Editing User talk:Kaptain Skurvy

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== New articles ==

Hello, when creating a new article, please remember to follow the [[MarioWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]. In particular:
*Game titles should be ''italicised''.
*Remember to add any relevant categories and navigation templates at the bottom of the page.
*Images are also recommended to show what the subject looks like.

Thanks and keep contributing. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 07:50, May 8, 2024 (EDT)

{{new stub-reason|Fedora Kong}}
Not only did your article not follow the points I mentioned above, this character has very little information about him (as you brought up on the article) and no official name, so it's not substantial for an article. What information there is is already covered [[List of Donkey Kong Land pre-release and unused content|here]]. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 07:20, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

Please do not create articles only containing a few sentences, an article needs to be in a near complete state upon creation. If you don't have enough information for the subject, then don't create the page at all. The top of [[MarioWiki:Manual of Style]] states "'''Please do NOT create tiny articles just for the sake of filling in red links. Even if the article you are making is about a minor subject, try to put a decent amount of effort into it rather than a rush job.'''" {{User:Nightwicked Bowser/sig}} 13:07, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

{{perspective-reminder}} {{italics-reminder}}{{User:Nightwicked Bowser/sig}} 13:11, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

== About ==

We have a template for "This article is about" notices ({{tem|about}}); you don't need to type the full text out. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 08:17, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

{{tem|distinguish}} too. Check [[:Category:Notice templates]] or the source text of other articles to see what templates are used for notices like these. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 07:59, May 12, 2024 (EDT)

== New article / Starlex ==

Much better effort on [[Da Banana Bunch: The Original Donkey Kong 64 Soundtrack]]; again, remember to [[Special:Diff/4210674|add navigation templates and categories]] for new articles.

Just FYI, your previous account {{user|Starlex}} has been blocked. Please stick with one account when editing, as multiple accounts are not allowed (in case you forget your password, maybe consider [[Special:Preferences|assigning an email]]). {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 10:26, May 15, 2024 (EDT)

== Redirects ==

Please specify where the name for the redirect comes from in the summary box (in mobile mode, it's the "How did you improve this page?" box) when you create a redirect, if it's from an obscure source. For instance, where does "Kissy" come from for Birdo? {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 13:11, May 15, 2024 (EDT)

== Reminder ==

{{reminder|2=forgetting navigation templates and categories for new articles}}
I've reminded you twice about this. Please remember to add these to the bottom of new articles. If you're unsure which to add, look at other similar articles on the wiki. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 00:01, May 19, 2024 (EDT)

Please remember navigation templates; your last two company pages were missing them. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 08:52, June 22, 2024 (EDT)

== Italics ==

Whenever you link to italicised titles (titles for games, series, books etc.) with identifiers, make sure the identifier (the part in brackets) is not italicised, and hidden, since it's not part of the name. The link should be piped like this: <code><nowiki>''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]''</nowiki></code> {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 21:47, May 19, 2024 (EDT)

== Uploads ==

Please remember to fill in summaries for new uploads properly, per the following reminders:
{{aboutfile-reminder}}
{{imagecategory-reminder}}
{{license-reminder}}
{{User:Mario jc/sig}} 14:28, May 21, 2024 (EDT)

Remember to remove any parameters you're not using in the summary like "Describe edits, if any", and replace {{tem|uncategorized}} with a category link based on where the image is from (in square brackets). So if it's an image from ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'', you add:
<pre>
[[Category:Donkey Kong 3 images]]
</pre>
{{User:Mario jc/sig}} 10:07, May 28, 2024 (EDT)

{{Warning|2=not categorising files}}
{{User:Mario jc/sig}} 00:18, June 8, 2024 (EDT)

{{last warning|overturned=y}}
Also, was [[:File:MT DKJR No Tennis Racket.png|this image]] edited by you or did you find it somewhere? Official artwork with something like a tennis racket edited out is not allowed on here. {{User:Nightwicked Bowser/sig}} 10:01, June 8, 2024 (EDT)

Please avoid getting information and images from other wikis like Nintendo Fandom [https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Jr._(character)] [https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Crazy_Kong] if they themselves don't cite any sources. Either way, the artwork was clearly photoshopped from [[:File:Donkey_Kong_Jr_MT64_art.png]] and fan-edited artwork shouldn't be used on the wiki.

Also, after categorising, remember to remove {{tem|uncategorized}} as well. You did properly categorise this time but just forgot to remove this template, so I've overturned the last warning. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 10:30, June 8, 2024 (EDT)

== Disambig. pages / image sizes ==

Please read over [[MarioWiki:Naming#Shared titles]] to understand how disambiguation pages work. A page with a "(disambiguation)" identifier needs to be linked to on an article for it to have a purpose, otherwise it's pointless because no one will be searching for one. If a page like that only has two subjects plus the subject with the base title, then it's not necessary in the first place - they can just be linked to in an {{tem|about}} notice on the base title page.

On a different topic, keep in mind that since you're on mobile, any images you add to a page that has no width specified (like "200px") are automatically shrunk down to your screen, but they will display in their original size on desktop, often making them too big. In these cases, please always remember to add a width. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 02:31, June 13, 2024 (EDT)

:How will I know what width to make an image? [[User:Starluxe]] ([[User talk:Starluxe|talk]]) 07:59, June 13, 2024 (GMT)

::You can check in desktop mode (the "Desktop" link at the very bottom of any page on mobile), but for infoboxes, about 200 or 250 pixels is a good size. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 03:10, June 13, 2024 (EDT)

== ''Wario Pool'' ==

Your article on ''Wario Pool'' has been redirected to [[list of unreleased media#Wario Pool]]. Unreleased games only get separate articles if there is a substantial amount of information on them, not just a few sentences worth. Also, you should use the "Show preview" button to proofread your edits before saving them instead of making several edits in a row just to micro-correct small mistakes. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 11:48, June 16, 2024 (EDT)

== Resized imagery ==

I have noticed that a couple of your logo uploads actually appear to be resized, blown up from their original resolutions: [https://www.mariowiki.com/images/archive/4/4e/20240605222215%21DKL_Series_Logo_EU.png this] appears to be blown up from [[:File:DKL3 Europe cover art.jpg|this]] (and poorly cropped and made transparent from it at that), and [[:File:Classic Series Logo.png|these]] [[:File:The Software Toolworks Logo.jpg|two]] appear to be blown up from their {{wp|File:Classic Series Emblem (PAL).png|Wikipedia}} {{wp|File:The Software Toolworks.png|counterparts}} (with the latter logo, the one for Software Toolworks, possibly screencapped from the Wikipedia page, turning it in a transparentless JPG file). ''Please don't resize images when you upload them on the wiki.'' It's best for the file's quality to leave it at the same resolution as where you found it. If you make it bigger, it'll only look blurry and/or pixelated.<br>EDIT: I realized you also did it for other files, such as [[:File:DKJ+JSL DK Cage Sprite.jpg|this game sprite]]. What I just said about not resizing images also applies here: game sprites should ideally be uploaded in their original resolution. Not only that, but they should also ideally be uploaded as a transparent PNG or GIF file, ''not'' a JPG. {{User:Arend/sig}} 08:44, June 22, 2024 (EDT)

You did this again with the [[:File:Falcon Logo.png|Falcon logo]]. Please don't upscale and add transparency; it looks bad. When you find an image source, save the image directly with the "Save image as" function rather than screenshotting the source and cropping the screenshot, otherwise it doesn't preserve the original source's quality and size. If you do have to crop something, just crop it normally without cutting out the background. And remember to [[Special:Diff/4272791|rescale infobox images]]. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 02:18, June 24, 2024 (EDT)

{{reminder|2=uploading upscaled and transparency-edited images}}
You were notified twice for this already. I'm not sure where you're getting these sprites, but they should ideally be ripped sprites uploaded in their ''original'' resolution. The [https://www.spriters-resource.com/ Spriters Resource] has spritesheets which you can save (don't screenshot) directly to your device and crop out the required sprite (I strongly suggest working with an image-editing program on a desktop device (Photoshop, Paint.NET etc.) to do any cropping work if your mobile device isn't enough to do the job). If you can't find a sprite and have to screenshot from somewhere (like from a video), ''don't drastically increase its size or add transparency''. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 23:08, June 28, 2024 (EDT)

Do not add transparency to jpg images and save them as pngs, even if they might turn out decent (which wasn't the case with the Nintendo Classics logo; part of Mario's hammer in the ''Donkey Kong'' cover you cropped from was left over). This goes against [[MarioWiki:Image use policy]]. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 08:22, July 29, 2024 (EDT)

{{warning|2=uploading transparency-edited images (jpg to png)}}
Again you did this with Timber's art from [[:File:Timberballoon8.jpg]]. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 22:50, August 23, 2024 (EDT)

== Super Mario (series) edit ==

The subsection you added has been removed so please don't add any links attempting to go there. {{User:Nightwicked Bowser/sig}} 11:06, July 10, 2024 (EDT)

== Categories ==

Remember to categorise category pages as well. If you're not sure which ones, look at other similar category pages. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 03:28, July 21, 2024 (EDT)

== Proposal ==

Talk pake proposals run for 2 weeks instead of 1, and you have to add your proposal to [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Lists|this list]]. [[User:Axis|Axis]] ([[User talk:Axis|talk]]) 10:10, July 31, 2024 (EDT)

== [[:File:SDK2 GBA Logo.png]] ==

Can you add a source for where you got this from? {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:58, August 3, 2024 (EDT)

"Cropped SNES logo" isn't specific enough; it should say where you cropped it from. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 07:04, August 3, 2024 (EDT)

==Writing==
Please review [[#Categories|what I said above about categories]], and you're still using "you"s in your writing.

Also, avoid overusing commas in places where you should start a new sentence or clause. In these cases, use a period or a semicolon. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 04:21, August 20, 2024 (EDT)

== Identifier redirects ==

There's no need to go out of your way to create redirects with identifiers to pages that don't have them. No one would be search for these, and the redirect identifiers that have existed are because they were left over from page moves. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 12:17, August 22, 2024 (EDT)

== Premature ending of voting for Fire (100m) ==

The vote for Fire (100m) must be extended according to rule 9: "Proposals with more than two options must also be extended another week if any single option does not have a majority support: i.e. more than half of the total number of voters must appear in a single voting option, rather than one option simply having more votes than the other options." One option is required to have a majority, a plurality is not enough.--[[User:Platform|Platform]] ([[User talk:Platform|talk]]) 08:10, August 27, 2024 (EDT)

== Remake categories ==

You got a "consensus" with ''one'' other user before you started removing those. That's not enough discussion for a wide sweeping change like that - it should at the very ''least'' require a proposal. You need to revert that ASAP. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 11:56, September 21, 2024 (EDT)
:It's probably best to wait for [[:Category:Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)#Deleting: Part 2|the proposal]] to be concluded before any action is taken. {{User:Starluxe/sig}} 17:43, September 21, 2024 (GMT)

== webp ==

I don't know how you're saving images from the web but just stick with jpg or png when uploading static images; [[MarioWiki:Image use policy|webps are reserved for animated files]]. The images you're getting from MobyGames were also jpgs (and were even bigger), so they weren't webps in the first place. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 02:02, September 22, 2024 (EDT)

== Are You Smarter Than Mario? release date ==

I originally removed the release date in the infobox for [[Are You Smarter Than Mario?]] because the developer stated on his website that the game was made for internal use at Nintendo, meaning that it never saw a public release. Putting a release date on the infobox may confuse readers into thinking it was released publicly. [[User:1468z|1468z]] ([[User talk:1468z|talk]]) 14:38, December 10, 2024 (EST)
:The second sentence of article also says it was made in 2008; should that be removed too? It's remained as so for a while now. {{User:Starluxe/sig}} 19:41, December 10, 2024 (EST)
::I'd say it's fine to remove since there's no mention of when it was made on the website. [[User:1468z|1468z]] ([[User talk:1468z|talk]]) 14:46, December 10, 2024 (EST)

== Citations ==

Please [[MarioWiki:Citations|cite sources]] for your information when creating articles for companies next time. It's not a good idea to take information from Wikipedia and call it a day as sometimes that page doesn't adequately cite sources either. If you do use Wikipedia as a source, consider incorporating the sources ''they'' use, otherwise if there is none, then don't include the information. There are also other sources like primary sources (e.g. the official website) and news articles you can cite if you search for them. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:38, January 2, 2025 (EST)
:Okay, thanks for letting me know. I also found a source for [[Hong Guang Animation]]'s foundation date and added that to its article. {{User:Starluxe/sig}} 14:37, January 4, 2025 (EST)

== Signature color ==

Hi! Just letting you know that the yellow part of the signature is very difficult to make out your name. You should darken the color, or place a background that contrasts with yellow better, or you can even attempt {{tem|text outline}} so it's easier to read your username! It's not urgent to change anything, but it would just make it easier people to read your username in talk pages. {{User:Mario/sig}} 13:27, February 1, 2025 (EST)
:Oh, okay, sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know! I'll try to fix it right now. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 14:05, February 1, 2025 (EST)
::Thank you for your response! It's much better now. 👍🏻 {{User:Mario/sig}} 17:57, February 1, 2025 (EST)

== Unexplained removals ==

I noticed on [[List of albums]] you removed [[Rare Treats: DONKEY KONG 64 Revisited]] and [[Donkey Kong - Ashita ni Nattara...]] from the list with no comment whatsoever. They are very clearly albums, and they do qualify for the list. Is there any reason why you did this? I won't re-add them to the list until I get an answer here, just to be sure I'm not missing something. {{User:Rykitu/sig}}
:They were repeated twice so I removed the repeat and kept the one that was in alphabetical order. If you look [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=List_of_albums&oldid=4724344 here], you can see that both ''Rare Treats'' and ''Ashita ni Nattara'' were repeated twice on the list. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 08:02, February 9, 2025 (EST)
::Thanks for clarifying! That was my mistake. {{User:Rykitu/sig}}

== ''Crazy Kong'' cabinets ==

There are no legitimate ''Crazy Kong'' cabinets. Falcon produced only PCBs in Japan. Their American and European exports did have cabinets produced by contractors but since they are illegally made, we can't upload them just as we can't upload images related to bootleg SMB versions. The most recent image you've uploaded was made in 2021 by a fan [http://www.norths.de/crazy-kong-bekommt-ein-neues-artwork/] [http://www.norths.de/crazy-kong-arcade-artwork/]. Since everything related to ''Crazy Junior'' is illegal, it is acceptable to upload images within that context.--[[User:Platform|Platform]] ([[User talk:Platform|talk]]) 21:50, February 16, 2025 (EST)

:Oh, okay, thanks for letting me know. Wasn't aware of that. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 11:48, February 17, 2025 (EST)

==Italic categories==
Could you please answer my question in the comments of your [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Include italics for category page titles for media that normally uses it|italic categories proposal]]? Is the goal of the proposal just to add [[Template:Italic title]] to the category pages, or to also italicise them in any other contexts as well? (Actually, I'm not sure if the latter is even possible to do.) {{User:Hewer/sig}} 14:31, February 23, 2025 (EST)
:The purpose is just to add {{tem|italic title}} to the category pages. I just assumed it wasn't possible to do in other contexts. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 15:02, February 23, 2025 (EST)

== Creating new articles ==

Howdy, Kaptain Skurvy. I saw you recently created the [[Rankings Board]] and [[Block (Super Mario Odyssey)]] articles. While I appreciate you taking the initiative, please make sure these articles are decently thorough before publishing. Both articles were under 1,000 bytes when published and were missing a lot of information from ''Super Mario Odyssey''. (For example, this block in ''Super Mario Odyssey'' appears in nearly every kingdom, but does not have the same design in each. It is also tied to multiple Power Moons, and is especially important to puzzles involving [[Pokio]]. None of that info was in the article when published.) When we publish articles that are missing info, it creates the impression that we do not do our due diligence with research, weakens the quality of our work, and can implicitly make impressions of our site worse than they should be.

Again, I really do appreciate you making these articles, but please make sure they are adequately robust before publishing. If they are not, then perhaps work on it in your sandbox beforehand or ask for a second opinion. Thank you! - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 18:09, February 25, 2025 (EST)
:I do deeply apologise. When creating the block aricle, I was just going off memory and what the "[[Inside a Block Is a Hard Place]]" section stated for information, unaware it appeared in other kingdoms aside from Sand. Thanks for the heads-up, if I try make more ''Odyssey'' articles, I'll try do more research to make sure I've included everything. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 18:28, February 25, 2025 (EST)
::Thanks for understanding! And no need to apologize: I genuinely appreciate you taking the initiative. Feel free to let folks know if you want help on any articles. The Discord and Mario Boards are good platforms for doing that. If not, you can always reach out to other specific users and/or myself on our talk pages if you'd like. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 18:59, February 25, 2025 (EST)

== Kongoland ==

''Captain N''{{'}}s "Kongoland" is not just an "implied location," it is visited several times in the show, including the first episode. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 09:12, February 28, 2025 (EST)
:Then I think that sentence was quite horribly written, to say the least.
<blockquote>
In several episodes of Captain N: The Game Master, a world named "Kongo Land" was mentioned as the homeworld of Donkey Kong, though it is unknown if the two worlds are related.  
</blockquote>
This sentence's use of the world "mentioned" implies that it never appears and is only mentioned. If the sentence is re-added to the article, I think "mentioned" should be changed to "is shown to be" or something like that. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 09:22, February 28, 2025 (EST)
:I imagine whoever wrote that only saw one episode where it was not actually shown and just assumed it never was. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 09:38, March 1, 2025 (EST)

== Parentheses ==

Mid-sentence parentheses should always go before punctuation, not after. For example:

<blockquote>Mario (also known as Jumpman), Pauline, and Donkey Kong</blockquote>

not:

<blockquote>Mario, (also known as Jumpman) Pauline, and Donkey Kong</blockquote>

{{User:Mario jc/sig}} 23:41, March 15, 2025 (EDT)
:Oh, sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 02:53, March 16, 2025 (EDT)

You're still adding commas before parentheses; they should always go ''after'' them. The part in parentheses is still related to the previous thing, so they shouldn't be separated by a comma. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 03:31, March 30, 2025 (EDT)

==In regards to the ''Animal Crossing'' article proposal==
We had a question about [[Talk:List of references in Nintendo video games#On the above Animal Crossing proposal|that one proposal to create an ''Animal Crossing'' article]], especially in the wake of that one crossover article proposal. Given it's your proposal, we thought we should let you know we asked. ;P {{User:Camwoodstock/sig}} 13:40, March 19, 2025 (EDT)
:Alright, I just answered on the [[Talk:List of references in Nintendo video games#On the above Animal Crossing proposal|talk page]]. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 17:20, March 19, 2025 (EDT)

== "Game Boy version of Donkey Kong" ==

I don't really see that as any different than saying "8-bit version of ''Sonic 2''," as that is also a totally different game from the more well-known 16-bit game. Granted, Sonic has a lot more experience with multiple games on multiple systems sharing a name than Mario and DK do (''Unleashed'', ''Colors'', ''Generations'', and ''Lost World'' come to mind), though those also usually share a basic plot. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 14:43, March 19, 2025 (EDT)
:See, the problem I have is that there a bunch of reissues of ''Donkey Kong'', that the usage of the word "version" in "the Game Boy version of ''Donkey Kong''" could make the unsuspecting casual reader assume ''Donkey Kong '94'' is just a port of the arcade game for the Game Boy. To add to that, they probably wouldn't realise that "the Atari 2600 version of ''Donkey Kong''" is a port, but "the Game Boy version of ''Donkey Kong''" isn't. {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 17:28, March 19, 2025 (EDT)
:I agree with Kaptain Skurvy. I actually think "version" is one of those overused words we can stand to lessen a bit, like when people say "the Japanese version" when these days there usually isn't even a separate build anymore (region free: one version, different settings), which is why I prefer distinct language like the Japanese "text" or "script" for newer games. <s>I know it's common parlance but we're a wiki and we can help change course on that.</s> [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 06:26, March 20, 2025 (EDT)

== Moving categories ==

After moving a category, remember that any pages or files under it should be updated to the new category link. Not something that to be done right away (although those with only a few entries can be taken care of pretty quickly), but something to be aware of if you weren't already. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 09:32, April 27, 2025 (EDT)
:Oh yeah, sorry about that. When I moved the NSO categories over, it was relatively late and I was tired, and I was going to do it this morning, but I forgot, whoops. I'll do 'em right now! {{User:Kaptain Skurvy/sig}} 09:59, April 27, 2025 (EDT)