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Discussion

List of SmashWikiers

I think we could write some list of SmashWikiers, with various sections, such as "experienced MediaWiki users", or "Users who speak ___" for translation help, and so on. Agree? – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 17:56, February 26, 2007 (GMT)

Well, I couldn't make up any better word than "SmashWikier" – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 17:56, February 26, 2007 (GMT)
Hmm...SmashWikidians? SmashWiksters...? Err...SmashWikontributors? ...SmashWikiPeopleWhoWriteStuff? It's a tough portmanteaux no matter which way you look at it. That's an a-okay idea, though. Anything to help expand the sub-community of SmashWikinators and get this thing off the ground is good with me. -- Randall00 18:05, February 26, 2007 (GMT)
I like SmashWikidian... ^_^ -- Bean 01:06, February 27, 2007 (GMT)
I think you're right, that's about as good as it'll get. -- Randall00 13:38, February 28, 2007 (GMT)
What about WikiSmasher, SmashWikian? But let's talk about if you agree. – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 18:20, February 27, 2007 (GMT)
I like SmashWikian. WaluigiIsAwesome 12:10, February 28, 2007 (GMT)

But seriously. Let's just vote here below. – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts )

Meh, I'll just create the page as list of SmashWiki users then. – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 11:38, March 3, 2007 (GMT)

Voting for the page

Voting for the name of people who contribute

SmashWikier
  • For--either this or SmashWikian. Easy to pronounce and remember! And per se Andy 04:51, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
  • Against -- I'd like something catchy, this is just bland. -- Bean 05:34, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
  • For – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 14:56, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
SmashWikidian
  • For, by a long shot. -- Randall00 14:49, February 28, 2007 (GMT) 14:49, February 28, 2007 (GMT)
  • For, this is by far the best one. Catchy and easy to remember, and it perfectly describes what we do. -- Bean 00:24, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
  • Against--where did that D even come from??? And I am not sure how to pronounce it, but any way I try it sounds quite odd. And per se Andy 04:50, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
  • Against, why the "d"? – MaskedMarth (t c) 05:27, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
  • Smaswikidian is derived from 'encyclopedian.' I.e., a person who edits an encyclopedia. If you can pronounce encyclopedian you can pronounce Smashwikidian. -- Bean 05:34, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
    • Encyclopedia's not in our name though. People would be scratching their heads, wondering where the "d" comes from. – MaskedMarth (t c) 05:47, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
    • Perhaps if it were Smashwikipedian that argument would work, but since the PED syllable has the emphasis in the word encyclopedian and that's the one you got rid of, it makes the pronunciation awkward. You're left with 4 unstressed syllables in a row--try to think of another English word like that. And if you stress a different syllable, well, then it doesn't sound like encyclopedian at all, so don't even try it! And per se Andy 14:51, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
    • For consistency I stress the last 'ki-', just before '-dian.' I see your point, but I still like it best. -- Bean 16:45, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
    • I think the problem is that "SmashWiki" has a stress on the "wi" in wiki, and using this instead of SmashWikian or SmashWikier requires that that be changed. Even "SmashWikipedian" keeps the original stress (but I'm not advocating that name by any means). Plus I'm not sold that SmashWikidian is easier to spell, or recognize for what it is, than some of the other choices. --Kirby King 22:04, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
SmashWikipedian
SmashWikian
  • Weak For, of the one-word choices. Is closer to the intended meaning than SmashWikier (is SmashWiki something you do?), but "SmashWiki user" is closer still. – MaskedMarth (t c) 05:27, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
SmashWikster
WikiSmasher
SmashWiki user
  • For. Otherwise SmashWikian. Either way I'd like to be able to pronounce and/or spell it. --Kirby King 19:57, February 28, 2007 (GMT)
  • Weak For. It's the clearest and the most functional, though a shorter form would be a little less cumbersome. – MaskedMarth (t c) 05:27, March 1, 2007 (GMT)
  • Against -- I'd like something catchy, this is almost as uninteresting as Smashwikier. -- Bean 05:34, March 1, 2007 (GMT)

Any final opinions? "SmashWikier", "SmashWikian" and "SmashWiki user" seem to be the winners so far. – MaskedMarth (t c) 04:29, March 7, 2007 (GMT)

Region Pages

M3D's recent lists of categories/tournaments by region and state give me an idea. We can easily create a page for each major area (maybe six or seven in all) and list on that page notable players, recurring tournaments (only recurring) and crews. Give me the go ahead, and I'll contact M3D and he and I can get started on it. -- Bean 01:06, February 27, 2007 (GMT)

You'll hear no objections from me. Project Smasher is my favourite SmashWiki game of them all! -- Randall00 03:35, February 27, 2007 (GMT)

Shh...

Whenever I go to www.smashwiki.com, it just says "Nothing to see here." Why? Shouldn't it just redirctto the main page? Like, what's up with that? Did I miss something? - Brawlmatt202 19:57, March 2, 2007 (GMT)

This is because we haven't officially "launched" yet. When we do (which I know I keep saying will be soon, but trust me, there's a reason) we'll make it a redirect. --Kirby King 20:06, March 2, 2007 (GMT)
Oh, okay. I was just wondering. - Brawlmatt202 06:22, March 3, 2007 (GMT)

Problem with a redirection

A member of my Smash crew goes by the name 'Green', but he can't add a page about himself because Green redirects to Green Shell. What should I do? Trig. 14:20, March 4, 2007 (CST)

The page can be named Green (smasher). You see, searching for shell doesn't work. That's why green and red redirects to the shell articles. When that's fixed, the page can be moved to Green. – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 20:31, March 4, 2007 (GMT)
Ok, I think I might have done something wrong because now Green redirects to Green (Smasher) instead of Green Shell.
That's weird here it says it redirects to Green Shell, but clicking a the link or writing 'green' in the search box links to Green (smasher). Maybe that's related to the shell issue ... ? – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 20:42, March 4, 2007 (GMT)

Red Shell

Every time I try to go to the Red Shell page, I ke4ep getting this:

Forbidden You don't have permission to access /wiki/Red_Shell on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What's up with that? - Brawlmatt202 14:25, March 5, 2007 (GMT)

Any URL with the word "shell" doesn't work. The devious powers-that-be are playing with our souls!! ....err, rather, we haven't found any rhyme or reason to why the shell glitch occurs, but for the meantime we redirect from "red" or "green." – MaskedMarth (t c) 16:14, March 5, 2007 (GMT)
Well, Green redirects to Green (smasher), even if says it redirects to Green Shell... see #Problem with a redirection. – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 17:55, March 5, 2007 (GMT)

Congratulations

Hey guys, might want to read this: http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=98564 ;) --Kirby King 05:02, March 6, 2007 (GMT)

Great! – Smiddle ( Talk • Conts ) 15:45, March 6, 2007 (GMT)
Eep! Smasher Project's not finished! Gah!! *drowns in too much to do* -- Randall00 Talk 02:08, March 7, 2007 (GMT)
Sweet! This is even more reason to get to work though. Now that more people are reading these articles, we'd better make them as great as possible. – MaskedMarth (t c) 04:25, March 7, 2007 (GMT)
w00t you guys are all amazing. KiKi you are even more amazing. Congrats!! - Gideon 05:12, March 7, 2007 (GMT)
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