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Fan made stuff on Smashwiki

If we have Project M on here, why not put on Super Smash Flash?

Because Project M's reach is almost as good as the series itself. I assume you haven't read the debate on whether to add Project M or not by asking such a question. You probably haven't read what the site is not either. Besides, McleodGaming has its own wiki to cover SSF2. Don't forget to sign your comments. Dragon5 (talk) 20:37, 1 February 2014 (EST)

That's actually true I have always been wondering why Project M is here and not other fan made games. I always thought Project M was not fan made. I know SSF series has its own wiki but should we put it in a page called "Fan Made Versions of Super Smash Bros.Rosapuff (talk) 08:58, 6 February 2014 (EST)

scratch that I did not read "what smashwiki is not"Rosapuff (talk) 09:11, 6 February 2014 (EST)

Conjecture template

I've been poking around the templates and, pardon me if my eyes are playing tricks on me, it seems that we don't have a template for articles with conjectural titles. It seems to me that such a template would be necessary, especially with a new game coming along, so is there a specific reason why this template is still non-existent? Or was it simply wasn't necessary up until this point - 'cause I can name a few articles that need this template, if need be. Again, sorry if I just didn't see it. --72.53.134.85 17:05, 2 February 2014 (EST)

We have the unofficial lingo part of {{ArticleIcons}}. Toomai Glittershine The Different 17:28, 2 February 2014 (EST)

Ohhh, oops. :P Thanks for the clarification. All articles which need the icon have it. Although, you must admit, the icon isn't that noticeable. Maybe a template would be better - then again, it does take up a lot of space... Anyway, thank you again! --72.53.134.85 17:44, 2 February 2014 (EST)

Attack page project?

So i recently noticed this page http://www.ssbwiki.com/Fox_(SSBM)/Up_tilt . Im wondering who is in charge of this hitbox/frame project, because id love to help, especially on mewtwo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJLO (talk • contribs) 11:11, 13 February 2014 (EST)

No one's explicitly "in charge", though I do go over each page to make sure what people add seems legit and fill in data I have that others leave out/don't know. Toomai Glittershine The Yoshi 13:12, 13 February 2014 (EST)

Featured Article

I've noticed how many wikis, from bulbapedia and zeldapedia all the way up to wikipedia itself have "featured articles," or the best articles in the site. Should we have that here?75.85.64.155 22:23, 27 February 2014 (EST)

I wasn't aware that blind people could use the Wiki, especially when Artificial Intelligence is the featured article at the moment. MegaTron1XD 14:52, 2 March 2014 (EST)

Not like that, I mean something like a tag, like the Brock page on Bulbapedia.75.85.64.155 16:32, 15 March 2014 (EDT)

You mean this category? Because we've got that. I don't think we need some banner at the top of random pages. Clarinet Hawk (talk · contributions) 19:22, 15 March 2014 (EDT)

Do you mean a featured article icon, because we have that represented by a gold circle with a star. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) File:Zeldabrawl.gif File:Falcobrawl.gif is made in America 22:28, 15 March 2014 (EDT)\

Can we get an April Fools featured article? Like lying about something (such as saying Pichu is the strongest Melee character)? --TheLegendaryKRB (talk) 22:44, 31 March 2014 (EDT)

April Fools' Day

I would just like to talk about some of the "new" things that were added to the SmashWiki today: 1. Is the new skin for SmashWiki permanent, or not? Because, in my opinion, it looks too similar to the Donkey Kong Wiki, and it looks REALLY bad on the SmashWiki. 2. The stuff about Wreck-It Ralph and Nester should be deleted sometime soon, if not tomorrow. 3. To prevent these things from happening again, I suggest we make the SmashWiki only changeable by users of the wiki.

I'm not saying I'm leaving this wiki if these changes don't get applied, but I just thought I'd throw these things out there (even if they're completely in the obvious). Aidanzapunk (talk) 12:57, 1 April 2014 (EST)

Don't worry, were revert everything at the end of the day. Users are responsible for cleaning up after themselves. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is a never lover boy 13:00, 1 April 2014 (EDT)

Thank you; it's not like I doubted that the changes would be reverted, but I just wanted to double check. Aidanzapunk (talk) 13:17 1, April 2014 (EST)

The skin isn't here anymore, but it's been two days and the 'Users should take note of the wiki's new skin' note is still there. THIS IS REALLY BUGGING ME75.85.64.155 00:45, 4 April 2014 (EDT)

It shouldn't be there, I undid it at the proper time. Try going to this page or this page and doing a hard refresh. Toomai Glittershine The Cloronic 11:53, 4 April 2014 (EDT)

It's still there what do i do75.85.64.155 20:19, 14 April 2014 (EDT)

If the customized skin is still there after you hard refreshed, then something's absurdly wrong with your operating system or browser. A hard refresh involves using ctrl + F5 (Windows only), rather than just hitting the refresh button on the browser. As tech support has taught me, some people forget the simple ways to fix the issue. If your problem is still there, your os or browser is just really buggy, and beyond our control. MegaTron1XD 20:36, 14 April 2014 (EDT)

I don't think they're referring to the actual skin; what I think they mean is the message for the new skin is still there (for anonymous users), which is very odd. I don't think there's anything that can really be done about it. Aidanzapunk (talk) 20:41, 14 April 2014 (EDT)

png

I don't want to make this sound like a big deal or anything, but for future and current reference, can we try uploading images as .png rather than .jpg, as png doesn't worsen the quality of the image like jpg does. For some images this isn't as bad, but for others .jpg really makes the image look worse than the original (especially when the image is scaled down in the article itself). Idk, I just believe that as a Wiki we should have high quality screens. Unknown the Hedgehog 08:46, 10 April 2014 (EDT)

Yes, I am one who will stare at an HD image admiring the quality, but some pictures can't really get in to higher quality. Plus, if clicked on on the SmashWiki, .jpgs already show up at a decent quality. I don't know if this is really necessary. Aidanzapunk (talk) 08:54, 10 April 2014 (EDT)

While yes, for whatever reason, Nintendo releases their screenshots in jpg (and because of that we won't be able to get better quality images), they are still in good quality. But when the image is uploaded as a jpg again here on the Wiki, it doesn't fair up well. Unknown the Hedgehog 13:40, 10 April 2014 (EDT)

This is pretty late, but JPEG files look crappy as thumbnails, so we should probably use PNGs. Red (Talk) 12:03, 23 April 2014 (EDT)

Link to Project M main page in the navigation bar?

Can we get a link to PM in the navigation bar under the official Smash titles? Bit of a bummer to have to type it in to reach the main article.

With its current level of relevance in the community I feel like it's gotta deserve some kind of permanent link, right? Nevergreen (talk) 03:23, 27 April 2014 (EDT)

It's not an official game by Nintendo. Also, not a lot of people think Project M is a real Smash Bros. title. Aidanzapunk (talk) 20:58, 28 April 2014 (EDT)

It's technically not a real Smash Bros. title; it's a mod for Brawl that has reached extreme levels of popularity. Since the wiki came to the decision to raise PM above the other mods, I support this. intendrone⁴² 21:19, 28 April 2014 (EDT)

Absolutely not. It's not an official game. Miles (talk) 22:49, 28 April 2014 (EDT)

I don't really see that as an acceptable argument, after all: SmashWiki is not official. We use tons of unofficial terms and host a great deal of content that would never be endorsed by Ninty, such as tiers and character matchups. To quote that article, "As an example, Nintendo does not endorse Super Smash Bros. tournaments. However, as these have become such an ubiquitous part of the Smash community, it would be wrong for this wiki not to cover them."

Project M's "officialness" shouldn't matter as much as its relevance in the community, which is debatable. Nevergreen (talk) 23:53, 28 April 2014 (EDT)

It was determined in the PM debate that while PM will be covered, it will not be given equal status as the actual games. Having a navbar link alongside the actual games is therefore inappropriate. Toomai Glittershine Le Grand Fromage 00:40, 29 April 2014 (EDT)

Template:'

What is the point of this template? I see it in a lot of places, but honestly, you probably can barely tell the difference between this' and this'! Even if you could, do you care?

Anyways... this template looks pretty popular, and it shouldn't be. Can a user delete it? It's semiprotected.

On a different note, we should have a help page with wiki markup.75.85.64.155 21:55, 6 May 2014 (EDT)

It's true that ''this''' and ''this''{{'}} usually produce the same result. However, since '''bold formatting''' is three apostrophes, both editors and the code parser can get confused as to what's going on if they're used in the same paragraph. The template probably isn't necessary in all the places it's used, but it cuts down on confusion and is required in some spots that the parser mistakes for bold.

Also, we already have Help:Editing, which is a decent new-user resource for wiki markup. Toomai Glittershine The Producer 22:22, 6 May 2014 (EDT)

The template takes up space (an extra 6 bytes, actually, checked in sandbox), and as for the edit help, it doesn't cover the advanced side of wiki markup, such as color, font, references, &nbsp... There's a lot. We could just copy it off of wikipedia anyway.75.85.64.155 23:13, 6 May 2014 (EDT)