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Something wrong on the Forums

Today I got a message from someone on the forums and in the message box under the logo it says My Messages [1] and I replied to it already, it keeps saying I have a new message and there is none. The My Messages [1] won't ever change. I don't know what is wrong, can you help me? YoshiGo99

Log out, clear your cookies, and log back in. Check your messages a few times and let me know if it's still an issue. --Steve (talk) 13:38, 17 August 2011 (EDT)

OK thanks, I will try it. YoshiGo99

It didn't change at all when I did that.YoshiGo99

Dynamic Page Lists

They are gone.
Now since you've deleted (or was it because or MediaWiki uppdate?) some articles, including MarioWiki pages are now left with "Invalid tag extension name: dpl". Examples: Super Mario World (television series), MarioWiki:Personal Check/Personal Images. I hope you'll reinstall it. SWFlash

It wasn't working after the update and was a little too heavy on the database. Let's see how we do without it. --Steve (talk) 10:05, 19 August 2011 (EDT)

So, is there any hope that it will return? I'm asking, because Help:DPL is linked from most of the talk pages from welcome template, as well as being mentioned on Help:Contents. SWFlash

I've removed those links. I'd really love for us to work around not having it so we don't need to add it again. --Steve (talk) 11:17, 19 August 2011 (EDT)

Also broken stuff: MarioWiki:Changing username, MarioWiki:Pipe Plaza. Link that needs to be deleted: MarioWiki:Rules. Also, the Help:DPL needs to be either deleted or marked as "doesn't work anymore". SWFlash

Thumbnails

It seems the thumbnail for some of the large images (ex: this and one of the revision of this) does not display correctly. Mind investigating that? --Glowsquid 13:40, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

I decided to revert back to using the MediaWiki default maximum image area for creating thumbnails: 12.5 million pixels or about 3500x3500. Reasoning is that this puts less of a strain on the server, and it's not like we're using images anywhere near this size on the actual article pages. I'll help resize and reupload. --Steve (talk) 14:33, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

I was wondering why the 4000x4000 pixel images that I uploaded two months back were having thumbnail errors today. At least I now know why that is. M&SG (talk) 17:32, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

Question

How did you get this whole (awesome) Porplemontage Enterprises idea? I'm curious. WikiofSmash"The EarthBounder" 20:02, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

Well, I started picking up wikis with the formation of NIWA and wikis jumping ship from Wikia (as you know). "Porplemontage Enterprises" is just what I decided to call my collection of wikis since I wanted something like a portfolio to throw up on my porplemontage.com website. --Steve (talk) 20:32, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

Minor question.

Did you updated the wiki? Looks like the parameter cellspacing of the tables isn't working (unfortunately, that's the only error I've seen for now) and the galleries are no longer centered... do we have to center the galleries manually? Another question: why the collapsible boxes of my userpage doen't work? well, they do work only when I log in but not if I log out... is it posible to fix that? ¢oincoll€ctor

I don't know why cellspacing wouldn't be working now; maybe you could link me to an example on that? The galleries would need the center tag to be centered, see Gallery:Super Mario Galaxy 2 vs. Gallery:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. I fixed your collapsible stuff; it was a matter of clearing the cache for that page. --Steve (talk) 01:47, 22 August 2011 (EDT)

Oh, wait... I think I see the problem of the cellspacing. It seems that the thumbnail thing of the images inside the tables show them like that. No problem, I'll fix it myself and as for the collapsible tables in my userpage, thanks. ¢oincoll€ctor

Forum Update

Do you know how long it will be until the forum is working again? Yoshidude99

Maybe an hour. --Steve (talk) 04:23, 22 August 2011 (EDT)

Ok thanks Yoshidude99

Olors 14:23, 29 August 2011 (EDT)

The font's normal!!!!!!!!

'Sup?

Ban mecha-boss unit!

According 2 the History: Talk:Mr. L page mechaboss unit did a lie. (see Talk:Mr. L#He's not Luigi!, the section after that and User talk:KoopaMan/Archive ) There was no AntiMario!!!!!!! Gumball of the Stars (talk)

Please block

Garfeildgirls. Dr.Wario ''Those who risk, win.'' 23:28, 5 September 2011 (EDT)

Thanks. :) Dr.Wario ''Those who risk, win.'' 23:30, 5 September 2011 (EDT)

This isn't my business

But should a userpage be locked from editing if the user is editing it too much? Dr.Wario ''Those who risk, win.'' 15:24, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

Maybe after a few warnings or something. --Steve (talk) 15:30, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=Purifieda Dr.Wario ''Those who risk, win.'' 15:37, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

I've noticed

The wikis you run are having downtime more often. Why is this? Dr.Wario ''In a big country, dreams leave you.'' 18:04, 11 September 2011 (EDT)

Combination of a couple factors. A modification I made kept getting reset, but that shouldn't happen any more. I picked a bad day to do something, and I may want some more RAM. --Steve (talk) 18:40, 11 September 2011 (EDT)

???

What is up with the "Take SMG2 Screenshots of..." headers in random talk pages? Mario Bros.! 22:32, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

SWFlash (talk) gave us a little something extra in his sig. --Steve (talk) 22:50, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

Hey!

Remember this? http://web.archive.org/web/20061130134825/http://www.mariowiki.com/Main_Page Ah..memories. Sadly, it appears the Internet Archive didn't capture the site design(background).Dr.Wario ''User #19809'' 18:43, 24 September 2011 (EDT)

Yeah, here you go. --Steve (talk) 18:46, 24 September 2011 (EDT)

Oh forgot about that, silly me. Dr.Wario ''User #19809'' 18:52, 24 September 2011 (EDT)

Userpage help

Hi, I'm Pichi-Hime6, I just became Autoconfirmed yesterday,
and I would like some help with my userpage. I have no idea how
to edit it, upload a picture, create a userebox tower, ect.
I've tried looking on all the Help pages for that stuff, but I
just can't seem to be able to do anything. --That's Bohogos 16:18, 25 September 2011 (EDT)

I couldn't explain a given topic better than the help pages already do. Click on your username, add text, and save. View the source of other userpages for an idea of how to do stuff like userbox towers. The file upload link is in the toolbox on the sidebar, and it's pretty self-explanatory: browse for a file and hit upload. --Steve (talk) 21:39, 25 September 2011 (EDT)

Oh, I finally got my page up. it looks pretty good, actually! Thanks for the tip on viewing the source that was a big help. Now all I need to do is figure out how to make my sig look really cool......... --That's Bohogos 20:06, 10 October 2011 (EDT)

Hey, Watered Down

Do you mind if I call you Watered Down from now on? Magikrazy51 (talk)

It's a little late for that. --Steve (talk) 21:39, 25 September 2011 (EDT)

Message on forums

Can you please respond to this issue ([1])?--Knife (talk) 21:27, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

A Moralising Tale

From #Bowserpedia. I was asked to do this.

Neptune99 topic Smasher, MCD. I'm sorry. Will you please consider coming back to Bowserpedia, so we can be good bros again?
ChanServ changed topic to Smasher, MCD. I'm sorry. Will you please consider coming back to Bowserpedia, so we can be good bros again?
MrConcreteDonkey bro
MrConcreteDonkey we never stopped being good bros :')
UltraMario hoove
Neptune99 punches UltraMario
Neptune99 awww
UltraMario ,,,
Neptune99 but i feel guilty
UltraMario WHAT WAS THAT FOR
UltraMario D:<
MrConcreteDonkey <insert FiM-style moral here>
Neptune99 and that was the only way to get rid of the guilt
Neptune99 that or retiring
Neptune99 i actually did consider retirement, due to my long long past of not being able to say sorry
Neptune99 aww SM isn't there to be twilight to write a letter to princess celestia about the moral of this incident. :'(
Neptune99 i guess rarity can do it then.
Neptune99 SPIKE (Doomship), TAKE A NOTE
Neptune99 Dear princess celestia
Neptune99 Today, i have learned not to be too hasty when asking for a friend's help
UltraMario Princess Celestia = Porplemontage
Neptune99 And, together, we can slowly but surely bring bowserpedia to some sort of high point...that is if MCD and Smasher would like to come back
This Is War 15:12, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

In unrelated news, can't the admins just ban KKR's IP? Or is he using different ones? He's incredibly annoying now. I'm sure everyone is fed up of seeing Recent Changes flooded by yet another KKR sock. One last question: Is he Plumber690 as well? I'm not sure. This Is War 12:27, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

Sorry, Edo informed me that they probably have dynamic IPs. Sorry about that. This Is War 08:27, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

supermarioandyoshi2

hey!THANK YOU FOR THE WIKI!!!!!!check out what i said about miis!!!--Supermarioandyoshi2 09:26, 10 October 2011 (EDT)

Small Mario Image remover

Please block this user before he destroys more pages.--File:Yoshidarkblue.pngNew Super Yoshi 11:42, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

Question about second person articles

I have a quick question. Why isn't second person allowed in articles? - Bill-tendo 22:38, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

It's too informal and sloppy for the purpose of an encyclopedia. --Steve (talk) 22:45, 14 October 2011 (EDT)

Spammer alert

User talk:Edresses0. Please block 64Fan (Discussion) 14:39, 15 October 2011 (EDT)

Thanks. --Steve (talk) 14:41, 15 October 2011 (EDT)

You're welcome. :) 64Fan (Discussion)

Pop-up Issues

I've been noticing lately that whenever I access the Mario Wiki now, I end up getting a pop-up whenever I attempt to log on. Can you do something about that? M&SG (talk) 10:43, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Most browsers have a pop-up blocker built-in. --Steve (talk) 16:19, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

Change a name

I am retiring and giving up my account to my sister, and therefore I want to be renamed Nasta-Peacha. Gumball of the Stars (talk)

This thing? --Steve (talk) 22:07, 18 October 2011 (EDT)

Personal images

Personal images needs to be renamed into Personal files (because of ogg being allowed on this wiki). I'll let you decide, but here's the list of the pages that uses this phase:

• Template:Personal-image
• Template:Personal-image-sig
• Template:Personal-image-abandoned
• Template:Personal-image-warning
• MarioWiki:Personal Images
• Some pages from this list

SWFlash

Or we could just say "No personal ogg files." This isn't exactly a priority of mine right now. --Steve (talk) 20:04, 20 October 2011 (EDT)

Wiki

Hey, I was wondering, how do you create a non-Wikia wiki and put it in the NIWA? I want to create a Yoshi Wiki. PikaSamus (talk)

Please answer. PikaSamus (talk)

You need to buy a domain name, acquire web hosting, and install MediaWiki. Google search those three things and you'll have more than enough info to get started. Once your wiki has been around for a while with a healthy set of editors, you may apply to NIWA. Since this wiki covers Yoshi, I will have the final say on whether you may join. So you might want to get on my good side. --Steve (talk) 22:02, 26 October 2011 (EDT)

Maintenance Issue

• Sorry to bother you, but there's a problem that I found while checking the list of double redirects. I saw that the 8-bit Club redirects to 8 bits, which redirects to 8 Bits, but for some reason, whenever I try to fix up the 8-bit Club redirect, the wiki acts like that article doesn't exist. M&SG (talk) 08:07, 27 October 2011 (EDT)

Should be good now. --Steve (talk) 11:33, 27 October 2011 (EDT)

Preview thumbnail images

Hello Steve. Is there a way to turn off seeing the preview thumbnail images that appear in the image page? For instance, whenever I go into an image page like this, I can see a set of preview images at the bottom. Is there any way I can disable them? --RAP... 05:35, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

The file history thumbnails? --Steve (talk) 05:40, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

Yes. --RAP... 05:45, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

The best you could do is hide them with CSS such as

table.filehistory img {
	display: none;
}

--Steve (talk) 05:49, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

No way to make the option user-friendly? It would be useful to those who don't want to waste bandwidth due to bandwidth caps. Anyway, gonna plug this thing. --RAP... 05:52, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

The hidden image will probably still be downloaded; the CSS is just hiding it. I don't think those little thumbs are killing anyone bandwidth-wise. --Steve (talk) 06:05, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

How can you tell Steve? --RAP... 06:08, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

They are about 20 KB each on that page. I hope you don't accidentally click on the 5.44MB image, since it's equivalent to 278 of those 20KB thumbnails. You visit more image pages than anyone else. It's not something a general user would need. We have a small percentage of users who visit a ton of image pages time a small percentage of users who even have to worry about bandwidth times the fact that the thumbs are small to begin with. And you better use them to compare images since if you click on an image you're throwing any bandwidth savings from hiding the thumbnails out the window. --Steve (talk) 06:21, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

Probably not so - since I'm not an admin anymore, I can't really delete those duplicate images (assuming that most of them are duplicates). Seriously, 278 thumbnails? With the stuff you said, you observe all that data with Google Analytics? --RAP... 06:53, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

No, just division. --Steve (talk) 14:37, 30 October 2011 (EDT)

Double Redirect (again)

• I found another double redirect, which requires Sysop assistance. This time, it's User:Chris Helper/Story Corner/The 3DS Uproar/Story, which redirects to User:Chris Helper/Story Corner/The 3DS Uproar/, which redirects to User:Chris Helper/The 3DS Uproar. M&SG (talk) 08:02, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

Ok, because it's in the userspace. --Steve (talk) 11:25, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

{{Italic title}}

Is this useful? Mario & Luigi

It's useful if we italicize page titles, but last I checked we don't do that. --Steve (talk) 21:35, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

Broken Redirects

• I recently ran into a good deal of redirects that are broken, but they require Sysop assistance to fix. The broken redirects seem to be related to the double redirect issue that I told you about earlier; the one relating to Chris Helper's user page sub-pages. M&SG (talk) 07:53, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

It's because you can't edit his userspace. --Steve (talk) 10:20, 2 November 2011 (EDT)

I'm aware of that, which is why I asked you to handle that request. M&SG (talk) 08:17, 3 November 2011 (EDT)

Next time just say it's in the userspace. Calling it a "double redirect issue" makes it sound like an actual problem. It's expected that you can't edit his userspace. --Steve (talk) 11:16, 3 November 2011 (EDT)

Template:Foreignname

Hello Porplemontage. Nintendo of Europe confirmed Mario Kart 7 will get a Dutch, Portuguese and Russian translation. These three languages need to be put in the Template:Foreignname. Dutch and Portuguese are already in the template, but Russian isn't. Because you protected the page it's impossible for me to edit it (I'm a patroller). Could you please add Russian to the template? Could you also change the order, so Portuguese comes behind Italian and Russian behind Portuguese? Thank you.
rend (talk) (edits)

I took care of it. --Glowsquid 12:28, 4 November 2011 (EDT)

Thanks guys. --Steve (talk) 16:13, 4 November 2011 (EDT)

Sonic the Hedgehog characters external links

Hi, I noticed that all of the Sonic characters' pages have external links to SonicRetro. The Sonic Wikia has more information on these subjects, so I think we should change the link to that website. Is that okay?

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 14:57, 7 November 2011 (EST)

Honestly, the first word of an article shouldn't link to any other wiki. You can put both wikis in an External Links section at the bottom of the page. --Steve (talk) 15:04, 7 November 2011 (EST)

Okay, thanks for the info.

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 19:38, 10 November 2011 (EST)

One orphaned page un-orphaned, about a gazillion to go

Hey, I added a link to the Mushroom Kingdom Tribune on Fawful's page, so now it's un-orphaned, but the orphaned pages list still says its orphaned. Can you change that? Thanks

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 19:37, 10 November 2011 (EST)

Those lists update once a day. --Steve (talk) 20:09, 10 November 2011 (EST)

Personal Check

Hey Steve, why shows the Personal Check not longer images and signatures? Lakituthequick 13:21, 11 November 2011 (EST)

We've done away with the tool which made those automated checks possible. --Steve (talk) 05:17, 12 November 2011 (EST)

Okay, I'll just tell you. UN-STUBBED!

Hey Steve. I think I un-stubbed Charmy Bee and maybe Lemmy's Castle. Could you see if they are un-stubbed, and if they are remove the Stub-warning. Thanks

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 20:51, 14 November 2011 (EST)

Well Donaldthescotishtwin removed it on Charmy Bee and Lemmy's Castle is still a stub. Not sure what you mean by Stub-warning. --Steve (talk) 20:58, 14 November 2011 (EST)

Okay, thanks. and by Stub-warning I mean whatever you put up there that says "this page is a stub, you can help the Mario Wiki by expanding it"

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 21:15, 14 November 2011 (EST)

Apple Touch

Recently I read this page, tested this wiki with it and saw it didn't works. May this be funny for us? (Image tips: this and this) Lakituthequick 13:02, 24 November 2011 (EST)

I like the idea and it looks good. --Steve (talk) 13:21, 24 November 2011 (EST)

I saw you made work of it, looks great! Thanks! Lakituthequick 08:21, 25 November 2011 (EST)

Facebook

Hey, I'm Tails777. I have a question. Have you ever considered making a Facebook page for this site? Tails777 Talk to me!

We have one right here. --Steve (talk) 02:00, 25 November 2011 (EST)

User page double redirects

Pokémon Trainer Red

• I recently spotted some double redirects, which involve the user, Pokémon Trainer Red; User:Mario Bros.! redirects to User:Mario & Luigi, which redirects to User:Pokémon Trainer Red. If you have the time, can you fix up the redirects? M&SG (talk) 10:08, 2 December 2011 (EST)
• Oops, looks like I forgot to read your message after the last userspace double redirect problem. For that I apologize. Anyway, this is just another usersapce issue. M&SG (talk) 10:11, 2 December 2011 (EST)

Other Users

• I spotted some more userspace related problems while checking the "Wiki Maintenance". If you have the time, can you fix them up? M&SG (talk) 07:55, 7 December 2011 (EST)

Cream's page

Okay, so I wanted to give Cream an infobox like everyone else has. You know, like Full Name: Cream the Rabbit
First Appearance: Sonic Advanced 2 (GBA) And that kind of stuff, but she has two pics on her page and I don't know where I'm supposed to put the one I'm not using as her Infobox image. I don't want to remove either of them, but do I really need to make a gallery for only 2 pics? And if not, where do I put the other one?

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 15:41, 8 December 2011 (EST)

Neither image is great. It'd be nice to get a close-up shot which isn't blurry. The main text of the article is short; it's fine if there's only one image. --Steve (talk) 17:21, 8 December 2011 (EST)

Okay, I'll work on getting a better image for her. I'll probably upload some official artwork from like SonicRetro or something. Thanks for the info.

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 18:10, 8 December 2011 (EST)

Procetion of user talk page.

Hi, porple! Could you please protect this? Thank you in advance! Best, RandomYoshi^{(Talk • PMs • C)} 08:08, 12 December 2011 (EST)

Yeah.. --Steve (talk) 12:30, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Mario Kart Wii

Do you have it? I think I versed you in it today. I versed a Mii named Steve playing as Mario who looks like he came from New Jersey on the globe. I was playing as Toad and using my cousin's profile, Bobo. Either this is a big coincidence or it's a small world. Magikrazy51 (talk)

Sorry, I haven't played Mario Kart Wii in a while. Funny coincidence! (If "I" won, then it was me :P) --Steve (talk) 12:30, 23 December 2011 (EST)

External links

Okay, so I started adding external links sections to all the Sonic pages like you told me to, but a user named Lord Grammaticus says I'm not allowed to. Is he right?????

--Girls rule, for pink is a manly color! Pichi-Hime6!(talk · edits) 15:06, 24 December 2011 (EST)

No, external links don't have to be "affiliates." --Steve (talk) 17:39, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Since Pichi-Hime6 isn't here currently may I undo said edits that removed the external links to the sonic wikis or should she do it? -Four Paper Heroes 17:43, 24 December 2011 (EST)

You can if you want to. --Steve (talk) 17:45, 24 December 2011 (EST)

The deed is done Porpleboss. -Four Paper Heroes 17:57, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Wiki loading very slow

I've noticed the wiki's been loading slower than usual lately. Is there anything you can do about this?--Knife (talk) 17:42, 27 December 2011 (EST)

It's not slower! --Steve (talk) 17:57, 27 December 2011 (EST)

Sandbox problem

Something strange is going on in the edit history of the sandbox. As the oldest edit, there is an edit from Cobolt at 1 January 2002! And when you click on it there is the option for an even older edit which is in 2007! What is that? Lakituthequick 10:07, 29 December 2011 (EST)

Looks like the edit date is corrupted. --Steve (talk) 12:54, 29 December 2011 (EST)

Question

May I recolor some spritesheets to look like your Bowser avatar and upload them to Userpedia?--UM3000

Yeah. --Steve (talk) 03:17, 30 December 2011 (EST)

CheckUser

Porple how do i get CheckUser on my friends wiki im a admin there dude 17:50, 1 January 2012 (EST) http://yoshiwiki.thegamewiki.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges

CheckUser is a MedaWiki extension. --Steve (talk) 17:52, 1 January 2012 (EST)

download

how do i download it?? CheckUser N64Dude

Here is the download link. --Steve (talk) 17:58, 1 January 2012 (EST)

wiki

how do i get CheckUser on the Wiki N64Dude

Your friend sounds like the wiki expert here. Talk to him about it! --Steve (talk) 18:01, 1 January 2012 (EST)

Userspace

• Some more userspace maintenance issues have popped up, that may require your attention. M&SG (talk) 12:51, 4 January 2012 (EST)
  • Where? --Steve (talk) 14:29, 4 January 2012 (EST)
    • It was another double redirect scenario; I didn't want to make it sound urgent. It has been taken care of though. M&SG (talk) 16:10, 4 January 2012 (EST)

Since you seem to be online...

...and it also seems this page doesn't get checked often, to let you know, I requested a rename. Not to sound obtrusive, just see header.-- PSIWolf (T • C • E) 05:34, 6 January 2012 (EST)

Just this once.. you weren't exactly waiting for very long. --Steve (talk) 05:40, 6 January 2012 (EST)

I know, that was just what I meant... But I was afraid the page never got checked. You see, I'm a bit new here.-- PSIWolf (T • C • E) 05:41, 6 January 2012 (EST)

Hi

Hello can You go on MarioWiki:Changing username and lok at Changing Joeypmario to BabyYoshi and change it?I would REALLY thank you.-- Joeypmario 17:16, 8 January 2012 (EST)

That username is taken. --Steve (talk) 17:16, 8 January 2012 (EST)

Pdjr19k

If you're online, please take care of this sock immediately. I have to deal with him for 40 minutes already and have already reverted 100 instances of his trolling. Thanks --Bryce talk contributions 09:22, 9 January 2012 (EST)