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Title casing
Decision needs adding to the Manual of Style. Are we using title case for all articles or sentence case? I think the overwhelming unwritten rule at the moment is title case. I assume this should also include articles that include parentheses such as Recon (Mode) rather than Recon (mode). 13:01, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Image Resource
Hey guys, I don't know which, if any, of these images would be useful to you but this seems like a pretty good resource: GoNintendo's Splatoon Flickr Album. Embyr 75 (talk) 17:37, 23 August 2015 (UTC)


 * There are some really cool images in there, but I think most of them are already in use. They're all big and high quality though, maybe there's some that can replace any small or low-quality versions we got here. --Bzeep!  talk  17:57, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Inkpedia Contest
We have the barnsquids and we probably could do one, so should we make one? Chriscoded (talk)
 * Sounds like a nice thing to do in the future! There's nothing really stopping us AmbientDinosaur (talk) 01:52, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Standardizing "Name in other languages" sections
Hey I would like to standardize the "Name in other languages" sections a bit.

I think a translated version of the name always should be included, and then include an explanation of the parts of the name or other facts (like puns, references and so on).

For example:

Names in other languages
Exceptions should be if the name is literally the same in both english and the other language (like the N-ZAP, which only has slightly different formatting of the name). In those cases only an explanation should do. Also, if more than one language has the same name, the explanation should be used for the first language and the rest can simply use "Same as (first language).

However, a translation should still be given even if the translation turns out be the same as the english name in that language.

For example:

Names in other languages
AmbientDinosaur (talk) 02:40, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

AUEU -> EUOC
Seems it's Europe and Oceania rather than Australia and Europe, template move again? 16:26, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * For, I can have my bot do it if consensus (Don't see why not)  17:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Single Player Walkthrough
Is it okay to copy the walkthrough from the Official Prima Guide? Because if it was, I could do all walkthroughs for every stage. Just wondering if that's okay or not. - Jer455 (Talk) 03:09, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking it's probably not a good idea to copy it - using Prima's copyrighted walkthroughs directly probably doesn't qualify as fair use, and would also be incompatible with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license that all text contributed to Inkipedia is licensed as (Inkipedia:Copyrights). --Kaioora (talk) 04:57, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Weapon Classifications
Do we have an official standard we're following as to what classification a main weapon is? For example, I would not have expected Splatling to be its own class (it's a shooter) if we're not classing Blasters and Inkbrushes as separate from Shooters and Rollers, respectively.

15:46, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess it really comes down to how they control and act. Splatlings however act differently than Shooters in that they require a charge, Sloshers are different from Shooters due to using ink in an arc-like fashion. At the same time, Blasters and Brushes are pretty different from their Shooter and Roller parent category in a number of ways. Other resources like Prima and IGN only categorize between the Main three (Shooter, Charger, and Roller), which I guess makes sense if we're going by the Amiibo challenges, but it seems pretty outdated since the addition of Splatlings and Sloshers. There are a few ways to handle this if we're reclassifying. Right now we have 5 main weapon categories, but we have 2 we consider subcategories. We could only have the main three as main categories with Splatlings, Blasters, Brushes, and Sloshers distributed into subcategories of the main three. Each of the previously mentioned could have their own even category. I'd be fine with reclassifying for the most part. ~CreatorGX  (Talk ) 18:51, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's my stance. I think everything should stay as it is. While they may not be officially recognized in game as seperate classes, I don't the new weapon types are enough like any of the other classes to be considered sub classes at all. The Slosher plays nothing like Shooters, Rollers, or Chargers, and if Splatlings were to be in a sub class, I think they belong in chargers. These reasons are kind of why I disagree with CreatorGX's proposals for new categorization. While the brushes and blasters may have different playSTYLES from rollers and shooters respectively, the mechanics behind them are essentially the same. Both rollers and brushes flick ink when is tapped, and leave trails behind the player when the button is held, and both shooters and blasters fire shots when  is held. The only difference between them is the speed at which they're played, brushes being faster than rollers, and blasters being slower than shooters, which is where the different playstyles come from. However, this isn't the case with Splatlings and Sloshers because they don't play the same as the other three main classes. This is why I think they should be left as is. I know this whole speech is probably really confusing but it's just my opinion. - IanMS00   talk  21:36, 4 September 2015 (UTC)