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How do you add pictures?
I’m new to Inkipedia and I am on mobile, is it possible to add pictures on mobile and if so how?IronPuppy3 (talk) 15:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)


 * If you scroll to the bottom of a page, there should be a link that says “desktop” or “mobile view”. If it says “mobile view” there, you are in the right place. If it says “desktop”, click the link and it should bring up a completely different view of the page. On the left is a list of links, and the third from the bottom will say “upload file”. Click the link and it will bring you to a new page. There should be “choose file” button, click that and it should bring up your photos, (or whatever you use if you use an android or something) after that it’s relatively self explanatory. If you need anything else (or if this is too long) just contact me again. I’m still here unless I am not, 20:17, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! IronPuppy3 (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2020 (UTC)


 * You are welcome! Also, try to indent your replies with colons. It keeps stuff tidy! 13:33, 25 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Ok IronPuppy3 (talk) 22:02, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Questions about Agents&The main page news
Why do people make agt 3 not a teen agt 4 is 18 and should be the not childish one and agt 8 should be looking around and stuff (Mipha (talk) 22:50, 28 July 2020 (UTC)) Mipha


 * You should add that callie and marie costumes are beaung added to super smash bros ultimate on the main page (Mipha (talk) 22:57, 28 July 2020 (UTC)) Mipha


 * How and where is agent 3 childish? Is this just manga and stuff or fanfic or did I just miss a huge part of the story? (Actually, it can be debated wether agent 3 is 18 or not. It is possible that Marie’s comment is just another whopping fourth wall breaker) And also I think that that might have been added at some point, but it’s been a month. 23:52, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

YouTube has it (Mipha (talk)) Mipha Also how do i add pages (Mipha (talk)) Mipha

Can't access top right menu
I can't access the drop down menus on my user name on the top right of the page! Is there a problem? Does anyone else have this problem? P.J. GT (talk) 17:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you mean by drop down menus? If you're talking about the alerts and notices icons I can still access those. I don't know what other drop down menus you could be talking about. Inkling luke.png Inkling talk.png 20:29, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I think he is talking about the mobile view drop down menu when you click on your user name. If that is what he is speaking of, then I am having this problem too. 20:32, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Right! I tested on Safari on my phone and it worked fine but when I switched to mobile view on my computer it didn't. Will pass on to Prod to see what's up. The wiki just upgraded to a new version so hiccups are expected. Thanks! Inkling luke.png Inkling talk.png 20:42, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it is Flame. PS: Just to let you know, the web browser I use is Google Chrome. P.J. GT (talk) 21:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Still can't access Alerts and notices! P.J. GT (talk) 21:42, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Everything should at least partially work now. You may have to wait a couple minutes for the fix to start working. 22:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * It's here again! I don't know if its just me tho. Yawshi Fan (talk) 23:26, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * @Yawshi Fan: The issue is being fixed. For now, you may want to use the desktop view (just select "desktop" at the bottom of the page). Heddy (talk) 13:44, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

This issue was fixed today. Heddy (talk) 19:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

A number of weapons are not included in the Splatoon 2 graphs on the Ink Saver (Main) Page.
link to the page here. The weapons not included on the ink consumption graphs are:

On the "Shooters" graph: Squeezer, Glooga Dualies

On the "Slosher/Brella/Blaster" graph: Explosher, Bloblobber

On the "Chargers/Splatlings" graph: Nautilus 47

Will somebody with the know-how please get on this? Thank you.

AilingSword75 (talk) 09:15, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll make some new graphs when I can. Heddy (talk) 05:17, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Policy change: notability of people
Notability is now defined for real people! The notability policy now determines which people can have their own Inkipedia article. Please comment if you have any ideas for improving this policy. Heddy (talk) 05:18, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Infobox Colors help!
I'm struggling with finding new Infobox colors. Can someone please show me a template and a list of all the colors? Thanks. P.J. GT (talk) 18:41, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for such late reply, here you go. 22:22, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Famitsu Guide Renders
Any chance that someone happened to have the Guidebook that these renders originate from? Was wondering if there were any left. ZBroadcast (talk) 15:02, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Should there be a page for Rider?
So I was looking for ways to help the wiki, and saw that there was no Rider page (Manga). I looked at it’s history and saw it was deleted a while ago, I have the first volume of the Manga and I think I could maybe help?Sliverslider (talk) 23:45, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If Rider is one of the main characters then I don't see why not. you can create a draft, and move it to the main article space once it's ready. Create your draft at User:/Draft (you can replace "Draft" with a different name). ShaharSig2.pngShaharSigtalk2.png 21:30, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I see that Rider is already covered on the list of Splatoon manga characters. Is Rider significant enough to have his own article? Is there enough content to write paragraphs about his personality, beliefs, appearance, behavior, history, character development, etc.? Heddy (talk) 01:20, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hey veemos

If we are can i do Emperor and prinz.first post by the way thx

PrinzPrinz is best boi (talk) 17:08, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

How add tags and infoboxes
Im editing my user page with labels and i don’t know How to do it, and I want to add InfoBoxes to, can someone say me how to do that things pls? Splatoon635 (talk) 18:17, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks like you've already added an infobox, good job! What do you mean by labels? Heddy (talk) 04:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it is named tags, and now i added to my page, but i need help with the tables, i want to add a table for all the splatfest i participate, can you say me how i can do it please? thanks. Splatoon635
 * See the table formatting info at Help:Tables. You can copy the example from that page and modify it to fit your needs. Heddy (talk) 13:04, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot!, it gonna be a big help Splatoon635 (talk) 14:06, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Splatoon635

Strategy pages - ability loadouts
Me and a few others have noticed hostility and unnecessary conflict over recommended abilities on the strategy pages.

To eliminate conflict and better serve readers, I propose that we stop recommending individual abilities and instead have a short list of ability loadouts from Top 500 players and tournament-winning players, each with a citation to support its inclusion on the page. Heddy (talk) 23:01, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

I've written a new format on the Splattershot Jr. strategy page. The idea is that ALL abilities can be added there, not just a few. If some abilities are more optimal than others, it can be written in that section why they are better, with details on strategy and effectiveness in combination with the weapon. This way, there should not be fighting over what abilities are listed, as we can simply list all of them if editors desire. Heddy (talk) 19:01, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Stop Vandalism
I notice that Every day (this days) there’s much vandalism in Inkipedia, I’m tired of that, that the vandals ruin hard work of others, so I have the idea to evit this, I have the idea like a quiz or something that confirm that doesn’t are a vandal, it is someone agree with me? Someone have and idea for stop this? Splatoon635 (talk) 18:52, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

We're working on it on the wiki Discord. -- Splatana   talk   contribs   07:36, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Splat squid gang boss
Could someone who can please give user Splat squid gang boss an official warning? he has made many spam edits and edits unrelated to the wiki on other peoples talk pages. many people have complained. Thanks! Eminence  ( Chatter ) 11:06, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Octo canyon
I have been noticing that most of the octo canyon areas/levels are incomplete. I was wondering if anyone could work on that. Thanks SQUIDKID2000 (talk) 17:16, 14 September 2020 (UTC)


 * User MoogicalShep is currently working on this. xmplr  S2 Brand Takoroka.png ( tlkr ) 17:33, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. SQUIDKID2000 (talk) 17:59, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Trivia policy proposal
I've written a policy proposal, mostly copied from KHWiki. See Inkipedia:Trivia policy. Hopefully it can serve as a useful guideline for what qualifies as trivia, and how to keep facts more organized. Please leave any feedback on the trivia policy talk page! Heddy (talk) 12:43, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

This is now officially part of Inkipedia policy! Heddy (talk) 18:26, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Goodbye Inkipedia...
Goodbye everyone, im going from Inkipedia, I'm not have a reason for being here, all the users revert my edits without say me first, i only want to help and the users doesn't see that, so im going. Splat635 14:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


 * It can be frustrating to have your changes reverted, but that is the nature of wikis. Inkipedia is a collaborative effort where editors are expected to boldly make changes without asking permission first. When someone reverts your edit, they will leave a reason in the edit summary. Heddy (talk) 17:04, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Don't get so worked up because of one revision. Eminence  S2 Brand Takoroka.png ( Chatter ) 18:00, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Try to accept criticism even if it doesn't align with your point of view. 18:20, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe ask them why they removed your changes on their talk pages User: Octo1 Octo1  ( Octo1 )

Help on notifications
Hi! I just joined the wiki a couple days ago. There's this one notification which welcomes you to the wiki, it just doesn't get marked read. I've even tried going to my desktop from my usual mobile, and it's really bugging me. Can someone please give a hand? Yawshi Fan (talk) 13:33, 19 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I will tell you how to stop that on your talk page SquidKid2000 :P(Talk) (talk) 17:10, 19 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Now it's even better, with another stubborn message, celebrating my 10th edit. Probably not just the welcome message.


 * And no SQUIDKID2000, it did not work.

Yawshi Fan (talk) 23:12, 20 October 2020 (UTC)


 * K, sorry bout that. SquidKid2000-_-&#124;&#124;(Talking) (talk) 17:19, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Can manga characters have their own page?
So I looked at one of the surveys on the theme of improvements and the winner was characters.sorry if this is short.(ps ill do Gloves and Prince:) )

Thanks in advance Prinz is best boi (talk) 17:50, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, any official topic in the Splatoon universe can have an article. Manga characters are listed at list of Splatoon manga characters, and some of the notable characters have their own article. Heddy (talk) 23:44, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Should we help the reader with Inner Agent 3?
Should we add strategies on how to beat the phases of Inner Agent 3 with the description? The reader might not be able to find a way to defeat Inner Agent 3 themselves, and they might not be able to watch YouTube to get advice. It was super hard to do it all myself and make strategies of my own to defeat him. I just got the Golden Toothpick last Sunday, and I worked more than a month on it. (inkluding weekdays) The reader might not have that much time though. Also, I can help if its a yes! :D User:Octo1 Talk   Octo1 Octo1 (talk) 17:35, 22 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree, and it's not just Inner Agent 3, a lot of pages with in game tips and advice have them in more hidden spots. Careless readers may miss them very easily. I think these tips should be put in more obvious places, and possibly refer them to sections in the main section. You can see what I did in the Flyfish page. I know I don't have much authority as I have just joined the wiki, but I really think this would be great for a change. Yawshi Fan (talk) 05:04, 24 October 2020 (UTC)


 * It looks like there's already a few tips there. If you see room for improvement, be bold and make some edits! Heddy (talk) 23:41, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Heddy! I'll get to it!

Is this a quality article
So on the lego fandom wiki they have these badges to denote the quality of a page (example,1 is a stub with poor grammar,no images,and next to no text,while a five is a perfect article,) Can we do this??? Prinz is best boi (talk) 10:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Yeah, ratings seems nice as it allows us to focus on less developed pages. However a lot of effort has to be put into this tho. Yawshi Fan (talk) 05:06, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Just put 1 for every octo canyon phase XD Prinz is best boi (talk) 10:56, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Ratings systems make sense for large projects like Brickipedia and Wikipedia, because they have many articles and many contributors. It would be a lot of work just to set up the criteria and rate the articles.

Currently, we use tags like  and   and others to keep track of what needs improvements. Before considering using a rating system, I suggest that you use our maintenance tags. After all, why consider changing Inkipedia if you have not attempted to use the system we already have in place? Heddy (talk) 23:56, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks I am still new to the wiki,but Im begining to understand wikispeak. Prinz is best boi (talk) 12:09, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Splatfest Quotes.
I was thinking about the splatfest quotes and for some reason, the losing team quotes is labeled as "If they win" Could we change that to "If they had won"?SQuiDKiD2000-_-&#124;&#124;(Talking) (talk) 18:46, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I guess you can do that. Eminence   Chatter  20:32, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, Could you run it by a admin to make sure?  SQuiDKid   [TaLk]   18:23, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, its already done SQuiDKid   [TaLk]   18:53, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Manga characters disambunction
Should we make an S4 disambunction page? People may be searching for that and find nothing of what they want, just references and/or pages that mention it.  SquidKid   Talking   16:37, 13 November 2020 (UTC) Just a suggestion I am not an admin but i support this.-- PrinzTheOverlord   [Talk]   21:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Does ANYONE?? SUpport this?????  Squidmaster   Talking   16:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC) cause if they do, i will make it

Me does dude!-- PrinzTheOverlord   [Talk]   16:33, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No need to ask! An admin will fix it if your edit is not good. You do not need to have support to do an edit that you think would improve the wiki. Eminence   Chatter  19:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 'K people, did it. you can all chill.  Squidmaster   Talking   20:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

how can I make a different language page?
I’m planning on making Manga pages in Swedish. How can i OctoKing    [Talk]   14:11, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * We’d need a full Swedish language wiki to exist before that, unfortunately! GloverMist (talk) 23:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * @OctoKing: Currently, there are only English, French, and Japanese wikis for Splatoon. But you can make the pages in your user space. Like User:OctoKing/page name. Heddy (talk) 23:21, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

I was bout to ask the same only 4 danish (im fluent)-- PrinzTheOverlord   [Thangs]   18:37, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Is french wiki dead? 19:37, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

No the frech are just takin thier time-- PrinzTheOverlord   [Splatz]   21:32, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

A late welcome
Hello! I'm new to Inkipedia, and have only been hear for around a week. I came hear to express my knowledge after analyzing trends in ranked mode object placement for over a year and via recon mode. But that's not all. I want to edit spatfest pages and finish the octo canyon and octo expansion missions. If I stay hear long enough, I might be able to make a poll, which I used to always participate in, but I don't know where they went. I hope to have a nice time here at Inkipedia, I'll be ramping things up over the holidays. Toonestar (talk) 19:54, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Inkipedia! Heddy (talk) 14:19, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Does ANYONE remember the Squid-kids comedy show?
It was a book/manga thing, but should we have a page for it? It doesn’t seem to exist. Just realised it exists, ignore this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sliverslider (talk • contribs)

Splatoon 2 Strategy Guide
Is there a page on it? I have the actual book and can help make the page. ChessMaster  [TALK]  20:09, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The official prima guide? The existence of the guide itself doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere on the wiki. I suggest adding it next to the Splatoon 1 guide on the merchandise article. Heddy (talk) 14:29, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I uploaded the cover but I don't know how to put it. I'm a noob at it! ChessMaster   [TALK]  01:28, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Just add the filename on a new line with the others on the merchandise page. Use the show preview button to make sure it appears. Heddy (talk) 02:30, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks! ChessMaster   [TALK]  05:03, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Tournament
I was wondering if we could ever hold out very own tournament! To celebrate our wiki. I feel even though it is stupid, we need something to celebrate. We could call it something like "???" -- Prinz the Emperor   [Hmmmm]   22:35, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I support this by the way ChessMaster   [TALK]  00:11, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I would participate. Does anyone want to volunteer to be the tournament organizer? Heddy (talk) 14:16, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Me  Prinz the Emperor   [Hmmmm]   15:16, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Cool now we need to figure out how we are going to do it. ChessMaster  [TALK]  15:25, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Yeah. Hmm should it be solo or with teams?- Pinezapple   [TALKER]   15:29, 16 December 2020 (UTC) Can we be our team. Someone get the rewards.-- Prinz the Emperor   [Hmmmm]   15:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

We should totally be our team! Does there need to be rewards?- Pinezapple   [TALKER]   15:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

why not barnsquids? ChessMaster  [TALK]  15:48, 16 December 2020 (UTC) Idk. We'll be working as a team!-- Prinz the Emperor   [Hmmmm] Inkipedia:Polls

Help wanted: Polls
Some of you may have noticed we brought back polls after we switched from the PollDaddy extension to Strawpoll's integrator as there's no paywall. Polls let readers interact with the wiki even if they aren't editors. I'd like the polls to be a community effort and for that we need people that might be interested in helping decide which polls to put on a monthly or bi-weekly basis. Mario wiki has a committee with different opinions with uneven amount of members to break ties. If you'd like to be part of the "Poll Selection Committee", leave a comment here and participate in the discussions at Inkipedia talk:Polls or in Discord. Thanks! :D 23:56, 18 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Can i do a favourite member of the s4--Prinz fanart.jpg Prinz the Emperor   [Hmmmm] Prinz fanart.jpg  10:26, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I’m on here a lot, so I’m sure I could help in some way. 14:30, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I'd like to help too! Is it okay that I'm not on discord? Thanks! 15:50, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much for volunteering to help out! I'm gonna put your names in the users involved. Of course it's okay if you are not on Discord. We can do a voting system like we had for Featured content to decide which poll should be the next one in line. 16:08, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I like this new idea! :D ChessMaster   [TALK]  16:31, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Splatoon Original Maps
Just yesterday I made edits to the Moray Towers article and I then got all my changes undone the next day. It's not that I don't support constructive criticism but it just made me question how I should format Splatoon 1 map articles. I don't have knowledge of the first game, yet I can't just remove the Splatoon 1 info. Yet I just checked the Blackbelly article and it doesn't include the Splatoon 1 info. I know a lot o people won't be interested or just dismiss my comment, but if someone can please give me tips on how I can format the ranked battle sections of splatoon original maps, that would be wonderful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toonestar (talk • contribs) 19:23, 22 December 2020‎ UTC
 * Information being absent from a page does not necessarily mean it should not be there, it usually just means that no one has added it yet. If you are only able to contribute Splatoon 2 information, then just specify that the information is from said game, for example by starting sentences with "In ," and then presenting the information. If there is already Splatoon information present then you can similarly add "In ," to the beginning of that information, and adjust as necessary to make the most sense. Hope that helps and feel free to ask more, Luke26 (talk) 23:04, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Toonestar (talk) 18:06, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Main page schedule time issue.
Recently I found that the times for the Stage schedule, SplatNet2, and Salmon Run schedule sections of the Main page show: "NaN:NaN:NaN" instead of the real times for the next stages, gear and shifts. Can someone fix this please? P.S. Merry Christmas! P.J. GT (talk) 16:51, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Its fixed now. Thanks! Who actually fixed it? Just want to know. :) P.J. GT (talk) 17:09, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Fumple fixed it, along with the Dec 46 issue in the Splatfest schedule. Heddy (talk) 17:11, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

How do I add new pages?
Can I have help with it please? KiraRuby (talk) 23:29, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * To create a new page, type the name of the page in the search bar. Then, follow the red link on the search result page. Let me know if you have any questions. Heddy (talk) 23:47, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

2020 user stats!
See who had the most edits and most uploads! The 2020 user statistics are now available.

In addition, I have created the Inkipedia:Statistics page to conveniently have all of our wiki statistics links in one place. Happy new year! Heddy (talk) 03:27, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Cool how you made that! ChessMaster   [TALK]  03:49, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The stats are all generated by bots. Heddy (talk) 04:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, It's really convenient. 12:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Yay I made it to the top 10 :) i was also the first edit of 2021 -- Queenie the Overlord   [Splatz]   19:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC) Can I make a barnsquid for the Non-Vandals, (I noticed one or two blocked users)--  Queenie the Overlord   [Splatz]   19:03, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

I made the top 10 too! Just ahead of you Prinz! :) ChessMaster   [TALK]  19:28, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Ugh... Nm im not a bad sport.--Prinz fanart.jpg Queenie the Overlord   [Splatz] Prinz fanart.jpg  20:22, 2 January 2021 (UTC)