User talk:YetAnotherContrivedUsername

Welcome!
Welcome to Inkipedia, YetAnotherContrivedUsername!

We're glad you decided to create an account and join us at the free, editable encyclopedia all about the Splatoon series! You are now able to edit pages, join discussions, and expand our coverage of the series. Here are some things to keep in mind while editing: Again, welcome, and we're glad you're joining us! Sincerely, 23:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC) 23:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Create your user page, your own personal space to introduce yourself!
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 * Come join us on Discord to chat or play Splatoon!
 * Sign any comments you make on discussion or talk pages using four tildes.
 * Visit the recent changes to see all the latest edits.
 * If you need help using and editing the wiki, MediaWiki Help is a good place to start.
 * If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to ask any other editors or staff members - they don't bite!
 * Oh hello there.
 * You might want to know that your message is a bit on the broken side. Attempting to hit either of the 'reply' buttons on it causes a popup to appear saying.
 * I think it might be because your signature appears twice in that message of yours, completely breaking the 'reply' button(s). idk. Probably try replacing the first instance of your signature with a 3-tilde version instead of a 4-tilde version, see if that fixes the problem.
 * Also I'd suggest making sure there's definitely no mentions of that 'Chrome Wolf' fellow in your reply as well (seeing as the 'Create your user page' link in your response was a link to Chrome Wolf's userpage, not my user page), should help to save other people from having an identity crisis/save Chrome Wolf from becoming a victim of identity theft.
 * Thanks anyway though.
 * 00:32, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Holy carp, sorry about that xd. This is my first time ever doing one of these welcome messages and honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. I tried copying it from their user talk page and I guess it didn't turn out how I thought it did. Consider this a wildly awkward welcome to the community I guess! Also, your signature looks fabulous. 00:46, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry if that caused any inconvenience, I truly did not want to cause any of that. 00:48, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Jeez, you're thorough. Love the sig though! Xan  S2_Brand_Toni_Kensa.png 00:51, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * > Jeez, you're thorough.
 * [[File:S2_playable_Octoling_teeth.jpg]]
 * Yes. thoroughness is important sometimes 😤
 * > Love the sig though!
 * you're welcome :3
 * your sig is nice too
 * 01:40, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, it's cool. I've done enough wikipedia-ing (or whatever the verb is) in my time to know how to wrestle the 'edit source' button (especially in unpleasant environments for the 'edit source' button, such as talk pages).
 * Anywho, glad you like my bodged-together signature. It also kinda taught me the hard way that 'hmm, perhaps this overly long username might not have been the best idea' (and I can't really turn it into a mildly-amusing visual gag like my wikipedia signature), but, thanks to you, I've borrowed that 'using a template as a signature' workaround of yours to help make my signature a bit more readable whilst staying in the maximum signature length :^). cba to change my username to something more managable, especially with that problem now being a complete non-issue, thanks to you :)
 * 01:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, type INK:RfR at the search bar and you can request to change your name. I might do that myself to change my name from Xandpochondria to Xan. Xan  S2_Brand_Toni_Kensa.png 01:18, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I think you need Inkipedia:Requests for Rename, not INK:RfR. (and, again, cba to change this username lol) 01:45, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot that it was request for rights. I nominated another user so it kinda stuck in my brain lol
 * Xan S2_Brand_Toni_Kensa.png 02:14, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * understandable have a nice stuck thought in your brain 02:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I am VERY new to this whole being-a-part-of-an-actual-wiki thing, so everything is pretty new to me. 01:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Welp, everyone is new to everything at some point (besides the things that one doesn't even encounter in the first place, of course, as one would not yet have been 'new' to those things, but would have been 'new' to them if one were to encounter them, or something along those lines) 01:49, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yep, "you can't learn until you at least try to learn" is a motto I live by. 02:23, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot that it was request for rights. I nominated another user so it kinda stuck in my brain lol
 * Xan S2_Brand_Toni_Kensa.png 02:14, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * understandable have a nice stuck thought in your brain 02:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I am VERY new to this whole being-a-part-of-an-actual-wiki thing, so everything is pretty new to me. 01:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Welp, everyone is new to everything at some point (besides the things that one doesn't even encounter in the first place, of course, as one would not yet have been 'new' to those things, but would have been 'new' to them if one were to encounter them, or something along those lines) 01:49, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yep, "you can't learn until you at least try to learn" is a motto I live by. 02:23, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Your Big Run template
That template works great! Would you be fine if I asked an admin to put it on the main page? 20:40, 5 December 2022 (UTC)


 * If you want to do that sure I guess. I know that @Perfectionist is aware that it exists (and the existence of the template has been mentioned in the discord) but I have no idea how 'things getting added to the main page' works basically 21:46, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, I brought it up on the main page's discussion a few days back, and they told me to ask an admin. I was asking you as you are the creator of the template. 22:08, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * you may as well ask them then I suppose 22:22, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi!
You may know me, prob not, but im transfem two, I just don't tell a lot of people because my family is very conservative but its so nice when I meet other trans people (sorry if this is weird I don't know a lot of people who would actually accept me so I don't really know what to say xD) Ratch      15:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi transfem two
 * I'm 15:27, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * did you just have nothing else to say xD Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 15:55, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Well uhh basically uhm
 * I have like 0 social skills. But I would suggest checking out | the Inkipedia discord if you're not already on there. 16:29, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * its fine, I might be able to talk on the discord after school but im like 5 hours behind you Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 16:39, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * You guys are transfem? That's actually pretty cool! Just know that I accept you both! @Hae's Home for Flowers was transfem, I think. (Sorry for randomly dropping in to the conversation lmao) 17:43, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * who said anything about there being any 'guys' here??? you sure you got the right phone number there? smh my head 😔 19:54, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh shoot, I'm so sorry! I generally use 'you guys' for everyone! Sorry! I didn't mean that! (Okay it def sounds like I'm making excuses, oof) 19:56, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Its fine, I deal with it a lot because I can't tell a lot of people, but thanks Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 21:06, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * now u kno :) 23:59, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * y'all works great too, y'all. -Xando (ping) 12:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ) 12:57, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I have like no social skills two, I took a lot of effort just to press the reply button xD Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 13:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * are you ok with me using the transfem userbox, im fine if you not Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 13:19, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry about saying what I did, I just didn't realize. :,) Have a nice day, you two! 17:40, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * use this cooler multi-purpose userbox I just bodged together instead :) User:YetAnotherContrivedUsername/Templates/user trans 18:21, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * thank you! it look great Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 18:30, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * very cool new signature you have there too :) 21:06, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks! Arivaki did it for me Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 23:24, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * your sig is one of the coolest ive seen tho Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 23:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * you must have very low standards then 01:31, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * no, yours is just really good! Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 15:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * You want to try to play splatoon some this weekend, if your free Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 18:15, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm assuming that you're 'Ratch' on the discord server(?) Talk pages can be a little bit awkward for discussing logistics y'know 20:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ya, i saw the message xD Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 23:26, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

External web linking templates
For external website linking templates in general, I discourage making templates like Template:Youtube, because we already have the Template:Cite web template for clean and consistent external citation link format. If any enhancement is needed, it could be added to the Cite web template. Youtube links should be placed into Cite web, or simply use normal MediaWiki link syntax. By using what the wiki already has, this reduces unnecessary confusion, as people should not have to deal with one wiki using a different format from the common syntax.

The decision is up to you on whether to do nothing, or use Template:Cite web, or enhance Template:Cite web, or maybe even create a new cite template like "Cite video"... my point is simply that Template:Youtube (and Template:Twitter) are missing features that Template:Cite web has, and people are not going to appreciate a whole template that just links to ONE website even if it's Youtube.

Also, just a heads up regarding Twitter, due to changes to Twitter we are no longer linking to Twitter. Instead, we are archiving tweets to Inkipedia Twitter archive, then replacing Twitter links with links to the Inkipedia archive. Thank you! Heddy (talk) 01:25, 1 August 2023 (UTC)


 * @Heddy apologies for the late response, I've taken the feedback on board.
 * The intent for these templates was to cut down on the need to manually put them in MediaWiki link syntax and incorporate the and  things when trying to cite the thing in question (a la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_tweet)
 * I have now refactored Template:Youtube to be a wrapper for Template:Cite web, automatically translating the video ID into the URL, and inserting the automatically into the title, and also allowing the other cite-web parameters to be set manually.
 * I probably won't be able to refactor Template:Tweet to redirect to the twitter archive, so I've marked the template itself as deprecated (granted, it doesn't look like there's a tag I can use to mark it as such), and I'll try to create a new template for citing the twitter archive directly. 15:12, 30 August 2023 (UTC)