status is not unknown. i think it should be changed. and this information can be found in season 12 diamond and pearl: galactic battles episode 49 mastering current events. hope i did this right since it is my first post on here.

 

[Chalkwriter]

i would just like to metion that ash's gliscor is in training. its status is not unknown. i think it should be changed. and this information can be found in season 12 diamond and pearl: galactic battles episode 49 mastering current events. hope i did this right since it is my first post on here.

If you read up on the information on Ash's Gliscor, it states that it was given to McCann for training, but Ash later requested that he could have it for an upcoming battle against Paul in the Lily of the Valley conference. It has not been seen since, so it is not known whether it has been sent back to McCann, or deposited in Oak's Laboratory.

 

[grandragon19]

i would just like to metion that ash's gliscor is in training. its status is not unknown. i think it should be changed. and this information can be found in season 12 diamond and pearl: galactic battles episode 49 mastering current events. hope i did this right since it is my first post on here.

If you read up on the information on Ash's Gliscor, it states that it was given to McCann for training, but Ash later requested that he could have it for an upcoming battle against Paul in the Lily of the Valley conference. It has not been seen since, so it is not known whether it has been sent back to McCann, or deposited in Oak's Laboratory.

oh thank you for clearing this up for me. im watching this season for the first time now and have not reached that point yet. should have waited to post this until i knew for sure.

 

[Clinton Jai]

Hey People........ I saw in many bulba talkpages suggestions about welcomebots,,,,I hope it never happens.......................If you want to reply me reply her please..........User talk:Clinton Jai - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

 

[Jo The Marten]

Hey People........ I saw in many bulba talkpages suggestions about welcomebots,,,,I hope it never happens.......................If you want to reply me reply her please..........User talk:Clinton Jai - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

We prefer that people are welcomed by actual human beings, and not machines. It makes it seem more like a warm, friendly community.

 

[Noivern]

Hmm...

I have always wondered about the use of APNG in Bulbapedia pages (specifically Pokémon information pages).

I think if the wiki software can allow the addition of scripts in the beginning of the document, well...

https://github.com/davidmz/apng-canvas

Might want to take a look at this. It should enable APNGs in every single browser that at least supports the Canvas element. (That'd mean newer mobile and desktop WebKit-browsers and IE9+!)

 

[Bikini Miltank]

Hmm...

I have always wondered about the use of APNG in Bulbapedia pages (specifically Pokémon information pages).

I think if the wiki software can allow the addition of scripts in the beginning of the document, well...

https://github.com/davidmz/apng-canvas

Might want to take a look at this. It should enable APNGs in every single browser that at least supports the Canvas element. (That'd mean newer mobile and desktop WebKit-browsers and IE9+!)

Not my area of expertise, but I think this should be looked into.

I'm not a fan of our APNG usage, mostly because so many browsers lack support. This would be an excellent workaround if it proves viable.

 

[Hellion]

Ash's Tranquill - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

There's a typo in the Personality & Characteristics section.

Tranquill is also shown to be quite confiendent, as shown in A Venipede Stampede!, where she took no hesitation in trying to clear Castelia City from the group of Venipede.

 

[Werdnae]

Ash's Tranquill - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

There's a typo in the Personality & Characteristics section.

Tranquill is also shown to be quite confiendent, as shown in A Venipede Stampede!, where she took no hesitation in trying to clear Castelia City from the group of Venipede.

Fixed.

 

[Peppermint Phoenix]

Hey I noticed that suddenly the advertisements on the pedia is more likely to be ugly spam than legitimate companies. I don't click on ads so it doesn't effect but it is bad for the site's reputation and it is a bit unsettling. Is it just me or did really happen can it change?

 

[SnorlaxMonster]

Hey I noticed that suddenly the advertisements on the pedia is more likely to be ugly spam than legitimate companies. I don't click on ads so it doesn't effect but it is bad for the site's reputation and it is a bit unsettling. Is it just me or did really happen can it change?

If you come across an ad that you don't think should be there, you can report it in the Bad Ad Reporting Thread. Our ads still come from the same ad provider as far as I know, so I don't know why the types of ad would change.