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Consensus template

With the recent difficulties of getting formal consensus to make decisions, I'd like to suggest that we make a template that can be used to mark a major discussion. Pages with the template could be linked to on Recent Changes via a category or something. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 20:09, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

I think we need clear guidelines on what makes a major discussion, and what is a consensus. A lot of decisions are made off-site now on Discord simply because it's real time chat and those on the server get notifications about it. Is a major discussion one that is time-pressured? Site-wide change? Site-interface change? Affects some (but not all) users, such as mobile? As for consensus--Sigma talk 04:41, 30 July 2017 (UTC)... perhaps a time limit and if no-one bothers to vote then the motion is passed as a "not enough care one way or another".

We can certainly add more quick links to the top of Recent Changes via MediaWiki:Recentchangestext and to Inkipedia:Maintenance with the number of ongoing discussions (pages in the category). Perhaps make a quick filter list for recent discussions, though I don't think you can filter by multiple namespaces?

We could make use of the MediaWiki:Sitenotice for really important discussions.

Slate Talk Contribs 11:30, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

I've made a consensus policy based on SmashWiki's to address your concern. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 13:22, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Seems like a good idea. Many discussions never get anywhere because people don't have easy access to them. Making them accessible on the recent changes list would solve that. Heddy (talk) 22:24, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Bump now that INK:CONSENSUS has been passed. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 22:18, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

[[User:Nyargleblargle/Drafts/Maintenance|This]] is what the link would look like (I also added some other maintenance links beside it). Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 20:45, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Splatoon 2 Hero Mode Placement

The placement of the Sardinium looks absolutely ridiculous (e.x Return of the Octarians), it should be placed after the Sunken Scroll information. When compared to the original Hero Mode Information (e.x Octotrooper Hideout) it looks sloppy and disorganized. --Snowwarrior92 04:03, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

I only did that because Sardinium appeared before the Sunken Scroll in the infobox. And on that note, shouldn't "scroll" be lowercase in the infobox as it was for the Octo Valley pages? Sigma talk 04:06, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

I understand the confusion, but we should try to keep to the original format from Splatoon 1. On another note we should change the scroll to lowercase to keep with the original format.--Snowwarrior92 04:17, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

To be fair, Sardinium wasn't in Splatoon. Sigma talk 04:41, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

I understand where you are coming from and maybe we should try to work together. It might prevent stepping on eachother's toes.--Snowwarrior92 04:45, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Remove recommendations from weapon articles

It's time to overhaul the weapon articles! But before we do that, can we get consensus to remove the recommended abilities and recommended gear sections from weapon articles? These are the reasons:

• Consistency. Many articles do not have these sections, so removing them altogether will make the wiki more consistent.
• Conflict. One editor may believe that Ninja Squid helps a Carbon Roller player due to the stealth effect. Another editor may believe that the ability is a bad choice for a Carbon Roller player because of the -10% swim speed penalty. Who is right? Well they're both right about any facts they provide, but their opinions don't really belong here. The objective facts should be stated, on the Ninja Squid article and not the Carbon Roller article:
  • Ninja Squid helps players by providing for stealthy movement.
  • Ninja Squid hurts players by slowing down their movement.
• Workload. This ties in with consistency. If one article has a section but another does not, work has to be done to give the latter article the needed content. This has proven to be too much work: the second game in the series came out, but these sections were still not present in articles for the first game's weapons. Let's reduce the workload so we can focus on more important things. Heddy (talk) 15:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I'd suggest reformatting the sections to take a more fact-based angle ("major users of this weapon, such as so and so, generally utilize these abilities"), but I think the competitive meta should still be discussed somewhere on this wiki until we finally get the Competitive namespace. Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 15:54, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I believe that this is subjective and should have no place in the main article space. 15:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

What I want to do is make a new Competitive: namespace for all the strategy/metagame content and leave all subjective material out of Main: entirely. The biggest obstacle to that is compelling Prod to add the namespace. (-: GuyPerfect (talk) 16:01, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

What do we do in the meantime? Perhaps drafts? Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 16:02, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure the namespace should be called competitive. Some strategy content is on articles about a cooperative game type, Salmon Run. Why not "strategy"? The content we are wanting to move all fits the definition of the word strategy: "a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim." Heddy (talk) 17:53, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

The vast majority of the content being moved is team/tournament pages. 18:14, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Why would that stuff be moved too? I thought we were talking about banishing subjective content from mainspace. Teams are not subjective, and according to the inkipedia policy they belong on mainspace as long as they meet an eligibility criteria, and they should be a separate discussion anyways. "strategy" is soooo much better than "competitive" for the type of content I'm talking about moving. Heddy (talk) 18:34, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I think there should still be a mention in the main weapon pages to abilities that benefit from weapon's weakness spot such as slow movement for Splatlings and the strong point of having Run Speed up against that weapon's weak spot of slow movement while charging and firing. 16:25, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree, Shachar, that it should be mentioned, but not in Main. Perhaps we could link the strategy articles to the Main articles. 5p1k3 (talk) 15:26, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Gear Article placement

Looking at Gear articles of clothes that appear in Splatoon 1 and 2, The info for Splatoon 2 is listed first, than Splatoon 1. Is this the decided format, because honestly I'm not a fan and I believe that it should be listed chronologically. KingAwesome467 (talk) 19:38, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

They are listed chronologically, just in reverse for the convenience of readers. What benefit is there to not having it reversed? Heddy (talk) 20:11, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I don't know, it just looks tacky to me, and I'm used to so many other Wikis (including other NIWA Wikis listing things chronologically going down), as it's like showing the history and evolution of this item clothing throughout the games and time.I mean Wiki's are basically encyclopedia's, meant to inform and tell history, and while I don't know much about actually encyclopedias, I'm sure most don't start from the present and work backwards. Would it really kill them to scroll down for half a second or use the table of contents? I know it's just my opinion and it doesn't really matter, but it really rubs me the wrong way. KingAwesome467 (talk) 21:27, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

bump? KingAwesome467 (talk) 20:15, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

I guess it would be okay for the gear articles. I just want articles like Splatfest and List of updates in Splatoon 2 to always have the most relevant info at the top. I am interested in hearing others' opinions on this topic. Heddy (talk) 21:33, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Weapon page format

Regardless of the earlier split discussion, I feel the current layout of multi-game weapons and gear is absolutely unacceptable. It's effectively a soft page split with everything about the items (even what their iterations have in common!) segregated by game and infoboxes deep within the page. Therefore, I suggest two alternatives:

1. Rewrite the pages to use a single infobox for both games and combine redundant information.
2. While this was very divisive earlier, I think splitting by game basically has the same result as the current system, but is easier to navigate.

Anyone object to either of these? Have a better suggestion? Nyargleblargle (Contribs) 19:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

I agree that I'm not a fan of this new format adds alot of unnecessary length to the articles with 2 very similiar infoboxes, and I prefer the previous infobox format. I'm also personally strongly against putting things in reverse chronological order. KingAwesome467 (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

The first thing you see in the infobox is the image of the weapon/gear, which looks slightly different in each game. Unless you are proposing having both images in the infobox, which would bloat it considerably, combining the infoboxes doesn't seem like a good idea. There is usually enough info that is different anyways. Heddy (talk) 02:41, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Flag for NoA Spanish

A little suggestion, I would like to ask for the flag being used when referring to the NoA Spanish localizations to be changed from the Mexican flag to the CELAC flag. The localization is aimed towards Spanish speakers throughout the Americas (not just for Mexico), and the Zelda Wiki and Bulbapedia already use it. Hadamsj (talk) 00:56, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Octo Canyon Mission Galleries

I need a quick solution. In Splatoon 1 I gathered a bunch of images for hero mode and each page had a different number of images in their respective galleries. For Splatoon 2 I want each page to be more streamlined and even with each other. I know that the checkpoints and collectibles each get one or two images per section, but how many images should the gallery portion have? --Snowwarrior92 07:10, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

3 images per gallery should give a good foundation for others to build on. However there should not be a limit. If one mission has more to show off than another, it should have more images. Heddy (talk) 23:26, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Stage Quotes

I have a handwritten list of stage quotes from Splatoon 2 and I was wondering how I should go about implementing them. I am not to familiar with adding new quotes.--Snowwarrior92 09:11, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

If by stage you mean the multiplayer stages then you would not have to do anything original. Just follow the existing example set on each stage article. Like this:

 {{StageQuotes
 |C=Pearl
 |M=Marina
 |C1A=Line of dialogue from Pearl
 |M1A=Line of dialogue from Marina
 |R1A=NOE, NOA (regions go here)
 |C2A=
 |M2A=
 |R2A=
 }}

Consider joining our Discord server for real-time help with this. Heddy (talk) 02:43, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks again for the help. Once I get in from work I'll type up as much of the quotes as I can.--Snowwarrior92 02:58, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Updating the Older Hero Mode Sections

With the recent updates with the older Hero Mode articles, I was wondering if we should keep the pictures of the quotes or should we delete them? Splatoon 2's Hero Mode articles don't have photos of the quotes and I think that it looks a million times better. Any suggestions would be much appreciated--Snowwarrior92 06:27, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

The images are great because they show context of each quote. As a bonus, they make it super easy to verify that the person who wrote the quote on Inkipedia spelled and colored text correctly. Feel free to not add them to new articles, but removing any valid contributions from existing articles isn't a good idea. Heddy (talk) 22:34, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Updating the Amiibo articles

So the Amiibo pages could still use some work. Not all the information is there, and some of it is on side pages and not the main Amiibo page. Roboat06 (talk) 02:09, 24 February 2018

User:Hinamin seems to have been doing some great work on that. See Special:Contributions/Hinamin for the changes in the personal userspace -Inkrid (talk) 08:37, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

What Can I Do to Help?

Hey my fellow squids. Is there any major projects that need dire help that I can sink my fangs into?--WhistlingSquid (talk) 01:58, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Go here: Inkipedia:Maintenance. You're welcooommme!

~Modder (talk) 19:26, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Weird Formating

There are several pages that don't follow the same formatting as the rest of the site. Should I go ahead and fix them or should I get permission?--WhistlingSquid (talk) 02:46, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Idea for new feature: Task Suggestions Suggestion Categorizing

I joined this wiki about two weeks ago, because I wanted to be part of the community. I have made some small contributions so far, and I enjoy it. Problem is, through, that I am not able to easily find tasks that I can help with. I am thinking that maybe we could use a feature where we can add 'subjects' to templates like the 'ToDo' and the 'Images' tags, so that editors might be able to search for them and find stuff to do that way. Or even better, they might be able to specify what 'subjects' they are capable of helping with somewhere, and then a special page will be generated that the editor can access every time they are looking for ways to contribute. It is just a suggestion, but if possible, I would be glad to help make this a thing. -tecanec (talk) 15:50, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

New Idea for Mission Mode Quotes

How does this look? Compare https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/User:WhistlingSquid/hero_mode_format to the original format https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Octarians--WhistlingSquid (talk) 01:47, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

I like that new format because it saves space. It also looks like it would be easy to change later if someone needed to, so don't worry about using it. Heddy (talk) 01:58, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Heddy. I'll get right on working on the quotes throughout the next couple of days.--WhistlingSquid (talk) 02:03, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Retooling Mission Modes

I worked most of the night and wanted to know if the quote table and maybe one of the gallery sizes could be used in the mission mode segments?

https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/User:WhistlingSquid/hero_mode_format--WhistlingSquid (talk) 08:37, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Player-made minigames

I remember seeing, a while back, an article with several player made gamemodes for private battle. I cannot recall the name of the article, and believe it should be made more accessible. Agent 7 (talk) 19:28, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

See fan modes. Heddy (talk) 23:13, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

How do I add another mode in the same format? Agent 7 (talk) 14:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

That article had a really bad format. It should just be text, not images. Images are only easily editable by the creator of the image, so they should not be used at all to format that article's content. I restored sane formatting to the article to make it easy to edit. Heddy (talk) 18:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Splatoon AUs and Stories

Many people have stories about Splatoon, right? My idea is to create a new wiki for Fandom content (Like the Pikmin Fanon wiki on NIWA). Any alternate versions or stories about Splatoon can be added here for people to find. It's made in a similar fashion to the UnderTale AU Wiki (See Here:[1]).

Modderkin64 (talk) 21:25, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

This wiki isn't willing to host such content and we aren't currently interested in setting one up, however you're able to make your own Wikia for it. 21:56, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm asking someone else to make it, because my computer is old and I can't download MediaWiki until I get a new one. ~Modder (talk) 22:45, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

You wouldn't have to download anything, just use a free wiki service such as FANDOM. Heddy (talk) 00:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Ok, I made one right here: [2]. Is it possible for it to be linked to Inkipedia so people can find it easier? Or have someone make an announcement about it?

~Modder (talk) 17:58, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Like we said before, we won't probably partner with a wiki of that nature but you are most welcome to use us as source ;) and you can always link to your site on your talk page. --Raltseye prata med mej 19:49, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Addressing the Octolings with the Inklings

How should we address the players' character in the wiki? Putting down "Inklings and Octolings" every single time seems a bit awkward in terms of flow, so is there an term that can be used to address the players' character regardless of species? Kenderman123 (talk) 16:31, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Maybe mollusks since both squids and octopuses both are mollusks? Pinkyoshifan (talk) 17:22, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Just saying "player" would be sufficient in most cases. If not, maybe try "player character", "character", or "cephalopod". Heddy (talk) 23:42, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

I coined "Cephalings". Heh, nobody's gonna use that. "Inkling" is OK when talking about Splatoon, but I'd just use "character". 5p1k3 (talk) 23:01, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Section for in-game songs?

How about we create a section for in-game songs? This could include the Japanese lyrics, Romaji transliteration, and unofficial English interpretations. Music is a big part of Splatoon 2, so I think it could be helpful to visitors. I already have some unofficial english lyrics for two songs, mine and someone else's that I edited. Splattersky (talk) 01:39, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm all for it, except for the unofficial lyrics part. Inkipedia tends to be a collection of facts and some conjecture.. all based on official sources. Adding unofficial material may not be conducive to Inkipedia's goals. Then again, I'm not a mod *heh* -DJParticle (talk) 04:58, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Great! So does that mean I can create it, or do I have to get permission from a mod? (I'm new sorry hehe) Splattersky (talk) 09:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Are the Japanese lyrics official? Do the Japanese lyrics have meaning, or are they just gibberish? By "unofficial english lyrics" do you mean that it would simply be a fan translation of official lyrics? Heddy (talk) 21:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

It's just gibberish, but it is official (printed in the liner notes of the soundtrack albums). As for "unofficial English lyrics", that's usually just fans making their own English lyrics for the songs. The only canonical English lyric translation is the first couple lines of "Bomb Rush Blush", which show up as a Callie word balloon in the opening moments of the Splatoon 2 boss fight. -DJParticle (talk) 22:07, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

So, I have the Japanese lyrics and Romaji transliteration (if that's okay?) for a few songs, so can I go ahead and make it? Splattersky (talk) 00:04, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Sure, here is the article to add the lyrics to: Splatune 2 (Splatoon 2 Original Soundtrack). Looks like there are already some lyrics there. Heddy (talk) 00:49, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Actually, I made a disambiguation page that has a list of songs that have had their official lyrics released: Lyrics. All the songs already have the lyrics and transliterations on there in some form or another, although I'd imagine having them all on one page wouldn't be a bad idea either. Hadamsj (talk) 01:10, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Oh, the songs I did have the lyrics for already have lyrics, so never mind. I might think about making a page that has all the lyrics that are currently available, would that be a good idea? Splattersky (talk) 03:26, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Are there lyrics for all the songs, or just the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook Songs? 5p1k3 (talk) 15:09, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Youtubers?

Do you think we could make a section about splatubers"? Do you think this could be useful or not? LightningEYT (talk) 04:39, 4 August 2018 (UTC)Lightning Emerald

I think that could be very useful, but I don't know if the mods would like it; it's not necessarily "facts", although I'm all for it- Splattersky (talk) 09:03, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

I could see it being added as a category to add user pages to. -DJParticle (talk) 09:11, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Policy for non-Splatoon content with Splatoon characters? Suggestion

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is comming out soon, and it includes Inklings, so like many other non-smash NIWA-wikis, we already have an article covering it. However, I think we could use a policy to keep it focused on Splatoon content.

My thoughts are that we should allow articles covering non-Splatoon stuff, as long as the Inklings or other Splatoon-derived stuff play a major role to the subject, and that the article focuses primarely on these inclusions. We may also want to include a template specifying this on the top of our article, simmalar to the Future template. Subjects not following these criteria are still covered in References to Splatoon in other media.

--tecanec (talk) 09:26, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

• I made a template to demonstrate. --tecanec (talk) 12:50, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Having a policy would be nice just in case we need to show someone a clear explanation of what is in scope and out of scope for Inkipedia. However, a page notice template is unecessary. Page notices should ideally only be used for temporary purposes, because they make it look like there is something wrong with the article. Heddy (talk) 20:43, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

That makes sense. Do you think it makes more sense to change the way the template looks or remove it completely? --tecanec (talk) 06:57, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Remove template. Policy should be explained on policy pages, not in a permanent notice template on every applicable page. Heddy (talk) 13:46, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

What should we call the Inkling language?

What exactly should we call the Inkling language? I saw a page on here (I think it was about Agent 3's cape in the Expansion) and it said Inklish, which is a fairly accepted name (I used to say it myself) but with the Fork vs Spoon splatfest, if Marina had won her dialogue read "Besides, Inkling is my second language" so that pretty much confirms it's simply called "Inkling" which is what the page dedicated to the language on here calls it, so I changed it to say Inkling. However, someone edited that to make it say "The Inkling language" or something similar, so I'm wondering what we should refer to it as? As in, should we always specify it to be the language? Or if the context already confirms it's the language, should we just say Inkling? Splattersky (talk) 07:34, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

"Inkling" should be used for the language as well. The English language almost always uses demonyms for languages. "I'm Russian, it is written in Russian" or "I'm Swedish, I speak Swedish" etc. You can infer if you're talking about a group of people or a language from what context it is in. Writing "it is written in the Inkling language" thus becomes redundant, "it is written in Inkling" is enough. However, sometimes you may need to specify it as "the Inkling language", just like how I did in the sentence above about the English language. If I hadn't, the sentence would have taken another meaning (i.e English as people rather than the language). So yes, context is key here. – 10:46, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

OK, gotcha! That's what I initially thought lol Splattersky (talk) 10:59, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

I've always called it Squiddish, which makes sense because Inklings and Octolings have their own languages. Have I been spreading misinformation, or does it have canon basis? 5p1k3 (talk) 15:09, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

"Inkling" is the canon term, and "Octarian" is the one for the Octolings (and the rest of the Octarians). It is mentioned here and there in both games, such as during news segments. For example, What are the three most embarrassing words in the Inkling language?" – 17:34, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Makes sense, I guess. Thank you! 5p1k3 (talk) 23:01, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Future template is changed?

Hey, I'm curious, how come the "future" template got changed? I liked it the way it was, it seemed less like there was something wrong with the page and more of just a reminder. The question mark and the fact that the "Fuuuuture!" title was removed makes it look, again, like there's something wrong with the article. Could the administrator who did this please explain why? Thanks, Splattersky (talk) 01:13, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

I changed the future tag to make it smaller and less intrusive, like the stub and conjecture tags. Nothing could be more fitting for the uncertain future than a question mark. Heddy (talk) 03:09, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Well... okay, I don't agree, but I see your point. But the question mark is already in use by a few other tags, why make them all so similar? Splattersky (talk) 03:50, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

There's only one other tag that uses it, which is the conjecture tag. Regardless, I restored the spongebob references to the future template because I don't have a strong opinion on this topic. Heddy (talk) 03:46, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Oh, pfft, I didn't even know it was a spongebob reference lol. But okay, cool! Thanks! I think it looks better :D Splattersky (talk) 03:52, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Updated Octarians page

I feel like the current Octarians page is a little weak with information regarding the Octarians' in-world history, origins and society. While the page has some updated information from Splatoon 2 and the Octo Expansion, The Inkling page has everything from sections on their appearance, their culture, holidays, etc, while the Octarian page just feels like it just has lists which redirect to different pages on each individual Octarian. At this point though, so much material has come out that I think we can confidently say a lot more about the Octarians than we could just a couple years ago.

My proposition is that a couple of us could at least try adding three new sections to the Octarians entry. Something that maybe looks more like:

*Appearance
 **Growth Cycle
*History
 **Origins
 **The Great Turf War
 **Splatoon 1
 **Splatoon 2
 **Post-Octo Expansion
*Society
 **Government
 **Culture
 **Relationship with the Inklings
 **Relationship with other species
*"Reformed" Octarians
  **Relationship with other Octarians
  **Relationship with DJ Octavio
 **"Sanitized" Octarians

It would require quite a bit of writing, but I'm willing to write as much as I can myself, as long as I have a couple people to help out. Octo-maker71 (talk) 00:29, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Hey, this sounds like a great idea! I'm all in. I'd love to help out on this! It should be added to the current projects page and have a talk page :p Splattersky (talk) 01:39, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Done! :) Octo-maker71 (talk) 02:34, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation Pages

I've seen several disambiguation pages listed in the "How can I help?" pages, specifically "Oldest pages" list. I feel they should be removed from those lists, as many of them do not need further improvements as their placement in the pages would suggest. 5p1k3 (talk) 15:20, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Weapons' Quotes Pages

In all honesty, I think these aren't necessary for each and every weapon. I can see why they might be nice to have in places such as the Fire Emblem Wiki for such dialogue-heavy games as those, but the quotes pages are pretty stubby. Would it be a good idea to merge those into their respective weapon pages? 5p1k3 (talk) 23:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

I completely agree. The weapon quote pages, although linked on their respective weapon page, are extremely small and disappointing. Having the quotes on the pages make so much more sense. Splattersky (talk) 00:05, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Uploading Captured Images From Nintendo Switch

Is it a good idea? I can definitely do it once I get a microSD and an adapter. However, I'm worried about the quality. I'm sure many images here are taken from Capture, but just wanted to put it out there in case I'm having a very bad idea. 5p1k3 (talk) 15:28, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

While using a capture card certainly is better, having an image is better than having no image. The Switch capture quality is more than usable so feel free if you're adding something new. 16:16, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

You can also upload the image to Facebook or Twitter so that you can save it to your computer or mobile device. Warriorking98 (talk) 22:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

That reduces the quality further, though if necessary taking from there is fine. 20:08, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you both so much! I'll take that into consideration~! 5p1k3 (talk) 17:49, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

From Twitter, if you "View Image", and add ":orig" after the extension of the file name, you get the full quality image as uploaded.  :) -DJParticle (talk) 08:08, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Just know that if you are planning to upload videos the max file size for Inkipedia is 2 megabytes so you might need to make them small and low quality

Should Inkling and Octoling be capitalized?

S'pose the title says it all. I'm pretty sure I've seen both in-game and on murchandise (geddit?) but I've always written capital I and O on here. So which is it? Splattersky (talk) 05:07, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

I'd say capitalize both. --Raltseye prata med mej 03:29, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I totally agree that they should both be Capitalized. Stay Fresh! Woomynator (talk) 13:03, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Idols' Ages And Lore

The Squid vs. Octopus Splatfest banter from Off The Hook established that one year had passed since the game premiered. Wouldn't that make Pearl 22, Marina 19, and the Squid Sisters 20 these days? -DJParticle (talk) 09:26, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

I guess so. I mean Pearl says "SO... Y'all ready to celebrate the one-year anniversary of our show?!" in the English announcement dialogue for Squid vs. Octopus. Warriorking98 (talk) 22:51, 19 November 2018.

I would say so, except there's the fact that we don't know how the Inklings and Octolings measure time. It could be like dogs or cats, where 1 year = 7 years, and so on and so forth. When we say Marina is "18" could actually be 28 years in squid/octo time measures, so we don't know if they count a full year as a year for age. Splattersky (talk) 23:09, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Well, the Inklings and Octolings model much of their world after human civilization, so why not use their measurement systems as well? 5p1k3 (talk) 16:33, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Poll Suggestions

I have been suggesting polls for a while now and noticed that, when going to the list of previous polls, almost all of them have been suggested by the same person. I feel like this means that other people are not getting the chance to show their ideas for polls. Is there anything we can do about this?--Splatana (talk) 08:38, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

I agree with Splatana. I have suggested a few good polls and none of them have gotten on the main page. Warriorking98 (talk) 22:01, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Maybe there could be a page that replaces the poll voting page every time the polls are going to change and people could vote on which poll that will appear on the main page next?--Splatana (talk) 08:33, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

I'm taking the suggestions of the polls into consideration but some are not universal, were already or too minor. We could make a poll suggestion page but making a poll for which poll to use is kinda redundant. Talking about which one through the wiki's discord sounds appropriate. I would really like someone to help me with the polls and put them more frequently in the wiki. If any of you would like to help, write to me in my Talk page or DM me in Discord (Shahar#3810) 09:52, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

"This page is under construction" Template

Does anyone know the text for the "This page is under construction" template so I can use it? If you know tell me on my talk page. Thanks!--Splatana (talk) 08:34, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Pages

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but...how do you create a page? --SundaeSquid (talk) 16:02, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Type in the name of the page you want to create in the search bar,then click on the bold text saying "Create the page(page name)on this wiki!" Hope this helps.--Splatana (talk) 11:23, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Deleting and moving contents from unnecessary pages?

The page Location only list and talks about the places the player can travel to via the map on the Wii U Gamepad, which could fit better in the Map article. The name is also misleading, since people searching on the wiki would probably be looking for locations in general, as a broader term, which is covered well in the Inkopolis article.

Other articles, such as Inkopolis Café and Camp Jellyfish, are names based on conjecture and are describing inaccessable places seen from accessable areas. Are these articles really necessary, as there are many other inaccessible areas that are visible from an accessible area, such as subways, train stations, streets and etc. Should these places just be covered in the main articles for the accessable areas or could make a general article that compiles all the inaccessible areas, or just deleted?--Hinamin (talk) 11:30, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

I think the former would make more sense, but it could also be accompanied by a link to a full page with details about all the inaccessible areas. 5p1k3 (talk) 16:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Splatfest Image issues - Embedding

Recently, I've had issues embedding two particular Splatfest images into my Musing pages: Trick v Treat and Salsa v Guac. With the former, changing the pixel size from x200 to x201 worked, but the latter won't embed no matter what pixel size I give it. What am I doing wrong?  :( -DJParticle (talk) 08:18, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Fandom Splatoon wiki

When searching for Inkpedia on the web, I came across this wiki, http://splatoon.wikia.com/wiki/Splatoon_Wiki:Home It seems to be pretty small. Do you think we could merge it with Inkpedia? --Splatana (talk) 11:20, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

That's the original Splatoon Wiki, the old version of this one we're on. The wiki was however soon approached to join NIWA, the network of Nintendo Wikis, where the Wiki would be transferred from the free Wikia service to the independently hosted servers of Mediawiki, (I could mope all day on how much I hate wikia, but anyways). Part of the move included the name change from Splatoon Wiki to Inkipedia. The thing is, Wikia doesn't allow Wikis to be deleted or archived, so the original just sits there, with just a few editors for whatever reason decide to contribute to that ghost town instead of this one. You can see this with a ton of other Wikis that decide to break the shackles of Wikia, but because Wikia tends to get better Search engine results, people contribute to the old wiki instead of the new one, causing 2 competing wikis. Very annoying, but a few Wikis do manage to regain their popularity over search engines, and luckily, Inkipedia is one of them. Further info KingAwesome467 (talk) 17:09, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I actually have been using the wikis on Fandom (not the splatoon one tho) for quite a while now. It is pretty small/missing a lot of info, like you said, so maybe we could ask them what they think? --SundaeSquidTalk 21:34, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, about what and why? They probably (hopefully) know that we exist and they can't delete their site. We could always go over and advertise our wiki but that's frowned upon by the Wikia staff and is something they have banned people for in the past. --Raltseye prata med mej 01:04, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

True, I didn't think about how they can't delete their site and probably wouldn't want too, anyway. I agree with Raltseye --SundaeSquidTalk 23:12, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Allow unregistered editing

Now that new content for Splatoon 2 is ending (or at least slowing down), I'm curious if anyone wants Inkipedia to allow unregistered users to have basic editing privileges. Should anything go wrong if we enabled this, we have ToggleAnonRights for quickly disabling unregistered editing. Filters (like this, and this, and this) can prevent vandalism from unregistered users. The wiki could be missing out on plenty of good edits by having an account barrier between people and editing, so I think it's worth a trial period at least.

For reference, these independent video game wikis allow unregistered users to edit: ARMS Institute, Chrono Wiki, Dragon Quest Wiki, Golden Sun Universe, Kingdom Hearts Wiki, Nookipedia, Pikipedia/Pikmin Fanon, SmashWiki, StrategyWiki, Super Mario Wiki, Wars Wiki.

Opinions? Heddy (talk) 04:49, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

I think it would be a good idea, but we'd need to give it a test run first.--Splatana (talk) 09:14, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Grizzco weapons

On the pages for the blaster, charger, slosher, and brella, should we mention the grizzco variants? Cause those weapons technically are considered a part of those categories, after all (even tho they're only usable in salmon run) --SundaeSquidTalk 21:31, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Currently the wiki is treating them as a category of their own, the "rare weapons". I don't have an opinion on how they should be categorized, just wanted to point that out. Heddy (talk) 23:06, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Pages for individual songs

Considering how intrinsic music is to Splatoon, I think it's kinda ridiculous that we don't have pages for individual songs. There's simply too much information to simply put in the trivia of the bands respective pages. I've been working on an example on my sandbox, but I'm terrible at describing music and there's still a couple details that need going over. KingAwesome467 (talk) 15:19, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

I was wondering the exact same thing, I just never bothered to mention it here. I think it's a good idea, and I've seen your sandbox thingy; it looks great! --SundaeSquidTalk 15:43, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Be bold and go for it! Your sandbox page shows that it obviously a good idea. But, I don't think there should be a stubby article for every song; only songs that you have things to write about should have an article. Heddy (talk) 17:44, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Cool, I had a couple notes on the page of things I'm unsure of, but I'll move that to the discussion page. However I can't move the page itself to the Splattack! page as a redirect exists there, could someone sort that out? KingAwesome467 (talk) 18:18, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Although, come to think of it, my sandbox had some stuff before I made it into the Splattack page, so it may not be the best idea to move my sandbox? I don't know. KingAwesome467 (talk) 18:26, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Like you said, your page contains unrelated history, so there is no reason to move it there. Please copy and paste. Heddy (talk) 23:09, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Done KingAwesome467 (talk) 10:06, 28 December 2018 (UTC)