User talk:Vikrant Phadkay

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[edit] Welcome

Hello Vikrant Phadkay, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Your edit to Human Rights Violations and the Current Iraqi Regime

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[edit] Car

You recently edited the article Car. Per the talk page, this page should be a redirect to Automobile. If you believe there should be a separate article for "Car", please discuss it at the Car talk page. Thanks! --SquidSK (1MC•log) 10:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bombing of Rothenburg in World War II

It does not correctly link to the city. --ArmadilloFromHell 13:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] edit summaries

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.

--PFHLai 16:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese Operations against Port Moresby (1942)

Hi Vikrant, thanks for contributing to articles but please don't remove merge tags from articles without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page. I have put the tag back; it is now suggesting a merge to Operation Mo, which was the Japanese name for their strategy in New Guinea.Grant65 | Talk 09:06, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Cantigny

Hi Vikrant Phadkay,

I noticed you recently created the article about Battle of Cantigny. I just wanted to let you know that you can announce any new Germany-related articles at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and Portal:Germany/New articles. That way other users interested in the topic can see them and might improve them.

You may also be interested in the WikiProject Germany.

Thanks,

--Carabinieri

[edit] List of Marvel characters

Please stop placing images on the page. The article is a list of all the characters and does not need images. Any image placed on the page is subjective and does not help the page in any way. Thefro552 04:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pokemon game edits

Hi there. I notice you've been adding quite a lot of detail to various pokemon pages, particularly regarding details to the game. I'd like to draw your attention to WP:PAC/S#In_the_video_games, a page that lists the guidelines for appropriate descriptions in pokemon articles. It may also be useful to look at WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information, particularly point 4, Instruction manuals, where it states Wikipedia is not a game guide.

Finally, I'd like to respectfully point out that several of your recent pokemon edits have contained factual errors. For example, Wobuffet has the ability Shadow Tag not Cleanse Tag, and the Speed statistic is actually one of the more important stats in competitive battling. While your intentions to improve the pokemon articles are admirable and most welcome, perhaps it would be better to first make sure the information you insert is correct.

Cheers. Bhamv 15:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re:Metagross

If it's in a guide, please provide the source. I've added a citation tag to the statement, if you are unable to add a source within a few weeks, I'm afraid the statement will still have to go, as it's too controversial to stay without citation.

With all due respect, based on the edits you've made thus far to Pokemon articles, I'm not confident in your Pokemon knowledge. Several of the edits you've made have been your personal opinion, others have been unsound opinion, yet others have been outright wrong. I am also highly skeptical regarding claims of Metagross being weaker to Water than to Fire, as neither Psychic nor Steel type is weak against Water, while Steel is weak against Fire. I personally have beaten all GBA versions of Pokemon many times, and I have never noticed Metagross suffering a Water weakness.

Thanks. Bhamv 05:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re:Metagross

I am being civil, thank you very much. At no point did I make any personal attacks and I would prefer not to be accused of such, if that's all right with you.

Posting your own conclusions based on your experience in battling qualifies as Original Research, and violates one of the three pillars of Wikipedia, namely that no Original Research is allowed. Please see WP:OR. Thus, the burden of proof is on you, and your willingness to find the guide that states Water attacks are more effective against Metagross than Fire attacks. You are absolutely correct when you say citations don't have material restrictions, but Original Research is not a citation. If you can find the game guide, that's perfectly fine to cite though.

Furthermore, Kyogre's Hydro Pump is a 120 power move, off a Pokemon who has base 150 Special Attack, sports Drizzle which boosts Water moves even further, and gets STAB. For this to be a fair test, you'd have to find a Fire type Pokemon with the same Special Attack stat and use Fire Blast while Sunny Day or Groudon's Drought is in effect. Did you do such a test? If so, which Pokemon did you use? If not, how can you claim Water is more effective than Fire?

Finally, you may have noticed this line on every edit page: If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it. It is not necessary for me to obtain your permission before changing your edits, particularly if they are incorrect or unencyclopedic. I removed content based on Wikipedia policy (particularly the no game guide part) and the wider consensus of editors.

Thanks.

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[edit] re:Metagross

The link you gave says nothing about Metagross being weaker to Water than Fire. It does, though say Fire is effective: Since Steel is all melty, bring a strong Fire Type.

You are correct in saying that it would be better to edit unwelcome changes, rather than deleting outright, and you'll notice that's what I've been trying to do. Regrettably, though, when the changes blatantly violate Wikipedia policy, there is no choice but to remove.

Best regards. Bhamv 06:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, yes. So to paraphrase what the guide says:
1. Use Fire against Metagross
2. Use Fire or Electric against Skarmory
3. Use Ground against Aggron
4. Use Water against everybody else
5. Swampert is useful here (I assume because he gets both Ground and Water attacks)
6. Surf and Muddy Water are good attacks to use.
So where does it say anything about using Water against Metagross? Furthermore, where does it say Water compares favorably to Fire when battling Metagross? Cheers. Bhamv 07:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Please don't insult my intelligence with such messages, because quite frankly it's beneath both of us. You are not a stupid person, so please don't deliberately act like one just to make a point.
There are only three Steel types on Steven's team: Metagross, Skarmory and Aggron. Skarmory and Aggron are accounted for in the guide: Face Skarmory with Fire ot Electric, Aggron with Ground (Earthquake), while Metagross is not directly addressed. Given this, it is obvious the line Since Steel is all melty, bring a strong Fire Type refers to Metagross, Skarmory and Aggron, and alternative strategies for Skarmory and Aggron are already given. Thus, the 'melty' line applies to Metagross.
Therefore, your line "I can't even see a capital M, forget Metagross" is frankly pitiful. It's saddening to see someone stoop so low as to resort to such misguided pedantry, especially when he has made it abundantly clear he has the reading comprehension skills to interpret the passage accurately, despite living in a non-English-speaking country. You can do better; I choose not to believe you're such a small person.
However, if we explore this from another direction, let us assume I managed to misread the guide. Let us assume that, somehow, the guide does NOT say to use Fire against Metagross. Let us assume that the line Face Skarmory with Fire ot Electric, Aggron with Ground (Earthquake) and everyone else with Water includes Metagross in the "everyone else." If that's the case, could you please point out to me where the guide compares the relative effectiveness of Fire and Water attacks on Metagross? Could you please point out to me where the guide states Water is more effective than Fire?
I'll save you some time now. You can't, because the guide doesn't say Water is more effective than Fire. For that reason, I reverted an earlier edit where you used the guide as a source for the statement that Water is more effective than Fire against Metagross, because (once again) the guide doesn't say Water is more effective than Fire.
But let us explore the possibility that Metagross is, indeed, weaker against Water. I'd be perfectly willing to accept such information if you can find a reputable guide that states it. I'd be surprised, to be sure, since Steel types are weak against Fire but not against Water while Psychic types are neutral against both, and thus this information would be going against all established Pokemon wisdom for the Advance generation, but if it's published somewhere then I'll accept it. And so will all other Wikipedia editors, because the information is sourced and thus conforms to Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Therefore, if you DO find a reputable guide that makes such a statement, feel free to add the information to the article and include the citation.
Regarding your experience of using Kyogre's Hydro Pump against Metagross, as mentioned in a previous message that is not a fair, accurate, scientific test. If you want to use your personal tests to experiment the relative effectivenesses of Fire and Water attacks, you'd have to use controlled conditions. Fire conditions equivalent to Kyogre's Hydro Pump would be to use Fire Blast from a Fire type Pokemon (for STAB) who happens to have the same Special Attack stat as Kyogre, while Sunny Day or Groudon's Drought is in effect. It may interest you to know NO Pokemon can do this, since Kyogre's Special Attack is matched only by Deoxys FireRed, Rayquaza and Mewtwo, and none of them are Fire type. No Fire types even come close, not even Legendaries such as Ho-Oh, Entei and Moltres. Source: http://www.smogon.com/rs/pokemon/
I'm not interested in debating this further on our talk pages, because as I mentioned I now find this beneath me. Therefore, if you have any further input regarding this discussion, please put it on the Metagross talk page, where all interested editors can have a say. I will not reply to any further messages you leave me regarding Metagross, and will remove any messages you leave regarding this topic. I will, however, continue to undo any uncited, game-guide or otherwise inappropriate edits made to Pokemon pages that I happen to come across, as per Wikipedia policy.
Good day, Bhamv 08:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Milotic

As mentioned in the edit I undid, a trainer on Route 120 has a Milotic in Pokemon Sapphire. This same trainer replaces her Milotic with a Sableye in Pokemon Emerald though. In Pokemon Emerald, Milotic also appears in Pike Queen Lucy's team, in the Battle Frontier. Finally, if the person you mix records with has a Milotic in his/her team, then you may very well find yourself battling it if you choose to battle in your Secret Base.

All in all, it's more accurate to say you battle "few" Milotic during the games than saying you battle "one" Milotic only. Bhamv 12:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. Crawdaunt

Hi! I'm not the right person for asking stuff like that I'm mainly involved in character articles. Good going, though, I see you've revamped the entire beginning section. However, the "Characteristics" section still needs to be out-of-universe, i.e., it should talk of Crawdaunt as fictional creatures, not real ones. My recommendation would be mentioning where each of those lines comes from. Crawdaunt don't really shed their shells in the games, for instance, so it might be helpful to add "According to the <name of game> PokéDex" to the beginning of that sentence. And it still needs a whole bunch of references. Cheers, The Raven's Apprentice(Profile|PokéNav|Trainer Card) 16:00, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

The StrategyWiki link is incredibly incomplete and not informative at all. See WP:EL#What_should_be_linked: neutral, accurate, meaningful, and relevent content. GameFAQs has far more complete walkthrough and detailed information that the StrategyWiki link. Hbdragon88 21:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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I've been going through lots of the pokemon images lately, and i came acoss this image that seems to be used more for decoration. While i'm sure the Groudon article could be improved with a screenshot, there are many others that would be better at fulfilling the the requirement of "contributing significantly." If you're using an emulator, a screenshot of Groudon in the cave, or of Groudon and Kyogre's battle in Sootopolis (Emerald) would probably contribute much more. You can upload over the old image (and subsequently automatically fix any occurences of the old image in articles) by clicking here. Once again, any questions, leave a msg on my talk. -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 05:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Crawdaunt

I agree with your idea but I'm retyping the word Role as it gives clarity(Refer to Torchic, a featured article). Vikrant Phadkay 13:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC) on User talk:M_C_Y_1008

Hm... Go ahead. It works either way, I suppose, but it's not necessarily a better way simply because of the Torchic article's FA status. In any case, leave "In the" in the headers, since they're about Crawdaunt in the foo rather than the foo about Crawdaunt.—M_C_Y_1008 (talk/contribs) 15:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC) on User talk:M_C_Y_1008

Reinsert all that you removed if you want Crawdaunt to become a GA!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vikrant Phadkay (talk • contribs) 13:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC). on User talk:M_C_Y_1008

How does that stuff (that I removed) help? The information about the TCG, anime and series as a whole is entirely unnecessary to the Crawdaunt article. This information can be found in the specific articles about those things (Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon (anime), Pokémon (video games), Pokémon) and does not pertain directly to Crawdaunt; thus, that would be off-topic. Article stuffing. If Crawdaunt can't become a GA without stuffing its article with unnecessary details, then it doesn't deserve to be a GA.—M_C_Y_1008 (talk/contribs) 15:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC) on User talk:M_C_Y_1008

Crawaunt is a GA now! Please don't mess with it or else you'll harm its quality! It is detailed and may it remain so! Vikrant Phadkay 17:11, 4 March 2007 (UTC) on User talk:M_C_Y_1008

I've explained my edits. If you wish me to explain any more, please do ask what you would like to know. Stuffing information without regard to whether it helps a reader's understanding of Crawdaunt is not useful and in fact reduces the article's quality. It'd be like talking about New York, then deciding to explain in detail what New England is, then the United States of America, then the origin of the name for the American continents, then describing the Earth, then the Solar System, then the Milky Way, then the universe. Only the information explaining New York would be useful to a reader's understanding of New York—M_C_Y_1008 (talk/contribs) 17:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC) on User talk:M_C_Y_1008

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[edit] Making Caterpie the PCP species focus.

Sorry, but I change the species focus back to nothing. We need to decide on our next species focus on WT:PCP. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Funpika (talk • contribs) 23:32, 12 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Ladder 49 and Trivia

Vikrant Phadkay, you recently removed the trivia tag from Ladder 49. Trivia sections within articles go against WikiPolicy (Namely: Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles). I have replaced the trivia tag and would hope in the future that information would be incorporated into the article. Cheers, Daysleeper47 13:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tyranitar

Just out of curiosity, why do you keep putting that rather unattractive anime image into Tyranitar's infobox?—ウルタプ 22:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Because we want to use Sugimori's art. That's just his pre-Advanced Gen art style.—ウルタプ 14:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Torchic

Good job killing bloat on the Torchic article :) Blueaster 00:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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