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[edit] Page move

Someone moved the Luigi page to Luigi (Mario). Was this discussed beforehand?? -SaturnYoshi THE VOICES 00:57, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think so, but I think the consensus at Talk:King Bowser may apply to other Mario characters as well.--TBCTaLk?!? 09:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, the person didn't even bother to change any links. Even on the disambiguation page that everything redirects to. -SaturnYoshi THE VOICES 14:22, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Ignore what I previously said; seeing that there was no prior discussion on moving the Luigi page specifically, you should ask an admin to revert it. You could also mention it on WP:CVG as well.--TBCΦtalk? 15:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
WP:CVG don't really care about this. I'm at a loss... -SaturnYoshi THE VOICES 14:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pokemon lists

I've nominated most of the Pokemon lists for deletion here.--TBCTaLk?!? 09:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archived

I've archived the talk page.--TBCΦtalk? 15:40, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] neshq.com

I am currently removing neshq.com external links when without a context (in example, when they are linked to the home page). The site has an Alexa ranking of nearly 4m, I wonder if all of them should be deleted. What do people think? -- ReyBrujo 03:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey, this is AndrewM, the founder of NESHQ.com. I don't know who's putting contextless links to my site but everyone I've put goes in the format GAMELINK - Description NESHQ.COM_LINK. If there's a way you'd prefer me to post these links please e-mail me (andrewm@neshq.com), but I put them up as my games pages are some of the most comprehensive on the web. Thanks!

A link to an Open Directory Project page instead would be a much better option.--TBCΦtalk? 03:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anyone wanna help me with the list of Nintendo patents?

20 of them are done, and 491 need to get done. A lot of help would be appreciated. —Captain538[talk] 14:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I am pretty concerned about having an article with 500 external links. I suggest not doing individual linking, just linking the search result link as reference. -- ReyBrujo 18:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
So, take away the links and just do the rest as un-linked? That can be done. In fact, that would be much, much easier. —Captain538[talk] 01:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes, with the patent number it should be enough to find the patent. -- ReyBrujo 01:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Super Mario 64

Super Mario 64 is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy (Talk) 15:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This project's Barnstar/award needs a lot of work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Nintendo/Award

It's not even in Barnstar format. I say that we have a normal award (a regular Starman image), and a Barnstar (perhaps an image of a Barnstar pixelated and pallette-defined so it looks 8-bit). —Captain538[talk] 01:27, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Here's something that I just threw together in about 30 seconds, I know that it needs work. What do you think it should really look like?

Image:Nin-bs.jpg —Captain538[talk] 01:41, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I like Captain538 verison. The current verison is a VGC ripoff. :P Starmanclock - The Clock Crew Member Starmenclock 18:35, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I just sent it in to be approved as a real Barnstar. —Captain538[talk] 03:54, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
I think it should have eyes on it. -SaturnYoshi THE VOICES 06:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
A month later, how does this look:

Image:Nin-bs 2.jpg It's pretty crude and needs more work, but at least it's a start. —The Great Llamamoo? 19:28, 3 December 2006 (UTC) —The Great Llamamoo? 19:28, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Ummmm... How about black oval eyes with white dots for highlights? -SaturnYoshi THE VOICES 21:26, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

How about we make it red with "Wikitendo" inscribed on it? FullMetal Falcon 21:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

They both need more work, but I started to make both those suggestions (Personally, I prefer the first one).I haven't put the "white highlight" in the second one yet. Image:Nin-bs 3.jpg Image:Nin-bs 4.jpg

BarnStarman award anyone? Jecowa 06:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I like the left-hand one the best - it just seems cleaner. - NP Chilla 21:03, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Looks like the left BarnStarman is a winner FullMetal Falcon 22:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Seems like a great idea and all, but it would not stick out like such a sore thumb if it was in the original Barnstar format. you know, with the hole in the middle and the detail and all.
That's not to say it can't be coloured a luminous gold colour, with dark oval eyes and possibly an aura if need be, but it should conform to the style of the current barnstars in existance. maybe instead of an aura or eyes, a looping .midi of the starman theme can be added ;)
Gene S. Poole 00:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Gene S. Poole so I have made a hybrid of the standard barnstar and the starman. Please consider it for official use. Image:NinBSman.png Jmeriot 15:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Project Directory

Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages:

  • User:Badbilltucker/Culture Directory,
  • User:Badbilltucker/Culture Directory 2,
  • User:Badbilltucker/Philosophy and religion Directory,
  • User:Badbilltucker/Sports Directory,
  • User:Badbilltucker/Geographical Directory,
  • User:Badbilltucker/Geographical Directory/United States, (note: This page will be retitled to more accurately reflect its contents)
  • User:Badbilltucker/History and society directory, and
  • User:Badbilltucker/Science directory

and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 21:20, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Just one question: Under where it says stuff like "Collaberations" and "Peer review," should we only fill in "yes," or should we also fill in all others with "no"? —Captain538[talk] 22:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
You should fill in the link to the appropriate page or section. If there is content, the box will show a "yes" and link directly to the appropriate page or section. Sorry about any confusion earlier, by the way. I forgot for a while that all the "draft" pages linked to the existing pages. The old pages have now been replaced and most things should work fine. My apologies again for any confusion. B2T2 00:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Work

Hello, I'm Dfrg.msc, and I want to make some constructive edits to Wikipedia. It's not that I am unable to, I would just like some guidance. So, if you have any specific tasks related to this topic, please inform me on my talk page, be specific and include links and I'll help out as soon as I can. Thanks, Dfrg.msc 1 . 2 . 3 07:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] We need to have an article focus system.

I think we should have an article focus system. We could use approval voting to make a list of articles that need help. One at a time, we would list an article with what is needed to make it at least a GA, and keep it as that until it reaches GA status, then take the next article on the list.--Ac1983fan(yell at me) 17:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vote

Vote support or oppose with an optional explanation.

  • Support as nominator.--Ac1983fan(yell at me) 17:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. This Project needs a lot more organization (some coordinators, selected articles, etc.) and this is just one of the steps. —Captain538[talk] 16:16, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support Assuming things aren't dead in this project. I have the perfect article too to start things off. FullMetal Falcon 23:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support, sounds like a great idea.--TBCΦtalk? 00:11, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support, agree with TBC. bibliomaniac15 Review? 06:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support Good idea, there aren't that many Nintendo-related articles that reach good, and fewer that reach featured. This should definitely help. —The Great Llamamoo? 19:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Apparently, my support was a month late. D'oh. —The Great Llamamoo? 19:26, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Do you mean an assessment scale? What most projects do, is that they categorize articles by Top importance, High, mid or low. And I think we should do that with this project as well. The top articles should be the systems, the pages for the franchises, Shigeru Miyamoto, the pages for the most famous characters (Mario, Link, etc).

[edit] Included Characters

In the introductory paragraph the sentence, "However, this does exclude Super Mario RPG related articles which, though owned by Square Enix, features Nintendo related characters." seems a bit odd. The word exclude seems to clash with the sentences around it. Is it saying that RPG aticles aren't included or they are. Either way can I suggest a slightly clearer phrasing which dosen't clash so much with the words around it?BigHairRef | Talk 01:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Stablepedia

Beginning cross-post.

See Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team#Stablepedia. If you wish to comment, please comment there. ★MESSEDROCKER★ 00:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

End cross-post. Please do not comment more in this section.

[edit] nintendo music project

I am working on a Mario-based nintendo music project outside of Wikipedia. Please feel free to visit and contribute your info... or offer advice. We are new to this realm of collaboration, so please bear with us while we learn the ropes.

bert jerred's wiki

[edit] Tagging the Nintendo articles

It would be a lot of work, but the Talk pages of many Nintendo related articles are not tagged as being a part of Project Nintendo. The articles would be a lot easier to keep track of and it would be easier to keep track of which articles are good, featured, etc. So is this something that needs to be done? -- Scorpion0422 18:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

This does seem rather important, though there are a very high amount of talk pages without this tag. I'll start doing so. —The Great Llamamoo? 21:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Importance

For those who are not familiar, most projects tag their corresponding articles with either Top, High, mid or Low priority. So, if we're going to tag a lot of articles, which ones should which?

  • TOP - The systems, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario, Link, Luigi and other franchise characters, all the franchises
  • HIGH - All first party games, major characters
  • MID - Second and third party games, other characters
  • LOW - Items, low characters, games made for other systems but were released on Nintendo

UPDATE - I changed the template so now it will include Assessment, etc should people wish to add them.

Opinions? -- Scorpion0422 22:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the structure of WikiProjects and page importance tags, but Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games is already tagging articles such as Mario with these tags. Do we really need to tag them too? Jecowa 05:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mario's up for Good Article Review

Mario's up for WP:GA/R - concern seems to be about the citations - criteria 2a and 2d have been named specifically. - Malkinann 23:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Nintendo

Hi. I'm a wikipedian from fr: and yesterday, I wrote a message on Portal talk:Nintendo#Updates needed!! about the Nintendo portal being abandoned. Maybe some of the active editors here could shake it up :) jd 10:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mario Party articles in need of formatting

Almost all the games of Mario Party series needs a table format or some kind of format for the mini-games. Long lists of games aren't helping the articles much. RobJ1981 19:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think we schould include a list of all the mini-games (regardless if they are in a table or not), as it would make the article a lot more crufty...--TBCΦtalk? 03:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Llama Man and myself (well, okay, mostly Llama Man) have been working to clear this up on the Mario Party articles. currently we're trying to remove all lists and replace where warranted with a brief paragraphical description; it's not gamefaqs, after all. there's been some opposition but on the whole they're looking a whole lot better.
Gene S. Poole 06:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Celice

This article needs help. Any suggestions? OBEY STARMAN 19:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The article defaintly needs more citations and references.--TBCΦtalk? 15:02, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 17:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charizard importance

Four projects (PCP, CVG, Japan, and Nintendo) have rated Charizard. The first three label it mid-importance, while the fourth labels it low-importance. Shouldn't it be mid-importance? Japan has a bigger scope than this project...so mid-importance should be the importance level! «TTV»(talk|contribs|email) 23:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)/WP:PCP

[edit] Mario Party 7

Would someone participate in this discussion? I've been waiting for ~1 week, and it seems unlikely It'll ever get a reply. I removed some parts before, but someone got really POed and someone else added it back, so I probably shouldn't do it again. –Llama mansign here 19:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

ping!
Gene S. Poole 23:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
There's also a discussion at Talk:Mario Party 7#Consensus (I wasn't the original poster, but Mario Party talk pages probably don't get many hits). –Llama mansign here 20:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Animal Crossing (series) article needs a lot of work

Animal Crossing (series) was made a couple months ago and it has needed a lot of work since. The articles for each Animal Crossing game are far better. Please help out with the Animal Crossing (series) page because it should be a top priority. Thanks. --StormCommander 20:43, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll help out as soon as possible. The article defaintly needs to be cleaned up and expanded.--TBCΦtalk? 21:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GAC

Will anyone do a GAC of Mario at WP:GAC#Games? –Llama mansign here 01:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Virtual Console titles (Europe)

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, so please tell me were to ask if this is inapropriate. I would like to make the List of Virtual Console titles (Europe) page part of the Nintendo project. What do I need to do? Mausy5043 07:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Please respond here. Mausy5043 16:24, 30 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Meetup

You guys do know that this page is now sort of requested for discussing the next meetup. Good luck with just bailing out. Might want to start "Meeting Up" now.--Furon 23:19, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga content dispute

Would someone please participate in the discussion? –Llama man 23:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Everybody Votes

The creator of this article keeps insisting that it deserves an article, even though it's only 1 small paragraph and is already covered in its entirety at Wii Channels. I redirected the page, but he keeps acting like i'm deleting it and won't listen to reason (I even explained that redirecting is not deleting, and that the page offers nothing different than the Wii Channels page). He doesn't seem to want to discuss it on his talk page or at the Wii Channels talk page (where I told him to discuss it). If anybody could help (advice on how to deal with him, some of you maybe talking to him). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TJ Spyke (talk • contribs) 03:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC).

Isn't AfD a better place to discuss this?--TBCΦtalk? 21:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind, it seems you've already nominated it for deletion.--TBCΦtalk? 21:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good Article Collaboration of the week

F-Zero GX is the current GACo until 2007-03-04. Let's try and get this to FA!-FMF|contact 22:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What's the appeal with Smash Bros?

I'm going to first off declare my intent to play the newbie card of not knowing where I should post this. But I wanted to know what makes the Smash Bros series so popular? I've played it for N64 about three time and liked it, but haven't had much to do with Nintendo til I get my Wii for x-mas =D Love it, btw. The new Smash Bros. is coming out this year and I'd appreciate it if someone wrote a section in that article detailing the exact appeal of the game. People like me would appreciate the little extra reading! Fadedroots 23:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that the appeal of Super Smash Bros. is worthy of an encyclopedia. It's too subjective. I would suggest you search on Google for reviews or blogs or something of that nature. Something like, "It's a fun game when you have some friends over" should not be in Wikipedia. Useight 18:55, 28 March 2007

[edit] Requesting Assessment

Hello, a number of us have completely revamped and updated the List of Wii games. It didn't have a WikiProject Nintendo tag before, but it does now. I'd like for someone to rate the article from WikiProject Nintendo (I've requested a re-rating from the CVG Portal), if possible. I'm not sure if the members here still assess Nintendo articles or not, but if so your help (and comments for improvement) will be most helpful. Thanks. -Digiwrld1 13:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Torchic FAR

Torchic has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Red Link cleanup effort

I have made it my personal task to eradicate all red links found game lists for Nintendo consoles. I will not be adding articles haphazardly with little to no information in them just to "get them up there". Some of my recent additions include Deathbots, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (video game) both for the NES. I will be starting with the NES and working my way upward with consoles and handhelds. Anyone who is interested in joining my effort is welcome to do so, should they perform under the same standards that I am. If you plan on just creating "placeholder" articles for red links, please don't. This just makes them more difficult for me to find (because now they are stubs rather than red links). Jmeriot 18:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Would you be willing to work backwards, starting with the Wii and going back to the NES? I suggest it because the Wii is a more current topic and as such more people will be using it for reference. There are a tremendous amount of redlinks/stubs there and I think it would be great if you and others could help put up article for these games.
I don't think I'll be able to put in as much effort as you on this task (I'll contribute here and there), but to start I can go through and give you a list of articles that need to be created from the List of Wii games. -Digiwrld1 05:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes and no. While I agree that Wii is a more current topic, anyone who is willing to help out certainly can use that as a starting point. I would prefer to focus on the NES list first for a few reasons. I grew up on the NES and therefor I have a sort of bond with it, also I'm a bit of a retro-gamer. While I have no objections to me working on the Wii list simultaniously, (I just added an article for Treasure Island Z today), I'd also prefer to focus on the NES list because the information is static. Meaning - the Wii games that are red links or stubs are mostly that of yet to be released titles or Japanese exclusives which would have limited information that is subject to change. The NES games however, have all been released, and therefor there is no reason an article isn't released for everyone (the same stands true for the SNES, GB, etc. as well). Again, I'd like to create full articles, not quick filler stubs, when possible.
On a side note, my two newest additions are All-Pro Basketball, and Arkista's Ring. I hope you take the time to check them out (and possibly add something!)
Jmeriot 20:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Game Boy micro

i need your help, the Game Boy micro is under Game Boy Micro. this is wrong as the offical name for the device is micro wqith a lower case. thank you for your time. HHS.student

[edit] Wikiproject Mario

I'd like to request a Wikiproject Mario Series, because of the popularity of the games and how famous they are. I couldn't beleive there already wasn't one, but I think many gamers would be willing to join this project. Thanks. Wikipedian64 15:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joining

Hi i would like to join this wikiProject. Where do i sign up? Thanks - Cocopopz2005 03:31, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/Members. — MalcolmUse the schwartz! 01:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A comment about Wii Points on several Nintendo articles

I made a comment here: Talk:List of Virtual Console games (North America)#Wii Points doesn.27t need to be listed. But I thought I would get some extra input here. Basically to sum it up (if you didn't read my post on that talk page): how much Wii Points the Virtual Console games cost, doesn't needed to be listed. They are downloads, but look at just about any video game article: no prices are listed. I would've removed it, but I'm sure people would've reverted it. This same thing applies to the Wii Points and Virtual Console article, and the other country lists for VC games as well. Maybe someone can think of a reason to keep it on: but I highly doubt listing prices is encyclopedic. It's helpful, but this is an encyclopedia: not a guide to prices. I can understand keeping the prices of the Wii points cards in general: but not game prices. If they are kept, then people might as welll list on every article the game cost $50 or whatever. A download shouldn't make it an exception to the rule, period. In other examples: movie articles don't have prices, nor do CD articles. In comparision to other actual downloads: I haven't checked that, but I'm sure a mass listing of prices doesn't exist on the articles. RobJ1981 19:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Proposal

Following the suggestions of various Wikipedians, I've created a Comparison of Wii Games to complement the current List of Wii games. It allows for additional details to be listed that could not have been fit into the current list, such as Controllers used, Number of Players, and any features.

I believe that one comprehensive list is superior to 3 separate lists for both readers wanting to know more about Wii games as well as editors wanting to contribute and collaborate. As such I am proposing that the List of Wii Wi-Fi Connection games, the List of widescreen Wii games, and the List of Wii games using Miis be merged into the Comparison of Wii Games.

I would really appreciate it if you could leave your comments and votes at the Comparison of Wii Games Talk PageDigiwrld1 22:39, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Wii Games Peer Review

The List of Wii games is getting ready for Featured status and is currently undergoing a Peer Review. Please take a moment to look over the article and add your suggestions/comments for improvement here. It would be really helpful and prepare the article for FL candidacy.

(Also, please take a moment to add your comments to the Merge Proposal seen above.) Thanks! Digiwrld1 22:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need Help on the SMW article

I need help on the gameplay section of the Super Mario World (SMW) article. This section in the SMW article, as the "unreferenced-section" ta describes, need to cite it's references and/or sources. See WP:CITE. This article needs a lot of references and/or sources Can anyone please help me out? I also incorporate parts of the trivia sections into the articles, rather than "zapping the lot." Sjones23 15:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Here is a point from the trivia section of SMW removed:
  • The four colors of the Yoshi dinosaurs match those of the main buttons of the Super Famicom and PAL SNES controller. Also, in the special road, the familiar SFC / PAL SNES logo is shown.

Happy Easter Sjones23 15:58, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

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