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RULES:
1. No flaming. Flaming will be quickly reverted.
2. Please no swearing, if you can help it.
3. No spamming. Spam will be reverted.
4. I will archive every 50 sections.
Mailan
Regarding this, there's no connection, and I don't know why you assumed there was. 
21:55, 14 February 2019 (EST)
Oh, sorry. Their usernames both sound similar and end in a year, so, sorry. Also, the accounts were both created within a short time of each other, so I assumed the accounts were related.
TheDarkStar(talk) 22:04, 14 February 2019 (EST)
- They were created almost a whole day apart, but admins check the IPs of new users that register. It's how the connection to their original account was made in the first place. You're not in trouble, but for future reference, if you think something's up with a user, contact an admin rather than directly confronting them. 22:15, 14 February 2019 (EST)
Oh, okay. I'll try to remember that next time. TheDarkStar (talk) 22:21, 14 February 2019 (EST)
I am not trying to vandalize
Who you please stop calling it vandalism I am not trying to vandalize the article and I am trying to say this in the nicest way possible. I apologize if it comes off this way though my intent is to try improve this wiki not vandalize it.
The preceding unsigned comment was added by 35.136.168.227 (talk).
- The edits in question were either redundant or speculative(Kate Higgins could just as possibly be actually singing). TheDarkStar (talk) 23:20, 2 March 2019 (EST)
- I just said this to Doomhiker this afternoon, don't be so quick to call edits vandalism if they look like they are actually trying to accomplish something. Unless it's blatant vandalism, an edit summary or talk page explanation would be helpful.
- That said, apologies for the edit war. I just got home and am a little tired, so I thought the full name used on the page was what the actual article was called :P 23:20, 2 March 2019 (EST)
- OK. TheDarkStar (talk) 23:22, 2 March 2019 (EST)
- A similar situation happened here. Make sure to consider all possibilities of an edit not being vandalism before calling it vandalism especially in this case as many users do not know that we do not cover fan-made content. Doomhiker (talk)
17:09, March 25, 2019 (EDT)
- Sorry, I didn't know of the mods. I will try to do a bit more research next time. TheDarkStar (talk) 17:55, March 25, 2019 (EDT)
- A similar situation happened here. Make sure to consider all possibilities of an edit not being vandalism before calling it vandalism especially in this case as many users do not know that we do not cover fan-made content. Doomhiker (talk)
- OK. TheDarkStar (talk) 23:22, 2 March 2019 (EST)
"enemies that only reappear in one game"
The SMB3 enemies only reappeared in one game when SMB&F was released, keep in mind. And that does matter. Very much. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:50, 8 March 2019 (EST)
- OK. TheDarkStar (talk) 19:50, 8 March 2019 (EST)
New, more compressed version of https://www.mariowiki.com/File:Wing_Mario_-_Super_Mario_64.png#file
Hi! I'm new to this wiki so I don't know how this works, but I made a more compressed (lossless) version of it via TinyPNG. It is around 600 kilobytes as opposed to the former 5 megabytes. No idea how this site works, but I uploaded it here. https://www.mariowiki.com/File:Wing_Mario_-_Super_Mario_64_(1).png It says I can't overwrite it or something on the original page. Could you add it in for me?
The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mariois64 (talk).
- Sorry, but I'm not the one you should ask about that. TheDarkStar (talk) 11:24, 9 March 2019 (EST)
Image category
This really was not acceptable at all. It's obviously not from Donkey Kong, so it shouldn't go in that category. Removing the accidentally-extra colon would have been a much better thing to have done. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:50, March 12, 2019 (EDT)
- Oh. I did not know that the image category was existent. TheDarkStar (talk) 18:57, March 12, 2019 (EDT)
- Good idea would have been to check the other image on the Rolling Frog page to see what it had. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:05, March 12, 2019 (EDT)
- OK, thanks! TheDarkStar (talk) 20:54, March 12, 2019 (EDT)
- Good idea would have been to check the other image on the Rolling Frog page to see what it had. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:05, March 12, 2019 (EDT)
Reverting edits
Don't simply continuously revert the edits leaving summaries telling the user to stop (this in particular was unnecessary). A lot of users don't check the history page or recent changes and therefore don't see the summaries, and in the case of vandals (if they do see it), would only provoke them further. In the future, leave a post on their talk page telling them what they did wrong, that way they'd be notified. 
Mario JC 00:47, March 20, 2019 (EDT)
- OK. I'll try to do that next time. TheDarkStar (talk) 00:53, March 20, 2019 (EDT)
Sea Cactus and Neuron
See this conversation. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:16, March 29, 2019 (EDT)
- I have reverted it. Thanks for letting me know. TheDarkStar (talk) 15:30, March 29, 2019 (EDT)
Hello.
Do you know how can I create my userpage? It says I can't. --Tent2 (talk) 18:03, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- Only autoconfirmed users can create pages. TheDarkStar (talk) 18:33, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
Ice Cherbil
Add that quote to MarioWiki:BJAODN/Enemies, that is amazing XD 21:55, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- Thanks, I will do that straight away! :D TheDarkStar (talk) 21:56, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- Added it. View it here! TheDarkStar (talk) 22:04, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- I think that might mean they don't take damage from it.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:40, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- Added it. View it here! TheDarkStar (talk) 22:04, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
"Plagiarism"
Quoting something is not plagiarism, and neither is listing an official description. "Plagiarism" is trying to pass something off as one's own writing when it isn't. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:40, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- OK. TheDarkStar (talk) 22:43, March 30, 2019 (EDT)
- They don't need to mention the brochure, it's not like they're writing an essay. It really only needs to be said that it's in-game text if it has writing that would otherwise go against our standards. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:53, April 4, 2019 (EDT)
Thanks
Thank you for helping me with that mario and luigi glitch [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 18:43, April 2, 2019 (EDT)
- You're welcome. You might want to update your signature, though. TheDarkStar
19:35, April 2, 2019 (EDT)
What is wrong with it. I tried to be original :) [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 20:04, April 2, 2019 (EDT)
It's finally here.
Listen to it. File:DtDD!.oga -- Tent2 (talk) 16:23, April 3, 2019 (EDT)
OGA Redirect
That redirect you made like minutes ago kinda broke the file, since now its playing the old version that Mikoro uploaded. -- Tent2 (talk) 17:21, April 3, 2019 (EDT)
- I will check and see what's wrong. Just clicking the "Upload a new version of this file" button would have made this a lot easier. TheDarkStar 17:23, April 3, 2019 (EDT)
- I checked, nothing's wrong. TheDarkStar 17:24, April 3, 2019 (EDT)
- It's probably just my browser, but its still playing the 1:19 second file audio for me. -- Tent2 (talk) 17:26, April 3, 2019 (EDT)
- I checked, nothing's wrong. TheDarkStar
I think I finally got it.
I'm not sure, though. --Tent2 
20:13, April 4, 2019 (EDT)
- Wow, you finally created your signature? I thought you were going to be autoconfirmed in two days, not one. TheDarkStar 20:19, April 4, 2019 (EDT)
RE: Plagiarism
You say that like that was the user's intention. The user was most likely trying to quote the brochure but just didn't mention it, especially since, as you yourself stated, they mentioned it the first few times. Don't always assume bad faith in other users. Mario JC 21:57, April 4, 2019 (EDT)
RE:userbox
Yes you can if I can use yours! [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 18:57, April 5, 2019 (EDT)
- You may. Just copy-paste the code I left on your talk page. :D TheDarkStar 18:58, April 5, 2019 (EDT)
A letter from The CoolYoshi
Dear TheDarkStar,
I am witting you a message in your talk page for a second. When I edit the article, DK's Jungle Adventure, you undo my edits and said that your wording is better than mine on this wiki. You know that it is the easiest board in the first Mario Party game for the Nintendo 64. It is rated 1 out of 3 stars. And the winning player gets a golden banana bunch from the chest. When I edited again, you made a second undo! You said that the previous wording is better than mine! I edited the article one more time and you undo it one more time at least. And I am so sorry that you undo my work.
Your Friend,
The CoolYoshi
- The only thing you did at all was change the words unnecessarily to other ones that fit less. Sorry, but i'll have to side with TheDarkStar on this one. --Tent2
15:26, April 6, 2019 (EDT)
And for the record...
He's animated now.
--Tent2 21:30, April 7, 2019 (EDT)
"This went unseen for years"
Um, the "no contractions" rule is only a few months old..... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:46, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
Undo
Why did you undo my bomb-omb edit? [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 17:27, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- It made things make less sense. The square brackets mean that a sentence is referring to something not named in the actual dialogue. You needlessly removed those, making the text pretty nonsensical. TheDarkStar 18:43, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- Also, please try not to give people a hard time for undoing your edits, because that violates the courtesy policy. TheDarkStar 18:45, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- The same policy explicitly states: "If they did not explain themselves in any of their edit summaries, you can contact them and ask why they reverted your edits, but don't be defensive or hostile about it." No policy was breached in his comment, as there was no hostility. Doomhiker (talk) 18:49, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- User talk:Mario jc#DELETING MY PAGE :(. TheDarkStar 18:52, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- How is that being hostile?--Tent2 18:55, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- Oh, wrong link. Sorry... TheDarkStar 18:55, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick#Sliding Haymaker. Hopefully this clears it up... sorry. TheDarkStar 18:56, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- I mean, all caps translates into yelling and having a frowning face could be considered as a mean of giving another user a hard time for undoing an edit. Doomhiker (talk) 18:57, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- Yeah, that's what I was going off. TheDarkStar 18:59, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- Sorry I was a little mad sorry... also QUOTE:”It made things make less sense. The square brackets mean that a sentence is referring to something not named in the actual dialogue. You needlessly removed those, making the text pretty nonsensical.” What are you talking about dark star? It is a wiki and I have never seen that anywhere else so I was trying to make it follow the wiki and it looked unprofessional so yeah. [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 19:03, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
- Yeah, that's what I was going off. TheDarkStar
- I mean, all caps translates into yelling and having a frowning face could be considered as a mean of giving another user a hard time for undoing an edit. Doomhiker (talk)
- User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick#Sliding Haymaker. Hopefully this clears it up... sorry. TheDarkStar
- Oh, wrong link. Sorry... TheDarkStar
- How is that being hostile?--Tent2
- User talk:Mario jc#DELETING MY PAGE :(. TheDarkStar
- The same policy explicitly states: "If they did not explain themselves in any of their edit summaries, you can contact them and ask why they reverted your edits, but don't be defensive or hostile about it." No policy was breached in his comment, as there was no hostility. Doomhiker (talk)
- Also, please try not to give people a hard time for undoing your edits, because that violates the courtesy policy. TheDarkStar
Sorry and thanks
Sorry about all the typos I am gojng of of DK Wiki so please forgive me I am not perfect[-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 20:39, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
Admin noticeboard
I fail to see why this was a necessary revision. Now they can't do rollback their typical way. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:30, April 9, 2019 (EDT)
User talk pages
If someone asks a question on a user talk page, they are wanting an answer from the user in question. Please do not step in unless the user is either inactive or they don't appear to be responding in a timely manner. 14:31, April 13, 2019 (EDT)
Undo
About my undo things. I use my Ipad so that was easy. I can tap desktop to undo something big though! [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 14:53, April 13, 2019 (EDT)
- It would be a good idea to stay on the desktop site altogether so you have easy access to the undo button. TheDarkStar 14:54, April 13, 2019 (EDT)
- To be honest! The mobile is easier for me but if I have to do something I will! [-]€40 分@4¡0 (talk) 14:56, April 13, 2019 (EDT)
Edits
Hello please do not edit my comments. Especially the ones on my talk and that are a year old!!! [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits)
17:52, April 17, 2019 (EDT)
- Editing comments is allowed as long as you are fixing formatting, such as your signature ending up in one of those code box things due to a space before it. TheDarkStar 17:54, April 17, 2019 (EDT)
- Excuse me!? Simple fact: DON’T EDIT COMMENTS!!!I don’t do that to anyone!!! [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits)
17:57, April 17, 2019 (EDT)
- Please stop yelling (i.e. using multitudes of exclamation points and/or writing in all-caps), as that goes against the courtesy policy. TheDarkStar 18:05, April 17, 2019 (EDT)
- sorry... but please don’t change my edits. As that also goes against the courtesy policy. [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits) 18:06, April 17, 2019 (EDT)
- As already stated you can alter comments if it complies with the rules stated: "*:The only comments you are allowed to remove are flames and acts of vandalism, and the only times you can alter another user's comment is to fix broken coding or replace a custom signature with {{user}} on pages which enforce the no-signature policy. Altering the actual content of a comment, even if you're just fixing typos, is a warnable offense. This is not limited to mainspace: even on your own talk page, you shouldn't delete a conversation. It is also inappropriate to go back and alter or remove your own comments from talk pages; if you no longer stand by something you said earlier, slash it out using <s></s> or <del></del>, but be sure to leave it up for the record. In proposals and FA nominations, if no one has "per"d your vote or addressed it in the comments, you may remove it; however, if someone has referred to your vote, you must slash it out and ensure that it is no longer counted in the tally by affixing it to the preceding line through use of <br>." Doomhiker (talk) 18:10, April 17, 2019 (EDT)
- As already stated you can alter comments if it complies with the rules stated: "*:The only comments you are allowed to remove are flames and acts of vandalism, and the only times you can alter another user's comment is to fix broken coding or replace a custom signature with {{user}} on pages which enforce the no-signature policy. Altering the actual content of a comment, even if you're just fixing typos, is a warnable offense. This is not limited to mainspace: even on your own talk page, you shouldn't delete a conversation. It is also inappropriate to go back and alter or remove your own comments from talk pages; if you no longer stand by something you said earlier, slash it out using <s></s> or <del></del>, but be sure to leave it up for the record. In proposals and FA nominations, if no one has "per"d your vote or addressed it in the comments, you may remove it; however, if someone has referred to your vote, you must slash it out and ensure that it is no longer counted in the tally by affixing it to the preceding line through use of <br>." Doomhiker (talk)
- sorry... but please don’t change my edits. As that also goes against the courtesy policy. [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits)
- Please stop yelling (i.e. using multitudes of exclamation points and/or writing in all-caps), as that goes against the courtesy policy. TheDarkStar
C.A.R.P.
I just saw my proposal on your userpage. I'm flattered that you think that was worth archiving.
(--) 18:37, April 21, 2019 (EDT)
- Well, thanks! I like acronyms, and I was the one who added it to the BJAODN in the first place, so I archived it on my userpage. TheDarkStar 20:08, April 21, 2019 (EDT)
Cool
Very cool userbox you got and thanks for using mine too! [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits) 09:38, April 22, 2019 (EDT)
Luigi
That’s not Luigi in the Gloomtail image. Mario wears Luigi’s clothes with the L Emblem badge. Scrooge200 (talk) 
13:31, April 22, 2019 (EDT)
- Oh. I haven't actually played TTYD, so I didn't know about the L Emblem badge. Sorry. TheDarkStar 13:32, April 22, 2019 (EDT)
Kremkoin "glitch"
Oh? I'm not too familiar with the Donkey Kong Country series, so is this more of a developer secret? 19:50, April 22, 2019 (EDT)
- Yeah, it's more of a debug exploit than a glitch. TheDarkStar 19:51, April 22, 2019 (EDT)
- Ah, interesting. DKWiki calls it a "cheat", so I thought it would work on the glitch page. Was going to include the info on the Kremkoin page anyway, as it is on Pirate Panic's page. 19:54, April 22, 2019 (EDT)
- Ah, interesting. DKWiki calls it a "cheat", so I thought it would work on the glitch page. Was going to include the info on the Kremkoin page anyway, as it is on Pirate Panic's page.
Top bar thing
You could've asked me for a custom one with any character you want, you know. --Tent2 18:08, April 27, 2019 (EDT)
- Ah, I see. However, I do think the Shroob header looks very nice. That's why I used it on my userpage in the first place. Thanks for letting me know. TheDarkStar 18:11, April 27, 2019 (EDT)
Tip
Also go to Ultimate Mr.L’s page. It is LITTERED in userboxes. [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits) 14:33, April 28, 2019 (EDT)
- OK, thanks for the tip! TheDarkStar 14:35, April 28, 2019 (EDT)
- Also a good quote from fawful [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits) 14:42, April 28, 2019 (EDT)
- Also a good quote from fawful [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits)
- ““The risks are in entering, the entering means risk, yes... RISK!!!””
- —Fawful. 14:35, April 28, 2019 (EDT)
Are you, by any chance......
On the Discord? I haven't seen you there, but maybe you are in, with another identity. --Tent2 21:31, April 30, 2019 (EDT)
Ha
I have officially made the largest text on the wiki!!!!
Read my etc... [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits) 18:26, May 2, 2019 (EDT)
- ...Why is THIS still there? [-]€40 vv@(talk · edits) 13:16, May 12, 2019 (EDT)
Reporting users
I would appreciate it if you didn't constantly report users just because they share similar usernames with other users. Common names occur all the time by coincidence, especially something like "(Popular Mario character name)(number)". The admins IP-check new users on a regular basis, and they'll know when they see it. Mario JC 22:11, May 5, 2019 (EDT)
Stubs
Here you incorrectly labeled an article as a stub: note that stub articles are pages that are missing information, not always small pages, so for example a small page may not be a stub, while a large page may be a stub. As far as I can tell Box Spring covers all of the subject's information, meaning that it is not a stub. Doomhiker (talk)
19:38, May 7, 2019 (EDT)
- OK. TheDarkStar 19:40, May 7, 2019 (EDT)
- @TheDarkStar I had a similar issue with Yoshi876, but it was with taking off the stub tag rather than putting it on an article. Mari0fan100 (talk) 22:31, May 7, 2019 (EDT)
Маммошка
Hey, I want to clarify why you added a "rewrite" template on the Mammoshka page. I've done some rewriting here, fixed some weird pronouns, fixed future tense, and also fixed some wonky phrasing, so I'm wondering if the page's issues are fixed. 
Ray Trace(T|C) 19:09, May 10, 2019 (EDT)
- There's a whole lot of poor and flowery writing on the page. Hope this answered your question! TheDarkStar 19:13, May 10, 2019 (EDT)
"A bunch of people online"
...as said by a character from the game itself in an official source. It's a fourth wall break. Still official. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:39, May 12, 2019 (EDT)
Special:Diff/2675195
I also forgot to point out that i wasn't brave enough to do it, because i like HEROMARIO (even though he is a bit problematic). --
FanOfYoshi 13:36, May 25, 2019 (EDT)
"Memorial"
Don't care if you were gravedancing or thought you were doing a serious "tribute" to another user, drawing attention to another user's block on the Sandbox as you did here is not acceptable. --Glowsquid (talk) 14:13, May 25, 2019 (EDT)
Talk:King Bill (Banzai Bill)
Three proposals still linked to the old name. You should check Special:WhatLinksHere first before marking it for deletion. Mario JC 21:42, May 28, 2019 (EDT)
Friend request
Hey there! I've noticed we've been contributing together! If you want my userbox, here it is! {{userbox|border=green|mainbkgd=lime|codebkgd=darkgreen|codecolor=red|code=[[File:Yoshi Mario Hat SM64DS.png|60px]]|msg=This user is a friend of [[User:FanOfYoshi|FanOfYoshi]]!}}
If you had an userbox, will it be the Dark Star, Dark Star X, Sentry Garage, Bull's-Eye Banzai, or Bolt Beam? FYI, the name "Sentry Garage" and "Bolt Beam" come from the encyclopedia. Also, funny userpage. -- FanOfYoshi 15:02, June 3, 2019 (EDT)
- Well, thanks! I do have one, it's at the bottom of my userpage. TheDarkStar 15:03, June 3, 2019 (EDT)
This edit summary
Actually kinda.... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:54, June 6, 2019 (EDT)
Granivolus
heya! Wanted to thank you on clearing up the thing with me uploading images. I don't do wiki help all that often, so sometimes I don't 100% understand what exactly. I decided to make a account and help with constructing some articles, one of which is the List of regional coins in the Luncheon Kingdom. Thought I'd test posting 1 image to make sure things were good before uploading the rest, but otherwise, thanks for letting me know that I was missing something crucial! If I end up missing anything else, feel free to let me know~
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Species templates
It might be a good idea to look through them all and figure out what to do on MarioWiki:Proposals or MarioWiki talk:Navigation templates. Most of the species templates will be categories in template form, because that's what a category is meant for. But some, like Category:Wigglers, can probably stay because of how many games the character has been in? Something should probably be reworked or made clearer here. 12:28, June 7, 2019 (EDT)
About that recent Flame Runner edit reversion
You think that my attempt on implementing this proposal on the Flame Runner article is "unnecessary"? It totally is necessary. Hence why this talk page message is necessary. I've been doing this to a whole bunch of other articles and no one's made a fuss about it! The proposal specifically states to keep all mentions of regional English differences with the NTSC and PAL terminology for the NES, SNES, N64, GCN and Wii, while using the "American" and "British" terminology for all other consoles. Hence why my edits should be kept that way. – Owencrazyboy9 (talk) 22:58, June 7, 2019 (EDT)
- Oh, sorry! I was reverting the unnecessary trivia. I hadn't even noticed you'd edited it afterwards. TheDarkStar 23:02, June 7, 2019 (EDT)
- Thanks for clearing things up! Mistakes do tend to happen every so often... Hopefully this sort of thing doesn't happen again. Next time it does, here's hoping it will be an accident. – Owencrazyboy9 (talk) 23:09, June 7, 2019 (EDT)
This accusation
No, that's not edit sniping. OMF had made literally no progress in creating that, and WW had no way of knowing that was on his sandbox. It's only edit sniping if the actual text was blatantly taken from there, and since there was no text on OMF's section for it yet, that isn't edit sniping, period. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:27, June 8, 2019 (EDT)
Removing my edit
From NickGD to you
Hello, I just wanted to thank you for editing [www.mariowiki.com/Metal_Mario_(character)#Mario_Kart_8_2 this page] for me. I knew my ghost data got removed!
The preceding unsigned comment was added by NickGD (talk).
This edit
I know, I was referring to the ip. Sorry if that was unclear. Doomhiker (talk) 17:36, June 10, 2019 (EDT)
Friend request
From NickGD (again)
I am new (as a user) to the wiki and I also would like to be friends with you because you are a great reviser and also nice. If you accept my request, please meet me in the chatroom. Thanks!
The preceding unsigned comment was added by NickGD (talk).
- I don't do the chatroom, so no thanks. Also, please sign your comments with ~~~~. TheDarkStar 18:20, June 10, 2019 (EDT)
User:TheDarkStar#Conjectural Enemy Names
Actually, the name "Chomp Pup" doesn't come from the Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima guide, it doesn't even distinguish them from normal Chomps. -- FanOfYoshi 08:48, June 13, 2019 (EDT)
