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Why are we suddenly linking to "more information"? We are an independent party. {{User:Wayoshi/sig}} 19:48, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:To provide the reader(s) with information that we can't/won't/neglect to cover. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 19:52, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:Um I'm not sure but is coping stuff from other wikis or wikia is consides vandalism right? {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}
::In an article. For template or purposes such as that, it's generally to better our wiki's capabilities. Take [[Template:MP|the new navigation template style]] for instance; we took that style from Wikipedia, but it betters our wiki by making navigation templates neater, easier to use, and more aesthetically pleasing. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 19:56, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:::Still though, what will this do? Just create some page links to wikipedia pages of stuff? {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig}}
:<small> Oh. . . </small> But I thought all Wikia and Wikis have the template thing program into the site. [[User:Princess Grapes Butterfly|Ambidextria]]
::S-Y: Yes. Articles like [[Banjo]] will link to Wikipedia for more information. It's just like the "External Links" or "References" section of a page, only it allows the reader to access Wikipedia (perhaps our most-used source of information) easier. Grapes: No, it depends on what version of MediaWiki a wiki is running on. Wikipedia has top-of-the-line syntax capabilities, because it has virtually every extension possible installed. We have quite a few extensions installed, but we are still missing some. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 20:03, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:::Oh alrite then, sounds pretty neat. {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig}}
::::It still feels like we're bowing to Wikipedia for more information. :/ {{User:Wayoshi/sig}} 20:07, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:::::Hmm I guess this wiki is missing the new template Stumpers is trying to make. -> See [[Talk:Main Page]] Stumpers said there was an error with it. [[Talk:Main Page]] {{User:Princess Grapes Butterfly/sig}}
:::::::Nevermind S-Y fixed it. [[User:Princess Grapes Butterfly|Ambidextria]]

Oh, you guys... this is why I asked first on the main page! Thanks for your help! {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 20:20, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:No problem at all! {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig}}
::A lot of that coding was completely unnecessary for this site. I took it out and replaced it with what we would need; now that pesky link isn't floating on the left. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 20:45, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:::Alrite, so now the question is how and where to put it on an article. {{User:Super-Yoshi/sig}}
Yay!  It works near perfectly!  Thanks, Stooben!  Just a question: I know with the original template you could link to a Wikipedia article with a different name and still have it show the proper name (ie Banjo instead of Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)... it goes better with the template's grammer).  You would write <nowiki>{{wikipedia|Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)|Banjo}}</nowiki>.  Do you suppose that when you were optimizing the template for the Mario Wiki, that feature got removed?  I'm so sorry that I know nothing about templates... I feel so useless and irritating right now! {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 21:38, 11 November 2008 (EST)
:No problem! Yeah, I didn't realize that I took out the link renaming option until you mentioned it; sorry. I made a slight change, so now when you type <nowiki>{{wikipedia|Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)|Banjo}}</nowiki>, it appears as <font color=skyblue>'''Banjo'''</font>. Thanks for the heads up. And don't feel useless; you actually came up with the idea of implementing the template here! Now that deserves some kudos. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 01:08, 12 November 2008 (EST)
::That may be true, but it's always the person who actually takes the plan to completion that deserves the kudos!  Thanks so much, Stooben! I owe you. {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 01:34, 12 November 2008 (EST)
:::Hey, for some reason a big blank space is appearing at the top of the articles that have the template, such as [[Banjo]]... meh.  I'll see if there's an easy fix like a leftover line return in there tomorrow... probably is, right? {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 01:37, 12 November 2008 (EST)
::::No prob, Stumpers; just doing what I like! Oh, and the blank space was my fault. I meant to move the template coding to the top of the page, but I left it at the bottom, so it uglied up the page. Thanks for reminding me. {{User:Stooben Rooben/sig}} 01:49, 12 November 2008 (EST)
:::No, no: thank you!  Thank you kindly! {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 13:30, 12 November 2008 (EST)

== Above or below infobox? ==

Currently, placing the template above an infobox works fine provided we also include the quote template.  However, in the case of characters such as Kazooie, who do not speak in Mario media, we can't put the quote box up there, because it then pushes over the infobox and makes things messy.  But, it works just fine below the infobox.  What do you guys think?  Does the box look better where it currently is on the [[Banjo]] article (up top) or how it currently is on the [[Kazooie]] article (down low)?  The latter has the benefit that we (and by that I mean people who actually know what they're doing with templates) won't need to mess around with the template anymore. {{User:Stumpers/sig}} 13:38, 12 November 2008 (EST)