User talk:Random/Archive1

Welcome!
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 * If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to ask any other editors or staff members - they don't bite! (most of the time) Again, welcome, and we're glad you're joining us! Sincerely, Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 18:51, 3 February 2023 (UTC)


 * i wouldn't ask if i didn't know how myself. can you make Inkipedia:Inkfest/Archives page for 2022 inkfests. all the listed inkfests which aren't archived should be. 14:39, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Sig
Please change your sig so it fits within guidelines. Your picture is 40 pixels and it needs to be equal to or less than 30. Check Inkipedia:Policy/Signatures for more.

-Xando (ping) 17:13, 13 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Ok. 17:15, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Response
Sorry it won't let me reply to you on the welcome note. And there is already a archive for past Inkfest here (https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Inkipedia:Inkfest/Archives) Ratch      15:59, 15 February 2023 (UTC)


 * oh sorry, you would have to ask someone else, idk how to archive pages and I think you removed your reply mark on your sig Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 16:14, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I know what your saying, but sorry i'm not the best to ask I don't know how to archive the old inkfest, try asking on the ink pump or in the Discussions page on the inkfest. And your reply button is not showing up for me, it could be something on my part Ratch  S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 16:30, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * how do i even remove it? 16:17, 15 February 2023 (UTC)


 * no. I mean for 2022 inkfests. i want to add the 2022 inkfests which are a year old. 16:05, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I know how to archive, but you might need to ask for permission. All you have to do is copy the inkfests from the current page, create a new page called Inkfests/Archive (or something like that) and paste it. Again, you'd need permission, but I hope this helps. 18:27, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * omg i got to maranrie's talk pageim surprised haha •·Calamarie·• (talk) 15:36, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry? 15:58, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Marie im sorry, but im dont understanding you :/ BwahCalamarie. (talk) 21:46, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Nvm 12:46, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, ''right
 * '' Ćåłāmąřịė. (talk) 19:38, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay thank you... I made the page!

There's no need to ask for permission! -Xando (ping) 18:27, 15 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Really? I just assumed you would need that, because the inkfests page is kind of a big community thing. Thanks! 18:31, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Line breaks in signatures
I am writing to inform you, that your signatures line breaks and positioning are against the signature policy. Additionally, they seem to prevent the function to reply to you in talk pages by regular means, as the [reply] funktion after comments doesn't show up behind your signature, likely due to the space it takes up. Currently if one wants to reply to your messages, they have to go into edit mode. 07:31, 16 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Okay. I'll fix it. 13:42, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

When sourcing files
Do not use the game name for a file source. That is already covered in |game= and |description= parameters—rather, we need to know *who* the image came from, and the person that can be attributed as the source of the file. If you took it/captured it/ripped it yourself, enter |source=self. Trig - 15:18, 15 March 2023 (UTC)


 * ok 15:19, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Invite to Inkipedia Newsline!
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 * no thanks 12:59, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Signature test
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 * S 16:46, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Cease
Please do not remove the file template from deletion pending files. It is not necessary to do that, and can in some cases be destructive to understanding why a file is being deleted. Furthermore, it removes the public facing licensing acknowledgement which is necessary on every file. Do not continue doing so. Trig - 19:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I understand the licensing part, however, about the template part, should images pending being deleted be in categories? I think the only category they should be in is the Pending Deletion category. 19:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Removin' them from categories is completely unneeded. Miss Delibirda (talk) 13:11, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Nice. I thought I got to a conclusion already about that. 13:13, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Sizzle Season Weapons
Hello, I am writing to you about the undo's on my edits of the Sizzle Season weapon data. I just wanted to inform you that the data that I am putting in is for the main weapon meaning it has the same data as the vanilla kit, therefore the data is the same. Splatunie (talk) 06:15, 18 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Some of the stuff added looks like it was just reused from S2, but okay. 12:56, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I see how you could thought that, but no I was using the data from the vanilla kits. Splatunie (talk) 13:45, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Welcome
Hello, I looked at the welcome you just gave to a new user and there seems to be some issues with it. To use the template you have to write so that the page will work for the user your assigning it to. Trig also asked that we stop using this welcome yesterday because they plan to make it more efficient in the future. Thanks. ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥.𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠 ( ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 ) 17:15, 23 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Mhm 17:40, 23 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Also, please do not use the welcome template unless a user has actually made an edit. Thanks! Trig - 18:56, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Check their contributions. All users i've talked to have made at least one edit on a page. 19:00, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Signature policy update
Hello Randomnamehere! Inkipedia's signature policy has just been updated and your signature is no longer acceptable according to the new policy. Specifically, you are now required to include your username or approximation or derivation thereof in your signature. Read the full policy here. Thanks! 00:34, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Aw- that sucks. Can I change my username then? 12:47, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * You may request a name change at Inkipedia:Requests for Rename. Also, be sure to keep all images in your signature below 30 pixels in size. Thanks! 13:33, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay! But wait- it says that I can only change it every 6 months, I haven't changed my name yet, but I havent been on the Inkipedia for long enough.. does it still count? 14:04, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @Eminence I changed my signature... does this count? 15:02, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I believe your signature is fine - at least the image is. The text may be too large, check the policy. However, you must change the name in the sig or change your name to something similar to the sig name. Regards, -Xando (talk) 15:15, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * How does it look now? 15:20, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, your current signature is a violation of the signature policy. You are required to include your username in some form in your signature. Also, you do not have to be on Inkipedia for 6 months before changing your name. You only have to wait 6 months to change your name again if you have already changed it. Thanks! 15:25, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * My username is there. It's in white. 15:27, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Please do not try to exploit loopholes in the policy. You may be warned and/or banned if you fail to comply. If you would like your signature to be "Marie," change your username to something involving Marie. 15:29, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Fine, how about now? 😮‍💨 15:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * One more thing. Could you change the size of your font from 180% to 100%? You are not allowed to have any part of your signature be larger than 30 pixels in height and your text is too large. Thanks! [[User:Eminence| Eminence ]] [[User talk:Eminence| Talk ]] 17:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay. 18:06, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

WEBP is Not Great
Based off File talk:AlmanacDoubleEgg.webp; WEBP is not a well supported file format, as it has a host of display and quality issues associated with it. Furthermore, this WEBP taken from FANDOM was a lower quality thumbnail (as the source file was a PNG). They also don't have standard optimization tools, meaning they oftentimes will be larger than PNG or JPG counterparts. Trig - 13:23, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh, if it's not supported well, why does the Inkipedia have it as an option? 13:25, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * An excellent question indeed. Trig - 14:22, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

FANDOM images
Hi there, it looks like quite a bit of your most recent uploads are from FANDOM. While there is no active policy against using FANDOM as a source, it is heavily discouraged. In the future, please try to find images from other places. Thanks!! 20:27, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Why are they discouraged? I am unable to find any other images, so i'm using the FANDOM's. 20:28, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * FANDOM generally has lower quality sources and they generally do not cite their sources either, so we have no idea where the image truly came from.  Eminence    Talk  21:16, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh? But the images I uploaded from Fandom, it's obvious they came from the manga. What's the point of taking another image just to avoid using Fandom images? Other than the quality (which I doubt would change much). 22:14, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It's also not a very good look to be copying from a wiki that is directly competing with Inkipedia.  Eminence    Talk  22:42, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Copying? Competition? What are we competing for, we're both doing the same thing. 22:55, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Please stop arguing with staff and not accepting our decisions: this is a warning regarding your disruptive behavior.
 * Please stop uploading images from FANDOM; that site is a wiki host that favors advertising for profit over editor support and wiki content quality, which is in direct opposition to independent wikis as a whole, especially NIWA wikis; you are free to read up on the problems independent wiki editors have with FANDOM on your own. As such, we really prefer to not use it as a source for our wiki content unless completely, absolutely necessary; the manga scan uploads you've added are not in high demand. It would be best to work on getting these scans from your own copy of the books, or asking other users with access to do so.
 * Additionally, the custom background color .css applied to your userpage makes it very difficult to read, please remove it at your earliest convenience. Yoshifan52 (talk) 23:55, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * If it's difficult to read, might I change it to a different color, or is it just hard to read entirely without a color change? 00:02, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Remove it entirely; we're looking into prohibiting drastic page color changes such as the one on your userpage entirely moving forward. Yoshifan52 (talk) 00:05, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 * To be clear, it disrupts site function and breaks several aspects of the page.  Eminence    Talk  00:07, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Necroreplying
Please cease replying to comments or conversations from long periods of time ago. If the last response to a comment is over one week ago and it is not a large topic, think before replying. Thank you. -Xando (talk) 16:15, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Splatoon 2 Splatfest pages' NioL sections
Hey, it's come to my attention you've altered the titles of and/or removed the Localized Name templates for a lot of the S2 Splatfest pages' Private Battle Splatfest Ink color selection name variants; these aren't always the exact same as the Splatfests' typical names, as they have separate internal listings and aren't accessed the same way standard Splatfests were, and are to be labelled and documented separately because of that. I'm going to handle cleaning up your good faith edits shortly. Yoshifan52 (talk) 21:55, 9 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Well, if you revert them, please fix the translations, because some translations are there, but no one bothered to put them in. 02:24, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Machine translations
Hey Randomnamehere! I noticed you were adding translations for a lot of different languages. Please do not add translations for languages unless you are a fluent speaker and reader in that language. Machine translations (Google Translate, etc) are not allowed on the wiki. Thanks! Eminence   Talk  23:44, 9 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, Eminence! I added translations that were already visibly there, for example, for the Salty vs. Sweet Splatfest, I added in the French Translations since they were previously there on the page, just removed. I did not use Google Translate for my translations. Is there anything in particular that concerns you?  02:24, 10 June 2023 (UTC)


 * You have added many translations to pages which were never previously added to the page, such as, where you modified/added several translations in languages that you do not claim to be fluent in. Some other examples of this behavior include and .   Eminence    Talk  21:29, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I apologize for those, I am only fluent in three languages and will only translate those. But, specifically, when I translated Squid vs. Octopus, I assumed each translation meant "Squids vs. Octopus/Octopuses". For the Mayo vs. Ketchup one, I simply transported the translation from the 2020 version to the 2017 version. 14:38, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * What 3 languages are you fluent in? On your user page, it only says you are fluent in German.  Eminence    Talk  15:18, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * English, Yoruba and German. I will only translate German and English. 01:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Your German translations are fine. Just take care not to translate any other languages, no matter how obvious the translations seem. Thanks!  Eminence    Talk  02:07, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

File naming
I've reverted your renames, as they are less descriptive and inconsistently formatted names. The majority of files had already been changed to a better name, so it doesn't make sense to revert them to a worse one. InkBerry is replacing those few Squid Sisters ones here shortly—thus having new consistent naming. While it applies moreso to game files, I have a dedicated help section on why file naming matters, and better ways to improve it—CharacterManga is not one I would suggest. Thanks. Trig - 20:25, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Formatting of Deep Cut Splatfest stage news quotes
Hi, I noticed that you (re-)added the Splatfest ref to the quotes pages after I added all the stage dialogues in the new format with separate table for each dialogue. (The new format is needed because the Deep Cut stage dialogue often have more than two lines and with mixed ordering, so grouping them all together is very confusing.) While I appreciate your help, I want to point out that with the new format, the fact that a set of dialogue is Splatfest-only is already stated before the table. The Splatfest ref you added is not only redundant, but also makes the page more cluttered. Therefore, I would like to ask you to revert those changes. Thanks. Harimaron (talk) 06:40, 17 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Okay then. If we're doing this new format, shouldn't we also do it for Off the Hook to avoid any more clutter? 17:37, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry to butt in, but in the case of S2's Splatfest-related quotes having refs attached, it would be best to separate the non-Splatfest dialogue from the Splatfest dialogue into individual instances of the StageQuotes template; those ref tags you've removed served to help differentiate between the two. Removing the refs without doing additional organization is not constructive. Please refer to how Harimaron has organized the Splatfest-related dialogue for the S3 quotes section to get a better understanding of what I'm referring to. Yoshifan52 (talk) 22:27, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
 * "it would be best to separate the non-Splatfest dialogue from the Splatfest dialogue into individual instances of the StageQuotes template" I'm pretty sure that's what I said. I asked if we should separate Off the Hook's Splatfest dialogue from Off the Hook's regular dialogue.
 * I'm also confused, the ref tags I removed need to be re-added again? Is that what you are asking? 14:17, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for undoing them. By the way, please note that although the Splatfest dialogue are there in the game files, they have not been officially shown in-game yet. It would be best for us to keep them hidden until the next Splatfest is held and those dialogues are confirmed to be visible in-game.
 * Regarding the S/S2 quotes, since they always only have two speakers and every dialogue use the same sequence (left then right), we don't necessarily need to split them in the same way. I am thinking we should modify Template:StageQuotes to make it clearer that each row represents a pair of dialogue, and to add a way (maybe an additional heading row) to denote Splatfest-specific dialogues. I probably will experiment with it a bit and ask for opinion on Discord. Harimaron (talk) 08:44, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Reasoning for your latest deletion notice
Hey, just letting you know that the reason you gave for the deletion of File:Frye_Expression_Talk_LookOther.png is misleading, as this image is similar to File:Frye_Expression_Wait_right.png rather than the one you linked in the template. You should try to be more careful in the future to avoid similar mistakes. 21:53, 18 June 2023 (UTC)


 * So... it should still be deleted, though? It's an image similar to another one. 14:14, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Tip When Renaming Files
Hi there! I saw you moved a file, and I just wanted to tell you that the game abbreviation should be at the beginning for file names. So "Jellyfish Construction Uniform Eeltail Alley S3" should be "S3 Jellyfish Construction Uniform Eeltail Alley". Your contributions are greatly appreciated! 02:10, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for telling me! I meant to put the S3 at the beginning but I wasn't paying attention at the time. 04:08, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Unnamed Battle Lobby Tower
Please look at the links to Unnamed Battle Lobby Tower and correct them to the new page or unlink them. When they are all resolved, let me know and I will delete the page. Trig - 03:14, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


 * It was just the image's name changing, I resolved the issue. 03:33, 9 July 2023 (UTC)