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Hello! I'm a supporter of DKWiki merging with Super Mario Wiki. At the suggestion of {{user|Alex95}}, I came here to point out some good articles from the DKWiki whose Mario Wiki counterparts would be significantly improved if they had the others' information: [http://www.dkwiki.com/Bonus_Level Bonus Level], [http://www.dkwiki.com/Funky%27s_Fishing_(minigame) Funky's Fishing] and [http://www.dkwiki.com/Crosshair_Cranky Crosshair Cranky]. Just some help with the job. Many people agree with the proposal and there's currently no opposition. My question is, what's gonna happen to DKWiki articles that are equally as good as their MarioWiki counterparts? Would be a pity to delete them simply. -- {{User:Super Radio/Sig}} 11:28, 27 March 2018 (EDT)
Hello! I'm a supporter of DKWiki merging with Super Mario Wiki. At the suggestion of {{user|Alex95}}, I came here to point out some good articles from the DKWiki whose Mario Wiki counterparts would be significantly improved if they had the others' information: [http://www.dkwiki.com/Bonus_Level Bonus Level], [http://www.dkwiki.com/Funky%27s_Fishing_(minigame) Funky's Fishing] and [http://www.dkwiki.com/Crosshair_Cranky Crosshair Cranky]. Just some help with the job. Many people agree with the proposal and there's currently no opposition. My question is, what's gonna happen to DKWiki articles that are equally as good as their MarioWiki counterparts? Would be a pity to delete them simply. -- {{User:Super Radio/Sig}} 11:28, 27 March 2018 (EDT)


:I appreciate your input (as a side note, Crosshair Cranky was recently renovated by Atari Jaguar.)
:I appreciate your input (as a side note, Crosshair Cranky was recently renovated by [[dkwiki:User:Atari Jaguar|Atari Jaguar]].)


:In regards to the merging process, I am planning to systematically review all articles on DKWiki. After an article is reviewed on DKWiki, a review indicator will be applied to that article (either a template will be added or the page will be deleted; I haven't finalized the review marking method.) During that review process, many of the articles will have no new information or be identical (i.e. likely copied from Super Mario Wiki). These can be safely marked as reviewed. Another group of articles will have new information, or obviously improved formatting, and will be integrated into Super Mario Wiki's version of the article. For the rare case where the information is comparable, but the style is incompatible, a judgement call can be made on which style to retain. Most articles will not have this problem; the information and style of DKWiki is relatively comparable to Super Mario Wiki.
:In regards to the merging process, I am planning to systematically review all articles on DKWiki. After an article is reviewed on DKWiki, a review indicator will be applied to that article (either a template will be added or the page will be deleted; I haven't finalized the review marking method.) During that review process, many of the articles will have no new information or be identical (i.e. likely copied from Super Mario Wiki). These can be safely marked as reviewed. Another group of articles will have new information, or obviously improved formatting, and will be integrated into Super Mario Wiki's version of the article. For the rare case where the information is comparable, but the style is incompatible, a judgement call can be made on which style to retain. Most articles will not have this problem; the information and style of DKWiki is relatively comparable to Super Mario Wiki.
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*[[User:The Retro Gamer/table begin]] - Same as first point.
*[[User:The Retro Gamer/table begin]] - Same as first point.
*[[User:The Retro Gamer/para rq]] / [[Template:Para needed]] - ...Why do we need a template that displays an error? Wouldn't it just be easier to fill the parameter rather than adding an extra template calling for an error? This doesn't seem useful at all.
*[[User:The Retro Gamer/para rq]] / [[Template:Para needed]] - ...Why do we need a template that displays an error? Wouldn't it just be easier to fill the parameter rather than adding an extra template calling for an error? This doesn't seem useful at all.
Not sure on [[Template:DK level table row]] and [[Template:DK level table section]], but these ones listed raise some major concerns. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 22:56, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
Not sure on [[Template:DK levels table row]] and [[Template:DK levels table section]], but these ones listed raise some major concerns. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 22:56, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
:And [[User:The Retro Gamer/music]] doesn't need to be a separate page. You can just stick it in your sandbox. No need to create multiple pages tied to your userspace. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:02, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
:And [[User:The Retro Gamer/music]] doesn't need to be a separate page. You can just stick it in your sandbox. No need to create multiple pages tied to your userspace. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:02, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
:Regarding <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:para needed|para needed]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, it can be later expanded to an error category in case a parameter is overlooked. It's a nice catch for mistakes, but if it ''really'' isn't wanted, it can always be deleted and removed from the templates it's on. The DK levels templates reduced a great deal of redundancy, allowing changes to the tables to be made in 1 place instead of 7 (before, to change the section headings, one would have to ''individually'' modify the section heading for each world's section.) This removal of redundancy and clutter can be clearly seen in <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Donkey_Kong_Country&type=revision&diff=2428160&oldid=2427853 this cumulative diff]</span>, which reduced the page's size by 5,000 bytes.
:Regarding <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:para needed|para needed]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, it can be later expanded to an error category in case a parameter is overlooked. It's a nice catch for mistakes, but if it ''really'' isn't wanted, it can always be deleted and removed from the templates it's on. The DK levels templates reduced a great deal of redundancy, allowing changes to the tables to be made in 1 place instead of 7 (before, to change the section headings, one would have to ''individually'' modify the section heading for each world's section.) This removal of redundancy and clutter can be clearly seen in <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Donkey_Kong_Country&type=revision&diff=2428160&oldid=2427853 this cumulative diff]</span>, which reduced the page's size by 5,000 bytes.
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:You seem concerned about the number of pages in my userspace. Reading through [[MarioWiki:Userspace]], I see nothing concerning about having multiple subpages as long as they're related to the wiki. If I wanted to I ''could'' move everything to the sandbox, but it's a personal demarcation: the sandbox is for testing things, and other subpages are for other organizational hierarchies. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 23:13, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
:You seem concerned about the number of pages in my userspace. Reading through [[MarioWiki:Userspace]], I see nothing concerning about having multiple subpages as long as they're related to the wiki. If I wanted to I ''could'' move everything to the sandbox, but it's a personal demarcation: the sandbox is for testing things, and other subpages are for other organizational hierarchies. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 23:13, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
::Thing with para needed is that it's an error call, which is something editors usually try to ''avoid''. How we usually have it set up, like in cases with infoboxes and other tables, if a parameter is ignored, it is excluded from the transclusion.  
::Thing with para needed is that it's an error call, which is something editors usually try to ''avoid''. How we usually have it set up, like in cases with infoboxes and other tables, if a parameter is ignored, it is excluded from the transclusion.  
::Take [[Template:character infobox]] for example; if "|full name=" is not used on a page, the parameter is ignored. Adding an error call and causing a large <span class="error">full name= is required</span> where the parameter should be is not only space-consuming, but it looks terrible, and if there is something to include there, it would've been included in the first place. Or the parameter can be added later, fully coded and ready to use. This template does not seem necessary.
::Take [[Template:Character-infobox]] for example; if "|full name=" is not used on a page, the parameter is ignored. Adding an error call and causing a large <span class="error">full name= is required</span> where the parameter should be is not only space-consuming, but it looks terrible, and if there is something to include there, it would've been included in the first place. Or the parameter can be added later, fully coded and ready to use. This template does not seem necessary.
::And you're right, there is no limit to userspace pages as long as they are helpful to the mainspace or are meant to be transcluded onto several pages, like a talk archive or status page. But if it's something like a simple table, it doesn't really need a page of its own, unless you're planning on transcluding just it somewhere else (which is something you don't usually do with a table). {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:26, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
::And you're right, there is no limit to userspace pages as long as they are helpful to the mainspace or are meant to be transcluded onto several pages, like a talk archive or status page. But if it's something like a simple table, it doesn't really need a page of its own, unless you're planning on transcluding just it somewhere else (which is something you don't usually do with a table). {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:26, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
:::It does look terrible, and that's on purpose. These templates are meant for a very specific purpose, and diverging from that purpose is ''always'' wrong. A table can't skip a cell; it should always be filled with ''something''. An error could alert the current editor or any future editor that the template needs to be modified. I could have set it so that it would display "n/a" if a table cell is not filled, but I want the editor to make the conscious choice to format it that way, rather than have any risk of accidentally missing a cell. It's a bit different from a navbox, because a navbox can be expanded to add more information, while a table needs all of the cells in a row filled when a row is created.  
:::It does look terrible, and that's on purpose. These templates are meant for a very specific purpose, and diverging from that purpose is ''always'' wrong. A table can't skip a cell; it should always be filled with ''something''. An error could alert the current editor or any future editor that the template needs to be modified. I could have set it so that it would display "n/a" if a table cell is not filled, but I want the editor to make the conscious choice to format it that way, rather than have any risk of accidentally missing a cell. It's a bit different from a navbox, because a navbox can be expanded to add more information, while a table needs all of the cells in a row filled when a row is created.  


:::Regarding the music subpage that "doesn't really need a page of its own", it's sort of a work-in-progress, and it's the organizational structure I personally find useful. I plan to add to the page. I may misunderstand the wiki format, but I don't think creating a new page uses significantly more memory than adding to an existing page. I will likely continue to create pages for things that "don't really need pages of their own", both because they're a works-in-progresses and because different page names can serve as a useful organizational tool in many cases. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 23:42, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
:::Regarding the music subpage that "doesn't really need a page of its own", it's sort of a work-in-progress, and it's the organizational structure I personally find useful. I plan to add to the page. I may misunderstand the wiki format, but I don't think creating a new page uses significantly more memory than adding to an existing page. I will likely continue to create pages for things that "don't really need pages of their own", both because they're a works-in-progresses and because different page names can serve as a useful organizational tool in many cases. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 23:42, 22 April 2018 (EDT)
::::(If I may chime in) Yes, tables should be complete with information, but in the event it is missing information, it's really not so big of an issue that it needs to grab the attention of users in big, red text. An empty cell in and of itself should be enough to let users know that it needs to be filled. Having text to falsely simulate an error message and alert users is unnecessary and just makes the table look worse than it needs to. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 01:33, 23 April 2018 (EDT)
:::::Fair point. I've updated it so if individual cells are missing in <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:DK level table row|DK level table row]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, it just displays a "?". I have however, retained the other error messages for the moment, since I would prefer the template not be misused unintentionally. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 06:46, 23 April 2018 (EDT)
If [[User:The Retro Gamer/stuff]] is only meant to be transcluded onto your main userpage, keep in mind that you cannot do that as per [[MarioWiki:Userspace#What about user subpages?]]: "''The following uses are NOT allowed, and will be deleted if created: [..] Pages that are just meant to be transcluded onto another page (I.e. a status update that only goes on one page, a subpage that just contains the userbox tower, <u>'''or some other component of the user page'''</u>: just put the content on the page directly. If you find that it makes your user page too cluttered, consider lessening the amount of content.)''" I know it may seem like I'm being very nitpicky about this stuff, but I'm just trying to help you learn your way around how we do things here. The template can be kept if it's meant to be somewhere else as well, but it seems more like a main userpage kind of thing. Same thing with your [[User:The Retro Gamer/working]], [[User:The Retro Gamer/links]], and [[User:The Retro Gamer/done]] pages. They don't need to be separate. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 15:51, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
:What Alex95 said. {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 16:42, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
::To go over your points individually:
::#"''Could you lend your expertise and opinion to this discussion?''" Why does Porplemontage need to enter this discussion?
::#What do you mean by "''Creating new pages has barely any overhead''"? Yes, a wiki is built on the amount of content it holds, but [[Special:Statistics|that doesn't apply to userpages]].
::#"''Database memory is not being saved by deleting pages. The page is still saved in the database, and can be restored at any time.''" I know that. The point of deleting pages is to prevent regular users from accessing them or to remove anything unwanted or unnecessary. Time is also a factor here. I can't undelete [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Super_Mario_Bros._2_(movie)&action=edit&redlink=1 ''Super Mario Bros. 2 (movie)''], for example. That record is lost.
::#"''this particular rule was added as a minor edit without any discussion that I can find.''" There is an admin-only forum board, from which I'm not sure if I'm allowed to quote from. Marioguy1 was also an admin at the time of the rule's addition. However, I know the addition of the rule was discussed internally.
::#"''The main things the user page rules are trying to be prevented are spam and using userpages as a personal repository for non Mariowiki-related things.''" Yep.
::#"''The only reason I can think of for this rule is a fear of userspace rules evasion through overflow with an extremely large number of pages.''" Yes and no. Not "fear" exactly. You can have as many sandbox pages as you want (the user [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Wildgoosespeeder|Wildgoosespeeder]] immediately comes to mind as an example), but for pages meant to only transclude onto your main userpage as a way to "save space" is unnecessary.
::#"''But that's what patrollers are for: edits by non-trusted users are specifically reviewed to ensure rules aren't broken.''" Anyone can do that, hence why I'm talking to you. Not saying you're not untrusted, but I realize you're having trouble adjusting from the DKWiki to here and I'm just trying to help you.
::#"''While I could put everything on my main user page (very easily), I want the edit history of sections to be individually preserved in a cohesive way.''" No. Just edit your page as a whole.
::#"''I see no reason to dilute these edits into one stream if there's little overhead from creating new pages.''" It's to prevent several pages that ''serve no purpose to the wiki other than personal records''. If it's just a personal collection of project lists, your main userpage is enough.
::{{User:Alex95/sig}} 22:21, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
:::"''that would mean every previous revision of everyone's userpage should be deleted''" You are allowed to have a userpage so editors, and sometimes readers, can get to know you better. But the excessiveness of user subpages that could very easily just be included on your main userpage is just largely, and I know I've used this a lot recently, unnecessary. The main reason is that userspace edits are supposed to come ''second'' to mainspace edits. Having your personal lists and information on one page can help reduce the number of edits you make to your userspace; having them each on separate pages would increase those edits. So, yeah, it would be a maintenance reason, to keep edits of userspace pages to a minimum. [[Special:Editcount/The Retro Gamer|Something you may want to work on, btw]].
:::"''what's the difference between page revisions and new pages?''" Not much. Page revisions are just the way for editors to look through the page history to find a specific point of when information was added. Yes, having subjects be separate into their own pages would make finding these points easier, but at the same time more difficult, as the informations would be split apart. Editing by section is much easier to keep track of. A new page is pretty much just that, a new page. Of course, I don't see a reason for anyone other than yourself to look through the history of your userpage.
:::Also, check Steve's page, as he responded. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:17, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
::::"''table formatting can be a a tricky thing''" Practice makes perfect, you know? It might actually be easier to use the standard wiki table code than a template, as a template has set coding that is transcluded among multiple pages, whereas the wiki table code can be edited for that specific table without affecting any other page. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 23:43, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
:::::"''I would prefer to keep the user subpages, the rules are against.''" You're an admin yourself, though on a different wiki. You should know better than to go against the rules simply because you don't want to follow them.
:::::"''Edit counts are in some ways a worthless metric because they don't tell one the substance or context of those edits.''" True. It's mainly a way for engaged users to keep track of what wikispace someone else is editing. If they're focusing more on talk or user pages than main articles, something needs to be said to direct their attention.
:::::"''In many cases, reducing the number of edits will reduce the amount of time, but sometimes many edits are necessary to quickly preview a change, particularly to preview CSS''". Also true, but considering the issue here is mainly regarding your separate userspace templates that are meant to only be transcluded onto your one main user page, it's a number of edits thing. I'm honestly not sure what is you are trying to do with the CSS, but it seems like stuff to make your DK table templates work, which is something it seems Porplemontage is against.
:::::"''Generally also, I think the management of userspace edits beyond what is deemed actively harmful or sufficiently off-topic is a dangerous direction to go with the rules. Because you're not really encouraging more productivity by doing this, you're just throwing a monkey wrench into my flow.''" I'm sorry the rule wasn't added around your plans that would be put in motion years later.
:::::"''I also think you should avoid the "I don't see a reason" and "unnecessary" arguments, because they seem to suggest your opinion of how to manage my userspace should have greater weight than my own. I do see a reason. Saying something is unnecessary isn't a strong argument for not doing something. I do not think continuing to bring those arguments will further the discussion.<br>Basically I guess my argument boils down to: If I find the subpages useful (or think it may have potential to be useful), and it's not harmful to the wiki, what's the problem with allowing me to manage them in the way I want? I think this will come down to the definition of "harmful", though.''" I'm seeing this whole thing as "I don't want to follow the rules, just let me do my own thing." Doesn't matter if you see a reason to having separate templates that do nothing for the wiki, harmful or not. The reason is ''follow the rules we have placed'', and the problem is you are not doing that. If you think the rules need to be changed, that is something that needs to be discussed in a proposal, but you shouldn't just go through with ignoring the rules just because they go against your personal preferences. Keep in mind you are not on the Donkey Kong Wiki anymore, how we do things here may not be how things are handled there. If you continue to ignore the rules without a real valid reason other than "This is the way I want it to be", I have half a mind to give you a {{tem|warning}}. I'm trying to be on good terms with you, and I'm trying to help with this merge, but choosing to ignore our rules will make this ''very'' difficult. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 19:32, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
::::::"''Nowhere in the rules does it says a user must nominate their own pages for deletion if they're in violation of the rules.''" You misunderstood. The problem is they shouldn't have been made to begin with. And despite saying I can delete them, you still seem to be fighting to keep them. But I'm going to delete them now because they ''are'' in violation of the rules, and I should've done that sooner. Probably slacking on my part, but I wanted to see where this discussion went. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 19:56, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
:::::::I did find the reasoning for the rule before, but I can't find it now after looking again. Regardless, the admins do agree on its inclusion, so it will stay unless there's a good reason otherwise. The conversation definitely went on far to long, but I'm glad there's finally an end here. Sorry if I came off as harsh, but I was just trying to get you to understand. Be sure to go over our policies carefully, and if there's any questions, someone's always willing to clarify :) {{User:Alex95/sig}} 21:39, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
== Music names in tables ==
Docky here! Given that [[List of Donkey Kong Country media|this page]] is just a click away, then I'd say no, removing them would be detrimental. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 03:01, 25 April 2018 (EDT)
:The music consistently corresponds with very specific level types, I think that's important to note... [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 10:08, 25 April 2018 (EDT)
== RE: DKC levels table ==
I'm going to have to register a strong, '''strong''' "no" to the colouring. I spent ages (starting with DKR and moving onto DKC) recolouring the tables specifically to *REMOVE* random colouring like that.
Widths, you have to remember that (a) it's not the only table on the page, they need to be consistent with each other - if they're all random widths and/or colours it's going to look bad and (b) not everyone's looking at things on a desktop browser. Frankly, I think the way you've done the tables as templates is fairly silly - everything else on the pages are still wikicode tables, there's not much of a gain in reducing complexity, and you're having to dump raw HTML into the page over wikicode. If you're going to try something like that, you need to look into (a) making the entire table ONE template, not one template ''per row'' '''and''' (b) switching from <nowiki><table></nowiki>s to a more responsive design style to justify it - there's nowhere near enough of a gain as it stands, . - [[User:Reboot|Reboot]] ([[User talk:Reboot|talk]]) 18:57, 25 April 2018 (EDT)
Having had a proper look at {{tem|DK level table section}} and {{tem|DK level table row}}, yeah, this is absolutely a backward step. These need to go. They're overcomplication for the sake of overcomplication - you're even having to manually specify all the row colours again?! - [[User:Reboot|Reboot]] ([[User talk:Reboot|talk]]) 19:06, 25 April 2018 (EDT)
Okay, proof of concept putting the whole table in one template, avoiding having to have any raw table code, or multiply specifying the same variable. (Insofar as the users are concerned, at least, since meta-templates are used. And no, it doesn't hit ''all'' the beats I mentioned above. Like I said, proof of concept knocked up in an hour. For a "real" one, even if I stuck with tables, I'd be hiding unused rows/worlds with <nowiki>{{#if}}</nowiki>s and so forth): [[User:Reboot/LevelTable]] - [[User:Reboot|Reboot]] ([[User talk:Reboot|talk]]) 20:06, 25 April 2018 (EDT)
Docky here, having all those colors, regardless of color coordination, just looks really unprofessional, and almost painful to be honest. It can be input through text alone just fine. Besides, some areas of the same type have different palettes, notably the underwater ones. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 01:51, 26 April 2018 (EDT)
:Yeah, there is variance in some levels; I tried to pick a generally representative color scheme, but sometimes it's just the idea of the terrain in a cohesive sense that's important to convey. I disagree that "having all those colors, regardless of color coordination, just looks really unprofessional, and almost painful to be honest", but my taste may be different from the rest of the wiki, in which case I will obviously not implement it. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 01:57, 26 April 2018 (EDT)
::When you have me & Doc agreeing, you know you've gone wrong :p - [[User:Reboot|Reboot]] ([[User talk:Reboot|talk]]) 01:58, 26 April 2018 (EDT)
== RE:Music themes column in DKC levels table ==
Hey there! I understand your point - since each terrain type is associated with its own musical track, it seems redundant to list both of them separately like that. That's not entirely true, however: for instance, despite being respectively set in mine and walkway areas, the minecart levels do not play their respective soundtrack, instead opting for a specific music. Same goes for the toboggan levels in DKC3. These exceptions alone make the listing of both columns necessary, in my opinion. But a viable solution would be the one you presented me, in which you make a distinct table that does just that. However, this would be inconsistent with DKCR and DKCTF, which don't really have fully designated terrain types and the music may repeat in multiple unrelated levels. -- {{User:Super Radio/Sig}} 15:44, 26 April 2018 (EDT)
:You've got some good points in the main argument, but I also happen to agree with the counterargument... Though one has to outweigh the other. That is, notability should be put aside in favour of consistency; articles related to Mario games don't list music tracks along with the levels they appear in, so neither should DKC articles. -- {{User:Super Radio/Sig}} 15:59, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
== Proposals ==
Regarding what you said to Mario JC, you most certainly do not, it still has two days to go. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:13, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
:Whoops, never mind then. That doesn't make my question completely irrelevant though. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 23:14, 27 April 2018 (EDT)
== Reducing the amount of coding on pages ==
I find it a tad ironic that you aim to do that, and keep making subpages, but still have not made a signature page, instead typing out all that "span" stuff every time you sign. You ''can'' make one of those, as many here have. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 00:00, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
:Um, look at [[Special:Preferences]]. You can modify your signature's wikitext directly from there. I'm just typing out <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 00:10, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
:But if it's desireable for the signature to be cleaner by having it templated, I can certainly do that. [[User:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:red;">--The</span>]] [[User talk:The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:green;">Retro</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/The Retro Gamer|<span style="color:blue;">Gamer</span>]] 00:11, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
== GBA only anything ==
They do need the identifier in all cases, because you can't just expect a person who searches for the level name as soon as they discover the wiki to know those differences, potentially leading them to attempting to find something that isn't there. ''Especially'' considering there have been 3-4 more releases of the SNES versions than the GBA versions, it seems. More people will have played the SNES version and still will be, considering DKC1 is on the [[Classics|SNES Classic Edition]]. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 18:20, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
== Re: Donkey Kong Country photograph sections ==
I actually think it's good to have, in case someone tries to find them in the SNES version. I only removed the "only" because it's redundant. {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 18:21, 28 April 2018 (EDT)
== DK wiki ==
Hey there! can i help you in moving content from DK wiki into this wiki? {{User:YoshiEgg1990/sig}}
== RE: Comments ==
Yeah, the intent was to solicit discussion. {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 16:12, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
== Infobox Animal Buddies ==
While that makes ''more'' sense, let's cross that bridge when we get to it. Even then, there are ambiguous cases, like the whales, Wigglevines, Nibbla, and several things from the ''Mario'', ''Yoshi'', and ''Wario'' games that would have to be considered (ie Yoshi himself, Poochy, the turtles in the ''Wario Land'' games, the dolphins, Fluzzard, it goes on and on.) [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 19:19, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
== Raw Code Signature ==
I noticed your <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> usage is leading to inserting raw code instead of the code <code><nowiki>{{User:</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki>/sig}}</nowiki></code> ({{User:{{BASEPAGENAME}}/sig}}). {{SITENAME}}'s [[MarioWiki:Signatures|policy page]] and [[Help:Signature|help page]] should help you out how to set one up. Just follow the steps carefully, and your signatures will insert the code as I described instead of raw code. You can edit this section to see my transcluded signature for an example. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 16:42, 1 May 2018 (EDT)
== RE:Automating power moon proposal implementation ==
Oh man, thank you so much for doing that. Your solution would save me quite a few hours, since I'm the one who takes care of the redirects. In the example you offered me, I didn't bother to make lower-case redirects because the search function recognises what you enter regardless if you write in lower-case or upper-case, so long as every word in the title you are searching for originally starts with a capital. On the other hand, for examples such as [[Bird Traveling the Wastes]], there needs to be a lower-case variant because of the existent uncapitalised word/words. However, when I got to make redirects for [[List of Power Moons in the Snow Kingdom]], I was under the impression that lower-case variants for redirects similar to the "How You Doin', Captain Toad?" example are indeed necessary, though I'm not sure why. I've seen some people following this practice, even though it says in the [[MarioWiki:Redirects#Unnecessary redirects|guidelines]] not to do it. <s>I'll ask an admin what's the drill.</s> [Nevermind...]<br>Anyway; you shouldn't worry about the punctuation, as I can still take care of it manually. If the admins are okay with implementing this bot, go ahead; I find it very helpful.-- {{User:Super Radio/Sig}} 11:33, 2 May 2018 (EDT)
:If I may add, case redirects were discussed earlier when [[Afoot in the Foothills]] raised some problems. Different case redirects are indeed acceptable, but only if there are varying cases in the name. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 19:53, 2 May 2018 (EDT)
Regarding punctuation, I don't respect a certain criteria as far as I remember. I just write redirects with or without punctuation marks to ease searching. -- {{User:Super Radio/Sig}} 11:16, 4 May 2018 (EDT)
== Enemy counts ==
Hi, in regards to [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/51#Part 2: What should be included in enemies lists?|your recent proposal]] passing, what should be done about enemies that respawn indefinitely? I suggest adding a semicolon after the number, followed by a brief explanation of the conditional. Using World 1-4 from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' as an example:
*[[Goomba]]s (8; not counting those exiting Warp Pipes)
Additionally, ''Hotel Mario'' is the one game I'd like to make an exception for, since enemy numbers vary way too often to consider an actual count.
That said, I hope it treads along well. Thanks! {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 00:34, 9 May 2018 (EDT)
== For when you ever come back online ==
The Donkey Kong Wiki merge project you started in May 2018 has finally finished! {{user|TheFlameChomp}}, {{user|TheDarkStar}}, {{user|HEROWALUIGI}}, {{user|Ultimate Mr. L}}, {{user|Toadette the Achiever}}, myself, and especially {{user|Results May Vary}} (Atari Jaguar) (and maybe some other users I'm forgetting) all contributed in some way to make sure there was no missing or inaccurate information. There's still some Donkey Kong-related articles that need updating here on Super Mario Wiki, but https://www.dkwiki.com has officially closed its doors on November 17, 2019. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 11:55, November 18, 2019 (EST)

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