MarioWiki:Questions & Answers

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Sig

How do you sign an edit?

Patroller

How do I become a Patroller or Sysop? Tails777

Take a look at MarioWiki:FAQ#How do I become an admin? --™ The 'Shroom 22:25, 5 January 2011 (EST)

Question

Hi, while i have been looking through some pages I've noticed the words Sequel and follow-up. What is the difference between a sequel and a follow-up?

-IGGY7735

I don't think there's a very large difference, a sequel is a game that came out to follow-up the game before. So I'd say they are the same, or so similar that it doesn't really matter. Marioguy1 (talk)

Hi, i cant edit my page,can you help?Minimario

You have to be a member of the wiki for a week and make ten mainspace edits before you can create and edit your userpage. It's explained on MarioWiki:Autoconfirmed users. - Walkazo 23:41, 3 February 2011 (EST)

What are the benefits of being a member on Super Mario Wiki?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Daisy75 (talk).

You can edit the database. - Walkazo 20:27, 11 February 2011 (EST)

How can I make my User page User:Jmt0404

Please see MarioWiki:User space for questions about user space, but basically, you have to wait a week after joining, then click on the red link. - Walkazo 22:34, 16 March 2011 (EDT)

This Big Box

I am a new user. HOW DO I GET THIS ANNOYING BOX OUT OF MY TALK PAGE???!!!??? --MushroomMadness1221

Do you mean the table of contents, or the welcome template? If you don't want a table of contents, edit the page and type __NOTOC__ at the very top of the editing window, in the line right above the welcome template (don't leave a space between them, or there will be empty space above the welcome template). If you don't want the welcome template, simply remove it (edit the page and remove the part that reads {{Welcome2|MushroomMadness1221|Banao}} ). - Walkazo 13:04, 22 February 2011 (EST)

The 'Shroom

Dear Super Mario Wiki,

I have a question. I see that many places on the 'Shroom are vacant, but some are not. Is there any way I could write on the 'Shroom too? I would really like to do the Fake Police Blogger, but it may not be vacant by the time you may answer me. But is there any way I can do the 'Shroom? My name is Nintendo Bro. and I am a "member", or something like that. But however, I just started. So please write back in your free time, Sysops or Administrators? I appreciate it. -Nintendo Bro--

--Nintendo Bro. 07:16, 17 March 2011 (EDT)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Here Yoshiwaker

What he means to say is, if you want to sign up for Fake Police Blotter, you should talk to this user - you can talk to the director of each subteam to sign up for that sub-team. Marioguy1 (Talk | Contribs)

Q

Can anyone give warnings, reminders, ect, or do only Wiki Admins get to do that? I was wondering, that if we can't give warnings, do we report a person to a admin? Boo Who Plays Games Happy Easter!

Anyone can give reminders or warnings, but make sure not to abuse giving them out. MrConcreteDonkey 17:54, 14 April 2011 (EDT)

Also, always use the official templates: personalized warning/notice templates will be deleted (yes, people have tried to make them in the past, iirc). - Walkazo 19:46, 14 April 2011 (EDT)

OK, so if I give a warning/reminder (not that I would do that in a hurry or frequently) does that count as a User Talk against my UserSpace Count? Or does it not count towards Userspace? I know it doesn't count toward mainspace, so what does it count towards?--

Boo Who Plays Games Happy Easter! 22:58, 14 April 2011 (EDT)

It'd count as a User Talk edit, which is different than Userspace edits. If you go to the search page, it has all the different types of namespace listed (all of which are tallied separately in Edit Count); if you want to know which namespace a page fits in, just look at the prefix that comes before the colon (and of course, if there's no colon, it's mainspace). - Walkazo 12:43, 15 April 2011 (EDT)

User:Robe

how you make a user page?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Robe (talk).

You have to be with the wiki you have to be a member of the wiki for at least one week, and have 10 edits. Also please sign comments with ~~~ Xzelion^ETC

Infobox

How do you make an infobox? Superfiremario

Will anyone answer me? Superfiremario

As in make one from scratch? Find an existing infobox similar in design to what you're planning and copy its coding, then tweak it to fit your needs. Remember to check to see if your new coding makes the infobox look like how you want it to look using the Preview button, rather than saving and re-editing it over and over again. - Walkazo 12:52, 28 April 2011 (EDT)

OK. Thank you. Superfiremario

Wrong Image

I tried to upload a new version of a file, but I got the same version of the image instead of the new one. Why did this happen? BoygeyPumpkineer

If you're talking about the change you made on this image, your version shows up fine for me. Try to clear the cache? --Glowsquid 09:32, 25 April 2011 (EDT)

Well, I removed the backround & when I did upload it, the BG was still there. o~0 BoygeyPumpkineer

Sometimes the image doesn't appear to change right away. Try checking on it again later (or, as Glowsquid suggested, clear the cache, which should update it right away). - Walkazo 19:47, 25 April 2011 (EDT)

How do I clear the cache? BoygeyPumpkineer

Your browser should have an option that allows you to access your recent history (in terms of what sites you've visited over a given period of time). Clear that information, and there you go. Mario4Ever (talk)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggggg! #2

I am trying to make a table for a PipeProject and I can't set up a table! How do you do that? User:Boochoomba P.S.: Gowser, that was a cool title with the userboxes.

Why do you need a table? Superfiremario 16:05, 9 May 2011 (EDT)

@Boochoomba Go here. Mario4Ever (talk) 16:23, 9 May 2011 (EDT)

User Page?

i really wanna create a userpage i know i need to be autoconfirmed but how do you know you're that and where you have to click for that?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Super Eekie 64 (talk).

Link

How do I make my text a link(those in blue)?!!?KoopaMan 16:03, 23 May 2011 (EDT)KoopaMan

Just click on the blue button above the typing box and type in the article you want to make a link of, or you can type in two square brackets: [[ ]] on each side of it, for example: Mario - you type in [[Mario]]. Look at Help:Link for more info. Mario JC

How can I add text ?

How can I add text, images,etc. to my userpage?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yoshidino (talk).

The most of what you ask, just use the toolbox seen above when clicking the "edit" page. L151

Donkey Kong Wikia copypasta?

Not the NIWA-affilated Donkey Kong, but the Donkey Kong from Wikia apparently. If I am not mistaken, this wiki and Wikia do not share the same license. Here's an example of their article K. Rool. Luigifan95 23:38, 7 June 2011 (EDT)

I'm not exactly sure what we're supposed to do about this... Yoshiwaker

That's their way to get info, unfortunately. Each wiki provides original research based on the sources taken and used as references. The info in the wiki can be used by anyone as it of free-content and thus can be edited or deleted by anyone. As our information the we give has no license (it's free-content) they can use them whatever they like, even copy-pasting for their own wikies. In short, there is no way to stop them. ¢oincoll€ctor

Well, that sucks. Xzelion^ETC

Free content or not, it's still plagiarism and we have a right to at least ask that they do something about it. In fact, if you look on MarioWiki:General disclaimer or on wikipedia (and wikimedia in general), you'll see that the Creative Commons License we use says that info can only be copied and redistributed if the contributing authors are attributed. If the DK wikia doesn't note that we wrote the info, they're not actually supposed to use it (as quoted from wikipedia: "public domain content is plagiarized if used without acknowledging the source''"). By the way, the guy who copy-pasted our stuff is a user here (although he hasn't edited either database in months). - Walkazo 18:22, 9 June 2011 (EDT)

Youtube

I have embedded a video but only a large amount of text and a few links leading to the page appear. How can I make the video itself appear?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yoshidino (talk).

You don't need all that coding: as explained in Help:YouTube, just type in <youtube>jGRjovnsbKI</youtube> ("jGRjovnsbKI" being the ID of your video). - Walkazo 18:07, 19 June 2011 (EDT)

Shortcuts

Hello. I'm wondering if I'm allowed to post star/shine shortcuts in an article --AgentCats 11:43, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

What exactly do you mean by "Shortcuts to star/shine"? Xzelion^ETC

Well I mean like shorcuts to them, like in Pianta Village where I know a good shortcut on "Episode 3: The Goopy Inferno". More specifically, I would make a video of the shortcut. --AgentCats 23:20, 18 June 2011 (EDT)

Picture Removal

Hello. I am wondering if I can remove an image. If not, can ya'll remove it? AgentCats

Depends. What image exactly?--UM3000

This one File:Acatspp1.png AgentCats

Oh. just put {{delete}} on it.:P--UM3000

Thanks! AgentCats

Your welcome.--UM3000

ID

How can I get an ID of a Youtube video?--Yoshidino 09:32, 25 June 2011 (EDT)

The Youtube ID is the string of characters after the watch?v= part of the URL. For example, the video ID of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS956FdMPfc is "nS956FdMPfc". --Glowsquid 09:41, 25 June 2011 (EDT)

User Box Tower

Hello. I am wondering how to make a user box tower. User:AgentCats/sig

Check out this page.--Knife (talk) 21:32, 26 June 2011 (EDT)

Thank you! User:AgentCats/sig

!!!!!

You saw me say that thing about how do I make those links in blue, right?........It was NOT me!!!! Some guy FORGED my signature!!!!!----KoopaMan {Talk}

According to this, it was you who made that comment (the comment was then moved down to a new section by a different user, but the only bit they added, besides their answer, was the header). No other user forged your signature. - Walkazo 12:41, 27 June 2011 (EDT)

sockpuppet

ok, i was just wondering, if helping a brother edit the wiki, is a form of sockpuppetry. the thing is, my brother is busy sometines, so when he leaves, he leaves a list of things he wants to change, and his exact wording for what the edit is. he leaves, and i have to edit what he left for me. im concerned that someone might claim its sockpuppeting, so im asking this here. if it is, then i'll stop doing that, and never do it again. File:Toadlol.gifMario and Toad's Fan 10:48, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

Hello! My question is still unanswered! If anyone missed it, its: Is it sockpuppeting for the above reasons. Somebody please answer this. File:Toadlol.gifMario and Toad's Fan 09:49, 8 July 2011 (EDT)

No, if a sibling has an account, it's not sockpuppeting. For example, Xzelion's, a Sysop, brother has an account, but it's allowed. Yoshiwaker I think that's what you're asking...

Or he's asking about whether or not he's allowed to edit using his brother's account on behalf of his brother. You're not really supposed to do that, but it's not something we actively disallow. Unless you're maliciously impersonating the account's owner (which isn't the case here), you're not going to receive any warnings or other sorts of punishment. If the account's owner is fine with the arrangement, no harm, no foul. - Walkazo 13:32, 8 July 2011 (EDT)

Bad video ID

When I put a youtube video correctly, it says "Bad video ID!" after I save it. How can I stop this?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yoshidino (talk).

The point of this page really isn't to troubleshoot Userspace problems. If you can't figure it out on your own, based on the information on Help:Youtube, perhaps you should just give up. It's better if you focus your attention on editing anyway. - Walkazo 00:20, 4 July 2011 (EDT)

Disappearing

Why if I write something (being official), it is vanished? Why? User:Goomblob

There are many reasons for why an edit may be revered. The information might not be important to that particular subject (Trivia, in particular, gets removed a lot), or it may have already been mentioned elsewhere in the article. If the quality of the writing or formatting was poor, it could have just been removed on those grounds. If it's not widely known to be official, it might have been mistakenly removed as false info or speculation (it's also possible that it was false, and you were the one who was mistaken). Users are strongly encouraged to provide reasoning when they undo an edit, so if you find that something you wrote was removed, you should look at the page's history to find out why. If the user didn't give a reason and the answer's not obvious, you can contact them and ask, or ask about it on the article's talk page. - Walkazo 23:48, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

Moving Images

how do i put images in different places other then the far right? File:MvsDK2 MiniMario.jpg Mini-Ian File:MvsDK2 MiniMario.jpg

You can move it to the far left like this: [[File:NAME|thumb|left]], and while it's not done very often, you can centre images by typing "center" instead of "left", otherwise, the thumbnails automatically go to the right. - Walkazo 14:27, 13 July 2011 (EDT)

User Page Locked

I edit my user page and the next day... its locked even from me why?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mini-Ian (talk).

One of the Sysops probably locked your userpage because you were editing it too much. You need to focus more on editing the articles. Yoshiwaker

ok but do they unlock it once i edit a lot of stuff?.
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mini-Ian (talk).

Most likely. Just keep on contributing to the mainspace more and you'll be in good shape. You can also look here to keep track of your edits. Mariomario64! 08:57, 15 July 2011 (EDT)

I can't edit

However often I mark the games only released for the Famicom Disk System with asterisks, next time, they are back in bold. Why? Do not change my writing back to exactly how it was originally!
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pdjr9000 (talk).

Your edit was reverted cause those with the bold text depicted more preferable than marked with an asterisk. L151

Well, I prefer to mark it with an asterisk. Why should I support something I do not want, Lindsay???!!!
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pdjr9000 (talk).

Because this is not your personal database and what you want it to look like is not necessarily what everyone else wants. And if someone reverts your edit (or gives you an answer you don't like), getting ornery about it is a BAD way to try and sort things out (as explained on MarioWiki:Courtesy). - Walkazo 14:02, 19 July 2011 (EDT)

Category creation

I would like to create a category for games that were planned for one console and then ported to another, such as Super Paper Mario and Super Mario 64. Unfortunately, I don't know how to create categories. How do I?

Pdjr9000

I don't think that would be a good use of a category, since few games were planned like that. But, if you want to make a caegory, go to a page like Category:(whatever category it is), and then put the description of that category. Then put categories on different pages and done. Supremo

creating a proposal?

I would like to create a proposal to merge the list of Donkey Kong Games and the list of Wario Games into the page for Games on this wiki. How do I create a proposal? Pdjr9000 06:24, 31 July 2011 (EDT)

MarioWiki:Proposals#How To
Mario JC

how do i edit my signiture?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Purifieda (talk).

Wrong place to put this. Go to preferneces. WikiofSmash"It's called society, ever heard of it?" 19:49, 6 August 2011 (EDT)

No, this is the place to ask questions, which is what they were doing. Anyway, to answer the question, see Help:Signature. Be sure to take a look at MarioWiki:Signature too. - Walkazo 23:49, 6 August 2011 (EDT)

Deleting an account

Hi. I'm wondering how to delete my account. I just don't want it anymore. Can someone tell me? AgentCats

I don't think you can. Best thing you can do is just stop using it, I guess.--Knife (talk) 15:35, 7 August 2011 (EDT)

Perrow

What's perrow? (I don't found a translation) Goomblob

It's not a word, it's coding used in gallery formatting; it's how we can change how many images are in each row (i.e. the number of images per row, hence the name). However, please note that only the default four images or less is allowed, and all the perrows being used to create five-image-wide galleries in mainspace pages should be removed (which is most of the perrows). - Walkazo 10:12, 7 August 2011 (EDT)

Editing

Excuse me, but I've just entered Super Mario Wiki. I need to know how to create my userpage. Can you please help?--Boo Hero 757 (talk)

You have to make 10 edits an wait a week Goomba's Shoe15 (talk)

My Own Proposal

How do I make proposals? I see the "How To" but there isn't what I do, as: I write where? Goomblob 11:24, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

In the sections further down the Proposals page. Like, if you want to add something new to the wiki, you'd put the proposal in the "New Features" section. The best way to learn how to make your own proposals is by watching how other people do it. - Walkazo 17:59, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

Smaller images

Hi i wanna know how to shrink my images. I can add images to my userpages but they are way too big, anybody that can help me?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wuhu island3 (talk).

See Help:Image; Point 4 deals with image size. - Walkazo 20:46, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

Userboxes

Help! I'm confused. The only userboxes I know how to do are the ones on the wiki! How do I get codes for more?! -POOGLEFAMILY-

You can view here.

L151

Or look at the source for other users' pages to see how their more creative boxes are coded. - Walkazo 18:20, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

Userpage Problems

Hello, I've been on the wiki for a week and made 10 edits. Why can't I make my userpage yet? Mario3D64

please come

can players on the wiki help make games? anyway anyone come see what i said about miis on my talkpage!--Supermarioandyoshi2 07:50, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

What you do with yourself off the wiki (such as making games) is none of our concern, as long as you only add information pertaining to official Mario games to our articles and focus your editing efforts on the mainspace, rather than userspace. Also, please don't solicit visitors to your talk page here: this page is just for asking questions. - Walkazo 22:30, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

Username

Can I change my username? If the answer is "Yes", how can I do it? Bro Hammer (Talk • Cont) 18:17, 25 September 2011 (EDT)

MarioWiki:Changing username Nintendo64Fan ''User #19809''

Question

I'm new at this wiki. I'd like to add sub-species to goomba shoe, but I don't know how to make the page redirect you at stub article. Please help.

How?

How do you that buttion thing whare it shows the buttton?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rwarsrwars (talk).

Use {{Button}} Mario & Luigi

Thanks!

Signature

Hello.

How do I put images into my signature? This would be greatly apreciated. Thank You

-TheNo1MarioBros 15:54, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

You need to place [[File:one/two images|35px]] next to your signature, make sure the size is less than 35px. L151

This wasn't clear enough for me, could someone please explain?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by BulletBill (talk).

See my answer to your question in this section. It really can be stated any simpler than that. If you still don't get it, look at how other people have made their signatures. - Walkazo 13:00, 13 November 2011 (EST)

go away!

How do you make that thing that help you get started on "my talk" go away? --rwars 17:16, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

If you're referring to the Welcome message, just remove it if you don't want it there; you're not required to keep it.

PHOENIX (talk • edits) 17:19, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

I know that HOW do I remove it? --rwars 17:58, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

Um...you edit your talk page, highlight the part on the top of the page that says: {{Welcome2|Rwarsrwars|Hunter}} with your mouse, press the delete or backspace key on your keyboard, click the checkbox near the bottom of the screen that says "This is a minor edit", and then save the page.

PHOENIX (talk • edits) 18:04, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

Do I need to be autoconformed? --rwars 18:21, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

No, all you need to do is edit your page how Phoenix said to, any normal user can edit their own talk page. Bop1996 _(Talk)

What he said. Just be advised that you are not allowed to remove anything else from your talk page under any circumstances, unless it is flaming or an act of vandalism.

PHOENIX (talk • edits) 18:41, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

Coin Block Confusion

I've been looking through my Super Mario Galaxy 2 manual and noticed something. The manual says this about ? Blocks: Jump and hit this from below to release coins or Star Bits. Super Mario Galaxy 2 only has ? Blocks that give multiple star bits or multiple coins. This wiki says that any block with multiple coins (even if it has a ? on it) is not called a ? Block, but a Coin Block. So according to the Super Mario Galaxy 2 manual its a ? Block, but according to the mariowiki its a coin Block. Shouldn't we make info the manual and the article agree?

-IGGY7735 File:Iggy.jpg

There's no issue here. "A Coin Block is a Block that gives the player multiple coins. Coin Blocks can be either Brick Blocks or ? Blocks." Mario4Ever (talk)

But the manual calls them ? Blocks not Coin Blocks, just sayin'... -IGGY7735 File:Iggy.jpg

Right, but according to the Coin Block article, a Coin Block is any type of Block that can yield coins. Both Brick Blocks and ? Blocks retain their individual identities because both of them can release a variety of items. Among those items that can be released are coins. So Brick Blocks and ? Blocks are only considered to be Coin Blocks when they release coins, and not any of the other items that it is within the realm of possibility for them to release. In other words, a Coin Block has to be either a Brick Block or a ? Block, but a Brick Block or ? Block does not necessarily have to be a Coin Block. What you're referring to from Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a ? Block that is considered to be a Coin Block because it releases coins. So technically, it's both a Coin Block and a ? Block. At any rate, there really aren't any discrepancies between what the wiki says and what the manual says. I hope that answers your question.

PHOENIX (talk • edits) 17:40, 31 October 2011 (EDT)

Can't edit monobook.css

Hi, I cannot edit my monobook.css. There is no "edit tab. What do I do?

Thanks, pcs199

It's because you aren't autoconfirmed yet, so you can't create any pages, even in your userspace. Make ten edits and have signed up for a week, then you should be able to do it if you like. Bop1996 _(Talk)

Images

Could somebody help me on how to get a personal image? dude 11:24, 9 November 2011 (EST)

Upload an image (there's a link called "Upload file" near the bottom of the sidebar), put {{personal-image}} in its summary (code it like this: {{personal-image|N64dude}} ), and then put it on your userpage. For more info, see MarioWiki:Personal Images. - Walkazo 18:32, 10 November 2011 (EST)

Pic

How do you put a picture in your signature?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by BulletBill (talk).

Just add [[File:NAME|35px]], replacing NAME with the actual filename. 35 pixels is the maximum height (as stated in MarioWiki:Signature) but you can make your signature image smaller if you want. - Walkazo 16:07, 12 November 2011 (EST)

Ok, thanks!

help please

I cannot edit anything through wifi because i made another account just in case i lost this one, and i didn't know i couldn't. So now i only can edit on my phone. Can someone undo the wifi block?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by SuperPaperFan (talk).

Is there anything wrong by logging into the site through Wi-Fi with this account? --Bryce talk contributions 01:26, 23 November 2011 (EST)

Actually, now it's working again. :)