Talk:WikiBound/Archive 1: Difference between revisions

I'm proposing this Wiki-tan to be the site mascot. It's similar to Wikipe-tan, but more in an earthbound-style. Created by PreacherJr of the Earthbound Amino. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 14:46, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

:Don't mean to double post but I felt I should be more specific: My concern with this one is that it looks more like a generic anime character rather than something to represent EarthBound. <small>(As a disclaimer I have nothing against anime and people who like it and I find weebs to be at least somewhat tolerable <s>unlike furries</s>)</small> While this character does wear Paula's dress she doesn't fit well in an encyclopedia dedicated to EarthBound, if this was an EarthBound fansite yes she would work, but this is a public encyclopedia so it's something different.

::Nothing about this character to me says "EarthBound", aside from the logo sticker on her bag, which I almost missed. [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] ([[User talk:Alex95|talk]]) 17:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

::I think the style of the wiki-tan given is not suited for this wiki. [[User:StarFoxNook|StarFoxNook]] ([[User talk:StarFoxNook|talk]]) 01:38, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

:On [[Help:Uploading media]] we actually do have it written:

::"''Be sure to include where you got the file from, what it depicts, etc.''"

:Yea, I read that over, and I'm agreeing. Some of the recent file uploads don't say if they are game rips, downloaded from another site or something else. Not pointing fingers, just bringing it up so people don't have to backtrack in future uploads.  

:If you did upload a file and didn't give a clear source, please make sure to head back and add it.  

:Thank you, [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 03:39, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

:::Cool, and thank you for clarifying. This does raise more questions.

:::# Do you know if the book has an ISBN? If so, we could probably link to them via [[Special:BookSources]].

::::I don't actually own the EarthBound one, but from what it seems like is it's basically the Mother 2 counterpart to the Mother 1 guide. A little while ago I was able to find a collection of the item pages on Starmen.net's Mother 1+2 item guide, which contain all of the other items besides the weapons have the English names right next to the items[http://starmen.net/mother12/itemguides/mother2/weapons/weapons.php] (which makes it more convenient and a lot easier to translate the names so it's a plus for me). I don't have the M2 player's guide, and from what it seems both that and the EarthBound player's guide don't have pictures of every item in the game, so eventually I plan to use this and upload the illustrations of all of the items in the game. Whichever book these came from is the one I'm using, I'll try to find out more about it. If I (or others too) find out more about the books, I for one would like to have articles about the various strategy guides released, though for now I probably might only be able to do the one I'm using for EBB.

== Artwork removal request ==

::I don't have an actual picture to use, but I would suggest something to match with the blue background. I'll be thinking of one that will work. I thought maybe we could have the clay models of some characters, eg the EarthBound protags like Ness and Ninten (unfortunately Lucas doesn't have an official clay model, and it'd be a bad idea to use fanmade ones without permission).

:::That font color and style is pretty hard to read... [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] ([[User talk:Alex95|talk]]) 00:51, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

:::::Yeah, that's better, though gold doesn't really mesh well on white, tbh. [[User:Alex95|Alex95]] ([[User talk:Alex95|talk]]) 01:19, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

::::::Thank you for taking it down! Minor design advice: Yellow text is difficult to read on white pages. Just go with <span style="color:#00b359>green</span> or a <span style="color:#00b8e6>blue</span>, one that's distinct enough from the default link color. If you have to squint to read it, it's not good. Don't do that. [[User:Tina|Tina]] ([[User talk:Tina|talk]]) 06:11, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

:::However as Alex said, we should have guidelines and a limit to what should be covered. If you ask me, I feel it should be clearly recognizable as an EarthBound game or inspired by it. Second I would consider notability and how well known it is within the community, much like how SmashWiki handles hacks like Project M. If it's a small game that isn't as well known it should go into [[EarthBound hacks and fangames]] while big and popular ones can have their own pages.

::::I think a new wiki would be a good idea. The alternative would be to have a namespace in this wiki, but that would get things too messy, too quickly. A fanon wiki helps bring a lot of activity to an otherwise dying franchise, and as Tacopill said, there is actually a scary high number of fan games and fan content being made. [[User:Espyo|Espyo]] ([[User talk:Espyo|talk]]) 23:11, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

== Main page layout change ==

== HTML ==

Just so people are aware, I've been asking all the wikis in our hosting to switch to more modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HTML_5 HTML standards]. So, please don't reverse these changes. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 12:51, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

== resize main page sprites ==

The sprites on the main page look too small: the Ninten sprite.png, Lucas stand, and Ness sprite.png. Anyone want to get rid of the 15px, 20px? [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 04:35, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

::Thanks bro [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 05:27, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

== Ads when logged in? ==

:The code we had in place to not show ads for logged in users, had to be commented out due to a compatibility issue that pops up when you update MediaWiki to 1.35. We'll put it back in once we figure out a way how to do so. [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] ([[User talk:Tacopill|talk]]) 02:41, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

== Updating ==

== Was the WikiBound skin discontinued? ==

Unfortunately, yes. The WikiBound skin broke on the move to 1.36, and Grifkuba has since moved onto 1.37. It's not Grifkuba policy to maintain custom skins, and while we may reevaluate this one day, we intend to leave

it up to communities to supply us with patches for new versions. [[User:Ampera|Ampera]] ([[User talk:Ampera|talk]]) 20:17, 18 December 2021 (UTC)