User talk:Results May Vary

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Thanks! Being a "collectathon" enthusiast, I've played BK, BT, and GR all the way through 100%, but considered the Wikia to probably be a lost cause at this point. Nice to see an alternative :) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:39, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hahaha, this wiki's already on its way to becoming more successful than Wikia counterpart. Have a good New Year's (Eve). Results May Vary (talk) 02:44, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I was in a depressed rut earlier today, glad to find something interesting and new to do. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 03:17, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Jinjo colors
Having articles for each Jinjo color is rather excessive, in my opinion, when most of them only appear in the same single shared game and its port-with-higher-resolution. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:56, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * If you'd like, you can merge them all into one page. The list is under Category:Jinjos, and some are still under the import namespace. I'll delete the respective pages once you and me are done merging all the pages (with redirects made in their place). Results May Vary (talk) 10:45, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

BK icons
I'm about to mass-upload a bunch of static N64 B-K talking icons (with the much simpler naming template of "BK [name] icon.png,") so be prepared for that. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:03, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Sounds awesome, thank you Results May Vary (talk) 04:33, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Uploading is now finished. Moved a few duplicates; there may be more that had square boundaries instead of hugging to the icon like mine did. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:50, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Icons to sprites
It makes more sense to be more general with image types, lest we get into things like "group artwork" categories distinct from "single artwork." Giving icons their own category is like giving character images their own category, in that it makes no sense to do so for a franchise that had a total of 5 released games, not counting remakes (meaning that those red links need to go). Additionally, for searching sake, the game should come first. I also personally frown on abbreviations outside templates. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:59, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * To be perfectly frank, SmashWiki is not the model you'd want to follow if we're trying to go away from fandom-type things. I know you mean categorization-wise, but still. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:05, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Obviously. That was probably the worst thing the wikia did. That's why on the MarioWiki, I was so hellbent on getting LM and LM3DS separated, and why I went through and moved all the sprites in the Donkey Kong character gallery to be actually in a relative order, and not "all versions of each game together" like it was previously. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:49, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

"Chatter"
I'm curious why this seemingly arbitrary word is being used, it it just because the wikia did that? I think it'd be best to move all instances of that to the simpler "speech." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:05, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It was suggested by Toomai at one point, so I stuck with it. Results May Vary (talk) 19:15, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * It comes off as a bit....un-encyclopedic to me. Probably because it makes think of that old toy telephone with a face and wheels. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:34, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Special Eggs
So are the fire and ice eggs actually in B-K for the XBLA versions? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:11, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh oops, i should move that, sorry. If you see any mistakes, please correct them, thanks Results May Vary (talk) 21:13, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Short break
I'm going to be out of commission for at least a day or so, as tomorrow, I get my wisdom teeth removed. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:19, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, see you sometime later Results May Vary (talk) 02:20, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I think the XBLA icon names should be like "BK XBLA [name] icon.png" or something akin to that, personally, though that's a bit of a minor thing, I suppose. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:32, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I decided that i'll slowly work on it as we go along. The thing is I dont like making too many minor edits to a page at once. What infobox fields do you think we should have by the way? Results May Vary (talk) 02:33, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The game appearances and icon ones are good now, I'd suggest a full name parameter so we can have an easier time moving the overly-long ones to the more common ones without losing info, and potentially a species parameter (for known species, none of that crap the wikia pulled with Dilberta). The "weaknesses" on the enemy template seems to work in an off-kilter manner and itself may not be needed. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:39, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

OK, my appointment has been had. Exactly how much I'll be around remains to be seen. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 09:13, 3 January 2019 (UTC)